(40 ILCS 5/Art. 7 heading)

(40 ILCS 5/7-101) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-101) Sec. 7-101. Creation of fund. A retirement and benefit fund to be known as the "Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund" is hereby created. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-102) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-102) Sec. 7-102. Purpose. The purpose of this fund is to provide a sound and efficient system for the payment of annuities and other benefits, in addition to the annuities and benefits available, as herein provided, under the Federal Social Security Act, to certain officers and employees, and to their beneficiaries, of municipalities, as herein defined. It is the mission of this Fund to efficiently and impartially develop, implement and administer programs that provide income protection to members and their beneficiaries on behalf of participating employers in a prudent manner. (Source: P.A. 87-740.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-103) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-103) Sec. 7-103. Terms defined. The terms used in this Article have the meanings ascribed to them in Sections 7-104 to 7-131, inclusive, except when the context otherwise requires. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-104) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-104) Sec. 7-104. Fund. "Fund": The Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-105) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-105) Sec. 7-105. "Municipality": A city, village, incorporated town, county, township; a Financial Oversight Panel established pursuant to Article 1H of the School Code; and any school, park, sanitary, road forest preserve, water, fire protection, public health, river conservancy, mosquito abatement, tuberculosis sanitarium, public community college district, or other local district with general continuous power to levy taxes on the property within such district; now existing or hereafter created within the State; and, for the purposes of providing annuities and benefits to its employees, the fund itself. (Source: P.A. 97-429, eff. 8-16-11.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-106) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-106) Sec. 7-106. Participating municipality. "Participating municipality": Any municipality included within this fund in accordance with Section 7-132. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-107) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-107) Sec. 7-107. Instrumentality. "Instrumentality": Any body, corporate or politic, or any legal entity, other than a municipality, having power to appropriate for, or to authorize expenditures for, payment of earnings to employees from any fund or funds derived in whole or in part from taxes, assessments, fees or other revenues of a municipality; and, in counties, the several county fee offices. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-108) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-108) Sec. 7-108. "Participating Instrumentality": (a) A political entity created under the laws of the State of Illinois, without general continuous power to levy taxes, and which is legally separate and distinct from the State of Illinois and any municipality and whose employees by reason of their relation to such political entity are not employees of the State of Illinois or a municipality. (b) A not-for-profit organization, which is incorporated under the laws of the State of Illinois, or an association, membership in which is limited to municipalities or limited to townships and authorized by statute. (Source: P.A. 77-1615.)

(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 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

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 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 became a participating employee under this Article before January 1, 2019 and 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.

(b-5) Were not participating employees under this

Article before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly and participated as a chief of police in a fund under Article 3 and return to work in any capacity with the police department, with any oversight of the police department, or in an advisory capacity for the police department with the same municipality with which that pension was earned, regardless of whether they are considered an employee of the police department or are eligible for inclusion in the municipality's Article 3 fund.

(c) Are contributors to or eligible to contribute to

a Taft-Hartley pension plan 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 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, and this paragraph shall not apply to individuals who are participating in the Fund prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.

(d) Become an employee of any of the following

participating instrumentalities on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly: 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. (Source: P.A. 99-830, eff. 1-1-17; 100-281, eff. 8-24-17; 100-1097, eff. 8-26-18.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-109.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-109.1) Sec. 7-109.1. "Seasonal Employee": An employee whose position normally requires regular service during a period of at least 6 consecutive months, but less than 12 months, in a 12 month period. (Source: Laws 1967, p. 2091.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-109.2) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-109.2) Sec. 7-109.2. "Intermittent Employee": An employee, whose position normally requires service intermittently, rather than regularly, and a person whose position normally requires regular service for a period of less than 6 consecutive months in a 12 month period. (Source: Laws 1967, p. 2091.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-109.3) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-109.3) Sec. 7-109.3. "Sheriff's Law Enforcement Employees". (a) "Sheriff's law enforcement employee" or "SLEP" means: (1) A county sheriff and all deputies, other than

special deputies, employed on a full time basis in the office of the sheriff.

(2) A person who has elected to participate in this

Fund under Section 3-109.1 of this Code, and who is employed by a participating municipality to perform police duties.

(3) A law enforcement officer employed on a full time

basis by a Forest Preserve District, provided that such officer shall be deemed a "sheriff's law enforcement employee" for the purposes of this Article, and service in that capacity shall be deemed to be service as a sheriff's law enforcement employee, only if the board of commissioners of the District have so elected by adoption of an affirmative resolution. Such election, once made, may not be rescinded.

