HB2054 EngrossedLRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 AN ACT concerning the Department of Juvenile Justice.
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 14-110 as follows:
6 (40 ILCS 5/14-110) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110)
7 (Text of Section from P.A. 102-813)
8 Sec. 14-110. Alternative retirement annuity.
9 (a) Any member who has withdrawn from service with not
10 less than 20 years of eligible creditable service and has
11 attained age 55, and any member who has withdrawn from service
12 with not less than 25 years of eligible creditable service and
13 has attained age 50, regardless of whether the attainment of
14 either of the specified ages occurs while the member is still
15 in service, shall be entitled to receive at the option of the
16 member, in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity,
17 a retirement annuity computed as follows:
18 (i) for periods of service as a noncovered employee:
19 if retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001, 3% of
20 final average compensation for each year of creditable
21 service; if retirement occurs before January 1, 2001, 2
22 1/4% of final average compensation for each of the first
23 10 years of creditable service, 2 1/2% for each year above
HB2054 Engrossed LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 2 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 2 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 2 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 10 years to and including 20 years of creditable service,
2 and 2 3/4% for each year of creditable service above 20
3 years; and
4 (ii) for periods of eligible creditable service as a
5 covered employee: if retirement occurs on or after January
6 1, 2001, 2.5% of final average compensation for each year
7 of creditable service; if retirement occurs before January
8 1, 2001, 1.67% of final average compensation for each of
9 the first 10 years of such service, 1.90% for each of the
10 next 10 years of such service, 2.10% for each year of such
11 service in excess of 20 but not exceeding 30, and 2.30% for
12 each year in excess of 30.
13 Such annuity shall be subject to a maximum of 75% of final
14 average compensation if retirement occurs before January 1,
15 2001 or to a maximum of 80% of final average compensation if
16 retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001.
17 These rates shall not be applicable to any service
18 performed by a member as a covered employee which is not
19 eligible creditable service. Service as a covered employee
20 which is not eligible creditable service shall be subject to
21 the rates and provisions of Section 14-108.
22 (b) For the purpose of this Section, "eligible creditable
23 service" means creditable service resulting from service in
24 one or more of the following positions:
25 (1) State policeman;
26 (2) fire fighter in the fire protection service of a
HB2054 Engrossed - 2 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 3 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 3 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 3 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 department;
2 (3) air pilot;
3 (4) special agent;
4 (5) investigator for the Secretary of State;
5 (6) conservation police officer;
6 (7) investigator for the Department of Revenue or the
7 Illinois Gaming Board;
8 (8) security employee of the Department of Human
9 Services;
10 (9) Central Management Services security police
11 officer;
12 (10) security employee of the Department of
13 Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice;
14 (11) dangerous drugs investigator;
15 (12) investigator for the Illinois State Police;
16 (13) investigator for the Office of the Attorney
17 General;
18 (14) controlled substance inspector;
19 (15) investigator for the Office of the State's
20 Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor;
21 (16) Commerce Commission police officer;
22 (17) arson investigator;
23 (18) State highway maintenance worker;
24 (19) security employee of the Department of Innovation
25 and Technology; or
26 (20) transferred employee.
HB2054 Engrossed - 3 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 4 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 4 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 4 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 A person employed in one of the positions specified in
2 this subsection is entitled to eligible creditable service for
3 service credit earned under this Article while undergoing the
4 basic police training course approved by the Illinois Law
5 Enforcement Training Standards Board, if completion of that
6 training is required of persons serving in that position. For
7 the purposes of this Code, service during the required basic
8 police training course shall be deemed performance of the
9 duties of the specified position, even though the person is
10 not a sworn peace officer at the time of the training.
11 A person under paragraph (20) is entitled to eligible
12 creditable service for service credit earned under this
13 Article on and after his or her transfer by Executive Order No.
14 2003-10, Executive Order No. 2004-2, or Executive Order No.
15 2016-1.
16 (c) For the purposes of this Section:
17 (1) The term "State policeman" includes any title or
18 position in the Illinois State Police that is held by an
19 individual employed under the Illinois State Police Act.
20 (2) The term "fire fighter in the fire protection
21 service of a department" includes all officers in such
22 fire protection service including fire chiefs and
23 assistant fire chiefs.
24 (3) The term "air pilot" includes any employee whose
25 official job description on file in the Department of
26 Central Management Services, or in the department by which
HB2054 Engrossed - 4 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 5 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 5 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 5 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 he is employed if that department is not covered by the
2 Personnel Code, states that his principal duty is the
3 operation of aircraft, and who possesses a pilot's
4 license; however, the change in this definition made by
5 Public Act 83-842 shall not operate to exclude any
6 noncovered employee who was an "air pilot" for the
7 purposes of this Section on January 1, 1984.
8 (4) The term "special agent" means any person who by
9 reason of employment by the Division of Narcotic Control,
10 the Bureau of Investigation or, after July 1, 1977, the
11 Division of Criminal Investigation, the Division of
12 Internal Investigation, the Division of Operations, the
13 Division of Patrol Operations, or any other Division or
14 organizational entity in the Illinois State Police is
15 vested by law with duties to maintain public order,
16 investigate violations of the criminal law of this State,
17 enforce the laws of this State, make arrests and recover
18 property. The term "special agent" includes any title or
19 position in the Illinois State Police that is held by an
20 individual employed under the Illinois State Police Act.
21 (5) The term "investigator for the Secretary of State"
22 means any person employed by the Office of the Secretary
23 of State and vested with such investigative duties as
24 render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
25 Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
26 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
HB2054 Engrossed - 5 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 6 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 6 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 6 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 A person who became employed as an investigator for
2 the Secretary of State between January 1, 1967 and
3 December 31, 1975, and who has served as such until
4 attainment of age 60, either continuously or with a single
5 break in service of not more than 3 years duration, which
6 break terminated before January 1, 1976, shall be entitled
7 to have his retirement annuity calculated in accordance
8 with subsection (a), notwithstanding that he has less than
9 20 years of credit for such service.
10 (6) The term "Conservation Police Officer" means any
11 person employed by the Division of Law Enforcement of the
12 Department of Natural Resources and vested with such law
13 enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
14 under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
15 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The
16 term "Conservation Police Officer" includes the positions
17 of Chief Conservation Police Administrator and Assistant
18 Conservation Police Administrator.
19 (7) The term "investigator for the Department of
20 Revenue" means any person employed by the Department of
21 Revenue and vested with such investigative duties as
22 render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
23 Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
24 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
25 The term "investigator for the Illinois Gaming Board"
26 means any person employed as such by the Illinois Gaming
HB2054 Engrossed - 6 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 7 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 7 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 7 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 Board and vested with such peace officer duties as render
2 the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
3 Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
4 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
5 (8) The term "security employee of the Department of
6 Human Services" means any person employed by the
7 Department of Human Services who (i) is employed at the
8 Chester Mental Health Center and has daily contact with
9 the residents thereof, (ii) is employed within a security
10 unit at a facility operated by the Department and has
11 daily contact with the residents of the security unit,
12 (iii) is employed at a facility operated by the Department
13 that includes a security unit and is regularly scheduled
14 to work at least 50% of his or her working hours within
15 that security unit, or (iv) is a mental health police
16 officer. "Mental health police officer" means any person
17 employed by the Department of Human Services in a position
18 pertaining to the Department's mental health and
19 developmental disabilities functions who is vested with
20 such law enforcement duties as render the person
21 ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by
22 reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and
23 218(l)(1) of that Act. "Security unit" means that portion
24 of a facility that is devoted to the care, containment,
25 and treatment of persons committed to the Department of
26 Human Services as sexually violent persons, persons unfit
HB2054 Engrossed - 7 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 8 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 8 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 8 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 to stand trial, or persons not guilty by reason of
2 insanity. With respect to past employment, references to
3 the Department of Human Services include its predecessor,
4 the Department of Mental Health and Developmental
5 Disabilities.
6 The changes made to this subdivision (c)(8) by Public
7 Act 92-14 apply to persons who retire on or after January
8 1, 2001, notwithstanding Section 1-103.1.
9 (9) "Central Management Services security police
10 officer" means any person employed by the Department of
11 Central Management Services who is vested with such law
12 enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
13 under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
14 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
15 (10) For a member who first became an employee under
16 this Article before July 1, 2005, the term "security
17 employee of the Department of Corrections or the
18 Department of Juvenile Justice" means any employee of the
19 Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile
20 Justice or the former Department of Personnel, and any
21 member or employee of the Prisoner Review Board, who has
22 daily contact with inmates or youth by working within a
23 correctional facility or Juvenile facility operated by the
24 Department of Juvenile Justice or who is a parole officer
25 or an employee who has direct contact with committed
26 persons in the performance of his or her job duties. For a
HB2054 Engrossed - 8 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 9 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 9 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 9 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 member who first becomes an employee under this Article on
2 or after July 1, 2005, the term means an employee of the
3 Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile
4 Justice who is any of the following: (i) officially
5 headquartered at a correctional facility or Juvenile
6 facility operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice,
7 (ii) a parole officer, (iii) a member of the apprehension
8 unit, (iv) a member of the intelligence unit, (v) a member
9 of the sort team, or (vi) an investigator.
10 (11) The term "dangerous drugs investigator" means any
11 person who is employed as such by the Department of Human
12 Services.
13 (12) The term "investigator for the Illinois State
14 Police" means a person employed by the Illinois State
15 Police who is vested under Section 4 of the Narcotic
16 Control Division Abolition Act with such law enforcement
17 powers as render him ineligible for coverage under the
18 Social Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
19 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
20 (13) "Investigator for the Office of the Attorney
21 General" means any person who is employed as such by the
22 Office of the Attorney General and is vested with such
23 investigative duties as render him ineligible for coverage
24 under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
25 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. For
26 the period before January 1, 1989, the term includes all
HB2054 Engrossed - 9 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 10 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 10 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 10 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 persons who were employed as investigators by the Office
2 of the Attorney General, without regard to social security
3 status.
4 (14) "Controlled substance inspector" means any person
5 who is employed as such by the Department of Professional
6 Regulation and is vested with such law enforcement duties
7 as render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
8 Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
9 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The term
10 "controlled substance inspector" includes the Program
11 Executive of Enforcement and the Assistant Program
12 Executive of Enforcement.
13 (15) The term "investigator for the Office of the
14 State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor" means a person
15 employed in that capacity on a full-time basis under the
16 authority of Section 7.06 of the State's Attorneys
17 Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
18 (16) "Commerce Commission police officer" means any
19 person employed by the Illinois Commerce Commission who is
20 vested with such law enforcement duties as render him
21 ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by
22 reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and
23 218(l)(1) of that Act.
24 (17) "Arson investigator" means any person who is
25 employed as such by the Office of the State Fire Marshal
26 and is vested with such law enforcement duties as render
HB2054 Engrossed - 10 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 11 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 11 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 11 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
2 Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
3 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. A person who was
4 employed as an arson investigator on January 1, 1995 and
5 is no longer in service but not yet receiving a retirement
6 annuity may convert his or her creditable service for
7 employment as an arson investigator into eligible
8 creditable service by paying to the System the difference
9 between the employee contributions actually paid for that
10 service and the amounts that would have been contributed
11 if the applicant were contributing at the rate applicable
12 to persons with the same social security status earning
13 eligible creditable service on the date of application.
