Chapter 40, PENSIONS

(40 ILCS 5/14-103.35) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-103.35) Sec. 14-103.35. State Agency. "State Agency": The Social Security Unit of the State Employees' Retirement System of Illinois as defined in the Social Security Enabling Act, or any agency succeeding to the duties thereof. (S…

(40 ILCS 5/14-103.36) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-103.36) Sec. 14-103.36. Covered employee. "Covered employee": Any employee covered by coordination with the Federal Social Security Act as herein provided. (Source: P.A. 80-841.)

(40 ILCS 5/14-103.37) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-103.37) Sec. 14-103.37. Coordination. "Coordination": A plan providing for a coordination of the benefits payable by the system and the contributions to be made by the member with the old age, survivors and disability provisions of…

(40 ILCS 5/14-103.38) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-103.38) Sec. 14-103.38. Noncovered employee. "Noncovered employee": A member, either in service or on an authorized leave of absence on October 31, 1968 who elected not to accept coordination with the Federal Social Security Act as…

(40 ILCS 5/14-103.39) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-103.39) Sec. 14-103.39. "Personal services": Beginning January 1, 1978, employment by the State of Illinois for which compensation is certified by a department to the State Comptroller and paid on a regular payroll. (Source: P.A. 8…

(40 ILCS 5/14-103.41) Sec. 14-103.41. Tier 1 member. "Tier 1 member": A member of this System who first became a member or participant before January 1, 2011 under any reciprocal retirement system or pension fund established under this Code other than a retirement system or pensi…

(40 ILCS 5/14-103.42) Sec. 14-103.42. Licensed health care professional. "Licensed health care professional": Any individual who has obtained a license through the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation under the Medical Practice Act of 1987, under the Physician Assi…

(40 ILCS 5/14-104) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-104) Sec. 14-104. Service for which contributions permitted. Contributions provided for in this Section shall cover the period of service granted. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the contributions shall be based upon the…

(40 ILCS 5/14-104.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-104.1) Sec. 14-104.1. Any member who was an elected police magistrate or justice of the peace serving as a magistrate of the Circuit Court for the duration of his elected term, who has not elected coverage in a retirement system fin…

(40 ILCS 5/14-104.10) Sec. 14-104.10. Federal or out-of-state employment. A contributing employee may establish additional service credit for periods of full-time employment by the federal government or a unit of state or local government located outside Illinois for which he or …

(40 ILCS 5/14-104.11) Sec. 14-104.11. Illinois Finance Authority. An employee may establish creditable service for periods prior to the date upon which the Illinois Finance Authority first becomes a department (as defined in Section 14-103.04) during which he or she was employed …

(40 ILCS 5/14-104.12) Sec. 14-104.12. Early termination incentives under the State Finance Act. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article and notwithstanding that they may be payable from a personal services line item, early termination incentives paid under Section 14a…

(40 ILCS 5/14-104.13) Sec. 14-104.13. Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning; employee election. (a) Within one year after the effective date of this Section, a person employed by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (formerly the Regional Planning Board) on the effecti…

(40 ILCS 5/14-104.2) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-104.2) Sec. 14-104.2. Any member who participated in a voluntary furlough plan or who was subject to a 4 day work week pursuant to negotiated agreements in fiscal years 1983 and 1984 may receive service and earnings credit for such …

(40 ILCS 5/14-104.3) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-104.3) (Text of Section WITH the changes made by P.A. 98-599, which has been held unconstitutional) Sec. 14-104.3. Notwithstanding provisions contained in Section 14-103.10, any person who first becomes a member before the effective…

(40 ILCS 5/14-104.4) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-104.4) Sec. 14-104.4. For purposes of this Article, the term "award for back pay under a statute" means an award, determination or agreement granted or approved by a court or administrative agency which arises under a State or feder…

(40 ILCS 5/14-104.5) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-104.5) Sec. 14-104.5. A member who enters service on or after January 1, 1984, or after July 1, 1982 as an emergency or temporary employee, as defined in Sections 8b.8 and 8b.9 of the Personnel Code, may receive membership service c…

