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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1516 Introduced 2/8/2023, by Sen. Dan McConchie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 5 ILCS 375/3 from Ch. 127, par. 523 5 ILCS 375/10 from Ch. 127, par. 530 40 ILCS 5/1-160 40 ILCS 5/1-161 40 ILCS 5/14-103.05 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-103.05 40 ILCS 5/14-103.4140 ILCS 5/14-152.140 ILCS 5/14-155.5 new 40 ILCS 5/20-121 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-121 40 ILCS 5/20-123 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-123 40 ILCS 5/20-124 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-124 40 ILCS 5/20-125 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-125 Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Requires the State Employees' Retirement System of Illinois to prepare and implement a defined contribution plan by July 1, 2025 that aggregates State and employee contributions in individual participant accounts that are used for payouts after retirement. Provides that a Tier 1 or Tier 2 participant may irrevocably elect to participate in the defined contribution plan instead of the defined benefit plan and may also elect to terminate all participation in the defined benefit plan and to have a specified amount credited to his or her account under the defined contribution plan. Provides that a person who first becomes an employee after the effective date of the amendatory Act is not required to participate in the System as a condition of employment. Provides that an employee may elect not to participate in the System by notifying the System in writing in a manner specified by the System. Provides that any benefit increase that results from the amendatory Act is excluded from the definition of "new benefit increase". Makes conforming and other changes. Makes related changes in the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Effective immediately. LRB103 25722 RPS 52071 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1516 Introduced 2/8/2023, by Sen. Dan McConchie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 5 ILCS 375/3 from Ch. 127, par. 523 5 ILCS 375/10 from Ch. 127, par. 530 40 ILCS 5/1-160 40 ILCS 5/1-161 40 ILCS 5/14-103.05 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-103.05 40 ILCS 5/14-103.4140 ILCS 5/14-152.140 ILCS 5/14-155.5 new 40 ILCS 5/20-121 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-121 40 ILCS 5/20-123 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-123 40 ILCS 5/20-124 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-124 40 ILCS 5/20-125 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-125 5 ILCS 375/3 from Ch. 127, par. 523 5 ILCS 375/10 from Ch. 127, par. 530 40 ILCS 5/1-160 40 ILCS 5/1-161 40 ILCS 5/14-103.05 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-103.05 40 ILCS 5/14-103.41 40 ILCS 5/14-152.1 40 ILCS 5/14-155.5 new 40 ILCS 5/20-121 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-121 40 ILCS 5/20-123 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-123 40 ILCS 5/20-124 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-124 40 ILCS 5/20-125 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-125 Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Requires the State Employees' Retirement System of Illinois to prepare and implement a defined contribution plan by July 1, 2025 that aggregates State and employee contributions in individual participant accounts that are used for payouts after retirement. Provides that a Tier 1 or Tier 2 participant may irrevocably elect to participate in the defined contribution plan instead of the defined benefit plan and may also elect to terminate all participation in the defined benefit plan and to have a specified amount credited to his or her account under the defined contribution plan. Provides that a person who first becomes an employee after the effective date of the amendatory Act is not required to participate in the System as a condition of employment. Provides that an employee may elect not to participate in the System by notifying the System in writing in a manner specified by the System. Provides that any benefit increase that results from the amendatory Act is excluded from the definition of "new benefit increase". Makes conforming and other changes. Makes related changes in the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Effective immediately. LRB103 25722 RPS 52071 b LRB103 25722 RPS 52071 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1516 Introduced 2/8/2023, by Sen. Dan McConchie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
3	3	5 ILCS 375/3 from Ch. 127, par. 523 5 ILCS 375/10 from Ch. 127, par. 530 40 ILCS 5/1-160 40 ILCS 5/1-161 40 ILCS 5/14-103.05 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-103.05 40 ILCS 5/14-103.4140 ILCS 5/14-152.140 ILCS 5/14-155.5 new 40 ILCS 5/20-121 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-121 40 ILCS 5/20-123 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-123 40 ILCS 5/20-124 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-124 40 ILCS 5/20-125 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-125 5 ILCS 375/3 from Ch. 127, par. 523 5 ILCS 375/10 from Ch. 127, par. 530 40 ILCS 5/1-160 40 ILCS 5/1-161 40 ILCS 5/14-103.05 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-103.05 40 ILCS 5/14-103.41 40 ILCS 5/14-152.1 40 ILCS 5/14-155.5 new 40 ILCS 5/20-121 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-121 40 ILCS 5/20-123 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-123 40 ILCS 5/20-124 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-124 40 ILCS 5/20-125 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-125
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5	5	5 ILCS 375/10 from Ch. 127, par. 530
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8	8	40 ILCS 5/14-103.05 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-103.05
9	9	40 ILCS 5/14-103.41
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11	11	40 ILCS 5/14-155.5 new
12	12	40 ILCS 5/20-121 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-121
13	13	40 ILCS 5/20-123 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-123
14	14	40 ILCS 5/20-124 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-124
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16	16	Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Requires the State Employees' Retirement System of Illinois to prepare and implement a defined contribution plan by July 1, 2025 that aggregates State and employee contributions in individual participant accounts that are used for payouts after retirement. Provides that a Tier 1 or Tier 2 participant may irrevocably elect to participate in the defined contribution plan instead of the defined benefit plan and may also elect to terminate all participation in the defined benefit plan and to have a specified amount credited to his or her account under the defined contribution plan. Provides that a person who first becomes an employee after the effective date of the amendatory Act is not required to participate in the System as a condition of employment. Provides that an employee may elect not to participate in the System by notifying the System in writing in a manner specified by the System. Provides that any benefit increase that results from the amendatory Act is excluded from the definition of "new benefit increase". Makes conforming and other changes. Makes related changes in the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Effective immediately.
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22	22	1 AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
23	23	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
24	24	3 represented in the General Assembly:
25	25	4 Section 5. The State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971
26	26	5 is amended by changing Sections 3 and 10 as follows:
27	27	6 (5 ILCS 375/3) (from Ch. 127, par. 523)
28	28	7 Sec. 3. Definitions. Unless the context otherwise
29	29	8 requires, the following words and phrases as used in this Act
30	30	9 shall have the following meanings. The Department may define
31	31	10 these and other words and phrases separately for the purpose
32	32	11 of implementing specific programs providing benefits under
33	33	12 this Act.
34	34	13 (a) "Administrative service organization" means any
35	35	14 person, firm or corporation experienced in the handling of
36	36	15 claims which is fully qualified, financially sound and capable
37	37	16 of meeting the service requirements of a contract of
38	38	17 administration executed with the Department.
39	39	18 (b) "Annuitant" means (1) an employee who retires, or has
40	40	19 retired, on or after January 1, 1966 on an immediate annuity
41	41	20 under the provisions of Article Articles 2, 14 (including an
42	42	21 employee who has elected to receive an alternative retirement
43	43	22 cancellation payment under Section 14-108.5 of the Illinois
44	44	23 Pension Code in lieu of an annuity; an employee who, in lieu of
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49	49	5 ILCS 375/3 from Ch. 127, par. 523 5 ILCS 375/10 from Ch. 127, par. 530 40 ILCS 5/1-160 40 ILCS 5/1-161 40 ILCS 5/14-103.05 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-103.05 40 ILCS 5/14-103.4140 ILCS 5/14-152.140 ILCS 5/14-155.5 new 40 ILCS 5/20-121 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-121 40 ILCS 5/20-123 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-123 40 ILCS 5/20-124 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-124 40 ILCS 5/20-125 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-125 5 ILCS 375/3 from Ch. 127, par. 523 5 ILCS 375/10 from Ch. 127, par. 530 40 ILCS 5/1-160 40 ILCS 5/1-161 40 ILCS 5/14-103.05 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-103.05 40 ILCS 5/14-103.41 40 ILCS 5/14-152.1 40 ILCS 5/14-155.5 new 40 ILCS 5/20-121 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-121 40 ILCS 5/20-123 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-123 40 ILCS 5/20-124 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-124 40 ILCS 5/20-125 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-125
50	50	5 ILCS 375/3 from Ch. 127, par. 523
51	51	5 ILCS 375/10 from Ch. 127, par. 530
52	52	40 ILCS 5/1-160
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54	54	40 ILCS 5/14-103.05 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-103.05
55	55	40 ILCS 5/14-103.41
56	56	40 ILCS 5/14-152.1
57	57	40 ILCS 5/14-155.5 new
58	58	40 ILCS 5/20-121 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-121
59	59	40 ILCS 5/20-123 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-123
60	60	40 ILCS 5/20-124 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-124
61	61	40 ILCS 5/20-125 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-125
62	62	Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Requires the State Employees' Retirement System of Illinois to prepare and implement a defined contribution plan by July 1, 2025 that aggregates State and employee contributions in individual participant accounts that are used for payouts after retirement. Provides that a Tier 1 or Tier 2 participant may irrevocably elect to participate in the defined contribution plan instead of the defined benefit plan and may also elect to terminate all participation in the defined benefit plan and to have a specified amount credited to his or her account under the defined contribution plan. Provides that a person who first becomes an employee after the effective date of the amendatory Act is not required to participate in the System as a condition of employment. Provides that an employee may elect not to participate in the System by notifying the System in writing in a manner specified by the System. Provides that any benefit increase that results from the amendatory Act is excluded from the definition of "new benefit increase". Makes conforming and other changes. Makes related changes in the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Effective immediately.
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72	72	5 ILCS 375/10 from Ch. 127, par. 530
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75	75	40 ILCS 5/14-103.05 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-103.05
76	76	40 ILCS 5/14-103.41
77	77	40 ILCS 5/14-152.1
78	78	40 ILCS 5/14-155.5 new
79	79	40 ILCS 5/20-121 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-121
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81	81	40 ILCS 5/20-124 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-124
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101	101	1 receiving an annuity under that Article, has retired under the
102	102	2 defined contribution plan established under Section 14-155.5
103	103	3 of that Article; or an employee who meets the criteria for
104	104	4 retirement, but in lieu of receiving an annuity under that
105	105	5 Article has elected to receive an accelerated pension benefit
106	106	6 payment under Section 14-147.5 of that Article), or 15
107	107	7 (including an employee who has retired under the optional
108	108	8 retirement program established under Section 15-158.2 or who
109	109	9 meets the criteria for retirement but in lieu of receiving an
110	110	10 annuity under that Article has elected to receive an
111	111	11 accelerated pension benefit payment under Section 15-185.5 of
112	112	12 the Article), paragraph (2), (3), or (5) of Section 16-106
113	113	13 (including an employee who meets the criteria for retirement,
114	114	14 but in lieu of receiving an annuity under that Article has
115	115	15 elected to receive an accelerated pension benefit payment
116	116	16 under Section 16-190.5 of the Illinois Pension Code), or
117	117	17 Article 18 of the Illinois Pension Code; (2) any person who was
118	118	18 receiving group insurance coverage under this Act as of March
119	119	19 31, 1978 by reason of his status as an annuitant, even though
120	120	20 the annuity in relation to which such coverage was provided is
121	121	21 a proportional annuity based on less than the minimum period
122	122	22 of service required for a retirement annuity in the system
123	123	23 involved; (3) any person not otherwise covered by this Act who
124	124	24 has retired as a participating member under Article 2 of the
125	125	25 Illinois Pension Code but is ineligible for the retirement
126	126	26 annuity under Section 2-119 of the Illinois Pension Code; (4)
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137	137	1 the spouse of any person who is receiving a retirement annuity
138	138	2 under Article 18 of the Illinois Pension Code and who is
139	139	3 covered under a group health insurance program sponsored by a
140	140	4 governmental employer other than the State of Illinois and who
141	141	5 has irrevocably elected to waive his or her coverage under
142	142	6 this Act and to have his or her spouse considered as the
143	143	7 "annuitant" under this Act and not as a "dependent"; or (5) an
144	144	8 employee who retires, or has retired, from a qualified
145	145	9 position, as determined according to rules promulgated by the
146	146	10 Director, under a qualified local government, a qualified
147	147	11 rehabilitation facility, a qualified domestic violence shelter
148	148	12 or service, or a qualified child advocacy center. (For
149	149	13 definition of "retired employee", see (p) post).
150	150	14 (b-5) (Blank).
151	151	15 (b-6) (Blank).
152	152	16 (b-7) (Blank).
153	153	17 (c) "Carrier" means (1) an insurance company, a
154	154	18 corporation organized under the Limited Health Service
155	155	19 Organization Act or the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act, a
156	156	20 partnership, or other nongovernmental organization, which is
157	157	21 authorized to do group life or group health insurance business
158	158	22 in Illinois, or (2) the State of Illinois as a self-insurer.
159	159	23 (d) "Compensation" means salary or wages payable on a
160	160	24 regular payroll by the State Treasurer on a warrant of the
161	161	25 State Comptroller out of any State, trust or federal fund, or
162	162	26 by the Governor of the State through a disbursing officer of
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173	173	1 the State out of a trust or out of federal funds, or by any
174	174	2 Department out of State, trust, federal or other funds held by
175	175	3 the State Treasurer or the Department, to any person for
176	176	4 personal services currently performed, and ordinary or
177	177	5 accidental disability benefits under Articles 2, 14, or 15
178	178	6 (including ordinary or accidental disability benefits under
179	179	7 the optional retirement program established under Section
180	180	8 15-158.2), paragraph (2), (3), or (5) of Section 16-106, or
181	181	9 Article 18 of the Illinois Pension Code, for disability
182	182	10 incurred after January 1, 1966, or benefits payable under the
183	183	11 Workers' Compensation or Occupational Diseases Act or benefits
184	184	12 payable under a sick pay plan established in accordance with
185	185	13 Section 36 of the State Finance Act. "Compensation" also means
186	186	14 salary or wages paid to an employee of any qualified local
187	187	15 government, qualified rehabilitation facility, qualified
188	188	16 domestic violence shelter or service, or qualified child
189	189	17 advocacy center.
190	190	18 (e) "Commission" means the State Employees Group Insurance
191	191	19 Advisory Commission authorized by this Act. Commencing July 1,
192	192	20 1984, "Commission" as used in this Act means the Commission on
193	193	21 Government Forecasting and Accountability as established by
194	194	22 the Legislative Commission Reorganization Act of 1984.
195	195	23 (f) "Contributory", when referred to as contributory
196	196	24 coverage, shall mean optional coverages or benefits elected by
197	197	25 the member toward the cost of which such member makes
198	198	26 contribution, or which are funded in whole or in part through
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209	209	1 the acceptance of a reduction in earnings or the foregoing of
210	210	2 an increase in earnings by an employee, as distinguished from
211	211	3 noncontributory coverage or benefits which are paid entirely
212	212	4 by the State of Illinois without reduction of the member's
213	213	5 salary.
214	214	6 (g) "Department" means any department, institution, board,
215	215	7 commission, officer, court or any agency of the State
216	216	8 government receiving appropriations and having power to
217	217	9 certify payrolls to the Comptroller authorizing payments of
218	218	10 salary and wages against such appropriations as are made by
219	219	11 the General Assembly from any State fund, or against trust
220	220	12 funds held by the State Treasurer and includes boards of
221	221	13 trustees of the retirement systems created by Articles 2, 14,
222	222	14 15, 16, and 18 of the Illinois Pension Code. "Department" also
223	223	15 includes the Illinois Comprehensive Health Insurance Board,
224	224	16 the Board of Examiners established under the Illinois Public
225	225	17 Accounting Act, and the Illinois Finance Authority.
226	226	18 (h) "Dependent", when the term is used in the context of
227	227	19 the health and life plan, means a member's spouse and any child
228	228	20 (1) from birth to age 26 including an adopted child, a child
229	229	21 who lives with the member from the time of the placement for
230	230	22 adoption until entry of an order of adoption, a stepchild or
231	231	23 adjudicated child, or a child who lives with the member if such
232	232	24 member is a court appointed guardian of the child or (2) age 19
233	233	25 or over who has a mental or physical disability from a cause
234	234	26 originating prior to the age of 19 (age 26 if enrolled as an
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245	245	1 adult child dependent). For the health plan only, the term
246	246	2 "dependent" also includes (1) any person enrolled prior to the
247	247	3 effective date of this Section who is dependent upon the
248	248	4 member to the extent that the member may claim such person as a
249	249	5 dependent for income tax deduction purposes and (2) any person
250	250	6 who has received after June 30, 2000 an organ transplant and
251	251	7 who is financially dependent upon the member and eligible to
252	252	8 be claimed as a dependent for income tax purposes. A member
253	253	9 requesting to cover any dependent must provide documentation
254	254	10 as requested by the Department of Central Management Services
255	255	11 and file with the Department any and all forms required by the
256	256	12 Department.
257	257	13 (i) "Director" means the Director of the Illinois
258	258	14 Department of Central Management Services.
259	259	15 (j) "Eligibility period" means the period of time a member
260	260	16 has to elect enrollment in programs or to select benefits
261	261	17 without regard to age, sex or health.
262	262	18 (k) "Employee" means and includes each officer or employee
263	263	19 in the service of a department who (1) receives his
264	264	20 compensation for service rendered to the department on a
265	265	21 warrant issued pursuant to a payroll certified by a department
266	266	22 or on a warrant or check issued and drawn by a department upon
267	267	23 a trust, federal or other fund or on a warrant issued pursuant
268	268	24 to a payroll certified by an elected or duly appointed officer
269	269	25 of the State or who receives payment of the performance of
270	270	26 personal services on a warrant issued pursuant to a payroll
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281	281	1 certified by a Department and drawn by the Comptroller upon
282	282	2 the State Treasurer against appropriations made by the General
283	283	3 Assembly from any fund or against trust funds held by the State
284	284	4 Treasurer, and (2) is employed full-time or part-time in a
285	285	5 position normally requiring actual performance of duty during
286	286	6 not less than 1/2 of a normal work period, as established by
287	287	7 the Director in cooperation with each department, except that
288	288	8 persons elected by popular vote will be considered employees
289	289	9 during the entire term for which they are elected regardless
290	290	10 of hours devoted to the service of the State, and (3) except
291	291	11 that "employee" does not include any person who is not
292	292	12 eligible by reason of such person's employment to participate
293	293	13 in one of the State retirement systems under Articles 2, 14, 15
294	294	14 (either the regular Article 15 system or the optional
295	295	15 retirement program established under Section 15-158.2), or 18,
296	296	16 or under paragraph (2), (3), or (5) of Section 16-106, of the
297	297	17 Illinois Pension Code, but such term does include persons who
298	298	18 are employed during the 6-month qualifying period under
299	299	19 Article 14 of the Illinois Pension Code. Such term also
300	300	20 includes any person who (1) after January 1, 1966, is
301	301	21 receiving ordinary or accidental disability benefits under
302	302	22 Articles 2, 14, or 15 (including ordinary or accidental
303	303	23 disability benefits under the optional retirement program
304	304	24 established under Section 15-158.2), paragraph (2), (3), or
305	305	25 (5) of Section 16-106, or Article 18 of the Illinois Pension
306	306	26 Code, for disability incurred after January 1, 1966, (2)
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317	317	1 receives total permanent or total temporary disability under
318	318	2 the Workers' Compensation Act or Occupational Disease Act as a
319	319	3 result of injuries sustained or illness contracted in the
320	320	4 course of employment with the State of Illinois, or (3) is not
321	321	5 otherwise covered under this Act and has retired as a
322	322	6 participating member under Article 2 of the Illinois Pension
323	323	7 Code but is ineligible for the retirement annuity under
324	324	8 Section 2-119 of the Illinois Pension Code. However, a person
325	325	9 who satisfies the criteria of the foregoing definition of
326	326	10 "employee" except that such person is made ineligible to
327	327	11 participate in the State Universities Retirement System by
328	328	12 clause (4) of subsection (a) of Section 15-107 of the Illinois
329	329	13 Pension Code is also an "employee" for the purposes of this
330	330	14 Act. "Employee" also includes any person receiving or eligible
331	331	15 for benefits under a sick pay plan established in accordance
332	332	16 with Section 36 of the State Finance Act. "Employee" also
333	333	17 includes (i) each officer or employee in the service of a
334	334	18 qualified local government, including persons appointed as
335	335	19 trustees of sanitary districts regardless of hours devoted to
336	336	20 the service of the sanitary district, (ii) each employee in
337	337	21 the service of a qualified rehabilitation facility, (iii) each
338	338	22 full-time employee in the service of a qualified domestic
339	339	23 violence shelter or service, and (iv) each full-time employee
340	340	24 in the service of a qualified child advocacy center, as
341	341	25 determined according to rules promulgated by the Director.
342	342	26 (l) "Member" means an employee, annuitant, retired
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353	353	1 employee, or survivor. In the case of an annuitant or retired
354	354	2 employee who first becomes an annuitant or retired employee on
355	355	3 or after January 13, 2012 (the effective date of Public Act
356	356	4 97-668), the individual must meet the minimum vesting
357	357	5 requirements of the applicable retirement system in order to
358	358	6 be eligible for group insurance benefits under that system. In
359	359	7 the case of a survivor who is not entitled to occupational
360	360	8 death benefits pursuant to an applicable retirement system or
361	361	9 death benefits pursuant to the Illinois Workers' Compensation
362	362	10 Act, and who first becomes a survivor on or after January 13,
363	363	11 2012 (the effective date of Public Act 97-668), the deceased
364	364	12 employee, annuitant, or retired employee upon whom the annuity
365	365	13 is based must have been eligible to participate in the group
366	366	14 insurance system under the applicable retirement system in
367	367	15 order for the survivor to be eligible for group insurance
368	368	16 benefits under that system.
