101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2905

 

Introduced , by Rep. Robert Martwick

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
40 ILCS 5/1-160
40 ILCS 5/14-110  from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110

    Amends the General Provisions and State Employees Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that the alternative retirement annuity under the State Employees Article applies to a conservation police officer, investigator for the Secretary of State, or arson investigator subject to the Tier 2 provisions. Provides that a conservation police officer, investigator for the Secretary of State, or arson investigator subject to the Tier 2 provisions may convert up to 8 years of service credit established before the effective date of the amendatory Act as a conservation police officer, investigator for the Secretary of State, or arson investigator under the State Employees Article into eligible creditable service by filing a written election with the Board under that Article, accompanied by a specified payment. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
PENSION IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing
5Sections 1-160 and 14-110 as follows:
 
6    (40 ILCS 5/1-160)
7    Sec. 1-160. Provisions applicable to new hires.
8    (a) The provisions of this Section apply to a person who,
9on or after January 1, 2011, first becomes a member or a
10participant under any reciprocal retirement system or pension
11fund established under this Code, other than a retirement
12system or pension fund established under Article 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
1315 or 18 of this Code, notwithstanding any other provision of
14this Code to the contrary, but do not apply to any self-managed
15plan established under this Code, to any person with respect to
16service as a sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article
177, or to any participant of the retirement plan established
18under Section 22-101. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
19in this Section, for purposes of this Section, a person who
20participated in a retirement system under Article 15 prior to
21January 1, 2011 shall be deemed a person who first became a
22member or participant prior to January 1, 2011 under any
23retirement system or pension fund subject to this Section. The

 

 

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1changes made to this Section by Public Act 98-596 are a
2clarification of existing law and are intended to be
3retroactive to January 1, 2011 (the effective date of Public
4Act 96-889), notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1-103.1
5of this Code.
6    This Section does not apply to a person who first becomes a
7noncovered employee under Article 14 on or after the
8implementation date of the plan created under Section 1-161 for
9that Article, unless that person elects under subsection (b) of
10Section 1-161 to instead receive the benefits provided under
11this Section and the applicable provisions of that Article.
12    This Section does not apply to a person who first becomes a
13member or participant under Article 16 on or after the
14implementation date of the plan created under Section 1-161 for
15that Article, unless that person elects under subsection (b) of
16Section 1-161 to instead receive the benefits provided under
17this Section and the applicable provisions of that Article.
18    This Section does not apply to a person who elects under
19subsection (c-5) of Section 1-161 to receive the benefits under
20Section 1-161.
21    This Section does not apply to a person who first becomes a
22member or participant of an affected pension fund on or after 6
23months after the resolution or ordinance date, as defined in
24Section 1-162, unless that person elects under subsection (c)
25of Section 1-162 to receive the benefits provided under this
26Section and the applicable provisions of the Article under

 

 

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1which he or she is a member or participant.
2    (b) "Final average salary" means the average monthly (or
3annual) salary obtained by dividing the total salary or
4earnings calculated under the Article applicable to the member
5or participant during the 96 consecutive months (or 8
6consecutive years) of service within the last 120 months (or 10
7years) of service in which the total salary or earnings
8calculated under the applicable Article was the highest by the
9number of months (or years) of service in that period. For the
10purposes of a person who first becomes a member or participant
11of any retirement system or pension fund to which this Section
12applies on or after January 1, 2011, in this Code, "final
13average salary" shall be substituted for the following:
14        (1) In Article 7 (except for service as sheriff's law
15    enforcement employees), "final rate of earnings".
16        (2) In Articles 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, "highest average
17    annual salary for any 4 consecutive years within the last
18    10 years of service immediately preceding the date of
19    withdrawal".
20        (3) In Article 13, "average final salary".
21        (4) In Article 14, "final average compensation".
22        (5) In Article 17, "average salary".
23        (6) In Section 22-207, "wages or salary received by him
24    at the date of retirement or discharge".
25    (b-5) Beginning on January 1, 2011, for all purposes under
26this Code (including without limitation the calculation of

 

 

