Rep. Karen May

Filed: 4/6/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3474

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3474 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by
5changing Sections 1-160, 7-114, 7-116, 7-172, 7-205,
614-103.05, 22-101, and 22-103 and by adding Sections 7-225 as
7follows:
 
8    (40 ILCS 5/1-160)
9    Sec. 1-160. Provisions applicable to new hires.
10    (a) The provisions of this Section apply to a person who,
11on or after January 1, 2011, first becomes a member or a
12participant under any reciprocal retirement system or pension
13fund established under this Code, other than a retirement
14system or pension fund established under Article 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
15or 18 of this Code, notwithstanding any other provision of this
16Code to the contrary, but do not apply to any self-managed plan

 

 

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1established under this Code, to any person with respect to
2service as a sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article
37, or to any participant of the retirement plan established
4under Section 22-101.
5    (b) "Final average salary" means the average monthly (or
6annual) salary obtained by dividing the total salary or
7earnings calculated under the Article applicable to the member
8or participant during the 96 consecutive months (or 8
9consecutive years) of service within the last 120 months (or 10
10years) of service in which the total salary or earnings
11calculated under the applicable Article was the highest by the
12number of months (or years) of service in that period. For the
13purposes of a person who first becomes a member or participant
14of any retirement system or pension fund to which this Section
15applies on or after January 1, 2011, in this Code, "final
16average salary" shall be substituted for the following:
17        (1) In Articles 7 (except for service as sheriff's law
18    enforcement employees) and 15, "final rate of earnings".
19        (2) In Articles 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, "highest average
20    annual salary for any 4 consecutive years within the last
21    10 years of service immediately preceding the date of
22    withdrawal".
23        (3) In Article 13, "average final salary".
24        (4) In Article 14, "final average compensation".
25        (5) In Article 17, "average salary".
26        (6) In Section 22-207, "wages or salary received by him

 

 

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1    at the date of retirement or discharge".
2    (b-5) Beginning on January 1, 2011, for all purposes under
3this Code (including without limitation the calculation of
4benefits and employee contributions), the annual earnings,
5salary, or wages (based on the plan year) of a member or
6participant to whom this Section applies shall not exceed
7$106,800; however, that amount shall annually thereafter be
8increased by the lesser of (i) 3% of that amount, including all
9previous adjustments, or (ii) one-half the annual unadjusted
10percentage increase (but not less than zero) in the consumer
11price index-u for the 12 months ending with the September
12preceding each November 1, including all previous adjustments.
13    For the purposes of this Section, "consumer price index-u"
14means the index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
15the United States Department of Labor that measures the average
16change in prices of goods and services purchased by all urban
17consumers, United States city average, all items, 1982-84 =
18100. The new amount resulting from each annual adjustment shall
19be determined by the Public Pension Division of the Department
20of Insurance and made available to the boards of the retirement
21systems and pension funds by November 1 of each year.
22    (c) A member or participant is entitled to a retirement
23annuity upon written application if he or she has attained age
2467 and has at least 10 years of service credit and is otherwise
25eligible under the requirements of the applicable Article.
26    A member or participant who has attained age 62 and has at

 

 

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1least 10 years of service credit and is otherwise eligible
2under the requirements of the applicable Article may elect to
3receive the lower retirement annuity provided in subsection (d)
4of this Section.
5    (d) The retirement annuity of a member or participant who
6is retiring after attaining age 62 with at least 10 years of
7service credit shall be reduced by one-half of 1% for each full
8month that the member's age is under age 67.
9    (e) Any retirement annuity or supplemental annuity shall be
10subject to annual increases on the January 1 occurring either
11on or after the attainment of age 67 or the first anniversary
12of the annuity start date, whichever is later. Each annual
13increase shall be calculated at 3% or one-half the annual
14unadjusted percentage increase (but not less than zero) in the
15consumer price index-u for the 12 months ending with the
16September preceding each November 1, whichever is less, of the
17originally granted retirement annuity. If the annual
18unadjusted percentage change in the consumer price index-u for
19the 12 months ending with the September preceding each November
201 is zero or there is a decrease, then the annuity shall not be
21increased.
22    (f) The initial survivor's or widow's annuity of an
23otherwise eligible survivor or widow of a retired member or
24participant who first became a member or participant on or
25after January 1, 2011 shall be in the amount of 66 2/3% of the
26retired member's or participant's retirement annuity at the

 

 

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1date of death. In the case of the death of a member or
2participant who has not retired and who first became a member
3or participant on or after January 1, 2011, eligibility for a
4survivor's or widow's annuity shall be determined by the
5applicable Article of this Code. The initial benefit shall be
666 2/3% of the earned annuity without a reduction due to age. A
7child's annuity of an otherwise eligible child shall be in the
8amount prescribed under each Article if applicable. Any
9survivor's or widow's annuity shall be increased (1) on each
10January 1 occurring on or after the commencement of the annuity
11if the deceased member died while receiving a retirement
12annuity or (2) in other cases, on each January 1 occurring
13after the first anniversary of the commencement of the annuity.
14Each annual increase shall be calculated at 3% or one-half the
15annual unadjusted percentage increase (but not less than zero)
16in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months ending with the
17September preceding each November 1, whichever is less, of the
18originally granted survivor's annuity. If the annual
19unadjusted percentage change in the consumer price index-u for
20the 12 months ending with the September preceding each November
211 is zero or there is a decrease, then the annuity shall not be
22increased.
23    (g) The benefits in Section 14-110 apply only if the person
24is a State policeman, a fire fighter in the fire protection
25service of a department, or a security employee of the
26Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile

 

 

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1Justice, as those terms are defined in subsection (b) of
2Section 14-110. A person who meets the requirements of this
3Section is entitled to an annuity calculated under the
4provisions of Section 14-110, in lieu of the regular or minimum
5retirement annuity, only if the person has withdrawn from
6service with not less than 20 years of eligible creditable
7service and has attained age 60, regardless of whether the
8attainment of age 60 occurs while the person is still in
9service.
10    (h) If a person who first becomes a member or a participant
11of a retirement system or pension fund subject to this Section
12on or after January 1, 2011 is receiving a retirement annuity
13or retirement pension under that system or fund and becomes a
14member or participant under any other system or fund created by
15this Code and is employed on a full-time basis, except for
16those members or participants exempted from the provisions of
17this Section under subsection (a) of this Section, then the
18person's retirement annuity or retirement pension under that
19system or fund shall be suspended during that employment. Upon
20termination of that employment, the person's retirement
21annuity or retirement pension payments shall resume and be
22recalculated if recalculation is provided for under the
23applicable Article of this Code.
24    If a person who first becomes a member of a retirement
25system or pension fund subject to this Section on or after the
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1Assembly is receiving a retirement annuity or retirement
2pension under that system or fund and accepts on a contractual
3basis a position to provide services to a governmental entity
4from which he or she has retired, then that person's annuity or
5retirement pension earned as an active employee of the employer
6shall be suspended during that contractual service. A person
7receiving an annuity or retirement pension under this Code
8shall notify the pension fund or retirement system from which
9he or she is receiving an annuity or retirement pension, as
10well as his or her contractual employer, of his or her
11retirement status before accepting contractual employment. A
12person who fails to submit such notification shall be a guilty
13of a Class A misdemeanor and required to pay a fine of $1,000.
14Upon termination of that contractual employment, the person's
15retirement annuity or retirement pension payments shall resume
16and, if appropriate, be recalculated under the applicable
17provisions of this Code.
18    (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, a
19person who first becomes a participant of the retirement system
20established under Article 15 on or after January 1, 2011 shall
21have the option to enroll in the self-managed plan created
22under Section 15-158.2 of this Code.
23    (j) In the case of a conflict between the provisions of
24this Section and any other provision of this Code, the
25provisions of this Section shall control.
26(Source: P.A. 96-889, eff. 1-1-11; 96-1490, eff. 1-1-11.)
 