369	369	17 In the case of a survivor who is entitled to occupational
370	370	18 death benefits pursuant to the deceased employee's applicable
371	371	19 retirement system or death benefits pursuant to the Illinois
372	372	20 Workers' Compensation Act, and first becomes a survivor on or
373	373	21 after January 1, 2022, the survivor is eligible for group
374	374	22 health insurance benefits regardless of the deceased
375	375	23 employee's minimum vesting requirements under the applicable
376	376	24 retirement system, with a State contribution rate of 100%,
377	377	25 until an unmarried child dependent reaches the age of 18, or
378	378	26 the age of 22 if the dependent child is a full-time student, or
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389	389	1 until the adult survivor becomes eligible for benefits under
390	390	2 the federal Medicare health insurance program (Title XVIII of
391	391	3 the Social Security Act, as added by Public Law 89-97). In the
392	392	4 case of a survivor currently receiving occupational death
393	393	5 benefits pursuant to the deceased employee's applicable
394	394	6 retirement system or has received death benefits pursuant to
395	395	7 the Illinois Workers' Compensation Act, who first became a
396	396	8 survivor prior to January 1, 2022, the survivor is eligible
397	397	9 for group health insurance benefits regardless of the deceased
398	398	10 employee's minimum vesting requirements under the applicable
399	399	11 retirement system, with a State contribution rate of 100%,
400	400	12 until an unmarried child dependent reaches the age of 18, or
401	401	13 the age of 22 if the dependent child is a full-time student, or
402	402	14 until the adult survivor becomes eligible for benefits under
403	403	15 the federal Medicare health insurance program (Title XVIII of
404	404	16 the Social Security Act, as added by Public Law 89-97). The
405	405	17 changes made by this amendatory Act of the 102nd General
406	406	18 Assembly with respect to survivors who first became survivors
407	407	19 prior to January 1, 2022 shall apply upon request of the
408	408	20 survivor on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
409	409	21 of the 102nd General Assembly.
410	410	22 (m) "Optional coverages or benefits" means those coverages
411	411	23 or benefits available to the member on his or her voluntary
412	412	24 election, and at his or her own expense.
413	413	25 (n) "Program" means the group life insurance, health
414	414	26 benefits and other employee benefits designed and contracted
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425	425	1 for by the Director under this Act.
426	426	2 (o) "Health plan" means a health benefits program offered
427	427	3 by the State of Illinois for persons eligible for the plan.
428	428	4 (p) "Retired employee" means any person who would be an
429	429	5 annuitant as that term is defined herein but for the fact that
430	430	6 such person retired prior to January 1, 1966. Such term also
431	431	7 includes any person formerly employed by the University of
432	432	8 Illinois in the Cooperative Extension Service who would be an
433	433	9 annuitant but for the fact that such person was made
434	434	10 ineligible to participate in the State Universities Retirement
435	435	11 System by clause (4) of subsection (a) of Section 15-107 of the
436	436	12 Illinois Pension Code.
437	437	13 (q) "Survivor" means a person receiving an annuity as a
438	438	14 survivor of an employee or of an annuitant. "Survivor" also
439	439	15 includes: (1) the surviving dependent of a person who
440	440	16 satisfies the definition of "employee" except that such person
441	441	17 is made ineligible to participate in the State Universities
442	442	18 Retirement System by clause (4) of subsection (a) of Section
443	443	19 15-107 of the Illinois Pension Code; (2) the surviving
444	444	20 dependent of any person formerly employed by the University of
445	445	21 Illinois in the Cooperative Extension Service who would be an
446	446	22 annuitant except for the fact that such person was made
447	447	23 ineligible to participate in the State Universities Retirement
448	448	24 System by clause (4) of subsection (a) of Section 15-107 of the
449	449	25 Illinois Pension Code; (3) the surviving dependent of a person
450	450	26 who was an annuitant under this Act by virtue of receiving an
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461	461	1 alternative retirement cancellation payment under Section
462	462	2 14-108.5 of the Illinois Pension Code; and (4) a person who
463	463	3 would be receiving an annuity as a survivor of an annuitant
464	464	4 except that the annuitant elected on or after June 4, 2018 to
465	465	5 receive an accelerated pension benefit payment under Section
466	466	6 14-147.5, 15-185.5, or 16-190.5 of the Illinois Pension Code
467	467	7 in lieu of receiving an annuity.
468	468	8 (q-2) "SERS" means the State Employees' Retirement System
469	469	9 of Illinois, created under Article 14 of the Illinois Pension
470	470	10 Code.
471	471	11 (q-3) "SURS" means the State Universities Retirement
472	472	12 System, created under Article 15 of the Illinois Pension Code.
473	473	13 (q-4) "TRS" means the Teachers' Retirement System of the
474	474	14 State of Illinois, created under Article 16 of the Illinois
475	475	15 Pension Code.
476	476	16 (q-5) (Blank).
477	477	17 (q-6) (Blank).
478	478	18 (q-7) (Blank).
479	479	19 (r) "Medical services" means the services provided within
480	480	20 the scope of their licenses by practitioners in all categories
481	481	21 licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987.
482	482	22 (s) "Unit of local government" means any county,
483	483	23 municipality, township, school district (including a
484	484	24 combination of school districts under the Intergovernmental
485	485	25 Cooperation Act), special district or other unit, designated
486	486	26 as a unit of local government by law, which exercises limited
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497	497	1 governmental powers or powers in respect to limited
498	498	2 governmental subjects, any not-for-profit association with a
499	499	3 membership that primarily includes townships and township
500	500	4 officials, that has duties that include provision of research
501	501	5 service, dissemination of information, and other acts for the
502	502	6 purpose of improving township government, and that is funded
503	503	7 wholly or partly in accordance with Section 85-15 of the
504	504	8 Township Code; any not-for-profit corporation or association,
505	505	9 with a membership consisting primarily of municipalities, that
506	506	10 operates its own utility system, and provides research,
507	507	11 training, dissemination of information, or other acts to
508	508	12 promote cooperation between and among municipalities that
509	509	13 provide utility services and for the advancement of the goals
510	510	14 and purposes of its membership; the Southern Illinois
511	511	15 Collegiate Common Market, which is a consortium of higher
512	512	16 education institutions in Southern Illinois; the Illinois
513	513	17 Association of Park Districts; and any hospital provider that
514	514	18 is owned by a county that has 100 or fewer hospital beds and
515	515	19 has not already joined the program. "Qualified local
516	516	20 government" means a unit of local government approved by the
517	517	21 Director and participating in a program created under
518	518	22 subsection (i) of Section 10 of this Act.
519	519	23 (t) "Qualified rehabilitation facility" means any
520	520	24 not-for-profit organization that is accredited by the
521	521	25 Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities or
522	522	26 certified by the Department of Human Services (as successor to
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533	533	1 the Department of Mental Health and Developmental
534	534	2 Disabilities) to provide services to persons with disabilities
535	535	3 and which receives funds from the State of Illinois for
536	536	4 providing those services, approved by the Director and
537	537	5 participating in a program created under subsection (j) of
538	538	6 Section 10 of this Act.
539	539	7 (u) "Qualified domestic violence shelter or service" means
540	540	8 any Illinois domestic violence shelter or service and its
541	541	9 administrative offices funded by the Department of Human
542	542	10 Services (as successor to the Illinois Department of Public
543	543	11 Aid), approved by the Director and participating in a program
544	544	12 created under subsection (k) of Section 10.
545	545	13 (v) "TRS benefit recipient" means a person who:
546	546	14 (1) is not a "member" as defined in this Section; and
547	547	15 (2) is receiving a monthly benefit or retirement
548	548	16 annuity under Article 16 of the Illinois Pension Code or
549	549	17 would be receiving such monthly benefit or retirement
550	550	18 annuity except that the benefit recipient elected on or
551	551	19 after June 4, 2018 to receive an accelerated pension
552	552	20 benefit payment under Section 16-190.5 of the Illinois
553	553	21 Pension Code in lieu of receiving an annuity; and
554	554	22 (3) either (i) has at least 8 years of creditable
555	555	23 service under Article 16 of the Illinois Pension Code, or
556	556	24 (ii) was enrolled in the health insurance program offered
557	557	25 under that Article on January 1, 1996, or (iii) is the
558	558	26 survivor of a benefit recipient who had at least 8 years of
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569	569	1 creditable service under Article 16 of the Illinois
570	570	2 Pension Code or was enrolled in the health insurance
571	571	3 program offered under that Article on June 21, 1995 (the
572	572	4 effective date of Public Act 89-25), or (iv) is a
573	573	5 recipient or survivor of a recipient of a disability
574	574	6 benefit under Article 16 of the Illinois Pension Code.
575	575	7 (w) "TRS dependent beneficiary" means a person who:
576	576	8 (1) is not a "member" or "dependent" as defined in
577	577	9 this Section; and
578	578	10 (2) is a TRS benefit recipient's: (A) spouse, (B)
579	579	11 dependent parent who is receiving at least half of his or
580	580	12 her support from the TRS benefit recipient, or (C)
581	581	13 natural, step, adjudicated, or adopted child who is (i)
582	582	14 under age 26, (ii) was, on January 1, 1996, participating
583	583	15 as a dependent beneficiary in the health insurance program
584	584	16 offered under Article 16 of the Illinois Pension Code, or
585	585	17 (iii) age 19 or over who has a mental or physical
586	586	18 disability from a cause originating prior to the age of 19
587	587	19 (age 26 if enrolled as an adult child).
588	588	20 "TRS dependent beneficiary" does not include, as indicated
589	589	21 under paragraph (2) of this subsection (w), a dependent of the
590	590	22 survivor of a TRS benefit recipient who first becomes a
591	591	23 dependent of a survivor of a TRS benefit recipient on or after
592	592	24 January 13, 2012 (the effective date of Public Act 97-668)
593	593	25 unless that dependent would have been eligible for coverage as
594	594	26 a dependent of the deceased TRS benefit recipient upon whom
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605	605	1 the survivor benefit is based.
606	606	2 (x) "Military leave" refers to individuals in basic
607	607	3 training for reserves, special/advanced training, annual
608	608	4 training, emergency call up, activation by the President of
609	609	5 the United States, or any other training or duty in service to
610	610	6 the United States Armed Forces.
611	611	7 (y) (Blank).
612	612	8 (z) "Community college benefit recipient" means a person
613	613	9 who:
614	614	10 (1) is not a "member" as defined in this Section; and
615	615	11 (2) is receiving a monthly survivor's annuity or
616	616	12 retirement annuity under Article 15 of the Illinois
617	617	13 Pension Code or would be receiving such monthly survivor's
618	618	14 annuity or retirement annuity except that the benefit
619	619	15 recipient elected on or after June 4, 2018 to receive an
620	620	16 accelerated pension benefit payment under Section 15-185.5
621	621	17 of the Illinois Pension Code in lieu of receiving an
622	622	18 annuity; and
623	623	19 (3) either (i) was a full-time employee of a community
624	624	20 college district or an association of community college
625	625	21 boards created under the Public Community College Act
626	626	22 (other than an employee whose last employer under Article
627	627	23 15 of the Illinois Pension Code was a community college
628	628	24 district subject to Article VII of the Public Community
629	629	25 College Act) and was eligible to participate in a group
630	630	26 health benefit plan as an employee during the time of
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641	641	1 employment with a community college district (other than a
642	642	2 community college district subject to Article VII of the
643	643	3 Public Community College Act) or an association of
644	644	4 community college boards, or (ii) is the survivor of a
645	645	5 person described in item (i).
646	646	6 (aa) "Community college dependent beneficiary" means a
647	647	7 person who:
648	648	8 (1) is not a "member" or "dependent" as defined in
649	649	9 this Section; and
650	650	10 (2) is a community college benefit recipient's: (A)
651	651	11 spouse, (B) dependent parent who is receiving at least
652	652	12 half of his or her support from the community college
653	653	13 benefit recipient, or (C) natural, step, adjudicated, or
654	654	14 adopted child who is (i) under age 26, or (ii) age 19 or
655	655	15 over and has a mental or physical disability from a cause
656	656	16 originating prior to the age of 19 (age 26 if enrolled as
657	657	17 an adult child).
658	658	18 "Community college dependent beneficiary" does not
659	659	19 include, as indicated under paragraph (2) of this subsection
660	660	20 (aa), a dependent of the survivor of a community college
661	661	21 benefit recipient who first becomes a dependent of a survivor
662	662	22 of a community college benefit recipient on or after January
663	663	23 13, 2012 (the effective date of Public Act 97-668) unless that
664	664	24 dependent would have been eligible for coverage as a dependent
665	665	25 of the deceased community college benefit recipient upon whom
666	666	26 the survivor annuity is based.
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677	677	1 (bb) "Qualified child advocacy center" means any Illinois
678	678	2 child advocacy center and its administrative offices funded by
679	679	3 the Department of Children and Family Services, as defined by
680	680	4 the Children's Advocacy Center Act (55 ILCS 80/), approved by
681	681	5 the Director and participating in a program created under
682	682	6 subsection (n) of Section 10.
683	683	7 (cc) "Placement for adoption" means the assumption and
684	684	8 retention by a member of a legal obligation for total or
685	685	9 partial support of a child in anticipation of adoption of the
686	686	10 child. The child's placement with the member terminates upon
687	687	11 the termination of such legal obligation.
688	688	12 (Source: P.A. 101-242, eff. 8-9-19; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21;
689	689	13 102-714, eff. 4-29-22; 102-813, eff 5-13-22.)
690	690	14 (5 ILCS 375/10) (from Ch. 127, par. 530)
691	691	15 Sec. 10. Contributions by the State and members.
692	692	16 (a) The State shall pay the cost of basic non-contributory
693	693	17 group life insurance and, subject to member paid contributions
694	694	18 set by the Department or required by this Section and except as
695	695	19 provided in this Section, the basic program of group health
696	696	20 benefits on each eligible member, except a member, not
697	697	21 otherwise covered by this Act, who has retired as a
698	698	22 participating member under Article 2 of the Illinois Pension
699	699	23 Code but is ineligible for the retirement annuity under
700	700	24 Section 2-119 of the Illinois Pension Code, and part of each
701	701	25 eligible member's and retired member's premiums for health
702	702
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712	712	1 insurance coverage for enrolled dependents as provided by
713	713	2 Section 9. The State shall pay the cost of the basic program of
714	714	3 group health benefits only after benefits are reduced by the
715	715	4 amount of benefits covered by Medicare for all members and
716	716	5 dependents who are eligible for benefits under Social Security
717	717	6 or the Railroad Retirement system or who had sufficient
718	718	7 Medicare-covered government employment, except that such
719	719	8 reduction in benefits shall apply only to those members and
720	720	9 dependents who (1) first become eligible for such Medicare
721	721	10 coverage on or after July 1, 1992; or (2) are
722	722	11 Medicare-eligible members or dependents of a local government
723	723	12 unit which began participation in the program on or after July
724	724	13 1, 1992; or (3) remain eligible for, but no longer receive
725	725	14 Medicare coverage which they had been receiving on or after
726	726	15 July 1, 1992. The Department may determine the aggregate level
727	727	16 of the State's contribution on the basis of actual cost of
728	728	17 medical services adjusted for age, sex or geographic or other
729	729	18 demographic characteristics which affect the costs of such
730	730	19 programs.
731	731	20 The cost of participation in the basic program of group
732	732	21 health benefits for the dependent or survivor of a living or
733	733	22 deceased retired employee who was formerly employed by the
734	734	23 University of Illinois in the Cooperative Extension Service
735	735	24 and would be an annuitant but for the fact that he or she was
736	736	25 made ineligible to participate in the State Universities
737	737	26 Retirement System by clause (4) of subsection (a) of Section
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748	748	1 15-107 of the Illinois Pension Code shall not be greater than
749	749	2 the cost of participation that would otherwise apply to that
750	750	3 dependent or survivor if he or she were the dependent or
751	751	4 survivor of an annuitant under the State Universities
752	752	5 Retirement System.
753	753	6 (a-1) (Blank).
754	754	7 (a-2) (Blank).
755	755	8 (a-3) (Blank).
756	756	9 (a-4) (Blank).
757	757	10 (a-5) (Blank).
758	758	11 (a-6) (Blank).
759	759	12 (a-7) (Blank).
760	760	13 (a-8) Any annuitant, survivor, or retired employee may
761	761	14 waive or terminate coverage in the program of group health
762	762	15 benefits. Any such annuitant, survivor, or retired employee
763	763	16 who has waived or terminated coverage may enroll or re-enroll
764	764	17 in the program of group health benefits only during the annual
765	765	18 benefit choice period, as determined by the Director; except
766	766	19 that in the event of termination of coverage due to nonpayment
767	767	20 of premiums, the annuitant, survivor, or retired employee may
768	768	21 not re-enroll in the program.
769	769	22 (a-8.5) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory
770	770	23 Act of the 97th General Assembly, the Director of Central
771	771	24 Management Services shall, on an annual basis, determine the
772	772	25 amount that the State shall contribute toward the basic
773	773	26 program of group health benefits on behalf of annuitants
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784	784	1 (including individuals who (i) participated in the General
785	785	2 Assembly Retirement System, the State Employees' Retirement
786	786	3 System of Illinois, the State Universities Retirement System,
787	787	4 the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois, or
788	788	5 the Judges Retirement System of Illinois and (ii) qualify as
789	789	6 annuitants under subsection (b) of Section 3 of this Act),
790	790	7 survivors (including individuals who (i) receive an annuity as
791	791	8 a survivor of an individual who participated in the General
792	792	9 Assembly Retirement System, the State Employees' Retirement
793	793	10 System of Illinois, the State Universities Retirement System,
794	794	11 the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois, or
795	795	12 the Judges Retirement System of Illinois and (ii) qualify as
796	796	13 survivors under subsection (q) of Section 3 of this Act), and
797	797	14 retired employees (as defined in subsection (p) of Section 3
798	798	15 of this Act). The remainder of the cost of coverage for each
799	799	16 annuitant, survivor, or retired employee, as determined by the
800	800	17 Director of Central Management Services, shall be the
801	801	18 responsibility of that annuitant, survivor, or retired
802	802	19 employee.
803	803	20 Contributions required of annuitants, survivors, and
804	804	21 retired employees shall be the same for all retirement systems
805	805	22 and shall also be based on whether an individual has made an
806	806	23 election under Section 15-135.1 of the Illinois Pension Code.
807	807	24 Contributions may be based on annuitants', survivors', or
808	808	25 retired employees' Medicare eligibility, but may not be based
809	809	26 on Social Security eligibility.
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820	820	1 (a-9) No later than May 1 of each calendar year, the
821	821	2 Director of Central Management Services shall certify in
822	822	3 writing to the Executive Secretary of the State Employees'
823	823	4 Retirement System of Illinois the amounts of the Medicare
824	824	5 supplement health care premiums and the amounts of the health
825	825	6 care premiums for all other retirees who are not Medicare
826	826	7 eligible.
827	827	8 A separate calculation of the premiums based upon the
828	828	9 actual cost of each health care plan shall be so certified.
829	829	10 The Director of Central Management Services shall provide
830	830	11 to the Executive Secretary of the State Employees' Retirement
831	831	12 System of Illinois such information, statistics, and other
832	832	13 data as he or she may require to review the premium amounts
833	833	14 certified by the Director of Central Management Services.
834	834	15 The Department of Central Management Services, or any
835	835	16 successor agency designated to procure healthcare contracts
836	836	17 pursuant to this Act, is authorized to establish funds,
837	837	18 separate accounts provided by any bank or banks as defined by
838	838	19 the Illinois Banking Act, or separate accounts provided by any
839	839	20 savings and loan association or associations as defined by the
840	840	21 Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985 to be held by the
841	841	22 Director, outside the State treasury, for the purpose of
842	842	23 receiving the transfer of moneys from the Local Government
843	843	24 Health Insurance Reserve Fund. The Department may promulgate
844	844	25 rules further defining the methodology for the transfers. Any
845	845	26 interest earned by moneys in the funds or accounts shall inure
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856	856	1 to the Local Government Health Insurance Reserve Fund. The
857	857	2 transferred moneys, and interest accrued thereon, shall be
858	858	3 used exclusively for transfers to administrative service
859	859	4 organizations or their financial institutions for payments of
860	860	5 claims to claimants and providers under the self-insurance
861	861	6 health plan. The transferred moneys, and interest accrued
862	862	7 thereon, shall not be used for any other purpose including,
863	863	8 but not limited to, reimbursement of administration fees due
864	864	9 the administrative service organization pursuant to its
865	865	10 contract or contracts with the Department.
866	866	11 (a-10) To the extent that participation, benefits, or
867	867	12 premiums under this Act are based on a person's service credit
868	868	13 under an Article of the Illinois Pension Code, service credit
869	869	14 terminated in exchange for an accelerated pension benefit
870	870	15 payment under Section 14-147.5, 15-185.5, or 16-190.5 of that
871	871	16 Code shall be included in determining a person's service
872	872	17 credit for the purposes of this Act.
873	873	18 (a-15) For purposes of determining State contributions
874	874	19 under this Section, service established under a defined
875	875	20 contribution plan under Section 14-155.5 of the Illinois
876	876	21 Pension Code shall be included in determining an employee's
877	877	22 creditable service. Any credit terminated as part of a
878	878	23 transfer of contributions to a defined contribution plan under
879	879	24 Section 14-155.5 of the Illinois Pension Code shall also be
880	880	25 included in determining an employee's creditable service.