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1benefits and employee contributions), the annual earnings,
2salary, or wages (based on the plan year) of a member or
3participant to whom this Section applies shall not exceed
4$106,800; however, that amount shall annually thereafter be
5increased by the lesser of (i) 3% of that amount, including all
6previous adjustments, or (ii) one-half the annual unadjusted
7percentage increase (but not less than zero) in the consumer
8price index-u for the 12 months ending with the September
9preceding each November 1, including all previous adjustments.
10    For the purposes of this Section, "consumer price index-u"
11means the index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
12the United States Department of Labor that measures the average
13change in prices of goods and services purchased by all urban
14consumers, United States city average, all items, 1982-84 =
15100. The new amount resulting from each annual adjustment shall
16be determined by the Public Pension Division of the Department
17of Insurance and made available to the boards of the retirement
18systems and pension funds by November 1 of each year.
19    (c) A member or participant is entitled to a retirement
20annuity upon written application if he or she has attained age
2167 (beginning January 1, 2015, age 65 with respect to service
22under Article 12 of this Code that is subject to this Section)
23and has at least 10 years of service credit and is otherwise
24eligible under the requirements of the applicable Article.
25    A member or participant who has attained age 62 (beginning
26January 1, 2015, age 60 with respect to service under Article

 

 

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112 of this Code that is subject to this Section) and has at
2least 10 years of service credit and is otherwise eligible
3under the requirements of the applicable Article may elect to
4receive the lower retirement annuity provided in subsection (d)
5of this Section.
6    (c-5) A person who first becomes a member or a participant
7subject to this Section on or after July 6, 2017 (the effective
8date of Public Act 100-23), notwithstanding any other provision
9of this Code to the contrary, is entitled to a retirement
10annuity under Article 8 or Article 11 upon written application
11if he or she has attained age 65 and has at least 10 years of
12service credit and is otherwise eligible under the requirements
13of Article 8 or Article 11 of this Code, whichever is
14applicable.
15    (d) The retirement annuity of a member or participant who
16is retiring after attaining age 62 (beginning January 1, 2015,
17age 60 with respect to service under Article 12 of this Code
18that is subject to this Section) with at least 10 years of
19service credit shall be reduced by one-half of 1% for each full
20month that the member's age is under age 67 (beginning January
211, 2015, age 65 with respect to service under Article 12 of
22this Code that is subject to this Section).
23    (d-5) The retirement annuity payable under Article 8 or
24Article 11 to an eligible person subject to subsection (c-5) of
25this Section who is retiring at age 60 with at least 10 years
26of service credit shall be reduced by one-half of 1% for each

 

 