14 (18) The term "State highway maintenance worker" means
15 a person who is either of the following:
16 (i) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
17 Illinois Department of Transportation in the position
18 of highway maintainer, highway maintenance lead
19 worker, highway maintenance lead/lead worker, heavy
20 construction equipment operator, power shovel
21 operator, or bridge mechanic; and whose principal
22 responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
23 actual maintenance necessary to keep the highways that
24 form a part of the State highway system in serviceable
25 condition for vehicular traffic.
26 (ii) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
HB2054 Engrossed - 11 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 12 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 12 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 12 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 Illinois State Toll Highway Authority in the position
2 of equipment operator/laborer H-4, equipment
3 operator/laborer H-6, welder H-4, welder H-6,
4 mechanical/electrical H-4, mechanical/electrical H-6,
5 water/sewer H-4, water/sewer H-6, sign maker/hanger
6 H-4, sign maker/hanger H-6, roadway lighting H-4,
7 roadway lighting H-6, structural H-4, structural H-6,
8 painter H-4, or painter H-6; and whose principal
9 responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
10 actual maintenance necessary to keep the Authority's
11 tollways in serviceable condition for vehicular
12 traffic.
13 (19) The term "security employee of the Department of
14 Innovation and Technology" means a person who was a
15 security employee of the Department of Corrections or the
16 Department of Juvenile Justice, was transferred to the
17 Department of Innovation and Technology pursuant to
18 Executive Order 2016-01, and continues to perform similar
19 job functions under that Department.
20 (20) "Transferred employee" means an employee who was
21 transferred to the Department of Central Management
22 Services by Executive Order No. 2003-10 or Executive Order
23 No. 2004-2 or transferred to the Department of Innovation
24 and Technology by Executive Order No. 2016-1, or both, and
25 was entitled to eligible creditable service for services
26 immediately preceding the transfer.
HB2054 Engrossed - 12 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 13 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 13 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 13 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 (d) A security employee of the Department of Corrections
2 or the Department of Juvenile Justice, a security employee of
3 the Department of Human Services who is not a mental health
4 police officer, and a security employee of the Department of
5 Innovation and Technology shall not be eligible for the
6 alternative retirement annuity provided by this Section unless
7 he or she meets the following minimum age and service
8 requirements at the time of retirement:
9 (i) 25 years of eligible creditable service and age
10 55; or
11 (ii) beginning January 1, 1987, 25 years of eligible
12 creditable service and age 54, or 24 years of eligible
13 creditable service and age 55; or
14 (iii) beginning January 1, 1988, 25 years of eligible
15 creditable service and age 53, or 23 years of eligible
16 creditable service and age 55; or
17 (iv) beginning January 1, 1989, 25 years of eligible
18 creditable service and age 52, or 22 years of eligible
19 creditable service and age 55; or
20 (v) beginning January 1, 1990, 25 years of eligible
21 creditable service and age 51, or 21 years of eligible
22 creditable service and age 55; or
23 (vi) beginning January 1, 1991, 25 years of eligible
24 creditable service and age 50, or 20 years of eligible
25 creditable service and age 55.
26 Persons who have service credit under Article 16 of this
HB2054 Engrossed - 13 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 14 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 14 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 14 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 Code for service as a security employee of the Department of
2 Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, or the
3 Department of Human Services in a position requiring
4 certification as a teacher may count such service toward
5 establishing their eligibility under the service requirements
6 of this Section; but such service may be used only for
7 establishing such eligibility, and not for the purpose of
8 increasing or calculating any benefit.
9 (e) If a member enters military service while working in a
10 position in which eligible creditable service may be earned,
11 and returns to State service in the same or another such
12 position, and fulfills in all other respects the conditions
13 prescribed in this Article for credit for military service,
14 such military service shall be credited as eligible creditable
15 service for the purposes of the retirement annuity prescribed
16 in this Section.
17 (f) For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
18 this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
19 1968 and before October 1, 1975 as a covered employee in the
20 position of special agent, conservation police officer, mental
21 health police officer, or investigator for the Secretary of
22 State, shall be deemed to have been service as a noncovered
23 employee, provided that the employee pays to the System prior
24 to retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between
25 the employee contributions that would have been required for
26 such service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of
HB2054 Engrossed - 14 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 15 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 15 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 15 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 employee contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is
2 made after July 31, 1987, regular interest on the amount
3 specified in item (1) from the date of service to the date of
4 payment.
5 For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
6 this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
7 1968 and before January 1, 1982 as a covered employee in the
8 position of investigator for the Department of Revenue shall
9 be deemed to have been service as a noncovered employee,
10 provided that the employee pays to the System prior to
11 retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between the
12 employee contributions that would have been required for such
13 service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of employee
14 contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is made after
15 January 1, 1990, regular interest on the amount specified in
16 item (1) from the date of service to the date of payment.
17 (g) A State policeman may elect, not later than January 1,
18 1990, to establish eligible creditable service for up to 10
19 years of his service as a policeman under Article 3, by filing
20 a written election with the Board, accompanied by payment of
21 an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to (i) the
22 difference between the amount of employee and employer
23 contributions transferred to the System under Section 3-110.5,
24 and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
25 contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
26 policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
HB2054 Engrossed - 15 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 16 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 16 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 16 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
2 to the date of payment.
3 Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
4 policeman may elect, not later than July 1, 1993, to establish
5 eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of his service
6 as a member of the County Police Department under Article 9, by
7 filing a written election with the Board, accompanied by
8 payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to
9 (i) the difference between the amount of employee and employer
10 contributions transferred to the System under Section 9-121.10
11 and the amounts that would have been contributed had those
12 contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
13 policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
14 for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
15 to the date of payment.
16 (h) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
17 policeman or investigator for the Secretary of State may elect
18 to establish eligible creditable service for up to 12 years of
19 his service as a policeman under Article 5, by filing a written
20 election with the Board on or before January 31, 1992, and
21 paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
22 determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
23 the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
24 to the System under Section 5-236, and the amounts that would
25 have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
26 rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
HB2054 Engrossed - 16 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 17 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 17 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 17 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
2 annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
3 Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
4 policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
5 the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
6 creditable service for up to 10 years of service as a sheriff's
7 law enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
8 election with the Board on or before January 31, 1993, and
9 paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
10 determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
11 the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
12 to the System under Section 7-139.7, and the amounts that
13 would have been contributed had such contributions been made
14 at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
15 thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
16 annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
17 Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
18 policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
19 the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
20 creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a police
21 officer under Article 3, a policeman under Article 5, a
22 sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article 7, a member
23 of the county police department under Article 9, or a police
24 officer under Article 15 by filing a written election with the
25 Board and paying to the System an amount to be determined by
26 the Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
HB2054 Engrossed - 17 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 18 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 18 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 18 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
2 under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, 9-121.10, or 15-134.4
3 and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
4 contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
5 policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
6 for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
7 to the date of payment.
8 Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
9 investigator for the Office of the Attorney General, or an
10 investigator for the Department of Revenue, may elect to
11 establish eligible creditable service for up to 5 years of
12 service as a police officer under Article 3, a policeman under
13 Article 5, a sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article
14 7, or a member of the county police department under Article 9
15 by filing a written election with the Board within 6 months
16 after August 25, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act
17 96-745) and paying to the System an amount to be determined by
18 the Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
19 employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
20 under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, or 9-121.10 and the
21 amounts that would have been contributed had such
22 contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
23 policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially
24 assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
25 of service to the date of payment.
26 Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
HB2054 Engrossed - 18 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 19 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 19 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 19 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 policeman, conservation police officer, investigator for the
2 Office of the Attorney General, an investigator for the
3 Department of Revenue, or investigator for the Secretary of
4 State may elect to establish eligible creditable service for
5 up to 5 years of service as a person employed by a
6 participating municipality to perform police duties, or law
7 enforcement officer employed on a full-time basis by a forest
8 preserve district under Article 7, a county corrections
9 officer, or a court services officer under Article 9, by
10 filing a written election with the Board within 6 months after
11 August 25, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act 96-745) and
12 paying to the System an amount to be determined by the Board,
13 equal to (i) the difference between the amount of employee and
14 employer contributions transferred to the System under
15 Sections 7-139.8 and 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have
16 been contributed had such contributions been made at the rates
17 applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at
18 the actuarially assumed rate for each year, compounded
19 annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
20 Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
21 policeman, arson investigator, or Commerce Commission police
22 officer may elect to establish eligible creditable service for
23 up to 5 years of service as a person employed by a
24 participating municipality to perform police duties under
25 Article 7, a county corrections officer, a court services
26 officer under Article 9, or a firefighter under Article 4 by
HB2054 Engrossed - 19 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 20 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 20 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 20 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 filing a written election with the Board within 6 months after
2 July 30, 2021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and
3 paying to the System an amount to be determined by the Board
4 equal to (i) the difference between the amount of employee and
5 employer contributions transferred to the System under
6 Sections 4-108.8, 7-139.8, and 9-121.10 and the amounts that
7 would have been contributed had such contributions been made
8 at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
9 thereon at the actuarially assumed rate for each year,
10 compounded annually, from the date of service to the date of
11 payment.
12 Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
13 conservation police officer may elect to establish eligible
14 creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a person
15 employed by a participating municipality to perform police
16 duties under Article 7, a county corrections officer, or a
17 court services officer under Article 9 by filing a written
18 election with the Board within 6 months after July 30, 2021
19 (the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and paying to the
20 System an amount to be determined by the Board equal to (i) the
21 difference between the amount of employee and employer
22 contributions transferred to the System under Sections 7-139.8
23 and 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have been contributed
24 had such contributions been made at the rates applicable to
25 State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially
26 assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
HB2054 Engrossed - 20 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 21 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 21 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 21 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 of service to the date of payment.
2 Notwithstanding the limitation in subsection (i), a State
3 policeman or conservation police officer may elect to convert
4 service credit earned under this Article to eligible
5 creditable service, as defined by this Section, by filing a
6 written election with the board within 6 months after July 30,
7 2021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and paying to
8 the System an amount to be determined by the Board equal to (i)
9 the difference between the amount of employee contributions
10 originally paid for that service and the amounts that would
11 have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
12 rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) the difference
13 between the employer's normal cost of the credit prior to the
14 conversion authorized by Public Act 102-210 and the employer's
15 normal cost of the credit converted in accordance with Public
16 Act 102-210, plus (iii) interest thereon at the actuarially
17 assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
18 of service to the date of payment.
19 (i) The total amount of eligible creditable service
20 established by any person under subsections (g), (h), (j),
21 (k), (l), (l-5), and (o) of this Section shall not exceed 12
22 years.
23 (j) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
24 investigator for the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
25 Prosecutor or a controlled substance inspector may elect to
26 establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of
HB2054 Engrossed - 21 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 22 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 22 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 22 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 his service as a policeman under Article 3 or a sheriff's law
2 enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
3 election with the Board, accompanied by payment of an amount
4 to be determined by the Board, equal to (1) the difference
5 between the amount of employee and employer contributions
6 transferred to the System under Section 3-110.6 or 7-139.8,
7 and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
8 contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
9 policemen, plus (2) interest thereon at the effective rate for
10 each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to
11 the date of payment.