881	881	26 (b) State employees who become eligible for this program
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892	892	1 on or after January 1, 1980 in positions normally requiring
893	893	2 actual performance of duty not less than 1/2 of a normal work
894	894	3 period but not equal to that of a normal work period, shall be
895	895	4 given the option of participating in the available program. If
896	896	5 the employee elects coverage, the State shall contribute on
897	897	6 behalf of such employee to the cost of the employee's benefit
898	898	7 and any applicable dependent supplement, that sum which bears
899	899	8 the same percentage as that percentage of time the employee
900	900	9 regularly works when compared to normal work period.
901	901	10 (c) The basic non-contributory coverage from the basic
902	902	11 program of group health benefits shall be continued for each
903	903	12 employee not in pay status or on active service by reason of
904	904	13 (1) leave of absence due to illness or injury, (2) authorized
905	905	14 educational leave of absence or sabbatical leave, or (3)
906	906	15 military leave. This coverage shall continue until expiration
907	907	16 of authorized leave and return to active service, but not to
908	908	17 exceed 24 months for leaves under item (1) or (2). This
909	909	18 24-month limitation and the requirement of returning to active
910	910	19 service shall not apply to persons receiving ordinary or
911	911	20 accidental disability benefits or retirement benefits through
912	912	21 the appropriate State retirement system or benefits under the
913	913	22 Workers' Compensation or Occupational Disease Act.
914	914	23 (d) The basic group life insurance coverage shall
915	915	24 continue, with full State contribution, where such person is
916	916	25 (1) absent from active service by reason of disability arising
917	917	26 from any cause other than self-inflicted, (2) on authorized
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928	928	1 educational leave of absence or sabbatical leave, or (3) on
929	929	2 military leave.
930	930	3 (e) Where the person is in non-pay status for a period in
931	931	4 excess of 30 days or on leave of absence, other than by reason
932	932	5 of disability, educational or sabbatical leave, or military
933	933	6 leave, such person may continue coverage only by making
934	934	7 personal payment equal to the amount normally contributed by
935	935	8 the State on such person's behalf. Such payments and coverage
936	936	9 may be continued: (1) until such time as the person returns to
937	937	10 a status eligible for coverage at State expense, but not to
938	938	11 exceed 24 months or (2) until such person's employment or
939	939	12 annuitant status with the State is terminated (exclusive of
940	940	13 any additional service imposed pursuant to law).
941	941	14 (f) The Department shall establish by rule the extent to
942	942	15 which other employee benefits will continue for persons in
943	943	16 non-pay status or who are not in active service.
944	944	17 (g) The State shall not pay the cost of the basic
945	945	18 non-contributory group life insurance, program of health
946	946	19 benefits and other employee benefits for members who are
947	947	20 survivors as defined by paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection
948	948	21 (q) of Section 3 of this Act. The costs of benefits for these
949	949	22 survivors shall be paid by the survivors or by the University
950	950	23 of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service, or any combination
951	951	24 thereof. However, the State shall pay the amount of the
952	952	25 reduction in the cost of participation, if any, resulting from
953	953	26 the amendment to subsection (a) made by this amendatory Act of
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964	964	1 the 91st General Assembly.
965	965	2 (h) Those persons occupying positions with any department
966	966	3 as a result of emergency appointments pursuant to Section 8b.8
967	967	4 of the Personnel Code who are not considered employees under
968	968	5 this Act shall be given the option of participating in the
969	969	6 programs of group life insurance, health benefits and other
970	970	7 employee benefits. Such persons electing coverage may
971	971	8 participate only by making payment equal to the amount
972	972	9 normally contributed by the State for similarly situated
973	973	10 employees. Such amounts shall be determined by the Director.
974	974	11 Such payments and coverage may be continued until such time as
975	975	12 the person becomes an employee pursuant to this Act or such
976	976	13 person's appointment is terminated.
977	977	14 (i) Any unit of local government within the State of
978	978	15 Illinois may apply to the Director to have its employees,
979	979	16 annuitants, and their dependents provided group health
980	980	17 coverage under this Act on a non-insured basis. To
981	981	18 participate, a unit of local government must agree to enroll
982	982	19 all of its employees, who may select coverage under any group
983	983	20 health benefits plan made available by the Department under
984	984	21 the health benefits program established under this Section or
985	985	22 a health maintenance organization that has contracted with the
986	986	23 State to be available as a health care provider for employees
987	987	24 as defined in this Act. A unit of local government must remit
988	988	25 the entire cost of providing coverage under the health
989	989	26 benefits program established under this Section or, for
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1000	1000	1 coverage under a health maintenance organization, an amount
1001	1001	2 determined by the Director based on an analysis of the sex,
1002	1002	3 age, geographic location, or other relevant demographic
1003	1003	4 variables for its employees, except that the unit of local
1004	1004	5 government shall not be required to enroll those of its
1005	1005	6 employees who are covered spouses or dependents under the
1006	1006	7 State group health benefits plan or another group policy or
1007	1007	8 plan providing health benefits as long as (1) an appropriate
1008	1008	9 official from the unit of local government attests that each
1009	1009	10 employee not enrolled is a covered spouse or dependent under
1010	1010	11 this plan or another group policy or plan, and (2) at least 50%
1011	1011	12 of the employees are enrolled and the unit of local government
1012	1012	13 remits the entire cost of providing coverage to those
1013	1013	14 employees, except that a participating school district must
1014	1014	15 have enrolled at least 50% of its full-time employees who have
1015	1015	16 not waived coverage under the district's group health plan by
1016	1016	17 participating in a component of the district's cafeteria plan.
1017	1017	18 A participating school district is not required to enroll a
1018	1018	19 full-time employee who has waived coverage under the
1019	1019	20 district's health plan, provided that an appropriate official
1020	1020	21 from the participating school district attests that the
1021	1021	22 full-time employee has waived coverage by participating in a
1022	1022	23 component of the district's cafeteria plan. For the purposes
1023	1023	24 of this subsection, "participating school district" includes a
1024	1024	25 unit of local government whose primary purpose is education as
1025	1025	26 defined by the Department's rules.
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1036	1036	1 Employees of a participating unit of local government who
1037	1037	2 are not enrolled due to coverage under another group health
1038	1038	3 policy or plan may enroll in the event of a qualifying change
1039	1039	4 in status, special enrollment, special circumstance as defined
1040	1040	5 by the Director, or during the annual Benefit Choice Period. A
1041	1041	6 participating unit of local government may also elect to cover
1042	1042	7 its annuitants. Dependent coverage shall be offered on an
1043	1043	8 optional basis, with the costs paid by the unit of local
1044	1044	9 government, its employees, or some combination of the two as
1045	1045	10 determined by the unit of local government. The unit of local
1046	1046	11 government shall be responsible for timely collection and
1047	1047	12 transmission of dependent premiums.
1048	1048	13 The Director shall annually determine monthly rates of
1049	1049	14 payment, subject to the following constraints:
1050	1050	15 (1) In the first year of coverage, the rates shall be
1051	1051	16 equal to the amount normally charged to State employees
1052	1052	17 for elected optional coverages or for enrolled dependents
1053	1053	18 coverages or other contributory coverages, or contributed
1054	1054	19 by the State for basic insurance coverages on behalf of
1055	1055	20 its employees, adjusted for differences between State
1056	1056	21 employees and employees of the local government in age,
1057	1057	22 sex, geographic location or other relevant demographic
1058	1058	23 variables, plus an amount sufficient to pay for the
1059	1059	24 additional administrative costs of providing coverage to
1060	1060	25 employees of the unit of local government and their
1061	1061	26 dependents.
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1072	1072	1 (2) In subsequent years, a further adjustment shall be
1073	1073	2 made to reflect the actual prior years' claims experience
1074	1074	3 of the employees of the unit of local government.
1075	1075	4 In the case of coverage of local government employees
1076	1076	5 under a health maintenance organization, the Director shall
1077	1077	6 annually determine for each participating unit of local
1078	1078	7 government the maximum monthly amount the unit may contribute
1079	1079	8 toward that coverage, based on an analysis of (i) the age, sex,
1080	1080	9 geographic location, and other relevant demographic variables
1081	1081	10 of the unit's employees and (ii) the cost to cover those
1082	1082	11 employees under the State group health benefits plan. The
1083	1083	12 Director may similarly determine the maximum monthly amount
1084	1084	13 each unit of local government may contribute toward coverage
1085	1085	14 of its employees' dependents under a health maintenance
1086	1086	15 organization.
1087	1087	16 Monthly payments by the unit of local government or its
1088	1088	17 employees for group health benefits plan or health maintenance
1089	1089	18 organization coverage shall be deposited in the Local
1090	1090	19 Government Health Insurance Reserve Fund.
1091	1091	20 The Local Government Health Insurance Reserve Fund is
1092	1092	21 hereby created as a nonappropriated trust fund to be held
1093	1093	22 outside the State Treasury, with the State Treasurer as
1094	1094	23 custodian. The Local Government Health Insurance Reserve Fund
1095	1095	24 shall be a continuing fund not subject to fiscal year
1096	1096	25 limitations. The Local Government Health Insurance Reserve
1097	1097	26 Fund is not subject to administrative charges or charge-backs,
1098	1098
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1108	1108	1 including but not limited to those authorized under Section 8h
1109	1109	2 of the State Finance Act. All revenues arising from the
1110	1110	3 administration of the health benefits program established
1111	1111	4 under this Section shall be deposited into the Local
1112	1112	5 Government Health Insurance Reserve Fund. Any interest earned
1113	1113	6 on moneys in the Local Government Health Insurance Reserve
1114	1114	7 Fund shall be deposited into the Fund. All expenditures from
1115	1115	8 this Fund shall be used for payments for health care benefits
1116	1116	9 for local government and rehabilitation facility employees,
1117	1117	10 annuitants, and dependents, and to reimburse the Department or
1118	1118	11 its administrative service organization for all expenses
1119	1119	12 incurred in the administration of benefits. No other State
1120	1120	13 funds may be used for these purposes.
1121	1121	14 A local government employer's participation or desire to
1122	1122	15 participate in a program created under this subsection shall
1123	1123	16 not limit that employer's duty to bargain with the
1124	1124	17 representative of any collective bargaining unit of its
1125	1125	18 employees.
1126	1126	19 (j) Any rehabilitation facility within the State of
1127	1127	20 Illinois may apply to the Director to have its employees,
1128	1128	21 annuitants, and their eligible dependents provided group
1129	1129	22 health coverage under this Act on a non-insured basis. To
1130	1130	23 participate, a rehabilitation facility must agree to enroll
1131	1131	24 all of its employees and remit the entire cost of providing
1132	1132	25 such coverage for its employees, except that the
1133	1133	26 rehabilitation facility shall not be required to enroll those
1134	1134
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1144	1144	1 of its employees who are covered spouses or dependents under
1145	1145	2 this plan or another group policy or plan providing health
1146	1146	3 benefits as long as (1) an appropriate official from the
1147	1147	4 rehabilitation facility attests that each employee not
1148	1148	5 enrolled is a covered spouse or dependent under this plan or
1149	1149	6 another group policy or plan, and (2) at least 50% of the
1150	1150	7 employees are enrolled and the rehabilitation facility remits
1151	1151	8 the entire cost of providing coverage to those employees.
1152	1152	9 Employees of a participating rehabilitation facility who are
1153	1153	10 not enrolled due to coverage under another group health policy
1154	1154	11 or plan may enroll in the event of a qualifying change in
1155	1155	12 status, special enrollment, special circumstance as defined by
1156	1156	13 the Director, or during the annual Benefit Choice Period. A
1157	1157	14 participating rehabilitation facility may also elect to cover
1158	1158	15 its annuitants. Dependent coverage shall be offered on an
1159	1159	16 optional basis, with the costs paid by the rehabilitation
1160	1160	17 facility, its employees, or some combination of the 2 as
1161	1161	18 determined by the rehabilitation facility. The rehabilitation
1162	1162	19 facility shall be responsible for timely collection and
1163	1163	20 transmission of dependent premiums.
1164	1164	21 The Director shall annually determine quarterly rates of
1165	1165	22 payment, subject to the following constraints:
1166	1166	23 (1) In the first year of coverage, the rates shall be
1167	1167	24 equal to the amount normally charged to State employees
1168	1168	25 for elected optional coverages or for enrolled dependents
1169	1169	26 coverages or other contributory coverages on behalf of its
1170	1170
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1180	1180	1 employees, adjusted for differences between State
1181	1181	2 employees and employees of the rehabilitation facility in
1182	1182	3 age, sex, geographic location or other relevant
1183	1183	4 demographic variables, plus an amount sufficient to pay
1184	1184	5 for the additional administrative costs of providing
1185	1185	6 coverage to employees of the rehabilitation facility and
1186	1186	7 their dependents.
1187	1187	8 (2) In subsequent years, a further adjustment shall be
1188	1188	9 made to reflect the actual prior years' claims experience
1189	1189	10 of the employees of the rehabilitation facility.
1190	1190	11 Monthly payments by the rehabilitation facility or its
1191	1191	12 employees for group health benefits shall be deposited in the
1192	1192	13 Local Government Health Insurance Reserve Fund.
1193	1193	14 (k) Any domestic violence shelter or service within the
1194	1194	15 State of Illinois may apply to the Director to have its
1195	1195	16 employees, annuitants, and their dependents provided group
1196	1196	17 health coverage under this Act on a non-insured basis. To
1197	1197	18 participate, a domestic violence shelter or service must agree
1198	1198	19 to enroll all of its employees and pay the entire cost of
1199	1199	20 providing such coverage for its employees. The domestic
1200	1200	21 violence shelter shall not be required to enroll those of its
1201	1201	22 employees who are covered spouses or dependents under this
1202	1202	23 plan or another group policy or plan providing health benefits
1203	1203	24 as long as (1) an appropriate official from the domestic
1204	1204	25 violence shelter attests that each employee not enrolled is a
1205	1205	26 covered spouse or dependent under this plan or another group
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1216	1216	1 policy or plan and (2) at least 50% of the employees are
1217	1217	2 enrolled and the domestic violence shelter remits the entire
1218	1218	3 cost of providing coverage to those employees. Employees of a
1219	1219	4 participating domestic violence shelter who are not enrolled
1220	1220	5 due to coverage under another group health policy or plan may
1221	1221	6 enroll in the event of a qualifying change in status, special
1222	1222	7 enrollment, or special circumstance as defined by the Director
1223	1223	8 or during the annual Benefit Choice Period. A participating
1224	1224	9 domestic violence shelter may also elect to cover its
1225	1225	10 annuitants. Dependent coverage shall be offered on an optional
1226	1226	11 basis, with employees, or some combination of the 2 as
1227	1227	12 determined by the domestic violence shelter or service. The
1228	1228	13 domestic violence shelter or service shall be responsible for
1229	1229	14 timely collection and transmission of dependent premiums.
1230	1230	15 The Director shall annually determine rates of payment,
1231	1231	16 subject to the following constraints:
1232	1232	17 (1) In the first year of coverage, the rates shall be
1233	1233	18 equal to the amount normally charged to State employees
1234	1234	19 for elected optional coverages or for enrolled dependents
1235	1235	20 coverages or other contributory coverages on behalf of its
1236	1236	21 employees, adjusted for differences between State
1237	1237	22 employees and employees of the domestic violence shelter
1238	1238	23 or service in age, sex, geographic location or other
1239	1239	24 relevant demographic variables, plus an amount sufficient
1240	1240	25 to pay for the additional administrative costs of
1241	1241	26 providing coverage to employees of the domestic violence
1242	1242
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1252	1252	1 shelter or service and their dependents.
1253	1253	2 (2) In subsequent years, a further adjustment shall be
1254	1254	3 made to reflect the actual prior years' claims experience
1255	1255	4 of the employees of the domestic violence shelter or
1256	1256	5 service.
1257	1257	6 Monthly payments by the domestic violence shelter or
1258	1258	7 service or its employees for group health insurance shall be
1259	1259	8 deposited in the Local Government Health Insurance Reserve
1260	1260	9 Fund.
1261	1261	10 (l) A public community college or entity organized
1262	1262	11 pursuant to the Public Community College Act may apply to the
1263	1263	12 Director initially to have only annuitants not covered prior
1264	1264	13 to July 1, 1992 by the district's health plan provided health
1265	1265	14 coverage under this Act on a non-insured basis. The community
1266	1266	15 college must execute a 2-year contract to participate in the
1267	1267	16 Local Government Health Plan. Any annuitant may enroll in the
1268	1268	17 event of a qualifying change in status, special enrollment,
1269	1269	18 special circumstance as defined by the Director, or during the
1270	1270	19 annual Benefit Choice Period.
1271	1271	20 The Director shall annually determine monthly rates of
1272	1272	21 payment subject to the following constraints: for those
1273	1273	22 community colleges with annuitants only enrolled, first year
1274	1274	23 rates shall be equal to the average cost to cover claims for a
1275	1275	24 State member adjusted for demographics, Medicare
1276	1276	25 participation, and other factors; and in the second year, a
1277	1277	26 further adjustment of rates shall be made to reflect the
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1288	1288	1 actual first year's claims experience of the covered
1289	1289	2 annuitants.
1290	1290	3 (l-5) The provisions of subsection (l) become inoperative
1291	1291	4 on July 1, 1999.
1292	1292	5 (m) The Director shall adopt any rules deemed necessary
1293	1293	6 for implementation of this amendatory Act of 1989 (Public Act
1294	1294	7 86-978).
1295	1295	8 (n) Any child advocacy center within the State of Illinois
1296	1296	9 may apply to the Director to have its employees, annuitants,
1297	1297	10 and their dependents provided group health coverage under this
1298	1298	11 Act on a non-insured basis. To participate, a child advocacy
1299	1299	12 center must agree to enroll all of its employees and pay the
1300	1300	13 entire cost of providing coverage for its employees. The child
1301	1301	14 advocacy center shall not be required to enroll those of its
1302	1302	15 employees who are covered spouses or dependents under this
1303	1303	16 plan or another group policy or plan providing health benefits
1304	1304	17 as long as (1) an appropriate official from the child advocacy
1305	1305	18 center attests that each employee not enrolled is a covered
1306	1306	19 spouse or dependent under this plan or another group policy or
1307	1307	20 plan and (2) at least 50% of the employees are enrolled and the
1308	1308	21 child advocacy center remits the entire cost of providing
1309	1309	22 coverage to those employees. Employees of a participating
1310	1310	23 child advocacy center who are not enrolled due to coverage
1311	1311	24 under another group health policy or plan may enroll in the
1312	1312	25 event of a qualifying change in status, special enrollment, or
1313	1313	26 special circumstance as defined by the Director or during the
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1324	1324	1 annual Benefit Choice Period. A participating child advocacy
1325	1325	2 center may also elect to cover its annuitants. Dependent
1326	1326	3 coverage shall be offered on an optional basis, with the costs
1327	1327	4 paid by the child advocacy center, its employees, or some
1328	1328	5 combination of the 2 as determined by the child advocacy
1329	1329	6 center. The child advocacy center shall be responsible for
1330	1330	7 timely collection and transmission of dependent premiums.
1331	1331	8 The Director shall annually determine rates of payment,
1332	1332	9 subject to the following constraints:
1333	1333	10 (1) In the first year of coverage, the rates shall be
1334	1334	11 equal to the amount normally charged to State employees
1335	1335	12 for elected optional coverages or for enrolled dependents
1336	1336	13 coverages or other contributory coverages on behalf of its
1337	1337	14 employees, adjusted for differences between State
1338	1338	15 employees and employees of the child advocacy center in
1339	1339	16 age, sex, geographic location, or other relevant
1340	1340	17 demographic variables, plus an amount sufficient to pay
1341	1341	18 for the additional administrative costs of providing
1342	1342	19 coverage to employees of the child advocacy center and
1343	1343	20 their dependents.
1344	1344	21 (2) In subsequent years, a further adjustment shall be
1345	1345	22 made to reflect the actual prior years' claims experience
1346	1346	23 of the employees of the child advocacy center.
1347	1347	24 Monthly payments by the child advocacy center or its
1348	1348	25 employees for group health insurance shall be deposited into
1349	1349	26 the Local Government Health Insurance Reserve Fund.
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1360	1360	1 (Source: P.A. 102-19, eff. 7-1-21.)
1361	1361	2 Section 10. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by
1362	1362	3 changing Sections 1-160, 1-161, 14-103.05, 14-103.41,
1363	1363	4 14-152.1, 20-121, 20-123, 20-124, and 20-125 and by adding
1364	1364	5 Section 14-155.5 as follows:
1365	1365	6 (40 ILCS 5/1-160)
1366	1366	7 (Text of Section from P.A. 102-719)
1367	1367	8 Sec. 1-160. Provisions applicable to new hires.
1368	1368	9 (a) The provisions of this Section apply to a person who,
1369	1369	10 on or after January 1, 2011, first becomes a member or a
1370	1370	11 participant under any reciprocal retirement system or pension
1371	1371	12 fund established under this Code, other than a retirement
1372	1372	13 system or pension fund established under Article 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
1373	1373	14 7, 15, or 18 of this Code, notwithstanding any other provision
1374	1374	15 of this Code to the contrary, but do not apply to any
1375	1375	16 self-managed plan established under this Code or to any
1376	1376	17 participant of the retirement plan established under Section
1377	1377	18 22-101; except that this Section applies to a person who
1378	1378	19 elected to establish alternative credits by electing in
1379	1379	20 writing after January 1, 2011, but before August 8, 2011,
1380	1380	21 under Section 7-145.1 of this Code. Notwithstanding anything
1381	1381	22 to the contrary in this Section, for purposes of this Section,
1382	1382	23 a person who is a Tier 1 regular employee as defined in Section
1383	1383	24 7-109.4 of this Code or who participated in a retirement
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1394	1394	1 system under Article 15 prior to January 1, 2011 shall be
1395	1395	2 deemed a person who first became a member or participant prior
1396	1396	3 to January 1, 2011 under any retirement system or pension fund
1397	1397	4 subject to this Section. The changes made to this Section by
1398	1398	5 Public Act 98-596 are a clarification of existing law and are
1399	1399	6 intended to be retroactive to January 1, 2011 (the effective
1400	1400	7 date of Public Act 96-889), notwithstanding the provisions of
1401	1401	8 Section 1-103.1 of this Code.
