Sen. John J. Cullerton

Filed: 1/2/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5210

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5210 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. If and only if House Bill 1447 of the 97th
5General Assembly becomes law in the form in which it was passed
6by the Senate, then the Illinois Pension Code is amended by
7changing Sections 1-162, 2-107.9, 2-110.3, 2-124, 14-103.42,
814-106.5, and 14-131, as follows:
 
9    (40 ILCS 5/1-162)
10    Sec. 1-162. Optional cash balance plan.
11    (a) Participation and Applicability. Beginning on July 1,
122013, any Tier I employee who has made the election under
13paragraph (1) of subsection (a) or (a-5) of Section 14-106.5
14the following persons may elect to participate in the optional
15cash balance plan created under this Section. :
16        (1) any person who participates in the cash balance

 

 

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1    plan established under Section 1-161; and
2        (2) any Tier I employee who has made the election under
3    paragraph (1) of subsection (a) or (a-5) of Section
4    14-106.5.
5    The Board of Trustees of the applicable retirement system
6shall promulgate rules to create an annual election wherein a
7person eligible to participate in the optional cash balance
8plan may elect to participate, and an active employee who is a
9participant in the plan may elect to cease active
10participation. The election to cease active participation
11shall not disqualify the employee from eligibility to receive
12an interest credit under subsection (f), a distribution upon
13termination under subsection (f-10), a refund under subsection
14(f-15), a retirement annuity under subsection (f-15), a
15retirement annuity under subsection (g), or a survivor's
16survivor annuity under subsection (k), or from eligibility to
17resume active participation in the optional cash balance plan
18in a subsequent year.
19    (b) Title. The package of benefits provided under this
20Section may be referred to as the "optional cash balance plan".
21Persons subject to the provisions of this Section may be
22referred to as "participants in the optional cash balance
23plan".
24    (b-5) Definitions. As used in this Section:
25    "Account" means the notional cash balance account
26established under this Section for a participant in the

 

 

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1optional cash balance plan.
2    "Consumer Price Index-U" means the Consumer Price Index
3published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United
4States Department of Labor that measures the average change in
5prices of goods and services purchased by all urban consumers,
6United States city average, all items, 1982-84 = 100.
7    "Salary" means "compensation" as defined in Article 14,
8without regard to the limitation in subsection (b-5) of Section
91-160.
10    "Tier I employee" means a person who is a Tier I employee
11under the applicable Article of this Code.
12    (c) Cash Balance Account. A notional cash balance account
13shall be established by the applicable retirement system for
14each participant in the optional cash balance plan. The account
15is notional and does not contain any actual money segregated
16from the commingled assets of the retirement system. The cash
17balance in the account is to be used in calculating benefits as
18provided in this Section, but is not to be used in the
19calculation of any refund, transfer, or other benefit under the
20applicable Article of this Code.
21    The amounts to be credited to the cash balance account
22shall consist of (i) amounts contributed by or on behalf of the
23participant as employee contributions, (ii) notional employer
24contributions, and (iii) interest credit that is attributable
25to the account, all as provided in this Section.
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1administration, or when the System lacks information necessary
2to the calculation or administration otherwise required of or
3for a benefit under this Section, the applicable retirement
4system may estimate an amount to be credited to or debited from
5a participant's cash balance account and then adjust the amount
6so credited or debited when more accurate information becomes
7available.
8    The applicable retirement system shall give to each
9participant in the optional cash balance plan who has not yet
10retired annual notice of (1) the balance in the participant's
11cash balance account and (2) an estimate of the retirement
12annuity that will be payable to the participant if he or she
13retires at age 59 1/2.
14    (d) Employee Contributions. In addition to the other
15contributions required under the applicable Article, each
16participant shall make contributions to the applicable
17retirement system at the rate of 2% of each payment of salary.
18The amount of each contribution shall be credited to the
19participant's cash balance account upon receipt and after the
20retirement system's reconciliation of the contribution.
21    (e) Optional Employer Contributions. Employers may make
22optional additional contributions to the applicable retirement
23system on behalf of their employees who are participants in the
24optional cash balance plan in accordance with procedures
25prescribed by the retirement system, to the extent permitted by
26federal law and the rules prescribed by the retirement system.

 

 

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1The optional additional contributions under this subsection
2are actual monetary contributions to the retirement system, and
3the amount of each optional additional contribution shall be
4credited to the participant's cash balance account upon receipt
5and after the retirement system's reconciliation of the
6contribution.
7    (f) Interest Credit. An amount representing earnings on
8investments shall be determined by the retirement system in
9accordance with this Section and credited to the participant's
10cash balance account for each fiscal year in which there is a
11positive balance in that account; except that no additional
12interest credit shall be credited while an annuity based on the
13account is being paid. The interest credit amount shall be a
14percentage of the average quarterly balance in the cash balance
15account during that fiscal year, and shall be calculated on
16June 30.
17    The percentage shall be the assumed treasury rate for the
18previous fiscal year, unless neither the retirement system's
19actual rate of investment earnings for the previous fiscal year
20nor the retirement system's actual rate of investment earnings
21for the five-year period ending at the end of the previous
22fiscal year is less than the assumed treasury rate.
23    If both the retirement system's actual rate of investment
24earnings for the previous fiscal year and the actual rate of
25investment earnings for the five-year period ending at the end
26of the previous fiscal year are at least the assumed treasury

 

 

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1rate, then the percentage shall be:
2        (i) the assumed treasury rate, plus
3        (ii) two-thirds of the amount of the actual rate of
4    investment earnings for the previous fiscal year that
5    exceeds the assumed treasury rate.
6However, in no event shall the percentage applied under this
7subsection exceed 10%.
8    For the purposes of this subsection only, "previous fiscal
9year" means fiscal year ending one year before the interest
10rate is calculated.
11    For the purposes of this subsection only, "assumed treasury
12rate" means the average annual yield of the 30-year U.S.
13Treasury Bond over the previous fiscal year, but not less than
144%.
15    When a person applies for a benefit under this Section, the
16retirement system shall apply an interest credit based on a
17proration of an estimate of what the interest credit will be
18for the relevant year. When the retirement system certifies the
19credit on June 30, it shall adjust the benefit accordingly.
20    (f-10) Distribution upon Termination of Employment. Upon
21termination of active employment with at least 5 years of
22service credit under the applicable retirement system and prior
23to making application for an annuity under this Section, a
24participant in the optional cash balance plan may make an
25irrevocable election to distribute an amount not to exceed 40%
26of the balance in the participant's account in the form of a

 

 

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1direct rollover to another qualified plan, to the extent
2allowed by federal law. If the participant makes such an
3election, then the amount distributed shall be debited from the
4participant's cash balance account. A participant in the
5optional cash balance plan shall be allowed only one
6distribution under this subsection. The remaining balance in
7the participant's account shall be used for the determination
8of other benefits provided under this Section.
9    (f-15) Refund. In lieu of receiving a distribution under
10subsection (f-10), at any time after terminating active
11employment under the applicable retirement system, but before
12receiving a retirement annuity under this Section, a
13participant in the optional cash balance plan may elect to
14receive a refund under this subsection. The refund shall
15consist of an amount equal to the amount of all employee
16contributions credited to the participant's account, but shall
17not include any interest credit or employer contributions. If
18the participant so requests, the refund may be paid in the form
19of a direct rollover to another qualified plan, to the extent
20allowed by federal law and in accordance with the rules of the
21applicable retirement system. Upon payment of the refund, the
22participant's notional cash balance account shall be closed.
23    (g) Retirement Annuity. A participant in the optional cash
24balance plan may begin collecting a retirement annuity at age
2559 1/2, but no earlier than the date of termination of active
26employment under the applicable retirement system.

