Bill Text: IL HB3372 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Pension Code. In the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF), State Universities, and Downstate Teachers Articles, imposes limitations on participation by certain persons. In the State Employees Article, provides that, for new members: (i) "compensation" does not include any payments or reimbursements for travel vouchers, and (ii) service credit is not available for unused sick leave. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB3372 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB3372-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing
Sections 7-109, 7-114, 7-116, 7-139, 9-219, 9-220, 14-104.3,
14-106, 15-106, 15-107, 15-112, 15-113.4, 16-106, 16-121,
16-127, 17-116, and 17-134 as follows:
(40 ILCS 5/7-109) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-109)
Sec. 7-109. Employee.
(1) "Employee" means any person who:
(a) 1. Receives earnings as payment for the performance
of personal services or official duties out of the
general fund of a municipality, or out of any special
fund or funds controlled by a municipality, or by an
instrumentality thereof, or a participating
instrumentality, including, in counties, the fees or
earnings of any county fee office; and
2. Under the usual common law rules applicable in
determining the employer-employee relationship, has
the status of an employee with a municipality, or any
instrumentality thereof, or a participating
instrumentality, including aldermen, county
supervisors and other persons (excepting those

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employed as independent contractors) who are paid
compensation, fees, allowances or other emolument for
official duties, and, in counties, the several county
fee offices.
(b) Serves as a township treasurer appointed under the
School Code, as heretofore or hereafter amended, and who
receives for such services regular compensation as
distinguished from per diem compensation, and any regular
employee in the office of any township treasurer whether or
not his earnings are paid from the income of the permanent
township fund or from funds subject to distribution to the
several school districts and parts of school districts as
provided in the School Code, or from both such sources; or
is the chief executive officer, chief educational officer,
chief fiscal officer, or other employee of a Financial
Oversight Panel established pursuant to Article 1H of the
School Code, other than a superintendent or certified
school business official, except that such person shall not
be treated as an employee under this Section if that person
has negotiated with the Financial Oversight Panel, in
conjunction with the school district, a contractual
agreement for exclusion from this Section.
(c) Holds an elective office in a municipality,
instrumentality thereof or participating instrumentality.
(2) "Employee" does not include persons who:
(a) Are eligible for inclusion under any of the

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following laws:
1. "An Act in relation to an Illinois State
Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund", approved May
27, 1915, as amended;
2. Articles 15 and 16 of this Code.
However, such persons shall be included as employees to
the extent of earnings that are not eligible for inclusion
under the foregoing laws for services not of an
instructional nature of any kind.
However, any member of the armed forces who is employed
as a teacher of subjects in the Reserve Officers Training
Corps of any school and who is not certified under the law
governing the certification of teachers shall be included
as an employee.
(b) Are designated by the governing body of a
municipality in which a pension fund is required by law to
be established for policemen or firemen, respectively, as
performing police or fire protection duties, except that
when such persons are the heads of the police or fire
department and are not eligible to be included within any
such pension fund, they shall be included within this
Article; provided, that such persons shall not be excluded
to the extent of concurrent service and earnings not
designated as being for police or fire protection duties.
However, (i) any head of a police department who was a
participant under this Article immediately before October

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1, 1977 and did not elect, under Section 3-109 of this Act,
to participate in a police pension fund shall be an
"employee", and (ii) any chief of police who elects to
participate in this Fund under Section 3-109.1 of this
Code, regardless of whether such person continues to be
employed as chief of police or is employed in some other
rank or capacity within the police department, shall be an
employee under this Article for so long as such person is
employed to perform police duties by a participating
municipality and has not lawfully rescinded that election.
(c) After August 26, 2011 (the effective date of Public
Act 97-609), are contributors to or eligible to contribute
to a Taft-Hartley pension plan established on or before
June 1, 2011 and are employees of a theatre, arena, or
convention center that is located in a municipality located
in a county with a population greater than 5,000,000, and
to which the participating municipality is required to
contribute as the person's employer based on earnings from
the municipality. Nothing in this paragraph shall affect
service credit or creditable service for any period of
service prior to August 26, 2011, and this paragraph shall
not apply to individuals who are participating in the Fund
prior to August 26, 2011.
(d) Become an employee of any of the following
participating instrumentalities on or after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly:

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the Illinois Municipal League; the Illinois Association of
Park Districts; the Illinois Supervisors, County
Commissioners and Superintendents of Highways Association;
an association, or not-for-profit corporation, membership
in which is authorized under Section 85-15 of the Township
Code; the United Counties Council; or the Will County
Governmental League.
(3) All persons, including, without limitation, public
defenders and probation officers, who receive earnings from
general or special funds of a county for performance of
personal services or official duties within the territorial
limits of the county, are employees of the county (unless
excluded by subsection (2) of this Section) notwithstanding
that they may be appointed by and are subject to the direction
of a person or persons other than a county board or a county
officer. It is hereby established that an employer-employee
relationship under the usual common law rules exists between
such employees and the county paying their salaries by reason
of the fact that the county boards fix their rates of
compensation, appropriate funds for payment of their earnings
and otherwise exercise control over them. This finding and this
amendatory Act shall apply to all such employees from the date
of appointment whether such date is prior to or after the
effective date of this amendatory Act and is intended to
clarify existing law pertaining to their status as
participating employees in the Fund.

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(Source: P.A. 97-429, eff. 8-16-11; 97-609, eff. 8-26-11;
97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
(40 ILCS 5/7-114) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-114)
Sec. 7-114. Earnings. "Earnings":
(a) An amount to be determined by the board, equal to the
sum of:
1. The total amount of money paid to an employee for
personal services or official duties as an employee (except
those employed as independent contractors) paid out of the
general fund, or out of any special funds controlled by the
municipality, or by any instrumentality thereof, or
participating instrumentality, including compensation,
fees, allowances, or other emolument paid for official
duties (but not including automobile maintenance, travel
expense, or reimbursements for expenditures incurred in
the performance of duties, or, in the case of a person who
first becomes a participant on or after the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly,
payments for unused sick or vacation time) and, for fee
offices, the fees or earnings of the offices to the extent
such fees are paid out of funds controlled by the
municipality, or instrumentality or participating
instrumentality; and
2. The money value, as determined by rules prescribed
by the governing body of the municipality, or

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instrumentality thereof, of any board, lodging, fuel,
laundry, and other allowances provided an employee in lieu
of money.
(b) For purposes of determining benefits payable under this
fund payments to a person who is engaged in an independently
established trade, occupation, profession or business and who
is paid for his service on a basis other than a monthly or
other regular salary, are not earnings.
(c) If a disabled participating employee is eligible to
receive Workers' Compensation for an accidental injury and the
participating municipality or instrumentality which employed
the participating employee when injured continues to pay the
participating employee regular salary or other compensation or
pays the employee an amount in excess of the Workers'
Compensation amount, then earnings shall be deemed to be the
total payments, including an amount equal to the Workers'
Compensation payments. These payments shall be subject to
employee contributions and allocated as if paid to the
participating employee when the regular payroll amounts would
have been paid if the participating employee had continued
working, and creditable service shall be awarded for this
period.
(d) If an elected official who is a participating employee
becomes disabled but does not resign and is not removed from
office, then earnings shall include all salary payments made
for the remainder of that term of office and the official shall

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be awarded creditable service for the term of office.
(e) If a participating employee is paid pursuant to "An Act
to provide for the continuation of compensation for law
enforcement officers, correctional officers and firemen who
suffer disabling injury in the line of duty", approved
September 6, 1973, as amended, the payments shall be deemed
earnings, and the participating employee shall be awarded
creditable service for this period.
(f) Additional compensation received by a person while
serving as a supervisor of assessments, assessor, deputy
assessor or member of a board of review from the State of
Illinois pursuant to Section 4-10 or 4-15 of the Property Tax
Code shall not be earnings for purposes of this Article and
shall not be included in the contribution formula or
calculation of benefits for such person pursuant to this
Article.
(Source: P.A. 87-740; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
(40 ILCS 5/7-116) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-116)
Sec. 7-116. "Final rate of earnings":
(a) For retirement and survivor annuities, the monthly
earnings obtained by dividing the total earnings received by
the employee during the period of either (1) the 48 consecutive
months of service within the last 120 months of service in
which his total earnings were the highest or (2) the employee's
total period of service, by the number of months of service in

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such period.
(b) For death benefits, the higher of the rate determined
under paragraph (a) of this Section or total earnings received
in the last 12 months of service divided by twelve. If the
deceased employee has less than 12 months of service, the
monthly final rate shall be the monthly rate of pay the
employee was receiving when he began service.
(c) For disability benefits, the total earnings of a
participating employee in the last 12 calendar months of
service prior to the date he becomes disabled divided by 12.
(d) In computing the final rate of earnings: (1) the
earnings rate for all periods of prior service shall be
considered equal to the average earnings rate for the last 3
calendar years of prior service for which creditable service is
received under Section 7-139 or, if there is less than 3 years
of creditable prior service, the average for the total prior
service period for which creditable service is received under
Section 7-139; (2) for out of state service and authorized
leave, the earnings rate shall be the rate upon which service
credits are granted; (3) periods of military leave shall not be
considered; (4) the earnings rate for all periods of disability
shall be considered equal to the rate of earnings upon which
the employee's disability benefits are computed for such
periods; (5) the earnings to be considered for each of the
final three months of the final earnings period for persons who
first became participants before January 1, 2012 and the