12 (k) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
13 Section, an alternative formula employee may elect to
14 establish eligible creditable service for periods spent as a
15 full-time law enforcement officer or full-time corrections
16 officer employed by the federal government or by a state or
17 local government located outside of Illinois, for which credit
18 is not held in any other public employee pension fund or
19 retirement system. To obtain this credit, the applicant must
20 file a written application with the Board by March 31, 1998,
21 accompanied by evidence of eligibility acceptable to the Board
22 and payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal
23 to (1) employee contributions for the credit being
24 established, based upon the applicant's salary on the first
25 day as an alternative formula employee after the employment
26 for which credit is being established and the rates then
HB2054 Engrossed - 22 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 23 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 23 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 23 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 applicable to alternative formula employees, plus (2) an
2 amount determined by the Board to be the employer's normal
3 cost of the benefits accrued for the credit being established,
4 plus (3) regular interest on the amounts in items (1) and (2)
5 from the first day as an alternative formula employee after
6 the employment for which credit is being established to the
7 date of payment.
8 (l) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
9 security employee of the Department of Corrections may elect,
10 not later than July 1, 1998, to establish eligible creditable
11 service for up to 10 years of his or her service as a policeman
12 under Article 3, by filing a written election with the Board,
13 accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined by the
14 Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
15 employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
16 under Section 3-110.5, and the amounts that would have been
17 contributed had such contributions been made at the rates
18 applicable to security employees of the Department of
19 Corrections, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
20 for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
21 to the date of payment.
22 (l-5) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
23 Section, a State policeman may elect to establish eligible
24 creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a full-time
25 law enforcement officer employed by the federal government or
26 by a state or local government located outside of Illinois for
HB2054 Engrossed - 23 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 24 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 24 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 24 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 which credit is not held in any other public employee pension
2 fund or retirement system. To obtain this credit, the
3 applicant must file a written application with the Board no
4 later than 3 years after January 1, 2020 (the effective date of
5 Public Act 101-610), accompanied by evidence of eligibility
6 acceptable to the Board and payment of an amount to be
7 determined by the Board, equal to (1) employee contributions
8 for the credit being established, based upon the applicant's
9 salary on the first day as an alternative formula employee
10 after the employment for which credit is being established and
11 the rates then applicable to alternative formula employees,
12 plus (2) an amount determined by the Board to be the employer's
13 normal cost of the benefits accrued for the credit being
14 established, plus (3) regular interest on the amounts in items
15 (1) and (2) from the first day as an alternative formula
16 employee after the employment for which credit is being
17 established to the date of payment.
18 (m) The amendatory changes to this Section made by Public
19 Act 94-696 apply only to: (1) security employees of the
20 Department of Juvenile Justice employed by the Department of
21 Corrections before June 1, 2006 (the effective date of Public
22 Act 94-696) and transferred to the Department of Juvenile
23 Justice by Public Act 94-696; and (2) persons employed by the
24 Department of Juvenile Justice on or after June 1, 2006 (the
25 effective date of Public Act 94-696) who are required by
26 subsection (b) of Section 3-2.5-15 of the Unified Code of
HB2054 Engrossed - 24 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 25 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 25 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 25 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 Corrections to have any bachelor's or advanced degree from an
2 accredited college or university or, in the case of persons
3 who provide vocational training, who are required to have
4 adequate knowledge in the skill for which they are providing
5 the vocational training. On and after June 1, 2023, the
6 bachelor's or advanced degree requirement in Section 3-2.5-15
7 of the Unified Code of Corrections no longer applies to this
8 Code.
9 (n) A person employed in a position under subsection (b)
10 of this Section who has purchased service credit under
11 subsection (j) of Section 14-104 or subsection (b) of Section
12 14-105 in any other capacity under this Article may convert up
13 to 5 years of that service credit into service credit covered
14 under this Section by paying to the Fund an amount equal to (1)
15 the additional employee contribution required under Section
16 14-133, plus (2) the additional employer contribution required
17 under Section 14-131, plus (3) interest on items (1) and (2) at
18 the actuarially assumed rate from the date of the service to
19 the date of payment.
20 (o) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
21 conservation police officer, investigator for the Secretary of
22 State, Commerce Commission police officer, investigator for
23 the Department of Revenue or the Illinois Gaming Board, or
24 arson investigator subject to subsection (g) of Section 1-160
25 may elect to convert up to 8 years of service credit
26 established before January 1, 2020 (the effective date of
HB2054 Engrossed - 25 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 26 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 26 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 26 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 Public Act 101-610) as a conservation police officer,
2 investigator for the Secretary of State, Commerce Commission
3 police officer, investigator for the Department of Revenue or
4 the Illinois Gaming Board, or arson investigator under this
5 Article into eligible creditable service by filing a written
6 election with the Board no later than one year after January 1,
7 2020 (the effective date of Public Act 101-610), accompanied
8 by payment of an amount to be determined by the Board equal to
9 (i) the difference between the amount of the employee
10 contributions actually paid for that service and the amount of
11 the employee contributions that would have been paid had the
12 employee contributions been made as a noncovered employee
13 serving in a position in which eligible creditable service, as
14 defined in this Section, may be earned, plus (ii) interest
15 thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
16 annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
17 (Source: P.A. 101-610, eff. 1-1-20; 102-210, eff. 7-30-21;
18 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
19 (Text of Section from P.A. 102-856)
20 Sec. 14-110. Alternative retirement annuity.
21 (a) Any member who has withdrawn from service with not
22 less than 20 years of eligible creditable service and has
23 attained age 55, and any member who has withdrawn from service
24 with not less than 25 years of eligible creditable service and
25 has attained age 50, regardless of whether the attainment of
HB2054 Engrossed - 26 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 27 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 27 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 27 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 either of the specified ages occurs while the member is still
2 in service, shall be entitled to receive at the option of the
3 member, in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity,
4 a retirement annuity computed as follows:
5 (i) for periods of service as a noncovered employee:
6 if retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001, 3% of
7 final average compensation for each year of creditable
8 service; if retirement occurs before January 1, 2001, 2
9 1/4% of final average compensation for each of the first
10 10 years of creditable service, 2 1/2% for each year above
11 10 years to and including 20 years of creditable service,
12 and 2 3/4% for each year of creditable service above 20
13 years; and
14 (ii) for periods of eligible creditable service as a
15 covered employee: if retirement occurs on or after January
16 1, 2001, 2.5% of final average compensation for each year
17 of creditable service; if retirement occurs before January
18 1, 2001, 1.67% of final average compensation for each of
19 the first 10 years of such service, 1.90% for each of the
20 next 10 years of such service, 2.10% for each year of such
21 service in excess of 20 but not exceeding 30, and 2.30% for
22 each year in excess of 30.
23 Such annuity shall be subject to a maximum of 75% of final
24 average compensation if retirement occurs before January 1,
25 2001 or to a maximum of 80% of final average compensation if
26 retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001.
HB2054 Engrossed - 27 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 28 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 28 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 28 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 These rates shall not be applicable to any service
2 performed by a member as a covered employee which is not
3 eligible creditable service. Service as a covered employee
4 which is not eligible creditable service shall be subject to
5 the rates and provisions of Section 14-108.
6 (b) For the purpose of this Section, "eligible creditable
7 service" means creditable service resulting from service in
8 one or more of the following positions:
9 (1) State policeman;
10 (2) fire fighter in the fire protection service of a
11 department;
12 (3) air pilot;
13 (4) special agent;
14 (5) investigator for the Secretary of State;
15 (6) conservation police officer;
16 (7) investigator for the Department of Revenue or the
17 Illinois Gaming Board;
18 (8) security employee of the Department of Human
19 Services;
20 (9) Central Management Services security police
21 officer;
22 (10) security employee of the Department of
23 Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice;
24 (11) dangerous drugs investigator;
25 (12) investigator for the Illinois State Police;
26 (13) investigator for the Office of the Attorney
HB2054 Engrossed - 28 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 29 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 29 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 29 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 General;
2 (14) controlled substance inspector;
3 (15) investigator for the Office of the State's
4 Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor;
5 (16) Commerce Commission police officer;
6 (17) arson investigator;
7 (18) State highway maintenance worker;
8 (19) security employee of the Department of Innovation
9 and Technology; or
10 (20) transferred employee.
11 A person employed in one of the positions specified in
12 this subsection is entitled to eligible creditable service for
13 service credit earned under this Article while undergoing the
14 basic police training course approved by the Illinois Law
15 Enforcement Training Standards Board, if completion of that
16 training is required of persons serving in that position. For
17 the purposes of this Code, service during the required basic
18 police training course shall be deemed performance of the
19 duties of the specified position, even though the person is
20 not a sworn peace officer at the time of the training.
21 A person under paragraph (20) is entitled to eligible
22 creditable service for service credit earned under this
23 Article on and after his or her transfer by Executive Order No.
24 2003-10, Executive Order No. 2004-2, or Executive Order No.
25 2016-1.
26 (c) For the purposes of this Section:
HB2054 Engrossed - 29 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 30 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 30 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 30 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 (1) The term "State policeman" includes any title or
2 position in the Illinois State Police that is held by an
3 individual employed under the Illinois State Police Act.
4 (2) The term "fire fighter in the fire protection
5 service of a department" includes all officers in such
6 fire protection service including fire chiefs and
7 assistant fire chiefs.
8 (3) The term "air pilot" includes any employee whose
9 official job description on file in the Department of
10 Central Management Services, or in the department by which
11 he is employed if that department is not covered by the
12 Personnel Code, states that his principal duty is the
13 operation of aircraft, and who possesses a pilot's
14 license; however, the change in this definition made by
15 Public Act 83-842 shall not operate to exclude any
16 noncovered employee who was an "air pilot" for the
17 purposes of this Section on January 1, 1984.
18 (4) The term "special agent" means any person who by
19 reason of employment by the Division of Narcotic Control,
20 the Bureau of Investigation or, after July 1, 1977, the
21 Division of Criminal Investigation, the Division of
22 Internal Investigation, the Division of Operations, the
23 Division of Patrol Operations, or any other Division or
24 organizational entity in the Illinois State Police is
25 vested by law with duties to maintain public order,
26 investigate violations of the criminal law of this State,
HB2054 Engrossed - 30 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 31 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 31 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 31 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 enforce the laws of this State, make arrests and recover
2 property. The term "special agent" includes any title or
3 position in the Illinois State Police that is held by an
4 individual employed under the Illinois State Police Act.
5 (5) The term "investigator for the Secretary of State"
6 means any person employed by the Office of the Secretary
7 of State and vested with such investigative duties as
8 render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
9 Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
10 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
11 A person who became employed as an investigator for
12 the Secretary of State between January 1, 1967 and
13 December 31, 1975, and who has served as such until
14 attainment of age 60, either continuously or with a single
15 break in service of not more than 3 years duration, which
16 break terminated before January 1, 1976, shall be entitled
17 to have his retirement annuity calculated in accordance
18 with subsection (a), notwithstanding that he has less than
19 20 years of credit for such service.