 

 

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1    (40 ILCS 5/7-114)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-114)
2    Sec. 7-114. Earnings. "Earnings":
3    (a) An amount to be determined by the board, equal to the
4sum of:
5        1. The total amount of money paid to an employee for
6    personal services or official duties as an employee (except
7    those employed as independent contractors) paid out of the
8    general fund, or out of any special funds controlled by the
9    municipality, or by any instrumentality thereof, or
10    participating instrumentality, including compensation,
11    fees, allowances, or other emolument paid for official
12    duties (but not including automobile maintenance, travel
13    expense, or reimbursements for expenditures incurred in
14    the performance of duties) and, for fee offices, the fees
15    or earnings of the offices to the extent such fees are paid
16    out of funds controlled by the municipality, or
17    instrumentality or participating instrumentality; and
18        2. The money value, as determined by rules prescribed
19    by the governing body of the municipality, or
20    instrumentality thereof, of any board, lodging, fuel,
21    laundry, and other allowances provided an employee in lieu
22    of money.
23    (b) For purposes of determining benefits payable under this
24fund payments to a person who is engaged in an independently
25established trade, occupation, profession or business and who

 

 

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1is paid for his service on a basis other than a monthly or
2other regular salary, are not earnings.
3    (c) If a disabled participating employee is eligible to
4receive Workers' Compensation for an accidental injury and the
5participating municipality or instrumentality which employed
6the participating employee when injured continues to pay the
7participating employee regular salary or other compensation or
8pays the employee an amount in excess of the Workers'
9Compensation amount, then earnings shall be deemed to be the
10total payments, including an amount equal to the Workers'
11Compensation payments. These payments shall be subject to
12employee contributions and allocated as if paid to the
13participating employee when the regular payroll amounts would
14have been paid if the participating employee had continued
15working, and creditable service shall be awarded for this
16period.
17    (d) If an elected official who is a participating employee
18becomes disabled but does not resign and is not removed from
19office, then earnings shall include all salary payments made
20for the remainder of that term of office and the official shall
21be awarded creditable service for the term of office.
22    (e) If a participating employee is paid pursuant to "An Act
23to provide for the continuation of compensation for law
24enforcement officers, correctional officers and firemen who
25suffer disabling injury in the line of duty", approved
26September 6, 1973, as amended, the payments shall be deemed

 

 

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1earnings, and the participating employee shall be awarded
2creditable service for this period.
3    (f) Additional compensation received by a person while
4serving as a supervisor of assessments, assessor, deputy
5assessor or member of a board of review from the State of
6Illinois pursuant to Section 4-10 or 4-15 of the Property Tax
7Code shall not be earnings for purposes of this Article and
8shall not be included in the contribution formula or
9calculation of benefits for such person pursuant to this
10Article.
11    (g) For those persons who first become participating
12employees on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
13of the 97th General Assembly, except for those participating
14employees who are covered by a collective bargaining agreement,
15earnings shall be limited to the base salary or other base
16compensation paid to the employee for employment by the
17employer, and shall not include, without limitation: overtime;
18commissions; bonuses; payment of any type in anticipation of
19retirement; termination or severance pay; lump sum payments for
20sick, compensatory, vacation time, or other benefits; indirect
21or in-kind payments for items such as housing, vehicles,
22lodging, travel, or clothing allowances; or any other type of
23payment that is a divergence from the normal progression
24patterns on which an individual's benefits should be based.
25(Source: P.A. 87-740; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
 

 

 

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1    (40 ILCS 5/7-116)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-116)
2    Sec. 7-116. "Final rate of earnings":
3    (a) For retirement and survivor annuities, the monthly
4earnings obtained by dividing the total earnings received by
5the employee during the period of either (1) the 48 consecutive
6months of service within the last 120 months of service in
7which his total earnings were the highest or (2) the employee's
8total period of service, by the number of months of service in
9such period.
10    (b) For death benefits, the higher of the rate determined
11under paragraph (a) of this Section or total earnings received
12in the last 12 months of service divided by twelve. If the
13deceased employee has less than 12 months of service, the
14monthly final rate shall be the monthly rate of pay the
15employee was receiving when he began service.
16    (c) For disability benefits, the total earnings of a
17participating employee in the last 12 calendar months of
18service prior to the date he becomes disabled divided by 12.
19    (d) In computing the final rate of earnings: (1) the
20earnings rate for all periods of prior service shall be
21considered equal to the average earnings rate for the last 3
22calendar years of prior service for which creditable service is
23received under Section 7-139 or, if there is less than 3 years
24of creditable prior service, the average for the total prior
25service period for which creditable service is received under
26Section 7-139; (2) for out of state service and authorized

 

 

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1leave, the earnings rate shall be the rate upon which service
2credits are granted; (3) periods of military leave shall not be
3considered; (4) the earnings rate for all periods of disability
4shall be considered equal to the rate of earnings upon which
5the employee's disability benefits are computed for such
6periods; (5) the earnings to be considered for each of the
7final three months of the final earnings period for persons who
8first become participants on or after the effective date of
9this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly and the
10earnings to be considered for each of the final 24 months for
11participants who first become participants on or after the
12effective date of the this amendatory Act of the 97th General
13Assembly shall not exceed 125% of the highest earnings of any
14other month in the final earnings period; and (6) the annual
15amount of final rate of earnings shall be the monthly amount
16multiplied by the number of months of service normally required
17by the position in a year.
18(Source: P.A. 90-448, eff. 8-16-97.)
 
19    (40 ILCS 5/7-172)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-172)
20    Sec. 7-172. Contributions by participating municipalities
21and participating instrumentalities.
22    (a) Each participating municipality and each participating
23instrumentality shall make payment to the fund as follows:
24        1. municipality contributions in an amount determined
25    by applying the municipality contribution rate to each

 

 

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1    payment of earnings paid to each of its participating
2    employees;
3        2. an amount equal to the employee contributions
4    provided by paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 7-173,
5    whether or not the employee contributions are withheld as
6    permitted by that Section;
7        3. all accounts receivable, together with interest
8    charged thereon, as provided in Section 7-209;
9        4. if it has no participating employees with current
10    earnings, an amount payable which, over a closed period of
11    20 years for participating municipalities and 10 years for
12    participating instrumentalities, will amortize, at the
13    effective rate for that year, any unfunded obligation. The
14    unfunded obligation shall be computed as provided in
15    paragraph 2 of subsection (b);
16        5. if it has fewer than 7 participating employees or a
17    negative balance in its municipality reserve, the greater
18    of (A) an amount payable that, over a period of 20 years,
19    will amortize at the effective rate for that year any
20    unfunded obligation, computed as provided in paragraph 2 of
21    subsection (b) or (B) the amount required by paragraph 1 of
22    this subsection (a).
23    (b) A separate municipality contribution rate shall be
24determined for each calendar year for all participating
25municipalities together with all instrumentalities thereof.
26The municipality contribution rate shall be determined for