(4) A person not eligible to participate in a fund

established under Article 3 of this Code who is employed on a full-time basis by a participating municipality or participating instrumentality to perform police duties at an airport, but only if the governing authority of the employer has approved sheriff's law enforcement employee status for its airport police employees by adoption of an affirmative resolution. Such approval, once given, may not be rescinded.

(5) A person first hired on or after January 1, 2011

who (i) is employed by a participating municipality that has both 30 or more full-time police officers and 50 or more full-time firefighters and has not established a fund under Article 3 or Article 4 of this Code and (ii) is employed on a full-time basis by that participating municipality to perform police duties or firefighting and EMS duties; but only if the governing authority of that municipality has approved sheriff's law enforcement employee status for its police officer or firefighter employees by adoption of an affirmative resolution. The resolution must specify that SLEP status shall be applicable to such employment occurring on or after the adoption of the resolution. Such resolution shall be irrevocable, but shall automatically terminate upon the establishment of an Article 3 or 4 fund by the municipality.

(b) An employee who is a sheriff's law enforcement employee and is granted military leave or authorized leave of absence shall receive service credit in that capacity. Sheriff's law enforcement employees shall not be entitled to out-of-State service credit under Section 7-139. (Source: P.A. 100-354, eff. 8-25-17; 100-1097, eff. 8-26-18.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-110) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-110) Sec. 7-110. Participating employee. "Participating employee": Any person included within this fund, and eligible to benefits therefrom, as provided in Section 7-137. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-111) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-111) Sec. 7-111. "Prior Service": The period beginning on the day a participating employee first became an employee of a municipality, or of an instrumentality thereof, or of a municipality or instrumentality that was superseded by the employing participating municipality, or of a participating instrumentality, and ending on the effective date of participation of the municipality or participating instrumentality, or upon the latest termination of service prior to such effective date, but excluding (a) the intervening periods during which the employee was separated from the service of the municipality and all instrumentalities thereof, or of the participating instrumentality, (b) periods during which the employee was employed in a position normally requiring less than 600 hours of service during a year, and (c) periods during which the employee served in a position normally requiring performance of duty less than 1000 hours per year, if the participating municipality or participating instrumentality adopted, prior to its effective date of participation, a resolution or ordinance excluding persons in such positions from participation. (Source: P.A. 90-448, eff. 8-16-97.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-111.5) Sec. 7-111.5. "Omitted service": The period of service with a participating municipality or participating instrumentality during which an employee was required to participate in the Fund, but was not actually enrolled. (Source: P.A. 98-932, eff. 8-15-14.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-112) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-112) Sec. 7-112. "Current Service": The period beginning on the day an employee first becomes a participating employee and ending on the day of the latest separation from service of all participating municipalities, and instrumentalities thereof, and participating instrumentalities, but excluding all intervening periods during which the employee was separated from the service of all participating municipalities and instrumentalities thereof, and participating instrumentalities. (Source: Laws 1967, p. 2091.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-113) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-113) Sec. 7-113. "Creditable Service": All periods of prior service or current service for which credits are granted under the provisions of Section 7-139. (Source: P.A. 90-448, eff. 8-16-97.)

(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 (but not including amounts associated with a vehicle allowance payable to an employee who first becomes a participating employee on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly), or other emolument paid for official duties (but not including automobile maintenance, travel expense, or reimbursements for expenditures incurred in the performance of duties) 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 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 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. 100-411, eff. 8-25-17.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-115) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-115) Sec. 7-115. Rate of earnings. "Rate of earnings": The actual rate upon which the earnings of an employee are calculated at any time, as certified in a written notice, on file with the board, by the governing body of the municipality, or instrumentality, or participating instrumentality. For periods during which the employee did not participate but is entitled to creditable service, the monthly earnings shall be considered to be the earnings in the position for each calendar year divided by the number of months of creditable service in that year. (Source: P.A. 82-596.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-116) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-116) (Text of Section WITH the changes made by P.A. 98-599, which has been held unconstitutional) 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 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 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; (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; 98-599, eff. 6-1-14.) (Text of Section WITHOUT the changes made by P.A. 98-599, which has been held unconstitutional) 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 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 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. (Source: P.A. 97-609, eff. 1-1-12.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-117) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-117) Sec. 7-117. Annuitant. "Annuitant": A person receiving an annuity from this fund. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-118) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-118) Sec. 7-118. "Beneficiary". (a) "Beneficiary" means:(1) Any person or persons, trust, or charity

designated as a beneficiary by an employee, former employee who has not yet received a retirement annuity or separation benefit, or employee annuitant. If no designation is on file or no beneficiary so designated survives, the estate of the employee, former employee who has not yet received a retirement annuity or separation benefit, or employee annuitant.

