93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB7258

 

Introduced 02/20/04, by Chapin Rose

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
40 ILCS 5/3-110   from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-110
40 ILCS 5/3-110.8 new
40 ILCS 5/7-139   from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-139
40 ILCS 5/7-139.10 new

    Amends the Downstate Police and IMRF Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Authorizes a member of a downstate police fund who has up to 8 years of creditable service under IMRF to transfer his or her service credit under IMRF to that downstate police fund. Authorizes a member of IMRF who has up to 8 years of creditable service in a fund under the Downstate Police Article to transfer his or her service credit under that downstate police fund to IMRF. Provides that if the amount transferred under this amendatory Act is less than the true cost to the receiving pension fund of allowing that creditable service to be established, then the amount of creditable service the person may establish under this amendatory Act shall be reduced by a corresponding amount. 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,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing
5 Sections 3-110 and 7-139 and adding Sections 3-110.8 and
6 7-139.10 as follows:
 
7     (40 ILCS 5/3-110)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-110)
8     Sec. 3-110. Creditable service.
9     (a) "Creditable service" is the time served by a police
10 officer as a member of a regularly constituted police force of
11 a municipality. In computing creditable service furloughs
12 without pay exceeding 30 days shall not be counted, but all
13 leaves of absence for illness or accident, regardless of
14 length, and all periods of disability retirement for which a
15 police officer has received no disability pension payments
16 under this Article shall be counted.
17     (a-5) Up to 3 years of time during which the police officer
18 receives a disability pension under Section 3-114.1, 3-114.2,
19 3-114.3, or 3-114.6 shall be counted as creditable service,
20 provided that (i) the police officer returns to active service
21 after the disability for a period at least equal to the period
22 for which credit is to be established and (ii) the police
23 officer makes contributions to the fund based on the rates
24 specified in Section 3-125.1 and the salary upon which the
25 disability pension is based. These contributions may be paid at
26 any time prior to the commencement of a retirement pension. The
27 police officer may, but need not, elect to have the
28 contributions deducted from the disability pension or to pay
29 them in installments on a schedule approved by the board. If
30 not deducted from the disability pension, the contributions
31 shall include interest at the rate of 6% per year, compounded
32 annually, from the date for which service credit is being

 

 

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1 established to the date of payment. If contributions are paid
2 under this subsection (a-5) in excess of those needed to
3 establish the credit, the excess shall be refunded. This
4 subsection (a-5) applies to persons receiving a disability
5 pension under Section 3-114.1, 3-114.2, 3-114.3, or 3-114.6 on
6 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st General
7 Assembly, as well as persons who begin to receive such a
8 disability pension after that date.
9     (b) Creditable service includes all periods of service in
10 the military, naval or air forces of the United States entered
11 upon while an active police officer of a municipality, provided
12 that upon applying for a permanent pension, and in accordance
13 with the rules of the board, the police officer pays into the
14 fund the amount the officer would have contributed if he or she
15 had been a regular contributor during such period, to the
16 extent that the municipality which the police officer served
17 has not made such contributions in the officer's behalf. The
18 total amount of such creditable service shall not exceed 5
19 years, except that any police officer who on July 1, 1973 had
20 more than 5 years of such creditable service shall receive the
21 total amount thereof.
22     (c) Creditable service also includes service rendered by a
23 police officer while on leave of absence from a police
24 department to serve as an executive of an organization whose
25 membership consists of members of a police department, subject
26 to the following conditions: (i) the police officer is a
27 participant of a fund established under this Article with at
28 least 10 years of service as a police officer; (ii) the police
29 officer received no credit for such service under any other
30 retirement system, pension fund, or annuity and benefit fund
31 included in this Code; (iii) pursuant to the rules of the board
32 the police officer pays to the fund the amount he or she would
33 have contributed had the officer been an active member of the
34 police department; and (iv) the organization pays a
35 contribution equal to the municipality's normal cost for that
36 period of service.