 

 

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1participating instrumentalities as if they were participating
2municipalities. The municipality contribution rate shall be
3the sum of the following percentages:
4        1. The percentage of earnings of all the participating
5    employees of all participating municipalities and
6    participating instrumentalities which, if paid over the
7    entire period of their service, will be sufficient when
8    combined with all employee contributions available for the
9    payment of benefits, to provide all annuities for
10    participating employees, and the $3,000 death benefit
11    payable under Sections 7-158 and 7-164, such percentage to
12    be known as the normal cost rate.
13        2. The percentage of earnings of the participating
14    employees of each participating municipality and
15    participating instrumentalities necessary to adjust for
16    the difference between the present value of all benefits,
17    excluding temporary and total and permanent disability and
18    death benefits, to be provided for its participating
19    employees and the sum of its accumulated municipality
20    contributions and the accumulated employee contributions
21    and the present value of expected future employee and
22    municipality contributions pursuant to subparagraph 1 of
23    this paragraph (b). This adjustment shall be spread over
24    the remainder of the period that is allowable under
25    generally accepted accounting principles.
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1    employees of all municipalities and participating
2    instrumentalities necessary to provide the present value
3    of all temporary and total and permanent disability
4    benefits granted during the most recent year for which
5    information is available.
6        4. The percentage of earnings of the participating
7    employees of all participating municipalities and
8    participating instrumentalities necessary to provide the
9    present value of the net single sum death benefits expected
10    to become payable from the reserve established under
11    Section 7-206 during the year for which this rate is fixed.
12        5. The percentage of earnings necessary to meet any
13    deficiency arising in the Terminated Municipality Reserve.
14    (c) A separate municipality contribution rate shall be
15computed for each participating municipality or participating
16instrumentality for its sheriff's law enforcement employees.
17    A separate municipality contribution rate shall be
18computed for the sheriff's law enforcement employees of each
19forest preserve district that elects to have such employees.
20For the period from January 1, 1986 to December 31, 1986, such
21rate shall be the forest preserve district's regular rate plus
222%.
23    In the event that the Board determines that there is an
24actuarial deficiency in the account of any municipality with
25respect to a person who has elected to participate in the Fund
26under Section 3-109.1 of this Code, the Board may adjust the

 

 

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1municipality's contribution rate so as to make up that
2deficiency over such reasonable period of time as the Board may
3determine.
4    (d) The Board may establish a separate municipality
5contribution rate for all employees who are program
6participants employed under the federal Comprehensive
7Employment Training Act by all of the participating
8municipalities and instrumentalities. The Board may also
9provide that, in lieu of a separate municipality rate for these
10employees, a portion of the municipality contributions for such
11program participants shall be refunded or an extra charge
12assessed so that the amount of municipality contributions
13retained or received by the fund for all CETA program
14participants shall be an amount equal to that which would be
15provided by the separate municipality contribution rate for all
16such program participants. Refunds shall be made to prime
17sponsors of programs upon submission of a claim therefor and
18extra charges shall be assessed to participating
19municipalities and instrumentalities. In establishing the
20municipality contribution rate as provided in paragraph (b) of
21this Section, the use of a separate municipality contribution
22rate for program participants or the refund of a portion of the
23municipality contributions, as the case may be, may be
24considered.
25    (e) Computations of municipality contribution rates for
26the following calendar year shall be made prior to the

 

 

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1beginning of each year, from the information available at the
2time the computations are made, and on the assumption that the
3employees in each participating municipality or participating
4instrumentality at such time will continue in service until the
5end of such calendar year at their respective rates of earnings
6at such time.
7    (f) Any municipality which is the recipient of State
8allocations representing that municipality's contributions for
9retirement annuity purposes on behalf of its employees as
10provided in Section 12-21.16 of the Illinois Public Aid Code
11shall pay the allocations so received to the Board for such
12purpose. Estimates of State allocations to be received during
13any taxable year shall be considered in the determination of
14the municipality's tax rate for that year under Section 7-171.
15If a special tax is levied under Section 7-171, none of the
16proceeds may be used to reimburse the municipality for the
17amount of State allocations received and paid to the Board. Any
18multiple-county or consolidated health department which
19receives contributions from a county under Section 11.2 of "An
20Act in relation to establishment and maintenance of county and
21multiple-county health departments", approved July 9, 1943, as
22amended, or distributions under Section 3 of the Department of
23Public Health Act, shall use these only for municipality
24contributions by the health department.
25    (g) Municipality contributions for the several purposes
26specified shall, for township treasurers and employees in the

 

 

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1offices of the township treasurers who meet the qualifying
2conditions for coverage hereunder, be allocated among the
3several school districts and parts of school districts serviced
4by such treasurers and employees in the proportion which the
5amount of school funds of each district or part of a district
6handled by the treasurer bears to the total amount of all
7school funds handled by the treasurer.
8    From the funds subject to allocation among districts and
9parts of districts pursuant to the School Code, the trustees
10shall withhold the proportionate share of the liability for
11municipality contributions imposed upon such districts by this
12Section, in respect to such township treasurers and employees
13and remit the same to the Board.
14    The municipality contribution rate for an educational
15service center shall initially be the same rate for each year
16as the regional office of education or school district which
17serves as its administrative agent. When actuarial data become
18available, a separate rate shall be established as provided in
19subparagraph (i) of this Section.
20    The municipality contribution rate for a public agency,
21other than a vocational education cooperative, formed under the
22Intergovernmental Cooperation Act shall initially be the
23average rate for the municipalities which are parties to the
24intergovernmental agreement. When actuarial data become
25available, a separate rate shall be established as provided in
26subparagraph (i) of this Section.

 

 

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1    (h) Each participating municipality and participating
2instrumentality shall make the contributions in the amounts
3provided in this Section in the manner prescribed from time to
4time by the Board and all such contributions shall be
5obligations of the respective participating municipalities and
6participating instrumentalities to this fund. The failure to
7deduct any employee contributions shall not relieve the
8participating municipality or participating instrumentality of
9its obligation to this fund. Delinquent payments of
10contributions due under this Section may, with interest, be
11recovered by civil action against the participating
12municipalities or participating instrumentalities.
13Municipality contributions, other than the amount necessary
14for employee contributions and Social Security contributions,
15for periods of service by employees from whose earnings no
16deductions were made for employee contributions to the fund,
17may be charged to the municipality reserve for the municipality
18or participating instrumentality.
19    (i) Contributions by participating instrumentalities shall
20be determined as provided herein except that the percentage
21derived under subparagraph 2 of paragraph (b) of this Section,
22and the amount payable under subparagraph 4 of paragraph (a) of
23this Section, shall be based on an amortization period of 10
24years.
25    (j) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section,
26the additional unfunded liability accruing as a result of this

 

 