(40 ILCS 5/14-104.6) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-104.6) Sec. 14-104.6. Service transferred from Article 16. Service also includes the following: (a) Any period as a teacher employed by the Department of Corrections for which credit was established under Article 16 of this Code, su…

(40 ILCS 5/14-104.7) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-104.7) Sec. 14-104.7. Payments and Rollovers. (a) The Board may adopt rules prescribing the manner of repaying refunds and purchasing any optional credits permitted under this Article. The rules may prescribe the manner of calculati…

(40 ILCS 5/14-104.8) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-104.8) Sec. 14-104.8. Grant of noncoordinated service credit. The entire period of service between June 30, 1969 and December 15, 1984 during which an employee was erroneously classified as eligible for federal Social Security cover…

(40 ILCS 5/14-104.9) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-104.9) Sec. 14-104.9. Credit for leave of absence. A member may establish creditable service under this Article for up to one year during which he or she was on a leave of absence from employment for which credit is not otherwise av…

(40 ILCS 5/14-105) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-105) Sec. 14-105. Service credit for which contributions are not required. (a) Each employee in service on December 31, 1943, or then on leave of absence not in conflict with Civil Service rules, if such leave had not extended for mor…

(40 ILCS 5/14-105.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-105.1) Sec. 14-105.1. (a) Any active (and until February 1, 1993, any former) member of the General Assembly Retirement System may apply for transfer of his credits and creditable service accumulated under this System to the General…

(40 ILCS 5/14-105.2) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-105.2) Sec. 14-105.2. Validation of service credits. An active member of the General Assembly Retirement System or the Judges Retirement System having no service credits or creditable service in the System, may establish service cre…

(40 ILCS 5/14-105.3) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-105.3) Sec. 14-105.3. Any active member of the Judges Retirement System and, between January 1 and January 15, 1983, any deputy sheriff who is an active member of a Fund created under Article 9 of this Act may apply for transfer of …

(40 ILCS 5/14-105.4) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-105.4) Sec. 14-105.4. (a) Persons otherwise required or eligible to participate in this System who elect to continue participation in the General Assembly System under Section 2-117.1 may not participate in this System for the durat…

(40 ILCS 5/14-105.5) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-105.5) Sec. 14-105.5. Transfer of creditable service to Article 8, 9 or 13 Fund. (a) Any city officer as defined in Section 8-243.2 of this Code, any county officer elected by vote of the people who is a participant in the pension f…

(40 ILCS 5/14-105.6) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-105.6) Sec. 14-105.6. (a) Until July 1, 1990, any active or inactive member of the pension fund established under Article 7 of this Code who has been a county sheriff may apply for transfer of his creditable service accumulated unde…

(40 ILCS 5/14-105.7) Sec. 14-105.7. Transfer to Article 9 fund. (a) Until July 1, 2003, any active or inactive member of the System who has established creditable service under paragraph (i) of Section 14-104 (relating to contractual service to the General Assembly) and is an act…

(40 ILCS 5/14-106) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-106) (Text of Section WITH the changes made by P.A. 98-599, which has been held unconstitutional) 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…

(40 ILCS 5/14-107) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-107) (Text of Section WITH the changes made by P.A. 98-599, which has been held unconstitutional) Sec. 14-107. Retirement annuity - service and age - conditions. (a) A member is entitled to a retirement annuity after having at least 8…

(40 ILCS 5/14-108) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-108) (Text of Section WITH the changes made by P.A. 98-599, which has been held unconstitutional) Sec. 14-108. Amount of retirement annuity. A member who has contributed to the System for at least 12 months shall be entitled to a prio…

(40 ILCS 5/14-108.2) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-108.2) Sec. 14-108.2. Any person employed by the Department of Corrections who is a member of the Teachers' Retirement System established under Article 16 of this Code may elect to become a member of this System on either June 1, 19…

(40 ILCS 5/14-108.2a) Sec. 14-108.2a. Former Chicago public health employees. (a) This Section applies only to persons who were employed at any time during the period July 13 through December 31, 1993, by the City of Chicago Department of Public Health in connection with clinical…