 

 

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1    The amount of the retirement annuity shall be calculated by
2the retirement system, based on the balance in the cash balance
3account, the assumption of future investment returns as
4specified in this subsection, the participant's election to
5have a lifetime survivor's annuity as specified in this
6subsection, the annual increase in retirement annuity as
7specified in subsection (h), the annual increase in survivor's
8annuity as specified in subsection (l), and any actuarial
9assumptions and tables adopted by the board of the retirement
10system for this purpose. The calculation shall determine the
11amount of retirement annuity, on an actuarially equivalent
12basis, that shall be designed to result in the balance in the
13participant's account arriving at zero on the date when the
14last payment of the retirement annuity (or survivor's annuity,
15if the participant elects to provide for a survivor's annuity
16pursuant to this subsection) is anticipated to be paid under
17the relevant actuarial assumptions. A retirement annuity or a
18survivor's annuity provided under this Section shall be a life
19annuity and shall not expire if the account balance equals
20zero.
21    The annuity payment shall begin on the date specified by
22the participant submitting a written application, which date
23shall not be prior to termination of employment or more than
24one year before the application is received by the board;
25however, if the participant is not an employee of an employer
26participating in this System or in a participating system as

 

 

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1defined in Article 20 of this Code on April 1 of the calendar
2year next following the calendar year in which the participant
3attains age 70 1/2, the annuity payment period shall begin on
4that date regardless of whether an application has been filed.
5    The participant may elect, under the participant's written
6application for retirement, to receive a reduced annuity
7payable for his or her life and to have a lifetime survivor's
8annuity in a monthly amount equal to 50%, 75%, or 100% of that
9reduced monthly amount, to be paid after the participant's
10death to his or her eligible survivor. Eligibility for a
11survivor's annuity shall be determined under the applicable
12Article of this Code.
13    For the purpose of calculating retirement annuities,
14future investment returns shall be assumed to be a percentage
15equal to the average yield of the 30-year U.S. Treasury Bond
16over the 5 fiscal years prior to the calculation of the initial
17retirement annuity, plus 250 basis points; but not less than 4%
18nor more than 8%.
19    (h) Annual Increase in Retirement Annuity. The retirement
20annuity shall be subject to an automatic annual increase in an
21amount equal to 3% of the originally granted annuity on each
22January 1 occurring on or after the first anniversary of the
23annuity start date.
24    (i) Disability Benefits. There are no disability benefits
25provided under the optional cash balance plan, and no amounts
26for disability shall be deducted from the account of a

 

 

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1participant in the optional cash balance plan. The disability
2benefits provided under the applicable retirement system apply
3to participants in the optional cash balance plan.
4    (j) Return to Service. Upon a return to service under the
5same retirement system after beginning to receive a retirement
6annuity under the optional cash balance plan, the retirement
7annuity shall be suspended and active participation in the
8optional cash balance plan shall resume. Upon termination of
9the employment, the retirement annuity shall resume in an
10amount to be recalculated in accordance with subsection (g),
11taking into effect the changes in the cash balance account. If
12a retired annuitant returns to service, his or her notional
13cash balance account shall be decreased by each payment of
14retirement annuity prior to the return to service.
15    (k) Survivor's Annuity - Death before Retirement. In the
16case of a participant in the optional cash balance plan who had
17less than 5 years of service under the applicable Article and
18had not begun receiving a retirement annuity, the eligible
19survivor shall be entitled only to a refund of employee
20contributions under subsection (f-15).
21    In the case of a participant in the optional cash balance
22plan who had at least 5 years of service under the applicable
23Article and had not begun receiving a retirement annuity, the
24eligible survivor shall be entitled to receive a survivor's
25annuity beginning at age 59 1/2 upon written application. The
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1retirement annuity under subsection (g). At any time before
2receiving a survivor's annuity, the eligible survivor may claim
3a distribution under subsection (f-10) or a refund under
4subsection (f-15). The deceased participant's account shall
5continue to receive interest credit until the eligible survivor
6begins to receive a survivor's annuity or receives a refund of
7employee contributions under subsection (f-15).
8    Eligibility for a survivor's annuity shall be determined
9under the applicable Article of this Code. A child's or
10parent's annuity for an otherwise eligible child or dependent
11parent shall be in the same amount, if any, prescribed under
12the applicable Article.
13    (l) Annual Increase in Survivor's Annuity. A survivor's
14annuity granted under subsection (g) or (k) shall be subject to
15an automatic annual increase in an amount equal to 3% of the
16originally granted annuity on each January 1 occurring on or
17after the first anniversary of the annuity start date.
18    (m) Applicability of Provisions. The following provisions,
19if and as they exist in this Code, do not apply to participants
20in the optional cash balance plan with respect to participation
21in the optional cash balance plan, except as they are
22specifically provided for in this Section:
23        (1) minimum service or vesting requirements (other
24    than as provided in this Section);
25        (2) provisions limiting a retirement annuity to a
26    specified percentage of salary;

 

 

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1        (3) provisions authorizing a minimum retirement or
2    survivor's annuity or a supplemental annuity;
3        (4) provisions authorizing any form of retirement
4    annuity or survivor's annuity not authorized under this
5    Section;
6        (5) provisions authorizing a reversionary annuity
7    (other than the survivor's annuity under subsection (g));
8        (6) provisions authorizing a refund of employee
9    contributions upon termination of service (other than upon
10    the death of the participant without an eligible survivor)
11    or any lump-sum payout in lieu of a retirement or
12    survivor's annuity (other than the distribution under
13    subsection (f-10) or the refund under subsection (f-15) of
14    this Section);
15        (7) provisions authorizing optional service credits or
16    the payment of optional additional contributions (other
17    than the optional employer contributions specifically
18    authorized in this Section); or
19        (8) a level income option.
20    The Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act (Article 20 of this
21Code) does not apply to participation in the optional cash
22balance plan and does not affect the calculation of benefits
23payable under this Section.
24    The other provisions of this Code continue to apply to
25participants in the optional cash balance plan, to the extent
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1conflict between the provisions of this Section and any other
2provision of this Code, the provisions of this Section control.
3    (n) Rules. The Board of Trustees of the applicable
4retirement system may adopt rules and procedures for the
5implementation of this Section, including but not limited to
6determinations of how to integrate the administration of this
7Section with the requirements of the applicable Article and any
8other applicable provisions of this Code.
9    (o) Public Pension Division. The Public Pension Division of
10the Department of Insurance shall determine in October of each
11year the annual unadjusted percentage increase (but not less
12than zero) in the Consumer Price Index-U for the 12 months
13ending with the preceding September. The Division shall certify
14its determination to the Board of Trustees of the State
15Universities Retirement System by November 1 of each year.
16    (o) (p) Actual Employer Contributions. Payment of employer
17contributions with respect to participants in the optional cash
18balance plan shall be the responsibility of the actual
19employer. These contributions shall be determined under and
20paid in accordance with the provisions of Sections 15-155.
21Optional additional contributions by employers may be paid in
22any amount, but must be paid in the manner specified by the
23applicable retirement system.
24    (p) (q) Prospective Modification. The provisions set forth
25in this Section are subject to prospective changes made by law
26provided that any such changes shall not apply to any benefits

 

 

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1accrued under this Section prior to the effective date of any
2amendatory Act of the General Assembly.
3    (q) (s) Qualified Plan Status. No provision of this Section
4shall be interpreted in a way that would cause the applicable
5retirement system to cease to be a qualified plan under Section
6401(a) section 461 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
7(Source: 09700HB1447sam002.)
 
8    (40 ILCS 5/2-107.9)
9    Sec. 2-107.9. Future increase in income. "Future increase
10in income": Any increase in income in any form offered for
11service as a member under this Article after December 31 June
1230, 2013 that would qualify as "salary", as defined under
13Section 2-108, but for the fact that the increase in income was
14offered to the member on the condition that it not qualify as
15salary and was accepted by the member subject to that
16condition.
17(Source: 09700HB1447sam002.)
 
