103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1469 Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 40 ILCS 5/1-160 30 ILCS 805/8.47 new Amends the General Provisions Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a Tier 2 participant under the Cook County Article who is a deputy sheriff and a member of the Cook County Police Department is entitled to a retirement annuity upon written application if he or she has attained age 55, has at least 20 years of service credit for service in the position of deputy sheriff, and is otherwise eligible under the Cook County Article. Provides that the retirement annuity granted to such a participant shall be subject to annual increases on the January 1 following the first anniversary of the retirement annuity start date. Makes technical and combining changes to conform the changes made by Public Acts 102-719, 102-813, and 102-956. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately. LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1469 Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 40 ILCS 5/1-160 30 ILCS 805/8.47 new 40 ILCS 5/1-160 30 ILCS 805/8.47 new Amends the General Provisions Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a Tier 2 participant under the Cook County Article who is a deputy sheriff and a member of the Cook County Police Department is entitled to a retirement annuity upon written application if he or she has attained age 55, has at least 20 years of service credit for service in the position of deputy sheriff, and is otherwise eligible under the Cook County Article. Provides that the retirement annuity granted to such a participant shall be subject to annual increases on the January 1 following the first anniversary of the retirement annuity start date. Makes technical and combining changes to conform the changes made by Public Acts 102-719, 102-813, and 102-956. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately. LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1469 Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 40 ILCS 5/1-160 30 ILCS 805/8.47 new 40 ILCS 5/1-160 30 ILCS 805/8.47 new 40 ILCS 5/1-160 30 ILCS 805/8.47 new Amends the General Provisions Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a Tier 2 participant under the Cook County Article who is a deputy sheriff and a member of the Cook County Police Department is entitled to a retirement annuity upon written application if he or she has attained age 55, has at least 20 years of service credit for service in the position of deputy sheriff, and is otherwise eligible under the Cook County Article. Provides that the retirement annuity granted to such a participant shall be subject to annual increases on the January 1 following the first anniversary of the retirement annuity start date. Makes technical and combining changes to conform the changes made by Public Acts 102-719, 102-813, and 102-956. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately. LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR HB1469LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 AN ACT concerning public employee benefits. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by 5 changing Section 1-160 as follows: 6 (40 ILCS 5/1-160) 7 (Text of Section from P.A. 102-719) 8 Sec. 1-160. Provisions applicable to new hires. 9 (a) The provisions of this Section apply to a person who, 10 on or after January 1, 2011, first becomes a member or a 11 participant under any reciprocal retirement system or pension 12 fund established under this Code, other than a retirement 13 system or pension fund established under Article 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 14 7, 15, or 18 of this Code, notwithstanding any other provision 15 of this Code to the contrary, but do not apply to any 16 self-managed plan established under this Code or to any 17 participant of the retirement plan established under Section 18 22-101; except that this Section applies to a person who 19 elected to establish alternative credits by electing in 20 writing after January 1, 2011, but before August 8, 2011, 21 under Section 7-145.1 of this Code. Notwithstanding anything 22 to the contrary in this Section, for purposes of this Section, 23 a person who is a Tier 1 regular employee as defined in Section 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1469 Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 40 ILCS 5/1-160 30 ILCS 805/8.47 new 40 ILCS 5/1-160 30 ILCS 805/8.47 new 40 ILCS 5/1-160 30 ILCS 805/8.47 new Amends the General Provisions Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a Tier 2 participant under the Cook County Article who is a deputy sheriff and a member of the Cook County Police Department is entitled to a retirement annuity upon written application if he or she has attained age 55, has at least 20 years of service credit for service in the position of deputy sheriff, and is otherwise eligible under the Cook County Article. Provides that the retirement annuity granted to such a participant shall be subject to annual increases on the January 1 following the first anniversary of the retirement annuity start date. Makes technical and combining changes to conform the changes made by Public Acts 102-719, 102-813, and 102-956. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately. LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR 40 ILCS 5/1-160 30 ILCS 805/8.47 new LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY HB1469 LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 2 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 2 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 2 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 7-109.4 of this Code or who participated in a retirement 2 system under Article 15 prior to January 1, 2011 shall be 3 deemed a person who first became a member or participant prior 4 to January 1, 2011 under any retirement system or pension fund 5 subject to this Section. The changes made to this Section by 6 Public Act 98-596 are a clarification of existing law and are 7 intended to be retroactive to January 1, 2011 (the effective 8 date of Public Act 96-889), notwithstanding the provisions of 9 Section 1-103.1 of this Code. 10 This Section does not apply to a person who first becomes a 11 noncovered employee under Article 14 on or after the 12 implementation date of the plan created under Section 1-161 13 for that Article, unless that person elects under subsection 14 (b) of Section 1-161 to instead receive the benefits provided 15 under this Section and the applicable provisions of that 16 Article. 17 This Section does not apply to a person who first becomes a 18 member or participant under Article 16 on or after the 19 implementation date of the plan created under Section 1-161 20 for that Article, unless that person elects under subsection 21 (b) of Section 1-161 to instead receive the benefits provided 22 under this Section and the applicable provisions of that 23 Article. 24 This Section does not apply to a person who elects under 25 subsection (c-5) of Section 1-161 to receive the benefits 26 under Section 1-161. HB1469 - 2 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 3 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 3 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 3 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 This Section does not apply to a person who first becomes a 2 member or participant of an affected pension fund on or after 6 3 months after the resolution or ordinance date, as defined in 4 Section 1-162, unless that person elects under subsection (c) 5 of Section 1-162 to receive the benefits provided under this 6 Section and the applicable provisions of the Article under 7 which he or she is a member or participant. 8 (b) "Final average salary" means, except as otherwise 9 provided in this subsection, the average monthly (or annual) 10 salary obtained by dividing the total salary or earnings 11 calculated under the Article applicable to the member or 12 participant during the 96 consecutive months (or 8 consecutive 13 years) of service within the last 120 months (or 10 years) of 14 service in which the total salary or earnings calculated under 15 the applicable Article was the highest by the number of months 16 (or years) of service in that period. For the purposes of a 17 person who first becomes a member or participant of any 18 retirement system or pension fund to which this Section 19 applies on or after January 1, 2011, in this Code, "final 20 average salary" shall be substituted for the following: 21 (1) (Blank). 22 (2) In Articles 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, "highest average 23 annual salary for any 4 consecutive years within the last 24 10 years of service immediately preceding the date of 25 withdrawal". 26 (3) In Article 13, "average final salary". HB1469 - 3 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 4 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 4 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 4 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 (4) In Article 14, "final average compensation". 2 (5) In Article 17, "average salary". 3 (6) In Section 22-207, "wages or salary received by 4 him at the date of retirement or discharge". 