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(40 ILCS 5/13-403) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 13-403)
Sec. 13-403. Military service.
(a) Any employee who, after commencement of
service with the Employer, enlisted, was inducted or was otherwise ordered
to serve in the military forces of the United States pursuant to any law,
shall receive full service credit for the various purposes of this Article
as though the employee were in the active service of the Employer during
the period of military service provided that:
(1) such service credit shall be granted for military |
| service for which the employee volunteers or is inducted or called into military service pursuant to a call of a duly constituted authority or a law of the United States declaring a national emergency;
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(2) the employee returns to the employ of the
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(3) the total service credit for such military
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| service shall not exceed 5 years except that any employee who on July 1, 1963 had accrued more than 5 years of such credit shall be entitled to the total amount thereof.
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(b) For a ten-year period following July 24, 2003, a contributing employee or commissioner
meeting the minimum service requirements provided under this subsection may
establish additional service credit for a period of up to 2 years of active
military service in the United States Armed Forces for which he or she does not
qualify for credit under subsection (a), provided that (1) the person was not
dishonorably discharged from the military service, and (2) the amount of
service credit established by the person under this subsection (b), when added
to the amount of any military service credit granted to the person under
subsection (a), shall not exceed 5 years.
The minimum service requirement for a contributing employee is 10 years of
service credit as provided in Sections 13-401 and 13-402 of this Article and
exclusive of Article 20. The minimum service requirement for a contributing
commissioner is 5 years of service credit as provided in Sections 13-401 and
13-402 of this Article and
exclusive of Article 20.
In order to establish military service credit under this subsection (b),
the applicant must submit a written application to the Fund, including the
applicant's discharge papers from military service, and pay to the Fund (i)
employee contributions at the rates provided in this Article, based upon the
person's salary on the last date as a participating employee prior to the
military service or on the first date as a participating employee after the
military service, whichever is greater, plus (ii) the current amount determined
by the board to be equal to the employer's normal cost of the benefits accrued
for such military service, plus (iii) regular interest of 3% compounded
annually on items (i) and (ii) from the date of entry or re-entry as a
participating employee following the military service to the date of payment.
Contributions must be paid in full before the credit is granted. Credit
established under this subsection may be used for pension purposes only.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, a person may not
establish creditable service under this Section for any period for which the
person receives credit under any other public employee retirement system,
unless the credit under that other retirement system has been irrevocably
relinquished.
(Source: P.A. 93-334, eff. 7-24-03; 94-621, eff. 8-18-05.)
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