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earnings to be considered for each of the final 24 months for
participants who first become participants on or after January
1, 2012 shall not exceed 125% of the highest earnings of any
other month in the final earnings period; and (6) the annual
amount of final rate of earnings shall be the monthly amount
multiplied by the number of months of service normally required
by the position in a year; and (7) in the case of a person who
first becomes a participant on or after the effective date of
this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, payments for
unused sick or vacation time shall not be considered.
(Source: P.A. 97-609, eff. 1-1-12.)
(40 ILCS 5/7-139) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-139)
Sec. 7-139. Credits and creditable service to employees.
(a) Each participating employee shall be granted credits
and creditable service, for purposes of determining the amount
of any annuity or benefit to which he or a beneficiary is
entitled, as follows:
1. For prior service: Each participating employee who
is an employee of a participating municipality or
participating instrumentality on the effective date shall
be granted creditable service, but no credits under
paragraph 2 of this subsection (a), for periods of prior
service for which credit has not been received under any
other pension fund or retirement system established under
this Code, as follows:

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If the effective date of participation for the
participating municipality or participating
instrumentality is on or before January 1, 1998, creditable
service shall be granted for the entire period of prior
service with that employer without any employee
contribution.
If the effective date of participation for the
participating municipality or participating
instrumentality is after January 1, 1998, creditable
service shall be granted for the last 20% of the period of
prior service with that employer, but no more than 5 years,
without any employee contribution. A participating
employee may establish creditable service for the
remainder of the period of prior service with that employer
by making an application in writing, accompanied by payment
of an employee contribution in an amount determined by the
Fund, based on the employee contribution rates in effect at
the time of application for the creditable service and the
employee's salary rate on the effective date of
participation for that employer, plus interest at the
effective rate from the date of the prior service to the
date of payment. Application for this creditable service
may be made at any time while the employee is still in
service.
A municipality that (i) has at least 35 employees; (ii)
is located in a county with at least 2,000,000 inhabitants;

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and (iii) maintains an independent defined benefit pension
plan for the benefit of its eligible employees may restrict
creditable service in whole or in part for periods of prior
service with the employer if the governing body of the
municipality adopts an irrevocable resolution to restrict
that creditable service and files the resolution with the
board before the municipality's effective date of
participation.
Any person who has withdrawn from the service of a
participating municipality or participating
instrumentality prior to the effective date, who reenters
the service of the same municipality or participating
instrumentality after the effective date and becomes a
participating employee is entitled to creditable service
for prior service as otherwise provided in this subdivision
(a)(1) only if he or she renders 2 years of service as a
participating employee after the effective date.
Application for such service must be made while in a
participating status. The salary rate to be used in the
calculation of the required employee contribution, if any,
shall be the employee's salary rate at the time of first
reentering service with the employer after the employer's
effective date of participation.
2. For current service, each participating employee
shall be credited with:
a. Additional credits of amounts equal to each

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payment of additional contributions received from him
under Section 7-173, as of the date the corresponding
payment of earnings is payable to him.
b. Normal credits of amounts equal to each payment
of normal contributions received from him, as of the
date the corresponding payment of earnings is payable
to him, and normal contributions made for the purpose
of establishing out-of-state service credits as
permitted under the conditions set forth in paragraph 6
of this subsection (a).
c. Municipality credits in an amount equal to 1.4
times the normal credits, except those established by
out-of-state service credits, as of the date of
computation of any benefit if these credits would
increase the benefit.
d. Survivor credits equal to each payment of
survivor contributions received from the participating
employee as of the date the corresponding payment of
earnings is payable, and survivor contributions made
for the purpose of establishing out-of-state service
credits.
3. For periods of temporary and total and permanent
disability benefits, each employee receiving disability
benefits shall be granted creditable service for the period
during which disability benefits are payable. Normal and
survivor credits, based upon the rate of earnings applied

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for disability benefits, shall also be granted if such
credits would result in a higher benefit to any such
employee or his beneficiary.
4. For authorized leave of absence without pay: A
participating employee shall be granted credits and
creditable service for periods of authorized leave of
absence without pay under the following conditions:
a. An application for credits and creditable
service is submitted to the board while the employee is
in a status of active employment.
b. Not more than 12 complete months of creditable
service for authorized leave of absence without pay
shall be counted for purposes of determining any
benefits payable under this Article.
c. Credits and creditable service shall be granted
for leave of absence only if such leave is approved by
the governing body of the municipality, including
approval of the estimated cost thereof to the
municipality as determined by the fund, and employee
contributions, plus interest at the effective rate
applicable for each year from the end of the period of
leave to date of payment, have been paid to the fund in
accordance with Section 7-173. The contributions shall
be computed upon the assumption earnings continued
during the period of leave at the rate in effect when
the leave began.

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d. Benefits under the provisions of Sections
7-141, 7-146, 7-150 and 7-163 shall become payable to
employees on authorized leave of absence, or their
designated beneficiary, only if such leave of absence
is creditable hereunder, and if the employee has at
least one year of creditable service other than the
service granted for leave of absence. Any employee
contributions due may be deducted from any benefits
payable.
e. No credits or creditable service shall be
allowed for leave of absence without pay during any
period of prior service.
5. For military service: The governing body of a
municipality or participating instrumentality may elect to
allow creditable service to participating employees who
leave their employment to serve in the armed forces of the
United States for all periods of such service, provided
that the person returns to active employment within 90 days
after completion of full time active duty, but no
creditable service shall be allowed such person for any
period that can be used in the computation of a pension or
any other pay or benefit, other than pay for active duty,
for service in any branch of the armed forces of the United
States. If necessary to the computation of any benefit, the
board shall establish municipality credits for
participating employees under this paragraph on the

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assumption that the employee received earnings at the rate
received at the time he left the employment to enter the
armed forces. A participating employee in the armed forces
shall not be considered an employee during such period of
service and no additional death and no disability benefits
are payable for death or disability during such period.
Any participating employee who left his employment
with a municipality or participating instrumentality to
serve in the armed forces of the United States and who
again became a participating employee within 90 days after
completion of full time active duty by entering the service
of a different municipality or participating
instrumentality, which has elected to allow creditable
service for periods of military service under the preceding
paragraph, shall also be allowed creditable service for his
period of military service on the same terms that would
apply if he had been employed, before entering military
service, by the municipality or instrumentality which
employed him after he left the military service and the
employer costs arising in relation to such grant of
creditable service shall be charged to and paid by that
municipality or instrumentality.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any participating
employee shall be entitled to creditable service as
required by any federal law relating to re-employment
rights of persons who served in the United States Armed

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Services. Such creditable service shall be granted upon
payment by the member of an amount equal to the employee
contributions which would have been required had the
employee continued in service at the same rate of earnings
during the military leave period, plus interest at the
effective rate.
5.1. In addition to any creditable service established
under paragraph 5 of this subsection (a), creditable
service may be granted for up to 48 months of service in
the armed forces of the United States.
In order to receive creditable service for military
service under this paragraph 5.1, a participating employee
must (1) apply to the Fund in writing and provide evidence
of the military service that is satisfactory to the Board;
(2) obtain the written approval of the current employer;
and (3) make contributions to the Fund equal to (i) the
employee contributions that would have been required had
the service been rendered as a member, plus (ii) an amount
determined by the board to be equal to the employer's
normal cost of the benefits accrued for that military
service, plus (iii) interest on items (i) and (ii) from the
date of first membership in the Fund to the date of
payment. The required interest shall be calculated at the
regular interest rate.
The changes made to this paragraph 5.1 by Public Acts
95-483 and 95-486 apply only to participating employees in

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service on or after August 28, 2007 (the effective date of
those Public Acts).
6. For out-of-state service: Creditable service shall
be granted for service rendered to an out-of-state local
governmental body under the following conditions: The
employee had participated and has irrevocably forfeited
all rights to benefits in the out-of-state public employees
pension system; the governing body of his participating
municipality or instrumentality authorizes the employee to
establish such service; the employee has 2 years current
service with this municipality or participating
instrumentality; the employee makes a payment of
contributions, which shall be computed at 8% (normal) plus
2% (survivor) times length of service purchased times the
average rate of earnings for the first 2 years of service
with the municipality or participating instrumentality
whose governing body authorizes the service established
plus interest at the effective rate on the date such
credits are established, payable from the date the employee
completes the required 2 years of current service to date
of payment. In no case shall more than 120 months of
creditable service be granted under this provision.
7. For retroactive service: Any employee who could have
but did not elect to become a participating employee, or
who should have been a participant in the Municipal Public
Utilities Annuity and Benefit Fund before that fund was

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superseded, may receive creditable service for the period
of service not to exceed 50 months; however, a current or
former elected or appointed official of a participating
municipality may establish credit under this paragraph 7
for more than 50 months of service as an official of that
municipality, if the excess over 50 months is approved by
resolution of the governing body of the affected
municipality filed with the Fund before January 1, 2002.
Any employee who is a participating employee on or
after September 24, 1981 and who was excluded from
participation by the age restrictions removed by Public Act
82-596 may receive creditable service for the period, on or
after January 1, 1979, excluded by the age restriction and,
in addition, if the governing body of the participating
municipality or participating instrumentality elects to
allow creditable service for all employees excluded by the
age restriction prior to January 1, 1979, for service
during the period prior to that date excluded by the age
restriction. Any employee who was excluded from
participation by the age restriction removed by Public Act
82-596 and who is not a participating employee on or after
September 24, 1981 may receive creditable service for
service after January 1, 1979. Creditable service under
this paragraph shall be granted upon payment of the
employee contributions which would have been required had
he participated, with interest at the effective rate for