 

 

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1       (d)(1) Creditable service also includes periods of
2     service originally established in another police pension
3     fund under this Article or in the Fund established under
4     Article 7 of this Code for which (i) the contributions have
5     been transferred under Section 3-110.7 or Section 7-139.9
6     and (ii) any additional contribution required under
7     paragraph (2) of this subsection has been paid in full in
8     accordance with the requirements of this subsection (d).
9         (2) If the board of the pension fund to which
10     creditable service and related contributions are
11     transferred under Section 3-110.7 or 7-139.9 determines
12     that the amount transferred is less than the true cost to
13     the pension fund of allowing that creditable service to be
14     established, then in order to establish that creditable
15     service the police officer must pay to the pension fund,
16     within the payment period specified in paragraph (3) of
17     this subsection, an additional contribution equal to the
18     difference, as determined by the board in accordance with
19     the rules and procedures adopted under paragraph (6) of
20     this subsection.
21         (3) Except as provided in paragraph (4), the additional
22     contribution must be paid to the board (i) within 5 years
23     from the date of the transfer of contributions under
24     Section 3-110.7 or 7-139.9 and (ii) before the police
25     officer terminates service with the fund. The additional
26     contribution may be paid in a lump sum or in accordance
27     with a schedule of installment payments authorized by the
28     board.
29         (4) If the police officer dies in service before
30     payment in full has been made and before the expiration of
31     the 5-year payment period, the surviving spouse of the
32     officer may elect to pay the unpaid amount on the officer's
33     behalf within 6 months after the date of death, in which
34     case the creditable service shall be granted as though the
35     deceased police officer had paid the remaining balance on
36     the day before the date of death.

 

 

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1         (5) If the additional contribution is not paid in full
2     within the required time, the creditable service shall not
3     be granted and the police officer (or the officer's
4     surviving spouse or estate) shall be entitled to receive a
5     refund of (i) any partial payment of the additional
6     contribution that has been made by the police officer and
7     (ii) those portions of the amounts transferred under
8     subdivision (a)(1) of Section 3-110.7 or subdivisions
9     (a)(1) and (a)(3) of Section 7-139.9 that represent
10     employee contributions paid by the police officer (but not
11     the accumulated interest on those contributions) and
12     interest paid by the police officer to the prior pension
13     fund in order to reinstate service terminated by acceptance
14     of a refund.
15         At the time of paying a refund under this item (5), the
16     pension fund shall also repay to the pension fund from
17     which the contributions were transferred under Section
18     3-110.7 or 7-139.9 the amount originally transferred under
19     subdivision (a)(2) of that Section, plus interest at the
20     rate of 6% per year, compounded annually, from the date of
21     the original transfer to the date of repayment. Amounts
22     repaid to the Article 7 fund under this provision shall be
23     credited to the appropriate municipality.
24         Transferred credit that is not granted due to failure
25     to pay the additional contribution within the required time
26     is lost; it may not be transferred to another pension fund
27     and may not be reinstated in the pension fund from which it
28     was transferred.
29         (6) The Public Employee Pension Fund Division of the
30     Department of Insurance shall establish by rule the manner
31     of making the calculation required under paragraph (2) of
32     this subsection, taking into account the appropriate
33     actuarial assumptions; the police officer's service, age,
34     and salary history; the level of funding of the pension
35     fund to which the credits are being transferred; and any
36     other factors that the Division determines to be relevant.