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1amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly shall be amortized
2over a period of 30 years beginning on January 1 of the second
3calendar year following the calendar year in which this
4amendatory Act takes effect, except that the employer may
5provide for a longer amortization period by adopting a
6resolution or ordinance specifying a 35-year or 40-year period
7and submitting a certified copy of the ordinance or resolution
8to the fund no later than June 1 of the calendar year following
9the calendar year in which this amendatory Act takes effect.
10    (k) Except for persons covered by a collective bargaining
11agreement, if the amount of a participating employee's reported
12earnings for any of the 12-month periods used to determine the
13final rate of earnings exceeds the employee's 12 month reported
14earnings with the same employer for the previous year by the
15greater of 6% or 1.5 times the annual increase in the consumer
16price index-u, as established by the United States Department
17of Labor for the preceding September, the participating
18municipality or participating instrumentality that paid those
19earnings shall pay to the Fund, in addition to any other
20contributions required under this Article, the present value of
21the increase in the pension resulting from the portion of the
22increase in salary that is in excess of the greater of 6% or
231.5 times the annual increase in the Consumer Price Index-U, as
24determined by the Fund. This present value shall be computed on
25the basis of the actuarial assumptions and tables used in the
26most recent actuarial valuation of the Fund that is available

 

 

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1at the time of the computation.
2    Whenever it determines that a payment is or may be required
3under this subsection (k), the fund shall calculate the amount
4of the payment and bill the participating municipality or
5participating instrumentality for that amount. The bill shall
6specify the calculations used to determine the amount due. If
7the participating municipality or participating
8instrumentality disputes the amount of the bill, it may, within
930 days after receipt of the bill, apply to the fund in writing
10for a recalculation. The application must specify in detail the
11grounds of the dispute. Upon receiving a timely application for
12recalculation, the fund shall review the application and, if
13appropriate, recalculate the amount due. The participating
14municipality and participating instrumentality contributions
15required under this subsection (k) may be paid in the form of a
16lump sum within 90 days after receipt of the bill. If the
17participating municipality and participating instrumentality
18contributions are not paid within 90 days after receipt of the
19bill, then interest will be charged at a rate equal to the
20fund's annual actuarially assumed rate of return on investment
21compounded annually from the 91st day after receipt of the
22bill. Payments must be concluded within 3 years after receipt
23of the bill by the participating municipality or participating
24instrumentality.
25    When assessing payment for any amount due under this
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1resulting from overload or overtime earnings.
2    When assessing payment for any amount due under this
3subsection (k), the fund shall also exclude earnings increases
4attributable to standard employment promotions resulting in
5increased responsibility and workload.
6    
7(Source: P.A. 96-1084, eff. 7-16-10; 96-1140, eff. 7-21-10;
8revised 9-16-10.)
 
9    (40 ILCS 5/7-205)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-205)
10    Sec. 7-205. Reserves for annuities. Appropriate reserves
11shall be created for payment of all annuities granted under
12this Article at the time such annuities are granted and in
13amounts determined to be necessary under actuarial tables
14adopted by the Board upon recommendation of the actuary of the
15fund. All annuities payable shall be charged to the annuity
16reserve.
17    1. Amounts credited to annuity reserves shall be derived by
18transfer of all the employee credits from the appropriate
19employee reserves and by charges to the municipality reserve of
20those municipalities in which the retiring employee has
21accumulated service. If a retiring employee has accumulated
22service in more than one participating municipality or
23participating instrumentality, the aggregate municipality
24charges for non-concurrent service shall be calculated as
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1        (A) for purposes of calculating the annuity reserve, an
2    annuity will be calculated based on service and adjusted
3    earnings with each employer (without regard to the vesting
4    requirement contained in subsection (a) of Section 7-142);
5    and
6        (B) the difference between the municipality charges
7    for the actual annuity granted and the aggregation of the
8    municipality charges based upon the ratio of each from
9    those calculations to the aggregated total from paragraph
10    (A) of this item 1.
11    Aggregate municipality charges for concurrent service
12shall be prorated based on the employee's earnings. The
13municipality charges for retirement annuities calculated under
14subparagraph a of subparagraph 1 of subsection (a) of Section
157-142 shall be prorated based on actual contributions prorated
16on a basis of the employee's earnings in case of concurrent
17service and creditable service in other cases.
18    2. Supplemental annuities shall be handled as a separate
19annuity and amounts to be credited to the annuity reserve
20therefor shall be derived in the same manner as a regular
21annuity.
22    3. When a retirement annuity is granted to an employee with
23a spouse eligible for a surviving spouse annuity, there shall
24be credited to the annuity reserve an amount to fund the cost
25of both the retirement and surviving spouse annuity as a joint
26and survivors annuity.

 

 

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1    4. Beginning January 1, 1989, when a retirement annuity is
2awarded, an amount equal to the present value of the $3,000
3death benefit payable upon the death of the annuitant shall be
4transferred to the annuity reserve from the appropriate
5municipality reserves in the same manner as the transfer for
6annuities.
7    5. All annuity reserves shall be revalued annually as of
8December 31. Beginning as of December 31, 1973, adjustment
9required therein by such revaluation shall be charged or
10credited to the earnings and experience variation reserve.
11    6. There shall be credited to the annuity reserve all of
12the payments made by annuitants under Section 7-144.2, plus an
13additional amount from the earnings and experience variation
14reserve to fund the cost of the incremental annuities granted
15to annuitants making these payments.
16    7. As of December 31, 1972, the excess in the annuity
17reserve shall be transferred to the municipality reserves. An
18amount equal to the deficiency in the reserve of participating
19municipalities and participating instrumentalities which have
20no participating employees shall be allocated to their
21reserves. The remainder shall be allocated in amounts
22proportionate to the present value, as of January 1, 1972, of
23annuities of annuitants of the remaining participating
24municipalities and participating instrumentalities.
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1    (40 ILCS 5/7-225 new)
2    Sec. 7-225. Increases in salary; pension impact statement.
3Before increasing the salary of a municipal officer, executive,
4or manager by 12% or more:
5        (1) the authorities of the respective municipality who
6    are authorizing the increase must contact the Illinois
7    Municipal Retirement Fund as to the effect of that increase
8    in salary on the pension benefits of that participant;
9        (2) the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund must
10    respond with a written "Pension Impact Statement" stating
11    the effect of that increase in salary on the pension
12    benefits of that participant, and any other relevant effect
13    of the increase, including payment of the present value of
14    the increase in benefits resulting from the portion of any
15    increase in salary that is in excess of 6% as provided
16    under subsection (k) of Section 7-172, if applicable;
17        (3) the authorities authorizing this increase must
18    sign the pension impact statement, acknowledging receipt
19    and understanding of the effects of the increase; and
20        (4) the municipality must pay the costs associated with
21    the pension impact statement.
22    The provisions of this Section do not apply to increases
23attributable to standard employment promotions resulting in
24increased responsibility and workloads.
 
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1    Sec. 14-103.05. Employee.
2    (a) Any person employed by a Department who receives salary
3for personal services rendered to the Department on a warrant
4issued pursuant to a payroll voucher certified by a Department
5and drawn by the State Comptroller upon the State Treasurer,
6including an elected official described in subparagraph (d) of
7Section 14-104, shall become an employee for purpose of
8membership in the Retirement System on the first day of such
9employment.
10    A person entering service on or after January 1, 1972 and
11prior to January 1, 1984 shall become a member as a condition
12of employment and shall begin making contributions as of the
13first day of employment.
14    A person entering service on or after January 1, 1984
15shall, upon completion of 6 months of continuous service which
16is not interrupted by a break of more than 2 months, become a
17member as a condition of employment. Contributions shall begin
18the first of the month after completion of the qualifying
19period.
20    A person employed by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for
21Planning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
2295th General Assembly who was a member of this System as an
23employee of the Chicago Area Transportation Study and makes an
24election under Section 14-104.13 to participate in this System
25for his or her employment with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency
26for Planning.