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each year from the end of the period of service established
to date of payment.
8. For accumulated unused sick leave: A participating
employee who first becomes a participating employee before
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th
General Assembly and who is applying for a retirement
annuity shall be entitled to creditable service for that
portion of the employee's accumulated unused sick leave for
which payment is not received, as follows:
a. Sick leave days shall be limited to those
accumulated under a sick leave plan established by a
participating municipality or participating
instrumentality which is available to all employees or
a class of employees.
b. Except as provided in item b-1, only sick leave
days accumulated with a participating municipality or
participating instrumentality with which the employee
was in service within 60 days of the effective date of
his retirement annuity shall be credited; If the
employee was in service with more than one employer
during this period only the sick leave days with the
employer with which the employee has the greatest
number of unpaid sick leave days shall be considered.
b-1. If the employee was in the service of more
than one employer as defined in item (2) of paragraph
(a) of subsection (A) of Section 7-132, then the sick

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leave days from all such employers shall be credited,
as long as the creditable service attributed to those
sick leave days does not exceed the limitation in item
f of this paragraph 8. In calculating the creditable
service under this item b-1, the sick leave days from
the last employer shall be considered first, then the
remaining sick leave days shall be considered until
there are no more days or the maximum creditable sick
leave threshold under item f of this paragraph 8 has
been reached.
c. The creditable service granted shall be
considered solely for the purpose of computing the
amount of the retirement annuity and shall not be used
to establish any minimum service period required by any
provision of the Illinois Pension Code, the effective
date of the retirement annuity, or the final rate of
earnings.
d. The creditable service shall be at the rate of
1/20 of a month for each full sick day, provided that
no more than 12 months may be credited under this
subdivision 8.
e. Employee contributions shall not be required
for creditable service under this subdivision 8.
f. Each participating municipality and
participating instrumentality with which an employee
has service within 60 days of the effective date of his

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retirement annuity shall certify to the board the
number of accumulated unpaid sick leave days credited
to the employee at the time of termination of service.
9. For service transferred from another system:
Credits and creditable service shall be granted for service
under Article 3, 4, 5, 8, 14, or 16 of this Act, to any
active member of this Fund, and to any inactive member who
has been a county sheriff, upon transfer of such credits
pursuant to Section 3-110.3, 4-108.3, 5-235, 8-226.7,
14-105.6, or 16-131.4, and payment by the member of the
amount by which (1) the employer and employee contributions
that would have been required if he had participated in
this Fund as a sheriff's law enforcement employee during
the period for which credit is being transferred, plus
interest thereon at the effective rate for each year,
compounded annually, from the date of termination of the
service for which credit is being transferred to the date
of payment, exceeds (2) the amount actually transferred to
the Fund. Such transferred service shall be deemed to be
service as a sheriff's law enforcement employee for the
purposes of Section 7-142.1.
10. For service transferred from an Article 3 system
under Section 3-110.8: Credits and creditable service
shall be granted for service under Article 3 of this Act as
provided in Section 3-110.8, to any active member of this
Fund upon transfer of such credits pursuant to Section

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3-110.8. If the amount by which (1) the employer and
employee contributions that would have been required if he
had participated in this Fund during the period for which
credit is being transferred, plus interest thereon at the
effective rate for each year, compounded annually, from the
date of termination of the service for which credit is
being transferred to the date of payment, exceeds (2) the
amount actually transferred to the Fund, then the amount of
creditable service established under this paragraph 10
shall be reduced by a corresponding amount in accordance
with the rules and procedures established under this
paragraph 10.
The board shall establish by rule the manner of making
the calculation required under this paragraph 10, taking
into account the appropriate actuarial assumptions; the
member's service, age, and salary history; the level of
funding of the employer; and any other factors that the
board determines to be relevant.
Until January 1, 2010, members who transferred service
from an Article 3 system under the provisions of Public Act
94-356 may establish additional credit in this Fund, but
only up to the amount of the service credit reduction in
that transfer, as calculated under the actuarial
assumptions. This credit may be established upon payment by
the member of an amount to be determined by the board,
equal to (1) the amount that would have been contributed as

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employee and employer contributions had all the service
been as an employee under this Article, plus interest
thereon compounded annually from the date of service to the
date of transfer, less (2) the total amount transferred
from the Article 3 system, plus (3) interest on the
difference at the effective rate for each year, compounded
annually, from the date of the transfer to the date of
payment. The additional service credit is allowed under
this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly
notwithstanding the provisions of Article 3 terminating
all transferred credits on the date of transfer.
(b) Creditable service - amount:
1. One month of creditable service shall be allowed for
each month for which a participating employee made
contributions as required under Section 7-173, or for which
creditable service is otherwise granted hereunder. Not
more than 1 month of service shall be credited and counted
for 1 calendar month, and not more than 1 year of service
shall be credited and counted for any calendar year. A
calendar month means a nominal month beginning on the first
day thereof, and a calendar year means a year beginning
January 1 and ending December 31.
2. A seasonal employee shall be given 12 months of
creditable service if he renders the number of months of
service normally required by the position in a 12-month
period and he remains in service for the entire 12-month

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period. Otherwise a fractional year of service in the
number of months of service rendered shall be credited.
3. An intermittent employee shall be given creditable
service for only those months in which a contribution is
made under Section 7-173.
(c) No application for correction of credits or creditable
service shall be considered unless the board receives an
application for correction while (1) the applicant is a
participating employee and in active employment with a
participating municipality or instrumentality, or (2) while
the applicant is actively participating in a pension fund or
retirement system which is a participating system under the
Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act. A participating employee or
other applicant shall not be entitled to credits or creditable
service unless the required employee contributions are made in
a lump sum or in installments made in accordance with board
rule.
(d) Upon the granting of a retirement, surviving spouse or
child annuity, a death benefit or a separation benefit, on
account of any employee, all individual accumulated credits
shall thereupon terminate. Upon the withdrawal of additional
contributions, the credits applicable thereto shall thereupon
terminate. Terminated credits shall not be applied to increase
the benefits any remaining employee would otherwise receive
under this Article.
(Source: P.A. 96-299, eff. 8-11-09; 97-415, eff. 8-16-11.)

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(40 ILCS 5/9-219) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-219)
Sec. 9-219. Computation of service.
(1) In computing the term of service of an employee prior
to the effective date, the entire period beginning on the date
he was first appointed and ending on the day before the
effective date, except any intervening period during which he
was separated by withdrawal from service, shall be counted for
all purposes of this Article.
(2) In computing the term of service of any employee on or
after the effective date, the following periods of time shall
be counted as periods of service for age and service, widow's
and child's annuity purposes:
(a) The time during which he performed the duties of
his position.
(b) Vacations, leaves of absence with whole or part
pay, and leaves of absence without pay not longer than 90
days.
(c) For an employee who is a member of a county police
department or a correctional officer with the county
department of corrections, approved leaves of absence
without pay during which the employee serves as a full-time
officer or employee of an employee association, the
membership of which consists of other participants in the
Fund, provided that the employee contributes to the Fund
(1) the amount that he would have contributed had he

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remained an active employee in the position he occupied at
the time the leave of absence was granted, (2) an amount
calculated by the Board representing employer
contributions, and (3) regular interest thereon from the
date of service to the date of payment. However, if the
employee's application to establish credit under this
subsection is received by the Fund on or after July 1, 2002
and before July 1, 2003, the amount representing employer
contributions specified in item (2) shall be waived.
For a former member of a county police department who
has received a refund under Section 9-164, periods during
which the employee serves as head of an employee
association, the membership of which consists of other
police officers, provided that the employee contributes to
the Fund (1) the amount that he would have contributed had
he remained an active member of the county police
department in the position he occupied at the time he left
service, (2) an amount calculated by the Board representing
employer contributions, and (3) regular interest thereon
from the date of service to the date of payment. However,
if the former member of the county police department
retires on or after January 1, 1993 but no later than March
1, 1993, the amount representing employer contributions
specified in item (2) shall be waived.
For leaves of absence to which this item (c) applies
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including those leaves of absence and other periods of
service beginning before January 5, 2012 (the effective
date of Public Act 97-651) this amendatory Act of the 97th
General Assembly, the employee or former member must
continue to remain in sworn status, subject to the
professional standards of the public employer or those
terms established in statute.
(d) Any period of disability for which he received
disability benefit or whole or part pay.
(e) For a person who first becomes an employee before
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th
General Assembly, accumulated Accumulated vacation or
other time for which an employee who retires on or after
November 1, 1990 receives a lump sum payment at the time of
retirement, provided that contributions were made to the
fund at the time such lump sum payment was received. The
service granted for the lump sum payment shall not change
the employee's date of withdrawal for computing the
effective date of the annuity.
(f) An employee who first becomes an employee before
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th
General Assembly may receive service credit for annuity
purposes for accumulated sick leave as of the date of the
employee's withdrawal from service, not to exceed a total
of 180 days, provided that the amount of such accumulated
sick leave is certified by the County Comptroller to the