 

 

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1     The rules may require that all calculations made under
2     paragraph (2) be reported to the Division by the board
3     performing the calculation, together with documentation of
4     the creditable service to be transferred, the amounts of
5     contributions and interest to be transferred, the manner in
6     which the calculation was performed, the numbers relied
7     upon in making the calculation, the results of the
8     calculation, and any other information the Division may
9     deem useful.
10       (e)(1) Creditable service also includes periods of
11     service originally established in the Fund established
12     under Article 7 of this Code for which the contributions
13     have been transferred under Section 7-139.10.
14         (2) If the board of the pension fund to which
15     creditable service and related contributions are
16     transferred under Section 7-139.10 determines that the
17     amount transferred is less than the true cost to the
18     pension fund of allowing that creditable service to be
19     established, then the amount of creditable service the
20     police officer may establish under this subsection (e)
21     shall be reduced by an amount equal to the difference, as
22     determined by the board in accordance with the rules and
23     procedures adopted under paragraph (3) of this subsection.
24         (3) The Public Pension Division of the Department of
25     Insurance shall establish by rule the manner of making the
26     calculation required under paragraph (2) of this
27     subsection, taking into account the appropriate actuarial
28     assumptions; the police officer's service, age, and salary
29     history; the level of funding of the pension fund to which
30     the credits are being transferred; and any other factors
31     that the Division determines to be relevant. The rules may
32     require that all calculations made under paragraph (2) be
33     reported to the Division by the board performing the
34     calculation, together with documentation of the creditable
35     service to be transferred, the amounts of contributions and
36     interest to be transferred, the manner in which the

 

 

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1     calculation was performed, the numbers relied upon in
2     making the calculation, the results of the calculation, and
3     any other information the Division may deem useful.
4 (Source: P.A. 90-460, eff. 8-17-97; 91-887, eff. 7-6-00;
5 91-939, eff. 2-1-01.)
 
6     (40 ILCS 5/3-110.8 new)
7     Sec. 3-110.8. Transfer to IMRF.
8     (a) Until January 1, 2005, any active member of the
9 Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund who has less than 8 years of
10 creditable service in a police pension fund under this Article,
11 may apply for transfer of his creditable service accumulated in
12 that fund to the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund. The
13 creditable service shall be transferred upon payment by the
14 police pension fund to the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund
15 of an amount equal to:
16         (1) the amounts accumulated to the credit of the
17     applicant on the books of the fund on the date of transfer;
18     and
19         (2) employer contributions in an amount equal to the
20     amount determined under subparagraph (1); and
21         (3) any interest paid by the applicant in order to
22     reinstate service.
23 Participation in this Fund shall terminate on the date of
24 transfer.
25     (b) Until January 1, 2005, any member under subsection (a)
26 may reinstate service which was terminated by receipt of a
27 refund, by payment to the police pension fund of the amount of
28 the refund with interest thereon at the rate of 6% per year,
29 compounded annually, from the date of refund to the date of
30 payment.
 
31     (40 ILCS 5/7-139)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-139)
32     Sec. 7-139. Credits and creditable service to employees.
33     (a) Each participating employee shall be granted credits
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1 of any annuity or benefit to which he or a beneficiary is
2 entitled, as follows:
3         1. For prior service: Each participating employee who
4     is an employee of a participating municipality or
5     participating instrumentality on the effective date shall
6     be granted creditable service, but no credits under
7     paragraph 2 of this subsection (a), for periods of prior
8     service for which credit has not been received under any
9     other pension fund or retirement system established under
10     this Code, as follows:
11         If the effective date of participation for the
12     participating municipality or participating
13     instrumentality is on or before January 1, 1998, creditable
14     service shall be granted for the entire period of prior
15     service with that employer without any employee
16     contribution.
17         If the effective date of participation for the
18     participating municipality or participating
19     instrumentality is after January 1, 1998, creditable
20     service shall be granted for the last 20% of the period of
21     prior service with that employer, but no more than 5 years,
22     without any employee contribution. A participating
23     employee may establish creditable service for the
24     remainder of the period of prior service with that employer
25     by making an application in writing, accompanied by payment
26     of an employee contribution in an amount determined by the
27     Fund, based on the employee contribution rates in effect at
28     the time of application for the creditable service and the
29     employee's salary rate on the effective date of
30     participation for that employer, plus interest at the
31     effective rate from the date of the prior service to the
32     date of payment. Application for this creditable service
33     may be made at any time while the employee is still in
34     service.
35         Any person who has withdrawn from the service of a
36     participating municipality or participating