5 A member of the Teachers' Retirement System of the State 6 of Illinois who retires on or after June 1, 2021 and for whom 7 the 2020-2021 school year is used in the calculation of the 8 member's final average salary shall use the higher of the 9 following for the purpose of determining the member's final 10 average salary: 11 (A) the amount otherwise calculated under the first 12 paragraph of this subsection; or 13 (B) an amount calculated by the Teachers' Retirement 14 System of the State of Illinois using the average of the 15 monthly (or annual) salary obtained by dividing the total 16 salary or earnings calculated under Article 16 applicable 17 to the member or participant during the 96 months (or 8 18 years) of service within the last 120 months (or 10 years) 19 of service in which the total salary or earnings 20 calculated under the Article was the highest by the number 21 of months (or years) of service in that period. 22 (b-5) Beginning on January 1, 2011, for all purposes under 23 this Code (including without limitation the calculation of 24 benefits and employee contributions), the annual earnings, 25 salary, or wages (based on the plan year) of a member or 26 participant to whom this Section applies shall not exceed HB1469 - 4 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 5 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 5 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 5 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 $106,800; however, that amount shall annually thereafter be 2 increased by the lesser of (i) 3% of that amount, including all 3 previous adjustments, or (ii) one-half the annual unadjusted 4 percentage increase (but not less than zero) in the consumer 5 price index-u for the 12 months ending with the September 6 preceding each November 1, including all previous adjustments. 7 For the purposes of this Section, "consumer price index-u" 8 means the index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of 9 the United States Department of Labor that measures the 10 average change in prices of goods and services purchased by 11 all urban consumers, United States city average, all items, 12 1982-84 = 100. The new amount resulting from each annual 13 adjustment shall be determined by the Public Pension Division 14 of the Department of Insurance and made available to the 15 boards of the retirement systems and pension funds by November 16 1 of each year. 17 (c) A member or participant is entitled to a retirement 18 annuity upon written application if he or she has attained age 19 67 (age 65, with respect to service under Article 12 that is 20 subject to this Section, for a member or participant under 21 Article 12 who first becomes a member or participant under 22 Article 12 on or after January 1, 2022 or who makes the 23 election under item (i) of subsection (d-15) of this Section) 24 and has at least 10 years of service credit and is otherwise 25 eligible under the requirements of the applicable Article. 26 A member or participant who has attained age 62 (age 60, HB1469 - 5 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 6 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 6 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 6 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 with respect to service under Article 12 that is subject to 2 this Section, for a member or participant under Article 12 who 3 first becomes a member or participant under Article 12 on or 4 after January 1, 2022 or who makes the election under item (i) 5 of subsection (d-15) of this Section) and has at least 10 years 6 of service credit and is otherwise eligible under the 7 requirements of the applicable Article may elect to receive 8 the lower retirement annuity provided in subsection (d) of 9 this Section. 10 (c-5) A person who first becomes a member or a participant 11 subject to this Section on or after July 6, 2017 (the effective 12 date of Public Act 100-23), notwithstanding any other 13 provision of this Code to the contrary, is entitled to a 14 retirement annuity under Article 8 or Article 11 upon written 15 application if he or she has attained age 65 and has at least 16 10 years of service credit and is otherwise eligible under the 17 requirements of Article 8 or Article 11 of this Code, 18 whichever is applicable. 19 (c-10) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code to 20 the contrary, a participant under Article 9 who is (i) subject 21 to this Section, (ii) a deputy sheriff, and (iii) a member of 22 the Cook County Police Department is entitled to a retirement 23 annuity upon written application if he or she has attained age 24 55, has at least 20 years of service credit for service in the 25 position of deputy sheriff, and is otherwise eligible under 26 Article 9. HB1469 - 6 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 7 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 7 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 7 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 (d) The retirement annuity of a member or participant who 2 is retiring after attaining age 62 (age 60, with respect to 3 service under Article 12 that is subject to this Section, for a 4 member or participant under Article 12 who first becomes a 5 member or participant under Article 12 on or after January 1, 6 2022 or who makes the election under item (i) of subsection 7 (d-15) of this Section) with at least 10 years of service 8 credit shall be reduced by one-half of 1% for each full month 9 that the member's age is under age 67 (age 65, with respect to 10 service under Article 12 that is subject to this Section, for a 11 member or participant under Article 12 who first becomes a 12 member or participant under Article 12 on or after January 1, 13 2022 or who makes the election under item (i) of subsection 14 (d-15) of this Section). 15 (d-5) The retirement annuity payable under Article 8 or 16 Article 11 to an eligible person subject to subsection (c-5) 17 of this Section who is retiring at age 60 with at least 10 18 years of service credit shall be reduced by one-half of 1% for 19 each full month that the member's age is under age 65. 20 (d-10) Each person who first became a member or 21 participant under Article 8 or Article 11 of this Code on or 22 after January 1, 2011 and prior to July 6, 2017 (the effective 23 date of Public Act 100-23) shall make an irrevocable election 24 either: 25 (i) to be eligible for the reduced retirement age 26 provided in subsections (c-5) and (d-5) of this Section, HB1469 - 7 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 8 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 8 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 8 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 the eligibility for which is conditioned upon the member 2 or participant agreeing to the increases in employee 3 contributions for age and service annuities provided in 4 subsection (a-5) of Section 8-174 of this Code (for 5 service under Article 8) or subsection (a-5) of Section 6 11-170 of this Code (for service under Article 11); or 7 (ii) to not agree to item (i) of this subsection 8 (d-10), in which case the member or participant shall 9 continue to be subject to the retirement age provisions in 10 subsections (c) and (d) of this Section and the employee 11 contributions for age and service annuity as provided in 12 subsection (a) of Section 8-174 of this Code (for service 13 under Article 8) or subsection (a) of Section 11-170 of 14 this Code (for service under Article 11). 15 The election provided for in this subsection shall be made 16 between October 1, 2017 and November 15, 2017. A person 17 subject to this subsection who makes the required election 18 shall remain bound by that election. A person subject to this 19 subsection who fails for any reason to make the required 20 election within the time specified in this subsection shall be 21 deemed to have made the election under item (ii). 22 (d-15) Each person who first becomes a member or 23 participant under Article 12 on or after January 1, 2011 and 24 prior to January 1, 2022 shall make an irrevocable election 25 either: 26 (i) to be eligible for the reduced retirement age HB1469 - 8 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 9 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 9 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 9 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 specified in subsections (c) and (d) of this Section, the 2 eligibility for which is conditioned upon the member or 3 participant agreeing to the increase in employee 4 contributions for service annuities specified in 5 subsection (b) of Section 12-150; or 6 (ii) to not agree to item (i) of this subsection 7 (d-15), in which case the member or participant shall not 8 be eligible for the reduced retirement age specified in 9 subsections (c) and (d) of this Section and shall not be 10 subject to the increase in employee contributions for 11 service annuities specified in subsection (b) of Section 12 12-150. 13 The election provided for in this subsection shall be made 14 between January 1, 2022 and April 1, 2022. A person subject to 15 this subsection who makes the required election shall remain 16 bound by that election. A person subject to this subsection 17 who fails for any reason to make the required election within 18 the time specified in this subsection shall be deemed to have 19 made the election under item (ii). 