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1full month that the member's age is under age 65.
2    (d-10) Each person who first became a member or participant
3under Article 8 or Article 11 of this Code on or after January
41, 2011 and prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act
5of the 100th General Assembly shall make an irrevocable
6election either:
7        (i) to be eligible for the reduced retirement age
8    provided in subsections (c-5) and (d-5) of this Section,
9    the eligibility for which is conditioned upon the member or
10    participant agreeing to the increases in employee
11    contributions for age and service annuities provided in
12    subsection (a-5) of Section 8-174 of this Code (for service
13    under Article 8) or subsection (a-5) of Section 11-170 of
14    this Code (for service under Article 11); or
15        (ii) to not agree to item (i) of this subsection
16    (d-10), in which case the member or participant shall
17    continue to be subject to the retirement age provisions in
18    subsections (c) and (d) of this Section and the employee
19    contributions for age and service annuity as provided in
20    subsection (a) of Section 8-174 of this Code (for service
21    under Article 8) or subsection (a) of Section 11-170 of
22    this Code (for service under Article 11).
23    The election provided for in this subsection shall be made
24between October 1, 2017 and November 15, 2017. A person subject
25to this subsection who makes the required election shall remain
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1fails for any reason to make the required election within the
2time specified in this subsection shall be deemed to have made
3the election under item (ii).
4    (e) Any retirement annuity or supplemental annuity shall be
5subject to annual increases on the January 1 occurring either
6on or after the attainment of age 67 (beginning January 1,
72015, age 65 with respect to service under Article 12 of this
8Code that is subject to this Section and beginning on the
9effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General
10Assembly, age 65 with respect to service under Article 8 or
11Article 11 for eligible persons who: (i) are subject to
12subsection (c-5) of this Section; or (ii) made the election
13under item (i) of subsection (d-10) of this Section) or the
14first anniversary of the annuity start date, whichever is
15later. Each annual increase shall be calculated at 3% or
16one-half the annual unadjusted percentage increase (but not
17less than zero) in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months
18ending with the September preceding each November 1, whichever
19is less, of the originally granted retirement annuity. If the
20annual unadjusted percentage change in the consumer price
21index-u for the 12 months ending with the September preceding
22each November 1 is zero or there is a decrease, then the
23annuity shall not be increased.
24    For the purposes of Section 1-103.1 of this Code, the
25changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of the
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1the employee was in active service on or after the effective
2date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.
3    (f) The initial survivor's or widow's annuity of an
4otherwise eligible survivor or widow of a retired member or
5participant who first became a member or participant on or
6after January 1, 2011 shall be in the amount of 66 2/3% of the
7retired member's or participant's retirement annuity at the
8date of death. In the case of the death of a member or
9participant who has not retired and who first became a member
10or participant on or after January 1, 2011, eligibility for a
11survivor's or widow's annuity shall be determined by the
12applicable Article of this Code. The initial benefit shall be
1366 2/3% of the earned annuity without a reduction due to age. A
14child's annuity of an otherwise eligible child shall be in the
15amount prescribed under each Article if applicable. Any
16survivor's or widow's annuity shall be increased (1) on each
17January 1 occurring on or after the commencement of the annuity
18if the deceased member died while receiving a retirement
19annuity or (2) in other cases, on each January 1 occurring
20after the first anniversary of the commencement of the annuity.
21Each annual increase shall be calculated at 3% or one-half the
22annual unadjusted percentage increase (but not less than zero)
23in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months ending with the
24September preceding each November 1, whichever is less, of the
25originally granted survivor's annuity. If the annual
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1the 12 months ending with the September preceding each November
21 is zero or there is a decrease, then the annuity shall not be
3increased.
4    (g) The benefits in Section 14-110 apply only if the person
5is a State policeman, a fire fighter in the fire protection
6service of a department, a conservation police officer, an
7investigator for the Secretary of State, an arson investigator,
8a security employee of the Department of Corrections or the
9Department of Juvenile Justice, or a security employee of the
10Department of Innovation and Technology, as those terms are
11defined in subsection (b) and subsection (c) of Section 14-110.
12A person who meets the requirements of this Section is entitled
13to an annuity calculated under the provisions of Section
1414-110, in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity,
15only if the person has withdrawn from service with not less
16than 20 years of eligible creditable service and has attained
17age 60, regardless of whether the attainment of age 60 occurs
18while the person is still in service.
19    (h) If a person who first becomes a member or a participant
20of a retirement system or pension fund subject to this Section
21on or after January 1, 2011 is receiving a retirement annuity
22or retirement pension under that system or fund and becomes a
23member or participant under any other system or fund created by
24this Code and is employed on a full-time basis, except for
25those members or participants exempted from the provisions of
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1person's retirement annuity or retirement pension under that
2system or fund shall be suspended during that employment. Upon
3termination of that employment, the person's retirement
4annuity or retirement pension payments shall resume and be
5recalculated if recalculation is provided for under the
6applicable Article of this Code.
7    If a person who first becomes a member of a retirement
8system or pension fund subject to this Section on or after
9January 1, 2012 and is receiving a retirement annuity or
10retirement pension under that system or fund and accepts on a
11contractual basis a position to provide services to a
12governmental entity from which he or she has retired, then that
13person's annuity or retirement pension earned as an active
14employee of the employer shall be suspended during that
15contractual service. A person receiving an annuity or
16retirement pension under this Code shall notify the pension
17fund or retirement system from which he or she is receiving an
18annuity or retirement pension, as well as his or her
19contractual employer, of his or her retirement status before
20accepting contractual employment. A person who fails to submit
21such notification shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and
22required to pay a fine of $1,000. Upon termination of that
23contractual employment, the person's retirement annuity or
24retirement pension payments shall resume and, if appropriate,
25be recalculated under the applicable provisions of this Code.
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1    (j) In the case of a conflict between the provisions of
2this Section and any other provision of this Code, the
3provisions of this Section shall control.
4(Source: P.A. 100-23, eff. 7-6-17; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17;
5100-563, eff. 12-8-17; 100-611, eff. 7-20-18; 100-1166, eff.
61-4-19.)
 