1402	1402	9 This Section does not apply to a person who first becomes a
1403	1403	10 noncovered employee under Article 14 on or after the
1404	1404	11 implementation date of the plan created under Section 1-161
1405	1405	12 for that Article, unless that person elects under subsection
1406	1406	13 (b) of Section 1-161 to instead receive the benefits provided
1407	1407	14 under this Section and the applicable provisions of that
1408	1408	15 Article.
1409	1409	16 This Section does not apply to a person who first becomes a
1410	1410	17 member or participant under Article 16 on or after the
1411	1411	18 implementation date of the plan created under Section 1-161
1412	1412	19 for that Article, unless that person elects under subsection
1413	1413	20 (b) of Section 1-161 to instead receive the benefits provided
1414	1414	21 under this Section and the applicable provisions of that
1415	1415	22 Article.
1416	1416	23 This Section does not apply to a person who elects under
1417	1417	24 subsection (c-5) of Section 1-161 to receive the benefits
1418	1418	25 under Section 1-161.
1419	1419	26 This Section does not apply to a person who first becomes a
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1430	1430	1 member or participant of an affected pension fund on or after 6
1431	1431	2 months after the resolution or ordinance date, as defined in
1432	1432	3 Section 1-162, unless that person elects under subsection (c)
1433	1433	4 of Section 1-162 to receive the benefits provided under this
1434	1434	5 Section and the applicable provisions of the Article under
1435	1435	6 which he or she is a member or participant.
1436	1436	7 This Section does not apply to a person who participates
1437	1437	8 in a defined contribution plan established under Section
1438	1438	9 14-155.5.
1439	1439	10 (b) "Final average salary" means, except as otherwise
1440	1440	11 provided in this subsection, the average monthly (or annual)
1441	1441	12 salary obtained by dividing the total salary or earnings
1442	1442	13 calculated under the Article applicable to the member or
1443	1443	14 participant during the 96 consecutive months (or 8 consecutive
1444	1444	15 years) of service within the last 120 months (or 10 years) of
1445	1445	16 service in which the total salary or earnings calculated under
1446	1446	17 the applicable Article was the highest by the number of months
1447	1447	18 (or years) of service in that period. For the purposes of a
1448	1448	19 person who first becomes a member or participant of any
1449	1449	20 retirement system or pension fund to which this Section
1450	1450	21 applies on or after January 1, 2011, in this Code, "final
1451	1451	22 average salary" shall be substituted for the following:
1452	1452	23 (1) (Blank).
1453	1453	24 (2) In Articles 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, "highest average
1454	1454	25 annual salary for any 4 consecutive years within the last
1455	1455	26 10 years of service immediately preceding the date of
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1466	1466	1 withdrawal".
1467	1467	2 (3) In Article 13, "average final salary".
1468	1468	3 (4) In Article 14, "final average compensation".
1469	1469	4 (5) In Article 17, "average salary".
1470	1470	5 (6) In Section 22-207, "wages or salary received by
1471	1471	6 him at the date of retirement or discharge".
1472	1472	7 A member of the Teachers' Retirement System of the State
1473	1473	8 of Illinois who retires on or after June 1, 2021 and for whom
1474	1474	9 the 2020-2021 school year is used in the calculation of the
1475	1475	10 member's final average salary shall use the higher of the
1476	1476	11 following for the purpose of determining the member's final
1477	1477	12 average salary:
1478	1478	13 (A) the amount otherwise calculated under the first
1479	1479	14 paragraph of this subsection; or
1480	1480	15 (B) an amount calculated by the Teachers' Retirement
1481	1481	16 System of the State of Illinois using the average of the
1482	1482	17 monthly (or annual) salary obtained by dividing the total
1483	1483	18 salary or earnings calculated under Article 16 applicable
1484	1484	19 to the member or participant during the 96 months (or 8
1485	1485	20 years) of service within the last 120 months (or 10 years)
1486	1486	21 of service in which the total salary or earnings
1487	1487	22 calculated under the Article was the highest by the number
1488	1488	23 of months (or years) of service in that period.
1489	1489	24 (b-5) Beginning on January 1, 2011, for all purposes under
1490	1490	25 this Code (including without limitation the calculation of
1491	1491	26 benefits and employee contributions), the annual earnings,
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1502	1502	1 salary, or wages (based on the plan year) of a member or
1503	1503	2 participant to whom this Section applies shall not exceed
1504	1504	3 $106,800; however, that amount shall annually thereafter be
1505	1505	4 increased by the lesser of (i) 3% of that amount, including all
1506	1506	5 previous adjustments, or (ii) one-half the annual unadjusted
1507	1507	6 percentage increase (but not less than zero) in the consumer
1508	1508	7 price index-u for the 12 months ending with the September
1509	1509	8 preceding each November 1, including all previous adjustments.
1510	1510	9 For the purposes of this Section, "consumer price index-u"
1511	1511	10 means the index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
1512	1512	11 the United States Department of Labor that measures the
1513	1513	12 average change in prices of goods and services purchased by
1514	1514	13 all urban consumers, United States city average, all items,
1515	1515	14 1982-84 = 100. The new amount resulting from each annual
1516	1516	15 adjustment shall be determined by the Public Pension Division
1517	1517	16 of the Department of Insurance and made available to the
1518	1518	17 boards of the retirement systems and pension funds by November
1519	1519	18 1 of each year.
1520	1520	19 (c) A member or participant is entitled to a retirement
1521	1521	20 annuity upon written application if he or she has attained age
1522	1522	21 67 (age 65, with respect to service under Article 12 that is
1523	1523	22 subject to this Section, for a member or participant under
1524	1524	23 Article 12 who first becomes a member or participant under
1525	1525	24 Article 12 on or after January 1, 2022 or who makes the
1526	1526	25 election under item (i) of subsection (d-15) of this Section)
1527	1527	26 and has at least 10 years of service credit and is otherwise
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1538	1538	1 eligible under the requirements of the applicable Article.
1539	1539	2 A member or participant who has attained age 62 (age 60,
1540	1540	3 with respect to service under Article 12 that is subject to
1541	1541	4 this Section, for a member or participant under Article 12 who
1542	1542	5 first becomes a member or participant under Article 12 on or
1543	1543	6 after January 1, 2022 or who makes the election under item (i)
1544	1544	7 of subsection (d-15) of this Section) and has at least 10 years
1545	1545	8 of service credit and is otherwise eligible under the
1546	1546	9 requirements of the applicable Article may elect to receive
1547	1547	10 the lower retirement annuity provided in subsection (d) of
1548	1548	11 this Section.
1549	1549	12 (c-5) A person who first becomes a member or a participant
1550	1550	13 subject to this Section on or after July 6, 2017 (the effective
1551	1551	14 date of Public Act 100-23), notwithstanding any other
1552	1552	15 provision of this Code to the contrary, is entitled to a
1553	1553	16 retirement annuity under Article 8 or Article 11 upon written
1554	1554	17 application if he or she has attained age 65 and has at least
1555	1555	18 10 years of service credit and is otherwise eligible under the
1556	1556	19 requirements of Article 8 or Article 11 of this Code,
1557	1557	20 whichever is applicable.
1558	1558	21 (d) The retirement annuity of a member or participant who
1559	1559	22 is retiring after attaining age 62 (age 60, with respect to
1560	1560	23 service under Article 12 that is subject to this Section, for a
1561	1561	24 member or participant under Article 12 who first becomes a
1562	1562	25 member or participant under Article 12 on or after January 1,
1563	1563	26 2022 or who makes the election under item (i) of subsection
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1574	1574	1 (d-15) of this Section) with at least 10 years of service
1575	1575	2 credit shall be reduced by one-half of 1% for each full month
1576	1576	3 that the member's age is under age 67 (age 65, with respect to
1577	1577	4 service under Article 12 that is subject to this Section, for a
1578	1578	5 member or participant under Article 12 who first becomes a
1579	1579	6 member or participant under Article 12 on or after January 1,
1580	1580	7 2022 or who makes the election under item (i) of subsection
1581	1581	8 (d-15) of this Section).
1582	1582	9 (d-5) The retirement annuity payable under Article 8 or
1583	1583	10 Article 11 to an eligible person subject to subsection (c-5)
1584	1584	11 of this Section who is retiring at age 60 with at least 10
1585	1585	12 years of service credit shall be reduced by one-half of 1% for
1586	1586	13 each full month that the member's age is under age 65.
1587	1587	14 (d-10) Each person who first became a member or
1588	1588	15 participant under Article 8 or Article 11 of this Code on or
1589	1589	16 after January 1, 2011 and prior to July 6, 2017 (the effective
1590	1590	17 date of Public Act 100-23) shall make an irrevocable election
1591	1591	18 either:
1592	1592	19 (i) to be eligible for the reduced retirement age
1593	1593	20 provided in subsections (c-5) and (d-5) of this Section,
1594	1594	21 the eligibility for which is conditioned upon the member
1595	1595	22 or participant agreeing to the increases in employee
1596	1596	23 contributions for age and service annuities provided in
1597	1597	24 subsection (a-5) of Section 8-174 of this Code (for
1598	1598	25 service under Article 8) or subsection (a-5) of Section
1599	1599	26 11-170 of this Code (for service under Article 11); or
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1610	1610	1 (ii) to not agree to item (i) of this subsection
1611	1611	2 (d-10), in which case the member or participant shall
1612	1612	3 continue to be subject to the retirement age provisions in
1613	1613	4 subsections (c) and (d) of this Section and the employee
1614	1614	5 contributions for age and service annuity as provided in
1615	1615	6 subsection (a) of Section 8-174 of this Code (for service
1616	1616	7 under Article 8) or subsection (a) of Section 11-170 of
1617	1617	8 this Code (for service under Article 11).
1618	1618	9 The election provided for in this subsection shall be made
1619	1619	10 between October 1, 2017 and November 15, 2017. A person
1620	1620	11 subject to this subsection who makes the required election
1621	1621	12 shall remain bound by that election. A person subject to this
1622	1622	13 subsection who fails for any reason to make the required
1623	1623	14 election within the time specified in this subsection shall be
1624	1624	15 deemed to have made the election under item (ii).
1625	1625	16 (d-15) Each person who first becomes a member or
1626	1626	17 participant under Article 12 on or after January 1, 2011 and
1627	1627	18 prior to January 1, 2022 shall make an irrevocable election
1628	1628	19 either:
1629	1629	20 (i) to be eligible for the reduced retirement age
1630	1630	21 specified in subsections (c) and (d) of this Section, the
1631	1631	22 eligibility for which is conditioned upon the member or
1632	1632	23 participant agreeing to the increase in employee
1633	1633	24 contributions for service annuities specified in
1634	1634	25 subsection (b) of Section 12-150; or
1635	1635	26 (ii) to not agree to item (i) of this subsection
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1646	1646	1 (d-15), in which case the member or participant shall not
1647	1647	2 be eligible for the reduced retirement age specified in
1648	1648	3 subsections (c) and (d) of this Section and shall not be
1649	1649	4 subject to the increase in employee contributions for
1650	1650	5 service annuities specified in subsection (b) of Section
1651	1651	6 12-150.
1652	1652	7 The election provided for in this subsection shall be made
1653	1653	8 between January 1, 2022 and April 1, 2022. A person subject to
1654	1654	9 this subsection who makes the required election shall remain
1655	1655	10 bound by that election. A person subject to this subsection
1656	1656	11 who fails for any reason to make the required election within
1657	1657	12 the time specified in this subsection shall be deemed to have
1658	1658	13 made the election under item (ii).
1659	1659	14 (e) Any retirement annuity or supplemental annuity shall
1660	1660	15 be subject to annual increases on the January 1 occurring
1661	1661	16 either on or after the attainment of age 67 (age 65, with
1662	1662	17 respect to service under Article 12 that is subject to this
1663	1663	18 Section, for a member or participant under Article 12 who
1664	1664	19 first becomes a member or participant under Article 12 on or
1665	1665	20 after January 1, 2022 or who makes the election under item (i)
1666	1666	21 of subsection (d-15); and beginning on July 6, 2017 (the
1667	1667	22 effective date of Public Act 100-23), age 65 with respect to
1668	1668	23 service under Article 8 or Article 11 for eligible persons
1669	1669	24 who: (i) are subject to subsection (c-5) of this Section; or
1670	1670	25 (ii) made the election under item (i) of subsection (d-10) of
1671	1671	26 this Section) or the first anniversary of the annuity start
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1682	1682	1 date, whichever is later. Each annual increase shall be
1683	1683	2 calculated at 3% or one-half the annual unadjusted percentage
1684	1684	3 increase (but not less than zero) in the consumer price
1685	1685	4 index-u for the 12 months ending with the September preceding
1686	1686	5 each November 1, whichever is less, of the originally granted
1687	1687	6 retirement annuity. If the annual unadjusted percentage change
1688	1688	7 in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months ending with the
1689	1689	8 September preceding each November 1 is zero or there is a
1690	1690	9 decrease, then the annuity shall not be increased.
1691	1691	10 For the purposes of Section 1-103.1 of this Code, the
1692	1692	11 changes made to this Section by Public Act 102-263 are
1693	1693	12 applicable without regard to whether the employee was in
1694	1694	13 active service on or after August 6, 2021 (the effective date
1695	1695	14 of Public Act 102-263).
1696	1696	15 For the purposes of Section 1-103.1 of this Code, the
1697	1697	16 changes made to this Section by Public Act 100-23 are
1698	1698	17 applicable without regard to whether the employee was in
1699	1699	18 active service on or after July 6, 2017 (the effective date of
1700	1700	19 Public Act 100-23).
1701	1701	20 (f) The initial survivor's or widow's annuity of an
1702	1702	21 otherwise eligible survivor or widow of a retired member or
1703	1703	22 participant who first became a member or participant on or
1704	1704	23 after January 1, 2011 shall be in the amount of 66 2/3% of the
1705	1705	24 retired member's or participant's retirement annuity at the
1706	1706	25 date of death. In the case of the death of a member or
1707	1707	26 participant who has not retired and who first became a member
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1718	1718	1 or participant on or after January 1, 2011, eligibility for a
1719	1719	2 survivor's or widow's annuity shall be determined by the
1720	1720	3 applicable Article of this Code. The initial benefit shall be
1721	1721	4 66 2/3% of the earned annuity without a reduction due to age. A
1722	1722	5 child's annuity of an otherwise eligible child shall be in the
1723	1723	6 amount prescribed under each Article if applicable. Any
1724	1724	7 survivor's or widow's annuity shall be increased (1) on each
1725	1725	8 January 1 occurring on or after the commencement of the
1726	1726	9 annuity if the deceased member died while receiving a
1727	1727	10 retirement annuity or (2) in other cases, on each January 1
1728	1728	11 occurring after the first anniversary of the commencement of
1729	1729	12 the annuity. Each annual increase shall be calculated at 3% or
1730	1730	13 one-half the annual unadjusted percentage increase (but not
1731	1731	14 less than zero) in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months
1732	1732	15 ending with the September preceding each November 1, whichever
1733	1733	16 is less, of the originally granted survivor's annuity. If the
1734	1734	17 annual unadjusted percentage change in the consumer price
1735	1735	18 index-u for the 12 months ending with the September preceding
1736	1736	19 each November 1 is zero or there is a decrease, then the
1737	1737	20 annuity shall not be increased.
1738	1738	21 (g) The benefits in Section 14-110 apply if the person is a
1739	1739	22 fire fighter in the fire protection service of a department, a
1740	1740	23 security employee of the Department of Corrections or the
1741	1741	24 Department of Juvenile Justice, or a security employee of the
1742	1742	25 Department of Innovation and Technology, as those terms are
1743	1743	26 defined in subsection (b) and subsection (c) of Section
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1754	1754	1 14-110. A person who meets the requirements of this Section is
1755	1755	2 entitled to an annuity calculated under the provisions of
1756	1756	3 Section 14-110, in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement
1757	1757	4 annuity, only if the person has withdrawn from service with
1758	1758	5 not less than 20 years of eligible creditable service and has
1759	1759	6 attained age 60, regardless of whether the attainment of age
1760	1760	7 60 occurs while the person is still in service.
1761	1761	8 (g-5) The benefits in Section 14-110 apply if the person
1762	1762	9 is a State policeman, investigator for the Secretary of State,
1763	1763	10 conservation police officer, investigator for the Department
1764	1764	11 of Revenue or the Illinois Gaming Board, investigator for the
1765	1765	12 Office of the Attorney General, Commerce Commission police
1766	1766	13 officer, or arson investigator, as those terms are defined in
1767	1767	14 subsection (b) and subsection (c) of Section 14-110. A person
1768	1768	15 who meets the requirements of this Section is entitled to an
1769	1769	16 annuity calculated under the provisions of Section 14-110, in
1770	1770	17 lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity, only if the
1771	1771	18 person has withdrawn from service with not less than 20 years
1772	1772	19 of eligible creditable service and has attained age 55,
1773	1773	20 regardless of whether the attainment of age 55 occurs while
1774	1774	21 the person is still in service.
1775	1775	22 (h) If a person who first becomes a member or a participant
1776	1776	23 of a retirement system or pension fund subject to this Section
1777	1777	24 on or after January 1, 2011 is receiving a retirement annuity
1778	1778	25 or retirement pension under that system or fund and becomes a
1779	1779	26 member or participant under any other system or fund created
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1790	1790	1 by this Code and is employed on a full-time basis, except for
1791	1791	2 those members or participants exempted from the provisions of
1792	1792	3 this Section under subsection (a) of this Section, then the
1793	1793	4 person's retirement annuity or retirement pension under that
1794	1794	5 system or fund shall be suspended during that employment. Upon
1795	1795	6 termination of that employment, the person's retirement
1796	1796	7 annuity or retirement pension payments shall resume and be
1797	1797	8 recalculated if recalculation is provided for under the
1798	1798	9 applicable Article of this Code.
1799	1799	10 If a person who first becomes a member of a retirement
1800	1800	11 system or pension fund subject to this Section on or after
1801	1801	12 January 1, 2012 and is receiving a retirement annuity or
1802	1802	13 retirement pension under that system or fund and accepts on a
1803	1803	14 contractual basis a position to provide services to a
1804	1804	15 governmental entity from which he or she has retired, then
1805	1805	16 that person's annuity or retirement pension earned as an
1806	1806	17 active employee of the employer shall be suspended during that
1807	1807	18 contractual service. A person receiving an annuity or
1808	1808	19 retirement pension under this Code shall notify the pension
1809	1809	20 fund or retirement system from which he or she is receiving an
1810	1810	21 annuity or retirement pension, as well as his or her
1811	1811	22 contractual employer, of his or her retirement status before
1812	1812	23 accepting contractual employment. A person who fails to submit
1813	1813	24 such notification shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and
1814	1814	25 required to pay a fine of $1,000. Upon termination of that
1815	1815	26 contractual employment, the person's retirement annuity or
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1826	1826	1 retirement pension payments shall resume and, if appropriate,
1827	1827	2 be recalculated under the applicable provisions of this Code.
1828	1828	3 (i) (Blank).
1829	1829	4 (j) In the case of a conflict between the provisions of
1830	1830	5 this Section and any other provision of this Code, the
1831	1831	6 provisions of this Section shall control.
1832	1832	7 (Source: P.A. 101-610, eff. 1-1-20; 102-16, eff. 6-17-21;
1833	1833	8 102-210, eff. 1-1-22; 102-263, eff. 8-6-21; 102-719, eff.
1834	1834	9 5-6-22.)
1835	1835	10 (Text of Section from P.A. 102-813)
1836	1836	11 Sec. 1-160. Provisions applicable to new hires.
1837	1837	12 (a) The provisions of this Section apply to a person who,
1838	1838	13 on or after January 1, 2011, first becomes a member or a
1839	1839	14 participant under any reciprocal retirement system or pension
1840	1840	15 fund established under this Code, other than a retirement
1841	1841	16 system or pension fund established under Article 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
1842	1842	17 7, 15, or 18 of this Code, notwithstanding any other provision
1843	1843	18 of this Code to the contrary, but do not apply to any
1844	1844	19 self-managed plan established under this Code or to any
1845	1845	20 participant of the retirement plan established under Section
1846	1846	21 22-101; except that this Section applies to a person who
1847	1847	22 elected to establish alternative credits by electing in
1848	1848	23 writing after January 1, 2011, but before August 8, 2011,
1849	1849	24 under Section 7-145.1 of this Code. Notwithstanding anything
1850	1850	25 to the contrary in this Section, for purposes of this Section,
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1861	1861	1 a person who is a Tier 1 regular employee as defined in Section
1862	1862	2 7-109.4 of this Code or who participated in a retirement
1863	1863	3 system under Article 15 prior to January 1, 2011 shall be
1864	1864	4 deemed a person who first became a member or participant prior
1865	1865	5 to January 1, 2011 under any retirement system or pension fund
1866	1866	6 subject to this Section. The changes made to this Section by
1867	1867	7 Public Act 98-596 are a clarification of existing law and are
1868	1868	8 intended to be retroactive to January 1, 2011 (the effective
1869	1869	9 date of Public Act 96-889), notwithstanding the provisions of
1870	1870	10 Section 1-103.1 of this Code.