 

 

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1     instrumentality prior to the effective date, who reenters
2     the service of the same municipality or participating
3     instrumentality after the effective date and becomes a
4     participating employee is entitled to creditable service
5     for prior service as otherwise provided in this subdivision
6     (a)(1) only if he or she renders 2 years of service as a
7     participating employee after the effective date.
8     Application for such service must be made while in a
9     participating status. The salary rate to be used in the
10     calculation of the required employee contribution, if any,
11     shall be the employee's salary rate at the time of first
12     reentering service with the employer after the employer's
13     effective date of participation.
14         2. For current service, each participating employee
15     shall be credited with:
16             a. Additional credits of amounts equal to each
17         payment of additional contributions received from him
18         under Section 7-173, as of the date the corresponding
19         payment of earnings is payable to him.
20             b. Normal credits of amounts equal to each payment
21         of normal contributions received from him, as of the
22         date the corresponding payment of earnings is payable
23         to him, and normal contributions made for the purpose
24         of establishing out-of-state service credits as
25         permitted under the conditions set forth in paragraph 6
26         of this subsection (a).
27             c. Municipality credits in an amount equal to 1.4
28         times the normal credits, except those established by
29         out-of-state service credits, as of the date of
30         computation of any benefit if these credits would
31         increase the benefit.
32             d. Survivor credits equal to each payment of
33         survivor contributions received from the participating
34         employee as of the date the corresponding payment of
35         earnings is payable, and survivor contributions made
36         for the purpose of establishing out-of-state service

 

 