18    (40 ILCS 5/2-110.3)
19    Sec. 2-110.3. Election by Tier I employees and Tier I
20retirees.
21    (a) Each Tier I employee shall make an irrevocable election
22either:
23        (1) to agree to the following:
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1        increases in his or her retirement annuity that are
2        otherwise provided for in this Article calculated,
3        instead, as provided in subsection (a-1) of Section
4        2-119.1; and
5            (ii) to have his or her eligibility for automatic
6        annual increases in retirement annuity postponed as
7        provided in subsection (a-2) of Section 2-119.1 and to
8        relinquish the additional increases provided in
9        subsection (b) of Section 2-119.1; or
10        (2) to not agree to items (i) and (ii) as set forth in
11    paragraph (1) of this subsection.
12    The election required under this subsection (a) shall be
13made by each Tier I employee no earlier than July January 1,
142013 and no later than November 30 May 31, 2013, except that:
15        (i) a person who becomes a Tier I employee under this
16    Article after July January 1, 2013 must make the election
17    under this subsection (a) within 60 days after becoming a
18    Tier I employee;
19        (ii) a person who returns to active service as a Tier I
20    employee under this Article after July January 1, 2013 and
21    has not yet made an election under this Section must make
22    the election under this subsection (a) within 60 days after
23    returning to active service as a Tier I employee; and
24        (iii) a person who made the election under subsection
25    (a-5) as a Tier I retiree remains bound by that election
26    and shall not make a later election under this subsection

 

 

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1    (a).
2    If a Tier I employee fails for any reason to make a
3required election under this subsection within the time
4specified, then the employee shall be deemed to have made the
5election under paragraph (2) of this subsection.
6    (a-5) Each Tier I retiree shall make an irrevocable
7election either:
8        (1) to agree to the following:
9            (i) to have the amount of the automatic annual
10        increases in his or her retirement annuity that are
11        otherwise provided for in this Article calculated,
12        instead, as provided in subsection (a-1) of Section
13        2-119.1; and
14            (ii) to have his or her eligibility for automatic
15        annual increases in retirement annuity postponed as
16        provided in subsection (a-2) of Section 2-119.1 and to
17        relinquish the additional increases provided in
18        subsection (b) of Section 2-119.1; or
19        (2) to not agree to items (i) and (ii) as set forth in
20    paragraph (1) of this subsection.
21    The election required under this subsection (a-5) shall be
22made by each Tier I retiree no earlier than July January 1,
232013 and no later than November 30 May 31, 2013, except that:
24        (i) a person who becomes a Tier I retiree under this
25    Article on or after July January 1, 2013 must make the
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1    becoming a Tier I retiree; and
2        (ii) a person who made the election under subsection
3    (a) as a Tier I employee remains bound by that election and
4    shall not make a later election under this subsection
5    (a-5).
6    If a Tier I retiree fails for any reason to make a required
7election under this subsection within the time specified, then
8the Tier I retiree shall be deemed to have made the election
9under paragraph (2) of this subsection.
10    (a-10) All elections under subsection (a) or (a-5) that are
11made or deemed to be made before December June 1, 2013 shall
12take effect on January July 1, 2014 2013. Elections that are
13made or deemed to be made on or after December June 1, 2013
14shall take effect on the first day of the month following the
15month in which the election is made or deemed to be made.
16    (b) As adequate and legal consideration provided under this
17amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly for making the
18election under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this Section,
19any future increases in income offered for service as a member
20under this Article to a Tier I employee who has made the
21election under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this Section
22shall be offered expressly and irrevocably as constituting
23salary under Section 2-108.
24    As adequate and legal consideration provided under this
25amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly for making the
26election under paragraph (1) of subsection (a-5) of this

 

 

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1Section, any future increases in income offered for service as
2a member under this Article to a Tier I retiree who returns to
3active service after having made the election under paragraph
4(1) of subsection (a-5) of this Section shall be offered
5expressly and irrevocably as constituting salary under Section
62-108.
7    (c) A Tier I employee who makes the election under
8paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of this Section shall not be
9subject to items (i) and (ii) set forth in paragraph (1) of
10subsection (a) of this Section. However, any future increases
11in income offered for service as a member under this Article to
12a Tier I employee who has made the election under paragraph (2)
13of subsection (a) of this Section shall be offered expressly
14and irrevocably as not constituting salary under Section 2-108,
15and the member may not accept any future increase in income
16that is offered in violation of this requirement.
17    A Tier I retiree who makes the election under paragraph (2)
18of subsection (a-5) of this Section shall not be subject to
19items (i) and (ii) set forth in paragraph (1) of subsection
20(a-5) of this Section. However, any future increases in income
21offered for service as a member under this Article to a Tier I
22retiree who returns to active service and has made the election
23under paragraph (2) of subsection (a-5) of this Section shall
24be offered expressly and irrevocably as not constituting salary
25under Section 2-108, and the member may not accept any future
26increase in income that is offered in violation of this

 

 

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1requirement.
2    (d) The System shall make a good faith effort to contact
3each Tier I employee and Tier I retiree subject to this
4Section. The System shall mail information describing the
5required election to each Tier I employee and Tier I retiree by
6United States Postal Service mail to his or her last known
7address on file with the System. If the Tier I employee or Tier
8I retiree is not responsive to other means of contact, it is
9sufficient for the System to publish the details of any
10required elections on its website or to publish those details
11in a regularly published newsletter or other existing public
12forum.
13    Tier I employees and Tier I retirees who are subject to
14this Section shall be provided with an election packet
15containing information regarding their options, as well as the
16forms necessary to make the required election. Upon request,
17the System shall offer Tier I employees and Tier I retirees an
18opportunity to receive information from the System before
19making the required election. The information may be provided
20through video materials, group presentations, individual
21consultation with a member or authorized representative of the
22System in person or by telephone or other electronic means, or
23any combination of those methods. The System shall not provide
24advice or counseling with respect to which election a Tier I
25employee or Tier I retiree should make or specific to the legal
26or tax circumstances of or consequences to the Tier I employee

 

 

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1or Tier I retiree.
2    The System shall inform Tier I employees and Tier I
3retirees in the election packet required under this subsection
4that the Tier I employee or Tier I retiree may also wish to
5obtain information and counsel relating to the election
6required under this Section from any other available source,
7including but not limited to labor organizations and private
8counsel.
9    In no event shall the System, its staff, or the Board be
10held liable for any information given to a member, beneficiary,
11or annuitant regarding the elections under this Section. The
12System shall coordinate with the Illinois Department of Central
13Management Services and each other retirement system
14administering an election in accordance with this amendatory
15Act of the 97th General Assembly to provide information
16concerning the impact of the election set forth in this
17Section.
18    (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any future
19increases in income offered for service as a member must be
20offered expressly and irrevocably as not constituting "salary"
21under Section 2-108 to any Tier I employee, or Tier I retiree
22returning to active service, who has made an election under
23paragraph (2) or subsection (a) or (a-5) of Section 2-110.3. A
24Tier I employee, or Tier I retiree returning to active service,
25who has made an election under paragraph (2) or subsection (a)
26or (a-5) of Section 2-110.3 shall not accept any future

 

 

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1increase in income that is offered for service as a member
2under this Article in violation of the requirement set forth in
3this subsection.
4    (f) A member's election under this Section is not a
5prohibited election under subdivision (j)(1) of Section 1-119
6of this Code.
7    (g) Qualified Plan Status. No provision of this Section
8shall be interpreted in a way that would cause the System to
9cease to be a qualified plan under Section 401(a) section 461
10(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
11    (h) If this Section is determined to be unconstitutional or
12otherwise invalid by a final unappealable decision of an
13Illinois court or a court of competent jurisdiction as applied
14to Tier I employees but not as applied to Tier I retirees, then
15this Section and the changes deriving from the election
16required under this Section shall be null and void as applied
17to Tier I employees but shall remain in full effect for Tier I
18retirees.
19    (i) If this Section is determined to be unconstitutional or
20otherwise invalid by a final unappealable decision of an
21Illinois court or a court of competent jurisdiction as applied
22to Tier I retirees but not as applied to Tier I employees, then
23this Section and the changes deriving from the election
24required under this Section shall be null and void as applied
25to Tier I retirees but shall remain in full effect for Tier I
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1    (j) If Section 14-106.5 of this Code or any change deriving
2from the election required under that Section is determined to
3be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid by a final
4unappealable decision of an Illinois court or a court of
5competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of that provision shall
6not in any way affect the validity of this Section or the
7changes deriving from the election required under this Section.
8(Source: 09700HB1447sam002.)
 