7    (40 ILCS 5/14-110)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110)
8    Sec. 14-110. Alternative retirement annuity.
9    (a) Any member who has withdrawn from service with not less
10than 20 years of eligible creditable service and has attained
11age 55, and any member who has withdrawn from service with not
12less than 25 years of eligible creditable service and has
13attained age 50, regardless of whether the attainment of either
14of the specified ages occurs while the member is still in
15service, shall be entitled to receive at the option of the
16member, in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity, a
17retirement annuity computed as follows:
18        (i) for periods of service as a noncovered employee: if
19    retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001, 3% of final
20    average compensation for each year of creditable service;
21    if retirement occurs before January 1, 2001, 2 1/4% of
22    final average compensation for each of the first 10 years
23    of creditable service, 2 1/2% for each year above 10 years
24    to and including 20 years of creditable service, and 2 3/4%
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1        (ii) for periods of eligible creditable service as a
2    covered employee: if retirement occurs on or after January
3    1, 2001, 2.5% of final average compensation for each year
4    of creditable service; if retirement occurs before January
5    1, 2001, 1.67% of final average compensation for each of
6    the first 10 years of such service, 1.90% for each of the
7    next 10 years of such service, 2.10% for each year of such
8    service in excess of 20 but not exceeding 30, and 2.30% for
9    each year in excess of 30.
10    Such annuity shall be subject to a maximum of 75% of final
11average compensation if retirement occurs before January 1,
122001 or to a maximum of 80% of final average compensation if
13retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001.
14    These rates shall not be applicable to any service
15performed by a member as a covered employee which is not
16eligible creditable service. Service as a covered employee
17which is not eligible creditable service shall be subject to
18the rates and provisions of Section 14-108.
19    (b) For the purpose of this Section, "eligible creditable
20service" means creditable service resulting from service in one
21or more of the following positions:
22        (1) State policeman;
23        (2) fire fighter in the fire protection service of a
24    department;
25        (3) air pilot;
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1        (5) investigator for the Secretary of State;
2        (6) conservation police officer;
3        (7) investigator for the Department of Revenue or the
4    Illinois Gaming Board;
5        (8) security employee of the Department of Human
6    Services;
7        (9) Central Management Services security police
8    officer;
9        (10) security employee of the Department of
10    Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice;
11        (11) dangerous drugs investigator;
12        (12) investigator for the Department of State Police;
13        (13) investigator for the Office of the Attorney
14    General;
15        (14) controlled substance inspector;
16        (15) investigator for the Office of the State's
17    Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor;
18        (16) Commerce Commission police officer;
19        (17) arson investigator;
20        (18) State highway maintenance worker;
21        (19) security employee of the Department of Innovation
22    and Technology; or
23        (20) transferred employee.
24    A person employed in one of the positions specified in this
25subsection is entitled to eligible creditable service for
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1basic police training course approved by the Illinois Law
2Enforcement Training Standards Board, if completion of that
3training is required of persons serving in that position. For
4the purposes of this Code, service during the required basic
5police training course shall be deemed performance of the
6duties of the specified position, even though the person is not
7a sworn peace officer at the time of the training.
8    A person under paragraph (20) is entitled to eligible
9creditable service for service credit earned under this Article
10on and after his or her transfer by Executive Order No.
112003-10, Executive Order No. 2004-2, or Executive Order No.
122016-1.
13    (c) For the purposes of this Section:
14        (1) The term "State policeman" includes any title or
15    position in the Department of State Police that is held by
16    an individual employed under the State Police Act.
17        (2) The term "fire fighter in the fire protection
18    service of a department" includes all officers in such fire
19    protection service including fire chiefs and assistant
20    fire chiefs.
21        (3) The term "air pilot" includes any employee whose
22    official job description on file in the Department of
23    Central Management Services, or in the department by which
24    he is employed if that department is not covered by the
25    Personnel Code, states that his principal duty is the
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1    however, the change in this definition made by this
2    amendatory Act of 1983 shall not operate to exclude any
3    noncovered employee who was an "air pilot" for the purposes
4    of this Section on January 1, 1984.
5        (4) The term "special agent" means any person who by
6    reason of employment by the Division of Narcotic Control,
7    the Bureau of Investigation or, after July 1, 1977, the
8    Division of Criminal Investigation, the Division of
9    Internal Investigation, the Division of Operations, or any
10    other Division or organizational entity in the Department
11    of State Police is vested by law with duties to maintain
12    public order, investigate violations of the criminal law of
13    this State, enforce the laws of this State, make arrests
14    and recover property. The term "special agent" includes any
15    title or position in the Department of State Police that is
16    held by an individual employed under the State Police Act.
17        (5) The term "investigator for the Secretary of State"
18    means any person employed by the Office of the Secretary of
19    State and vested with such investigative duties as render
20    him ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act
21    by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and
22    218(l)(1) of that Act.
23        A person who became employed as an investigator for the
24    Secretary of State between January 1, 1967 and December 31,
25    1975, and who has served as such until attainment of age
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1    of not more than 3 years duration, which break terminated
2    before January 1, 1976, shall be entitled to have his
3    retirement annuity calculated in accordance with
4    subsection (a), notwithstanding that he has less than 20
5    years of credit for such service.
6        (6) The term "Conservation Police Officer" means any
7    person employed by the Division of Law Enforcement of the
8    Department of Natural Resources and vested with such law
9    enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
10    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
11    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The
12    term "Conservation Police Officer" includes the positions
13    of Chief Conservation Police Administrator and Assistant
14    Conservation Police Administrator.
15        (7) The term "investigator for the Department of
16    Revenue" means any person employed by the Department of
17    Revenue and vested with such investigative duties as render
18    him ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act
19    by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and
20    218(l)(1) of that Act.
21        The term "investigator for the Illinois Gaming Board"
22    means any person employed as such by the Illinois Gaming
23    Board and vested with such peace officer duties as render
24    the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
25    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
26    218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act.