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1         credits.
2         3. For periods of temporary and total and permanent
3     disability benefits, each employee receiving disability
4     benefits shall be granted creditable service for the period
5     during which disability benefits are payable. Normal and
6     survivor credits, based upon the rate of earnings applied
7     for disability benefits, shall also be granted if such
8     credits would result in a higher benefit to any such
9     employee or his beneficiary.
10         4. For authorized leave of absence without pay: A
11     participating employee shall be granted credits and
12     creditable service for periods of authorized leave of
13     absence without pay under the following conditions:
14             a. An application for credits and creditable
15         service is submitted to the board while the employee is
16         in a status of active employment, and within 2 years
17         after termination of the leave of absence period for
18         which credits and creditable service are sought.
19             b. Not more than 12 complete months of creditable
20         service for authorized leave of absence without pay
21         shall be counted for purposes of determining any
22         benefits payable under this Article.
23             c. Credits and creditable service shall be granted
24         for leave of absence only if such leave is approved by
25         the governing body of the municipality, including
26         approval of the estimated cost thereof to the
27         municipality as determined by the fund, and employee
28         contributions, plus interest at the effective rate
29         applicable for each year from the end of the period of
30         leave to date of payment, have been paid to the fund in
31         accordance with Section 7-173. The contributions shall
32         be computed upon the assumption earnings continued
33         during the period of leave at the rate in effect when
34         the leave began.
35             d. Benefits under the provisions of Sections
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1         employees on authorized leave of absence, or their
2         designated beneficiary, only if such leave of absence
3         is creditable hereunder, and if the employee has at
4         least one year of creditable service other than the
5         service granted for leave of absence. Any employee
6         contributions due may be deducted from any benefits
7         payable.
8             e. No credits or creditable service shall be
9         allowed for leave of absence without pay during any
10         period of prior service.
11         5. For military service: The governing body of a
12     municipality or participating instrumentality may elect to
13     allow creditable service to participating employees who
14     leave their employment to serve in the armed forces of the
15     United States for all periods of such service, provided
16     that the person returns to active employment within 90 days
17     after completion of full time active duty, but no
18     creditable service shall be allowed such person for any
19     period that can be used in the computation of a pension or
20     any other pay or benefit, other than pay for active duty,
21     for service in any branch of the armed forces of the United
22     States. If necessary to the computation of any benefit, the
23     board shall establish municipality credits for
24     participating employees under this paragraph on the
25     assumption that the employee received earnings at the rate
26     received at the time he left the employment to enter the
27     armed forces. A participating employee in the armed forces
28     shall not be considered an employee during such period of
29     service and no additional death and no disability benefits
30     are payable for death or disability during such period.
31         Any participating employee who left his employment
32     with a municipality or participating instrumentality to
33     serve in the armed forces of the United States and who
34     again became a participating employee within 90 days after
35     completion of full time active duty by entering the service
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1     instrumentality, which has elected to allow creditable
2     service for periods of military service under the preceding
3     paragraph, shall also be allowed creditable service for his
4     period of military service on the same terms that would
5     apply if he had been employed, before entering military
6     service, by the municipality or instrumentality which
7     employed him after he left the military service and the
8     employer costs arising in relation to such grant of
9     creditable service shall be charged to and paid by that
10     municipality or instrumentality.
11         Notwithstanding the foregoing, any participating
12     employee shall be entitled to creditable service as
13     required by any federal law relating to re-employment
14     rights of persons who served in the United States Armed
15     Services. Such creditable service shall be granted upon
16     payment by the member of an amount equal to the employee
17     contributions which would have been required had the
18     employee continued in service at the same rate of earnings
19     during the military leave period, plus interest at the
20     effective rate.
21         5.1. In addition to any creditable service established
22     under paragraph 5 of this subsection (a), creditable
23     service may be granted for up to 24 months of service in
24     the armed forces of the United States.
25         In order to receive creditable service for military
26     service under this paragraph 5.1, a participating employee
27     must (1) apply to the Fund in writing and provide evidence
28     of the military service that is satisfactory to the Board;
29     (2) obtain the written approval of the current employer;
30     and (3) make contributions to the Fund equal to (i) the
31     employee contributions that would have been required had
32     the service been rendered as a member, plus (ii) an amount
33     determined by the board to be equal to the employer's
34     normal cost of the benefits accrued for that military
35     service, plus (iii) interest on items (i) and (ii) from the
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1     payment. If payment is made during the 6-month period that
2     begins 3 months after the effective date of this amendatory
3     Act of 1997, the required interest shall be at the rate of
4     2.5% per year, compounded annually; otherwise, the
5     required interest shall be calculated at the regular
6     interest rate.
7         6. For out-of-state service: Creditable service shall
8     be granted for service rendered to an out-of-state local
9     governmental body under the following conditions: The
10     employee had participated and has irrevocably forfeited
11     all rights to benefits in the out-of-state public employees
12     pension system; the governing body of his participating
13     municipality or instrumentality authorizes the employee to
14     establish such service; the employee has 2 years current
15     service with this municipality or participating
16     instrumentality; the employee makes a payment of
17     contributions, which shall be computed at 8% (normal) plus
18     2% (survivor) times length of service purchased times the
19     average rate of earnings for the first 2 years of service
20     with the municipality or participating instrumentality
21     whose governing body authorizes the service established
22     plus interest at the effective rate on the date such
23     credits are established, payable from the date the employee
24     completes the required 2 years of current service to date
25     of payment. In no case shall more than 120 months of
26     creditable service be granted under this provision.
27         7. For retroactive service: Any employee who could have
28     but did not elect to become a participating employee, or
29     who should have been a participant in the Municipal Public
30     Utilities Annuity and Benefit Fund before that fund was
31     superseded, may receive creditable service for the period
32     of service not to exceed 50 months; however, a current or
33     former elected or appointed official of a participating
34     municipality may establish credit under this paragraph 7
35     for more than 50 months of service as an official of that
36     municipality, if the excess over 50 months is approved by