9    (40 ILCS 5/2-124)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 2-124)
10    Sec. 2-124. Contributions by State.
11    (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the State
12shall make contributions to the System by appropriations of
13amounts which, together with the contributions of
14participants, interest earned on investments, and other income
15will meet the cost of maintaining and administering the System
16on a 90% funded basis in accordance with actuarial
17recommendations.
18    (b) The Board shall determine the amount of State
19contributions required for each fiscal year on the basis of the
20actuarial tables and other assumptions adopted by the Board and
21the prescribed rate of interest, using the formula in
22subsection (c).
23    (c) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, for State
24fiscal years 2012 through 2045, the minimum contribution to the
25System to be made by the State for each fiscal year shall be an

 

 

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1amount determined by the System to be sufficient to bring the
2total assets of the System up to 90% of the total actuarial
3liabilities of the System by the end of State fiscal year 2045.
4In making these determinations, the required State
5contribution shall be calculated each year as a level
6percentage of payroll over the years remaining to and including
7fiscal year 2045 and shall be determined under the projected
8unit credit actuarial cost method.
9    For State fiscal years 1996 through 2005, the State
10contribution to the System, as a percentage of the applicable
11employee payroll, shall be increased in equal annual increments
12so that by State fiscal year 2011, the State is contributing at
13the rate required under this Section.
14    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
15total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2006 is
16$4,157,000.
17    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
18total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2007 is
19$5,220,300.
20    For each of State fiscal years 2008 through 2009, the State
21contribution to the System, as a percentage of the applicable
22employee payroll, shall be increased in equal annual increments
23from the required State contribution for State fiscal year
242007, so that by State fiscal year 2011, the State is
25contributing at the rate otherwise required under this Section.
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1total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2010 is
2$10,454,000 and shall be made from the proceeds of bonds sold
3in fiscal year 2010 pursuant to Section 7.2 of the General
4Obligation Bond Act, less (i) the pro rata share of bond sale
5expenses determined by the System's share of total bond
6proceeds, (ii) any amounts received from the General Revenue
7Fund in fiscal year 2010, and (iii) any reduction in bond
8proceeds due to the issuance of discounted bonds, if
9applicable.
10    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
11total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2011 is
12the amount recertified by the System on or before April 1, 2011
13pursuant to Section 2-134 and shall be made from the proceeds
14of bonds sold in fiscal year 2011 pursuant to Section 7.2 of
15the General Obligation Bond Act, less (i) the pro rata share of
16bond sale expenses determined by the System's share of total
17bond proceeds, (ii) any amounts received from the General
18Revenue Fund in fiscal year 2011, and (iii) any reduction in
19bond proceeds due to the issuance of discounted bonds, if
20applicable.
21    Except as otherwise provided in this Section, beginning in
22State fiscal year 2046, the minimum State contribution for each
23fiscal year shall be the amount needed to maintain the total
24assets of the System at 90% of the total actuarial liabilities
25of the System.
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1the Budget Stabilization Act or Section 8.12 of the State
2Finance Act in any fiscal year do not reduce and do not
3constitute payment of any portion of the minimum State
4contribution required under this Article in that fiscal year.
5Such amounts shall not reduce, and shall not be included in the
6calculation of, the required State contributions under this
7Article in any future year until the System has reached a
8funding ratio of at least 90%. A reference in this Article to
9the "required State contribution" or any substantially similar
10term does not include or apply to any amounts payable to the
11System under Section 25 of the Budget Stabilization Act.
12    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the
13required State contribution for State fiscal year 2005 and for
14fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter, as calculated
15under this Section and certified under Section 2-134, shall not
16exceed an amount equal to (i) the amount of the required State
17contribution that would have been calculated under this Section
18for that fiscal year if the System had not received any
19payments under subsection (d) of Section 7.2 of the General
20Obligation Bond Act, minus (ii) the portion of the State's
21total debt service payments for that fiscal year on the bonds
22issued in fiscal year 2003 for the purposes of that Section
237.2, as determined and certified by the Comptroller, that is
24the same as the System's portion of the total moneys
25distributed under subsection (d) of Section 7.2 of the General
26Obligation Bond Act. In determining this maximum for State

 

 

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1fiscal years 2008 through 2010, however, the amount referred to
2in item (i) shall be increased, as a percentage of the
3applicable employee payroll, in equal increments calculated
4from the sum of the required State contribution for State
5fiscal year 2007 plus the applicable portion of the State's
6total debt service payments for fiscal year 2007 on the bonds
7issued in fiscal year 2003 for the purposes of Section 7.2 of
8the General Obligation Bond Act, so that, by State fiscal year
92011, the State is contributing at the rate otherwise required
10under this Section.
11    (c-1) If at least 50% of Tier I employees making an
12election under Section 2-110.3 before December 1, 2013 choose
13the option under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of that
14Section, then beginning in State fiscal year 2015, instead of
15the contributions specified in subsection (c) of this Section,
16the State contributions specified in subsection (c-3) of this
17Section shall be paid.
18    In making its initial certification of the annual required
19contribution by the State for State fiscal year 2015, the Board
20shall assume that the new funding formula provided in
21subsection (c-3) of this Section applies. If fewer than 50% of
22Tier I employees making an election under Section 2-110.3
23before December 1, 2013 choose the option under paragraph (1)
24of subsection (a) of that Section, then:
25        (1) Instead of the contributions specified in
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1    specified in subsection (c) shall continue to be paid.
2        (2) The Board shall, if necessary, promptly recertify
3    the annual required contribution by the State for the
4    affected State fiscal year.
5    (c-3) As provided in subsection (c-1), in lieu of the State
6contributions required under subsection (c):
7        (1) For State fiscal years 2015 through 2044, the
8    minimum contribution to the System to be made by the State
9    for each fiscal year shall be an amount determined by the
10    System to be equal to the sum of (1) the State's portion of
11    the projected normal cost for that fiscal year, plus (2) an
12    amount sufficient to bring the total assets of the System
13    up to 100% of the total actuarial liabilities of the System
14    by the end of State fiscal year 2044. In making these
15    determinations, the required State contribution shall be
16    calculated each year as a level percentage of payroll over
17    the years remaining to and including fiscal year 2044 and
18    shall be determined under the projected unit credit
19    actuarial cost method.
20        (2) Beginning in State fiscal year 2045, the minimum
21    State contribution for each fiscal year shall be the amount
22    needed to maintain the total assets of the System at 100%
23    of the total actuarial liabilities of the System.
24    (c-5) Notwithstanding subsection (c-1), if the Tier I
25employee or Tier I retiree elections under Section 2-110.3, or
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1either of those elections, are determined to be
2unconstitutional or otherwise invalid on appeal by a final
3unappealable decision of an Illinois court or a court of
4competent jurisdiction, other than as applied to a particular
5individual or circumstance, then:
6        (1) Beginning with the next fiscal year after the date
7    of that final decision, the annual required contribution to
8    the System to be made by the State shall be determined
9    under subsection (c) of this Section.
10        (2) The Board shall, if necessary, promptly recertify
11    the annual required contribution by the State for that next
12    State fiscal year.
13    (c-1) If at least 50% of Tier I employees making an
14election under Section 2-110.3 before June 1, 2013 choose the
15option under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of that Section,
16then:
17        (1) In lieu of the State contributions required under
18    subsection (c), for State fiscal years 2014 through 2043
19    the minimum contribution to the System to be made by the
20    State for each fiscal year shall be an amount determined by
21    the System to be equal to the sum of (1) the State's
22    portion of the projected normal cost for that fiscal year,
23    plus (2) an amount sufficient to bring the total assets of
24    the System up to 100% of the total actuarial liabilities of
25    the System by the end of State fiscal year 2043. In making
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1    shall be calculated each year as a level percentage of
2    payroll over the years remaining to and including fiscal
3    year 2043 and shall be determined under the projected unit
4    credit actuarial cost method.
5        (2) Beginning in State fiscal year 2043, the minimum
6    State contribution for each fiscal year shall be the amount
7    needed to maintain the total assets of the System at 100%
8    of the total actuarial liabilities of the System.
9    (c-2) If less than 50% of Tier I employees making an
10election under Section 2-110.3 before June 1, 2013 choose the
11option under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of that Section,
12then the annual required contribution to the System to be made
13by the State shall be determined under subsection (c) of this
14Section, instead of the annual required contribution otherwise
15specified in subsection (c-1) of this Section.
16    (d) For purposes of determining the required State
17contribution to the System, the value of the System's assets
18shall be equal to the actuarial value of the System's assets,
19which shall be calculated as follows:
20    As of June 30, 2008, the actuarial value of the System's
21assets shall be equal to the market value of the assets as of
22that date. In determining the actuarial value of the System's
23assets for fiscal years after June 30, 2008, any actuarial
24gains or losses from investment return incurred in a fiscal
25year shall be recognized in equal annual amounts over the
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1    (e) For purposes of determining the required State
2contribution to the system for a particular year, the actuarial
3value of assets shall be assumed to earn a rate of return equal
4to the system's actuarially assumed rate of return.
5(Source: 96-43, eff. 7-15-09; 96-1497, eff. 1-14-11; 96-1511,
6eff. 1-27-11; 96-1554, eff. 3-18-11; revised 4-6-11;
709700HB1447sam002.)
 