1871	1871	11 This Section does not apply to a person who first becomes a
1872	1872	12 noncovered employee under Article 14 on or after the
1873	1873	13 implementation date of the plan created under Section 1-161
1874	1874	14 for that Article, unless that person elects under subsection
1875	1875	15 (b) of Section 1-161 to instead receive the benefits provided
1876	1876	16 under this Section and the applicable provisions of that
1877	1877	17 Article.
1878	1878	18 This Section does not apply to a person who first becomes a
1879	1879	19 member or participant under Article 16 on or after the
1880	1880	20 implementation date of the plan created under Section 1-161
1881	1881	21 for that Article, unless that person elects under subsection
1882	1882	22 (b) of Section 1-161 to instead receive the benefits provided
1883	1883	23 under this Section and the applicable provisions of that
1884	1884	24 Article.
1885	1885	25 This Section does not apply to a person who elects under
1886	1886	26 subsection (c-5) of Section 1-161 to receive the benefits
1887	1887
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1897	1897	1 under Section 1-161.
1898	1898	2 This Section does not apply to a person who first becomes a
1899	1899	3 member or participant of an affected pension fund on or after 6
1900	1900	4 months after the resolution or ordinance date, as defined in
1901	1901	5 Section 1-162, unless that person elects under subsection (c)
1902	1902	6 of Section 1-162 to receive the benefits provided under this
1903	1903	7 Section and the applicable provisions of the Article under
1904	1904	8 which he or she is a member or participant.
1905	1905	9 This Section does not apply to a person who participates
1906	1906	10 in a defined contribution plan established under Section
1907	1907	11 14-155.5.
1908	1908	12 (b) "Final average salary" means, except as otherwise
1909	1909	13 provided in this subsection, the average monthly (or annual)
1910	1910	14 salary obtained by dividing the total salary or earnings
1911	1911	15 calculated under the Article applicable to the member or
1912	1912	16 participant during the 96 consecutive months (or 8 consecutive
1913	1913	17 years) of service within the last 120 months (or 10 years) of
1914	1914	18 service in which the total salary or earnings calculated under
1915	1915	19 the applicable Article was the highest by the number of months
1916	1916	20 (or years) of service in that period. For the purposes of a
1917	1917	21 person who first becomes a member or participant of any
1918	1918	22 retirement system or pension fund to which this Section
1919	1919	23 applies on or after January 1, 2011, in this Code, "final
1920	1920	24 average salary" shall be substituted for the following:
1921	1921	25 (1) (Blank).
1922	1922	26 (2) In Articles 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, "highest average
1923	1923
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1933	1933	1 annual salary for any 4 consecutive years within the last
1934	1934	2 10 years of service immediately preceding the date of
1935	1935	3 withdrawal".
1936	1936	4 (3) In Article 13, "average final salary".
1937	1937	5 (4) In Article 14, "final average compensation".
1938	1938	6 (5) In Article 17, "average salary".
1939	1939	7 (6) In Section 22-207, "wages or salary received by
1940	1940	8 him at the date of retirement or discharge".
1941	1941	9 A member of the Teachers' Retirement System of the State
1942	1942	10 of Illinois who retires on or after June 1, 2021 and for whom
1943	1943	11 the 2020-2021 school year is used in the calculation of the
1944	1944	12 member's final average salary shall use the higher of the
1945	1945	13 following for the purpose of determining the member's final
1946	1946	14 average salary:
1947	1947	15 (A) the amount otherwise calculated under the first
1948	1948	16 paragraph of this subsection; or
1949	1949	17 (B) an amount calculated by the Teachers' Retirement
1950	1950	18 System of the State of Illinois using the average of the
1951	1951	19 monthly (or annual) salary obtained by dividing the total
1952	1952	20 salary or earnings calculated under Article 16 applicable
1953	1953	21 to the member or participant during the 96 months (or 8
1954	1954	22 years) of service within the last 120 months (or 10 years)
1955	1955	23 of service in which the total salary or earnings
1956	1956	24 calculated under the Article was the highest by the number
1957	1957	25 of months (or years) of service in that period.
1958	1958	26 (b-5) Beginning on January 1, 2011, for all purposes under
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1969	1969	1 this Code (including without limitation the calculation of
1970	1970	2 benefits and employee contributions), the annual earnings,
1971	1971	3 salary, or wages (based on the plan year) of a member or
1972	1972	4 participant to whom this Section applies shall not exceed
1973	1973	5 $106,800; however, that amount shall annually thereafter be
1974	1974	6 increased by the lesser of (i) 3% of that amount, including all
1975	1975	7 previous adjustments, or (ii) one-half the annual unadjusted
1976	1976	8 percentage increase (but not less than zero) in the consumer
1977	1977	9 price index-u for the 12 months ending with the September
1978	1978	10 preceding each November 1, including all previous adjustments.
1979	1979	11 For the purposes of this Section, "consumer price index-u"
1980	1980	12 means the index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
1981	1981	13 the United States Department of Labor that measures the
1982	1982	14 average change in prices of goods and services purchased by
1983	1983	15 all urban consumers, United States city average, all items,
1984	1984	16 1982-84 = 100. The new amount resulting from each annual
1985	1985	17 adjustment shall be determined by the Public Pension Division
1986	1986	18 of the Department of Insurance and made available to the
1987	1987	19 boards of the retirement systems and pension funds by November
1988	1988	20 1 of each year.
1989	1989	21 (c) A member or participant is entitled to a retirement
1990	1990	22 annuity upon written application if he or she has attained age
1991	1991	23 67 (age 65, with respect to service under Article 12 that is
1992	1992	24 subject to this Section, for a member or participant under
1993	1993	25 Article 12 who first becomes a member or participant under
1994	1994	26 Article 12 on or after January 1, 2022 or who makes the
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2005	2005	1 election under item (i) of subsection (d-15) of this Section)
2006	2006	2 and has at least 10 years of service credit and is otherwise
2007	2007	3 eligible under the requirements of the applicable Article.
2008	2008	4 A member or participant who has attained age 62 (age 60,
2009	2009	5 with respect to service under Article 12 that is subject to
2010	2010	6 this Section, for a member or participant under Article 12 who
2011	2011	7 first becomes a member or participant under Article 12 on or
2012	2012	8 after January 1, 2022 or who makes the election under item (i)
2013	2013	9 of subsection (d-15) of this Section) and has at least 10 years
2014	2014	10 of service credit and is otherwise eligible under the
2015	2015	11 requirements of the applicable Article may elect to receive
2016	2016	12 the lower retirement annuity provided in subsection (d) of
2017	2017	13 this Section.
2018	2018	14 (c-5) A person who first becomes a member or a participant
2019	2019	15 subject to this Section on or after July 6, 2017 (the effective
2020	2020	16 date of Public Act 100-23), notwithstanding any other
2021	2021	17 provision of this Code to the contrary, is entitled to a
2022	2022	18 retirement annuity under Article 8 or Article 11 upon written
2023	2023	19 application if he or she has attained age 65 and has at least
2024	2024	20 10 years of service credit and is otherwise eligible under the
2025	2025	21 requirements of Article 8 or Article 11 of this Code,
2026	2026	22 whichever is applicable.
2027	2027	23 (d) The retirement annuity of a member or participant who
2028	2028	24 is retiring after attaining age 62 (age 60, with respect to
2029	2029	25 service under Article 12 that is subject to this Section, for a
2030	2030	26 member or participant under Article 12 who first becomes a
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2041	2041	1 member or participant under Article 12 on or after January 1,
2042	2042	2 2022 or who makes the election under item (i) of subsection
2043	2043	3 (d-15) of this Section) with at least 10 years of service
2044	2044	4 credit shall be reduced by one-half of 1% for each full month
2045	2045	5 that the member's age is under age 67 (age 65, with respect to
2046	2046	6 service under Article 12 that is subject to this Section, for a
2047	2047	7 member or participant under Article 12 who first becomes a
2048	2048	8 member or participant under Article 12 on or after January 1,
2049	2049	9 2022 or who makes the election under item (i) of subsection
2050	2050	10 (d-15) of this Section).
2051	2051	11 (d-5) The retirement annuity payable under Article 8 or
2052	2052	12 Article 11 to an eligible person subject to subsection (c-5)
2053	2053	13 of this Section who is retiring at age 60 with at least 10
2054	2054	14 years of service credit shall be reduced by one-half of 1% for
2055	2055	15 each full month that the member's age is under age 65.
2056	2056	16 (d-10) Each person who first became a member or
2057	2057	17 participant under Article 8 or Article 11 of this Code on or
2058	2058	18 after January 1, 2011 and prior to July 6, 2017 (the effective
2059	2059	19 date of Public Act 100-23) shall make an irrevocable election
2060	2060	20 either:
2061	2061	21 (i) to be eligible for the reduced retirement age
2062	2062	22 provided in subsections (c-5) and (d-5) of this Section,
2063	2063	23 the eligibility for which is conditioned upon the member
2064	2064	24 or participant agreeing to the increases in employee
2065	2065	25 contributions for age and service annuities provided in
2066	2066	26 subsection (a-5) of Section 8-174 of this Code (for
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2077	2077	1 service under Article 8) or subsection (a-5) of Section
2078	2078	2 11-170 of this Code (for service under Article 11); or
2079	2079	3 (ii) to not agree to item (i) of this subsection
2080	2080	4 (d-10), in which case the member or participant shall
2081	2081	5 continue to be subject to the retirement age provisions in
2082	2082	6 subsections (c) and (d) of this Section and the employee
2083	2083	7 contributions for age and service annuity as provided in
2084	2084	8 subsection (a) of Section 8-174 of this Code (for service
2085	2085	9 under Article 8) or subsection (a) of Section 11-170 of
2086	2086	10 this Code (for service under Article 11).
2087	2087	11 The election provided for in this subsection shall be made
2088	2088	12 between October 1, 2017 and November 15, 2017. A person
2089	2089	13 subject to this subsection who makes the required election
2090	2090	14 shall remain bound by that election. A person subject to this
2091	2091	15 subsection who fails for any reason to make the required
2092	2092	16 election within the time specified in this subsection shall be
2093	2093	17 deemed to have made the election under item (ii).
2094	2094	18 (d-15) Each person who first becomes a member or
2095	2095	19 participant under Article 12 on or after January 1, 2011 and
2096	2096	20 prior to January 1, 2022 shall make an irrevocable election
2097	2097	21 either:
2098	2098	22 (i) to be eligible for the reduced retirement age
2099	2099	23 specified in subsections (c) and (d) of this Section, the
2100	2100	24 eligibility for which is conditioned upon the member or
2101	2101	25 participant agreeing to the increase in employee
2102	2102	26 contributions for service annuities specified in
2103	2103
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2113	2113	1 subsection (b) of Section 12-150; or
2114	2114	2 (ii) to not agree to item (i) of this subsection
2115	2115	3 (d-15), in which case the member or participant shall not
2116	2116	4 be eligible for the reduced retirement age specified in
2117	2117	5 subsections (c) and (d) of this Section and shall not be
2118	2118	6 subject to the increase in employee contributions for
2119	2119	7 service annuities specified in subsection (b) of Section
2120	2120	8 12-150.
2121	2121	9 The election provided for in this subsection shall be made
2122	2122	10 between January 1, 2022 and April 1, 2022. A person subject to
2123	2123	11 this subsection who makes the required election shall remain
2124	2124	12 bound by that election. A person subject to this subsection
2125	2125	13 who fails for any reason to make the required election within
2126	2126	14 the time specified in this subsection shall be deemed to have
2127	2127	15 made the election under item (ii).
2128	2128	16 (e) Any retirement annuity or supplemental annuity shall
2129	2129	17 be subject to annual increases on the January 1 occurring
2130	2130	18 either on or after the attainment of age 67 (age 65, with
2131	2131	19 respect to service under Article 12 that is subject to this
2132	2132	20 Section, for a member or participant under Article 12 who
2133	2133	21 first becomes a member or participant under Article 12 on or
2134	2134	22 after January 1, 2022 or who makes the election under item (i)
2135	2135	23 of subsection (d-15); and beginning on July 6, 2017 (the
2136	2136	24 effective date of Public Act 100-23), age 65 with respect to
2137	2137	25 service under Article 8 or Article 11 for eligible persons
2138	2138	26 who: (i) are subject to subsection (c-5) of this Section; or
2139	2139
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2149	2149	1 (ii) made the election under item (i) of subsection (d-10) of
2150	2150	2 this Section) or the first anniversary of the annuity start
2151	2151	3 date, whichever is later. Each annual increase shall be
2152	2152	4 calculated at 3% or one-half the annual unadjusted percentage
2153	2153	5 increase (but not less than zero) in the consumer price
2154	2154	6 index-u for the 12 months ending with the September preceding
2155	2155	7 each November 1, whichever is less, of the originally granted
2156	2156	8 retirement annuity. If the annual unadjusted percentage change
2157	2157	9 in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months ending with the
2158	2158	10 September preceding each November 1 is zero or there is a
2159	2159	11 decrease, then the annuity shall not be increased.
2160	2160	12 For the purposes of Section 1-103.1 of this Code, the
2161	2161	13 changes made to this Section by Public Act 102-263 are
2162	2162	14 applicable without regard to whether the employee was in
2163	2163	15 active service on or after August 6, 2021 (the effective date
2164	2164	16 of Public Act 102-263).
2165	2165	17 For the purposes of Section 1-103.1 of this Code, the
2166	2166	18 changes made to this Section by Public Act 100-23 are
2167	2167	19 applicable without regard to whether the employee was in
2168	2168	20 active service on or after July 6, 2017 (the effective date of
2169	2169	21 Public Act 100-23).
2170	2170	22 (f) The initial survivor's or widow's annuity of an
2171	2171	23 otherwise eligible survivor or widow of a retired member or
2172	2172	24 participant who first became a member or participant on or
2173	2173	25 after January 1, 2011 shall be in the amount of 66 2/3% of the
2174	2174	26 retired member's or participant's retirement annuity at the
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2185	2185	1 date of death. In the case of the death of a member or
2186	2186	2 participant who has not retired and who first became a member
2187	2187	3 or participant on or after January 1, 2011, eligibility for a
2188	2188	4 survivor's or widow's annuity shall be determined by the
2189	2189	5 applicable Article of this Code. The initial benefit shall be
2190	2190	6 66 2/3% of the earned annuity without a reduction due to age. A
2191	2191	7 child's annuity of an otherwise eligible child shall be in the
2192	2192	8 amount prescribed under each Article if applicable. Any
2193	2193	9 survivor's or widow's annuity shall be increased (1) on each
2194	2194	10 January 1 occurring on or after the commencement of the
2195	2195	11 annuity if the deceased member died while receiving a
2196	2196	12 retirement annuity or (2) in other cases, on each January 1
2197	2197	13 occurring after the first anniversary of the commencement of
2198	2198	14 the annuity. Each annual increase shall be calculated at 3% or
2199	2199	15 one-half the annual unadjusted percentage increase (but not
2200	2200	16 less than zero) in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months
2201	2201	17 ending with the September preceding each November 1, whichever
2202	2202	18 is less, of the originally granted survivor's annuity. If the
2203	2203	19 annual unadjusted percentage change in the consumer price
2204	2204	20 index-u for the 12 months ending with the September preceding
2205	2205	21 each November 1 is zero or there is a decrease, then the
2206	2206	22 annuity shall not be increased.
2207	2207	23 (g) The benefits in Section 14-110 apply only if the
2208	2208	24 person is a State policeman, a fire fighter in the fire
2209	2209	25 protection service of a department, a conservation police
2210	2210	26 officer, an investigator for the Secretary of State, an arson
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2221	2221	1 investigator, a Commerce Commission police officer,
2222	2222	2 investigator for the Department of Revenue or the Illinois
2223	2223	3 Gaming Board, a security employee of the Department of
2224	2224	4 Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, or a
2225	2225	5 security employee of the Department of Innovation and
2226	2226	6 Technology, as those terms are defined in subsection (b) and
2227	2227	7 subsection (c) of Section 14-110. A person who meets the
2228	2228	8 requirements of this Section is entitled to an annuity
2229	2229	9 calculated under the provisions of Section 14-110, in lieu of
2230	2230	10 the regular or minimum retirement annuity, only if the person
2231	2231	11 has withdrawn from service with not less than 20 years of
2232	2232	12 eligible creditable service and has attained age 60,
2233	2233	13 regardless of whether the attainment of age 60 occurs while
2234	2234	14 the person is still in service.
2235	2235	15 (h) If a person who first becomes a member or a participant
2236	2236	16 of a retirement system or pension fund subject to this Section
2237	2237	17 on or after January 1, 2011 is receiving a retirement annuity
2238	2238	18 or retirement pension under that system or fund and becomes a
2239	2239	19 member or participant under any other system or fund created
2240	2240	20 by this Code and is employed on a full-time basis, except for
2241	2241	21 those members or participants exempted from the provisions of
2242	2242	22 this Section under subsection (a) of this Section, then the
2243	2243	23 person's retirement annuity or retirement pension under that
2244	2244	24 system or fund shall be suspended during that employment. Upon
2245	2245	25 termination of that employment, the person's retirement
2246	2246	26 annuity or retirement pension payments shall resume and be
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2257	2257	1 recalculated if recalculation is provided for under the
2258	2258	2 applicable Article of this Code.
2259	2259	3 If a person who first becomes a member of a retirement
2260	2260	4 system or pension fund subject to this Section on or after
2261	2261	5 January 1, 2012 and is receiving a retirement annuity or
2262	2262	6 retirement pension under that system or fund and accepts on a
2263	2263	7 contractual basis a position to provide services to a
2264	2264	8 governmental entity from which he or she has retired, then
2265	2265	9 that person's annuity or retirement pension earned as an
2266	2266	10 active employee of the employer shall be suspended during that
2267	2267	11 contractual service. A person receiving an annuity or
2268	2268	12 retirement pension under this Code shall notify the pension
2269	2269	13 fund or retirement system from which he or she is receiving an
2270	2270	14 annuity or retirement pension, as well as his or her
2271	2271	15 contractual employer, of his or her retirement status before
2272	2272	16 accepting contractual employment. A person who fails to submit
2273	2273	17 such notification shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and
2274	2274	18 required to pay a fine of $1,000. Upon termination of that
2275	2275	19 contractual employment, the person's retirement annuity or
2276	2276	20 retirement pension payments shall resume and, if appropriate,
2277	2277	21 be recalculated under the applicable provisions of this Code.
2278	2278	22 (i) (Blank).
2279	2279	23 (j) In the case of a conflict between the provisions of
2280	2280	24 this Section and any other provision of this Code, the
2281	2281	25 provisions of this Section shall control.
2282	2282	26 (Source: P.A. 101-610, eff. 1-1-20; 102-16, eff. 6-17-21;
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2293	2293	1 102-210, eff. 1-1-22; 102-263, eff. 8-6-21; 102-813, eff.
2294	2294	2 5-13-22.)
2295	2295	3 (Text of Section from P.A. 102-956)
2296	2296	4 Sec. 1-160. Provisions applicable to new hires.
2297	2297	5 (a) The provisions of this Section apply to a person who,
2298	2298	6 on or after January 1, 2011, first becomes a member or a
2299	2299	7 participant under any reciprocal retirement system or pension
2300	2300	8 fund established under this Code, other than a retirement
2301	2301	9 system or pension fund established under Article 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
2302	2302	10 7, 15, or 18 of this Code, notwithstanding any other provision
2303	2303	11 of this Code to the contrary, but do not apply to any
2304	2304	12 self-managed plan established under this Code or to any
2305	2305	13 participant of the retirement plan established under Section
2306	2306	14 22-101; except that this Section applies to a person who
2307	2307	15 elected to establish alternative credits by electing in
2308	2308	16 writing after January 1, 2011, but before August 8, 2011,
2309	2309	17 under Section 7-145.1 of this Code. Notwithstanding anything
2310	2310	18 to the contrary in this Section, for purposes of this Section,
2311	2311	19 a person who is a Tier 1 regular employee as defined in Section
2312	2312	20 7-109.4 of this Code or who participated in a retirement
2313	2313	21 system under Article 15 prior to January 1, 2011 shall be
2314	2314	22 deemed a person who first became a member or participant prior
2315	2315	23 to January 1, 2011 under any retirement system or pension fund
2316	2316	24 subject to this Section. The changes made to this Section by
2317	2317	25 Public Act 98-596 are a clarification of existing law and are
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2328	2328	1 intended to be retroactive to January 1, 2011 (the effective
2329	2329	2 date of Public Act 96-889), notwithstanding the provisions of
2330	2330	3 Section 1-103.1 of this Code.
2331	2331	4 This Section does not apply to a person who first becomes a
2332	2332	5 noncovered employee under Article 14 on or after the
2333	2333	6 implementation date of the plan created under Section 1-161
2334	2334	7 for that Article, unless that person elects under subsection
2335	2335	8 (b) of Section 1-161 to instead receive the benefits provided
2336	2336	9 under this Section and the applicable provisions of that
2337	2337	10 Article.
2338	2338	11 This Section does not apply to a person who first becomes a
2339	2339	12 member or participant under Article 16 on or after the
2340	2340	13 implementation date of the plan created under Section 1-161
2341	2341	14 for that Article, unless that person elects under subsection
2342	2342	15 (b) of Section 1-161 to instead receive the benefits provided
2343	2343	16 under this Section and the applicable provisions of that
2344	2344	17 Article.
