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91_SB1849

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to public employee benefits.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.   The  Illinois  Pension  Code  is amended by
 5    changing Section 18-112 as follows:

 6        (40 ILCS 5/18-112) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 18-112)
 7        Sec. 18-112.  Service.  "Service": The  period  beginning
 8    on  the  day  a person first became a judge, whether prior or
 9    subsequent to the effective date,  and  ending  on  the  date
10    under consideration, excluding all intervening periods during
11    which  he  or  she  was  not a judge following resignation or
12    expiration of any term of election or appointment.
13        Service also includes the following:
14        (a)  Any period prior to January 1, 1964 during  which  a
15    judge  served as a justice of the peace, police magistrate or
16    master in chancery, or as a civil  referee,  commissioner  or
17    trial  assistant to the chief judge in the Municipal Court of
18    Chicago, or performed judicial duties as an assistant to  the
19    judge  of the Probate Court of Cook County.  A judge shall be
20    entitled to credit for all or as much as the judge may desire
21    of such service, not exceeding 8 years, upon payment  of  the
22    participant's  contribution  covering  such  service  at  the
23    contribution  rates  in effect on July 1, 1969, together with
24    interest at 4% per annum compounded annually, from the  dates
25    the  service  was  rendered  to the date of payment, provided
26    credit for such service had not been granted  in  any  public
27    pension fund or retirement system in the State.  The required
28    contributions  shall  be  based  upon  the  rate of salary in
29    effect for the judge on the date he or she entered the system
30    or on January 1, 1964, whichever is later.
31        (b)  Service  rendered  after  January  1,  1964,  as   a
 
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 1    holdover  magistrate  or  master  in  chancery of the Circuit
 2    Court.  A judge shall be entitled to credit for any period of
 3    such service, not exceeding a total of 8 years, together with
 4    the period of service taken into account  in  paragraph  (a).
 5    Service  credit  under  this paragraph is subject to the same
 6    contribution requirements  and  other  limitations  that  are
 7    prescribed for service credit under paragraph (a).
 8        (c)  Any  period that a participant served as a member of
 9    the General Assembly, subject to the following conditions:
10             (1)  He or she has been a participant in this system
11        for at least 4 years and has contributed  to  the  system
12        for  service rendered as a member of the General Assembly
13        subsequent to November 1, 1941, at the contribution rates
14        in  effect  for  a  judge  on  the  date  of  becoming  a
15        participant,  including  interest   at   3%   per   annum
16        compounded  annually  from  the  date  such  service  was
17        rendered  to  the date of payment, based on the salary in
18        effect during such period of service; and
19             (2)  The participant is not entitled to  credit  for
20        such service in any other public retirement system in the
21        State.
22        (d)  Any  period  a  participant  served  as  a  judge or
23    commissioner of the Court  of  Claims  of  this  State  after
24    November  1,  1941,  provided  he  or  she contributes to the
25    system at the contribution rates in effect  on  the  date  of
26    becoming  a participant, based on salary received during such
27    service,  including  interest  at  3%  per  annum  compounded
28    annually from the date such service was rendered to the  date
29    of payment.
30        (e)  Any  period  that  a  participant  served as State's
31    Attorney or Public Defender of  any  county  of  this  State,
32    subject to the following conditions: (1) such service was not
33    credited  under any public pension fund or retirement system;
34    (2) the maximum service to be credited in this  system  shall
 
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 1    be 8 years; (3) the participant must have at least 6 years of
 2    service  as  a judge and as a participant of this system; and
 3    (4) the participant has made contributions to the system  for
 4    such  service at the contribution rates in effect on the date
 5    of becoming a participant  in  this  system  based  upon  the
 6    salary  of  the  judge on such date, including interest at 4%
 7    per annum compounded annually from such date to the  date  of
 8    payment.
 9        A  judge  who  terminated service before January 26, 1988
10    and whose retirement annuity began after January 1, 1988  may
11    establish   credit  for  service  as  a  Public  Defender  in
12    accordance with the other provisions of  this  subsection  by
13    making  application  and paying the required contributions to
14    the Board not later than 30 days after August 23,  1989.   In
15    such  cases,  the  Board  shall  recalculate  the  retirement
16    annuity,  effective  on  the  first  day of the next calendar
17    month beginning at least 30 days  after  the  application  is
18    received.
19        (e-1)  Any  period of full-time employment by the federal
20    government for which the participant  does  not  qualify  for
21    credit  under any other provision of this Article, subject to
22    the following conditions: (1) any credit that the participant
23    received for that employment in  any  other  public  employee
24    pension  fund  or  retirement  system  has been terminated or
25    relinquished; (2) the maximum period of service that  may  be
26    credited   under   this   subsection  is  3  years;  (3)  the
27    participant must have at least 8 years of service as a  judge
28    and  as a participant of this System; and (4) the participant
29    must make contributions to the System for the service  to  be
30    established, at the contribution rate in effect for judges on
31    the date of becoming a participant in this System, based upon
32    the  salary of the judge on that date, and including interest
33    at 4% per annum compounded annually from  that  date  to  the
34    date of payment.
 
