Chapter 40, PENSIONS

(40 ILCS 5/9-184.5) Sec. 9-184.5. Delinquent contributions; deduction from payments of State funds to the county. If the county fails to transmit to the Fund contributions required of it under this Article by December 31st of the year in which such contributions are due, the Fund…

(40 ILCS 5/9-185) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-185) Sec. 9-185. Board created. (a) A board of 9 members shall constitute the board of trustees authorized to carry out the provisions of this Article. The board of trustees shall be known as "The Retirement Board of the County Employee…

(40 ILCS 5/9-186) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-186) Sec. 9-186. Board elections. In each year, the board shall conduct a regular election, under rules adopted by it, at least 30 days prior to the expiration of the term of each elected employee or annuitant member. To be eligible to …

(40 ILCS 5/9-187) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-187) Sec. 9-187. Board vacancy. (a) A vacancy in the membership of the board shall be filled as follows: If the vacancy is that of an appointive member, the official who appointed him shall appoint a person to serve for the unexpired te…

(40 ILCS 5/9-188) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-188) Sec. 9-188. Board officers. The board shall elect annually at its regular December meeting from among its members, by a majority vote of the members voting on the question, a president, vice-president and a secretary who shall serv…

(40 ILCS 5/9-189) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-189) Sec. 9-189. Board meetings. The board shall hold regular meetings in each month and special meetings as it deems necessary. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting, but no …

(40 ILCS 5/9-190) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-190) Sec. 9-190. Board powers and duties. The board shall have the powers and duties stated in Sections 9-191 to 9-202.1, inclusive, in addition to such other powers and duties provided in this Article. (Source: P.A. 98-551, eff. 8-27-1…

(40 ILCS 5/9-191) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-191) Sec. 9-191. To supervise collections. To see that all amounts specified in this Article to be applied to the fund, from any source, are collected and applied. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/9-192) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-192) Sec. 9-192. To notify of deductions. To notify the comptroller of the county of the deductions to be made from the salaries of employees. (Source: P.A. 81-1536.)

(40 ILCS 5/9-193) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-193) Sec. 9-193. To accept gifts. To accept by gift, grant, bequest or otherwise any money or property of any kind and use the same for the purposes of the fund. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/9-194) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-194) Sec. 9-194. To invest the reserves. To invest the reserves of the fund in accordance with Sections 1-109, 1-109.1, 1-109.2, 1-110, 1-111, 1-114, and 1-115 of this Act. Investments made in accordance with Section 1-113 shall be deem…

(40 ILCS 5/9-194.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-194.1) Sec. 9-194.1. To lend securities. The Board may lend securities owned by the Fund to a borrower upon such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed in writing. The agreement shall provide that during the period of the loan…

(40 ILCS 5/9-194.2) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-194.2) Sec. 9-194.2. To rent office facilities. The Retirement Board may rent or lease any office facilities that it deems desirable for the purposes of the Fund. (Source: P.A. 87-794.)

(40 ILCS 5/9-195) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-195) Sec. 9-195. To have an audit. To have an audit of the accounts of the fund made at least once each year by certified public accountants. The audit may include the preparation of the annual actuarial report required under Section 9-…

(40 ILCS 5/9-196) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-196) Sec. 9-196. To authorize payments. To authorize or suspend the payment of any annuity or benefit in accordance with this Article. The board shall have exclusive original jurisdiction in all matters relating to the fund, including, …

(40 ILCS 5/9-197) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-197) Sec. 9-197. To determine service credits. To require each employee to file a statement concerning service rendered the county prior to the effective date. The board shall make a determination of the length of such service and estab…

(40 ILCS 5/9-198) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-198) Sec. 9-198. To issue certificate of prior service. To issue a certificate showing the entire period of service rendered by a present employee prior to the effective date and the amounts to his credit for prior service and widow's p…

(40 ILCS 5/9-199) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-199) Sec. 9-199. To submit an annual report. To submit a report in July of each year to the county board of the county as of the close of business on December 31st of the preceding year. The report shall contain a detailed statement of …

(40 ILCS 5/9-200) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-200) Sec. 9-200. To subpoena witnesses. To compel witnesses to attend and testify before it upon any matter concerning the fund and allow witness fees not in excess of $6 for attendance upon any one day. The president and other members …

(40 ILCS 5/9-201) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-201) Sec. 9-201. To appoint employees. To appoint such actuarial, medical, legal, clerical or other employees as are necessary and fix their compensation. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/9-202) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-202) Sec. 9-202. To make rules. To make rules and regulations necessary for the administration of the fund. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/9-202.1) Sec. 9-202.1. To reproduce records. To have any records kept by the board photographed, microfilmed, or digitally or electronically reproduced in accordance with the Local Records Act. The photographs, microfilm, and digital and electronic reproductions shall …

(40 ILCS 5/9-203) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-203) Sec. 9-203. Moneys to be held on deposit. To make the payments authorized by this Article, the board may keep and hold uninvested a sum not in excess of the amounts required to make all annuity payments which become due and payable…

(40 ILCS 5/9-204) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-204) Sec. 9-204. Accounting. An adequate system of accounts and records shall be established to give effect to the requirements of this Article and to report the financial condition of the fund. Such additional data as is necessary for …

(40 ILCS 5/9-216) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-216) Sec. 9-216. Treasurer of fund. The county treasurer shall be ex-officio the treasurer and custodian of the fund and shall furnish to the board a bond of such amount as the board designates, which shall indemnify the board against a…