2345	2345	18 This Section does not apply to a person who elects under
2346	2346	19 subsection (c-5) of Section 1-161 to receive the benefits
2347	2347	20 under Section 1-161.
2348	2348	21 This Section does not apply to a person who first becomes a
2349	2349	22 member or participant of an affected pension fund on or after 6
2350	2350	23 months after the resolution or ordinance date, as defined in
2351	2351	24 Section 1-162, unless that person elects under subsection (c)
2352	2352	25 of Section 1-162 to receive the benefits provided under this
2353	2353	26 Section and the applicable provisions of the Article under
2354	2354
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2364	2364	1 which he or she is a member or participant.
2365	2365	2 This Section does not apply to a person who participates
2366	2366	3 in a defined contribution plan established under Section
2367	2367	4 14-155.5.
2368	2368	5 (b) "Final average salary" means, except as otherwise
2369	2369	6 provided in this subsection, the average monthly (or annual)
2370	2370	7 salary obtained by dividing the total salary or earnings
2371	2371	8 calculated under the Article applicable to the member or
2372	2372	9 participant during the 96 consecutive months (or 8 consecutive
2373	2373	10 years) of service within the last 120 months (or 10 years) of
2374	2374	11 service in which the total salary or earnings calculated under
2375	2375	12 the applicable Article was the highest by the number of months
2376	2376	13 (or years) of service in that period. For the purposes of a
2377	2377	14 person who first becomes a member or participant of any
2378	2378	15 retirement system or pension fund to which this Section
2379	2379	16 applies on or after January 1, 2011, in this Code, "final
2380	2380	17 average salary" shall be substituted for the following:
2381	2381	18 (1) (Blank).
2382	2382	19 (2) In Articles 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, "highest average
2383	2383	20 annual salary for any 4 consecutive years within the last
2384	2384	21 10 years of service immediately preceding the date of
2385	2385	22 withdrawal".
2386	2386	23 (3) In Article 13, "average final salary".
2387	2387	24 (4) In Article 14, "final average compensation".
2388	2388	25 (5) In Article 17, "average salary".
2389	2389	26 (6) In Section 22-207, "wages or salary received by
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2400	2400	1 him at the date of retirement or discharge".
2401	2401	2 A member of the Teachers' Retirement System of the State
2402	2402	3 of Illinois who retires on or after June 1, 2021 and for whom
2403	2403	4 the 2020-2021 school year is used in the calculation of the
2404	2404	5 member's final average salary shall use the higher of the
2405	2405	6 following for the purpose of determining the member's final
2406	2406	7 average salary:
2407	2407	8 (A) the amount otherwise calculated under the first
2408	2408	9 paragraph of this subsection; or
2409	2409	10 (B) an amount calculated by the Teachers' Retirement
2410	2410	11 System of the State of Illinois using the average of the
2411	2411	12 monthly (or annual) salary obtained by dividing the total
2412	2412	13 salary or earnings calculated under Article 16 applicable
2413	2413	14 to the member or participant during the 96 months (or 8
2414	2414	15 years) of service within the last 120 months (or 10 years)
2415	2415	16 of service in which the total salary or earnings
2416	2416	17 calculated under the Article was the highest by the number
2417	2417	18 of months (or years) of service in that period.
2418	2418	19 (b-5) Beginning on January 1, 2011, for all purposes under
2419	2419	20 this Code (including without limitation the calculation of
2420	2420	21 benefits and employee contributions), the annual earnings,
2421	2421	22 salary, or wages (based on the plan year) of a member or
2422	2422	23 participant to whom this Section applies shall not exceed
2423	2423	24 $106,800; however, that amount shall annually thereafter be
2424	2424	25 increased by the lesser of (i) 3% of that amount, including all
2425	2425	26 previous adjustments, or (ii) one-half the annual unadjusted
2426	2426
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2436	2436	1 percentage increase (but not less than zero) in the consumer
2437	2437	2 price index-u for the 12 months ending with the September
2438	2438	3 preceding each November 1, including all previous adjustments.
2439	2439	4 For the purposes of this Section, "consumer price index-u"
2440	2440	5 means the index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
2441	2441	6 the United States Department of Labor that measures the
2442	2442	7 average change in prices of goods and services purchased by
2443	2443	8 all urban consumers, United States city average, all items,
2444	2444	9 1982-84 = 100. The new amount resulting from each annual
2445	2445	10 adjustment shall be determined by the Public Pension Division
2446	2446	11 of the Department of Insurance and made available to the
2447	2447	12 boards of the retirement systems and pension funds by November
2448	2448	13 1 of each year.
2449	2449	14 (c) A member or participant is entitled to a retirement
2450	2450	15 annuity upon written application if he or she has attained age
2451	2451	16 67 (age 65, with respect to service under Article 12 that is
2452	2452	17 subject to this Section, for a member or participant under
2453	2453	18 Article 12 who first becomes a member or participant under
2454	2454	19 Article 12 on or after January 1, 2022 or who makes the
2455	2455	20 election under item (i) of subsection (d-15) of this Section)
2456	2456	21 and has at least 10 years of service credit and is otherwise
2457	2457	22 eligible under the requirements of the applicable Article.
2458	2458	23 A member or participant who has attained age 62 (age 60,
2459	2459	24 with respect to service under Article 12 that is subject to
2460	2460	25 this Section, for a member or participant under Article 12 who
2461	2461	26 first becomes a member or participant under Article 12 on or
2462	2462
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2472	2472	1 after January 1, 2022 or who makes the election under item (i)
2473	2473	2 of subsection (d-15) of this Section) and has at least 10 years
2474	2474	3 of service credit and is otherwise eligible under the
2475	2475	4 requirements of the applicable Article may elect to receive
2476	2476	5 the lower retirement annuity provided in subsection (d) of
2477	2477	6 this Section.
2478	2478	7 (c-5) A person who first becomes a member or a participant
2479	2479	8 subject to this Section on or after July 6, 2017 (the effective
2480	2480	9 date of Public Act 100-23), notwithstanding any other
2481	2481	10 provision of this Code to the contrary, is entitled to a
2482	2482	11 retirement annuity under Article 8 or Article 11 upon written
2483	2483	12 application if he or she has attained age 65 and has at least
2484	2484	13 10 years of service credit and is otherwise eligible under the
2485	2485	14 requirements of Article 8 or Article 11 of this Code,
2486	2486	15 whichever is applicable.
2487	2487	16 (d) The retirement annuity of a member or participant who
2488	2488	17 is retiring after attaining age 62 (age 60, with respect to
2489	2489	18 service under Article 12 that is subject to this Section, for a
2490	2490	19 member or participant under Article 12 who first becomes a
2491	2491	20 member or participant under Article 12 on or after January 1,
2492	2492	21 2022 or who makes the election under item (i) of subsection
2493	2493	22 (d-15) of this Section) with at least 10 years of service
2494	2494	23 credit shall be reduced by one-half of 1% for each full month
2495	2495	24 that the member's age is under age 67 (age 65, with respect to
2496	2496	25 service under Article 12 that is subject to this Section, for a
2497	2497	26 member or participant under Article 12 who first becomes a
2498	2498
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2508	2508	1 member or participant under Article 12 on or after January 1,
2509	2509	2 2022 or who makes the election under item (i) of subsection
2510	2510	3 (d-15) of this Section).
2511	2511	4 (d-5) The retirement annuity payable under Article 8 or
2512	2512	5 Article 11 to an eligible person subject to subsection (c-5)
2513	2513	6 of this Section who is retiring at age 60 with at least 10
2514	2514	7 years of service credit shall be reduced by one-half of 1% for
2515	2515	8 each full month that the member's age is under age 65.
2516	2516	9 (d-10) Each person who first became a member or
2517	2517	10 participant under Article 8 or Article 11 of this Code on or
2518	2518	11 after January 1, 2011 and prior to July 6, 2017 (the effective
2519	2519	12 date of Public Act 100-23) shall make an irrevocable election
2520	2520	13 either:
2521	2521	14 (i) to be eligible for the reduced retirement age
2522	2522	15 provided in subsections (c-5) and (d-5) of this Section,
2523	2523	16 the eligibility for which is conditioned upon the member
2524	2524	17 or participant agreeing to the increases in employee
2525	2525	18 contributions for age and service annuities provided in
2526	2526	19 subsection (a-5) of Section 8-174 of this Code (for
2527	2527	20 service under Article 8) or subsection (a-5) of Section
2528	2528	21 11-170 of this Code (for service under Article 11); or
2529	2529	22 (ii) to not agree to item (i) of this subsection
2530	2530	23 (d-10), in which case the member or participant shall
2531	2531	24 continue to be subject to the retirement age provisions in
2532	2532	25 subsections (c) and (d) of this Section and the employee
2533	2533	26 contributions for age and service annuity as provided in
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2544	2544	1 subsection (a) of Section 8-174 of this Code (for service
2545	2545	2 under Article 8) or subsection (a) of Section 11-170 of
2546	2546	3 this Code (for service under Article 11).
2547	2547	4 The election provided for in this subsection shall be made
2548	2548	5 between October 1, 2017 and November 15, 2017. A person
2549	2549	6 subject to this subsection who makes the required election
2550	2550	7 shall remain bound by that election. A person subject to this
2551	2551	8 subsection who fails for any reason to make the required
2552	2552	9 election within the time specified in this subsection shall be
2553	2553	10 deemed to have made the election under item (ii).
2554	2554	11 (d-15) Each person who first becomes a member or
2555	2555	12 participant under Article 12 on or after January 1, 2011 and
2556	2556	13 prior to January 1, 2022 shall make an irrevocable election
2557	2557	14 either:
2558	2558	15 (i) to be eligible for the reduced retirement age
2559	2559	16 specified in subsections (c) and (d) of this Section, the
2560	2560	17 eligibility for which is conditioned upon the member or
2561	2561	18 participant agreeing to the increase in employee
2562	2562	19 contributions for service annuities specified in
2563	2563	20 subsection (b) of Section 12-150; or
2564	2564	21 (ii) to not agree to item (i) of this subsection
2565	2565	22 (d-15), in which case the member or participant shall not
2566	2566	23 be eligible for the reduced retirement age specified in
2567	2567	24 subsections (c) and (d) of this Section and shall not be
2568	2568	25 subject to the increase in employee contributions for
2569	2569	26 service annuities specified in subsection (b) of Section
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2580	2580	1 12-150.
2581	2581	2 The election provided for in this subsection shall be made
2582	2582	3 between January 1, 2022 and April 1, 2022. A person subject to
2583	2583	4 this subsection who makes the required election shall remain
2584	2584	5 bound by that election. A person subject to this subsection
2585	2585	6 who fails for any reason to make the required election within
2586	2586	7 the time specified in this subsection shall be deemed to have
2587	2587	8 made the election under item (ii).
2588	2588	9 (e) Any retirement annuity or supplemental annuity shall
2589	2589	10 be subject to annual increases on the January 1 occurring
2590	2590	11 either on or after the attainment of age 67 (age 65, with
2591	2591	12 respect to service under Article 12 that is subject to this
2592	2592	13 Section, for a member or participant under Article 12 who
2593	2593	14 first becomes a member or participant under Article 12 on or
2594	2594	15 after January 1, 2022 or who makes the election under item (i)
2595	2595	16 of subsection (d-15); and beginning on July 6, 2017 (the
2596	2596	17 effective date of Public Act 100-23), age 65 with respect to
2597	2597	18 service under Article 8 or Article 11 for eligible persons
2598	2598	19 who: (i) are subject to subsection (c-5) of this Section; or
2599	2599	20 (ii) made the election under item (i) of subsection (d-10) of
2600	2600	21 this Section) or the first anniversary of the annuity start
2601	2601	22 date, whichever is later. Each annual increase shall be
2602	2602	23 calculated at 3% or one-half the annual unadjusted percentage
2603	2603	24 increase (but not less than zero) in the consumer price
2604	2604	25 index-u for the 12 months ending with the September preceding
2605	2605	26 each November 1, whichever is less, of the originally granted
2606	2606
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2616	2616	1 retirement annuity. If the annual unadjusted percentage change
2617	2617	2 in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months ending with the
2618	2618	3 September preceding each November 1 is zero or there is a
2619	2619	4 decrease, then the annuity shall not be increased.
2620	2620	5 For the purposes of Section 1-103.1 of this Code, the
2621	2621	6 changes made to this Section by Public Act 102-263 are
2622	2622	7 applicable without regard to whether the employee was in
2623	2623	8 active service on or after August 6, 2021 (the effective date
2624	2624	9 of Public Act 102-263).
2625	2625	10 For the purposes of Section 1-103.1 of this Code, the
2626	2626	11 changes made to this Section by Public Act 100-23 are
2627	2627	12 applicable without regard to whether the employee was in
2628	2628	13 active service on or after July 6, 2017 (the effective date of
2629	2629	14 Public Act 100-23).
2630	2630	15 (f) The initial survivor's or widow's annuity of an
2631	2631	16 otherwise eligible survivor or widow of a retired member or
2632	2632	17 participant who first became a member or participant on or
2633	2633	18 after January 1, 2011 shall be in the amount of 66 2/3% of the
2634	2634	19 retired member's or participant's retirement annuity at the
2635	2635	20 date of death. In the case of the death of a member or
2636	2636	21 participant who has not retired and who first became a member
2637	2637	22 or participant on or after January 1, 2011, eligibility for a
2638	2638	23 survivor's or widow's annuity shall be determined by the
2639	2639	24 applicable Article of this Code. The initial benefit shall be
2640	2640	25 66 2/3% of the earned annuity without a reduction due to age. A
2641	2641	26 child's annuity of an otherwise eligible child shall be in the
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2652	2652	1 amount prescribed under each Article if applicable. Any
2653	2653	2 survivor's or widow's annuity shall be increased (1) on each
2654	2654	3 January 1 occurring on or after the commencement of the
2655	2655	4 annuity if the deceased member died while receiving a
2656	2656	5 retirement annuity or (2) in other cases, on each January 1
2657	2657	6 occurring after the first anniversary of the commencement of
2658	2658	7 the annuity. Each annual increase shall be calculated at 3% or
2659	2659	8 one-half the annual unadjusted percentage increase (but not
2660	2660	9 less than zero) in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months
2661	2661	10 ending with the September preceding each November 1, whichever
2662	2662	11 is less, of the originally granted survivor's annuity. If the
2663	2663	12 annual unadjusted percentage change in the consumer price
2664	2664	13 index-u for the 12 months ending with the September preceding
2665	2665	14 each November 1 is zero or there is a decrease, then the
2666	2666	15 annuity shall not be increased.
2667	2667	16 (g) The benefits in Section 14-110 apply only if the
2668	2668	17 person is a State policeman, a fire fighter in the fire
2669	2669	18 protection service of a department, a conservation police
2670	2670	19 officer, an investigator for the Secretary of State, an
2671	2671	20 investigator for the Office of the Attorney General, an arson
2672	2672	21 investigator, a Commerce Commission police officer,
2673	2673	22 investigator for the Department of Revenue or the Illinois
2674	2674	23 Gaming Board, a security employee of the Department of
2675	2675	24 Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, or a
2676	2676	25 security employee of the Department of Innovation and
2677	2677	26 Technology, as those terms are defined in subsection (b) and
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2688	2688	1 subsection (c) of Section 14-110. A person who meets the
2689	2689	2 requirements of this Section is entitled to an annuity
2690	2690	3 calculated under the provisions of Section 14-110, in lieu of
2691	2691	4 the regular or minimum retirement annuity, only if the person
2692	2692	5 has withdrawn from service with not less than 20 years of
2693	2693	6 eligible creditable service and has attained age 60,
2694	2694	7 regardless of whether the attainment of age 60 occurs while
2695	2695	8 the person is still in service.
2696	2696	9 (h) If a person who first becomes a member or a participant
2697	2697	10 of a retirement system or pension fund subject to this Section
2698	2698	11 on or after January 1, 2011 is receiving a retirement annuity
2699	2699	12 or retirement pension under that system or fund and becomes a
2700	2700	13 member or participant under any other system or fund created
2701	2701	14 by this Code and is employed on a full-time basis, except for
2702	2702	15 those members or participants exempted from the provisions of
2703	2703	16 this Section under subsection (a) of this Section, then the
2704	2704	17 person's retirement annuity or retirement pension under that
2705	2705	18 system or fund shall be suspended during that employment. Upon
2706	2706	19 termination of that employment, the person's retirement
2707	2707	20 annuity or retirement pension payments shall resume and be
2708	2708	21 recalculated if recalculation is provided for under the
2709	2709	22 applicable Article of this Code.
2710	2710	23 If a person who first becomes a member of a retirement
2711	2711	24 system or pension fund subject to this Section on or after
2712	2712	25 January 1, 2012 and is receiving a retirement annuity or
2713	2713	26 retirement pension under that system or fund and accepts on a
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2724	2724	1 contractual basis a position to provide services to a
2725	2725	2 governmental entity from which he or she has retired, then
2726	2726	3 that person's annuity or retirement pension earned as an
2727	2727	4 active employee of the employer shall be suspended during that
2728	2728	5 contractual service. A person receiving an annuity or
2729	2729	6 retirement pension under this Code shall notify the pension
2730	2730	7 fund or retirement system from which he or she is receiving an
2731	2731	8 annuity or retirement pension, as well as his or her
2732	2732	9 contractual employer, of his or her retirement status before
2733	2733	10 accepting contractual employment. A person who fails to submit
2734	2734	11 such notification shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and
2735	2735	12 required to pay a fine of $1,000. Upon termination of that
2736	2736	13 contractual employment, the person's retirement annuity or
2737	2737	14 retirement pension payments shall resume and, if appropriate,
2738	2738	15 be recalculated under the applicable provisions of this Code.
2739	2739	16 (i) (Blank).
2740	2740	17 (j) In the case of a conflict between the provisions of
2741	2741	18 this Section and any other provision of this Code, the
2742	2742	19 provisions of this Section shall control.
2743	2743	20 (Source: P.A. 101-610, eff. 1-1-20; 102-16, eff. 6-17-21;
2744	2744	21 102-210, eff. 1-1-22; 102-263, eff. 8-6-21; 102-956, eff.
2745	2745	22 5-27-22.)
2746	2746	23 (40 ILCS 5/1-161)
2747	2747	24 Sec. 1-161. Optional benefits for certain Tier 2 members
2748	2748	25 under Articles 14, 15, and 16.
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2759	2759	1 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code to
2760	2760	2 the contrary, the provisions of this Section apply to a person
2761	2761	3 who first becomes a member or a participant under Article 14,
2762	2762	4 15, or 16 on or after the implementation date under this
2763	2763	5 Section for the applicable Article and who does not make the
2764	2764	6 election under subsection (b) or (c), whichever applies. The
2765	2765	7 provisions of this Section also apply to a person who makes the
2766	2766	8 election under subsection (c-5). However, the provisions of
2767	2767	9 this Section do not apply to any participant in a self-managed
2768	2768	10 plan or a defined contribution plan established under Section
2769	2769	11 14-155.5, nor to a covered employee under Article 14.
2770	2770	12 As used in this Section and Section 1-160, the
2771	2771	13 "implementation date" under this Section means the earliest
2772	2772	14 date upon which the board of a retirement system authorizes
2773	2773	15 members of that system to begin participating in accordance
2774	2774	16 with this Section, as determined by the board of that
2775	2775	17 retirement system. Each of the retirement systems subject to
2776	2776	18 this Section shall endeavor to make such participation
2777	2777	19 available as soon as possible after the effective date of this
2778	2778	20 Section and shall establish an implementation date by board
2779	2779	21 resolution.
2780	2780	22 (b) In lieu of the benefits provided under this Section, a
2781	2781	23 member or participant, except for a participant under Article
2782	2782	24 15, may irrevocably elect the benefits under Section 1-160 and
2783	2783	25 the benefits otherwise applicable to that member or
2784	2784	26 participant. The election must be made within 30 days after
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2795	2795	1 becoming a member or participant. Each retirement system shall
2796	2796	2 establish procedures for making this election.
2797	2797	3 (c) A participant under Article 15 may irrevocably elect
2798	2798	4 the benefits otherwise provided to a Tier 2 member under
2799	2799	5 Article 15. The election must be made within 30 days after
2800	2800	6 becoming a member. The retirement system under Article 15
2801	2801	7 shall establish procedures for making this election.
2802	2802	8 (c-5) A non-covered participant under Article 14 to whom
2803	2803	9 Section 1-160 applies, a Tier 2 member under Article 15, or a
2804	2804	10 participant under Article 16 to whom Section 1-160 applies may
2805	2805	11 irrevocably elect to receive the benefits under this Section
2806	2806	12 in lieu of the benefits under Section 1-160 or the benefits
2807	2807	13 otherwise available to a Tier 2 member under Article 15,
2808	2808	14 whichever is applicable. Each retirement System shall
2809	2809	15 establish procedures for making this election.
2810	2810	16 (d) "Final average salary" means the average monthly (or
2811	2811	17 annual) salary obtained by dividing the total salary or
2812	2812	18 earnings calculated under the Article applicable to the member
2813	2813	19 or participant during the last 120 months (or 10 years) of
2814	2814	20 service in which the total salary or earnings calculated under
2815	2815	21 the applicable Article was the highest by the number of months
2816	2816	22 (or years) of service in that period. For the purposes of a
2817	2817	23 person to whom this Section applies, in this Code, "final
2818	2818	24 average salary" shall be substituted for "final average
2819	2819	25 compensation" in Article 14.