20 (6) The term "Conservation Police Officer" means any
21 person employed by the Division of Law Enforcement of the
22 Department of Natural Resources and vested with such law
23 enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
24 under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
25 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The
26 term "Conservation Police Officer" includes the positions
HB2054 Engrossed - 31 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 32 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 32 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 32 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 of Chief Conservation Police Administrator and Assistant
2 Conservation Police Administrator.
3 (7) The term "investigator for the Department of
4 Revenue" means any person employed by the Department of
5 Revenue and vested with such investigative duties as
6 render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
7 Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
8 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
9 The term "investigator for the Illinois Gaming Board"
10 means any person employed as such by the Illinois Gaming
11 Board and vested with such peace officer duties as render
12 the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
13 Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
14 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
15 (8) The term "security employee of the Department of
16 Human Services" means any person employed by the
17 Department of Human Services who (i) is employed at the
18 Chester Mental Health Center and has daily contact with
19 the residents thereof, (ii) is employed within a security
20 unit at a facility operated by the Department and has
21 daily contact with the residents of the security unit,
22 (iii) is employed at a facility operated by the Department
23 that includes a security unit and is regularly scheduled
24 to work at least 50% of his or her working hours within
25 that security unit, or (iv) is a mental health police
26 officer. "Mental health police officer" means any person
HB2054 Engrossed - 32 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 33 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 33 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 33 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 employed by the Department of Human Services in a position
2 pertaining to the Department's mental health and
3 developmental disabilities functions who is vested with
4 such law enforcement duties as render the person
5 ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by
6 reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and
7 218(l)(1) of that Act. "Security unit" means that portion
8 of a facility that is devoted to the care, containment,
9 and treatment of persons committed to the Department of
10 Human Services as sexually violent persons, persons unfit
11 to stand trial, or persons not guilty by reason of
12 insanity. With respect to past employment, references to
13 the Department of Human Services include its predecessor,
14 the Department of Mental Health and Developmental
15 Disabilities.
16 The changes made to this subdivision (c)(8) by Public
17 Act 92-14 apply to persons who retire on or after January
18 1, 2001, notwithstanding Section 1-103.1.
19 (9) "Central Management Services security police
20 officer" means any person employed by the Department of
21 Central Management Services who is vested with such law
22 enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
23 under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
24 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
25 (10) For a member who first became an employee under
26 this Article before July 1, 2005, the term "security
HB2054 Engrossed - 33 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 34 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 34 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 34 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 employee of the Department of Corrections or the
2 Department of Juvenile Justice" means any employee of the
3 Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile
4 Justice or the former Department of Personnel, and any
5 member or employee of the Prisoner Review Board, who has
6 daily contact with inmates or youth by working within a
7 correctional facility or Juvenile facility operated by the
8 Department of Juvenile Justice or who is a parole officer
9 or an employee who has direct contact with committed
10 persons in the performance of his or her job duties. For a
11 member who first becomes an employee under this Article on
12 or after July 1, 2005, the term means an employee of the
13 Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile
14 Justice who is any of the following: (i) officially
15 headquartered at a correctional facility or Juvenile
16 facility operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice,
17 (ii) a parole officer, (iii) a member of the apprehension
18 unit, (iv) a member of the intelligence unit, (v) a member
19 of the sort team, or (vi) an investigator.
20 (11) The term "dangerous drugs investigator" means any
21 person who is employed as such by the Department of Human
22 Services.
23 (12) The term "investigator for the Illinois State
24 Police" means a person employed by the Illinois State
25 Police who is vested under Section 4 of the Narcotic
26 Control Division Abolition Act with such law enforcement
HB2054 Engrossed - 34 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 35 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 35 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 35 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 powers as render him ineligible for coverage under the
2 Social Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
3 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
4 (13) "Investigator for the Office of the Attorney
5 General" means any person who is employed as such by the
6 Office of the Attorney General and is vested with such
7 investigative duties as render him ineligible for coverage
8 under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
9 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. For
10 the period before January 1, 1989, the term includes all
11 persons who were employed as investigators by the Office
12 of the Attorney General, without regard to social security
13 status.
14 (14) "Controlled substance inspector" means any person
15 who is employed as such by the Department of Professional
16 Regulation and is vested with such law enforcement duties
17 as render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
18 Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
19 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The term
20 "controlled substance inspector" includes the Program
21 Executive of Enforcement and the Assistant Program
22 Executive of Enforcement.
23 (15) The term "investigator for the Office of the
24 State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor" means a person
25 employed in that capacity on a full-time basis under the
26 authority of Section 7.06 of the State's Attorneys
HB2054 Engrossed - 35 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 36 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 36 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 36 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
2 (16) "Commerce Commission police officer" means any
3 person employed by the Illinois Commerce Commission who is
4 vested with such law enforcement duties as render him
5 ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by
6 reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and
7 218(l)(1) of that Act.
8 (17) "Arson investigator" means any person who is
9 employed as such by the Office of the State Fire Marshal
10 and is vested with such law enforcement duties as render
11 the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
12 Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
13 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. A person who was
14 employed as an arson investigator on January 1, 1995 and
15 is no longer in service but not yet receiving a retirement
16 annuity may convert his or her creditable service for
17 employment as an arson investigator into eligible
18 creditable service by paying to the System the difference
19 between the employee contributions actually paid for that
20 service and the amounts that would have been contributed
21 if the applicant were contributing at the rate applicable
22 to persons with the same social security status earning
23 eligible creditable service on the date of application.
24 (18) The term "State highway maintenance worker" means
25 a person who is either of the following:
26 (i) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
HB2054 Engrossed - 36 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 37 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 37 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 37 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 Illinois Department of Transportation in the position
2 of highway maintainer, highway maintenance lead
3 worker, highway maintenance lead/lead worker, heavy
4 construction equipment operator, power shovel
5 operator, or bridge mechanic; and whose principal
6 responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
7 actual maintenance necessary to keep the highways that
8 form a part of the State highway system in serviceable
9 condition for vehicular traffic.
10 (ii) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
11 Illinois State Toll Highway Authority in the position
12 of equipment operator/laborer H-4, equipment
13 operator/laborer H-6, welder H-4, welder H-6,
14 mechanical/electrical H-4, mechanical/electrical H-6,
15 water/sewer H-4, water/sewer H-6, sign maker/hanger
16 H-4, sign maker/hanger H-6, roadway lighting H-4,
17 roadway lighting H-6, structural H-4, structural H-6,
18 painter H-4, or painter H-6; and whose principal
19 responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
20 actual maintenance necessary to keep the Authority's
21 tollways in serviceable condition for vehicular
22 traffic.
23 (19) The term "security employee of the Department of
24 Innovation and Technology" means a person who was a
25 security employee of the Department of Corrections or the
26 Department of Juvenile Justice, was transferred to the
HB2054 Engrossed - 37 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 38 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 38 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 38 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 Department of Innovation and Technology pursuant to
2 Executive Order 2016-01, and continues to perform similar
3 job functions under that Department.
4 (20) "Transferred employee" means an employee who was
5 transferred to the Department of Central Management
6 Services by Executive Order No. 2003-10 or Executive Order
7 No. 2004-2 or transferred to the Department of Innovation
8 and Technology by Executive Order No. 2016-1, or both, and
9 was entitled to eligible creditable service for services
10 immediately preceding the transfer.
11 (d) A security employee of the Department of Corrections
12 or the Department of Juvenile Justice, a security employee of
13 the Department of Human Services who is not a mental health
14 police officer, and a security employee of the Department of
15 Innovation and Technology shall not be eligible for the
16 alternative retirement annuity provided by this Section unless
17 he or she meets the following minimum age and service
18 requirements at the time of retirement:
19 (i) 25 years of eligible creditable service and age
20 55; or
21 (ii) beginning January 1, 1987, 25 years of eligible
22 creditable service and age 54, or 24 years of eligible
23 creditable service and age 55; or
24 (iii) beginning January 1, 1988, 25 years of eligible
25 creditable service and age 53, or 23 years of eligible
26 creditable service and age 55; or
HB2054 Engrossed - 38 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 39 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 39 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 39 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 (iv) beginning January 1, 1989, 25 years of eligible
2 creditable service and age 52, or 22 years of eligible
3 creditable service and age 55; or
4 (v) beginning January 1, 1990, 25 years of eligible
5 creditable service and age 51, or 21 years of eligible
6 creditable service and age 55; or
7 (vi) beginning January 1, 1991, 25 years of eligible
8 creditable service and age 50, or 20 years of eligible
9 creditable service and age 55.
10 Persons who have service credit under Article 16 of this
11 Code for service as a security employee of the Department of
12 Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, or the
13 Department of Human Services in a position requiring
14 certification as a teacher may count such service toward
15 establishing their eligibility under the service requirements
16 of this Section; but such service may be used only for
17 establishing such eligibility, and not for the purpose of
18 increasing or calculating any benefit.
19 (e) If a member enters military service while working in a
20 position in which eligible creditable service may be earned,
21 and returns to State service in the same or another such
22 position, and fulfills in all other respects the conditions
23 prescribed in this Article for credit for military service,
24 such military service shall be credited as eligible creditable
25 service for the purposes of the retirement annuity prescribed
26 in this Section.
HB2054 Engrossed - 39 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 40 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 40 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 40 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 (f) For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
2 this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
3 1968 and before October 1, 1975 as a covered employee in the
4 position of special agent, conservation police officer, mental
5 health police officer, or investigator for the Secretary of
6 State, shall be deemed to have been service as a noncovered
7 employee, provided that the employee pays to the System prior
8 to retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between
9 the employee contributions that would have been required for
10 such service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of
11 employee contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is
12 made after July 31, 1987, regular interest on the amount
13 specified in item (1) from the date of service to the date of
14 payment.
15 For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
16 this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
17 1968 and before January 1, 1982 as a covered employee in the
18 position of investigator for the Department of Revenue shall
19 be deemed to have been service as a noncovered employee,
20 provided that the employee pays to the System prior to
21 retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between the
22 employee contributions that would have been required for such
23 service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of employee
24 contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is made after
25 January 1, 1990, regular interest on the amount specified in
26 item (1) from the date of service to the date of payment.
HB2054 Engrossed - 40 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 41 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 41 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 41 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 (g) A State policeman may elect, not later than January 1,
2 1990, to establish eligible creditable service for up to 10
3 years of his service as a policeman under Article 3, by filing
4 a written election with the Board, accompanied by payment of
5 an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to (i) the
6 difference between the amount of employee and employer
7 contributions transferred to the System under Section 3-110.5,
8 and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
9 contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
10 policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
11 for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
12 to the date of payment.
13 Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
14 policeman may elect, not later than July 1, 1993, to establish
15 eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of his service
16 as a member of the County Police Department under Article 9, by
17 filing a written election with the Board, accompanied by
18 payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to
19 (i) the difference between the amount of employee and employer
20 contributions transferred to the System under Section 9-121.10
21 and the amounts that would have been contributed had those
22 contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
23 policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
24 for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
25 to the date of payment.