8    (40 ILCS 5/14-103.42)
9    Sec. 14-103.42. Future increase in income. "Future
10increase in income": Any increase in income in any form offered
11by a department to an employee under this Article after
12December 31 June 30, 2013 that would qualify as "compensation",
13as defined under Section 14-103.10, but for the fact that the
14department offered the increase in income to the employee on
15the condition that it not qualify as compensation and the
16employee accepted the increase in income subject to that
17condition. The term "future increase in income" does not
18include an increase in income in any form that is paid to a
19Tier I employee under an employment contract or collective
20bargaining agreement that is in effect on the effective date of
21this Section but does include an increase in income in any form
22pursuant to an extension, amendment, or renewal of any such
23employment contract or collective bargaining agreement on or
24after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th
25General Assembly.

 

 

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1(Source: 09700HB1447sam002.)
 
2    (40 ILCS 5/14-106.5)
3    Sec. 14-106.5. Election by Tier I employees and Tier I
4retirees.
5    (a) Each Tier I employee shall make an irrevocable election
6either:
7        (1) to agree to the following:
8            (i) to have the amount of the automatic annual
9        increases in his or her retirement annuity that are
10        otherwise provided for in this Article calculated,
11        instead, as provided in subsection (a-1) of Section
12        14-114; and
13            (ii) to have his or her eligibility for automatic
14        annual increases in retirement annuity postponed as
15        provided in subsection (a-2) of Section 14-114; or
16        (2) to not agree to items (i) and (ii) as set forth in
17    paragraph (1) of this subsection.
18    The election required under this subsection (a) shall be
19made by each Tier I employee no earlier than July January 1,
202013 and no later than November 30 May 31, 2013, except that:
21        (i) a person who becomes a Tier I employee under this
22    Article after July January 1, 2013 must make the election
23    under this subsection (a) within 60 days after becoming a
24    Tier I employee;
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1    employee under this Article after July January 1, 2013 and
2    has not yet made an election under this Section must make
3    the election under this subsection (a) within 60 days after
4    returning to active service as a Tier I employee; and
5        (iii) a person who made the election under subsection
6    (a-5) as a Tier I retiree remains bound by that election
7    and shall not make a later election under this subsection
8    (a).
9    If a Tier I employee fails for any reason to make a
10required election under this subsection within the time
11specified, then the employee shall be deemed to have made the
12election under paragraph (2) of this subsection.
13    (a-5) Each Tier I retiree shall make an irrevocable
14election either:
15        (1) to agree to the following:
16            (i) to have the amount of the automatic annual
17        increases in his or her retirement annuity that are
18        otherwise provided for in this Article calculated,
19        instead, as provided in subsection (a-1) of Section
20        14-114; and
21            (ii) to have his or her eligibility for automatic
22        annual increases in retirement annuity postponed as
23        provided in subsection (a-2) of Section 14-114; or
24        (2) to not agree to items (i) and (ii) as set forth in
25    paragraph (1) of this subsection.
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1made by each Tier I retiree no earlier than July January 1,
22013 and no later than November 30 May 31, 2013, except that:
3        (i) a person who becomes a Tier I retiree under this
4    Article on or after July January 1, 2013 must make the
5    election under this subsection (a-5) within 60 days after
6    becoming a Tier I retiree; and
7        (ii) a person who made the election under subsection
8    (a) as a Tier I employee remains bound by that election and
9    shall not make a later election under this subsection
10    (a-5).
11    If a Tier I retiree fails for any reason to make a required
12election under this subsection within the time specified, then
13the Tier I retiree shall be deemed to have made the election
14under paragraph (2) of this subsection.
15    (a-10) All elections under subsection (a) or (a-5) that are
16made or deemed to be made before December June 1, 2013 shall
17take effect on January July 1, 2014 2013. Elections that are
18made or deemed to be made on or after December June 1, 2013
19shall take effect on the first day of the month following the
20month in which the election is made or deemed to be made.
21    (b) As adequate and legal consideration provided under this
22amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly for making the
23election under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this Section,
24any future increases in income offered by a department under
25this Article to a Tier I employee who has made the election
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1offered expressly and irrevocably as constituting compensation
2under Section 14-103.10. In addition, a Tier I employee who has
3made the election under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this
4Section shall receive the right to also participate in the
5optional cash balance plan established under Section 1-162.
6    As adequate and legal consideration provided under this
7amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly for making the
8election under paragraph (1) of subsection (a-5) of this
9Section, any future increases in income offered by a department
10under this Article to a Tier I retiree who returns to active
11service after having made the election under paragraph (1) of
12subsection (a-5) of this Section shall be offered expressly and
13irrevocably as constituting compensation under Section
1414-103.10. In addition, a Tier I retiree who returns to active
15service and has made the election under paragraph (1) of
16subsection (a) of this Section shall receive the right to also
17participate in the optional cash balance plan established under
18Section 1-162.
19    (c) A Tier I employee who makes the election under
20paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of this Section shall not be
21subject to items (i) and (ii) set forth in paragraph (1) of
22subsection (a) of this Section. However, any future increases
23in income offered by a department under this Article to a Tier
24I employee who has made the election under paragraph (2) of
25subsection (a) of this Section shall be offered by the
26department expressly and irrevocably as not constituting

 

 