2820	2820	26 (e) Beginning on the implementation date, for all purposes
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2831	2831	1 under this Code (including without limitation the calculation
2832	2832	2 of benefits and employee contributions), the annual earnings,
2833	2833	3 salary, compensation, or wages (based on the plan year) of a
2834	2834	4 member or participant to whom this Section applies shall not
2835	2835	5 at any time exceed the federal Social Security Wage Base then
2836	2836	6 in effect.
2837	2837	7 (f) A member or participant is entitled to a retirement
2838	2838	8 annuity upon written application if he or she has attained the
2839	2839	9 normal retirement age determined by the Social Security
2840	2840	10 Administration for that member or participant's year of birth,
2841	2841	11 but no earlier than 67 years of age, and has at least 10 years
2842	2842	12 of service credit and is otherwise eligible under the
2843	2843	13 requirements of the applicable Article.
2844	2844	14 (g) The amount of the retirement annuity to which a member
2845	2845	15 or participant is entitled shall be computed by multiplying
2846	2846	16 1.25% for each year of service credit by his or her final
2847	2847	17 average salary.
2848	2848	18 (h) Any retirement annuity or supplemental annuity shall
2849	2849	19 be subject to annual increases on the first anniversary of the
2850	2850	20 annuity start date. Each annual increase shall be one-half the
2851	2851	21 annual unadjusted percentage increase (but not less than zero)
2852	2852	22 in the consumer price index-w for the 12 months ending with the
2853	2853	23 September preceding each November 1 of the originally granted
2854	2854	24 retirement annuity. If the annual unadjusted percentage change
2855	2855	25 in the consumer price index-w for the 12 months ending with the
2856	2856	26 September preceding each November 1 is zero or there is a
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2867	2867	1 decrease, then the annuity shall not be increased.
2868	2868	2 For the purposes of this Section, "consumer price index-w"
2869	2869	3 means the index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
2870	2870	4 the United States Department of Labor that measures the
2871	2871	5 average change in prices of goods and services purchased by
2872	2872	6 Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, United States city
2873	2873	7 average, all items, 1982-84 = 100. The new amount resulting
2874	2874	8 from each annual adjustment shall be determined by the Public
2875	2875	9 Pension Division of the Department of Insurance and made
2876	2876	10 available to the boards of the retirement systems and pension
2877	2877	11 funds by November 1 of each year.
2878	2878	12 (i) The initial survivor's or widow's annuity of an
2879	2879	13 otherwise eligible survivor or widow of a retired member or
2880	2880	14 participant to whom this Section applies shall be in the
2881	2881	15 amount of 66 2/3% of the retired member's or participant's
2882	2882	16 retirement annuity at the date of death. In the case of the
2883	2883	17 death of a member or participant who has not retired and to
2884	2884	18 whom this Section applies, eligibility for a survivor's or
2885	2885	19 widow's annuity shall be determined by the applicable Article
2886	2886	20 of this Code. The benefit shall be 66 2/3% of the earned
2887	2887	21 annuity without a reduction due to age. A child's annuity of an
2888	2888	22 otherwise eligible child shall be in the amount prescribed
2889	2889	23 under each Article if applicable.
2890	2890	24 (j) In lieu of any other employee contributions, except
2891	2891	25 for the contribution to the defined contribution plan under
2892	2892	26 subsection (k) of this Section, each employee shall contribute
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2903	2903	1 6.2% of his her or salary to the retirement system. However,
2904	2904	2 the employee contribution under this subsection shall not
2905	2905	3 exceed the amount of the total normal cost of the benefits for
2906	2906	4 all members making contributions under this Section (except
2907	2907	5 for the defined contribution plan under subsection (k) of this
2908	2908	6 Section), expressed as a percentage of payroll and certified
2909	2909	7 on or before January 15 of each year by the board of trustees
2910	2910	8 of the retirement system. If the board of trustees of the
2911	2911	9 retirement system certifies that the 6.2% employee
2912	2912	10 contribution rate exceeds the normal cost of the benefits
2913	2913	11 under this Section (except for the defined contribution plan
2914	2914	12 under subsection (k) of this Section), then on or before
2915	2915	13 December 1 of that year, the board of trustees shall certify
2916	2916	14 the amount of the normal cost of the benefits under this
2917	2917	15 Section (except for the defined contribution plan under
2918	2918	16 subsection (k) of this Section), expressed as a percentage of
2919	2919	17 payroll, to the State Actuary and the Commission on Government
2920	2920	18 Forecasting and Accountability, and the employee contribution
2921	2921	19 under this subsection shall be reduced to that amount
2922	2922	20 beginning July 1 of that year. Thereafter, if the normal cost
2923	2923	21 of the benefits under this Section (except for the defined
2924	2924	22 contribution plan under subsection (k) of this Section),
2925	2925	23 expressed as a percentage of payroll and certified on or
2926	2926	24 before January 1 of each year by the board of trustees of the
2927	2927	25 retirement system, exceeds 6.2% of salary, then on or before
2928	2928	26 January 15 of that year, the board of trustees shall certify
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2939	2939	1 the normal cost to the State Actuary and the Commission on
2940	2940	2 Government Forecasting and Accountability, and the employee
2941	2941	3 contributions shall revert back to 6.2% of salary beginning
2942	2942	4 January 1 of the following year.
2943	2943	5 (k) In accordance with each retirement system's
2944	2944	6 implementation date, each retirement system under Article 14,
2945	2945	7 15, or 16 shall prepare and implement a defined contribution
2946	2946	8 plan for members or participants who are subject to this
2947	2947	9 Section. The defined contribution plan developed under this
2948	2948	10 subsection shall be a plan that aggregates employer and
2949	2949	11 employee contributions in individual participant accounts
2950	2950	12 which, after meeting any other requirements, are used for
2951	2951	13 payouts after retirement in accordance with this subsection
2952	2952	14 and any other applicable laws.
2953	2953	15 (1) Each member or participant shall contribute a
2954	2954	16 minimum of 4% of his or her salary to the defined
2955	2955	17 contribution plan.
2956	2956	18 (2) For each participant in the defined contribution
2957	2957	19 plan who has been employed with the same employer for at
2958	2958	20 least one year, employer contributions shall be paid into
2959	2959	21 that participant's accounts at a rate expressed as a
2960	2960	22 percentage of salary. This rate may be set for individual
2961	2961	23 employees, but shall be no higher than 6% of salary and
2962	2962	24 shall be no lower than 2% of salary.
2963	2963	25 (3) Employer contributions shall vest when those
2964	2964	26 contributions are paid into a member's or participant's
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2975	2975	1 account.
2976	2976	2 (4) The defined contribution plan shall provide a
2977	2977	3 variety of options for investments. These options shall
2978	2978	4 include investments handled by the Illinois State Board of
2979	2979	5 Investment as well as private sector investment options.
2980	2980	6 (5) The defined contribution plan shall provide a
2981	2981	7 variety of options for payouts to retirees and their
2982	2982	8 survivors.
2983	2983	9 (6) To the extent authorized under federal law and as
2984	2984	10 authorized by the retirement system, the defined
2985	2985	11 contribution plan shall allow former participants in the
2986	2986	12 plan to transfer or roll over employee and employer
2987	2987	13 contributions, and the earnings thereon, into other
2988	2988	14 qualified retirement plans.
2989	2989	15 (7) Each retirement system shall reduce the employee
2990	2990	16 contributions credited to the member's defined
2991	2991	17 contribution plan account by an amount determined by that
2992	2992	18 retirement system to cover the cost of offering the
2993	2993	19 benefits under this subsection and any applicable
2994	2994	20 administrative fees.
2995	2995	21 (8) No person shall begin participating in the defined
2996	2996	22 contribution plan until it has attained qualified plan
2997	2997	23 status and received all necessary approvals from the U.S.
2998	2998	24 Internal Revenue Service.
2999	2999	25 (l) In the case of a conflict between the provisions of
3000	3000	26 this Section and any other provision of this Code, the
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3011	3011	1 provisions of this Section shall control.
3012	3012	2 (Source: P.A. 100-23, eff. 7-6-17.)
3013	3013	3 (40 ILCS 5/14-103.05) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-103.05)
3014	3014	4 Sec. 14-103.05. Employee.
3015	3015	5 (a) Except as provided in subsection (e), any Any person
3016	3016	6 employed by a Department who receives salary for personal
3017	3017	7 services rendered to the Department on a warrant issued
3018	3018	8 pursuant to a payroll voucher certified by a Department and
3019	3019	9 drawn by the State Comptroller upon the State Treasurer,
3020	3020	10 including an elected official described in subparagraph (d) of
3021	3021	11 Section 14-104, shall become an employee for purpose of
3022	3022	12 membership in the Retirement System on the first day of such
3023	3023	13 employment.
3024	3024	14 A person entering service on or after January 1, 1972 and
3025	3025	15 prior to January 1, 1984 shall become a member as a condition
3026	3026	16 of employment and shall begin making contributions as of the
3027	3027	17 first day of employment.
3028	3028	18 A person entering service on or after January 1, 1984
3029	3029	19 shall, upon completion of 6 months of continuous service which
3030	3030	20 is not interrupted by a break of more than 2 months, become a
3031	3031	21 member as a condition of employment. Contributions shall begin
3032	3032	22 the first of the month after completion of the qualifying
3033	3033	23 period.
3034	3034	24 A person employed by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for
3035	3035	25 Planning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
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3046	3046	1 95th General Assembly who was a member of this System as an
3047	3047	2 employee of the Chicago Area Transportation Study and makes an
3048	3048	3 election under Section 14-104.13 to participate in this System
3049	3049	4 for his or her employment with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency
3050	3050	5 for Planning.
3051	3051	6 The qualifying period of 6 months of service is not
3052	3052	7 applicable to: (1) a person who has been granted credit for
3053	3053	8 service in a position covered by the State Universities
3054	3054	9 Retirement System, the Teachers' Retirement System of the
3055	3055	10 State of Illinois, the General Assembly Retirement System, or
3056	3056	11 the Judges Retirement System of Illinois unless that service
3057	3057	12 has been forfeited under the laws of those systems; (2) a
3058	3058	13 person entering service on or after July 1, 1991 in a
3059	3059	14 noncovered position; (3) a person to whom Section 14-108.2a or
3060	3060	15 14-108.2b applies; or (4) a person to whom subsection (a-5) of
3061	3061	16 this Section applies.
3062	3062	17 (a-5) Except as provided in subsection (e), a A person
3063	3063	18 entering service on or after December 1, 2010 and before the
3064	3064	19 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General
3065	3065	20 Assembly shall become a member as a condition of employment
3066	3066	21 and shall begin making contributions as of the first day of
3067	3067	22 employment. A person serving in the qualifying period on
3068	3068	23 December 1, 2010 will become a member on December 1, 2010 and
3069	3069	24 shall begin making contributions as of December 1, 2010.
3070	3070	25 (b) The term "employee" does not include the following:
3071	3071	26 (1) members of the State Legislature, and persons
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3082	3082	1 electing to become members of the General Assembly
3083	3083	2 Retirement System pursuant to Section 2-105;
3084	3084	3 (2) incumbents of offices normally filled by vote of
3085	3085	4 the people;
3086	3086	5 (3) except as otherwise provided in this Section, any
3087	3087	6 person appointed by the Governor with the advice and
3088	3088	7 consent of the Senate unless that person elects to
3089	3089	8 participate in this system;
3090	3090	9 (3.1) any person serving as a commissioner of an
3091	3091	10 ethics commission created under the State Officials and
3092	3092	11 Employees Ethics Act unless that person elects to
3093	3093	12 participate in this system with respect to that service as
3094	3094	13 a commissioner;
3095	3095	14 (3.2) any person serving as a part-time employee in
3096	3096	15 any of the following positions: Legislative Inspector
3097	3097	16 General, Special Legislative Inspector General, employee
3098	3098	17 of the Office of the Legislative Inspector General,
3099	3099	18 Executive Director of the Legislative Ethics Commission,
3100	3100	19 or staff of the Legislative Ethics Commission, regardless
3101	3101	20 of whether he or she is in active service on or after July
3102	3102	21 8, 2004 (the effective date of Public Act 93-685), unless
3103	3103	22 that person elects to participate in this System with
3104	3104	23 respect to that service; in this item (3.2), a "part-time
3105	3105	24 employee" is a person who is not required to work at least
3106	3106	25 35 hours per week;
3107	3107	26 (3.3) any person who has made an election under
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3118	3118	1 Section 1-123 and who is serving either as legal counsel
3119	3119	2 in the Office of the Governor or as Chief Deputy Attorney
3120	3120	3 General;
3121	3121	4 (4) except as provided in Section 14-108.2 or
3122	3122	5 14-108.2c, any person who is covered or eligible to be
3123	3123	6 covered by the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of
3124	3124	7 Illinois, the State Universities Retirement System, or the
3125	3125	8 Judges Retirement System of Illinois;
3126	3126	9 (5) an employee of a municipality or any other
3127	3127	10 political subdivision of the State;
3128	3128	11 (6) any person who becomes an employee after June 30,
3129	3129	12 1979 as a public service employment program participant
3130	3130	13 under the Federal Comprehensive Employment and Training
3131	3131	14 Act and whose wages or fringe benefits are paid in whole or
3132	3132	15 in part by funds provided under such Act;
3133	3133	16 (7) enrollees of the Illinois Young Adult Conservation
3134	3134	17 Corps program, administered by the Department of Natural
3135	3135	18 Resources, authorized grantee pursuant to Title VIII of
3136	3136	19 the "Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973",
3137	3137	20 29 USC 993, as now or hereafter amended;
3138	3138	21 (8) enrollees and temporary staff of programs
3139	3139	22 administered by the Department of Natural Resources under
3140	3140	23 the Youth Conservation Corps Act of 1970;
3141	3141	24 (9) any person who is a member of any professional
3142	3142	25 licensing or disciplinary board created under an Act
3143	3143	26 administered by the Department of Professional Regulation
3144	3144
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3154	3154	1 or a successor agency or created or re-created after the
3155	3155	2 effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997, and who
3156	3156	3 receives per diem compensation rather than a salary,
3157	3157	4 notwithstanding that such per diem compensation is paid by
3158	3158	5 warrant issued pursuant to a payroll voucher; such persons
3159	3159	6 have never been included in the membership of this System,
3160	3160	7 and this amendatory Act of 1987 (P.A. 84-1472) is not
3161	3161	8 intended to effect any change in the status of such
3162	3162	9 persons;
3163	3163	10 (10) any person who is a member of the Illinois Health
3164	3164	11 Care Cost Containment Council, and receives per diem
3165	3165	12 compensation rather than a salary, notwithstanding that
3166	3166	13 such per diem compensation is paid by warrant issued
3167	3167	14 pursuant to a payroll voucher; such persons have never
3168	3168	15 been included in the membership of this System, and this
3169	3169	16 amendatory Act of 1987 is not intended to effect any
3170	3170	17 change in the status of such persons;
3171	3171	18 (11) any person who is a member of the Oil and Gas
3172	3172	19 Board created by Section 1.2 of the Illinois Oil and Gas
3173	3173	20 Act, and receives per diem compensation rather than a
3174	3174	21 salary, notwithstanding that such per diem compensation is
3175	3175	22 paid by warrant issued pursuant to a payroll voucher;
3176	3176	23 (12) a person employed by the State Board of Higher
3177	3177	24 Education in a position with the Illinois Century Network
3178	3178	25 as of June 30, 2004, who remains continuously employed
3179	3179	26 after that date by the Department of Central Management
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3190	3190	1 Services in a position with the Illinois Century Network
3191	3191	2 and participates in the Article 15 system with respect to
3192	3192	3 that employment;
3193	3193	4 (13) any person who first becomes a member of the
3194	3194	5 Civil Service Commission on or after January 1, 2012;
3195	3195	6 (14) any person, other than the Director of Employment
3196	3196	7 Security, who first becomes a member of the Board of
3197	3197	8 Review of the Department of Employment Security on or
3198	3198	9 after January 1, 2012;
3199	3199	10 (15) any person who first becomes a member of the
3200	3200	11 Civil Service Commission on or after January 1, 2012;
3201	3201	12 (16) any person who first becomes a member of the
3202	3202	13 Illinois Liquor Control Commission on or after January 1,
3203	3203	14 2012;
3204	3204	15 (17) any person who first becomes a member of the
3205	3205	16 Secretary of State Merit Commission on or after January 1,
3206	3206	17 2012;
3207	3207	18 (18) any person who first becomes a member of the
3208	3208	19 Human Rights Commission on or after January 1, 2012 unless
3209	3209	20 he or she is eligible to participate in accordance with
3210	3210	21 subsection (d) of this Section;
3211	3211	22 (19) any person who first becomes a member of the
3212	3212	23 State Mining Board on or after January 1, 2012;
3213	3213	24 (20) any person who first becomes a member of the
3214	3214	25 Property Tax Appeal Board on or after January 1, 2012;
3215	3215	26 (21) any person who first becomes a member of the
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3226	3226	1 Illinois Racing Board on or after January 1, 2012;
3227	3227	2 (22) any person who first becomes a member of the
3228	3228	3 Illinois State Police Merit Board on or after January 1,
3229	3229	4 2012;
3230	3230	5 (23) any person who first becomes a member of the
3231	3231	6 Illinois State Toll Highway Authority on or after January
3232	3232	7 1, 2012; or
3233	3233	8 (24) any person who first becomes a member of the
3234	3234	9 Illinois State Board of Elections on or after January 1,
3235	3235	10 2012.
3236	3236	11 (c) An individual who represents or is employed as an
3237	3237	12 officer or employee of a statewide labor organization that
3238	3238	13 represents members of this System may participate in the
3239	3239	14 System and shall be deemed an employee, provided that (1) the
3240	3240	15 individual has previously earned creditable service under this
3241	3241	16 Article, (2) the individual files with the System an
3242	3242	17 irrevocable election to become a participant within 6 months
3243	3243	18 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th
3244	3244	19 General Assembly, and (3) the individual does not receive
3245	3245	20 credit for that employment under any other provisions of this
3246	3246	21 Code. An employee under this subsection (c) is responsible for
3247	3247	22 paying to the System both (i) employee contributions based on
3248	3248	23 the actual compensation received for service with the labor
3249	3249	24 organization and (ii) employer contributions based on the
3250	3250	25 percentage of payroll certified by the board; all or any part
3251	3251	26 of these contributions may be paid on the employee's behalf or
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3262	3262	1 picked up for tax purposes (if authorized under federal law)
3263	3263	2 by the labor organization.
3264	3264	3 A person who is an employee as defined in this subsection
3265	3265	4 (c) may establish service credit for similar employment prior
3266	3266	5 to becoming an employee under this subsection by paying to the
3267	3267	6 System for that employment the contributions specified in this
3268	3268	7 subsection, plus interest at the effective rate from the date
3269	3269	8 of service to the date of payment. However, credit shall not be
3270	3270	9 granted under this subsection (c) for any such prior
3271	3271	10 employment for which the applicant received credit under any
3272	3272	11 other provision of this Code or during which the applicant was
3273	3273	12 on a leave of absence.
3274	3274	13 (d) A person appointed as a member of the Human Rights
3275	3275	14 Commission on or after June 1, 2019 may elect to participate in
3276	3276	15 the System and shall be deemed an employee. Service and
3277	3277	16 contributions shall begin on the first payroll period
3278	3278	17 immediately following the employee's election to participate
3279	3279	18 in the System.
3280	3280	19 A person who is an employee as described in this
3281	3281	20 subsection (d) may establish service credit for employment as
3282	3282	21 a Human Rights Commissioner that occurred on or after June 1,
3283	3283	22 2019 and before establishing service under this subsection by
3284	3284	23 paying to the System for that employment the contributions
3285	3285	24 specified in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Section
3286	3286	25 14-133, plus regular interest from the date of service to the
3287	3287	26 date of payment.
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3298	3298	1 (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, a
3299	3299	2 person who first becomes an employee after the effective date
3300	3300	3 of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly is not
3301	3301	4 required, as a condition of employment or otherwise, to
3302	3302	5 participate in this System. An employee may elect not to
3303	3303	6 participate in this System by notifying the System in a manner
3304	3304	7 specified by the System.
3305	3305	8 (Source: P.A. 101-10, eff. 6-5-19; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
3306	3306	9 (40 ILCS 5/14-103.41)
3307	3307	10 Sec. 14-103.41. Tier 1 member; Tier 2 member; defined
3308	3308	11 contribution plan member. "Tier 1 member": A member of this
3309	3309	12 System who first became a member or participant before January
3310	3310	13 1, 2011 under any reciprocal retirement system or pension fund
3311	3311	14 established under this Code other than a retirement system or
3312	3312	15 pension fund established under Article 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 18 of
3313	3313	16 this Code.
3314	3314	17 In the case of a Tier 1 member who elects to participate in
3315	3315	18 the defined contribution plan under Section 14-155.5 of this
3316	3316	19 Code, that Tier 1 member shall be deemed a Tier 1 member only
3317	3317	20 with respect to service performed or established before the
3318	3318	21 effective date of that election.
3319	3319	22 "Tier 2 member": A member of this System who first becomes
3320	3320	23 a member under this Article on or after January 1, 2011 and who
3321	3321	24 is not a Tier 1 member.
3322	3322	25 In the case of a Tier 2 member who elects to participate in
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3333	3333	1 the defined contribution plan under Section 14-155.5 of this
3334	3334	2 Code, that Tier 2 member shall be deemed a Tier 2 member only
3335	3335	3 with respect to service performed or established before the
3336	3336	4 effective date of that election.
3337	3337	5 "Defined contribution plan member": A Tier 1 or Tier 2
3338	3338	6 member who elects to participate in the defined contribution
3339	3339	7 plan under Section 14-155.5 of this Code, but only with
3340	3340	8 respect to service performed on or after the effective date of
3341	3341	9 that election.