 

 

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1        (8) The term "security employee of the Department of
2    Human Services" means any person employed by the Department
3    of Human Services who (i) is employed at the Chester Mental
4    Health Center and has daily contact with the residents
5    thereof, (ii) is employed within a security unit at a
6    facility operated by the Department and has daily contact
7    with the residents of the security unit, (iii) is employed
8    at a facility operated by the Department that includes a
9    security unit and is regularly scheduled to work at least
10    50% of his or her working hours within that security unit,
11    or (iv) is a mental health police officer. "Mental health
12    police officer" means any person employed by the Department
13    of Human Services in a position pertaining to the
14    Department's mental health and developmental disabilities
15    functions who is vested with such law enforcement duties as
16    render the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
17    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
18    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. "Security unit"
19    means that portion of a facility that is devoted to the
20    care, containment, and treatment of persons committed to
21    the Department of Human Services as sexually violent
22    persons, persons unfit to stand trial, or persons not
23    guilty by reason of insanity. With respect to past
24    employment, references to the Department of Human Services
25    include its predecessor, the Department of Mental Health
26    and Developmental Disabilities.

 

 

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1        The changes made to this subdivision (c)(8) by Public
2    Act 92-14 apply to persons who retire on or after January
3    1, 2001, notwithstanding Section 1-103.1.
4        (9) "Central Management Services security police
5    officer" means any person employed by the Department of
6    Central Management Services who is vested with such law
7    enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
8    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
9    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
10        (10) For a member who first became an employee under
11    this Article before July 1, 2005, the term "security
12    employee of the Department of Corrections or the Department
13    of Juvenile Justice" means any employee of the Department
14    of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice or the
15    former Department of Personnel, and any member or employee
16    of the Prisoner Review Board, who has daily contact with
17    inmates or youth by working within a correctional facility
18    or Juvenile facility operated by the Department of Juvenile
19    Justice or who is a parole officer or an employee who has
20    direct contact with committed persons in the performance of
21    his or her job duties. For a member who first becomes an
22    employee under this Article on or after July 1, 2005, the
23    term means an employee of the Department of Corrections or
24    the Department of Juvenile Justice who is any of the
25    following: (i) officially headquartered at a correctional
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1    Juvenile Justice, (ii) a parole officer, (iii) a member of
2    the apprehension unit, (iv) a member of the intelligence
3    unit, (v) a member of the sort team, or (vi) an
4    investigator.
5        (11) The term "dangerous drugs investigator" means any
6    person who is employed as such by the Department of Human
7    Services.
8        (12) The term "investigator for the Department of State
9    Police" means a person employed by the Department of State
10    Police who is vested under Section 4 of the Narcotic
11    Control Division Abolition Act with such law enforcement
12    powers as render him ineligible for coverage under the
13    Social Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
14    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
15        (13) "Investigator for the Office of the Attorney
16    General" means any person who is employed as such by the
17    Office of the Attorney General and is vested with such
18    investigative duties as render him ineligible for coverage
19    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
20    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. For
21    the period before January 1, 1989, the term includes all
22    persons who were employed as investigators by the Office of
23    the Attorney General, without regard to social security
24    status.
25        (14) "Controlled substance inspector" means any person
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1    Regulation and is vested with such law enforcement duties
2    as render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
3    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
4    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The term
5    "controlled substance inspector" includes the Program
6    Executive of Enforcement and the Assistant Program
7    Executive of Enforcement.
8        (15) The term "investigator for the Office of the
9    State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor" means a person
10    employed in that capacity on a full time basis under the
11    authority of Section 7.06 of the State's Attorneys
12    Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
13        (16) "Commerce Commission police officer" means any
14    person employed by the Illinois Commerce Commission who is
15    vested with such law enforcement duties as render him
16    ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by
17    reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and
18    218(l)(1) of that Act.
19        (17) "Arson investigator" means any person who is
20    employed as such by the Office of the State Fire Marshal
21    and is vested with such law enforcement duties as render
22    the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
23    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
24    218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. A person who was
25    employed as an arson investigator on January 1, 1995 and is
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1    annuity may convert his or her creditable service for