 

 

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1    The qualifying period of 6 months of service is not
2applicable to: (1) a person who has been granted credit for
3service in a position covered by the State Universities
4Retirement System, the Teachers' Retirement System of the State
5of Illinois, the General Assembly Retirement System, or the
6Judges Retirement System of Illinois unless that service has
7been forfeited under the laws of those systems; (2) a person
8entering service on or after July 1, 1991 in a noncovered
9position; (3) a person to whom Section 14-108.2a or 14-108.2b
10applies; or (4) a person to whom subsection (a-5) of this
11Section applies.
12    (a-5) A person entering service on or after December 1,
132010 shall become a member as a condition of employment and
14shall begin making contributions as of the first day of
15employment. A person serving in the qualifying period on
16December 1, 2010 will become a member on December 1, 2010 and
17shall begin making contributions as of December 1, 2010.
18    (b) The term "employee" does not include the following:
19        (1) members of the State Legislature, and persons
20    electing to become members of the General Assembly
21    Retirement System pursuant to Section 2-105;
22        (2) incumbents of offices normally filled by vote of
23    the people;
24        (3) except as otherwise provided in this Section, any
25    person appointed by the Governor with the advice and
26    consent of the Senate unless that person elects to

 

 

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1    participate in this system;
2        (3.1) any person serving as a commissioner of an ethics
3    commission created under the State Officials and Employees
4    Ethics Act unless that person elects to participate in this
5    system with respect to that service as a commissioner;
6        (3.2) any person serving as a part-time employee in any
7    of the following positions: Legislative Inspector General,
8    Special Legislative Inspector General, employee of the
9    Office of the Legislative Inspector General, Executive
10    Director of the Legislative Ethics Commission, or staff of
11    the Legislative Ethics Commission, regardless of whether
12    he or she is in active service on or after July 8, 2004
13    (the effective date of Public Act 93-685), unless that
14    person elects to participate in this System with respect to
15    that service; in this item (3.2), a "part-time employee" is
16    a person who is not required to work at least 35 hours per
17    week;
18        (3.3) any person who has made an election under Section
19    1-123 and who is serving either as legal counsel in the
20    Office of the Governor or as Chief Deputy Attorney General;
21        (4) except as provided in Section 14-108.2 or
22    14-108.2c, any person who is covered or eligible to be
23    covered by the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of
24    Illinois, the State Universities Retirement System, or the
25    Judges Retirement System of Illinois;
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1    political subdivision of the State;
2        (6) any person who becomes an employee after June 30,
3    1979 as a public service employment program participant
4    under the Federal Comprehensive Employment and Training
5    Act and whose wages or fringe benefits are paid in whole or
6    in part by funds provided under such Act;
7        (7) enrollees of the Illinois Young Adult Conservation
8    Corps program, administered by the Department of Natural
9    Resources, authorized grantee pursuant to Title VIII of the
10    "Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973", 29 USC
11    993, as now or hereafter amended;
12        (8) enrollees and temporary staff of programs
13    administered by the Department of Natural Resources under
14    the Youth Conservation Corps Act of 1970;
15        (9) any person who is a member of any professional
16    licensing or disciplinary board created under an Act
17    administered by the Department of Professional Regulation
18    or a successor agency or created or re-created after the
19    effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997, and who
20    receives per diem compensation rather than a salary,
21    notwithstanding that such per diem compensation is paid by
22    warrant issued pursuant to a payroll voucher; such persons
23    have never been included in the membership of this System,
24    and this amendatory Act of 1987 (P.A. 84-1472) is not
25    intended to effect any change in the status of such
26    persons;

 

 

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1        (10) any person who is a member of the Illinois Health
2    Care Cost Containment Council, and receives per diem
3    compensation rather than a salary, notwithstanding that
4    such per diem compensation is paid by warrant issued
5    pursuant to a payroll voucher; such persons have never been
6    included in the membership of this System, and this
7    amendatory Act of 1987 is not intended to effect any change
8    in the status of such persons;
9        (11) any person who is a member of the Oil and Gas
10    Board created by Section 1.2 of the Illinois Oil and Gas
11    Act, and receives per diem compensation rather than a
12    salary, notwithstanding that such per diem compensation is
13    paid by warrant issued pursuant to a payroll voucher; or
14        (12) a person employed by the State Board of Higher
15    Education in a position with the Illinois Century Network
16    as of June 30, 2004, who remains continuously employed
17    after that date by the Department of Central Management
18    Services in a position with the Illinois Century Network
19    and participates in the Article 15 system with respect to
20    that employment; .
21        (13) any person who first becomes a member of the Civil
22    Service Commission on or after the effective date of this
23    amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly;
24        (14) any person, other than the Director of Employment
25    Security, who first becomes a member of the Board of Review
26    of the Department of Employment Security on or after the

 

 

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1    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
2    Assembly;
3        (15) any person who first becomes a member of the Civil
4    Service Commission on or after the effective date of this
5    amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly;
6        (16) any person who first becomes a member of the
7    Illinois Liquor Control Commission on or after the
8    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
9    Assembly;
10        (17) any person who first becomes a member of the
11    Secretary of State Merit Commission on or after the
12    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
13    Assembly;
14        (18) any person who first becomes a member of the Human
15    Rights Commission on or after the effective date of this
16    amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly;
17        (19) any person who first becomes a member of the State
18    Mining Board on or after the effective date of this
19    amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly;
20        (20) any person who first becomes a member of the
21    Property Tax Appeal Board on or after the effective date of
22    this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly;
23        (21) any person who first becomes a member of the
24    Illinois Racing Board on or after the effective date of
25    this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly;
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1    Department of State Police Merit Board on or after the
2    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
3    Assembly;
4        (23) any person who first becomes a member of the
5    Illinois State Toll Highway Authority on or after the
6    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
7    Assembly; or
8        (24) any person who first becomes a member of the
9    Illinois State Board of Elections on or after the effective
10    date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly.
11    (c) An individual who represents or is employed as an
12officer or employee of a statewide labor organization that
13represents members of this System may participate in the System
14and shall be deemed an employee, provided that (1) the
15individual has previously earned creditable service under this
16Article, (2) the individual files with the System an
17irrevocable election to become a participant within 6 months
18after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th
19General Assembly, and (3) the individual does not receive
20credit for that employment under any other provisions of this
21Code. An employee under this subsection (c) is responsible for
22paying to the System both (i) employee contributions based on
23the actual compensation received for service with the labor
24organization and (ii) employer contributions based on the
25percentage of payroll certified by the board; all or any part
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1picked up for tax purposes (if authorized under federal law) by
2the labor organization.
3    A person who is an employee as defined in this subsection
4(c) may establish service credit for similar employment prior
5to becoming an employee under this subsection by paying to the
6System for that employment the contributions specified in this
7subsection, plus interest at the effective rate from the date
8of service to the date of payment. However, credit shall not be
9granted under this subsection (c) for any such prior employment
10for which the applicant received credit under any other
11provision of this Code or during which the applicant was on a
12leave of absence.
13(Source: P.A. 95-677, eff. 10-11-07; 96-1490, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
14    (40 ILCS 5/22-101)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 22-101)
15    Sec. 22-101. Retirement Plan for Chicago Transit Authority
16Employees.
17    (a) There shall be established and maintained by the
18Authority created by the "Metropolitan Transit Authority Act",
19approved April 12, 1945, as amended, (referred to in this
20Section as the "Authority") a financially sound pension and
21retirement system adequate to provide for all payments when due
22under such established system or as modified from time to time
23by ordinance of the Chicago Transit Board or collective
24bargaining agreement. For this purpose, the Board must make
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1Section and may make any additional contributions provided for
2by Board ordinance or collective bargaining agreement. The
3participating employees shall make such periodic payments to
4the established system as required under this Section and may
5make any additional contributions provided for by Board
6ordinance or collective bargaining agreement.
7    Provisions shall be made by the Board for all officers,
8except trustees who first become members on after the effective
9date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, and
10employees of the Authority appointed pursuant to the
11"Metropolitan Transit Authority Act" to become, subject to
12reasonable rules and regulations, participants of the pension
13or retirement system with uniform rights, privileges,
14obligations and status as to the class in which such officers
15and employees belong. The terms, conditions and provisions of
16any pension or retirement system or of any amendment or
17modification thereof affecting employees who are members of any
18labor organization may be established, amended or modified by
19agreement with such labor organization, provided the terms,
20conditions and provisions must be consistent with this Act, the
21annual funding levels for the retirement system established by
22law must be met and the benefits paid to future participants in
23the system may not exceed the benefit ceilings set for future
24participants under this Act and the contribution levels
25required by the Authority and its employees may not be less
26than the contribution levels established under this Act.