20 (e) Any retirement annuity or supplemental annuity shall 21 be subject to annual increases on the January 1 occurring 22 either on or after the attainment of age 67 (age 65, with 23 respect to service under Article 12 that is subject to this 24 Section, for a member or participant under Article 12 who 25 first becomes a member or participant under Article 12 on or 26 after January 1, 2022 or who makes the election under item (i) HB1469 - 9 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 10 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 10 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 10 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 of subsection (d-15); and beginning on July 6, 2017 (the 2 effective date of Public Act 100-23), age 65 with respect to 3 service under Article 8 or Article 11 for eligible persons 4 who: (i) are subject to subsection (c-5) of this Section; or 5 (ii) made the election under item (i) of subsection (d-10) of 6 this Section) or the first anniversary of the annuity start 7 date, whichever is later. Each annual increase shall be 8 calculated at 3% or one-half the annual unadjusted percentage 9 increase (but not less than zero) in the consumer price 10 index-u for the 12 months ending with the September preceding 11 each November 1, whichever is less, of the originally granted 12 retirement annuity. If the annual unadjusted percentage change 13 in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months ending with the 14 September preceding each November 1 is zero or there is a 15 decrease, then the annuity shall not be increased. 16 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code to the 17 contrary, the retirement annuity of a participant to whom 18 subsection (c-10) applies shall be subject to annual increases 19 on the January 1 following the first anniversary of the 20 annuity start date. Each annual increase shall be calculated 21 at 3% or one-half the annual unadjusted percentage increase 22 (but not less than zero) in the consumer price index-u for the 23 12 months ending with the September preceding each November 1, 24 whichever is less, of the originally granted retirement 25 annuity. If the annual unadjusted percentage change in the 26 consumer price index-u for the 12 months ending with the HB1469 - 10 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 11 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 11 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 11 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 September preceding each November 1 is zero or there is a 2 decrease, then the annuity shall not be increased. 3 For the purposes of Section 1-103.1 of this Code, the 4 changes made to this Section by Public Act 102-263 are 5 applicable without regard to whether the employee was in 6 active service on or after August 6, 2021 (the effective date 7 of Public Act 102-263). 8 For the purposes of Section 1-103.1 of this Code, the 9 changes made to this Section by Public Act 100-23 are 10 applicable without regard to whether the employee was in 11 active service on or after July 6, 2017 (the effective date of 12 Public Act 100-23). 13 (f) The initial survivor's or widow's annuity of an 14 otherwise eligible survivor or widow of a retired member or 15 participant who first became a member or participant on or 16 after January 1, 2011 shall be in the amount of 66 2/3% of the 17 retired member's or participant's retirement annuity at the 18 date of death. In the case of the death of a member or 19 participant who has not retired and who first became a member 20 or participant on or after January 1, 2011, eligibility for a 21 survivor's or widow's annuity shall be determined by the 22 applicable Article of this Code. The initial benefit shall be 23 66 2/3% of the earned annuity without a reduction due to age. A 24 child's annuity of an otherwise eligible child shall be in the 25 amount prescribed under each Article if applicable. Any 26 survivor's or widow's annuity shall be increased (1) on each HB1469 - 11 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 12 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 12 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 12 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 January 1 occurring on or after the commencement of the 2 annuity if the deceased member died while receiving a 3 retirement annuity or (2) in other cases, on each January 1 4 occurring after the first anniversary of the commencement of 5 the annuity. Each annual increase shall be calculated at 3% or 6 one-half the annual unadjusted percentage increase (but not 7 less than zero) in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months 8 ending with the September preceding each November 1, whichever 9 is less, of the originally granted survivor's annuity. If the 10 annual unadjusted percentage change in the consumer price 11 index-u for the 12 months ending with the September preceding 12 each November 1 is zero or there is a decrease, then the 13 annuity shall not be increased. 14 (g) The benefits in Section 14-110 apply if the person is a 15 fire fighter in the fire protection service of a department, a 16 security employee of the Department of Corrections or the 17 Department of Juvenile Justice, or a security employee of the 18 Department of Innovation and Technology, as those terms are 19 defined in subsection (b) and subsection (c) of Section 20 14-110. A person who meets the requirements of this Section is 21 entitled to an annuity calculated under the provisions of 22 Section 14-110, in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement 23 annuity, only if the person has withdrawn from service with 24 not less than 20 years of eligible creditable service and has 25 attained age 60, regardless of whether the attainment of age 26 60 occurs while the person is still in service. HB1469 - 12 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 13 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 13 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 13 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 (g-5) The benefits in Section 14-110 apply if the person 2 is a State policeman, investigator for the Secretary of State, 3 conservation police officer, investigator for the Department 4 of Revenue or the Illinois Gaming Board, investigator for the 5 Office of the Attorney General, Commerce Commission police 6 officer, or arson investigator, as those terms are defined in 7 subsection (b) and subsection (c) of Section 14-110. A person 8 who meets the requirements of this Section is entitled to an 9 annuity calculated under the provisions of Section 14-110, in 10 lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity, only if the 11 person has withdrawn from service with not less than 20 years 12 of eligible creditable service and has attained age 55, 13 regardless of whether the attainment of age 55 occurs while 14 the person is still in service. 15 (h) If a person who first becomes a member or a participant 16 of a retirement system or pension fund subject to this Section 17 on or after January 1, 2011 is receiving a retirement annuity 18 or retirement pension under that system or fund and becomes a 19 member or participant under any other system or fund created 20 by this Code and is employed on a full-time basis, except for 21 those members or participants exempted from the provisions of 22 this Section under subsection (a) of this Section, then the 23 person's retirement annuity or retirement pension under that 24 system or fund shall be suspended during that employment. Upon 25 termination of that employment, the person's retirement 26 annuity or retirement pension payments shall resume and be HB1469 - 13 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 14 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 14 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 14 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 recalculated if recalculation is provided for under the 2 applicable Article of this Code. 3 If a person who first becomes a member of a retirement 4 system or pension fund subject to this Section on or after 5 January 1, 2012 and is receiving a retirement annuity or 6 retirement pension under that system or fund and accepts on a 7 contractual basis a position to provide services to a 8 governmental entity from which he or she has retired, then 9 that person's annuity or retirement pension earned as an 10 active employee of the employer shall be suspended during that 11 contractual service. A person receiving an annuity or 12 retirement pension under this Code shall notify the pension 13 fund or retirement system from which he or she is receiving an 14 annuity or retirement pension, as well as his or her 15 contractual employer, of his or her retirement status before 16 accepting contractual employment. A person who fails to submit 17 such notification shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and 18 required to pay a fine of $1,000. Upon termination of that 19 contractual employment, the person's retirement annuity or 20 retirement pension payments shall resume and, if appropriate, 21 be recalculated under the applicable provisions of this Code. 22 (i) (Blank). 23 (j) In the case of a conflict between the provisions of 24 this Section and any other provision of this Code, the 25 provisions of this Section shall control. 26 (Source: P.A. 101-610, eff. 1-1-20; 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; HB1469 - 14 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 15 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 15 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 15 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 102-210, eff. 1-1-22; 102-263, eff. 8-6-21; 102-719, eff. 2 5-6-22.) 3 (Text of Section from P.A. 102-813) 4 Sec. 1-160. Provisions applicable to new hires. 