 

 

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1     resolution of the governing body of the affected
2     municipality filed with the Fund before January 1, 2002.
3         Any employee who is a participating employee on or
4     after September 24, 1981 and who was excluded from
5     participation by the age restrictions removed by Public Act
6     82-596 may receive creditable service for the period, on or
7     after January 1, 1979, excluded by the age restriction and,
8     in addition, if the governing body of the participating
9     municipality or participating instrumentality elects to
10     allow creditable service for all employees excluded by the
11     age restriction prior to January 1, 1979, for service
12     during the period prior to that date excluded by the age
13     restriction. Any employee who was excluded from
14     participation by the age restriction removed by Public Act
15     82-596 and who is not a participating employee on or after
16     September 24, 1981 may receive creditable service for
17     service after January 1, 1979. Creditable service under
18     this paragraph shall be granted upon payment of the
19     employee contributions which would have been required had
20     he participated, with interest at the effective rate for
21     each year from the end of the period of service established
22     to date of payment.
23         8. For accumulated unused sick leave: A participating
24     employee who is applying for a retirement annuity shall be
25     entitled to creditable service for that portion of the
26     employee's accumulated unused sick leave for which payment
27     is not received, as follows:
28             a. Sick leave days shall be limited to those
29         accumulated under a sick leave plan established by a
30         participating municipality or participating
31         instrumentality which is available to all employees or
32         a class of employees.
33             b. Only sick leave days accumulated with a
34         participating municipality or participating
35         instrumentality with which the employee was in service
36         within 60 days of the effective date of his retirement

 

 