2    employment as an arson investigator into eligible
3    creditable service by paying to the System the difference
4    between the employee contributions actually paid for that
5    service and the amounts that would have been contributed if
6    the applicant were contributing at the rate applicable to
7    persons with the same social security status earning
8    eligible creditable service on the date of application.
9        (18) The term "State highway maintenance worker" means
10    a person who is either of the following:
11            (i) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
12        Illinois Department of Transportation in the position
13        of highway maintainer, highway maintenance lead
14        worker, highway maintenance lead/lead worker, heavy
15        construction equipment operator, power shovel
16        operator, or bridge mechanic; and whose principal
17        responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
18        actual maintenance necessary to keep the highways that
19        form a part of the State highway system in serviceable
20        condition for vehicular traffic.
21            (ii) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
22        Illinois State Toll Highway Authority in the position
23        of equipment operator/laborer H-4, equipment
24        operator/laborer H-6, welder H-4, welder H-6,
25        mechanical/electrical H-4, mechanical/electrical H-6,
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1        H-4, sign maker/hanger H-6, roadway lighting H-4,
2        roadway lighting H-6, structural H-4, structural H-6,
3        painter H-4, or painter H-6; and whose principal
4        responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
5        actual maintenance necessary to keep the Authority's
6        tollways in serviceable condition for vehicular
7        traffic.
8        (19) The term "security employee of the Department of
9    Innovation and Technology" means a person who was a
10    security employee of the Department of Corrections or the
11    Department of Juvenile Justice, was transferred to the
12    Department of Innovation and Technology pursuant to
13    Executive Order 2016-01, and continues to perform similar
14    job functions under that Department.
15        (20) "Transferred employee" means an employee who was
16    transferred to the Department of Central Management
17    Services by Executive Order No. 2003-10 or Executive Order
18    No. 2004-2 or transferred to the Department of Innovation
19    and Technology by Executive Order No. 2016-1, or both, and
20    was entitled to eligible creditable service for services
21    immediately preceding the transfer.
22    (d) A security employee of the Department of Corrections or
23the Department of Juvenile Justice, a security employee of the
24Department of Human Services who is not a mental health police
25officer, and a security employee of the Department of
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1alternative retirement annuity provided by this Section unless
2he or she meets the following minimum age and service
3requirements at the time of retirement:
4        (i) 25 years of eligible creditable service and age 55;
5    or
6        (ii) beginning January 1, 1987, 25 years of eligible
7    creditable service and age 54, or 24 years of eligible
8    creditable service and age 55; or
9        (iii) beginning January 1, 1988, 25 years of eligible
10    creditable service and age 53, or 23 years of eligible
11    creditable service and age 55; or
12        (iv) beginning January 1, 1989, 25 years of eligible
13    creditable service and age 52, or 22 years of eligible
14    creditable service and age 55; or
15        (v) beginning January 1, 1990, 25 years of eligible
16    creditable service and age 51, or 21 years of eligible
17    creditable service and age 55; or
18        (vi) beginning January 1, 1991, 25 years of eligible
19    creditable service and age 50, or 20 years of eligible
20    creditable service and age 55.
21    Persons who have service credit under Article 16 of this
22Code for service as a security employee of the Department of
23Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, or the
24Department of Human Services in a position requiring
25certification as a teacher may count such service toward
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1of this Section; but such service may be used only for
2establishing such eligibility, and not for the purpose of
3increasing or calculating any benefit.
4    (e) If a member enters military service while working in a
5position in which eligible creditable service may be earned,
6and returns to State service in the same or another such
7position, and fulfills in all other respects the conditions
8prescribed in this Article for credit for military service,
9such military service shall be credited as eligible creditable
10service for the purposes of the retirement annuity prescribed
11in this Section.
12    (f) For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
13this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
141968 and before October 1, 1975 as a covered employee in the
15position of special agent, conservation police officer, mental
16health police officer, or investigator for the Secretary of
17State, shall be deemed to have been service as a noncovered
18employee, provided that the employee pays to the System prior
19to retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between the
20employee contributions that would have been required for such
21service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of employee
22contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is made after
23July 31, 1987, regular interest on the amount specified in item
24(1) from the date of service to the date of payment.
25    For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
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11968 and before January 1, 1982 as a covered employee in the
2position of investigator for the Department of Revenue shall be
3deemed to have been service as a noncovered employee, provided
4that the employee pays to the System prior to retirement an
5amount equal to (1) the difference between the employee