(40 ILCS 5/14-108.2b) Sec. 14-108.2b. Former Chicago Police Department Crime Laboratory Division employees. (a) For the purposes of this Section and Section 8-230.5: (1) "Takeover date" means the date upon which the Illinois Department of State Police assumes and becomes responsi…

(40 ILCS 5/14-108.2c) Sec. 14-108.2c. Transfer of membership from TRS. A security employee of the Department of Human Services, as defined in Section 14-110, who is a member of the Teachers' Retirement System established under Article 16 of this Code may elect to become a member …

(40 ILCS 5/14-108.3) Sec. 14-108.3. Early retirement incentives. (a) To be eligible for the benefits provided in this Section, a person must: (1) be a member of this System who, on any day during June, 2002, is (i) in active payroll status in a position of employment with a depar…

(40 ILCS 5/14-108.4) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-108.4) Sec. 14-108.4. State police early retirement incentives. (a) To be eligible for the benefits provided in this Section, a person must: (1) be a member of this System who, on any day during October, 1992, is in active payroll s…

(40 ILCS 5/14-108.5) Sec. 14-108.5. Alternative retirement cancellation payment. (a) To be eligible for the alternative retirement cancellation payment provided in this Section, a person must: (1) be a member of this System who, on any day during June 2004, was (i) in active payr…

(40 ILCS 5/14-108.6) Sec. 14-108.6. Alternative retirement cancellation payment. (a) To be eligible for the alternative retirement cancellation payment provided in this Section, a person must: (1) be a member of this System who, as of June 1, 2006, was (i) in active payroll statu…

(40 ILCS 5/14-109) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-109) Sec. 14-109. Minimum retirement annuity. (a) Beginning January 1, 1987, any person who is receiving a monthly retirement annuity under this Article which, after inclusion of (1) all one-time and automatic annual increases to whic…

(40 ILCS 5/14-110) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110) (Text of Section from P.A. 102-813, 103-34, and 104-284) Sec. 14-110. Alternative retirement annuity. (a) Any member who has withdrawn from service with not less than 20 years of eligible creditable service and has attained age 5…

(40 ILCS 5/14-111) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-111) Sec. 14-111. Re-entry After retirement. (a) An annuitant who re-enters the service of a department and receives compensation on a regular payroll shall receive no payments of the retirement annuity during the time he is so employ…

(40 ILCS 5/14-112) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-112) Sec. 14-112. Level Income Option. A covered employee who retires from service prior to the age of becoming eligible for old age insurance payments under the Federal Social Security Act and who at the time of retirement is fully i…

(40 ILCS 5/14-113) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-113) Sec. 14-113. Reversionary annuity. A member entitled to a retirement annuity may elect, at the time of retirement, to receive a lesser amount of such allowance and provide with the remainder of his equity, as actuarially determin…

(40 ILCS 5/14-114) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-114) (Text of Section WITH the changes made by P.A. 98-599, which has been held unconstitutional) Sec. 14-114. Automatic increase in retirement annuity. (a) This subsection (a) is subject to subsections (a-1) and (a-2) of this Section…

(40 ILCS 5/14-115) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-115) (Text of Section WITH the changes made by P.A. 98-599, which has been held unconstitutional) Sec. 14-115. Supplemental Annuity. (a) Each annuitant, who retired at age 55 or over and after the completion of at least 15 years of cr…

(40 ILCS 5/14-116) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-116) Sec. 14-116. Nonoccupational death benefit-death before retirement. (a) Upon death of a member before retirement from any cause other than illness contracted or injuries received in the performance of duty to the State, if no sur…

(40 ILCS 5/14-117) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-117) Sec. 14-117. Nonoccupational death benefit-Death after retirement. Upon death of a retired member, unless a reversionary annuity, widow's annuity or survivors annuity is payable, a death benefit shall be payable to such person as…

(40 ILCS 5/14-118) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-118) Sec. 14-118. Widow's annuity - Conditions for payment. A widow who exercises the right of election to receive an annuity pursuant to this Section is entitled to a lump sum payment of $500 plus a widow's annuity, if: (1) she was m…