26 (h) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
HB2054 Engrossed - 41 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 42 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 42 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 42 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 policeman or investigator for the Secretary of State may elect
2 to establish eligible creditable service for up to 12 years of
3 his service as a policeman under Article 5, by filing a written
4 election with the Board on or before January 31, 1992, and
5 paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
6 determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
7 the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
8 to the System under Section 5-236, and the amounts that would
9 have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
10 rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
11 thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
12 annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
13 Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
14 policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
15 the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
16 creditable service for up to 10 years of service as a sheriff's
17 law enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
18 election with the Board on or before January 31, 1993, and
19 paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
20 determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
21 the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
22 to the System under Section 7-139.7, and the amounts that
23 would have been contributed had such contributions been made
24 at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
25 thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
26 annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
HB2054 Engrossed - 42 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 43 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 43 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 43 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
2 policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
3 the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
4 creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a police
5 officer under Article 3, a policeman under Article 5, a
6 sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article 7, a member
7 of the county police department under Article 9, or a police
8 officer under Article 15 by filing a written election with the
9 Board and paying to the System an amount to be determined by
10 the Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
11 employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
12 under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, 9-121.10, or 15-134.4
13 and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
14 contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
15 policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
16 for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
17 to the date of payment.
18 Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
19 investigator for the Office of the Attorney General, or an
20 investigator for the Department of Revenue, may elect to
21 establish eligible creditable service for up to 5 years of
22 service as a police officer under Article 3, a policeman under
23 Article 5, a sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article
24 7, or a member of the county police department under Article 9
25 by filing a written election with the Board within 6 months
26 after August 25, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act
HB2054 Engrossed - 43 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 44 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 44 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 44 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 96-745) and paying to the System an amount to be determined by
2 the Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
3 employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
4 under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, or 9-121.10 and the
5 amounts that would have been contributed had such
6 contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
7 policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially
8 assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
9 of service to the date of payment.
10 Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
11 policeman, conservation police officer, investigator for the
12 Office of the Attorney General, an investigator for the
13 Department of Revenue, or investigator for the Secretary of
14 State may elect to establish eligible creditable service for
15 up to 5 years of service as a person employed by a
16 participating municipality to perform police duties, or law
17 enforcement officer employed on a full-time basis by a forest
18 preserve district under Article 7, a county corrections
19 officer, or a court services officer under Article 9, by
20 filing a written election with the Board within 6 months after
21 August 25, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act 96-745) and
22 paying to the System an amount to be determined by the Board,
23 equal to (i) the difference between the amount of employee and
24 employer contributions transferred to the System under
25 Sections 7-139.8 and 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have
26 been contributed had such contributions been made at the rates
HB2054 Engrossed - 44 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 45 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 45 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 45 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at
2 the actuarially assumed rate for each year, compounded
3 annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
4 Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
5 policeman, arson investigator, or Commerce Commission police
6 officer may elect to establish eligible creditable service for
7 up to 5 years of service as a person employed by a
8 participating municipality to perform police duties under
9 Article 7, a county corrections officer, a court services
10 officer under Article 9, or a firefighter under Article 4 by
11 filing a written election with the Board within 6 months after
12 July 30, 2021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and
13 paying to the System an amount to be determined by the Board
14 equal to (i) the difference between the amount of employee and
15 employer contributions transferred to the System under
16 Sections 4-108.8, 7-139.8, and 9-121.10 and the amounts that
17 would have been contributed had such contributions been made
18 at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
19 thereon at the actuarially assumed rate for each year,
20 compounded annually, from the date of service to the date of
21 payment.
22 Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
23 conservation police officer may elect to establish eligible
24 creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a person
25 employed by a participating municipality to perform police
26 duties under Article 7, a county corrections officer, or a
HB2054 Engrossed - 45 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 46 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 46 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 46 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 court services officer under Article 9 by filing a written
2 election with the Board within 6 months after July 30, 2021
3 (the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and paying to the
4 System an amount to be determined by the Board equal to (i) the
5 difference between the amount of employee and employer
6 contributions transferred to the System under Sections 7-139.8
7 and 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have been contributed
8 had such contributions been made at the rates applicable to
9 State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially
10 assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
11 of service to the date of payment.
12 Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
13 investigator for the Department of Revenue, investigator for
14 the Illinois Gaming Board, investigator for the Secretary of
15 State, or arson investigator may elect to establish eligible
16 creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a person
17 employed by a participating municipality to perform police
18 duties under Article 7, a county corrections officer, a court
19 services officer under Article 9, or a firefighter under
20 Article 4 by filing a written election with the Board within 6
21 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
22 102nd General Assembly and paying to the System an amount to be
23 determined by the Board equal to (i) the difference between
24 the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
25 to the System under Sections 4-108.8, 7-139.8, and 9-121.10
26 and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
HB2054 Engrossed - 46 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 47 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 47 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 47 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
2 policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially
3 assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
4 of service to the date of payment.
5 Notwithstanding the limitation in subsection (i), a State
6 policeman or conservation police officer may elect to convert
7 service credit earned under this Article to eligible
8 creditable service, as defined by this Section, by filing a
9 written election with the board within 6 months after July 30,
10 2021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and paying to
11 the System an amount to be determined by the Board equal to (i)
12 the difference between the amount of employee contributions
13 originally paid for that service and the amounts that would
14 have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
15 rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) the difference
16 between the employer's normal cost of the credit prior to the
17 conversion authorized by Public Act 102-210 and the employer's
18 normal cost of the credit converted in accordance with Public
19 Act 102-210, plus (iii) interest thereon at the actuarially
20 assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
21 of service to the date of payment.
22 Notwithstanding the limitation in subsection (i), an
23 investigator for the Department of Revenue, investigator for
24 the Illinois Gaming Board, investigator for the Secretary of
25 State, or arson investigator may elect to convert service
26 credit earned under this Article to eligible creditable
HB2054 Engrossed - 47 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 48 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 48 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 48 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 service, as defined by this Section, by filing a written
2 election with the Board within 6 months after the effective
3 date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly and
4 paying to the System an amount to be determined by the Board
5 equal to (i) the difference between the amount of employee
6 contributions originally paid for that service and the amounts
7 that would have been contributed had such contributions been
8 made at the rates applicable to investigators for the
9 Department of Revenue, investigators for the Illinois Gaming
10 Board, investigators for the Secretary of State, or arson
11 investigators, plus (ii) the difference between the employer's
12 normal cost of the credit prior to the conversion authorized
13 by this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly and the
14 employer's normal cost of the credit converted in accordance
15 with this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, plus
16 (iii) interest thereon at the actuarially assumed rate for
17 each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to
18 the date of payment.
19 (i) The total amount of eligible creditable service
20 established by any person under subsections (g), (h), (j),
21 (k), (l), (l-5), and (o) of this Section shall not exceed 12
22 years.
23 (j) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
24 investigator for the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
25 Prosecutor or a controlled substance inspector may elect to
26 establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of
HB2054 Engrossed - 48 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 49 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 49 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 49 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 his service as a policeman under Article 3 or a sheriff's law
2 enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
3 election with the Board, accompanied by payment of an amount
4 to be determined by the Board, equal to (1) the difference
5 between the amount of employee and employer contributions
6 transferred to the System under Section 3-110.6 or 7-139.8,
7 and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
8 contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
9 policemen, plus (2) interest thereon at the effective rate for
10 each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to
11 the date of payment.
12 (k) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
13 Section, an alternative formula employee may elect to
14 establish eligible creditable service for periods spent as a
15 full-time law enforcement officer or full-time corrections
16 officer employed by the federal government or by a state or
17 local government located outside of Illinois, for which credit
18 is not held in any other public employee pension fund or
19 retirement system. To obtain this credit, the applicant must
20 file a written application with the Board by March 31, 1998,
21 accompanied by evidence of eligibility acceptable to the Board
22 and payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal
23 to (1) employee contributions for the credit being
24 established, based upon the applicant's salary on the first
25 day as an alternative formula employee after the employment
26 for which credit is being established and the rates then
HB2054 Engrossed - 49 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 50 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 50 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 50 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 applicable to alternative formula employees, plus (2) an
2 amount determined by the Board to be the employer's normal
3 cost of the benefits accrued for the credit being established,
4 plus (3) regular interest on the amounts in items (1) and (2)
5 from the first day as an alternative formula employee after
6 the employment for which credit is being established to the
7 date of payment.
8 (l) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
9 security employee of the Department of Corrections may elect,
10 not later than July 1, 1998, to establish eligible creditable
11 service for up to 10 years of his or her service as a policeman
12 under Article 3, by filing a written election with the Board,
13 accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined by the
14 Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
15 employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
16 under Section 3-110.5, and the amounts that would have been
17 contributed had such contributions been made at the rates
18 applicable to security employees of the Department of
19 Corrections, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
20 for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
21 to the date of payment.
22 (l-5) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
23 Section, a State policeman may elect to establish eligible
24 creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a full-time
25 law enforcement officer employed by the federal government or
26 by a state or local government located outside of Illinois for
HB2054 Engrossed - 50 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 51 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 51 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 51 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 which credit is not held in any other public employee pension
2 fund or retirement system. To obtain this credit, the
3 applicant must file a written application with the Board no
4 later than 3 years after January 1, 2020 (the effective date of
5 Public Act 101-610), accompanied by evidence of eligibility
6 acceptable to the Board and payment of an amount to be
7 determined by the Board, equal to (1) employee contributions
8 for the credit being established, based upon the applicant's
9 salary on the first day as an alternative formula employee
10 after the employment for which credit is being established and
11 the rates then applicable to alternative formula employees,
12 plus (2) an amount determined by the Board to be the employer's
13 normal cost of the benefits accrued for the credit being
14 established, plus (3) regular interest on the amounts in items
15 (1) and (2) from the first day as an alternative formula
16 employee after the employment for which credit is being
17 established to the date of payment.
18 (m) The amendatory changes to this Section made by Public
19 Act 94-696 apply only to: (1) security employees of the
20 Department of Juvenile Justice employed by the Department of
21 Corrections before June 1, 2006 (the effective date of Public
22 Act 94-696) and transferred to the Department of Juvenile
23 Justice by Public Act 94-696; and (2) persons employed by the
24 Department of Juvenile Justice on or after June 1, 2006 (the
25 effective date of Public Act 94-696) who are required by
26 subsection (b) of Section 3-2.5-15 of the Unified Code of
HB2054 Engrossed - 51 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 52 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 52 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 52 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 Corrections to have any bachelor's or advanced degree from an
2 accredited college or university or, in the case of persons
3 who provide vocational training, who are required to have
4 adequate knowledge in the skill for which they are providing
5 the vocational training. On and after June 1, 2023, the
6 bachelor's or advanced degree requirement in Section 3-2.5-15
7 of the Unified Code of Corrections no longer applies to this
8 Code.
9 (n) A person employed in a position under subsection (b)
10 of this Section who has purchased service credit under
11 subsection (j) of Section 14-104 or subsection (b) of Section
12 14-105 in any other capacity under this Article may convert up
13 to 5 years of that service credit into service credit covered
14 under this Section by paying to the Fund an amount equal to (1)
15 the additional employee contribution required under Section
16 14-133, plus (2) the additional employer contribution required
17 under Section 14-131, plus (3) interest on items (1) and (2) at
18 the actuarially assumed rate from the date of the service to
19 the date of payment.
