102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB3133

 

Introduced 1/11/2022, by Sen. Sally J. Turner

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
40 ILCS 5/14-110  from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110
40 ILCS 5/14-152.1

    Amends the State Employee Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that an investigator for the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible creditable service under the alternative retirement annuity formula for up to 5 years of service as a person employed by a participating municipality to perform police duties under the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article by filing a written election with the Board within 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act and paying to the System an amount to be determined by the Board equal to (i) the difference between the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred to the System and the amounts that would have been contributed had such contributions been made at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to the date of payment. Provides that any benefit increase that results from the amendatory Act is excluded from the definition of "new benefit increase". Effective immediately.


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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
5changing Sections 14-110 and 14-152.1 as follows:
 
6    (40 ILCS 5/14-110)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110)
7    Sec. 14-110. Alternative retirement annuity.
8    (a) Any member who has withdrawn from service with not
9less than 20 years of eligible creditable service and has
10attained age 55, and any member who has withdrawn from service
11with not less than 25 years of eligible creditable service and
12has attained age 50, regardless of whether the attainment of
13either of the specified ages occurs while the member is still
14in service, shall be entitled to receive at the option of the
15member, in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity,
16a retirement annuity computed as follows:
17        (i) for periods of service as a noncovered employee:
18    if retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001, 3% of
19    final average compensation for each year of creditable
20    service; if retirement occurs before January 1, 2001, 2
21    1/4% of final average compensation for each of the first
22    10 years of creditable service, 2 1/2% for each year above
23    10 years to and including 20 years of creditable service,

 

 

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1    and 2 3/4% for each year of creditable service above 20
2    years; and
3        (ii) for periods of eligible creditable service as a
4    covered employee: if retirement occurs on or after January
5    1, 2001, 2.5% of final average compensation for each year
6    of creditable service; if retirement occurs before January
7    1, 2001, 1.67% of final average compensation for each of
8    the first 10 years of such service, 1.90% for each of the
9    next 10 years of such service, 2.10% for each year of such
10    service in excess of 20 but not exceeding 30, and 2.30% for
11    each year in excess of 30.
12    Such annuity shall be subject to a maximum of 75% of final
13average compensation if retirement occurs before January 1,
142001 or to a maximum of 80% of final average compensation if
15retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001.
16    These rates shall not be applicable to any service
17performed by a member as a covered employee which is not
18eligible creditable service. Service as a covered employee
19which is not eligible creditable service shall be subject to
20the rates and provisions of Section 14-108.
21    (b) For the purpose of this Section, "eligible creditable
22service" means creditable service resulting from service in
23one or more of the following positions:
24        (1) State policeman;
25        (2) fire fighter in the fire protection service of a
26    department;

 

 

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1        (3) air pilot;
2        (4) special agent;
3        (5) investigator for the Secretary of State;
4        (6) conservation police officer;
5        (7) investigator for the Department of Revenue or the
6    Illinois Gaming Board;
7        (8) security employee of the Department of Human
8    Services;
9        (9) Central Management Services security police
10    officer;
11        (10) security employee of the Department of
12    Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice;
13        (11) dangerous drugs investigator;
14        (12) investigator for the Illinois State Police;
15        (13) investigator for the Office of the Attorney
16    General;
17        (14) controlled substance inspector;
18        (15) investigator for the Office of the State's
19    Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor;
20        (16) Commerce Commission police officer;
21        (17) arson investigator;
22        (18) State highway maintenance worker;
23        (19) security employee of the Department of Innovation
24    and Technology; or
25        (20) transferred employee.
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1this subsection is entitled to eligible creditable service for
2service credit earned under this Article while undergoing the
3basic police training course approved by the Illinois Law
4Enforcement Training Standards Board, if completion of that
5training is required of persons serving in that position. For
6the purposes of this Code, service during the required basic
7police training course shall be deemed performance of the
8duties of the specified position, even though the person is
9not a sworn peace officer at the time of the training.
10    A person under paragraph (20) is entitled to eligible
11creditable service for service credit earned under this
12Article on and after his or her transfer by Executive Order No.
132003-10, Executive Order No. 2004-2, or Executive Order No.
142016-1.
15    (c) For the purposes of this Section:
16        (1) The term "State policeman" includes any title or
17    position in the Illinois State Police that is held by an
18    individual employed under the Illinois State Police Act.
19        (2) The term "fire fighter in the fire protection
20    service of a department" includes all officers in such
21    fire protection service including fire chiefs and
22    assistant fire chiefs.
23        (3) The term "air pilot" includes any employee whose
24    official job description on file in the Department of
25    Central Management Services, or in the department by which
26    he is employed if that department is not covered by the