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Board and the employee pays an amount equal to 8.5% (9% for
members of the County Police Department who are eligible to
receive an annuity under Section 9-128.1) of the amount
that would have been paid had such accumulated sick leave
been paid at the employee's final rate of salary. Such
payment shall be made within 30 days after the date of
withdrawal and prior to receipt of the first annuity check.
The service credit granted for such accumulated sick leave
shall not change the employee's date of withdrawal for the
purpose of computing the effective date of the annuity.
(3) In computing the term of service of an employee on or
after the effective date for ordinary disability benefit
purposes, the following periods of time shall be counted as
periods of service:
(a) Unless otherwise specified in Section 9-157, the
time during which he performed the duties of his position.
(b) Paid vacations and leaves of absence with whole or
part pay.
(c) Any period for which he received duty disability
benefit.
(d) Any period of disability for which he received
whole or part pay.
(4) For an employee who on January 1, 1958, was transferred
by Act of the 70th General Assembly from his position in a
department of welfare of any city located in the county in
which this Article is in force and effect to a similar position

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in a department of such county, service shall also be credited
for ordinary disability benefit and child's annuity for such
period of department of welfare service during which period he
was a contributor to a statutory annuity and benefit fund in
such city and for which purposes service credit would otherwise
not be credited by virtue of such involuntary transfer.
(5) An employee described in subsection (e) of Section
9-108 shall receive credit for child's annuity and ordinary
disability benefit for the period of time for which he was
credited with service in the fund from which he was
involuntarily separated through class or group transfer;
provided, that no such credit shall be allowed to the extent
that it results in a duplication of credits or benefits, and
neither shall such credit be allowed to the extent that it was
or may be forfeited by the application for and acceptance of a
refund from the fund from which the employee was transferred.
(6) Overtime or extra service shall not be included in
computing service. Not more than 1 year of service shall be
allowed for service rendered during any calendar year.
(7) Unused sick or vacation time shall not be used to
compute the service of an employee who first becomes an
employee on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 98th General Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 97-651, eff. 1-5-12.)
(40 ILCS 5/9-220) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-220)

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Sec. 9-220. Basis of service credit.
(a) In computing the period of service of any employee for
annuity purposes under Section 9-134, the following provisions
shall govern:
(1) All periods prior to the effective date shall be
computed in accordance with the provisions governing the
computation of such service.
(2) Service on or after the effective date shall
include:
(i) The actual period of time the employee
contributes or has contributed to the fund for service
rendered to age 65 plus the actual period of time after
age 65 for which the employee performs the duties of
his position or performs such duties and is given a
county contribution for age and service annuity or
minimum annuity purposes.
(ii) Leaves of absence from duty, or vacation, for
which an employee receives all or part of his salary.
(iii) For a person who first becomes an employee
before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
98th General Assembly, accumulated Accumulated
vacation or other time for which an employee who
retires on or after November 1, 1990 receives a lump
sum payment at the time of retirement, provided that
contributions were made to the fund at the time such
lump sum payment was received. The service granted for

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the lump sum payment shall not change the employee's
date of withdrawal for computing the effective date of
the annuity.
(iv) For a person who first becomes an employee
before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
98th General Assembly, accumulated Accumulated sick
leave as of the date of the employee's withdrawal from
service, not to exceed a total of 180 days, provided
that the amount of such accumulated sick leave is
certified by the County Comptroller to the Board and
the employee pays an amount equal to 8.5% (9% for
members of the County Police Department who are
eligible to receive an annuity under Section 9-128.1)
of the amount that would have been paid had such
accumulated sick leave been paid at the employee's
final rate of salary. Such payment shall be made within
30 days after the date of withdrawal and prior to
receipt of the first annuity check. The service credit
granted for such accumulated sick leave shall not
change the employee's date of withdrawal for the
purpose of computing the effective date of the annuity.
(v) Periods during which the employee has had
contributions for annuity purposes made for him in
accordance with law while on military leave of absence
during World War II.
(vi) Periods during which the employee receives a

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disability benefit under this Article.
(vii) For any person who first becomes a member on
or after January 1, 2011, the actual period of time the
employee contributes or has contributed to the fund for
service rendered up to the limitation on salary in
subsection (b-5) of Section 1-160 plus the actual
period of time thereafter for which the employee
performs the duties of his position and ceased
contributing due to the salary limitation in
subsection (b-5) of Section 1-160.
(3) The right to have certain periods of time
considered as service as stated in paragraph (2) of Section
9-164 shall not apply for annuity purposes unless the
refunds shall have been repaid in accordance with this
Article.
(4) All service shall be computed in whole calendar
months, and at least 15 days of service in any one calendar
month shall constitute one calendar month of service, and 1
year of service shall be equal to the number of months,
days or hours for which an appropriation was made in the
annual appropriation ordinance for the position held by the
employee.
(5) Unused sick or vacation time shall not be used to
compute the service of an employee who first becomes an
employee on or after the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 98th General Assembly.

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(b) For all other annuity purposes of this Article the
following schedule shall govern the computation of a year of
service of an employee whose salary or wages is on the basis
stated, and any fractional part of a year of service shall be
determined according to said schedule:
Annual or Monthly Basis: Service during 4 months in any 1
calendar year;
Weekly Basis: Service during any 17 weeks of any 1 calendar
year, and service during any week shall constitute a week of
service;
Daily Basis: Service during 100 days in any 1 calendar
year, and service during any day shall constitute a day of
service;
Hourly Basis: Service during 800 hours in any 1 calendar
year, and service during any hour shall constitute an hour of
service.
(Source: P.A. 96-1490, eff. 1-1-11.)
(40 ILCS 5/14-104.3) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-104.3)
Sec. 14-104.3. Notwithstanding provisions contained in
Section 14-103.10, any person who first becomes a member before
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
Assembly and who at the time of retirement and after December
6, 1983 receives compensation in a lump sum for accumulated
vacation, sickness, or personal business may receive service
credit for such periods by making contributions within 90 days

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of withdrawal, based on the rate of compensation in effect
immediately prior to retirement and the contribution rate then
in effect. Any person who first becomes a member on or after
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
Assembly and who receives compensation in a lump sum for
accumulated vacation, sickness, or personal business may not
receive service credit for such periods. Exercising the option
provided in this Section shall not change a member's date of
withdrawal or final average compensation for purposes of
computing the amount or effective date of a retirement annuity.
Any annuitant who establishes service credit as herein provided
shall have his retirement annuity adjusted retroactively to the
date of retirement.
(Source: P.A. 83-1362.)
(40 ILCS 5/14-106) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-106)
Sec. 14-106. Membership service credit.
(a) After January 1, 1944, all service of a member since he
last became a member with respect to which contributions are
made shall count as membership service; provided, that for
service on and after July 1, 1950, 12 months of service shall
constitute a year of membership service, the completion of 15
days or more of service during any month shall constitute 1
month of membership service, 8 to 15 days shall constitute 1/2
month of membership service and less than 8 days shall
constitute 1/4 month of membership service. The payroll record

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of each department shall constitute conclusive evidence of the
record of service rendered by a member.
(b) For a member who is employed and paid on an
academic-year basis rather than on a 12-month annual basis,
employment for a full academic year shall constitute a full
year of membership service, except that the member shall not
receive more than one year of membership service credit (plus
any additional service credit granted for unused sick leave)
for service during any 12-month period. This subsection (b)
applies to all such service for which the member has not begun
to receive a retirement annuity before January 1, 2001.
(c) A person who first becomes a member before the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
Assembly shall be entitled to additional service credit, under
rules prescribed by the Board, for accumulated unused sick
leave credited to his account in the last Department on the
date of withdrawal from service or for any period for which he
would have been eligible to receive benefits under a sick pay
plan authorized by law, if he had suffered a sickness or
accident on the date of withdrawal from service. It shall be
the responsibility of the last Department to certify to the
Board the length of time salary or benefits would have been
paid to the member based upon the accumulated unused sick leave
or the applicable sick pay plan if he had become entitled
thereto because of sickness on the date that his status as an
employee terminated. This period of service credit granted

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under this paragraph shall not be considered in determining the
date the retirement annuity is to begin, or final average
compensation.
(d) A person who first becomes a member on or after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
Assembly shall not be entitled to additional service credit for
accumulated unused sick leave.
(Source: P.A. 92-14, eff. 6-28-01.)
(40 ILCS 5/15-106) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-106)
Sec. 15-106. Employer. "Employer": The University of
Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State
University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
University, Northern Illinois University, Western Illinois
University, the State Board of Higher Education, the Illinois
Mathematics and Science Academy, the University Civil Service
Merit Board, the Board of Trustees of the State Universities
Retirement System, the Illinois Community College Board,
community college boards, any association of community college
boards organized under Section 3-55 of the Public Community
College Act, the Board of Examiners established under the
Illinois Public Accounting Act, and, only during the period for
which employer contributions required under Section 15-155 are
paid, the following organizations: the alumni associations,
the foundations and the athletic associations which are