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1         annuity shall be credited; If the employee was in
2         service with more than one employer during this period
3         only the sick leave days with the employer with which
4         the employee has the greatest number of unpaid sick
5         leave days shall be considered.
6             c. The creditable service granted shall be
7         considered solely for the purpose of computing the
8         amount of the retirement annuity and shall not be used
9         to establish any minimum service period required by any
10         provision of the Illinois Pension Code, the effective
11         date of the retirement annuity, or the final rate of
12         earnings.
13             d. The creditable service shall be at the rate of
14         1/20 of a month for each full sick day, provided that
15         no more than 12 months may be credited under this
16         subdivision 8.
17             e. Employee contributions shall not be required
18         for creditable service under this subdivision 8.
19             f. Each participating municipality and
20         participating instrumentality with which an employee
21         has service within 60 days of the effective date of his
22         retirement annuity shall certify to the board the
23         number of accumulated unpaid sick leave days credited
24         to the employee at the time of termination of service.
25         9. For service transferred from another system:
26     Credits and creditable service shall be granted for service
27     under Article 3, 4, 5, 14 or 16 of this Act, to any active
28     member of this Fund, and to any inactive member who has
29     been a county sheriff, upon transfer of such credits
30     pursuant to Section 3-110.3, 4-108.3, 5-235, 14-105.6 or
31     16-131.4, and payment by the member of the amount by which
32     (1) the employer and employee contributions that would have
33     been required if he had participated in this Fund as a
34     sheriff's law enforcement employee during the period for
35     which credit is being transferred, plus interest thereon at
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1     the date of termination of the service for which credit is
2     being transferred to the date of payment, exceeds (2) the
3     amount actually transferred to the Fund. Such transferred
4     service shall be deemed to be service as a sheriff's law
5     enforcement employee for the purposes of Section 7-142.1.
6         10. For service transferred from an Article 3 system
7     under Section 3-110.8: Credits and creditable service
8     shall be granted for service under Article 3 of this Act as
9     provided in Section 3-110.8, to any active member of this
10     Fund upon transfer of such credits pursuant to Section
11     3-110.8. If the amount by which (1) the employer and
12     employee contributions that would have been required if he
13     had participated in this Fund during the period for which
14     credit is being transferred, plus interest thereon at the
15     effective rate for each year, compounded annually, from the
16     date of termination of the service for which credit is
17     being transferred to the date of payment, exceeds (2) the
18     amount actually transferred to the Fund, then the amount of
19     creditable service established under this paragraph 10
20     shall be reduced by a corresponding amount in accordance
21     with the rules and procedures established under this
22     paragraph 10.
23         The Public Pension Division of the Department of
24     Insurance shall establish by rule the manner of making the
25     calculation required under this paragraph 10, taking into
26     account the appropriate actuarial assumptions; the
27     member's service, age, and salary history; the level of
28     funding of the employer; and any other factors that the
29     Division determines to be relevant. The rules may require
30     that all calculations made under this paragraph be reported
31     to the Division by the board, together with documentation
32     of the creditable service to be transferred, the amounts of
33     contributions and interest to be transferred, the manner in
34     which the calculation was performed, the numbers relied
35     upon in making the calculation, the results of the
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1     deem useful.
2     (b) Creditable service - amount:
3         1. One month of creditable service shall be allowed for
4     each month for which a participating employee made
5     contributions as required under Section 7-173, or for which
6     creditable service is otherwise granted hereunder. Not
7     more than 1 month of service shall be credited and counted
8     for 1 calendar month, and not more than 1 year of service
9     shall be credited and counted for any calendar year. A
10     calendar month means a nominal month beginning on the first
11     day thereof, and a calendar year means a year beginning
12     January 1 and ending December 31.
13         2. A seasonal employee shall be given 12 months of
14     creditable service if he renders the number of months of
15     service normally required by the position in a 12-month
16     period and he remains in service for the entire 12-month
17     period. Otherwise a fractional year of service in the
18     number of months of service rendered shall be credited.
19         3. An intermittent employee shall be given creditable
20     service for only those months in which a contribution is
21     made under Section 7-173.
22     (c) No application for correction of credits or creditable
23 service shall be considered unless the board receives an
24 application for correction while (1) the applicant is a
25 participating employee and in active employment with a
26 participating municipality or instrumentality, or (2) while
27 the applicant is actively participating in a pension fund or
28 retirement system which is a participating system under the
29 Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act. A participating employee or
30 other applicant shall not be entitled to credits or creditable
31 service unless the required employee contributions are made in
32 a lump sum or in installments made in accordance with board
33 rule.
34     (d) Upon the granting of a retirement, surviving spouse or
35 child annuity, a death benefit or a separation benefit, on
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1 shall thereupon terminate. Upon the withdrawal of additional
2 contributions, the credits applicable thereto shall thereupon
3 terminate. Terminated credits shall not be applied to increase
4 the benefits any remaining employee would otherwise receive
5 under this Article.
6 (Source: P.A. 91-887, eff. 7-6-00; 92-424, eff. 8-17-01.)
 
7     (40 ILCS 5/7-139.10 new)
8     Sec. 7-139.10. Transfer to Article 3 pension fund.
9     (a) Until January 1, 2005, a person who has less than 8
10 years of creditable service under this Article and who has
11 become an active participant in a police pension fund
12 established under Article 3 of this Code may apply for transfer
13 to that Article 3 fund of his or her creditable service
14 accumulated under this Article. At the time of the transfer the
15 Fund shall pay to the police pension fund an amount equal to:
16         (1) the amounts accumulated to the credit of the
17     applicant under this Article, including interest; and
18         (2) the municipality credits based on that service,
19     including interest; and
20         (3) any interest paid by the applicant in order to
21     reinstate that service.
22 Participation in this Fund with respect to the transferred
23 credits shall terminate on the date of transfer.
24     (b) An active member of a pension fund established under
25 Article 3 of this Code may reinstate creditable service under
26 this Article that was terminated by receipt of a refund, by
27 paying to the Fund the amount of the refund plus interest
28 thereon at the rate of 6% per year, compounded annually, from
29 the date of refund to the date of payment.
 
30     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
31 becoming law.