20 (o) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
21 conservation police officer, investigator for the Secretary of
22 State, Commerce Commission police officer, investigator for
23 the Department of Revenue or the Illinois Gaming Board, or
24 arson investigator subject to subsection (g) of Section 1-160
25 may elect to convert up to 8 years of service credit
26 established before January 1, 2020 (the effective date of
HB2054 Engrossed - 52 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 53 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 53 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 53 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 Public Act 101-610) as a conservation police officer,
2 investigator for the Secretary of State, Commerce Commission
3 police officer, investigator for the Department of Revenue or
4 the Illinois Gaming Board, or arson investigator under this
5 Article into eligible creditable service by filing a written
6 election with the Board no later than one year after January 1,
7 2020 (the effective date of Public Act 101-610), accompanied
8 by payment of an amount to be determined by the Board equal to
9 (i) the difference between the amount of the employee
10 contributions actually paid for that service and the amount of
11 the employee contributions that would have been paid had the
12 employee contributions been made as a noncovered employee
13 serving in a position in which eligible creditable service, as
14 defined in this Section, may be earned, plus (ii) interest
15 thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
16 annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
17 (Source: P.A. 101-610, eff. 1-1-20; 102-210, eff. 7-30-21;
18 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-856, eff. 1-1-23.)
19 (Text of Section from P.A. 102-956)
20 Sec. 14-110. Alternative retirement annuity.
21 (a) Any member who has withdrawn from service with not
22 less than 20 years of eligible creditable service and has
23 attained age 55, and any member who has withdrawn from service
24 with not less than 25 years of eligible creditable service and
25 has attained age 50, regardless of whether the attainment of
HB2054 Engrossed - 53 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 54 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 54 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 54 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 either of the specified ages occurs while the member is still
2 in service, shall be entitled to receive at the option of the
3 member, in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity,
4 a retirement annuity computed as follows:
5 (i) for periods of service as a noncovered employee:
6 if retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001, 3% of
7 final average compensation for each year of creditable
8 service; if retirement occurs before January 1, 2001, 2
9 1/4% of final average compensation for each of the first
10 10 years of creditable service, 2 1/2% for each year above
11 10 years to and including 20 years of creditable service,
12 and 2 3/4% for each year of creditable service above 20
13 years; and
14 (ii) for periods of eligible creditable service as a
15 covered employee: if retirement occurs on or after January
16 1, 2001, 2.5% of final average compensation for each year
17 of creditable service; if retirement occurs before January
18 1, 2001, 1.67% of final average compensation for each of
19 the first 10 years of such service, 1.90% for each of the
20 next 10 years of such service, 2.10% for each year of such
21 service in excess of 20 but not exceeding 30, and 2.30% for
22 each year in excess of 30.
23 Such annuity shall be subject to a maximum of 75% of final
24 average compensation if retirement occurs before January 1,
25 2001 or to a maximum of 80% of final average compensation if
26 retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001.
HB2054 Engrossed - 54 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 55 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 55 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 55 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 These rates shall not be applicable to any service
2 performed by a member as a covered employee which is not
3 eligible creditable service. Service as a covered employee
4 which is not eligible creditable service shall be subject to
5 the rates and provisions of Section 14-108.
6 (b) For the purpose of this Section, "eligible creditable
7 service" means creditable service resulting from service in
8 one or more of the following positions:
9 (1) State policeman;
10 (2) fire fighter in the fire protection service of a
11 department;
12 (3) air pilot;
13 (4) special agent;
14 (5) investigator for the Secretary of State;
15 (6) conservation police officer;
16 (7) investigator for the Department of Revenue or the
17 Illinois Gaming Board;
18 (8) security employee of the Department of Human
19 Services;
20 (9) Central Management Services security police
21 officer;
22 (10) security employee of the Department of
23 Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice;
24 (11) dangerous drugs investigator;
25 (12) investigator for the Illinois State Police;
26 (13) investigator for the Office of the Attorney
HB2054 Engrossed - 55 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 56 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 56 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 56 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 General;
2 (14) controlled substance inspector;
3 (15) investigator for the Office of the State's
4 Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor;
5 (16) Commerce Commission police officer;
6 (17) arson investigator;
7 (18) State highway maintenance worker;
8 (19) security employee of the Department of Innovation
9 and Technology; or
10 (20) transferred employee.
11 A person employed in one of the positions specified in
12 this subsection is entitled to eligible creditable service for
13 service credit earned under this Article while undergoing the
14 basic police training course approved by the Illinois Law
15 Enforcement Training Standards Board, if completion of that
16 training is required of persons serving in that position. For
17 the purposes of this Code, service during the required basic
18 police training course shall be deemed performance of the
19 duties of the specified position, even though the person is
20 not a sworn peace officer at the time of the training.
21 A person under paragraph (20) is entitled to eligible
22 creditable service for service credit earned under this
23 Article on and after his or her transfer by Executive Order No.
24 2003-10, Executive Order No. 2004-2, or Executive Order No.
25 2016-1.
26 (c) For the purposes of this Section:
HB2054 Engrossed - 56 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 57 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 57 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 57 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 (1) The term "State policeman" includes any title or
2 position in the Illinois State Police that is held by an
3 individual employed under the Illinois State Police Act.
4 (2) The term "fire fighter in the fire protection
5 service of a department" includes all officers in such
6 fire protection service including fire chiefs and
7 assistant fire chiefs.
8 (3) The term "air pilot" includes any employee whose
9 official job description on file in the Department of
10 Central Management Services, or in the department by which
11 he is employed if that department is not covered by the
12 Personnel Code, states that his principal duty is the
13 operation of aircraft, and who possesses a pilot's
14 license; however, the change in this definition made by
15 Public Act 83-842 shall not operate to exclude any
16 noncovered employee who was an "air pilot" for the
17 purposes of this Section on January 1, 1984.
18 (4) The term "special agent" means any person who by
19 reason of employment by the Division of Narcotic Control,
20 the Bureau of Investigation or, after July 1, 1977, the
21 Division of Criminal Investigation, the Division of
22 Internal Investigation, the Division of Operations, the
23 Division of Patrol Operations, or any other Division or
24 organizational entity in the Illinois State Police is
25 vested by law with duties to maintain public order,
26 investigate violations of the criminal law of this State,
HB2054 Engrossed - 57 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 58 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 58 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 58 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 enforce the laws of this State, make arrests and recover
2 property. The term "special agent" includes any title or
3 position in the Illinois State Police that is held by an
4 individual employed under the Illinois State Police Act.
5 (5) The term "investigator for the Secretary of State"
6 means any person employed by the Office of the Secretary
7 of State and vested with such investigative duties as
8 render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
9 Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
10 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
11 A person who became employed as an investigator for
12 the Secretary of State between January 1, 1967 and
13 December 31, 1975, and who has served as such until
14 attainment of age 60, either continuously or with a single
15 break in service of not more than 3 years duration, which
16 break terminated before January 1, 1976, shall be entitled
17 to have his retirement annuity calculated in accordance
18 with subsection (a), notwithstanding that he has less than
19 20 years of credit for such service.
20 (6) The term "Conservation Police Officer" means any
21 person employed by the Division of Law Enforcement of the
22 Department of Natural Resources and vested with such law
23 enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
24 under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
25 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The
26 term "Conservation Police Officer" includes the positions
HB2054 Engrossed - 58 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 59 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 59 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 59 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 of Chief Conservation Police Administrator and Assistant
2 Conservation Police Administrator.
3 (7) The term "investigator for the Department of
4 Revenue" means any person employed by the Department of
5 Revenue and vested with such investigative duties as
6 render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
7 Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
8 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
9 The term "investigator for the Illinois Gaming Board"
10 means any person employed as such by the Illinois Gaming
11 Board and vested with such peace officer duties as render
12 the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
13 Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
14 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
15 (8) The term "security employee of the Department of
16 Human Services" means any person employed by the
17 Department of Human Services who (i) is employed at the
18 Chester Mental Health Center and has daily contact with
19 the residents thereof, (ii) is employed within a security
20 unit at a facility operated by the Department and has
21 daily contact with the residents of the security unit,
22 (iii) is employed at a facility operated by the Department
23 that includes a security unit and is regularly scheduled
24 to work at least 50% of his or her working hours within
25 that security unit, or (iv) is a mental health police
26 officer. "Mental health police officer" means any person
HB2054 Engrossed - 59 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 60 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 60 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 60 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 employed by the Department of Human Services in a position
2 pertaining to the Department's mental health and
3 developmental disabilities functions who is vested with
4 such law enforcement duties as render the person
5 ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by
6 reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and
7 218(l)(1) of that Act. "Security unit" means that portion
8 of a facility that is devoted to the care, containment,
9 and treatment of persons committed to the Department of
10 Human Services as sexually violent persons, persons unfit
11 to stand trial, or persons not guilty by reason of
12 insanity. With respect to past employment, references to
13 the Department of Human Services include its predecessor,
14 the Department of Mental Health and Developmental
15 Disabilities.
16 The changes made to this subdivision (c)(8) by Public
17 Act 92-14 apply to persons who retire on or after January
18 1, 2001, notwithstanding Section 1-103.1.
19 (9) "Central Management Services security police
20 officer" means any person employed by the Department of
21 Central Management Services who is vested with such law
22 enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
23 under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
24 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
25 (10) For a member who first became an employee under
26 this Article before July 1, 2005, the term "security
HB2054 Engrossed - 60 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 61 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 61 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 61 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 employee of the Department of Corrections or the
2 Department of Juvenile Justice" means any employee of the
3 Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile
4 Justice or the former Department of Personnel, and any
5 member or employee of the Prisoner Review Board, who has
6 daily contact with inmates or youth by working within a
7 correctional facility or Juvenile facility operated by the
8 Department of Juvenile Justice or who is a parole officer
9 or an employee who has direct contact with committed
10 persons in the performance of his or her job duties. For a
11 member who first becomes an employee under this Article on
12 or after July 1, 2005, the term means an employee of the
13 Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile
14 Justice who is any of the following: (i) officially
15 headquartered at a correctional facility or Juvenile
16 facility operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice,
17 (ii) a parole officer, (iii) a member of the apprehension
18 unit, (iv) a member of the intelligence unit, (v) a member
19 of the sort team, or (vi) an investigator.
20 (11) The term "dangerous drugs investigator" means any
21 person who is employed as such by the Department of Human
22 Services.
23 (12) The term "investigator for the Illinois State
24 Police" means a person employed by the Illinois State
25 Police who is vested under Section 4 of the Narcotic
26 Control Division Abolition Act with such law enforcement
HB2054 Engrossed - 61 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 62 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 62 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 62 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 powers as render him ineligible for coverage under the
2 Social Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
3 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
4 (13) "Investigator for the Office of the Attorney
5 General" means any person who is employed as such by the
6 Office of the Attorney General and is vested with such
7 investigative duties as render him ineligible for coverage
8 under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
9 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. For
10 the period before January 1, 1989, the term includes all
11 persons who were employed as investigators by the Office
12 of the Attorney General, without regard to social security
13 status.