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affiliated with the universities and colleges included in this
Section as employers. An individual that begins employment
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th
General Assembly with an entity not defined as an employer in
this Section shall not be deemed an employee for the purposes
of this Article with respect to that employment and shall not
be eligible to participate in the System with respect to that
employment; provided, however, that those individuals who are
both employed and already participants in the System on the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
Assembly shall be allowed to continue as participants in the
System for the duration of that employment.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, an
individual who begins employment with any of the following
employers on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 98th General Assembly shall not be deemed an employee
and shall not be eligible to participate in the System with
respect to that employment: any association of community
college boards organized under Section 3-55 of the Public
Community College Act, the Association of Illinois
Middle-Grade Schools, the Illinois Association of School
Administrators, the Illinois Association for Supervision and
Curriculum Development, the Illinois Principals Association,
the Illinois Association of School Business Officials, or the
Illinois Special Olympics; provided, however, that those
individuals who are both employed and already participants in

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the System on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
98th General Assembly shall be allowed to continue as
participants in the System for the duration of that employment.
A department as defined in Section 14-103.04 is an employer
for any person appointed by the Governor under the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois who is a participating employee
as defined in Section 15-109. The Department of Central
Management Services is an employer with respect to persons
employed by the State Board of Higher Education in positions
with the Illinois Century Network as of June 30, 2004 who
remain continuously employed after that date by the Department
of Central Management Services in positions with the Illinois
Century Network, the Bureau of Communication and Computer
Services, or, if applicable, any successor bureau.
The cities of Champaign and Urbana shall be considered
employers, but only during the period for which contributions
are required to be made under subsection (b-1) of Section
15-155 and only with respect to individuals described in
subsection (h) of Section 15-107.
(Source: P.A. 95-369, eff. 8-23-07; 95-728, eff. 7-1-08 - See
Sec. 999.)
(40 ILCS 5/15-107) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-107)
Sec. 15-107. Employee.
(a) "Employee" means any member of the educational,
administrative, secretarial, clerical, mechanical, labor or

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other staff of an employer whose employment is permanent and
continuous or who is employed in a position in which services
are expected to be rendered on a continuous basis for at least
4 months or one academic term, whichever is less, who (A)
receives payment for personal services on a warrant issued
pursuant to a payroll voucher certified by an employer and
drawn by the State Comptroller upon the State Treasurer or by
an employer upon trust, federal or other funds, or (B) is on a
leave of absence without pay. Employment which is irregular,
intermittent or temporary shall not be considered continuous
for purposes of this paragraph.
However, a person is not an "employee" if he or she:
(1) is a student enrolled in and regularly attending
classes in a college or university which is an employer,
and is employed on a temporary basis at less than full
time;
(2) is currently receiving a retirement annuity or a
disability retirement annuity under Section 15-153.2 from
this System;
(3) is on a military leave of absence;
(4) is eligible to participate in the Federal Civil
Service Retirement System and is currently making
contributions to that system based upon earnings paid by an
employer;
(5) is on leave of absence without pay for more than 60
days immediately following termination of disability

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benefits under this Article;
(6) is hired after June 30, 1979 as a public service
employment program participant under the Federal
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act and receives
earnings in whole or in part from funds provided under that
Act; or
(7) is employed on or after July 1, 1991 to perform
services that are excluded by subdivision (a)(7)(f) or
(a)(19) of Section 210 of the federal Social Security Act
from the definition of employment given in that Section (42
U.S.C. 410).
(b) Any employer may, by filing a written notice with the
board, exclude from the definition of "employee" all persons
employed pursuant to a federally funded contract entered into
after July 1, 1982 with a federal military department in a
program providing training in military courses to federal
military personnel on a military site owned by the United
States Government, if this exclusion is not prohibited by the
federally funded contract or federal laws or rules governing
the administration of the contract.
(c) Any person appointed by the Governor under the Civil
Administrative Code of the State is an employee, if he or she
is a participant in this system on the effective date of the
appointment.
(d) A participant on lay-off status under civil service
rules is considered an employee for not more than 120 days from

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the date of the lay-off.
(e) A participant is considered an employee during (1) the
first 60 days of disability leave, (2) the period, not to
exceed one year, in which his or her eligibility for disability
benefits is being considered by the board or reviewed by the
courts, and (3) the period he or she receives disability
benefits under the provisions of Section 15-152, workers'
compensation or occupational disease benefits, or disability
income under an insurance contract financed wholly or partially
by the employer.
(f) Absences without pay, other than formal leaves of
absence, of less than 30 calendar days, are not considered as
an interruption of a person's status as an employee. If such
absences during any period of 12 months exceed 30 work days,
the employee status of the person is considered as interrupted
as of the 31st work day.
(g) A staff member whose employment contract requires
services during an academic term is to be considered an
employee during the summer and other vacation periods, unless
he or she declines an employment contract for the succeeding
academic term or his or her employment status is otherwise
terminated, and he or she receives no earnings during these
periods.
(h) An individual who was a participating employee employed
in the fire department of the University of Illinois's
Champaign-Urbana campus immediately prior to the elimination

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of that fire department and who immediately after the
elimination of that fire department became employed by the fire
department of the City of Urbana or the City of Champaign shall
continue to be considered as an employee for purposes of this
Article for so long as the individual remains employed as a
firefighter by the City of Urbana or the City of Champaign. The
individual shall cease to be considered an employee under this
subsection (h) upon the first termination of the individual's
employment as a firefighter by the City of Urbana or the City
of Champaign.
(i) An individual who is employed on a full-time basis as
an officer or employee of a statewide teacher organization that
serves System participants or an officer of a national teacher
organization that serves System participants may participate
in the System and shall be deemed an employee, provided that
(1) the individual has previously earned creditable service
under this Article, (2) the individual files with the System an
irrevocable election to become a participant before the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
Assembly, (3) the individual does not receive credit for that
employment under any other Article of this Code, and (4) the
individual first became a full-time employee of the teacher
organization and becomes a participant before the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. An
employee under this subsection (i) is responsible for paying to
the System both (A) employee contributions based on the actual

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compensation received for service with the teacher
organization and (B) employer contributions equal to the normal
costs (as defined in Section 15-155) resulting from that
service; all or any part of these contributions may be paid on
the employee's behalf or picked up for tax purposes (if
authorized under federal law) by the teacher organization.
A person who is an employee as defined in this subsection
(i) may establish service credit for similar employment prior
to becoming an employee under this subsection by paying to the
System for that employment the contributions specified in this
subsection, plus interest at the effective rate from the date
of service to the date of payment. However, credit shall not be
granted under this subsection for any such prior employment for
which the applicant received credit under any other provision
of this Code, or during which the applicant was on a leave of
absence under Section 15-113.2.
(j) A person employed by the State Board of Higher
Education in a position with the Illinois Century Network as of
June 30, 2004 shall be considered to be an employee for so long
as he or she remains continuously employed after that date by
the Department of Central Management Services in a position
with the Illinois Century Network, the Bureau of Communication
and Computer Services, or, if applicable, any successor bureau
and meets the requirements of subsection (a).
(k) In the case of doubt as to whether any person is an
employee within the meaning of this Section, the decision of

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the Board shall be final.
(Source: P.A. 97-651, eff. 1-5-12.)
(40 ILCS 5/15-112) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-112)
Sec. 15-112. Final rate of earnings.
"Final rate of earnings":
(a) This subsection (a) applies only to a person who first
becomes a participant of any system before January 1, 2011.
For an employee who is paid on an hourly basis or who
receives an annual salary in installments during 12 months of
each academic year, the average annual earnings during the 48
consecutive calendar month period ending with the last day of
final termination of employment or the 4 consecutive academic
years of service in which the employee's earnings were the
highest, whichever is greater. For any other employee, the
average annual earnings during the 4 consecutive academic years
of service in which his or her earnings were the highest. For
an employee with less than 48 months or 4 consecutive academic
years of service, the average earnings during his or her entire
period of service. The earnings of an employee with more than
36 months of service prior to the date of becoming a
participant are, for such period, considered equal to the
average earnings during the last 36 months of such service.
(b) This subsection (b) applies to a person to whom
subsection (a) does not apply.
For an employee who is paid on an hourly basis or who

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receives an annual salary in installments during 12 months of
each academic year, the average annual earnings obtained by
dividing by 8 the total earnings of the employee during the 96
consecutive months in which the total earnings were the highest
within the last 120 months prior to termination.
For any other employee, the average annual earnings during
the 8 consecutive academic years within the 10 years prior to
termination in which the employee's earnings were the highest.
For an employee with less than 96 consecutive months or 8
consecutive academic years of service, whichever is necessary,
the average earnings during his or her entire period of
service.
(c) For an employee on leave of absence with pay, or on
leave of absence without pay who makes contributions during
such leave, earnings are assumed to be equal to the basic
compensation on the date the leave began.
(d) For an employee on disability leave, earnings are
assumed to be equal to the basic compensation on the date
disability occurs or the average earnings during the 24 months
immediately preceding the month in which disability occurs,
whichever is greater.
(e) For a participant who retires on or after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of 1997 with at least 20 years of
service as a firefighter or police officer under this Article,
the final rate of earnings shall be the annual rate of earnings
received by the participant on his or her last day as a