 

 

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1    (b) The Board of Trustees shall consist of 11 members
2appointed as follows: (i) 5 trustees shall be appointed by the
3Chicago Transit Board; (ii) 3 trustees shall be appointed by an
4organization representing the highest number of Chicago
5Transit Authority participants; (iii) one trustee shall be
6appointed by an organization representing the second-highest
7number of Chicago Transit Authority participants; (iv) one
8trustee shall be appointed by the recognized coalition
9representatives of participants who are not represented by an
10organization with the highest or second-highest number of
11Chicago Transit Authority participants; and (v) one trustee
12shall be selected by the Regional Transportation Authority
13Board of Directors, and the trustee shall be a professional
14fiduciary who has experience in the area of collectively
15bargained pension plans. Trustees shall serve until a successor
16has been appointed and qualified, or until resignation, death,
17incapacity, or disqualification.
18    Any person appointed as a trustee of the board shall
19qualify by taking an oath of office that he or she will
20diligently and honestly administer the affairs of the system
21and will not knowingly violate or willfully permit the
22violation of any of the provisions of law applicable to the
23Plan, including Sections 1-109, 1-109.1, 1-109.2, 1-110,
241-111, 1-114, and 1-115 of the Illinois Pension Code.
25    Each trustee shall cast individual votes, and a majority
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1provided that the Board of Trustees may require a supermajority
2vote with respect to the investment of the assets of the
3Retirement Plan, and may set forth that requirement in the
4Retirement Plan documents, by-laws, or rules of the Board of
5Trustees. Each trustee shall have the rights, privileges,
6authority, and obligations as are usual and customary for such
7fiduciaries.
8    The Board of Trustees may cause amounts on deposit in the
9Retirement Plan to be invested in those investments that are
10permitted investments for the investment of moneys held under
11any one or more of the pension or retirement systems of the
12State, any unit of local government or school district, or any
13agency or instrumentality thereof. The Board, by a vote of at
14least two-thirds of the trustees, may transfer investment
15management to the Illinois State Board of Investment, which is
16hereby authorized to manage these investments when so requested
17by the Board of Trustees.
18    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article or any
19law to the contrary, any person who first becomes a trustee on
20or after the effective date of this Act shall not be eligible
21to participate in this Retirement Plan.
22    (c) All individuals who were previously participants in the
23Retirement Plan for Chicago Transit Authority Employees shall
24remain participants, and shall receive the same benefits
25established by the Retirement Plan for Chicago Transit
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1or by subsequent legislative enactment or amendment to the
2Retirement Plan. For Authority employees hired on or after the
3effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General
4Assembly, the Retirement Plan for Chicago Transit Authority
5Employees shall be the exclusive retirement plan and such
6employees shall not be eligible for any supplemental plan,
7except for a deferred compensation plan funded only by employee
8contributions.
9    For all Authority employees who are first hired on or after
10the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General
11Assembly and are participants in the Retirement Plan for
12Chicago Transit Authority Employees, the following terms,
13conditions and provisions with respect to retirement shall be
14applicable:
15        (1) Such participant shall be eligible for an unreduced
16    retirement allowance for life upon the attainment of age 64
17    with 25 years of continuous service.
18        (2) Such participant shall be eligible for a reduced
19    retirement allowance for life upon the attainment of age 55
20    with 10 years of continuous service.
21        (3) For the purpose of determining the retirement
22    allowance to be paid to a retiring employee, the term
23    "Continuous Service" as used in the Retirement Plan for
24    Chicago Transit Authority Employees shall also be deemed to
25    include all pension credit for service with any retirement
26    system established under Article 8 or Article 11 of this

 

 

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1    Code, provided that the employee forfeits and relinquishes
2    all pension credit under Article 8 or Article 11 of this
3    Code, and the contribution required under this subsection
4    is made by the employee. The Retirement Plan's actuary
5    shall determine the contribution paid by the employee as an
6    amount equal to the normal cost of the benefit accrued, had
7    the service been rendered as an employee, plus interest per
8    annum from the time such service was rendered until the
9    date the payment is made.
10    (d) From the effective date of this amendatory Act through
11December 31, 2008, all participating employees shall
12contribute to the Retirement Plan in an amount not less than 6%
13of compensation, and the Authority shall contribute to the
14Retirement Plan in an amount not less than 12% of compensation.
15    (e)(1) Beginning January 1, 2009 the Authority shall make
16contributions to the Retirement Plan in an amount equal to
17twelve percent (12%) of compensation and participating
18employees shall make contributions to the Retirement Plan in an
19amount equal to six percent (6%) of compensation. These
20contributions may be paid by the Authority and participating
21employees on a payroll or other periodic basis, but shall in
22any case be paid to the Retirement Plan at least monthly.
23    (2) For the period ending December 31, 2040, the amount
24paid by the Authority in any year with respect to debt service
25on bonds issued for the purposes of funding a contribution to
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1Transit Authority Act, other than debt service paid with the
2proceeds of bonds or notes issued by the Authority for any year
3after calendar year 2008, shall be treated as a credit against
4the amount of required contribution to the Retirement Plan by
5the Authority under subsection (e)(1) for the following year up
6to an amount not to exceed 6% of compensation paid by the
7Authority in that following year.
8    (3) By September 15 of each year beginning in 2009 and
9ending on December 31, 2039, on the basis of a report prepared
10by an enrolled actuary retained by the Plan, the Board of
11Trustees of the Retirement Plan shall determine the estimated
12funded ratio of the total assets of the Retirement Plan to its
13total actuarially determined liabilities. A report containing
14that determination and the actuarial assumptions on which it is
15based shall be filed with the Authority, the representatives of
16its participating employees, the Auditor General of the State
17of Illinois, and the Regional Transportation Authority. If the
18funded ratio is projected to decline below 60% in any year
19before 2040, the Board of Trustees shall also determine the
20increased contribution required each year as a level percentage
21of payroll over the years remaining until 2040 using the
22projected unit credit actuarial cost method so the funded ratio
23does not decline below 60% and include that determination in
24its report. If the actual funded ratio declines below 60% in
25any year prior to 2040, the Board of Trustees shall also
26determine the increased contribution required each year as a