 

 

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1    Personnel Code, states that his principal duty is the
2    operation of aircraft, and who possesses a pilot's
3    license; however, the change in this definition made by
4    Public Act 83-842 this amendatory Act of 1983 shall not
5    operate to exclude any noncovered employee who was an "air
6    pilot" for the purposes of this Section on January 1,
7    1984.
8        (4) The term "special agent" means any person who by
9    reason of employment by the Division of Narcotic Control,
10    the Bureau of Investigation or, after July 1, 1977, the
11    Division of Criminal Investigation, the Division of
12    Internal Investigation, the Division of Operations, the
13    Division of Patrol Operations, or any other Division or
14    organizational entity in the Illinois State Police is
15    vested by law with duties to maintain public order,
16    investigate violations of the criminal law of this State,
17    enforce the laws of this State, make arrests and recover
18    property. The term "special agent" includes any title or
19    position in the Illinois State Police that is held by an
20    individual employed under the Illinois State Police Act.
21        (5) The term "investigator for the Secretary of State"
22    means any person employed by the Office of the Secretary
23    of State and vested with such investigative duties as
24    render him 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        A person who became employed as an investigator for
2    the Secretary of State between January 1, 1967 and
3    December 31, 1975, and who has served as such until
4    attainment of age 60, either continuously or with a single
5    break in service of not more than 3 years duration, which
6    break terminated before January 1, 1976, shall be entitled
7    to have his retirement annuity calculated in accordance
8    with subsection (a), notwithstanding that he has less than
9    20 years of credit for such service.
10        (6) The term "Conservation Police Officer" means any
11    person employed by the Division of Law Enforcement of the
12    Department of Natural Resources and vested with such law
13    enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
14    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
15    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The
16    term "Conservation Police Officer" includes the positions
17    of Chief Conservation Police Administrator and Assistant
18    Conservation Police Administrator.
19        (7) The term "investigator for the Department of
20    Revenue" means any person employed by the Department of
21    Revenue and vested with such investigative duties as
22    render him 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.
25        The term "investigator for the Illinois Gaming Board"
26    means any person employed as such by the Illinois Gaming

 

 