5 (a) The provisions of this Section apply to a person who, 6 on or after January 1, 2011, first becomes a member or a 7 participant under any reciprocal retirement system or pension 8 fund established under this Code, other than a retirement 9 system or pension fund established under Article 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10 7, 15, or 18 of this Code, notwithstanding any other provision 11 of this Code to the contrary, but do not apply to any 12 self-managed plan established under this Code or to any 13 participant of the retirement plan established under Section 14 22-101; except that this Section applies to a person who 15 elected to establish alternative credits by electing in 16 writing after January 1, 2011, but before August 8, 2011, 17 under Section 7-145.1 of this Code. Notwithstanding anything 18 to the contrary in this Section, for purposes of this Section, 19 a person who is a Tier 1 regular employee as defined in Section 20 7-109.4 of this Code or who participated in a retirement 21 system under Article 15 prior to January 1, 2011 shall be 22 deemed a person who first became a member or participant prior 23 to January 1, 2011 under any retirement system or pension fund 24 subject to this Section. The changes made to this Section by 25 Public Act 98-596 are a clarification of existing law and are HB1469 - 15 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 16 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 16 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 16 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 intended to be retroactive to January 1, 2011 (the effective 2 date of Public Act 96-889), notwithstanding the provisions of 3 Section 1-103.1 of this Code. 4 This Section does not apply to a person who first becomes a 5 noncovered employee under Article 14 on or after the 6 implementation date of the plan created under Section 1-161 7 for that Article, unless that person elects under subsection 8 (b) of Section 1-161 to instead receive the benefits provided 9 under this Section and the applicable provisions of that 10 Article. 11 This Section does not apply to a person who first becomes a 12 member or participant under Article 16 on or after the 13 implementation date of the plan created under Section 1-161 14 for that Article, unless that person elects under subsection 15 (b) of Section 1-161 to instead receive the benefits provided 16 under this Section and the applicable provisions of that 17 Article. 18 This Section does not apply to a person who elects under 19 subsection (c-5) of Section 1-161 to receive the benefits 20 under Section 1-161. 21 This Section does not apply to a person who first becomes a 22 member or participant of an affected pension fund on or after 6 23 months after the resolution or ordinance date, as defined in 24 Section 1-162, unless that person elects under subsection (c) 25 of Section 1-162 to receive the benefits provided under this 26 Section and the applicable provisions of the Article under HB1469 - 16 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 17 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 17 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 17 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 which he or she is a member or participant. 2 (b) "Final average salary" means, except as otherwise 3 provided in this subsection, the average monthly (or annual) 4 salary obtained by dividing the total salary or earnings 5 calculated under the Article applicable to the member or 6 participant during the 96 consecutive months (or 8 consecutive 7 years) of service within the last 120 months (or 10 years) of 8 service in which the total salary or earnings calculated under 9 the applicable Article was the highest by the number of months 10 (or years) of service in that period. For the purposes of a 11 person who first becomes a member or participant of any 12 retirement system or pension fund to which this Section 13 applies on or after January 1, 2011, in this Code, "final 14 average salary" shall be substituted for the following: 15 (1) (Blank). 16 (2) In Articles 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, "highest average 17 annual salary for any 4 consecutive years within the last 18 10 years of service immediately preceding the date of 19 withdrawal". 20 (3) In Article 13, "average final salary". 21 (4) In Article 14, "final average compensation". 22 (5) In Article 17, "average salary". 23 (6) In Section 22-207, "wages or salary received by 24 him at the date of retirement or discharge". 25 A member of the Teachers' Retirement System of the State 26 of Illinois who retires on or after June 1, 2021 and for whom HB1469 - 17 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 18 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 18 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 18 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 the 2020-2021 school year is used in the calculation of the 2 member's final average salary shall use the higher of the 3 following for the purpose of determining the member's final 4 average salary: 5 (A) the amount otherwise calculated under the first 6 paragraph of this subsection; or 7 (B) an amount calculated by the Teachers' Retirement 8 System of the State of Illinois using the average of the 9 monthly (or annual) salary obtained by dividing the total 10 salary or earnings calculated under Article 16 applicable 11 to the member or participant during the 96 months (or 8 12 years) of service within the last 120 months (or 10 years) 13 of service in which the total salary or earnings 14 calculated under the Article was the highest by the number 15 of months (or years) of service in that period. 16 (b-5) Beginning on January 1, 2011, for all purposes under 17 this Code (including without limitation the calculation of 18 benefits and employee contributions), the annual earnings, 19 salary, or wages (based on the plan year) of a member or 20 participant to whom this Section applies shall not exceed 21 $106,800; however, that amount shall annually thereafter be 22 increased by the lesser of (i) 3% of that amount, including all 23 previous adjustments, or (ii) one-half the annual unadjusted 24 percentage increase (but not less than zero) in the consumer 25 price index-u for the 12 months ending with the September 26 preceding each November 1, including all previous adjustments. HB1469 - 18 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 19 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 19 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 19 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 For the purposes of this Section, "consumer price index-u" 2 means the index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of 3 the United States Department of Labor that measures the 4 average change in prices of goods and services purchased by 5 all urban consumers, United States city average, all items, 6 1982-84 = 100. The new amount resulting from each annual 7 adjustment shall be determined by the Public Pension Division 8 of the Department of Insurance and made available to the 9 boards of the retirement systems and pension funds by November 10 1 of each year. 11 (c) A member or participant is entitled to a retirement 12 annuity upon written application if he or she has attained age 13 67 (age 65, with respect to service under Article 12 that is 14 subject to this Section, for a member or participant under 15 Article 12 who first becomes a member or participant under 16 Article 12 on or after January 1, 2022 or who makes the 17 election under item (i) of subsection (d-15) of this Section) 18 and has at least 10 years of service credit and is otherwise 19 eligible under the requirements of the applicable Article. 20 A member or participant who has attained age 62 (age 60, 21 with respect to service under Article 12 that is subject to 22 this Section, for a member or participant under Article 12 who 23 first becomes a member or participant under Article 12 on or 24 after January 1, 2022 or who makes the election under item (i) 25 of subsection (d-15) of this Section) and has at least 10 years 26 of service credit and is otherwise eligible under the HB1469 - 19 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 20 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 20 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 20 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 requirements of the applicable Article may elect to receive 2 the lower retirement annuity provided in subsection (d) of 3 this Section. 4 (c-5) A person who first becomes a member or a participant 5 subject to this Section on or after July 6, 2017 (the effective 6 date of Public Act 100-23), notwithstanding any other 7 provision of this Code to the contrary, is entitled to a 8 retirement annuity under Article 8 or Article 11 upon written 9 application if he or she has attained age 65 and has at least 10 10 years of service credit and is otherwise eligible under the 11 requirements of Article 8 or Article 11 of this Code, 12 whichever is applicable. 13 (c-10) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code to 14 the contrary, a participant under Article 9 who is (i) subject 15 to this Section, (ii) a deputy sheriff, and (iii) a member of 16 the Cook County Police Department is entitled to a retirement 17 annuity upon written application if he or she has attained age 18 55, has at least 20 years of service credit for service in the 19 position of deputy sheriff, and is otherwise eligible under 20 Article 9. 21 (d) The retirement annuity of a member or participant who 22 is retiring after attaining age 62 (age 60, with respect to 23 service under Article 12 that is subject to this Section, for a 24 member or participant under Article 12 who first becomes a 25 member or participant under Article 12 on or after January 1, 26 2022 or who makes the election under item (i) of subsection HB1469 - 20 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 21 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 21 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 21 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 (d-15) of this Section) with at least 10 years of service 2 credit shall be reduced by one-half of 1% for each full month 3 that the member's age is under age 67 (age 65, with respect to 4 service under Article 12 that is subject to this Section, for a 5 member or participant under Article 12 who first becomes a 6 member or participant under Article 12 on or after January 1, 7 2022 or who makes the election under item (i) of subsection 8 (d-15) of this Section). 