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firefighter or police officer under this Article, if that is
greater than the final rate of earnings as calculated under the
other provisions of this Section.
(f) If a participant to whom subsection (a) of this Section
applies is an employee for at least 6 months during the
academic year in which his or her employment is terminated, the
annual final rate of earnings shall be 25% of the sum of (1)
the annual basic compensation for that year, and (2) the amount
earned during the 36 months immediately preceding that year, if
this is greater than the final rate of earnings as calculated
under the other provisions of this Section.
(g) In the determination of the final rate of earnings for
an employee, that part of an employee's earnings for any
academic year beginning after June 30, 1997, which exceeds the
employee's earnings with that employer for the preceding year
by more than 20 percent shall be excluded; in the event that an
employee has more than one employer this limitation shall be
calculated separately for the earnings with each employer. In
making such calculation, only the basic compensation of
employees shall be considered, without regard to vacation or
overtime or to contracts for summer employment.
(h) The following are not considered as earnings in
determining final rate of earnings: (1) severance or separation
pay, (2) retirement pay, (3) payment for unused sick leave, and
(4) payments from an employer for the period used in
determining final rate of earnings for any purpose other than

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(i) services rendered, (ii) leave of absence or vacation
granted during that period, and (iii) vacation of up to 56 work
days allowed upon termination of employment; except that, if
the benefit has been collectively bargained between the
employer and the recognized collective bargaining agent
pursuant to the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act,
payment received during a period of up to 2 academic years for
unused sick leave may be considered as earnings in accordance
with the applicable collective bargaining agreement, subject
to the 20% increase limitation of this Section, and if the
person first becomes a participant on or after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly,
payments for unused sick or vacation time shall not be
considered as earnings. Any unused sick leave considered as
earnings under this Section shall not be taken into account in
calculating service credit under Section 15-113.4.
(i) Intermittent periods of service shall be considered as
consecutive in determining final rate of earnings.
(Source: P.A. 96-1490, eff. 1-1-11.)
(40 ILCS 5/15-113.4) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-113.4)
Sec. 15-113.4. Service for unused sick leave. "Service for
unused sick leave": A person who first becomes a participant
before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th
General Assembly and who is an employee under this System or
one of the other systems subject to Article 20 of this Code

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within 60 days immediately preceding the date on which his or
her retirement annuity begins, is entitled to credit for
service for that portion of unused sick leave earned in the
course of employment with an employer and credited on the date
of termination of employment by an employer for which payment
is not received, in accordance with the following schedule: 30
through 90 full calendar days and 20 through 59 full work days
of unused sick leave, 1/4 of a year of service; 91 through 180
full calendar days and 60 through 119 full work days, 1/2 of a
year of service; 181 through 270 full calendar days and 120
through 179 full work days, 3/4 of a year of service; 271
through 360 full calendar days and 180 through 240 full work
days, one year of service. Only uncompensated, unused sick
leave earned in accordance with an employer's sick leave
accrual policy generally applicable to employees or a class of
employees shall be taken into account in calculating service
credit under this Section. Any uncompensated, unused sick leave
granted by an employer to facilitate the hiring, retirement,
termination, or other special circumstances of an employee
shall not be taken into account in calculating service credit
under this Section. If a participant transfers from one
employer to another, the unused sick leave credited by the
previous employer shall be considered in determining service to
be credited under this Section, even if the participant
terminated service prior to the effective date of P.A. 86-272
(August 23, 1989); if necessary, the retirement annuity shall

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be recalculated to reflect such sick leave credit. Each
employer shall certify to the board the number of days of
unused sick leave accrued to the participant's credit on the
date that the participant's status as an employee terminated.
This period of unused sick leave shall not be considered in
determining the date the retirement annuity begins. A person
who first becomes a participant on or after the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly shall not
receive service credit for unused sick leave.
(Source: P.A. 90-65, eff. 7-7-97; 90-511, eff. 8-22-97.)
(40 ILCS 5/16-106) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-106)
Sec. 16-106. Teacher. "Teacher": The following
individuals, provided that, for employment prior to July 1,
1990, they are employed on a full-time basis, or if not
full-time, on a permanent and continuous basis in a position in
which services are expected to be rendered for at least one
school term:
(1) Any educational, administrative, professional or
other staff employed in the public common schools included
within this system in a position requiring certification
under the law governing the certification of teachers;
(2) Any educational, administrative, professional or
other staff employed in any facility of the Department of
Children and Family Services or the Department of Human
Services, in a position requiring certification under the

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law governing the certification of teachers, and any person
who (i) works in such a position for the Department of
Corrections, (ii) was a member of this System on May 31,
1987, and (iii) did not elect to become a member of the
State Employees' Retirement System pursuant to Section
14-108.2 of this Code; except that "teacher" does not
include any person who (A) becomes a security employee of
the Department of Human Services, as defined in Section
14-110, after June 28, 2001 (the effective date of Public
Act 92-14), or (B) becomes a member of the State Employees'
Retirement System pursuant to Section 14-108.2c of this
Code;
(3) Any regional superintendent of schools, assistant
regional superintendent of schools, State Superintendent
of Education; any person employed by the State Board of
Education as an executive; any executive of the boards
engaged in the service of public common school education in
school districts covered under this system of which the
State Superintendent of Education is an ex-officio member;
(4) Any employee of a school board association
operating in compliance with Article 23 of the School Code
who is certificated under the law governing the
certification of teachers, provided that he or she becomes
such an employee before the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly;
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(i) was an employee of and a participant in the
system on August 17, 2001 (the effective date of Public
Act 92-416), or
(ii) becomes an employee of the system on or after
August 17, 2001;
(6) Any educational, administrative, professional or
other staff employed by and under the supervision and
control of a regional superintendent of schools, provided
such employment position requires the person to be
certificated under the law governing the certification of
teachers and is in an educational program serving 2 or more
districts in accordance with a joint agreement authorized
by the School Code or by federal legislation;
(7) Any educational, administrative, professional or
other staff employed in an educational program serving 2 or
more school districts in accordance with a joint agreement
authorized by the School Code or by federal legislation and
in a position requiring certification under the laws
governing the certification of teachers;
(8) Any officer or employee of a statewide teacher
organization or officer of a national teacher organization
who is certified under the law governing certification of
teachers, provided: (i) the individual had previously
established creditable service under this Article, (ii)
the individual files with the system an irrevocable
election to become a member before the effective date of

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this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, (iii) the
individual does not receive credit for such service under
any other Article of this Code, and (iv) the individual
first became an officer or employee of the teacher
organization and becomes a member before the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly;
(9) Any educational, administrative, professional, or
other staff employed in a charter school operating in
compliance with the Charter Schools Law who is certificated
under the law governing the certification of teachers; .
(10) Any person employed, on the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, by the
Macon-Piatt Regional Office of Education in a
birth-through-age-three pilot program receiving funds
under Section 2-389 of the School Code who is required by
the Macon-Piatt Regional Office of Education to hold a
teaching certificate, provided that the Macon-Piatt
Regional Office of Education makes an election, within 6
months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
the 94th General Assembly, to have the person participate
in the system. Any service established prior to the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
Assembly for service as an employee of the Macon-Piatt
Regional Office of Education in a birth-through-age-three
pilot program receiving funds under Section 2-389 of the
School Code shall be considered service as a teacher if

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employee and employer contributions have been received by
the system and the system has not refunded those
contributions.
An annuitant receiving a retirement annuity under this
Article or under Article 17 of this Code who is employed by a
board of education or other employer as permitted under Section
16-118 or 16-150.1 is not a "teacher" for purposes of this
Article. A person who has received a single-sum retirement
benefit under Section 16-136.4 of this Article is not a
"teacher" for purposes of this Article.
(Source: P.A. 97-651, eff. 1-5-12; revised 8-3-12.)
(40 ILCS 5/16-121) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-121)
Sec. 16-121. Salary. "Salary": The actual compensation
received by a teacher during any school year and recognized by
the system in accordance with rules of the board. For purposes
of this Section, "school year" includes the regular school term
plus any additional period for which a teacher is compensated
and such compensation is recognized by the rules of the board.
In the case of a person who first becomes a member on or after
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
Assembly, "salary" shall not include any payment for unused
sick or vacation time.
(Source: P.A. 84-1028.)
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Sec. 16-127. Computation of creditable service.
(a) Each member shall receive regular credit for all
service as a teacher from the date membership begins, for which
satisfactory evidence is supplied and all contributions have
been paid.
(b) The following periods of service shall earn optional
credit and each member shall receive credit for all such
service for which satisfactory evidence is supplied and all
contributions have been paid as of the date specified:
(1) Prior service as a teacher.
(2) Service in a capacity essentially similar or
equivalent to that of a teacher, in the public common
schools in school districts in this State not included
within the provisions of this System, or of any other
State, territory, dependency or possession of the United
States, or in schools operated by or under the auspices of
the United States, or under the auspices of any agency or
department of any other State, and service during any
period of professional speech correction or special
education experience for a public agency within this State
or any other State, territory, dependency or possession of
the United States, and service prior to February 1, 1951 as
a recreation worker for the Illinois Department of Public
Safety, for a period not exceeding the lesser of 2/5 of the
total creditable service of the member or 10 years. The
maximum service of 10 years which is allowable under this