3342	3342	10 (Source: P.A. 100-587, eff. 6-4-18.)
3343	3343	11 (40 ILCS 5/14-152.1)
3344	3344	12 Sec. 14-152.1. Application and expiration of new benefit
3345	3345	13 increases.
3346	3346	14 (a) As used in this Section, "new benefit increase" means
3347	3347	15 an increase in the amount of any benefit provided under this
3348	3348	16 Article, or an expansion of the conditions of eligibility for
3349	3349	17 any benefit under this Article, that results from an amendment
3350	3350	18 to this Code that takes effect after June 1, 2005 (the
3351	3351	19 effective date of Public Act 94-4). "New benefit increase",
3352	3352	20 however, does not include any benefit increase resulting from
3353	3353	21 the changes made to Article 1 or this Article by Public Act
3354	3354	22 96-37, Public Act 100-23, Public Act 100-587, Public Act
3355	3355	23 100-611, Public Act 101-10, Public Act 101-610, Public Act
3356	3356	24 102-210, Public Act 102-856, Public Act 102-956, or this
3357	3357	25 amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly or this
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3368	3368	1 amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly.
3369	3369	2 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code or
3370	3370	3 any subsequent amendment to this Code, every new benefit
3371	3371	4 increase is subject to this Section and shall be deemed to be
3372	3372	5 granted only in conformance with and contingent upon
3373	3373	6 compliance with the provisions of this Section.
3374	3374	7 (c) The Public Act enacting a new benefit increase must
3375	3375	8 identify and provide for payment to the System of additional
3376	3376	9 funding at least sufficient to fund the resulting annual
3377	3377	10 increase in cost to the System as it accrues.
3378	3378	11 Every new benefit increase is contingent upon the General
3379	3379	12 Assembly providing the additional funding required under this
3380	3380	13 subsection. The Commission on Government Forecasting and
3381	3381	14 Accountability shall analyze whether adequate additional
3382	3382	15 funding has been provided for the new benefit increase and
3383	3383	16 shall report its analysis to the Public Pension Division of
3384	3384	17 the Department of Insurance. A new benefit increase created by
3385	3385	18 a Public Act that does not include the additional funding
3386	3386	19 required under this subsection is null and void. If the Public
3387	3387	20 Pension Division determines that the additional funding
3388	3388	21 provided for a new benefit increase under this subsection is
3389	3389	22 or has become inadequate, it may so certify to the Governor and
3390	3390	23 the State Comptroller and, in the absence of corrective action
3391	3391	24 by the General Assembly, the new benefit increase shall expire
3392	3392	25 at the end of the fiscal year in which the certification is
3393	3393	26 made.
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3404	3404	1 (d) Every new benefit increase shall expire 5 years after
3405	3405	2 its effective date or on such earlier date as may be specified
3406	3406	3 in the language enacting the new benefit increase or provided
3407	3407	4 under subsection (c). This does not prevent the General
3408	3408	5 Assembly from extending or re-creating a new benefit increase
3409	3409	6 by law.
3410	3410	7 (e) Except as otherwise provided in the language creating
3411	3411	8 the new benefit increase, a new benefit increase that expires
3412	3412	9 under this Section continues to apply to persons who applied
3413	3413	10 and qualified for the affected benefit while the new benefit
3414	3414	11 increase was in effect and to the affected beneficiaries and
3415	3415	12 alternate payees of such persons, but does not apply to any
3416	3416	13 other person, including, without limitation, a person who
3417	3417	14 continues in service after the expiration date and did not
3418	3418	15 apply and qualify for the affected benefit while the new
3419	3419	16 benefit increase was in effect.
3420	3420	17 (Source: P.A. 101-10, eff. 6-5-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19;
3421	3421	18 101-610, eff. 1-1-20; 102-210, eff. 7-30-21; 102-856, eff.
3422	3422	19 1-1-23; 102-956, eff. 5-27-22.)
3423	3423	20 (40 ILCS 5/14-155.5 new)
3424	3424	21 Sec. 14-155.5. Defined contribution plan.
3425	3425	22 (a) As used in this Section, "defined benefit plan" means
3426	3426	23 the retirement plan available under this Article to Tier 1 or
3427	3427	24 Tier 2 members who have not made the election authorized under
3428	3428	25 this Section.
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3439	3439	1 (b) By July 1, 2025, the System shall prepare and
3440	3440	2 implement a defined contribution plan. The defined
3441	3441	3 contribution plan developed under this Section shall be a plan
3442	3442	4 that aggregates State and employee contributions in individual
3443	3443	5 participant accounts that, after meeting any other
3444	3444	6 requirements, are used for payouts after retirement in
3445	3445	7 accordance with this Section and any other applicable laws.
3446	3446	8 (1) Participation in the defined contribution plan for
3447	3447	9 persons who elect to participate shall begin on July 1,
3448	3448	10 2025.
3449	3449	11 (2) A participant in the defined contribution plan
3450	3450	12 shall pay employee contributions at a rate determined by
3451	3451	13 the participant, but not less than 3% of compensation and
3452	3452	14 not more than a percentage of compensation determined by
3453	3453	15 the board in accordance with the requirements of State and
3454	3454	16 federal law.
3455	3455	17 (3) State contributions shall be paid into the
3456	3456	18 accounts of all participants in the defined contribution
3457	3457	19 plan at a uniform rate, expressed as a percentage of
3458	3458	20 compensation and determined for each year. This rate shall
3459	3459	21 be no higher than 7.6% of compensation and shall be no
3460	3460	22 lower than 3% of compensation. The State shall adjust this
3461	3461	23 rate annually.
3462	3462	24 (4) The defined contribution plan shall require 5
3463	3463	25 years of participation in the defined contribution plan
3464	3464	26 before vesting in State contributions. If the participant
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3475	3475	1 fails to vest in them, the State contributions, and the
3476	3476	2 earnings thereon, shall be forfeited.
3477	3477	3 (5) The defined contribution plan may provide for
3478	3478	4 participants in the plan to be eligible for the defined
3479	3479	5 disability benefits available to other participants under
3480	3480	6 this Article. If it does, the System shall reduce the
3481	3481	7 employee contributions credited to the member's defined
3482	3482	8 contribution plan account by an amount determined by the
3483	3483	9 System to cover the cost of offering such benefits.
3484	3484	10 (6) The defined contribution plan shall provide a
3485	3485	11 variety of options for investments. These options shall
3486	3486	12 include investments handled by the Illinois State Board of
3487	3487	13 Investment as well as private sector investment options.
3488	3488	14 (7) The defined contribution plan shall provide a
3489	3489	15 variety of options for payouts to participants in the
3490	3490	16 defined contribution plan who are no longer active in the
3491	3491	17 System and their survivors.
3492	3492	18 (8) To the extent authorized under federal law and as
3493	3493	19 authorized by the System, the plan shall allow former
3494	3494	20 participants in the plan to transfer or roll over employee
3495	3495	21 and vested State contributions, and the earnings thereon,
3496	3496	22 from the defined contribution plan into other qualified
3497	3497	23 retirement plans.
3498	3498	24 (9) The System shall reduce the employee contributions
3499	3499	25 credited to the member's defined contribution plan account
3500	3500	26 by an amount determined by the System to cover the cost of
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3511	3511	1 offering these benefits and any applicable administrative
3512	3512	2 fees.
3513	3513	3 (b) Under the defined contribution plan, an active Tier 1
3514	3514	4 or Tier 2 member of this System may elect, in writing, to cease
3515	3515	5 accruing benefits in the defined benefit plan and begin
3516	3516	6 accruing benefits for future service in the defined
3517	3517	7 contribution plan. The election to participate in the defined
3518	3518	8 contribution plan is voluntary and irrevocable and must be
3519	3519	9 made on or before December 31, 2024.
3520	3520	10 (1) Service credit under the defined contribution plan
3521	3521	11 may be used for determining retirement eligibility under
3522	3522	12 the defined benefit plan.
3523	3523	13 (2) On or before December 31, 2023, the System shall
3524	3524	14 notify all active Tier 1 and Tier 2 members who are
3525	3525	15 eligible to participate in the defined contribution plan.
3526	3526	16 The System shall mail information describing the option to
3527	3527	17 join the defined contribution plan to each of these
3528	3528	18 employees to his or her last known address on file with the
3529	3529	19 System. If the employee is not responsive to other means
3530	3530	20 of contact, it is sufficient for the System to publish the
3531	3531	21 details of the option on its website.
3532	3532	22 (3) If a person becomes an active participant of this
3533	3533	23 System on or after January 1, 2024, the System shall
3534	3534	24 notify the participant within one month after he or she
3535	3535	25 became an active participant that he or she is eligible to
3536	3536	26 participate in the defined contribution plan. The notice
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3547	3547	1 shall be provided in the manner specified in paragraph (2)
3548	3548	2 of this subsection.
3549	3549	3 (4) Upon request for further information describing
3550	3550	4 the option, the System shall provide employees with
3551	3551	5 information from the System before exercising the option
3552	3552	6 to join the plan, including information on the impact to
3553	3553	7 their benefits and service. The individual consultation
3554	3554	8 shall include projections of the member's defined benefits
3555	3555	9 at retirement or earlier termination of service and the
3556	3556	10 value of the member's account at retirement or earlier
3557	3557	11 termination of service. The System shall not provide
3558	3558	12 advice or counseling with respect to whether the employee
3559	3559	13 should exercise the option. The System shall inform Tier 1
3560	3560	14 and Tier 2 members who are eligible to participate in the
3561	3561	15 defined contribution plan that they may also wish to
3562	3562	16 obtain information and counsel relating to their option
3563	3563	17 from any other available source, including but not limited
3564	3564	18 to labor organizations, private counsel, and financial
3565	3565	19 advisors.
3566	3566	20 (c) A Tier 1 or Tier 2 member who elects to participate in
3567	3567	21 the defined contribution plan may irrevocably elect to
3568	3568	22 terminate all participation in the defined benefit plan. Upon
3569	3569	23 that election, the System shall transfer to the member's
3570	3570	24 individual account an amount equal to the amount of
3571	3571	25 contribution refund that the member would be eligible to
3572	3572	26 receive if the member terminated employment on that date and
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3583	3583	1 elected a refund of contributions, including regular interest
3584	3584	2 for the respective years. The System shall make the transfer
3585	3585	3 as a tax-free transfer in accordance with Internal Revenue
3586	3586	4 Service guidelines, for purposes of funding the amount
3587	3587	5 credited to the member's individual account.
3588	3588	6 (d) In no event shall the System, its staff, its
3589	3589	7 authorized representatives, or the Board be liable for any
3590	3590	8 information given to an employee under this Section. The
3591	3591	9 System may coordinate with the Department of Central
3592	3592	10 Management Services in accordance with this amendatory Act of
3593	3593	11 the 103rd General Assembly to provide information concerning
3594	3594	12 the impact of the defined contribution plan set forth in this
3595	3595	13 Section.
3596	3596	14 (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,
3597	3597	15 no person shall begin participating in the defined
3598	3598	16 contribution plan until it has attained qualified plan status
3599	3599	17 and received all necessary approvals from the U.S. Internal
3600	3600	18 Revenue Service.
3601	3601	19 (f) The System shall report on its progress under this
3602	3602	20 Section, including the available details of the defined
3603	3603	21 contribution plan and the System's plans for informing
3604	3604	22 eligible Tier 1 and Tier 2 members about the plan, to the
3605	3605	23 Governor and the General Assembly on or before January 15,
3606	3606	24 2025.
3607	3607	25 (g) The Illinois State Board of Investment shall be the
3608	3608	26 plan sponsor for the defined contribution plan established
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3619	3619	1 under this Section.
3620	3620	2 (h) The intent of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General
3621	3621	3 Assembly is to ensure that the State's normal cost of
3622	3622	4 participation in the defined contribution plan is similar, and
3623	3623	5 if possible equal, to the State's normal cost of participation
3624	3624	6 in the defined benefit plan, unless a lower State's normal
3625	3625	7 cost is necessary to ensure cost neutrality.
3626	3626	8 (40 ILCS 5/20-121) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-121)
3627	3627	9 (Text of Section WITHOUT the changes made by P.A. 98-599,
3628	3628	10 which has been held unconstitutional)
3629	3629	11 Sec. 20-121. Calculation of proportional retirement
3630	3630	12 annuities.
3631	3631	13 (a) Upon retirement of the employee, a proportional
3632	3632	14 retirement annuity shall be computed by each participating
3633	3633	15 system in which pension credit has been established on the
3634	3634	16 basis of pension credits under each system. The computation
3635	3635	17 shall be in accordance with the formula or method prescribed
3636	3636	18 by each participating system which is in effect at the date of
3637	3637	19 the employee's latest withdrawal from service covered by any
3638	3638	20 of the systems in which he has pension credits which he elects
3639	3639	21 to have considered under this Article. However, the amount of
3640	3640	22 any retirement annuity payable under the self-managed plan
3641	3641	23 established under Section 15-158.2 of this Code depends solely
3642	3642	24 on the value of the participant's vested account balances and
3643	3643	25 is not subject to any proportional adjustment under this
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3654	3654	1 Section.
3655	3655	2 (a-5) For persons who participate in a defined
3656	3656	3 contribution plan established under Article 14 of this Code to
3657	3657	4 whom the provisions of this Article apply, the pension credits
3658	3658	5 established under the defined contribution plan may be
3659	3659	6 considered in determining eligibility for or the amount of the
3660	3660	7 defined benefit retirement annuity that is payable by any
3661	3661	8 other participating system.
3662	3662	9 (b) Combined pension credit under all retirement systems
3663	3663	10 subject to this Article shall be considered in determining
3664	3664	11 whether the minimum qualification has been met and the formula
3665	3665	12 or method of computation which shall be applied, except as may
3666	3666	13 be otherwise provided with respect to vesting in State or
3667	3667	14 employer contributions in a defined contribution plan. If a
3668	3668	15 system has a step-rate formula for calculation of the
3669	3669	16 retirement annuity, pension credits covering previous service
3670	3670	17 which have been established under another system shall be
3671	3671	18 considered in determining which range or ranges of the
3672	3672	19 step-rate formula are to be applicable to the employee.
3673	3673	20 (c) Interest on pension credit shall continue to
3674	3674	21 accumulate in accordance with the provisions of the law
3675	3675	22 governing the retirement system in which the same has been
3676	3676	23 established during the time an employee is in the service of
3677	3677	24 another employer, on the assumption such employee, for
3678	3678	25 interest purposes for pension credit, is continuing in the
3679	3679	26 service covered by such retirement system.
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3690	3690	1 (Source: P.A. 91-887, eff. 7-6-00.)
3691	3691	2 (40 ILCS 5/20-123) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-123)
3692	3692	3 (Text of Section WITHOUT the changes made by P.A. 98-599,
3693	3693	4 which has been held unconstitutional)
3694	3694	5 Sec. 20-123. Survivor's annuity. The provisions governing
3695	3695	6 a retirement annuity shall be applicable to a survivor's
3696	3696	7 annuity. Appropriate credits shall be established for
3697	3697	8 survivor's annuity purposes in those participating systems
3698	3698	9 which provide survivor's annuities, according to the same
3699	3699	10 conditions and subject to the same limitations and
3700	3700	11 restrictions herein prescribed for a retirement annuity. If a
3701	3701	12 participating system has no survivor's annuity benefit, or if
3702	3702	13 the survivor's annuity benefit under that system is waived,
3703	3703	14 pension credit established in that system shall not be
3704	3704	15 considered in determining eligibility for or the amount of the
3705	3705	16 survivor's annuity which may be payable by any other
3706	3706	17 participating system.
3707	3707	18 For persons who participate in the self-managed plan
3708	3708	19 established under Section 15-158.2 or the portable benefit
3709	3709	20 package established under Section 15-136.4, pension credit
3710	3710	21 established under Article 15 may be considered in determining
3711	3711	22 eligibility for or the amount of the survivor's annuity that
3712	3712	23 is payable by any other participating system, but pension
3713	3713	24 credit established in any other system shall not result in any
3714	3714	25 right to a survivor's annuity under the Article 15 system.
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3725	3725	1 For persons who participate in a defined contribution plan
3726	3726	2 established under Article 14 of this Code to whom the
3727	3727	3 provisions of this Article apply, the pension credits
3728	3728	4 established under the defined contribution plan may be
3729	3729	5 considered in determining eligibility for or the amount of the
3730	3730	6 defined benefit survivor's annuity that is payable by any
3731	3731	7 other participating system, but pension credits established in
3732	3732	8 any other system shall not result in any right to or increase
3733	3733	9 in the value of a survivor's annuity under the defined
3734	3734	10 contribution plan, which depends solely on the options chosen
3735	3735	11 and the value of the participant's vested account balances and
3736	3736	12 is not subject to any proportional adjustment under this
3737	3737	13 Section.
3738	3738	14 (Source: P.A. 91-887, eff. 7-6-00.)
3739	3739	15 (40 ILCS 5/20-124) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-124)
3740	3740	16 (Text of Section WITHOUT the changes made by P.A. 98-599,
3741	3741	17 which has been held unconstitutional)
3742	3742	18 Sec. 20-124. Maximum benefits.
3743	3743	19 (a) In no event shall the combined retirement or survivors
3744	3744	20 annuities exceed the highest annuity which would have been
3745	3745	21 payable by any participating system in which the employee has
3746	3746	22 pension credits, if all of his pension credits had been
3747	3747	23 validated in that system.
3748	3748	24 If the combined annuities should exceed the highest
3749	3749	25 maximum as determined in accordance with this Section, the
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3760	3760	1 respective annuities shall be reduced proportionately
3761	3761	2 according to the ratio which the amount of each proportional
3762	3762	3 annuity bears to the aggregate of all such annuities.
3763	3763	4 (b) In the case of a participant in the self-managed plan
3764	3764	5 established under Section 15-158.2 of this Code to whom the
3765	3765	6 provisions of this Article apply:
3766	3766	7 (i) For purposes of calculating the combined
3767	3767	8 retirement annuity and the proportionate reduction, if
3768	3768	9 any, in a retirement annuity other than one payable under
3769	3769	10 the self-managed plan, the amount of the Article 15
3770	3770	11 retirement annuity shall be deemed to be the highest
3771	3771	12 annuity to which the annuitant would have been entitled if
3772	3772	13 he or she had participated in the traditional benefit
3773	3773	14 package as defined in Section 15-103.1 rather than the
3774	3774	15 self-managed plan.
3775	3775	16 (ii) For purposes of calculating the combined
3776	3776	17 survivor's annuity and the proportionate reduction, if
3777	3777	18 any, in a survivor's annuity other than one payable under
3778	3778	19 the self-managed plan, the amount of the Article 15
3779	3779	20 survivor's annuity shall be deemed to be the highest
3780	3780	21 survivor's annuity to which the survivor would have been
3781	3781	22 entitled if the deceased employee had participated in the
3782	3782	23 traditional benefit package as defined in Section 15-103.1
3783	3783	24 rather than the self-managed plan.
3784	3784	25 (iii) Benefits payable under the self-managed plan are
3785	3785	26 not subject to proportionate reduction under this Section.
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3796	3796	1 (c) In the case of a participant in a defined contribution
3797	3797	2 plan established under Article 14 of this Code to whom the
3798	3798	3 provisions of this Article apply:
3799	3799	4 (i) For purposes of calculating the combined
3800	3800	5 retirement annuity and the proportionate reduction, if
3801	3801	6 any, in a defined benefit retirement annuity, any benefit
3802	3802	7 payable under the defined contribution plan shall not be
3803	3803	8 considered.
3804	3804	9 (ii) For purposes of calculating the combined
3805	3805	10 survivor's annuity and the proportionate reduction, if
3806	3806	11 any, in a defined benefit survivor's annuity, any benefit
3807	3807	12 payable under the defined contribution plan shall not be
3808	3808	13 considered.
3809	3809	14 (iii) Benefits payable under a defined contribution
3810	3810	15 plan established under Article 14 of this Code are not
3811	3811	16 subject to proportionate reduction under this Section.
3812	3812	17 (Source: P.A. 91-887, eff. 7-6-00.)
3813	3813	18 (40 ILCS 5/20-125) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-125)
3814	3814	19 (Text of Section WITHOUT the changes made by P.A. 98-599,
3815	3815	20 which has been held unconstitutional)
3816	3816	21 Sec. 20-125. Return to employment - suspension of
3817	3817	22 benefits. If a retired employee returns to employment which is
3818	3818	23 covered by a system from which he is receiving a proportional
3819	3819	24 annuity under this Article, his proportional annuity from all
3820	3820	25 participating systems shall be suspended during the period of
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3831	3831	1 re-employment, except that this suspension does not apply to
3832	3832	2 any distributions payable under the self-managed plan
3833	3833	3 established under Section 15-158.2 of this Code or under a
3834	3834	4 defined contribution plan established under Article 14 of this
3835	3835	5 Code.
3836	3836	6 The provisions of the Article under which such employment
3837	3837	7 would be covered shall govern the determination of whether the
3838	3838	8 employee has returned to employment, and if applicable the
3839	3839	9 exemption of temporary employment or employment not exceeding
3840	3840	10 a specified duration or frequency, for all participating
3841	3841	11 systems from which the retired employee is receiving a
3842	3842	12 proportional annuity under this Article, notwithstanding any
3843	3843	13 contrary provisions in the other Articles governing such
3844	3844	14 systems.
3845	3845	15 (Source: P.A. 91-887, eff. 7-6-00.)
3846	3846	16 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3847	3847	17 becoming law.
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