9 (d-5) The retirement annuity payable under Article 8 or 10 Article 11 to an eligible person subject to subsection (c-5) 11 of this Section who is retiring at age 60 with at least 10 12 years of service credit shall be reduced by one-half of 1% for 13 each full month that the member's age is under age 65. 14 (d-10) Each person who first became a member or 15 participant under Article 8 or Article 11 of this Code on or 16 after January 1, 2011 and prior to July 6, 2017 (the effective 17 date of Public Act 100-23) shall make an irrevocable election 18 either: 19 (i) to be eligible for the reduced retirement age 20 provided in subsections (c-5) and (d-5) of this Section, 21 the eligibility for which is conditioned upon the member 22 or participant agreeing to the increases in employee 23 contributions for age and service annuities provided in 24 subsection (a-5) of Section 8-174 of this Code (for 25 service under Article 8) or subsection (a-5) of Section 26 11-170 of this Code (for service under Article 11); or HB1469 - 21 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 22 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 22 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 22 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 (ii) to not agree to item (i) of this subsection 2 (d-10), in which case the member or participant shall 3 continue to be subject to the retirement age provisions in 4 subsections (c) and (d) of this Section and the employee 5 contributions for age and service annuity as provided in 6 subsection (a) of Section 8-174 of this Code (for service 7 under Article 8) or subsection (a) of Section 11-170 of 8 this Code (for service under Article 11). 9 The election provided for in this subsection shall be made 10 between October 1, 2017 and November 15, 2017. A person 11 subject to this subsection who makes the required election 12 shall remain bound by that election. A person subject to this 13 subsection who fails for any reason to make the required 14 election within the time specified in this subsection shall be 15 deemed to have made the election under item (ii). 16 (d-15) Each person who first becomes a member or 17 participant under Article 12 on or after January 1, 2011 and 18 prior to January 1, 2022 shall make an irrevocable election 19 either: 20 (i) to be eligible for the reduced retirement age 21 specified in subsections (c) and (d) of this Section, the 22 eligibility for which is conditioned upon the member or 23 participant agreeing to the increase in employee 24 contributions for service annuities specified in 25 subsection (b) of Section 12-150; or 26 (ii) to not agree to item (i) of this subsection HB1469 - 22 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 23 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 23 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 23 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 (d-15), in which case the member or participant shall not 2 be eligible for the reduced retirement age specified in 3 subsections (c) and (d) of this Section and shall not be 4 subject to the increase in employee contributions for 5 service annuities specified in subsection (b) of Section 6 12-150. 7 The election provided for in this subsection shall be made 8 between January 1, 2022 and April 1, 2022. A person subject to 9 this subsection who makes the required election shall remain 10 bound by that election. A person subject to this subsection 11 who fails for any reason to make the required election within 12 the time specified in this subsection shall be deemed to have 13 made the election under item (ii). 14 (e) Any retirement annuity or supplemental annuity shall 15 be subject to annual increases on the January 1 occurring 16 either on or after the attainment of age 67 (age 65, with 17 respect to service under Article 12 that is subject to this 18 Section, for a member or participant under Article 12 who 19 first becomes a member or participant under Article 12 on or 20 after January 1, 2022 or who makes the election under item (i) 21 of subsection (d-15); and beginning on July 6, 2017 (the 22 effective date of Public Act 100-23), age 65 with respect to 23 service under Article 8 or Article 11 for eligible persons 24 who: (i) are subject to subsection (c-5) of this Section; or 25 (ii) made the election under item (i) of subsection (d-10) of 26 this Section) or the first anniversary of the annuity start HB1469 - 23 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 24 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 24 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 24 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 date, whichever is later. Each annual increase shall be 2 calculated at 3% or one-half the annual unadjusted percentage 3 increase (but not less than zero) in the consumer price 4 index-u for the 12 months ending with the September preceding 5 each November 1, whichever is less, of the originally granted 6 retirement annuity. If the annual unadjusted percentage change 7 in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months ending with the 8 September preceding each November 1 is zero or there is a 9 decrease, then the annuity shall not be increased. 10 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code to the 11 contrary, the retirement annuity of a participant to whom 12 subsection (c-10) applies shall be subject to annual increases 13 on the January 1 following the first anniversary of the 14 annuity start date. Each annual increase shall be calculated 15 at 3% or one-half the annual unadjusted percentage increase 16 (but not less than zero) in the consumer price index-u for the 17 12 months ending with the September preceding each November 1, 18 whichever is less, of the originally granted retirement 19 annuity. If the annual unadjusted percentage change in the 20 consumer price index-u for the 12 months ending with the 21 September preceding each November 1 is zero or there is a 22 decrease, then the annuity shall not be increased. 23 For the purposes of Section 1-103.1 of this Code, the 24 changes made to this Section by Public Act 102-263 are 25 applicable without regard to whether the employee was in 26 active service on or after August 6, 2021 (the effective date HB1469 - 24 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 25 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 25 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 25 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 of Public Act 102-263). 2 For the purposes of Section 1-103.1 of this Code, the 3 changes made to this Section by Public Act 100-23 are 4 applicable without regard to whether the employee was in 5 active service on or after July 6, 2017 (the effective date of 6 Public Act 100-23). 7 (f) The initial survivor's or widow's annuity of an 8 otherwise eligible survivor or widow of a retired member or 9 participant who first became a member or participant on or 10 after January 1, 2011 shall be in the amount of 66 2/3% of the 11 retired member's or participant's retirement annuity at the 12 date of death. In the case of the death of a member or 13 participant who has not retired and who first became a member 14 or participant on or after January 1, 2011, eligibility for a 15 survivor's or widow's annuity shall be determined by the 16 applicable Article of this Code. The initial benefit shall be 17 66 2/3% of the earned annuity without a reduction due to age. A 18 child's annuity of an otherwise eligible child shall be in the 19 amount prescribed under each Article if applicable. Any 20 survivor's or widow's annuity shall be increased (1) on each 21 January 1 occurring on or after the commencement of the 22 annuity if the deceased member died while receiving a 23 retirement annuity or (2) in other cases, on each January 1 24 occurring after the first anniversary of the commencement of 25 the annuity. Each annual increase shall be calculated at 3% or 26 one-half the annual unadjusted percentage increase (but not HB1469 - 25 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 26 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 26 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 26 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 less than zero) in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months 2 ending with the September preceding each November 1, whichever 3 is less, of the originally granted survivor's annuity. If the 4 annual unadjusted percentage change in the consumer price 5 index-u for the 12 months ending with the September preceding 6 each November 1 is zero or there is a decrease, then the 7 annuity shall not be increased. 8 (g) The benefits in Section 14-110 apply only if the 9 person is a State policeman, a fire fighter in the fire 10 protection service of a department, a conservation police 11 officer, an investigator for the Secretary of State, an arson 12 investigator, a Commerce Commission police officer, 13 investigator for the Department of Revenue or the Illinois 14 Gaming Board, a security employee of the Department of 15 Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, or a 16 security employee of the Department of Innovation and 17 Technology, as those terms are defined in subsection (b) and 18 subsection (c) of Section 14-110. A person who meets the 19 requirements of this Section is entitled to an annuity 20 calculated under the provisions of Section 14-110, in lieu of 21 the regular or minimum retirement annuity, only if the person 22 has withdrawn from service with not less than 20 years of 23 eligible creditable service and has attained age 60, 24 regardless of whether the attainment of age 60 occurs while 25 the person is still in service. 