6contributions that would have been required for such service as
7a noncovered employee, and the amount of employee contributions
8actually paid, plus (2) if payment is made after January 1,
91990, regular interest on the amount specified in item (1) from
10the date of service to the date of payment.
11    (g) A State policeman may elect, not later than January 1,
121990, to establish eligible creditable service for up to 10
13years of his service as a policeman under Article 3, by filing
14a written election with the Board, accompanied by payment of an
15amount to be determined by the Board, equal to (i) the
16difference between the amount of employee and employer
17contributions transferred to the System under Section 3-110.5,
18and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
19contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
20policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate for
21each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to the
22date of payment.
23    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
24policeman may elect, not later than July 1, 1993, to establish
25eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of his service
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1filing a written election with the Board, accompanied by
2payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to
3(i) the difference between the amount of employee and employer
4contributions transferred to the System under Section 9-121.10
5and the amounts that would have been contributed had those
6contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
7policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate for
8each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to the
9date of payment.
10    (h) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
11policeman or investigator for the Secretary of State may elect
12to establish eligible creditable service for up to 12 years of
13his service as a policeman under Article 5, by filing a written
14election with the Board on or before January 31, 1992, and
15paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
16determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
17the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
18to the System under Section 5-236, and the amounts that would
19have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
20rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon
21at the effective rate for each year, compounded annually, from
22the date of service to the date of payment.
23    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
24policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
25the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
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1law enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
2election with the Board on or before January 31, 1993, and
3paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
4determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
5the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
6to the System under Section 7-139.7, and the amounts that would
7have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
8rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon
9at the effective rate for each year, compounded annually, from
10the date of service to the date of payment.
11    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
12policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
13the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
14creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a police
15officer under Article 3, a policeman under Article 5, a
16sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article 7, a member of
17the county police department under Article 9, or a police
18officer under Article 15 by filing a written election with the
19Board and paying to the System an amount to be determined by
20the Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
21employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
22under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, 9-121.10, or 15-134.4
23and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
24contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
25policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate for
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1date of payment.
2    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
3investigator for the Office of the Attorney General, or an
4investigator for the Department of Revenue, may elect to
5establish eligible creditable service for up to 5 years of
6service as a police officer under Article 3, a policeman under
7Article 5, a sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article
87, or a member of the county police department under Article 9
9by filing a written election with the Board within 6 months
10after August 25, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act 96-745)
11and paying to the System an amount to be determined by the
12Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
13employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
14under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, or 9-121.10 and the
15amounts that would have been contributed had such contributions
16been made at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii)
17interest thereon at the actuarially assumed rate for each year,
18compounded annually, from the date of service to the date of
19payment.
20    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
21policeman, conservation police officer, investigator for the
22Office of the Attorney General, an investigator for the
23Department of Revenue, or investigator for the Secretary of
24State may elect to establish eligible creditable service for up
25to 5 years of service as a person employed by a participating
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1officer employed on a full-time basis by a forest preserve
2district under Article 7, a county corrections officer, or a
3court services officer under Article 9, by filing a written
4election with the Board within 6 months after August 25, 2009
5(the effective date of Public Act 96-745) and paying to the
6System an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to (i)
7the difference between the amount of employee and employer