 

 

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1level percentage of payroll during the years after the then
2current year using the projected unit credit actuarial cost
3method so the funded ratio is projected to reach at least 60%
4no later than 10 years after the then current year and include
5that determination in its report. Within 60 days after
6receiving the report, the Auditor General shall review the
7determination and the assumptions on which it is based, and if
8he finds that the determination and the assumptions on which it
9is based are unreasonable in the aggregate, he shall issue a
10new determination of the funded ratio, the assumptions on which
11it is based and the increased contribution required each year
12as a level percentage of payroll over the years remaining until
132040 using the projected unit credit actuarial cost method so
14the funded ratio does not decline below 60%, or, in the event
15of an actual decline below 60%, so the funded ratio is
16projected to reach 60% by no later than 10 years after the then
17current year. If the Board of Trustees or the Auditor General
18determine that an increased contribution is required to meet
19the funded ratio required by the subsection, effective January
201 following the determination or 30 days after such
21determination, whichever is later, one-third of the increased
22contribution shall be paid by participating employees and
23two-thirds by the Authority, in addition to the contributions
24required by this subsection (1).
25    (4) For the period beginning 2040, the minimum contribution
26to the Retirement Plan for each fiscal year shall be an amount

 

 

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1determined by the Board of Trustees of the Retirement Plan to
2be sufficient to bring the total assets of the Retirement Plan
3up to 90% of its total actuarial liabilities by the end of
42059. Participating employees shall be responsible for
5one-third of the required contribution and the Authority shall
6be responsible for two-thirds of the required contribution. In
7making these determinations, the Board of Trustees shall
8calculate the required contribution each year as a level
9percentage of payroll over the years remaining to and including
10fiscal year 2059 using the projected unit credit actuarial cost
11method. A report containing that determination and the
12actuarial assumptions on which it is based shall be filed by
13September 15 of each year with the Authority, the
14representatives of its participating employees, the Auditor
15General of the State of Illinois and the Regional
16Transportation Authority. If the funded ratio is projected to
17fail to reach 90% by December 31, 2059, the Board of Trustees
18shall also determine the increased contribution required each
19year as a level percentage of payroll over the years remaining
20until December 31, 2059 using the projected unit credit
21actuarial cost method so the funded ratio will meet 90% by
22December 31, 2059 and include that determination in its report.
23Within 60 days after receiving the report, the Auditor General
24shall review the determination and the assumptions on which it
25is based and if he finds that the determination and the
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1aggregate, he shall issue a new determination of the funded
2ratio, the assumptions on which it is based and the increased
3contribution required each year as a level percentage of
4payroll over the years remaining until December 31, 2059 using
5the projected unit credit actuarial cost method so the funded
6ratio reaches no less than 90% by December 31, 2059. If the
7Board of Trustees or the Auditor General determine that an
8increased contribution is required to meet the funded ratio
9required by this subsection, effective January 1 following the
10determination or 30 days after such determination, whichever is
11later, one-third of the increased contribution shall be paid by
12participating employees and two-thirds by the Authority, in
13addition to the contributions required by subsection (e)(1).
14    (5) Beginning in 2060, the minimum contribution for each
15year shall be the amount needed to maintain the total assets of
16the Retirement Plan at 90% of the total actuarial liabilities
17of the Plan, and the contribution shall be funded two-thirds by
18the Authority and one-third by the participating employees in
19accordance with this subsection.
20    (f) The Authority shall take the steps necessary to comply
21with Section 414(h)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
22amended, to permit the pick-up of employee contributions under
23subsections (d) and (e) on a tax-deferred basis.
24    (g) The Board of Trustees shall certify to the Governor,
25the General Assembly, the Auditor General, the Board of the
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190 days prior to the end of each fiscal year the amount of the
2required contributions to the retirement system for the next
3retirement system fiscal year under this Section. The
4certification shall include a copy of the actuarial
5recommendations upon which it is based. In addition, copies of
6the certification shall be sent to the Commission on Government
7Forecasting and Accountability and the Mayor of Chicago.
8    (h)(1) As to an employee who first becomes entitled to a
9retirement allowance commencing on or after November 30, 1989,
10the retirement allowance shall be the amount determined in
11accordance with the following formula:
12        (A) One percent (1%) of his "Average Annual
13    Compensation in the highest four (4) completed Plan Years"
14    for each full year of continuous service from the date of
15    original employment to the effective date of the Plan; plus
16        (B) One and seventy-five hundredths percent (1.75%) of
17    his "Average Annual Compensation in the highest four (4)
18    completed Plan Years" for each year (including fractions
19    thereof to completed calendar months) of continuous
20    service as provided for in the Retirement Plan for Chicago
21    Transit Authority Employees.
22Provided, however that:
23    (2) As to an employee who first becomes entitled to a
24retirement allowance commencing on or after January 1, 1993,
25the retirement allowance shall be the amount determined in
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1        (A) One percent (1%) of his "Average Annual
2    Compensation in the highest four (4) completed Plan Years"
3    for each full year of continuous service from the date of
4    original employment to the effective date of the Plan; plus
5        (B) One and eighty hundredths percent (1.80%) of his
6    "Average Annual Compensation in the highest four (4)
7    completed Plan Years" for each year (including fractions
8    thereof to completed calendar months) of continuous
9    service as provided for in the Retirement Plan for Chicago
10    Transit Authority Employees.
11Provided, however that:
12    (3) As to an employee who first becomes entitled to a
13retirement allowance commencing on or after January 1, 1994,
14the retirement allowance shall be the amount determined in
15accordance with the following formula:
16        (A) One percent (1%) of his "Average Annual
17    Compensation in the highest four (4) completed Plan Years"
18    for each full year of continuous service from the date of
19    original employment to the effective date of the Plan; plus
20        (B) One and eighty-five hundredths percent (1.85%) of
21    his "Average Annual Compensation in the highest four (4)
22    completed Plan Years" for each year (including fractions
23    thereof to completed calendar months) of continuous
24    service as provided for in the Retirement Plan for Chicago
25    Transit Authority Employees.
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1    (4) As to an employee who first becomes entitled to a
2retirement allowance commencing on or after January 1, 2000,
3the retirement allowance shall be the amount determined in
4accordance with the following formula:
5        (A) One percent (1%) of his "Average Annual
6    Compensation in the highest four (4) completed Plan Years"
7    for each full year of continuous service from the date of
8    original employment to the effective date of the Plan; plus
9        (B) Two percent (2%) of his "Average Annual
10    Compensation in the highest four (4) completed Plan Years"
11    for each year (including fractions thereof to completed
12    calendar months) of continuous service as provided for in
13    the Retirement Plan for Chicago Transit Authority
14    Employees.
15Provided, however that:
16    (5) As to an employee who first becomes entitled to a
17retirement allowance commencing on or after January 1, 2001,
18the retirement allowance shall be the amount determined in
19accordance with the following formula:
20        (A) One percent (1%) of his "Average Annual
21    Compensation in the highest four (4) completed Plan Years"
22    for each full year of continuous service from the date of
23    original employment to the effective date of the Plan; plus
24        (B) Two and fifteen hundredths percent (2.15%) of his
25    "Average Annual Compensation in the highest four (4)
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1    thereof to completed calendar months) of continuous
2    service as provided for in the Retirement Plan for Chicago
3    Transit Authority Employees.
4    The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 95th General
5Assembly, to the extent that they affect the rights or
6privileges of Authority employees that are currently the
7subject of collective bargaining, have been agreed to between
8the authorized representatives of these employees and of the
9Authority prior to enactment of this amendatory Act, as
10evidenced by a Memorandum of Understanding between these
11representatives that will be filed with the Secretary of State
12Index Department and designated as "95-GA-C05". The General
13Assembly finds and declares that those changes are consistent
14with 49 U.S.C. 5333(b) (also known as Section 13(c) of the
15Federal Transit Act) because of this agreement between
16authorized representatives of these employees and of the
17Authority, and that any future amendments to the provisions of
18this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, to the extent
19those amendments would affect the rights and privileges of
20Authority employees that are currently the subject of
21collective bargaining, would be consistent with 49 U.S.C.
225333(b) if and only if those amendments were agreed to between
23these authorized representatives prior to enactment.
24    (i) Early retirement incentive plan; funded ratio.
25        (1) Beginning on the effective date of this Section, no
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1    participants of the Plan unless the Funded Ratio of the
2    Plan is at least 80% or more.
3        (2) For the purposes of this Section, the Funded Ratio
4    shall be the Adjusted Assets divided by the Actuarial
5    Accrued Liability developed in accordance with Statement
6    #25 promulgated by the Government Accounting Standards
7    Board and the actuarial assumptions described in the Plan.
8    The Adjusted Assets shall be calculated based on the
9    methodology described in the Plan.
10    (j) Nothing in this amendatory Act of the 95th General
11Assembly shall impair the rights or privileges of Authority
12employees under any other law.
13(Source: P.A. 94-839, eff. 6-6-06; 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
 