26 (g-5) The benefits in Section 14-110 apply if the person HB1469 - 26 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 27 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 27 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 27 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 is a State policeman, investigator for the Secretary of State, 2 conservation police officer, investigator for the Department 3 of Revenue or the Illinois Gaming Board, investigator for the 4 Office of the Attorney General, Commerce Commission police 5 officer, or arson investigator, as those terms are defined in 6 subsection (b) and subsection (c) of Section 14-110. A person 7 who meets the requirements of this Section is entitled to an 8 annuity calculated under the provisions of Section 14-110, in 9 lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity, only if the 10 person has withdrawn from service with not less than 20 years 11 of eligible creditable service and has attained age 55, 12 regardless of whether the attainment of age 55 occurs while 13 the person is still in service. 14 (h) If a person who first becomes a member or a participant 15 of a retirement system or pension fund subject to this Section 16 on or after January 1, 2011 is receiving a retirement annuity 17 or retirement pension under that system or fund and becomes a 18 member or participant under any other system or fund created 19 by this Code and is employed on a full-time basis, except for 20 those members or participants exempted from the provisions of 21 this Section under subsection (a) of this Section, then the 22 person's retirement annuity or retirement pension under that 23 system or fund shall be suspended during that employment. Upon 24 termination of that employment, the person's retirement 25 annuity or retirement pension payments shall resume and be 26 recalculated if recalculation is provided for under the HB1469 - 27 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 28 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 28 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 28 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 applicable Article of this Code. 2 If a person who first becomes a member of a retirement 3 system or pension fund subject to this Section on or after 4 January 1, 2012 and is receiving a retirement annuity or 5 retirement pension under that system or fund and accepts on a 6 contractual basis a position to provide services to a 7 governmental entity from which he or she has retired, then 8 that person's annuity or retirement pension earned as an 9 active employee of the employer shall be suspended during that 10 contractual service. A person receiving an annuity or 11 retirement pension under this Code shall notify the pension 12 fund or retirement system from which he or she is receiving an 13 annuity or retirement pension, as well as his or her 14 contractual employer, of his or her retirement status before 15 accepting contractual employment. A person who fails to submit 16 such notification shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and 17 required to pay a fine of $1,000. Upon termination of that 18 contractual employment, the person's retirement annuity or 19 retirement pension payments shall resume and, if appropriate, 20 be recalculated under the applicable provisions of this Code. 21 (i) (Blank). 22 (j) In the case of a conflict between the provisions of 23 this Section and any other provision of this Code, the 24 provisions of this Section shall control. 25 (Source: P.A. 101-610, eff. 1-1-20; 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 26 102-210, eff. 1-1-22; 102-263, eff. 8-6-21; 102-813, eff. 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Provisions applicable to new hires. 4 (a) The provisions of this Section apply to a person who, 5 on or after January 1, 2011, first becomes a member or a 6 participant under any reciprocal retirement system or pension 7 fund established under this Code, other than a retirement 8 system or pension fund established under Article 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9 7, 15, or 18 of this Code, notwithstanding any other provision 10 of this Code to the contrary, but do not apply to any 11 self-managed plan established under this Code or to any 12 participant of the retirement plan established under Section 13 22-101; except that this Section applies to a person who 14 elected to establish alternative credits by electing in 15 writing after January 1, 2011, but before August 8, 2011, 16 under Section 7-145.1 of this Code. Notwithstanding anything 17 to the contrary in this Section, for purposes of this Section, 18 a person who is a Tier 1 regular employee as defined in Section 19 7-109.4 of this Code or who participated in a retirement 20 system under Article 15 prior to January 1, 2011 shall be 21 deemed a person who first became a member or participant prior 22 to January 1, 2011 under any retirement system or pension fund 23 subject to this Section. The changes made to this Section by 24 Public Act 98-596 are a clarification of existing law and are 25 intended to be retroactive to January 1, 2011 (the effective HB1469 - 29 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 30 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 30 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 30 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 date of Public Act 96-889), notwithstanding the provisions of 2 Section 1-103.1 of this Code. 3 This Section does not apply to a person who first becomes a 4 noncovered employee under Article 14 on or after the 5 implementation date of the plan created under Section 1-161 6 for that Article, unless that person elects under subsection 7 (b) of Section 1-161 to instead receive the benefits provided 8 under this Section and the applicable provisions of that 9 Article. 10 This Section does not apply to a person who first becomes a 11 member or participant under Article 16 on or after the 12 implementation date of the plan created under Section 1-161 13 for that Article, unless that person elects under subsection 14 (b) of Section 1-161 to instead receive the benefits provided 15 under this Section and the applicable provisions of that 16 Article. 17 This Section does not apply to a person who elects under 18 subsection (c-5) of Section 1-161 to receive the benefits 19 under Section 1-161. 20 This Section does not apply to a person who first becomes a 21 member or participant of an affected pension fund on or after 6 22 months after the resolution or ordinance date, as defined in 23 Section 1-162, unless that person elects under subsection (c) 24 of Section 1-162 to receive the benefits provided under this 25 Section and the applicable provisions of the Article under 26 which he or she is a member or participant. HB1469 - 30 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 31 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 31 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 31 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 (b) "Final average salary" means, except as otherwise 2 provided in this subsection, the average monthly (or annual) 3 salary obtained by dividing the total salary or earnings 4 calculated under the Article applicable to the member or 5 participant during the 96 consecutive months (or 8 consecutive 6 years) of service within the last 120 months (or 10 years) of 7 service in which the total salary or earnings calculated under 8 the applicable Article was the highest by the number of months 9 (or years) of service in that period. For the purposes of a 10 person who first becomes a member or participant of any 11 retirement system or pension fund to which this Section 12 applies on or after January 1, 2011, in this Code, "final 13 average salary" shall be substituted for the following: 14 (1) (Blank). 15 (2) In Articles 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, "highest average 16 annual salary for any 4 consecutive years within the last 17 10 years of service immediately preceding the date of 18 withdrawal". 19 (3) In Article 13, "average final salary". 20 (4) In Article 14, "final average compensation". 21 (5) In Article 17, "average salary". 22 (6) In Section 22-207, "wages or salary received by 23 him at the date of retirement or discharge". 24 A member of the Teachers' Retirement System of the State 25 of Illinois who retires on or after June 1, 2021 and for whom 26 the 2020-2021 school year is used in the calculation of the HB1469 - 31 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 32 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 32 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 32 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 member's final average salary shall use the higher of the 2 following for the purpose of determining the member's final 3 average salary: 4 (A) the amount otherwise calculated under the first 5 paragraph of this subsection; or 6 (B) an amount calculated by the Teachers' Retirement 7 System of the State of Illinois using the average of the 8 monthly (or annual) salary obtained by dividing the total 9 salary or earnings calculated under Article 16 applicable 10 to the member or participant during the 96 months (or 8 11 years) of service within the last 120 months (or 10 years) 12 of service in which the total salary or earnings 13 calculated under the Article was the highest by the number 14 of months (or years) of service in that period. 