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1    Board and vested with such peace officer duties as render
2    the person 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.
5        (8) The term "security employee of the Department of
6    Human Services" means any person employed by the
7    Department of Human Services who (i) is employed at the
8    Chester Mental Health Center and has daily contact with
9    the residents thereof, (ii) is employed within a security
10    unit at a facility operated by the Department and has
11    daily contact with the residents of the security unit,
12    (iii) is employed at a facility operated by the Department
13    that includes a security unit and is regularly scheduled
14    to work at least 50% of his or her working hours within
15    that security unit, or (iv) is a mental health police
16    officer. "Mental health police officer" means any person
17    employed by the Department of Human Services in a position
18    pertaining to the Department's mental health and
19    developmental disabilities functions who is vested with
20    such law enforcement duties as render the person
21    ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by
22    reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and
23    218(l)(1) of that Act. "Security unit" means that portion
24    of a facility that is devoted to the care, containment,
25    and treatment of persons committed to the Department of
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1    to stand trial, or persons not guilty by reason of
2    insanity. With respect to past employment, references to
3    the Department of Human Services include its predecessor,
4    the Department of Mental Health and Developmental
5    Disabilities.
6        The changes made to this subdivision (c)(8) by Public
7    Act 92-14 apply to persons who retire on or after January
8    1, 2001, notwithstanding Section 1-103.1.
9        (9) "Central Management Services security police
10    officer" means any person employed by the Department of
11    Central Management Services who is vested with such law
12    enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
13    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
14    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
15        (10) For a member who first became an employee under
16    this Article before July 1, 2005, the term "security
17    employee of the Department of Corrections or the
18    Department of Juvenile Justice" means any employee of the
19    Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile
20    Justice or the former Department of Personnel, and any
21    member or employee of the Prisoner Review Board, who has
22    daily contact with inmates or youth by working within a
23    correctional facility or Juvenile facility operated by the
24    Department of Juvenile Justice or who is a parole officer
25    or an employee who has direct contact with committed
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1    member who first becomes an employee under this Article on
2    or after July 1, 2005, the term means an employee of the
3    Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile
4    Justice who is any of the following: (i) officially
5    headquartered at a correctional facility or Juvenile
6    facility operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice,
7    (ii) a parole officer, (iii) a member of the apprehension
8    unit, (iv) a member of the intelligence unit, (v) a member
9    of the sort team, or (vi) an investigator.
10        (11) The term "dangerous drugs investigator" means any
11    person who is employed as such by the Department of Human
12    Services.
13        (12) The term "investigator for the Illinois State
14    Police" means a person employed by the Illinois State
15    Police who is vested under Section 4 of the Narcotic
16    Control Division Abolition Act with such law enforcement
17    powers as render him ineligible for coverage under the
18    Social Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
19    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
20        (13) "Investigator for the Office of the Attorney
21    General" means any person who is employed as such by the
22    Office of the Attorney General and is vested with such
23    investigative duties as render him ineligible for coverage
24    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
25    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. For
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1    persons who were employed as investigators by the Office
2    of the Attorney General, without regard to social security
3    status.
4        (14) "Controlled substance inspector" means any person
5    who is employed as such by the Department of Professional
6    Regulation and is vested with such law enforcement duties
7    as render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
8    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
9    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The term
10    "controlled substance inspector" includes the Program
11    Executive of Enforcement and the Assistant Program
12    Executive of Enforcement.
13        (15) The term "investigator for the Office of the
14    State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor" means a person
15    employed in that capacity on a full-time full time basis
16    under the authority of Section 7.06 of the State's
17    Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
18        (16) "Commerce Commission police officer" means any
19    person employed by the Illinois Commerce Commission who is
20    vested with such law enforcement duties as render him
21    ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by
22    reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and
23    218(l)(1) of that Act.
24        (17) "Arson investigator" means any person who is
25    employed as such by the Office of the State Fire Marshal
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1    the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
2    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
3    218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. A person who was
4    employed as an arson investigator on January 1, 1995 and
5    is no longer in service but not yet receiving a retirement
6    annuity may convert his or her creditable service for
7    employment as an arson investigator into eligible
8    creditable service by paying to the System the difference
9    between the employee contributions actually paid for that
10    service and the amounts that would have been contributed
11    if the applicant were contributing at the rate applicable
12    to persons with the same social security status earning
13    eligible creditable service on the date of application.
14        (18) The term "State highway maintenance worker" means
15    a person who is either of the following:
16            (i) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
17        Illinois Department of Transportation in the position
18        of highway maintainer, highway maintenance lead
19        worker, highway maintenance lead/lead worker, heavy
20        construction equipment operator, power shovel
21        operator, or bridge mechanic; and whose principal
22        responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
23        actual maintenance necessary to keep the highways that
24        form a part of the State highway system in serviceable
25        condition for vehicular traffic.
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1        Illinois State Toll Highway Authority in the position
2        of equipment operator/laborer H-4, equipment
3        operator/laborer H-6, welder H-4, welder H-6,
4        mechanical/electrical H-4, mechanical/electrical H-6,
5        water/sewer H-4, water/sewer H-6, sign maker/hanger
6        H-4, sign maker/hanger H-6, roadway lighting H-4,
7        roadway lighting H-6, structural H-4, structural H-6,
8        painter H-4, or painter H-6; and whose principal
9        responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
10        actual maintenance necessary to keep the Authority's
11        tollways in serviceable condition for vehicular
12        traffic.
13        (19) The term "security employee of the Department of
14    Innovation and Technology" means a person who was a
15    security employee of the Department of Corrections or the
16    Department of Juvenile Justice, was transferred to the
17    Department of Innovation and Technology pursuant to
18    Executive Order 2016-01, and continues to perform similar
19    job functions under that Department.
20        (20) "Transferred employee" means an employee who was
21    transferred to the Department of Central Management
22    Services by Executive Order No. 2003-10 or Executive Order
23    No. 2004-2 or transferred to the Department of Innovation
24    and Technology by Executive Order No. 2016-1, or both, and
25    was entitled to eligible creditable service for services