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paragraph shall be reduced by the service credit which is
validated by other retirement systems under paragraph (i)
of Section 15-113 and paragraph 1 of Section 17-133. Credit
granted under this paragraph may not be used in
determination of a retirement annuity or disability
benefits unless the member has at least 5 years of
creditable service earned subsequent to this employment
with one or more of the following systems: Teachers'
Retirement System of the State of Illinois, State
Universities Retirement System, and the Public School
Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago. Whenever
such service credit exceeds the maximum allowed for all
purposes of this Article, the first service rendered in
point of time shall be considered. The changes to this
subdivision (b)(2) made by Public Act 86-272 shall apply
not only to persons who on or after its effective date
(August 23, 1989) are in service as a teacher under the
System, but also to persons whose status as such a teacher
terminated prior to such effective date, whether or not
such person is an annuitant on that date.
(3) Any periods immediately following teaching
service, under this System or under Article 17, (or
immediately following service prior to February 1, 1951 as
a recreation worker for the Illinois Department of Public
Safety) spent in active service with the military forces of
the United States; periods spent in educational programs

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that prepare for return to teaching sponsored by the
federal government following such active military service;
if a teacher returns to teaching service within one
calendar year after discharge or after the completion of
the educational program, a further period, not exceeding
one calendar year, between time spent in military service
or in such educational programs and the return to
employment as a teacher under this System; and a period of
up to 2 years of active military service not immediately
following employment as a teacher.
The changes to this Section and Section 16-128 relating
to military service made by P.A. 87-794 shall apply not
only to persons who on or after its effective date are in
service as a teacher under the System, but also to persons
whose status as a teacher terminated prior to that date,
whether or not the person is an annuitant on that date. In
the case of an annuitant who applies for credit allowable
under this Section for a period of military service that
did not immediately follow employment, and who has made the
required contributions for such credit, the annuity shall
be recalculated to include the additional service credit,
with the increase taking effect on the date the System
received written notification of the annuitant's intent to
purchase the credit, if payment of all the required
contributions is made within 60 days of such notice, or
else on the first annuity payment date following the date

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of payment of the required contributions. In calculating
the automatic annual increase for an annuity that has been
recalculated under this Section, the increase attributable
to the additional service allowable under P.A. 87-794 shall
be included in the calculation of automatic annual
increases accruing after the effective date of the
recalculation.
Credit for military service shall be determined as
follows: if entry occurs during the months of July, August,
or September and the member was a teacher at the end of the
immediately preceding school term, credit shall be granted
from July 1 of the year in which he or she entered service;
if entry occurs during the school term and the teacher was
in teaching service at the beginning of the school term,
credit shall be granted from July 1 of such year. In all
other cases where credit for military service is allowed,
credit shall be granted from the date of entry into the
service.
The total period of military service for which credit
is granted shall not exceed 5 years for any member unless
the service: (A) is validated before July 1, 1964, and (B)
does not extend beyond July 1, 1963. Credit for military
service shall be granted under this Section only if not
more than 5 years of the military service for which credit
is granted under this Section is used by the member to
qualify for a military retirement allotment from any branch

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of the armed forces of the United States. The changes to
this subdivision (b)(3) made by Public Act 86-272 shall
apply not only to persons who on or after its effective
date (August 23, 1989) are in service as a teacher under
the System, but also to persons whose status as such a
teacher terminated prior to such effective date, whether or
not such person is an annuitant on that date.
(4) Any periods served as a member of the General
Assembly.
(5)(i) Any periods for which a teacher, as defined in
Section 16-106, is granted a leave of absence, provided he
or she returns to teaching service creditable under this
System or the State Universities Retirement System
following the leave; (ii) periods during which a teacher is
involuntarily laid off from teaching, provided he or she
returns to teaching following the lay-off; (iii) periods
prior to July 1, 1983 during which a teacher ceased covered
employment due to pregnancy, provided that the teacher
returned to teaching service creditable under this System
or the State Universities Retirement System following the
pregnancy and submits evidence satisfactory to the Board
documenting that the employment ceased due to pregnancy;
and (iv) periods prior to July 1, 1983 during which a
teacher ceased covered employment for the purpose of
adopting an infant under 3 years of age or caring for a
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the teacher returned to teaching service creditable under
this System or the State Universities Retirement System
following the adoption and submits evidence satisfactory
to the Board documenting that the employment ceased for the
purpose of adopting an infant under 3 years of age or
caring for a newly adopted infant under 3 years of age.
However, total credit under this paragraph (5) may not
exceed 3 years.
Any qualified member or annuitant may apply for credit
under item (iii) or (iv) of this paragraph (5) without
regard to whether service was terminated before the
effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997. In the case
of an annuitant who establishes credit under item (iii) or
(iv), the annuity shall be recalculated to include the
additional service credit. The increase in annuity shall
take effect on the date the System receives written
notification of the annuitant's intent to purchase the
credit, if the required evidence is submitted and the
required contribution paid within 60 days of that
notification, otherwise on the first annuity payment date
following the System's receipt of the required evidence and
contribution. The increase in an annuity recalculated
under this provision shall be included in the calculation
of automatic annual increases in the annuity accruing after
the effective date of the recalculation.
Optional credit may be purchased under this subsection

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(b)(5) for periods during which a teacher has been granted
a leave of absence pursuant to Section 24-13 of the School
Code. A teacher whose service under this Article terminated
prior to the effective date of P.A. 86-1488 shall be
eligible to purchase such optional credit. If a teacher who
purchases this optional credit is already receiving a
retirement annuity under this Article, the annuity shall be
recalculated as if the annuitant had applied for the leave
of absence credit at the time of retirement. The difference
between the entitled annuity and the actual annuity shall
be credited to the purchase of the optional credit. The
remainder of the purchase cost of the optional credit shall
be paid on or before April 1, 1992.
The change in this paragraph made by Public Act 86-273
shall be applicable to teachers who retire after June 1,
1989, as well as to teachers who are in service on that
date.
(6) For a person who first becomes a member before the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
Assembly, any Any days of unused and uncompensated
accumulated sick leave earned by a teacher. The service
credit granted under this paragraph shall be the ratio of
the number of unused and uncompensated accumulated sick
leave days to 170 days, subject to a maximum of 2 years of
service credit. Prior to the member's retirement, each
former employer shall certify to the System the number of

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unused and uncompensated accumulated sick leave days
credited to the member at the time of termination of
service. The period of unused sick leave shall not be
considered in determining the effective date of
retirement. A member is not required to make contributions
in order to obtain service credit for unused sick leave.
Credit for sick leave shall, at retirement, be granted
by the System for any retiring regional or assistant
regional superintendent of schools who first becomes a
member before the effective date of this amendatory Act of
the 98th General Assembly at the rate of 6 days per year of
creditable service or portion thereof established while
serving as such superintendent or assistant
superintendent.
(7) Periods prior to February 1, 1987 served as an
employee of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
for which credit has not been terminated under Section
15-113.9 of this Code.
(8) Service as a substitute teacher for work performed
prior to July 1, 1990.
(9) Service as a part-time teacher for work performed
prior to July 1, 1990.
(10) Up to 2 years of employment with Southern Illinois
University - Carbondale from September 1, 1959 to August
31, 1961, or with Governors State University from September
1, 1972 to August 31, 1974, for which the teacher has no

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credit under Article 15. To receive credit under this item
(10), a teacher must apply in writing to the Board and pay
the required contributions before May 1, 1993 and have at
least 12 years of service credit under this Article.
(b-1) A member may establish optional credit for up to 2
years of service as a teacher or administrator employed by a
private school recognized by the Illinois State Board of
Education, provided that the teacher (i) was certified under
the law governing the certification of teachers at the time the
service was rendered, (ii) applies in writing on or after
August 1, 2009 and on or before August 1, 2012, (iii) supplies
satisfactory evidence of the employment, (iv) completes at
least 10 years of contributing service as a teacher as defined
in Section 16-106, and (v) pays the contribution required in
subsection (d-5) of Section 16-128. The member may apply for
credit under this subsection and pay the required contribution
before completing the 10 years of contributing service required
under item (iv), but the credit may not be used until the item
(iv) contributing service requirement has been met.
(c) The service credits specified in this Section shall be
granted only if: (1) such service credits are not used for
credit in any other statutory tax-supported public employee
retirement system other than the federal Social Security
program; and (2) the member makes the required contributions as
specified in Section 16-128. Except as provided in subsection
(b-1) of this Section, the service credit shall be effective as

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of the date the required contributions are completed.
Any service credits granted under this Section shall
terminate upon cessation of membership for any cause.
Credit may not be granted under this Section covering any
period for which an age retirement or disability retirement
allowance has been paid.
(Source: P.A. 96-546, eff. 8-17-09.)
(40 ILCS 5/17-116) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 17-116)
Sec. 17-116. Service retirement pension.
(a) Each teacher having 20 years of service upon attainment
of age 55, or who thereafter attains age 55 shall be entitled
to a service retirement pension upon or after attainment of age
55; and each teacher in service on or after July 1, 1971, with
5 or more but less than 20 years of service shall be entitled
to receive a service retirement pension upon or after
attainment of age 62.
(b) The service retirement pension for a teacher who
retires on or after June 25, 1971, at age 60 or over, shall be
calculated as follows:
(1) For creditable service earned before July 1, 1998
that has not been augmented under Section 17-119.1: 1.67%
for each of the first 10 years of service; 1.90% for each
of the next 10 years of service; 2.10% for each year of
service in excess of 20 but not exceeding 30; and 2.30% for
each year of service in excess of 30, based upon average