14    (40 ILCS 5/22-103)
15    Sec. 22-103. Regional Transportation Authority and related
16pension plans.
17    (a) As used in this Section:
18    "Affected pension plan" means a defined-benefit pension
19plan supported in whole or in part by employer contributions
20and maintained by the Regional Transportation Authority, the
21Suburban Bus Division, or the Commuter Rail Division, or any
22combination thereof, under the general authority of the
23Regional Transportation Authority Act, including but not
24limited to any such plan that has been established under or is
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1employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement.
2"Affected pension plan" does not include any pension fund or
3retirement system subject to Section 22-101 of this Section.
4    "Authority" means the Regional Transportation Authority
5created under the Regional Transportation Authority Act.
6    "Contributing employer" means an employer that is required
7to make contributions to an affected pension plan under the
8terms of that plan.
9    "Funding ratio" means the ratio of an affected pension
10plan's assets to the present value of its actuarial
11liabilities, as determined at its latest actuarial valuation in
12accordance with applicable actuarial assumptions and
13recommendations.
14    "Under-funded pension plan" or "under-funded" means an
15affected pension plan that, at the time of its last actuarial
16valuation, has a funding ratio of less than 90%.
17    (b) The contributing employers of each affected pension
18plan have a general duty to make the required employer
19contributions to the affected pension plan in a timely manner
20in accordance with the terms of the plan. A contributing
21employer must make contributions to the affected pension plan
22as required under this subsection and, if applicable,
23subsection (c); a contributing employer may make any additional
24contributions provided for by the board of the employer or
25collective bargaining agreement.
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1under-funded on January 1, 2009 or becomes under-funded at any
2time after that date, the contributing employers shall
3contribute to the affected pension plan, in addition to all
4amounts otherwise required, amounts sufficient to bring the
5funding ratio of the affected pension plan up to 90% in
6accordance with an amortization schedule adopted jointly by the
7contributing employers and the trustee of the affected pension
8plan. The amortization schedule may extend for any period up to
9a maximum of 50 years and shall provide for additional employer
10contributions in substantially equal annual amounts over the
11selected period. If the contributing employers and the trustee
12of the affected pension plan do not agree on an appropriate
13period for the amortization schedule within 6 months of the
14date of determination that the plan is under-funded, then the
15amortization schedule shall be based on a period of 50 years.
16    In the case of an affected pension plan that has more than
17one contributing employer, each contributing employer's share
18of the total additional employer contributions required under
19this subsection shall be determined: (i) in proportion to the
20amounts, if any, by which the respective contributing employers
21have failed to meet their contribution obligations under the
22terms of the affected pension plan; or (ii) if all of the
23contributing employers have met their contribution obligations
24under the terms of the affected pension plan, then in the same
25proportion as they are required to contribute under the terms
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1only one contributing employer, that contributing employer is
2responsible for all of the additional employer contributions
3required under this subsection.
4    If an under-funded pension plan is determined to have
5achieved a funding ratio of at least 90% during the period when
6an amortization schedule is in force under this Section, the
7contributing employers and the trustee of the affected pension
8plan, acting jointly, may cancel the amortization schedule and
9the contributing employers may cease making additional
10contributions under this subsection for as long as the affected
11pension plan retains a funding ratio of at least 90%.
12    (d) Beginning January 1, 2009, if the Authority fails to
13pay to an affected pension fund within 30 days after it is due
14(i) any employer contribution that it is required to make as a
15contributing employer, (ii) any additional employer
16contribution that it is required to pay under subsection (c),
17or (iii) any payment that it is required to make under Section
184.02a or 4.02b of the Regional Transportation Authority Act,
19the trustee of the affected pension fund shall promptly so
20notify the Commission on Government Forecasting and
21Accountability, the Mayor of Chicago, the Governor, and the
22General Assembly.
23    (e) For purposes of determining employer contributions,
24assets, and actuarial liabilities under this subsection,
25contributions, assets, and liabilities relating to health care
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1    (f) This amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly does
2not affect or impair the right of any contributing employer or
3its employees to collectively bargain the amount or level of
4employee contributions to an affected pension plan, to the
5extent that the plan includes employees subject to collective
6bargaining.
7    (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article or
8any law to the contrary, a person who, on or after the
9effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
10Assembly, first becomes a director on the Suburban Bus Board,
11the Commuter Rail Board, or the Board of Directors of the
12Regional Transportation Authority shall not be eligible to
13participate in an affected pension plan.
14(Source: P.A. 94-839, eff. 6-6-06.)
 
15    Section 15. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
16Section 8.35 as follows:
 
17    (30 ILCS 805/8.35 new)
18    Sec. 8.35. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
19of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
20implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
21the 97th General Assembly.".