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1    (d) A security employee of the Department of Corrections
2or the Department of Juvenile Justice, a security employee of
3the Department of Human Services who is not a mental health
4police officer, and a security employee of the Department of
5Innovation and Technology shall not be eligible for the
6alternative retirement annuity provided by this Section unless
7he or she meets the following minimum age and service
8requirements at the time of retirement:
9        (i) 25 years of eligible creditable service and age
10    55; or
11        (ii) beginning January 1, 1987, 25 years of eligible
12    creditable service and age 54, or 24 years of eligible
13    creditable service and age 55; or
14        (iii) beginning January 1, 1988, 25 years of eligible
15    creditable service and age 53, or 23 years of eligible
16    creditable service and age 55; or
17        (iv) beginning January 1, 1989, 25 years of eligible
18    creditable service and age 52, or 22 years of eligible
19    creditable service and age 55; or
20        (v) beginning January 1, 1990, 25 years of eligible
21    creditable service and age 51, or 21 years of eligible
22    creditable service and age 55; or
23        (vi) beginning January 1, 1991, 25 years of eligible
24    creditable service and age 50, or 20 years of eligible
25    creditable service and age 55.
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1Code for service as a security employee of the Department of
2Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, or the
3Department of Human Services in a position requiring
4certification as a teacher may count such service toward
5establishing their eligibility under the service requirements
6of this Section; but such service may be used only for
7establishing such eligibility, and not for the purpose of
8increasing or calculating any benefit.
9    (e) If a member enters military service while working in a
10position in which eligible creditable service may be earned,
11and returns to State service in the same or another such
12position, and fulfills in all other respects the conditions
13prescribed in this Article for credit for military service,
14such military service shall be credited as eligible creditable
15service for the purposes of the retirement annuity prescribed
16in this Section.
17    (f) For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
18this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
191968 and before October 1, 1975 as a covered employee in the
20position of special agent, conservation police officer, mental
21health police officer, or investigator for the Secretary of
22State, shall be deemed to have been service as a noncovered
23employee, provided that the employee pays to the System prior
24to retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between
25the employee contributions that would have been required for
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1employee contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is
2made after July 31, 1987, regular interest on the amount
3specified in item (1) from the date of service to the date of
4payment.
5    For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
6this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
71968 and before January 1, 1982 as a covered employee in the
8position of investigator for the Department of Revenue shall
9be deemed to have been service as a noncovered employee,
10provided that the employee pays to the System prior to
11retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between the
12employee contributions that would have been required for such
13service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of employee
14contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is made after
15January 1, 1990, regular interest on the amount specified in
16item (1) from the date of service to the date of payment.
17    (g) A State policeman may elect, not later than January 1,
181990, to establish eligible creditable service for up to 10
19years of his service as a policeman under Article 3, by filing
20a written election with the Board, accompanied by payment of
21an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to (i) the
22difference between the amount of employee and employer
23contributions transferred to the System under Section 3-110.5,
24and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
25contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
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1for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
2to the date of payment.
3    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
4policeman may elect, not later than July 1, 1993, to establish
5eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of his service
6as a member of the County Police Department under Article 9, by
7filing a written election with the Board, accompanied by
8payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to
9(i) the difference between the amount of employee and employer
10contributions transferred to the System under Section 9-121.10
11and the amounts that would have been contributed had those
12contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
13policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
14for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
15to the date of payment.
16    (h) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
17policeman or investigator for the Secretary of State may elect
18to establish eligible creditable service for up to 12 years of
19his service as a policeman under Article 5, by filing a written
20election with the Board on or before January 31, 1992, and
21paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
22determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
23the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
24to the System under Section 5-236, and the amounts that would
25have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
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1thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
2annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
3    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
4policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
5the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
6creditable service for up to 10 years of service as a sheriff's
7law enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
8election with the Board on or before January 31, 1993, and
9paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
10determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
11the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
12to the System under Section 7-139.7, and the amounts that
13would have been contributed had such contributions been made
14at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
15thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
16annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
17    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
18policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
19the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
20creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a police
21officer under Article 3, a policeman under Article 5, a
22sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article 7, a member
23of the county police department under Article 9, or a police
24officer under Article 15 by filing a written election with the
25Board and paying to the System an amount to be determined by
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1employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
2under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, 9-121.10, or 15-134.4
3and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
4contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
5policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
6for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
7to the date of payment.
8    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
9investigator for the Office of the Attorney General, or an
10investigator for the Department of Revenue, may elect to
11establish eligible creditable service for up to 5 years of
12service as a police officer under Article 3, a policeman under
13Article 5, a sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article
147, or a member of the county police department under Article 9
15by filing a written election with the Board within 6 months
16after August 25, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act
1796-745) and paying to the System an amount to be determined by
18the Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
19employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
20under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, or 9-121.10 and the
21amounts that would have been contributed had such
22contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
23policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially
24assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
25of service to the date of payment.
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1policeman, conservation police officer, investigator for the
2Office of the Attorney General, an investigator for the
3Department of Revenue, or investigator for the Secretary of
4State may elect to establish eligible creditable service for
5up to 5 years of service as a person employed by a
6participating municipality to perform police duties, or law
7enforcement officer employed on a full-time basis by a forest
8preserve district under Article 7, a county corrections
9officer, or a court services officer under Article 9, by
10filing a written election with the Board within 6 months after
11August 25, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act 96-745) and
12paying to the System an amount to be determined by the Board,
13equal to (i) the difference between the amount of employee and
14employer contributions transferred to the System under
15Sections 7-139.8 and 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have
16been contributed had such contributions been made at the rates
17applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at
18the actuarially assumed rate for each year, compounded
19annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
20    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
21policeman, arson investigator, or Commerce Commission police
22officer may elect to establish eligible creditable service for
23up to 5 years of service as a person employed by a
24participating municipality to perform police duties under
25Article 7, a county corrections officer, a court services
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1filing a written election with the Board within 6 months after
2July 30, 2021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-210) this
3amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly and paying to the
4System an amount to be determined by the Board equal to (i) the
5difference between the amount of employee and employer
6contributions transferred to the System under Sections
74-108.8, 7-139.8, and 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have
8been contributed had such contributions been made at the rates
9applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at
10the actuarially assumed rate for each year, compounded
11annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
12    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
13conservation police officer may elect to establish eligible
14creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a person
15employed by a participating municipality to perform police
16duties under Article 7, a county corrections officer, or a
17court services officer under Article 9 by filing a written
18election with the Board within 6 months after July 30, 2021
19(the effective date of Public Act 102-210) this amendatory Act
20of the 102nd General Assembly and paying to the System an
21amount to be determined by the Board equal to (i) the
22difference between the amount of employee and employer
23contributions transferred to the System under Sections 7-139.8
24and 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have been contributed
25had such contributions been made at the rates applicable to
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1assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
2of service to the date of payment.
3    Notwithstanding the limitation in subsection (i), a State
4policeman or conservation police officer may elect to convert
5service credit earned under this Article to eligible
6creditable service, as defined by this Section, by filing a
7written election with the board within 6 months after July 30,
82021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-210) this
9amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly and paying to the
10System an amount to be determined by the Board equal to (i) the
11difference between the amount of employee contributions
12originally paid for that service and the amounts that would
13have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
14rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) the difference
15between the employer's normal cost of the credit prior to the
16conversion authorized by Public Act 102-210 this amendatory
17Act of the 102nd General Assembly and the employer's normal
18cost of the credit converted in accordance with Public Act
19102-210 this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly,
20plus (iii) interest thereon at the actuarially assumed rate
21for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
22to the date of payment.
23    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
24investigator for the Secretary of State may elect to establish
25eligible creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a
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1police duties under Article 7 by filing a written election
2with the Board within 6 months after the effective date of this
3amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly and paying to the
4System an amount to be determined by the Board equal to (i) the
5difference between the amount of employee and employer
6contributions transferred to the System under Section 7-139.8
7and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
8contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
9policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially
10assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
11of service to the date of payment.
12    (i) The total amount of eligible creditable service
13established by any person under subsections (g), (h), (j),
14(k), (l), (l-5), and (o) of this Section shall not exceed 12
15years.
16    (j) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
17investigator for the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
18Prosecutor or a controlled substance inspector may elect to
19establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of
20his service as a policeman under Article 3 or a sheriff's law
21enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
22election with the Board, accompanied by payment of an amount
23to be determined by the Board, equal to (1) the difference
24between the amount of employee and employer contributions
25transferred to the System under Section 3-110.6 or 7-139.8,
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1contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
2policemen, plus (2) interest thereon at the effective rate for
3each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to
4the date of payment.
5    (k) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
6Section, an alternative formula employee may elect to
7establish eligible creditable service for periods spent as a
8full-time law enforcement officer or full-time corrections
9officer employed by the federal government or by a state or
10local government located outside of Illinois, for which credit
11is not held in any other public employee pension fund or
12retirement system. To obtain this credit, the applicant must
13file a written application with the Board by March 31, 1998,
14accompanied by evidence of eligibility acceptable to the Board
15and payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal
16to (1) employee contributions for the credit being
17established, based upon the applicant's salary on the first
18day as an alternative formula employee after the employment
19for which credit is being established and the rates then
20applicable to alternative formula employees, plus (2) an
21amount determined by the Board to be the employer's normal
22cost of the benefits accrued for the credit being established,
23plus (3) regular interest on the amounts in items (1) and (2)
24from the first day as an alternative formula employee after
25the employment for which credit is being established to the
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1    (l) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
2security employee of the Department of Corrections may elect,
3not later than July 1, 1998, to establish eligible creditable
4service for up to 10 years of his or her service as a policeman
5under Article 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
14to the date of payment.
15    (l-5) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
16Section, a State policeman may elect to establish eligible
17creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a full-time
18law enforcement officer employed by the federal government or
19by a state or local government located outside of Illinois for
20which credit is not held in any other public employee pension
21fund or retirement system. To obtain this credit, the
22applicant must file a written application with the Board no
23later than 3 years after January 1, 2020 (the effective date of
24Public Act 101-610) this amendatory Act of the 101st General
25Assembly, accompanied by evidence of eligibility acceptable to
26the Board and payment of an amount to be determined by the