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1compensation under Section 14-103.10, and the employee may not
2accept any future increase in income that is offered in
3violation of this requirement. In addition, a Tier I employee
4who has made the election under paragraph (2) of subsection (a)
5of this Section shall not receive the right to participate in
6the optional cash balance plan established under Section 1-162.
7    A Tier I retiree who makes the election under paragraph (2)
8of subsection (a-5) of this Section shall not be subject to
9items (i) and (ii) set forth in paragraph (1) of subsection
10(a-5) of this Section. However, any future increases in income
11offered by a department under this Article to a Tier I retiree
12who returns to active service and has made the election under
13paragraph (2) of subsection (a-5) of this Section shall be
14offered by the department expressly and irrevocably as not
15constituting compensation under Section 14-103.10, and the
16employee may not accept any future increase in income that is
17offered in violation of this requirement. In addition, a Tier I
18retiree who returns to active service and has made the election
19under paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of this Section shall not
20receive the right to participate in the optional cash balance
21plan established under Section 1-162.
22    (d) The System shall make a good faith effort to contact
23each Tier I employee and Tier I retiree subject to this
24Section. The System shall mail information describing the
25required election to each Tier I employee and Tier I retiree by
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1address on file with the System. If the Tier I employee or Tier
2I retiree is not responsive to other means of contact, it is
3sufficient for the System to publish the details of any
4required elections on its website or to publish those details
5in a regularly published newsletter or other existing public
6forum.
7    Tier I employees and Tier I retirees who are subject to
8this Section shall be provided with an election packet
9containing information regarding their options, as well as the
10forms necessary to make the required election. Upon request,
11the System shall offer Tier I employees and Tier I retirees an
12opportunity to receive information from the System before
13making the required election. The information may consist of
14video materials, group presentations, individual consultation
15with a member or authorized representative of the System in
16person or by telephone or other electronic means, or any
17combination of those methods. The System shall not provide
18advice or counseling with respect to which election a Tier I
19employee or Tier I retiree should make or specific to the legal
20or tax circumstances of or consequences to the Tier I employee
21or Tier I retiree.
22    The System shall inform Tier I employees and Tier I
23retirees in the election packet required under this subsection
24that the Tier I employee or Tier I retiree may also wish to
25obtain information and counsel relating to the election
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1including but not limited to labor organizations and private
2counsel.
3    In no event shall the System, its staff, or the Board be
4held liable for any information given to a member, beneficiary,
5or annuitant regarding the elections under this Section. The
6System shall coordinate with the Illinois Department of Central
7Management Services and each other retirement system
8administering an election in accordance with this amendatory
9Act of the 97th General Assembly to provide information
10concerning the impact of the election set forth in this
11Section.
12    (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a
13department under this Article is required to offer any future
14increases in income expressly and irrevocably as not
15constituting "compensation" under Section 14-103.10 to any
16Tier I employee, or Tier I retiree returning to active service,
17who has made an election under paragraph (2) of subsection (a)
18or (a-5) of Section 14-106.5. A Tier I employee, or Tier I
19retiree returning to active service, who has made an election
20under paragraph (2) of subsection (a) or (a-5) of Section
2114-106.5 shall not accept any future increase in income that is
22offered by an employer under this Article in violation of the
23requirement set forth in this subsection.
24    (f) A member's election under this Section is not a
25prohibited election under subdivision (j)(1) of Section 1-119
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1    (g) An employee who has made the election under paragraph
2(1) of subsection (a) or (a-5) of this Section may elect to
3participate in the optional cash balance plan under Section
41-162.
5    The election to participate in the optional cash balance
6plan shall be made in writing, in the manner provided by the
7applicable retirement system.
8    (h) Qualified Plan Status. No provision of this Section
9shall be interpreted in a way that would cause the System to
10cease to be a qualified plan under Section 401(a) section 461
11(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
12    (i) If this Section is determined to be unconstitutional or
13otherwise invalid by a final unappealable decision of an
14Illinois court or a court of competent jurisdiction as applied
15to Tier I employees but not as applied to Tier I retirees, then
16this Section and the changes deriving from the election
17required under this Section shall be null and void as applied
18to Tier I employees but shall remain in full effect for Tier I
19retirees.
20    (j) If this Section is determined to be unconstitutional or
21otherwise invalid by a final unappealable decision of an
22Illinois court or a court of competent jurisdiction as applied
23to Tier I retirees but not as applied to Tier I employees, then
24this Section and the changes deriving from the election
25required under this Section shall be null and void as applied
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1employees.
2    (k) If Section 2-110.3 of this Code or any change deriving
3from the election required under that Section is determined to
4be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid by a final
5unappealable decision of an Illinois court or a court of
6competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of that provision shall
7not in any way affect the validity of this Section or the
8changes deriving from the election required under this Section.
9(Source: 09700HB1447sam002.)
 
10    (40 ILCS 5/14-131)
11    Sec. 14-131. Contributions by State.
12    (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the State
13shall make contributions to the System by appropriations of
14amounts which, together with other employer contributions from
15trust, federal, and other funds, employee contributions,
16investment income, and other income, will be sufficient to meet
17the cost of maintaining and administering the System on a 90%
18funded basis in accordance with actuarial recommendations.
19    For the purposes of this Section and Section 14-135.08,
20references to State contributions refer only to employer
21contributions and do not include employee contributions that
22are picked up or otherwise paid by the State or a department on
23behalf of the employee.
24    (b) The Board shall determine the total amount of State
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1actuarial tables and other assumptions adopted by the Board,
2using the formula in subsection (e).
3    The Board shall also determine a State contribution rate
4for each fiscal year, expressed as a percentage of payroll,
5based on the total required State contribution for that fiscal
6year (less the amount received by the System from
7appropriations under Section 8.12 of the State Finance Act and
8Section 1 of the State Pension Funds Continuing Appropriation
9Act, if any, for the fiscal year ending on the June 30
10immediately preceding the applicable November 15 certification
11deadline), the estimated payroll (including all forms of
12compensation) for personal services rendered by eligible
13employees, and the recommendations of the actuary.
14    For the purposes of this Section and Section 14.1 of the
15State Finance Act, the term "eligible employees" includes
16employees who participate in the System, persons who may elect
17to participate in the System but have not so elected, persons
18who are serving a qualifying period that is required for
19participation, and annuitants employed by a department as
20described in subdivision (a)(1) or (a)(2) of Section 14-111.
21    (c) Contributions shall be made by the several departments
22for each pay period by warrants drawn by the State Comptroller
23against their respective funds or appropriations based upon
24vouchers stating the amount to be so contributed. These amounts
25shall be based on the full rate certified by the Board under
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1of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly through the
2payment of the final payroll from fiscal year 2004
3appropriations, the several departments shall not make
4contributions for the remainder of fiscal year 2004 but shall
5instead make payments as required under subsection (a-1) of
6Section 14.1 of the State Finance Act. The several departments
7shall resume those contributions at the commencement of fiscal
8year 2005.
9    (c-1) Notwithstanding subsection (c) of this Section, for
10fiscal years 2010 and 2012 only, contributions by the several
11departments are not required to be made for General Revenue
12Funds payrolls processed by the Comptroller. Payrolls paid by
13the several departments from all other State funds must
14continue to be processed pursuant to subsection (c) of this
15Section.
16    (c-2) For State fiscal years 2010 and 2012 only, on or as
17soon as possible after the 15th day of each month, the Board
18shall submit vouchers for payment of State contributions to the
19System, in a total monthly amount of one-twelfth of the fiscal
20year General Revenue Fund contribution as certified by the
21System pursuant to Section 14-135.08 of the Illinois Pension
22Code.
23    (d) If an employee is paid from trust funds or federal
24funds, the department or other employer shall pay employer
25contributions from those funds to the System at the certified
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1agreement preclude the use of the funds for that purpose, in
2which case the required employer contributions shall be paid by
3the State. From the effective date of this amendatory Act of
4the 93rd General Assembly through the payment of the final
5payroll from fiscal year 2004 appropriations, the department or
6other employer shall not pay contributions for the remainder of
7fiscal year 2004 but shall instead make payments as required
8under subsection (a-1) of Section 14.1 of the State Finance
9Act. The department or other employer shall resume payment of
10contributions at the commencement of fiscal year 2005.
11    (e) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, for State
12fiscal years 2012 through 2045, the minimum contribution to the
13System to be made by the State for each fiscal year shall be an
14amount determined by the System to be sufficient to bring the
15total assets of the System up to 90% of the total actuarial
16liabilities of the System by the end of State fiscal year 2045.
17In making these determinations, the required State
18contribution shall be calculated each year as a level
19percentage of payroll over the years remaining to and including
20fiscal year 2045 and shall be determined under the projected
21unit credit actuarial cost method.
22    For State fiscal years 1996 through 2005, the State
23contribution to the System, as a percentage of the applicable
24employee payroll, shall be increased in equal annual increments
25so that by State fiscal year 2011, the State is contributing at
26the rate required under this Section; except that (i) for State