15 (b-5) Beginning on January 1, 2011, for all purposes under 16 this Code (including without limitation the calculation of 17 benefits and employee contributions), the annual earnings, 18 salary, or wages (based on the plan year) of a member or 19 participant to whom this Section applies shall not exceed 20 $106,800; however, that amount shall annually thereafter be 21 increased by the lesser of (i) 3% of that amount, including all 22 previous adjustments, or (ii) one-half the annual unadjusted 23 percentage increase (but not less than zero) in the consumer 24 price index-u for the 12 months ending with the September 25 preceding each November 1, including all previous adjustments. 26 For the purposes of this Section, "consumer price index-u" HB1469 - 32 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 33 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 33 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 33 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 means the index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of 2 the United States Department of Labor that measures the 3 average change in prices of goods and services purchased by 4 all urban consumers, United States city average, all items, 5 1982-84 = 100. The new amount resulting from each annual 6 adjustment shall be determined by the Public Pension Division 7 of the Department of Insurance and made available to the 8 boards of the retirement systems and pension funds by November 9 1 of each year. 10 (c) A member or participant is entitled to a retirement 11 annuity upon written application if he or she has attained age 12 67 (age 65, with respect to service under Article 12 that is 13 subject to this Section, for a member or participant under 14 Article 12 who first becomes a member or participant under 15 Article 12 on or after January 1, 2022 or who makes the 16 election under item (i) of subsection (d-15) of this Section) 17 and has at least 10 years of service credit and is otherwise 18 eligible under the requirements of the applicable Article. 19 A member or participant who has attained age 62 (age 60, 20 with respect to service under Article 12 that is subject to 21 this Section, for a member or participant under Article 12 who 22 first becomes a member or participant under Article 12 on or 23 after January 1, 2022 or who makes the election under item (i) 24 of subsection (d-15) of this Section) and has at least 10 years 25 of service credit and is otherwise eligible under the 26 requirements of the applicable Article may elect to receive HB1469 - 33 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 34 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 34 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 34 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 the lower retirement annuity provided in subsection (d) of 2 this Section. 3 (c-5) A person who first becomes a member or a participant 4 subject to this Section on or after July 6, 2017 (the effective 5 date of Public Act 100-23), notwithstanding any other 6 provision of this Code to the contrary, is entitled to a 7 retirement annuity under Article 8 or Article 11 upon written 8 application if he or she has attained age 65 and has at least 9 10 years of service credit and is otherwise eligible under the 10 requirements of Article 8 or Article 11 of this Code, 11 whichever is applicable. 12 (c-10) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code to 13 the contrary, a participant under Article 9 who is (i) subject 14 to this Section, (ii) a deputy sheriff, and (iii) a member of 15 the Cook County Police Department is entitled to a retirement 16 annuity upon written application if he or she has attained age 17 55, has at least 20 years of service credit for service in the 18 position of deputy sheriff, and is otherwise eligible under 19 Article 9. 20 (d) The retirement annuity of a member or participant who 21 is retiring after attaining age 62 (age 60, with respect to 22 service under Article 12 that is subject to this Section, for a 23 member or participant under Article 12 who first becomes a 24 member or participant under Article 12 on or after January 1, 25 2022 or who makes the election under item (i) of subsection 26 (d-15) of this Section) with at least 10 years of service HB1469 - 34 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 35 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 35 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 35 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 credit shall be reduced by one-half of 1% for each full month 2 that the member's age is under age 67 (age 65, with respect to 3 service under Article 12 that is subject to this Section, for a 4 member or participant under Article 12 who first becomes a 5 member or participant under Article 12 on or after January 1, 6 2022 or who makes the election under item (i) of subsection 7 (d-15) of this Section). 8 (d-5) The retirement annuity payable under Article 8 or 9 Article 11 to an eligible person subject to subsection (c-5) 10 of this Section who is retiring at age 60 with at least 10 11 years of service credit shall be reduced by one-half of 1% for 12 each full month that the member's age is under age 65. 13 (d-10) Each person who first became a member or 14 participant under Article 8 or Article 11 of this Code on or 15 after January 1, 2011 and prior to July 6, 2017 (the effective 16 date of Public Act 100-23) shall make an irrevocable election 17 either: 18 (i) to be eligible for the reduced retirement age 19 provided in subsections (c-5) and (d-5) of this Section, 20 the eligibility for which is conditioned upon the member 21 or participant agreeing to the increases in employee 22 contributions for age and service annuities provided in 23 subsection (a-5) of Section 8-174 of this Code (for 24 service under Article 8) or subsection (a-5) of Section 25 11-170 of this Code (for service under Article 11); or 26 (ii) to not agree to item (i) of this subsection HB1469 - 35 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 36 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 36 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 36 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 (d-10), in which case the member or participant shall 2 continue to be subject to the retirement age provisions in 3 subsections (c) and (d) of this Section and the employee 4 contributions for age and service annuity as provided in 5 subsection (a) of Section 8-174 of this Code (for service 6 under Article 8) or subsection (a) of Section 11-170 of 7 this Code (for service under Article 11). 8 The election provided for in this subsection shall be made 9 between October 1, 2017 and November 15, 2017. A person 10 subject to this subsection who makes the required election 11 shall remain bound by that election. A person subject to this 12 subsection who fails for any reason to make the required 13 election within the time specified in this subsection shall be 14 deemed to have made the election under item (ii). 15 (d-15) Each person who first becomes a member or 16 participant under Article 12 on or after January 1, 2011 and 17 prior to January 1, 2022 shall make an irrevocable election 18 either: 19 (i) to be eligible for the reduced retirement age 20 specified in subsections (c) and (d) of this Section, the 21 eligibility for which is conditioned upon the member or 22 participant agreeing to the increase in employee 23 contributions for service annuities specified in 24 subsection (b) of Section 12-150; or 25 (ii) to not agree to item (i) of this subsection 26 (d-15), in which case the member or participant shall not HB1469 - 36 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 37 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 37 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 37 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 be eligible for the reduced retirement age specified in 2 subsections (c) and (d) of this Section and shall not be 3 subject to the increase in employee contributions for 4 service annuities specified in subsection (b) of Section 5 12-150. 6 The election provided for in this subsection shall be made 7 between January 1, 2022 and April 1, 2022. A person subject to 8 this subsection who makes the required election shall remain 9 bound by that election. A person subject to this subsection 10 who fails for any reason to make the required election within 11 the time specified in this subsection shall be deemed to have 12 made the election under item (ii). 13 (e) Any retirement annuity or supplemental annuity shall 14 be subject to annual increases on the January 1 occurring 15 either on or after the attainment of age 67 (age 65, with 16 respect to service under Article 12 that is subject to this 17 Section, for a member or participant under Article 12 who 18 first becomes a member or participant under Article 12 on or 19 after January 1, 2022 or who makes the election under item (i) 20 of subsection (d-15); and beginning on July 6, 2017 (the 21 effective date of Public Act 100-23), age 65 with respect to 22 service under Article 8 or Article 11 for eligible persons 23 who: (i) are subject to subsection (c-5) of this Section; or 24 (ii) made the election under item (i) of subsection (d-10) of 25 this Section) or the first anniversary of the annuity start 26 date, whichever is later. Each annual increase shall be HB1469 - 37 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 38 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 38 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 38 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 calculated at 3% or one-half the annual unadjusted percentage 2 increase (but not less than zero) in the consumer price 3 index-u for the 12 months ending with the September preceding 4 each November 1, whichever is less, of the originally granted 5 retirement annuity. If the annual unadjusted percentage change 6 in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months ending with the 7 September preceding each November 1 is zero or there is a 8 decrease, then the annuity shall not be increased. 