(40 ILCS 5/9-217) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-217) Sec. 9-217. Attorney. The chief legal officer of the county shall be the legal advisor of an attorney for the board. If it shall deem such action necessary for the conservation of the fund, the board may in its discretion employ an…

(40 ILCS 5/9-218) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-218) Sec. 9-218. Computation of term of service, annual salary and salary deductions. For the purpose of this Article, term of service, annual salary, and salary deductions shall be computed as provided in Sections 9-219 to 9- 222 inclu…

(40 ILCS 5/9-219) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-219) (Text of Section WITH the changes made by P.A. 98-599, which has been held unconstitutional) Sec. 9-219. Computation of service. (1) In computing the term of service of an employee prior to the effective date, the entire period beg…

(40 ILCS 5/9-220) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-220) (Text of Section WITH the changes made by P.A. 98-599, which has been held unconstitutional) 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 …

(40 ILCS 5/9-220.1) Sec. 9-220.1. Service of less than 15 days in one month. A member of the General Assembly with service credit in the Fund may establish service credit in the Fund for up to 24 months, during each of which he or she worked for at least one but fewer than 15 day…

(40 ILCS 5/9-222) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-222) Sec. 9-222. Basis of salary deduction. The total of salary deductions for employee contributions for annuity purposes to be considered for any 1 calendar year shall not exceed that produced by the application of the proper salary d…

(40 ILCS 5/9-223) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-223) Sec. 9-223. Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act. The "Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act", being Article 20 of this Code, as now enacted or hereafter amended, is hereby adopted and made a part of this Article; provided, that where the…

(40 ILCS 5/9-224) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-224) Sec. 9-224. Employees in territory annexed. Whenever territory is annexed to the county, any person then employed as a county employee in the annexed territory, who shall be employed by the county on the date of the annexation shal…

(40 ILCS 5/9-225) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-225) Sec. 9-225. County pension fund superseded. The fund herein provided for on the effective date shall supersede and take the place of and have transferred to it the assets of any county pension fund as herein defined in operation in…

(40 ILCS 5/9-226) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-226) Sec. 9-226. Employees serving county and forest preserve district. In any forest preserve district created by "An Act to provide for the creation and management of forest preserve districts and repealing certain acts therein named"…

(40 ILCS 5/9-227) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-227) Sec. 9-227. Employees of Cook County School of Nursing-credits. (a) Any person who was in the employ of the Cook County School of Nursing on July 1, 1947, who becomes included within the provisions of this Article shall be credited…

(40 ILCS 5/9-228) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-228) Sec. 9-228. Attachment; withholding. (a) The annuities, pensions, refunds, and disability benefits granted under this Article shall be exempt from attachment or garnishment process and shall not be seized, taken, subjected to, deta…

(40 ILCS 5/9-229) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-229) Sec. 9-229. Board members-no compensation. No member of the board shall receive any moneys from the fund as salary for service performed as a member of the board or as an employee of the board. Any employee member shall have a righ…

(40 ILCS 5/9-230) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-230) Sec. 9-230. No commissions on investments. No member of the board, and no person officially connected with the board, as employee, legal advisor, custodian of the fund, or otherwise shall have any right to receive any commission or…

(40 ILCS 5/9-231) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-231) Sec. 9-231. Duties of county officers. The proper officers of the county and of the retirement board without cost to the fund, shall: (a) Deduct all sums required to be deducted from the salaries of employees, and pay such sums to …

(40 ILCS 5/9-232) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-232) Sec. 9-232. Age of employee. For any employee who has filed an application for appointment to the service of the county, the age stated therein shall be conclusive evidence against the employee of his age for the purposes of this A…

(40 ILCS 5/9-233) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-233) Sec. 9-233. Office facilities. Suitable rooms for office and meetings of the board shall be assigned by the sheriff of the county. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/9-234) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-234) Sec. 9-234. Compliance with article. All officers, officials, and employees of the county shall perform any and all acts required to carry out the intent and purposes of this Article. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/9-235) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-235) Sec. 9-235. Felony conviction. None of the benefits provided in this Article shall be paid to any person who is convicted of any felony relating to or arising out of or in connection with his service as an employee. None of the ben…

(40 ILCS 5/9-236) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-236) Sec. 9-236. Administrative review. The provisions of the Administrative Review Law, and all amendments and modifications thereof, and the rules adopted pursuant thereto, shall apply to and govern all proceedings for the judicial re…

(40 ILCS 5/9-237) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-237) Sec. 9-237. General provisions and savings clause. The provisions of Article 1 and Article 23 of this Code apply to this Article as though such provisions were fully set forth in this Article as a part thereof. (Source: Laws 1963, …

(40 ILCS 5/9-238) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-238) Sec. 9-238. Employees of county department of public aid who transfer to state employment-preservation of rights. Employees of a County Department of Public Aid in counties of 3,000,000 or more population who transfer to the employ…

(40 ILCS 5/9-239) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-239) Sec. 9-239. Group Health Benefit. (a) For the purposes of this Section, "annuitant" means a person receiving an age and service annuity, a prior service annuity, a widow's annuity, a widow's prior service annuity, a minimum annuity…

(40 ILCS 5/9-240) Sec. 9-240. Group health benefit funding. Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, the county shall be notified by June 14 of each year of the proposed costs of any such payments allocated by the Fund for all or any p…

(40 ILCS 5/9-241) Sec. 9-241. Mistake in benefit. If the Fund mistakenly sets any benefit at an incorrect amount, it shall recalculate the benefit as soon as may be practicable after the mistake is discovered. If the benefit was mistakenly set too low, the Fund shall make a lump …