 

 

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1fiscal year 1998, for all purposes of this Code and any other
2law of this State, the certified percentage of the applicable
3employee payroll shall be 5.052% for employees earning eligible
4creditable service under Section 14-110 and 6.500% for all
5other employees, notwithstanding any contrary certification
6made under Section 14-135.08 before the effective date of this
7amendatory Act of 1997, and (ii) in the following specified
8State fiscal years, the State contribution to the System shall
9not be less than the following indicated percentages of the
10applicable employee payroll, even if the indicated percentage
11will produce a State contribution in excess of the amount
12otherwise required under this subsection and subsection (a):
139.8% in FY 1999; 10.0% in FY 2000; 10.2% in FY 2001; 10.4% in FY
142002; 10.6% in FY 2003; and 10.8% in FY 2004.
15    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
16total required State contribution to the System for State
17fiscal year 2006 is $203,783,900.
18    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
19total required State contribution to the System for State
20fiscal year 2007 is $344,164,400.
21    For each of State fiscal years 2008 through 2009, the State
22contribution to the System, as a percentage of the applicable
23employee payroll, shall be increased in equal annual increments
24from the required State contribution for State fiscal year
252007, so that by State fiscal year 2011, the State is
26contributing at the rate otherwise required under this Section.

 

 

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1    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
2total required State General Revenue Fund contribution for
3State fiscal year 2010 is $723,703,100 and shall be made from
4the proceeds of bonds sold in fiscal year 2010 pursuant to
5Section 7.2 of the General Obligation Bond Act, less (i) the
6pro rata share of bond sale expenses determined by the System's
7share of total bond proceeds, (ii) any amounts received from
8the General Revenue Fund in fiscal year 2010, and (iii) any
9reduction in bond proceeds due to the issuance of discounted
10bonds, if applicable.
11    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
12total required State General Revenue Fund contribution for
13State fiscal year 2011 is the amount recertified by the System
14on or before April 1, 2011 pursuant to Section 14-135.08 and
15shall be made from the proceeds of bonds sold in fiscal year
162011 pursuant to Section 7.2 of the General Obligation Bond
17Act, less (i) the pro rata share of bond sale expenses
18determined by the System's share of total bond proceeds, (ii)
19any amounts received from the General Revenue Fund in fiscal
20year 2011, and (iii) any reduction in bond proceeds due to the
21issuance of discounted bonds, if applicable.
22    Except as otherwise provided in this Section, beginning in
23State fiscal year 2046, the minimum State contribution for each
24fiscal year shall be the amount needed to maintain the total
25assets of the System at 90% of the total actuarial liabilities
26of the System.

 

 

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1    Amounts received by the System pursuant to Section 25 of
2the Budget Stabilization Act or Section 8.12 of the State
3Finance Act in any fiscal year do not reduce and do not
4constitute payment of any portion of the minimum State
5contribution required under this Article in that fiscal year.
6Such amounts shall not reduce, and shall not be included in the
7calculation of, the required State contributions under this
8Article in any future year until the System has reached a
9funding ratio of at least 90%. A reference in this Article to
10the "required State contribution" or any substantially similar
11term does not include or apply to any amounts payable to the
12System under Section 25 of the Budget Stabilization Act.
13    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the
14required State contribution for State fiscal year 2005 and for
15fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter, as calculated
16under this Section and certified under Section 14-135.08, shall
17not exceed an amount equal to (i) the amount of the required
18State contribution that would have been calculated under this
19Section for that fiscal year if the System had not received any
20payments under subsection (d) of Section 7.2 of the General
21Obligation Bond Act, minus (ii) the portion of the State's
22total debt service payments for that fiscal year on the bonds
23issued in fiscal year 2003 for the purposes of that Section
247.2, as determined and certified by the Comptroller, that is
25the same as the System's portion of the total moneys
26distributed under subsection (d) of Section 7.2 of the General

 

 

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1Obligation Bond Act. In determining this maximum for State
2fiscal years 2008 through 2010, however, the amount referred to
3in item (i) shall be increased, as a percentage of the
4applicable employee payroll, in equal increments calculated
5from the sum of the required State contribution for State
6fiscal year 2007 plus the applicable portion of the State's
7total debt service payments for fiscal year 2007 on the bonds
8issued in fiscal year 2003 for the purposes of Section 7.2 of
9the General Obligation Bond Act, so that, by State fiscal year
102011, the State is contributing at the rate otherwise required
11under this Section.
12    (e-1) If at least 50% of Tier I employees making an
13election under Section 14-106.5 before December 1, 2013 choose
14the option under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of that
15Section, then beginning in State fiscal year 2015, instead of
16the contributions specified in subsection (e) of this Section,
17the State contributions specified in subsection (e-3) of this
18Section shall be paid.
19    In making its initial certification of the annual required
20contribution by the State for State fiscal year 2015, the Board
21shall assume that the new funding formula provided in
22subsection (e-3) of this Section applies. If fewer than 50% of
23Tier I employees making an election under Section 14-106.5
24before December 1, 2013 choose the option under paragraph (1)
25of subsection (a) of that Section, then:
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1    subsection (e-3) of this Section, the State contributions
2    specified in subsection (e) shall continue to be paid.
3        (2) The Board shall, if necessary, promptly recertify
4    the annual required contribution by the State for the
5    affected State fiscal year.
6    (e-3) As provided in subsection (e-1), in lieu of the State
7contributions required under subsection (e):
8        (1) For State fiscal years 2015 through 2044 the
9    minimum contribution to the System to be made by the State
10    for each fiscal year shall be an amount determined by the
11    System to be equal to the sum of (1) the State's portion of
12    the projected normal cost for that fiscal year, plus (2) an
13    amount sufficient to bring the total assets of the System
14    up to 100% of the total actuarial liabilities of the System
15    by the end of State fiscal year 2044. In making these
16    determinations, the required State contribution shall be
17    calculated each year as a level percentage of payroll over
18    the years remaining to and including fiscal year 2044 and
19    shall be determined under the projected unit credit
20    actuarial cost method.
21        (2) Beginning in State fiscal year 2045, the minimum
22    State contribution for each fiscal year shall be the amount
23    needed to maintain the total assets of the System at 100%
24    of the total actuarial liabilities of the System.
25    (e-5) Notwithstanding subsection (e-1), if the Tier I
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1any of the consequences that are expressly dependent upon
2either of those elections, are determined to be
3unconstitutional or otherwise invalid on appeal by a final
4unappealable decision of an Illinois court or a court of
5competent jurisdiction, other than as applied to a particular
6individual or circumstance, then:
7        (1) Beginning with the next fiscal year after the date
8    of that final decision, the annual required contribution to
9    the System to be made by the State shall be determined
10    under subsection (e) of this Section.
11        (2) The Board shall, if necessary, promptly recertify
12    the annual required contribution by the State for that next
13    State fiscal year.
14    (e-1) If at least 50% of Tier I employees making an
15election under Section 14-106.5 before June 1, 2013 choose the
16option under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of that Section,
17then:
18        (1) In lieu of the State contributions required under
19    subsection (e), for State fiscal years 2014 through 2043
20    the minimum contribution to the System to be made by the
21    State for each fiscal year shall be an amount determined by
22    the System to be equal to the sum of (1) the State's
23    portion of the projected normal cost for that fiscal year,
24    plus (2) an amount sufficient to bring the total assets of
25    the System up to 100% of the total actuarial liabilities of
26    the System by the end of State fiscal year 2043. In making