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 1        (f)  Any period as a participating policeman, employee or
 2    teacher  under  Article  5, 14 or 16 of this Code, subject to
 3    the following  conditions:  (1)  the  credits  accrued  under
 4    Article 5, 14 or 16 have been transferred to this system; and
 5    (2)  the  participant has contributed to the system an amount
 6    equal  to  (A)  contributions  at  the  rate  in  effect  for
 7    participants at the date of membership in this  system  based
 8    upon the salary of the judge on such date, (B) the employer's
 9    share of the normal cost under this system for each year that
10    credit is being established, based on the salary in effect at
11    the date of membership in this system, and (C) interest at 6%
12    per  annum,  compounded annually, from the date of membership
13    to the date of payment; less (D) the  amount  transferred  on
14    behalf of the participant from Article 5, 14 or 16.
15        (g)  Any   period   that  a  participant  served  as  the
16    Administrative Director of the Circuit Court of Cook  County,
17    as  Executive  Director  of  the  Home  Rule  Commission,  as
18    assistant  corporation counsel in the Chicago Law Department,
19    or as an employee of the Cook County  Treasurer,  subject  to
20    the  following  conditions:  (1)  the  maximum amount of such
21    service which may be credited is 10 years; (2)  in  order  to
22    qualify  for such credit in this system, a judge must have at
23    least 6 years of service as a judge and participant  of  this
24    system;  (3)  the  last  6  years of service credited in this
25    system shall be as a judge and a participant in this  system;
26    (4) credits accrued to the participant under any other public
27    pension  fund  or  public  retirement system in the State, if
28    any, by reason of the service to be  established  under  this
29    paragraph  (g)  has  been transferred to this system; and (5)
30    the participant has contributed to this system the amount, if
31    any, by which the amount transferred pursuant to  subdivision
32    (4)  of this paragraph, if any, is less than the amount which
33    the participant would have contributed to the  system  during
34    the  period  of  time  being  counted  as  service under this
 
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 1    paragraph had the participant been a judge  participating  in
 2    this   system   during  that  time,  based  on  the  rate  of
 3    contribution  in  effect  and  the  salary  earned   by   the
 4    participant  on the date he or she became a participant, with
 5    interest accruing on such deficiency at  a  rate  of  5%  per
 6    annum  from  the  date he or she became a participant through
 7    the date on which such deficiency is paid.
 8        (h)  Any period that a participant served as a  full-time
 9    attorney employed by the Chicago Transit Authority created by
10    the  Metropolitan  Transit  Authority  Act,  subject  to  the
11    following  conditions:  (1)  any  credit  received  for  such
12    service  in the pension fund established under Section 22-101
13    has been terminated; (2) the maximum amount of  such  service
14    to  be  credited  in  this  system shall be 10 years; (3) the
15    participant must have at least 6 years of service as a  judge
16    and  as a participant of this system; and (4) the participant
17    has made contributions to the system for such service at  the
18    contribution  rates  in  effect  on  the  date  of becoming a
19    participant in this system based upon the salary of the judge
20    on such date, including interest at 5% per  annum  compounded
21    annually from such date to the date of payment.
22        (i)  Any  period  during  which  a  participant  received
23    temporary  total  disability benefit payments, as provided in
24    Section 18-126.1.
25        Service during a fraction of a month shall be  considered
26    a  month  of  service,  but no more than one month of service
27    shall be credited for all service during any calendar month.
28    (Source: P.A. 86-272; 86-273; 86-1028; 87-1265.)

29        Section 99. Effective date.  This Act takes  effect  upon
30    becoming law.

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