 

 

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1Board, equal to (1) employee contributions for the credit
2being established, based upon the applicant's salary on the
3first day as an alternative formula employee after the
4employment for which credit is being established and the rates
5then applicable to alternative formula employees, plus (2) an
6amount determined by the Board to be the employer's normal
7cost of the benefits accrued for the credit being established,
8plus (3) regular interest on the amounts in items (1) and (2)
9from the first day as an alternative formula employee after
10the employment for which credit is being established to the
11date of payment.
12    (m) The amendatory changes to this Section made by Public
13Act 94-696 this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly
14apply only to: (1) security employees of the Department of
15Juvenile Justice employed by the Department of Corrections
16before June 1, 2006 (the effective date of Public Act 94-696)
17this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and
18transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice by Public
19Act 94-696 this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly;
20and (2) persons employed by the Department of Juvenile Justice
21on or after June 1, 2006 (the effective date of Public Act
2294-696) this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly who
23are required by subsection (b) of Section 3-2.5-15 of the
24Unified Code of Corrections to have any bachelor's or advanced
25degree from an accredited college or university or, in the
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1required to have adequate knowledge in the skill for which
2they are providing the vocational training.
3    (n) A person employed in a position under subsection (b)
4of this Section who has purchased service credit under
5subsection (j) of Section 14-104 or subsection (b) of Section
614-105 in any other capacity under this Article may convert up
7to 5 years of that service credit into service credit covered
8under this Section by paying to the Fund an amount equal to (1)
9the additional employee contribution required under Section
1014-133, plus (2) the additional employer contribution required
11under Section 14-131, plus (3) interest on items (1) and (2) at
12the actuarially assumed rate from the date of the service to
13the date of payment.
14    (o) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
15conservation police officer, investigator for the Secretary of
16State, Commerce Commission police officer, investigator for
17the Department of Revenue or the Illinois Gaming Board, or
18arson investigator subject to subsection (g) of Section 1-160
19may elect to convert up to 8 years of service credit
20established before January 1, 2020 (the effective date of
21Public Act 101-610) this amendatory Act of the 101st General
22Assembly as a conservation police officer, investigator for
23the Secretary of State, Commerce Commission police officer,
24investigator for the Department of Revenue or the Illinois
25Gaming Board, or arson investigator under this Article into
26eligible creditable service by filing a written election with