 

 

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1    these determinations, the required State contribution
2    shall be calculated each year as a level percentage of
3    payroll over the years remaining to and including fiscal
4    year 2043 and shall be determined under the projected unit
5    credit actuarial cost method.
6        (2) Beginning in State fiscal year 2044, the minimum
7    State contribution for each fiscal year shall be the amount
8    needed to maintain the total assets of the System at 100%
9    of the total actuarial liabilities of the System.
10    (e-2) If less than 50% of Tier I employees making an
11election under Section 14-106.5 before June 1, 2013 choose the
12option under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of that Section,
13then:
14        (1) Instead of the annual required contribution
15    otherwise specified in subsection (e-1) of this Section,
16    the annual required contribution to the System to be made
17    by the State shall be determined under subsection (e) of
18    this Section.
19        (2) As soon as possible after June 1, 2014, the Board
20    shall recertify the annual required contribution by the
21    State for State fiscal year 2015.
22    (f) After the submission of all payments for eligible
23employees from personal services line items in fiscal year 2004
24have been made, the Comptroller shall provide to the System a
25certification of the sum of all fiscal year 2004 expenditures
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1to the System under this Section if the provisions of this
2amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly had not been
3enacted. Upon receipt of the certification, the System shall
4determine the amount due to the System based on the full rate
5certified by the Board under Section 14-135.08 for fiscal year
62004 in order to meet the State's obligation under this
7Section. The System shall compare this amount due to the amount
8received by the System in fiscal year 2004 through payments
9under this Section and under Section 6z-61 of the State Finance
10Act. If the amount due is more than the amount received, the
11difference shall be termed the "Fiscal Year 2004 Shortfall" for
12purposes of this Section, and the Fiscal Year 2004 Shortfall
13shall be satisfied under Section 1.2 of the State Pension Funds
14Continuing Appropriation Act. If the amount due is less than
15the amount received, the difference shall be termed the "Fiscal
16Year 2004 Overpayment" for purposes of this Section, and the
17Fiscal Year 2004 Overpayment shall be repaid by the System to
18the Pension Contribution Fund as soon as practicable after the
19certification.
20    (g) For purposes of determining the required State
21contribution to the System, the value of the System's assets
22shall be equal to the actuarial value of the System's assets,
23which shall be calculated as follows:
24    As of June 30, 2008, the actuarial value of the System's
25assets shall be equal to the market value of the assets as of
26that date. In determining the actuarial value of the System's

 

 

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1assets for fiscal years after June 30, 2008, any actuarial
2gains or losses from investment return incurred in a fiscal
3year shall be recognized in equal annual amounts over the
45-year period following that fiscal year.
5    (h) For purposes of determining the required State
6contribution to the System for a particular year, the actuarial
7value of assets shall be assumed to earn a rate of return equal
8to the System's actuarially assumed rate of return.
9    (i) After the submission of all payments for eligible
10employees from personal services line items paid from the
11General Revenue Fund in fiscal year 2010 have been made, the
12Comptroller shall provide to the System a certification of the
13sum of all fiscal year 2010 expenditures for personal services
14that would have been covered by payments to the System under
15this Section if the provisions of this amendatory Act of the
1696th General Assembly had not been enacted. Upon receipt of the
17certification, the System shall determine the amount due to the
18System based on the full rate certified by the Board under
19Section 14-135.08 for fiscal year 2010 in order to meet the
20State's obligation under this Section. The System shall compare
21this amount due to the amount received by the System in fiscal
22year 2010 through payments under this Section. If the amount
23due is more than the amount received, the difference shall be
24termed the "Fiscal Year 2010 Shortfall" for purposes of this
25Section, and the Fiscal Year 2010 Shortfall shall be satisfied
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1Appropriation Act. If the amount due is less than the amount
2received, the difference shall be termed the "Fiscal Year 2010
3Overpayment" for purposes of this Section, and the Fiscal Year
42010 Overpayment shall be repaid by the System to the General
5Revenue Fund as soon as practicable after the certification.
6    (j) After the submission of all payments for eligible
7employees from personal services line items paid from the
8General Revenue Fund in fiscal year 2011 have been made, the
9Comptroller shall provide to the System a certification of the
10sum of all fiscal year 2011 expenditures for personal services
11that would have been covered by payments to the System under
12this Section if the provisions of this amendatory Act of the
1396th General Assembly had not been enacted. Upon receipt of the
14certification, the System shall determine the amount due to the
15System based on the full rate certified by the Board under
16Section 14-135.08 for fiscal year 2011 in order to meet the
17State's obligation under this Section. The System shall compare
18this amount due to the amount received by the System in fiscal
19year 2011 through payments under this Section. If the amount
20due is more than the amount received, the difference shall be
21termed the "Fiscal Year 2011 Shortfall" for purposes of this
22Section, and the Fiscal Year 2011 Shortfall shall be satisfied
23under Section 1.2 of the State Pension Funds Continuing
24Appropriation Act. If the amount due is less than the amount
25received, the difference shall be termed the "Fiscal Year 2011
26Overpayment" for purposes of this Section, and the Fiscal Year

 

 

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12011 Overpayment shall be repaid by the System to the General
2Revenue Fund as soon as practicable after the certification.
3    (k) For fiscal year 2012 only, after the submission of all
4payments for eligible employees from personal services line
5items paid from the General Revenue Fund in the fiscal year
6have been made, the Comptroller shall provide to the System a
7certification of the sum of all expenditures in the fiscal year
8for personal services. Upon receipt of the certification, the
9System shall determine the amount due to the System based on
10the full rate certified by the Board under Section 14-135.08
11for the fiscal year in order to meet the State's obligation
12under this Section. The System shall compare this amount due to
13the amount received by the System for the fiscal year. If the
14amount due is more than the amount received, the difference
15shall be termed the "Fiscal Year Shortfall" for purposes of
16this Section, and the Fiscal Year Shortfall shall be satisfied
17under Section 1.2 of the State Pension Funds Continuing
18Appropriation Act. If the amount due is less than the amount
19received, the difference shall be termed the "Fiscal Year
20Overpayment" for purposes of this Section, and the Fiscal Year
21Overpayment shall be repaid by the System to the General
22Revenue Fund as soon as practicable after the certification.
23(Source: P.A. 96-43, eff. 7-15-09; 96-45, eff. 7-15-09;
2496-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1497, eff. 1-14-11; 96-1511, eff.
251-27-11; 96-1554, eff. 3-18-11; 97-72, eff. 7-1-11;
2609700HB1447sam002.)
 

 

 

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1    (H.B. 1447, 97th G.A., Sec. 105 rep.)
2    Section 10. If and only if House Bill 1447 of the 97th
3General Assembly becomes law in the form in which it was passed
4by the Senate, then "An Act concerning public employee
5benefits" (House Bill 1447 of the 97th General Assembly) is
6amended by repealing Section 105.
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8becoming law or on the effective date of House Bill 1447 of the
997th General Assembly, whichever is later.".