14 (14) "Controlled substance inspector" means any person
15 who is employed as such by the Department of Professional
16 Regulation and is vested with such law enforcement duties
17 as render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
18 Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
19 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The term
20 "controlled substance inspector" includes the Program
21 Executive of Enforcement and the Assistant Program
22 Executive of Enforcement.
23 (15) The term "investigator for the Office of the
24 State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor" means a person
25 employed in that capacity on a full-time basis under the
26 authority of Section 7.06 of the State's Attorneys
HB2054 Engrossed - 62 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 63 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 63 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 63 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
2 (16) "Commerce Commission police officer" means any
3 person employed by the Illinois Commerce Commission who is
4 vested with such law enforcement duties as render him
5 ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by
6 reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and
7 218(l)(1) of that Act.
8 (17) "Arson investigator" means any person who is
9 employed as such by the Office of the State Fire Marshal
10 and is vested with such law enforcement duties as render
11 the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
12 Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
13 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. A person who was
14 employed as an arson investigator on January 1, 1995 and
15 is no longer in service but not yet receiving a retirement
16 annuity may convert his or her creditable service for
17 employment as an arson investigator into eligible
18 creditable service by paying to the System the difference
19 between the employee contributions actually paid for that
20 service and the amounts that would have been contributed
21 if the applicant were contributing at the rate applicable
22 to persons with the same social security status earning
23 eligible creditable service on the date of application.
24 (18) The term "State highway maintenance worker" means
25 a person who is either of the following:
26 (i) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
HB2054 Engrossed - 63 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 64 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 64 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 64 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 Illinois Department of Transportation in the position
2 of highway maintainer, highway maintenance lead
3 worker, highway maintenance lead/lead worker, heavy
4 construction equipment operator, power shovel
5 operator, or bridge mechanic; and whose principal
6 responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
7 actual maintenance necessary to keep the highways that
8 form a part of the State highway system in serviceable
9 condition for vehicular traffic.
10 (ii) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
11 Illinois State Toll Highway Authority in the position
12 of equipment operator/laborer H-4, equipment
13 operator/laborer H-6, welder H-4, welder H-6,
14 mechanical/electrical H-4, mechanical/electrical H-6,
15 water/sewer H-4, water/sewer H-6, sign maker/hanger
16 H-4, sign maker/hanger H-6, roadway lighting H-4,
17 roadway lighting H-6, structural H-4, structural H-6,
18 painter H-4, or painter H-6; and whose principal
19 responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
20 actual maintenance necessary to keep the Authority's
21 tollways in serviceable condition for vehicular
22 traffic.
23 (19) The term "security employee of the Department of
24 Innovation and Technology" means a person who was a
25 security employee of the Department of Corrections or the
26 Department of Juvenile Justice, was transferred to the
HB2054 Engrossed - 64 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 65 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 65 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 65 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 Department of Innovation and Technology pursuant to
2 Executive Order 2016-01, and continues to perform similar
3 job functions under that Department.
4 (20) "Transferred employee" means an employee who was
5 transferred to the Department of Central Management
6 Services by Executive Order No. 2003-10 or Executive Order
7 No. 2004-2 or transferred to the Department of Innovation
8 and Technology by Executive Order No. 2016-1, or both, and
9 was entitled to eligible creditable service for services
10 immediately preceding the transfer.
11 (d) A security employee of the Department of Corrections
12 or the Department of Juvenile Justice, a security employee of
13 the Department of Human Services who is not a mental health
14 police officer, and a security employee of the Department of
15 Innovation and Technology shall not be eligible for the
16 alternative retirement annuity provided by this Section unless
17 he or she meets the following minimum age and service
18 requirements at the time of retirement:
19 (i) 25 years of eligible creditable service and age
20 55; or
21 (ii) beginning January 1, 1987, 25 years of eligible
22 creditable service and age 54, or 24 years of eligible
23 creditable service and age 55; or
24 (iii) beginning January 1, 1988, 25 years of eligible
25 creditable service and age 53, or 23 years of eligible
26 creditable service and age 55; or
HB2054 Engrossed - 65 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 66 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 66 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 66 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 (iv) beginning January 1, 1989, 25 years of eligible
2 creditable service and age 52, or 22 years of eligible
3 creditable service and age 55; or
4 (v) beginning January 1, 1990, 25 years of eligible
5 creditable service and age 51, or 21 years of eligible
6 creditable service and age 55; or
7 (vi) beginning January 1, 1991, 25 years of eligible
8 creditable service and age 50, or 20 years of eligible
9 creditable service and age 55.
10 Persons who have service credit under Article 16 of this
11 Code for service as a security employee of the Department of
12 Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, or the
13 Department of Human Services in a position requiring
14 certification as a teacher may count such service toward
15 establishing their eligibility under the service requirements
16 of this Section; but such service may be used only for
17 establishing such eligibility, and not for the purpose of
18 increasing or calculating any benefit.
19 (e) If a member enters military service while working in a
20 position in which eligible creditable service may be earned,
21 and returns to State service in the same or another such
22 position, and fulfills in all other respects the conditions
23 prescribed in this Article for credit for military service,
24 such military service shall be credited as eligible creditable
25 service for the purposes of the retirement annuity prescribed
26 in this Section.
HB2054 Engrossed - 66 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 67 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 67 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 67 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 (f) For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
2 this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
3 1968 and before October 1, 1975 as a covered employee in the
4 position of special agent, conservation police officer, mental
5 health police officer, or investigator for the Secretary of
6 State, shall be deemed to have been service as a noncovered
7 employee, provided that the employee pays to the System prior
8 to retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between
9 the employee contributions that would have been required for
10 such service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of
11 employee contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is
12 made after July 31, 1987, regular interest on the amount
13 specified in item (1) from the date of service to the date of
14 payment.
15 For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
16 this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
17 1968 and before January 1, 1982 as a covered employee in the
18 position of investigator for the Department of Revenue shall
19 be deemed to have been service as a noncovered employee,
20 provided that the employee pays to the System prior to
21 retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between the
22 employee contributions that would have been required for such
23 service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of employee
24 contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is made after
25 January 1, 1990, regular interest on the amount specified in
26 item (1) from the date of service to the date of payment.
HB2054 Engrossed - 67 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 68 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 68 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 68 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 (g) A State policeman may elect, not later than January 1,
2 1990, to establish eligible creditable service for up to 10
3 years of his service as a policeman under Article 3, by filing
4 a written election with the Board, accompanied by payment of
5 an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to (i) the
6 difference between the amount of employee and employer
7 contributions transferred to the System under Section 3-110.5,
8 and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
9 contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
10 policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
11 for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
12 to the date of payment.
13 Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
14 policeman may elect, not later than July 1, 1993, to establish
15 eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of his service
16 as a member of the County Police Department under Article 9, by
17 filing a written election with the Board, accompanied by
18 payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to
19 (i) the difference between the amount of employee and employer
20 contributions transferred to the System under Section 9-121.10
21 and the amounts that would have been contributed had those
22 contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
23 policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
24 for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
25 to the date of payment.
26 (h) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
HB2054 Engrossed - 68 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 69 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 69 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 69 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 policeman or investigator for the Secretary of State may elect
2 to establish eligible creditable service for up to 12 years of
3 his service as a policeman under Article 5, by filing a written
4 election with the Board on or before January 31, 1992, and
5 paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
6 determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
7 the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
8 to the System under Section 5-236, and the amounts that would
9 have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
10 rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
11 thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
12 annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
13 Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
14 policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
15 the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
16 creditable service for up to 10 years of service as a sheriff's
17 law enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
18 election with the Board on or before January 31, 1993, and
19 paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
20 determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
21 the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
22 to the System under Section 7-139.7, and the amounts that
23 would have been contributed had such contributions been made
24 at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
25 thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
26 annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
HB2054 Engrossed - 69 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 70 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 70 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 70 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
2 policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
3 the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
4 creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a police
5 officer under Article 3, a policeman under Article 5, a
6 sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article 7, a member
7 of the county police department under Article 9, or a police
8 officer under Article 15 by filing a written election with the
9 Board and paying to the System an amount to be determined by
10 the Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
11 employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
12 under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, 9-121.10, or 15-134.4
13 and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
14 contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
15 policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
16 for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
17 to the date of payment.
18 Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
19 investigator for the Office of the Attorney General, or an
20 investigator for the Department of Revenue, may elect to
21 establish eligible creditable service for up to 5 years of
22 service as a police officer under Article 3, a policeman under
23 Article 5, a sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article
24 7, or a member of the county police department under Article 9
25 by filing a written election with the Board within 6 months
26 after August 25, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act
HB2054 Engrossed - 70 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 71 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 71 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 71 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 96-745) and paying to the System an amount to be determined by
2 the Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
3 employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
4 under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, or 9-121.10 and the
5 amounts that would have been contributed had such
6 contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
7 policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially
8 assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
9 of service to the date of payment.
10 Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
11 policeman, conservation police officer, investigator for the
12 Office of the Attorney General, an investigator for the
13 Department of Revenue, or investigator for the Secretary of
14 State may elect to establish eligible creditable service for
15 up to 5 years of service as a person employed by a
16 participating municipality to perform police duties, or law
17 enforcement officer employed on a full-time basis by a forest
18 preserve district under Article 7, a county corrections
19 officer, or a court services officer under Article 9, by
20 filing a written election with the Board within 6 months after
21 August 25, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act 96-745) and
22 paying to the System an amount to be determined by the Board,
23 equal to (i) the difference between the amount of employee and
24 employer contributions transferred to the System under
25 Sections 7-139.8 and 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have
26 been contributed had such contributions been made at the rates
HB2054 Engrossed - 71 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 72 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 72 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 72 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at
2 the actuarially assumed rate for each year, compounded
3 annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
4 Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
5 policeman, arson investigator, or Commerce Commission police
6 officer may elect to establish eligible creditable service for
7 up to 5 years of service as a person employed by a
8 participating municipality to perform police duties under
9 Article 7, a county corrections officer, a court services
10 officer under Article 9, or a firefighter under Article 4 by
11 filing a written election with the Board within 6 months after
12 July 30, 2021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and
13 paying to the System an amount to be determined by the Board
14 equal to (i) the difference between the amount of employee and
15 employer contributions transferred to the System under
16 Sections 4-108.8, 7-139.8, and 9-121.10 and the amounts that
17 would have been contributed had such contributions been made
18 at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
19 thereon at the actuarially assumed rate for each year,
20 compounded annually, from the date of service to the date of
21 payment.
22 Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
23 conservation police officer may elect to establish eligible
24 creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a person
25 employed by a participating municipality to perform police
26 duties under Article 7, a county corrections officer, or a
HB2054 Engrossed - 72 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 73 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 73 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 73 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 court services officer under Article 9 by filing a written
2 election with the Board within 6 months after July 30, 2021
3 (the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and paying to the
4 System an amount to be determined by the Board equal to (i) the
5 difference between the amount of employee and employer
6 contributions transferred to the System under Sections 7-139.8
7 and 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have been contributed
8 had such contributions been made at the rates applicable to
9 State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially
10 assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
11 of service to the date of payment.
12 Notwithstanding the limitation in subsection (i), a State
13 policeman or conservation police officer may elect to convert
14 service credit earned under this Article to eligible
15 creditable service, as defined by this Section, by filing a
16 written election with the board within 6 months after July 30,
17 2021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and paying to
18 the System an amount to be determined by the Board equal to (i)
19 the difference between the amount of employee contributions
20 originally paid for that service and the amounts that would
21 have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
22 rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) the difference
23 between the employer's normal cost of the credit prior to the
24 conversion authorized by Public Act 102-210 and the employer's
25 normal cost of the credit converted in accordance with Public
26 Act 102-210, plus (iii) interest thereon at the actuarially
HB2054 Engrossed - 73 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 74 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 74 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 74 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
2 of service to the date of payment.