 

 

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1the Board no later than one year after January 1, 2020 (the
2effective date of Public Act 101-610) this amendatory Act of
3the 101st General Assembly, accompanied by payment of an
4amount to be determined by the Board equal to (i) the
5difference between the amount of the employee contributions
6actually paid for that service and the amount of the employee
7contributions that would have been paid had the employee
8contributions been made as a noncovered employee serving in a
9position in which eligible creditable service, as defined in
10this Section, may be earned, plus (ii) interest thereon at the
11effective rate for each year, compounded annually, from the
12date of service to the date of payment.
13(Source: P.A. 101-610, eff. 1-1-20; 102-210, eff. 7-30-21;
14102-538, eff. 8-20-21; revised 10-12-21.)
 
15    (40 ILCS 5/14-152.1)
16    Sec. 14-152.1. Application and expiration of new benefit
17increases.
18    (a) As used in this Section, "new benefit increase" means
19an increase in the amount of any benefit provided under this
20Article, or an expansion of the conditions of eligibility for
21any benefit under this Article, that results from an amendment
22to this Code that takes effect after June 1, 2005 (the
23effective date of Public Act 94-4). "New benefit increase",
24however, does not include any benefit increase resulting from
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196-37, Public Act 100-23, Public Act 100-587, Public Act
2100-611, Public Act 101-10, Public Act 101-610, Public Act
3102-210, or this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly
4or this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly.
5    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code or
6any subsequent amendment to this Code, every new benefit
7increase is subject to this Section and shall be deemed to be
8granted only in conformance with and contingent upon
9compliance with the provisions of this Section.
10    (c) The Public Act enacting a new benefit increase must
11identify and provide for payment to the System of additional
12funding at least sufficient to fund the resulting annual
13increase in cost to the System as it accrues.
14    Every new benefit increase is contingent upon the General
15Assembly providing the additional funding required under this
16subsection. The Commission on Government Forecasting and
17Accountability shall analyze whether adequate additional
18funding has been provided for the new benefit increase and
19shall report its analysis to the Public Pension Division of
20the Department of Insurance. A new benefit increase created by
21a Public Act that does not include the additional funding
22required under this subsection is null and void. If the Public
23Pension Division determines that the additional funding
24provided for a new benefit increase under this subsection is
25or has become inadequate, it may so certify to the Governor and
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1by the General Assembly, the new benefit increase shall expire
2at the end of the fiscal year in which the certification is
3made.
4    (d) Every new benefit increase shall expire 5 years after
5its effective date or on such earlier date as may be specified
6in the language enacting the new benefit increase or provided
7under subsection (c). This does not prevent the General
8Assembly from extending or re-creating a new benefit increase
9by law.
10    (e) Except as otherwise provided in the language creating
11the new benefit increase, a new benefit increase that expires
12under this Section continues to apply to persons who applied
13and qualified for the affected benefit while the new benefit
14increase was in effect and to the affected beneficiaries and
15alternate payees of such persons, but does not apply to any
16other person, including, without limitation, a person who
17continues in service after the expiration date and did not
18apply and qualify for the affected benefit while the new
19benefit increase was in effect.
20(Source: P.A. 101-10, eff. 6-5-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19;
21101-610, eff. 1-1-20; 102-210, eff. 7-30-21.)
 
22    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23becoming law.