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salary as herein defined.
(2) For creditable service earned on or after July 1,
1998 by a member who has at least 30 years of creditable
service on July 1, 1998 and who does not elect to augment
service under Section 17-119.1: 2.3% of average salary for
each year of creditable service earned on or after July 1,
1998.
(3) For all other creditable service: 2.2% of average
salary for each year of creditable service.
(c) When computing such service retirement pensions, the
following conditions shall apply:
1. Average salary shall consist of the average annual
rate of salary for the 4 consecutive years of validated
service within the last 10 years of service when such
average annual rate was highest. In the determination of
average salary for retirement allowance purposes, for
members who commenced employment after August 31, 1979,
that part of the salary for any year shall be excluded
which exceeds the annual full-time salary rate for the
preceding year by more than 20%. In the case of a member
who commenced employment before August 31, 1979 and who
receives salary during any year after September 1, 1983
which exceeds the annual full time salary rate for the
preceding year by more than 20%, an Employer and other
employers of eligible contributors as defined in Section
17-106 shall pay to the Fund an amount equal to the present

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value of the additional service retirement pension
resulting from such excess salary. The present value of the
additional service retirement pension shall be computed by
the Board on the basis of actuarial tables adopted by the
Board. If a member elects to receive a pension from this
Fund provided by Section 20-121, his salary under the State
Universities Retirement System and the Teachers'
Retirement System of the State of Illinois shall be
considered in determining such average salary. Amounts
paid after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
1991 for unused vacation time earned after that effective
date shall not under any circumstances be included in the
calculation of average salary or the annual rate of salary
for the purposes of this Article.
2. Proportionate credit shall be given for validated
service of less than one year.
3. For retirement at age 60 or over the pension shall
be payable at the full rate.
4. For separation from service below age 60 to a
minimum age of 55, the pension shall be discounted at the
rate of 1/2 of one per cent for each month that the age of
the contributor is less than 60, but a teacher may elect to
defer the effective date of pension in order to eliminate
or reduce this discount. This discount shall not be
applicable to any participant who has at least 34 years of
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average salary on the date the retirement annuity begins.
5. No additional pension shall be granted for service
exceeding 45 years. Beginning June 26, 1971 no pension
shall exceed the greater of $1,500 per month or 75% of
average salary as herein defined.
6. Service retirement pensions shall begin on the
effective date of resignation, retirement, the day
following the close of the payroll period for which service
credit was validated, or the time the person resigning or
retiring attains age 55, or on a date elected by the
teacher, whichever shall be latest.
7. A member who is eligible to receive a retirement
pension of at least 74.6% of average salary and will attain
age 55 on or before December 31 during the year which
commences on July 1 shall be deemed to attain age 55 on the
preceding June 1.
8. A member retiring after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1998 shall receive a pension equal to 75%
of average salary if the member is qualified to receive a
retirement pension equal to at least 74.6% of average
salary under this Article or as proportional annuities
under Article 20 of this Code.
9. In the case of a person who first becomes a
participant on or after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, payments for
unused sick or vacation time shall not be used in the

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calculation of average salary.
(Source: P.A. 90-566, eff. 1-2-98; 90-582, eff. 5-27-98.)
(40 ILCS 5/17-134) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 17-134)
Sec. 17-134. Contributions for leaves of absence; military
service; computing service. In computing service for pension
purposes the following periods of service shall stand in lieu
of a like number of years of teaching service upon payment
therefor in the manner hereinafter provided: (a) time spent on
a leave of absence granted by the employer; (b) service with
teacher or labor organizations based upon special leaves of
absence therefor granted by an Employer; (c) a maximum of 5
years spent in the military service of the United States, of
which up to 2 years may have been served outside the pension
period; (d) unused sick days at termination of service to a
maximum of 244 days; (e) time lost due to layoff and
curtailment of the school term from June 6 through June 21,
1976; and (f) time spent after June 30, 1982 as a member of the
Board of Education, if required to resign from an
administrative or teaching position in order to qualify as a
member of the Board of Education.
(1) For time spent on or after September 6, 1948 on
sabbatical leaves of absence or sick leaves, for which
salaries are paid, an Employer shall make payroll
deductions at the applicable rates in effect during such
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(2) For time spent on a leave of absence granted by the
employer for which no salaries are paid, teachers desiring
credit therefor shall pay the required contributions at the
rates in effect during such periods as though they were in
teaching service. If an Employer pays salary for vacations
which occur during a teacher's sick leave or maternity or
paternity leave without salary, vacation pay for which the
teacher would have qualified while in active service shall
be considered part of the teacher's total salary for
pension purposes. No more than 36 months of leave credit
may be allowed any person during the entire term of
service. Sabbatical leave credit shall be limited to the
time the person on leave without salary under an Employer's
rules is allowed to engage in an activity for which he
receives salary or compensation.
(3) For time spent prior to September 6, 1948, on
sabbatical leaves of absence or sick leaves for which
salaries were paid, teachers desiring service credit
therefor shall pay the required contributions at the
maximum applicable rates in effect during such periods.
(4) For service with teacher or labor organizations
authorized by special leaves of absence, for which no
payroll deductions are made by an Employer, teachers
desiring service credit therefor shall contribute to the
Fund upon the basis of the actual salary received from such
organizations at the percentage rates in effect during such

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periods for certified positions with such Employer. To the
extent the actual salary exceeds the regular salary, which
shall be defined as the salary rate, as calculated by the
Board, in effect for the teacher's regular position in
teaching service on September 1, 1983 or on the effective
date of the leave with the organization, whichever is
later, the organization shall pay to the Fund the
employer's normal cost as set by the Board on the
increment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
subdivision (4), teachers are only eligible for credit for
service under this subdivision (4) if the special leave of
absence begins before January 5, 2012 (the effective date
of Public Act 97-651) this amendatory Act of the 97th
General Assembly.
(5) For time spent in the military service, teachers
entitled to and desiring credit therefor shall contribute
the amount required for each year of service or fraction
thereof at the rates in force (a) at the date of
appointment, or (b) on return to teaching service as a
regularly certified teacher, as the case may be; provided
such rates shall not be less than $450 per year of service.
These conditions shall apply unless an Employer elects to
and does pay into the Fund the amount which would have been
due from such person had he been employed as a teacher
during such time. In the case of credit for military
service not during the pension period, the teacher must

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also pay to the Fund an amount determined by the Board to
be equal to the employer's normal cost of the benefits
accrued from such service, plus interest thereon at 5% per
year, compounded annually, from the date of appointment to
the date of payment.
The changes to this Section made by Public Act 87-795
shall apply not only to persons who on or after its
effective date are in service under the Fund, but also to
persons whose status as a teacher terminated prior to that
date, whether or not the person is an annuitant on that
date. In the case of an annuitant who applies for credit
allowable under this Section for a period of military
service that did not immediately follow employment, and who
has made the required contributions for such credit, the
annuity shall be recalculated to include the additional
service credit, with the increase taking effect on the date
the Fund received written notification of the annuitant's
intent to purchase the credit, if payment of all the
required contributions is made within 60 days of such
notice, or else on the first annuity payment date following
the date of payment of the required contributions. In
calculating the automatic annual increase for an annuity
that has been recalculated under this Section, the increase
attributable to the additional service allowable under
this amendatory Act of 1991 shall be included in the
calculation of automatic annual increases accruing after

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the effective date of the recalculation.
The total credit for military service shall not exceed
5 years, except that any teacher who on July 1, 1963, had
validated credit for more than 5 years of military service
shall be entitled to the total amount of such credit.
(6) For persons who first become teachers before the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
Assembly, a A maximum of 244 unused sick days credited to
his account by an Employer on the date of termination of
employment. Members, upon verification of unused sick
days, may add this service time to total creditable
service.
(7) In all cases where time spent on leave is
creditable and no payroll deductions therefor are made by
an Employer, persons desiring service credit shall make the
required contributions directly to the Fund.
(8) For time lost without pay due to layoff and
curtailment of the school term from June 6 through June 21,
1976, as provided in item (e) of the first paragraph of
this Section, persons who were contributors on the days
immediately preceding such layoff shall receive credit
upon paying to the Fund a contribution based on the rates
of compensation and employee contributions in effect at the
time of such layoff, together with an additional amount
equal to 12.2% of the compensation computed for such period
of layoff, plus interest on the entire amount at 5% per

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annum from January 1, 1978 to the date of payment. If such
contribution is paid, salary for pension purposes for any
year in which such a layoff occurred shall include the
compensation recognized for purposes of computing that
contribution.
(9) For time spent after June 30, 1982, as a
nonsalaried member of the Board of Education, if required
to resign from an administrative or teaching position in
order to qualify as a member of the Board of Education, an
administrator or teacher desiring credit therefor shall
pay the required contributions at the rates and salaries in
effect during such periods as though the member were in
service.
Effective September 1, 1974, the interest charged for
validation of service described in paragraphs (2) through (5)
of this Section shall be compounded annually at a rate of 5%
commencing one year after the termination of the leave or
return to service.
(Source: P.A. 97-651, eff. 1-5-12.)