8contributions transferred to the System under Sections 7-139.8
9and 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have been contributed
10had such contributions been made at the rates applicable to
11State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially
12assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
13of service to the date of payment.
14    (i) The total amount of eligible creditable service
15established by any person under subsections (g), (h), (j), (k),
16and (l) of this Section shall not exceed 12 years.
17    (j) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
18investigator for the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
19Prosecutor or a controlled substance inspector may elect to
20establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of his
21service as a policeman under Article 3 or a sheriff's law
22enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
23election with the Board, accompanied by payment of an amount to
24be determined by the Board, equal to (1) the difference between
25the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
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1that would have been contributed had such contributions been
2made at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (2)
3interest thereon at the effective rate for each year,
4compounded annually, from the date of service to the date of
5payment.
6    (k) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
7Section, an alternative formula employee may elect to establish
8eligible creditable service for periods spent as a full-time
9law enforcement officer or full-time corrections officer
10employed by the federal government or by a state or local
11government located outside of Illinois, for which credit is not
12held in any other public employee pension fund or retirement
13system. To obtain this credit, the applicant must file a
14written application with the Board by March 31, 1998,
15accompanied by evidence of eligibility acceptable to the Board
16and payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal
17to (1) employee contributions for the credit being established,
18based upon the applicant's salary on the first day as an
19alternative formula employee after the employment for which
20credit is being established and the rates then applicable to
21alternative formula employees, plus (2) an amount determined by
22the Board to be the employer's normal cost of the benefits
23accrued for the credit being established, plus (3) regular
24interest on the amounts in items (1) and (2) from the first day
25as an alternative formula employee after the employment for
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1    (l) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a security
2employee of the Department of Corrections may elect, not later
3than July 1, 1998, to establish eligible creditable service for
4up to 10 years of his or her service as a policeman under
5Article 3, by filing a written election with the Board,
6accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined by the
7Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
8employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
9under Section 3-110.5, and the amounts that would have been
10contributed had such contributions been made at the rates
11applicable to security employees of the Department of
12Corrections, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
13for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to
14the date of payment.
15    (m) The amendatory changes to this Section made by this
16amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly apply only to: (1)
17security employees of the Department of Juvenile Justice
18employed by the Department of Corrections before the effective
19date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and
20transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice by this
21amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly; and (2) persons
22employed by the Department of Juvenile Justice on or after the
23effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
24Assembly who are required by subsection (b) of Section 3-2.5-15
25of the Unified Code of Corrections to have any bachelor's or
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1the case of persons who provide vocational training, who are
2required to have adequate knowledge in the skill for which they
3are providing the vocational training.
4    (n) A person employed in a position under subsection (b) of
5this Section who has purchased service credit under subsection
6(j) of Section 14-104 or subsection (b) of Section 14-105 in
7any other capacity under this Article may convert up to 5 years
8of that service credit into service credit covered under this
9Section by paying to the Fund an amount equal to (1) the
10additional employee contribution required under Section
1114-133, plus (2) the additional employer contribution required
12under Section 14-131, plus (3) interest on items (1) and (2) at
13the actuarially assumed rate from the date of the service to
14the date of payment.
15    (o) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
16conservation police officer, investigator for the Secretary of
17State, or arson investigator subject to subsection (g) of
18Section 1-160 may elect to convert up to 8 years of service
19credit established before the effective date of this amendatory
20Act of the 101st General Assembly as a conservation police
21officer, investigator for the Secretary of State, or arson
22investigator under this Article into eligible creditable
23service by filing a written election with the Board,
24accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined by the
25Board equal to (i) the difference between the amount of the
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1amount of the employee contributions that would have been paid
2had the employee contributions been made as a conservation
3police officer, investigator for the Secretary of State, or
4arson investigator under this Section who is not subject to
5Section 1-160, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
6for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to
7the date of payment.
8(Source: P.A. 100-19, eff. 1-1-18; 100-611, eff. 7-20-18.)
 
9    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10becoming law.