3 (i) The total amount of eligible creditable service
4 established by any person under subsections (g), (h), (j),
5 (k), (l), (l-5), (o), and (p) of this Section shall not exceed
6 12 years.
7 (j) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
8 investigator for the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
9 Prosecutor or a controlled substance inspector may elect to
10 establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of
11 his service as a policeman under Article 3 or a sheriff's law
12 enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
13 election with the Board, accompanied by payment of an amount
14 to be determined by the Board, equal to (1) the difference
15 between the amount of employee and employer contributions
16 transferred to the System under Section 3-110.6 or 7-139.8,
17 and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
18 contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
19 policemen, plus (2) interest thereon at the effective rate for
20 each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to
21 the date of payment.
22 (k) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
23 Section, an alternative formula employee may elect to
24 establish eligible creditable service for periods spent as a
25 full-time law enforcement officer or full-time corrections
26 officer employed by the federal government or by a state or
HB2054 Engrossed - 74 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 75 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 75 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 75 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 local government located outside of Illinois, for which credit
2 is not held in any other public employee pension fund or
3 retirement system. To obtain this credit, the applicant must
4 file a written application with the Board by March 31, 1998,
5 accompanied by evidence of eligibility acceptable to the Board
6 and payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal
7 to (1) employee contributions for the credit being
8 established, based upon the applicant's salary on the first
9 day as an alternative formula employee after the employment
10 for which credit is being established and the rates then
11 applicable to alternative formula employees, plus (2) an
12 amount determined by the Board to be the employer's normal
13 cost of the benefits accrued for the credit being established,
14 plus (3) regular interest on the amounts in items (1) and (2)
15 from the first day as an alternative formula employee after
16 the employment for which credit is being established to the
17 date of payment.
18 (l) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
19 security employee of the Department of Corrections may elect,
20 not later than July 1, 1998, to establish eligible creditable
21 service for up to 10 years of his or her service as a policeman
22 under Article 3, by filing a written election with the Board,
23 accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined by the
24 Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
25 employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
26 under Section 3-110.5, and the amounts that would have been
HB2054 Engrossed - 75 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 76 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 76 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 76 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 contributed had such contributions been made at the rates
2 applicable to security employees of the Department of
3 Corrections, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
4 for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
5 to the date of payment.
6 (l-5) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
7 Section, a State policeman may elect to establish eligible
8 creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a full-time
9 law enforcement officer employed by the federal government or
10 by a state or local government located outside of Illinois for
11 which credit is not held in any other public employee pension
12 fund or retirement system. To obtain this credit, the
13 applicant must file a written application with the Board no
14 later than 3 years after January 1, 2020 (the effective date of
15 Public Act 101-610), accompanied by evidence of eligibility
16 acceptable to the Board and payment of an amount to be
17 determined by the Board, equal to (1) employee contributions
18 for the credit being established, based upon the applicant's
19 salary on the first day as an alternative formula employee
20 after the employment for which credit is being established and
21 the rates then applicable to alternative formula employees,
22 plus (2) an amount determined by the Board to be the employer's
23 normal cost of the benefits accrued for the credit being
24 established, plus (3) regular interest on the amounts in items
25 (1) and (2) from the first day as an alternative formula
26 employee after the employment for which credit is being
HB2054 Engrossed - 76 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 77 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 77 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 77 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 established to the date of payment.
2 (m) The amendatory changes to this Section made by Public
3 Act 94-696 apply only to: (1) security employees of the
4 Department of Juvenile Justice employed by the Department of
5 Corrections before June 1, 2006 (the effective date of Public
6 Act 94-696) and transferred to the Department of Juvenile
7 Justice by Public Act 94-696; and (2) persons employed by the
8 Department of Juvenile Justice on or after June 1, 2006 (the
9 effective date of Public Act 94-696) who are required by
10 subsection (b) of Section 3-2.5-15 of the Unified Code of
11 Corrections to have any bachelor's or advanced degree from an
12 accredited college or university or, in the case of persons
13 who provide vocational training, who are required to have
14 adequate knowledge in the skill for which they are providing
15 the vocational training. On and after June 1, 2023, the
16 bachelor's or advanced degree requirement in Section 3-2.5-15
17 of the Unified Code of Corrections no longer applies to this
18 Code.
19 (n) A person employed in a position under subsection (b)
20 of this Section who has purchased service credit under
21 subsection (j) of Section 14-104 or subsection (b) of Section
22 14-105 in any other capacity under this Article may convert up
23 to 5 years of that service credit into service credit covered
24 under this Section by paying to the Fund an amount equal to (1)
25 the additional employee contribution required under Section
26 14-133, plus (2) the additional employer contribution required
HB2054 Engrossed - 77 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 78 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 78 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 78 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 under Section 14-131, plus (3) interest on items (1) and (2) at
2 the actuarially assumed rate from the date of the service to
3 the date of payment.
4 (o) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
5 conservation police officer, investigator for the Secretary of
6 State, Commerce Commission police officer, investigator for
7 the Department of Revenue or the Illinois Gaming Board, or
8 arson investigator subject to subsection (g) of Section 1-160
9 may elect to convert up to 8 years of service credit
10 established before January 1, 2020 (the effective date of
11 Public Act 101-610) as a conservation police officer,
12 investigator for the Secretary of State, Commerce Commission
13 police officer, investigator for the Department of Revenue or
14 the Illinois Gaming Board, or arson investigator under this
15 Article into eligible creditable service by filing a written
16 election with the Board no later than one year after January 1,
17 2020 (the effective date of Public Act 101-610), accompanied
18 by payment of an amount to be determined by the Board equal to
19 (i) the difference between the amount of the employee
20 contributions actually paid for that service and the amount of
21 the employee contributions that would have been paid had the
22 employee contributions been made as a noncovered employee
23 serving in a position in which eligible creditable service, as
24 defined in this Section, may be earned, plus (ii) interest
25 thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
26 annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
HB2054 Engrossed - 78 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 79 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 79 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 79 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 (p) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
2 investigator for the Office of the Attorney General subject to
3 subsection (g) of Section 1-160 may elect to convert up to 8
4 years of service credit established before the effective date
5 of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly as an
6 investigator for the Office of the Attorney General under this
7 Article into eligible creditable service by filing a written
8 election with the Board no later than one year after the
9 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General
10 Assembly, accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined
11 by the Board equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
12 the employee contributions actually paid for that service and
13 the amount of the employee contributions that would have been
14 paid had the employee contributions been made as a noncovered
15 employee serving in a position in which eligible creditable
16 service, as defined in this Section, may be earned, plus (ii)
17 interest thereon at the effective rate for each year,
18 compounded annually, from the date of service to the date of
19 payment.
20 (Source: P.A. 101-610, eff. 1-1-20; 102-210, eff. 7-30-21;
21 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-956, eff. 5-27-22.)
22 Section 10. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
23 changing Section 3-2.5-15 as follows:
24 (730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-15)
HB2054 Engrossed - 79 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 80 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 80 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 80 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 Sec. 3-2.5-15. Department of Juvenile Justice; assumption
2 of duties of the Juvenile Division.
3 (a) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall assume the
4 rights, powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Juvenile
5 Division of the Department of Corrections. Personnel, books,
6 records, property, and unencumbered appropriations pertaining
7 to the Juvenile Division of the Department of Corrections
8 shall be transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice on
9 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
10 Assembly. Any rights of employees or the State under the
11 Personnel Code or any other contract or plan shall be
12 unaffected by this transfer.
13 (b) Department of Juvenile Justice personnel who are hired
14 by the Department on or after the effective date of this
15 amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and who
16 participate or assist in the rehabilitative and vocational
17 training of delinquent youths, supervise the daily activities
18 involving direct and continuing responsibility for the youth's
19 security, welfare and development, or participate in the
20 personal rehabilitation of delinquent youth by training,
21 supervising, and assisting lower level personnel who perform
22 these duties must: (1) be over the age of 21 and (2) have a
23 high school diploma or equivalent and either (A) a any
24 bachelor's or advanced degree from an accredited college or
25 university or (B) 2 or more years of experience providing
26 direct care to youth in the form of residential care,
HB2054 Engrossed - 80 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 81 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 81 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 81 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 coaching, case management, or mentoring. This requirement
2 shall not apply to security, clerical, food service, and
3 maintenance staff that do not have direct and regular contact
4 with youth. The degree requirements specified in this
5 subsection (b) are not required of persons who provide
6 vocational training and who have adequate knowledge in the
7 skill for which they are providing the vocational training.
8 (c) Subsection (b) of this Section does not apply to
9 personnel transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice on
10 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
11 Assembly.
12 (d) The Department shall be under the direction of the
13 Director of Juvenile Justice as provided in this Code.
14 (e) The Director shall organize divisions within the
15 Department and shall assign functions, powers, duties, and
16 personnel as required by law. The Director may create other
17 divisions and may assign other functions, powers, duties, and
18 personnel as may be necessary or desirable to carry out the
19 functions and responsibilities vested by law in the
20 Department. The Director may, with the approval of the Office
21 of the Governor, assign to and share functions, powers,
22 duties, and personnel with other State agencies such that
23 administrative services and administrative facilities are
24 provided by a shared administrative service center. Where
25 possible, shared services which impact youth should be done
26 with child-serving agencies. These administrative services may
HB2054 Engrossed - 81 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 82 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 82 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 82 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 include, but are not limited to, all of the following
2 functions: budgeting, accounting related functions, auditing,
3 human resources, legal, procurement, training, data collection
4 and analysis, information technology, internal investigations,
5 intelligence, legislative services, emergency response
6 capability, statewide transportation services, and general
7 office support.
8 (f) The Department of Juvenile Justice may enter into
9 intergovernmental cooperation agreements under which minors
10 adjudicated delinquent and committed to the Department of
11 Juvenile Justice may participate in county juvenile impact
12 incarceration programs established under Section 3-6039 of the
13 Counties Code.
14 (g) The Department of Juvenile Justice must comply with
15 the ethnic and racial background data collection procedures
16 provided in Section 4.5 of the Criminal Identification Act.
17 (h) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall implement a
18 wellness program to support health and wellbeing among staff
19 and service providers within the Department of Juvenile
20 Justice environment. The Department of Juvenile Justice shall
21 establish response teams to provide support to employees and
22 staff affected by events that are both duty-related and not
23 duty-related and provide training to response team members.
24 The Department's wellness program shall be accessible to any
25 Department employee or service provider, including contractual
26 employees and approved volunteers. The wellness program may
HB2054 Engrossed - 82 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed- 83 -LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b HB2054 Engrossed - 83 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
HB2054 Engrossed - 83 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b
1 include information sharing, education and activities designed
2 to support health and well-being within the Department's
3 environment. Access to wellness response team support shall be
4 voluntary and remain confidential.
5 (Source: P.A. 102-616, eff. 1-1-22.)
6 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7 becoming law.
HB2054 Engrossed - 83 - LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b