9 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code to the 10 contrary, the retirement annuity of a participant to whom 11 subsection (c-10) applies shall be subject to annual increases 12 on the January 1 following the first anniversary of the 13 annuity start date. Each annual increase shall be calculated 14 at 3% or one-half the annual unadjusted percentage increase 15 (but not less than zero) in the consumer price index-u for the 16 12 months ending with the September preceding each November 1, 17 whichever is less, of the originally granted retirement 18 annuity. If the annual unadjusted percentage change in the 19 consumer price index-u for the 12 months ending with the 20 September preceding each November 1 is zero or there is a 21 decrease, then the annuity shall not be increased. 22 For the purposes of Section 1-103.1 of this Code, the 23 changes made to this Section by Public Act 102-263 are 24 applicable without regard to whether the employee was in 25 active service on or after August 6, 2021 (the effective date 26 of Public Act 102-263). HB1469 - 38 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 39 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 39 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 39 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 For the purposes of Section 1-103.1 of this Code, the 2 changes made to this Section by Public Act 100-23 are 3 applicable without regard to whether the employee was in 4 active service on or after July 6, 2017 (the effective date of 5 Public Act 100-23). 6 (f) The initial survivor's or widow's annuity of an 7 otherwise eligible survivor or widow of a retired member or 8 participant who first became a member or participant on or 9 after January 1, 2011 shall be in the amount of 66 2/3% of the 10 retired member's or participant's retirement annuity at the 11 date of death. In the case of the death of a member or 12 participant who has not retired and who first became a member 13 or participant on or after January 1, 2011, eligibility for a 14 survivor's or widow's annuity shall be determined by the 15 applicable Article of this Code. The initial benefit shall be 16 66 2/3% of the earned annuity without a reduction due to age. A 17 child's annuity of an otherwise eligible child shall be in the 18 amount prescribed under each Article if applicable. Any 19 survivor's or widow's annuity shall be increased (1) on each 20 January 1 occurring on or after the commencement of the 21 annuity if the deceased member died while receiving a 22 retirement annuity or (2) in other cases, on each January 1 23 occurring after the first anniversary of the commencement of 24 the annuity. Each annual increase shall be calculated at 3% or 25 one-half the annual unadjusted percentage increase (but not 26 less than zero) in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months HB1469 - 39 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 40 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 40 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 40 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 ending with the September preceding each November 1, whichever 2 is less, of the originally granted survivor's annuity. If the 3 annual unadjusted percentage change in the consumer price 4 index-u for the 12 months ending with the September preceding 5 each November 1 is zero or there is a decrease, then the 6 annuity shall not be increased. 7 (g) The benefits in Section 14-110 apply only if the 8 person is a State policeman, a fire fighter in the fire 9 protection service of a department, a conservation police 10 officer, an investigator for the Secretary of State, an 11 investigator for the Office of the Attorney General, an arson 12 investigator, a Commerce Commission police officer, 13 investigator for the Department of Revenue or the Illinois 14 Gaming Board, a security employee of the Department of 15 Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, or a 16 security employee of the Department of Innovation and 17 Technology, as those terms are defined in subsection (b) and 18 subsection (c) of Section 14-110. A person who meets the 19 requirements of this Section is entitled to an annuity 20 calculated under the provisions of Section 14-110, in lieu of 21 the regular or minimum retirement annuity, only if the person 22 has withdrawn from service with not less than 20 years of 23 eligible creditable service and has attained age 60, 24 regardless of whether the attainment of age 60 occurs while 25 the person is still in service. 26 (g-5) The benefits in Section 14-110 apply if the person HB1469 - 40 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 41 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 41 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 41 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 is a State policeman, investigator for the Secretary of State, 2 conservation police officer, investigator for the Department 3 of Revenue or the Illinois Gaming Board, investigator for the 4 Office of the Attorney General, Commerce Commission police 5 officer, or arson investigator, as those terms are defined in 6 subsection (b) and subsection (c) of Section 14-110. A person 7 who meets the requirements of this Section is entitled to an 8 annuity calculated under the provisions of Section 14-110, in 9 lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity, only if the 10 person has withdrawn from service with not less than 20 years 11 of eligible creditable service and has attained age 55, 12 regardless of whether the attainment of age 55 occurs while 13 the person is still in service. 14 (h) If a person who first becomes a member or a participant 15 of a retirement system or pension fund subject to this Section 16 on or after January 1, 2011 is receiving a retirement annuity 17 or retirement pension under that system or fund and becomes a 18 member or participant under any other system or fund created 19 by this Code and is employed on a full-time basis, except for 20 those members or participants exempted from the provisions of 21 this Section under subsection (a) of this Section, then the 22 person's retirement annuity or retirement pension under that 23 system or fund shall be suspended during that employment. Upon 24 termination of that employment, the person's retirement 25 annuity or retirement pension payments shall resume and be 26 recalculated if recalculation is provided for under the HB1469 - 41 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 42 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 42 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 42 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 applicable Article of this Code. 2 If a person who first becomes a member of a retirement 3 system or pension fund subject to this Section on or after 4 January 1, 2012 and is receiving a retirement annuity or 5 retirement pension under that system or fund and accepts on a 6 contractual basis a position to provide services to a 7 governmental entity from which he or she has retired, then 8 that person's annuity or retirement pension earned as an 9 active employee of the employer shall be suspended during that 10 contractual service. A person receiving an annuity or 11 retirement pension under this Code shall notify the pension 12 fund or retirement system from which he or she is receiving an 13 annuity or retirement pension, as well as his or her 14 contractual employer, of his or her retirement status before 15 accepting contractual employment. A person who fails to submit 16 such notification shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and 17 required to pay a fine of $1,000. Upon termination of that 18 contractual employment, the person's retirement annuity or 19 retirement pension payments shall resume and, if appropriate, 20 be recalculated under the applicable provisions of this Code. 21 (i) (Blank). 22 (j) In the case of a conflict between the provisions of 23 this Section and any other provision of this Code, the 24 provisions of this Section shall control. 25 (Source: P.A. 101-610, eff. 1-1-20; 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 26 102-210, eff. 1-1-22; 102-263, eff. 8-6-21; 102-956, eff. HB1469 - 42 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469- 43 -LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 43 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b HB1469 - 43 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b 1 5-27-22.) 2 Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding 3 Section 8.47 as follows: 4 (30 ILCS 805/8.47 new) 5 Sec. 8.47. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 6 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for 7 the implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory 8 Act of the 103rd General Assembly. 9 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 10 becoming law. HB1469 - 43 - LRB103 00152 RPS 45157 b