(2) Any person or persons, trust, or charity

designated as a beneficiary by a beneficiary annuitant or, if no designation is on file or no beneficiary so designated survives, the estate of the beneficiary annuitant.

(3) The estate of a surviving spouse annuitant where

the employee or employee annuitant filed no designation, or no person designated survives at the death of a surviving spouse annuitant.

(b) Designations of beneficiaries shall be in writing on forms prescribed by the board and effective upon filing in the fund offices. The designation forms shall provide for contingent beneficiaries. Divorce, dissolution or annulment of marriage revokes the designation of an employee's former spouse as a beneficiary on a designation executed before entry of judgment for divorce, dissolution or annulment of marriage. (Source: P.A. 96-1140, eff. 7-21-10.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-119) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-119) Sec. 7-119. Annuity. "Annuity": A series of equal monthly payments, payable as of the first day of each calendar month during the life of an annuitant, the first payment to be made as of the first day of the calendar month coincidental with or next following the date upon which the annuity begins, and the last payment to be made as of the first day of the calendar month in which the annuitant dies or the annuity is terminated. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-120) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-120) Sec. 7-120. Board. "Board": The board of trustees of the fund. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-121) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-121) Sec. 7-121. "Governing body": (a) the city council in cities; (b) the board of trustees in villages or in incorporated towns; (c) the county board in counties; (d) in townships, the electors for purposes of electing whether the township shall participate and to appropriate funds and levy taxes for municipal contributions, under Section 7-171, for the town and any other bodies politic included as a part of the town under Section 7-132.1 and the Board of Town Trustees for all other purposes; (e) the corporate authority, body or officers, as the case may be, authorized by law to levy taxes for the maintenance and operation of the municipality in other municipalities; (f) the person or group of persons having ultimate authority to expend funds for the payment of earnings to employees in participating instrumentalities; or, (g) the board itself. (Source: P.A. 82-783.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-122) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-122) Sec. 7-122. Effective date. "Effective date": The date the provisions of this fund become applicable to any participating municipality and to all instrumentalities thereof and to participating instrumentalities, as provided in Section 7-132. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-123) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-123) Sec. 7-123. Effective rate of interest. "Effective rate of interest": The interest rate determined by the Board for any calendar year which shall distribute, to the extent reasonably determinable prior to the year for which the rate is applicable, the current earnings (excluding capital gains) on assets of the fund to reserves as provided by Section 7-209, after due allowance is made for special reserve requirements under Section 7-208. (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-124) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-124) Sec. 7-124. Prescribed rate of interest. "Prescribed rate of interest": The rate of interest to be used for calculation of the rates of municipality contributions and amounts of annuities and benefits as determined by the board on the basis of the probable effective rate of interest on a long term basis. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-125) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-125) Sec. 7-125. Federal Social Security Act. "Federal Social Security Act": Title II of the Social Security Act of August 14, 1935, 74th Congress, Ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620, 42 U.S. Code, Ch. 7, Supp., as heretofore or hereafter amended. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-126) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-126) Sec. 7-126. Federal Insurance Contributions Act. "Federal Insurance Contributions Act": Chapter 21 of Sub-title C of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, 83rd Congress, Public Law 591, Chap. 736, approved August 16, 1954, as heretofore or hereafter amended. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-127) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-127) Sec. 7-127. Social Security Enabling Act. "Social Security Enabling Act": Article 21 of the Illinois Pension Code, as the same may from time to time be amended. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-128) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-128) Sec. 7-128. 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. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-129) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-129) Sec. 7-129. Covered municipalities and participating instrumentalities. "Covered municipalities and participating instrumentalities": Municipalities and participating instrumentalities covered under the Federal Social Security Act as provided in Section 7-136 hereof. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-130) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-130) Sec. 7-130. Covered employee. "Covered employee": An employee covered under the Federal Social Security Act as provided in Section 7-138 hereof. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-132) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-132) Sec. 7-132. Municipalities, instrumentalities and participating instrumentalities included and effective dates. (A) Municipalities and their instrumentalities. (a) The following described municipalities, but not including any with more than 1,000,000 inhabitants, and the instrumentalities thereof, shall be included within and be subject to this Article beginning upon the effective dates specified by the Board: (1) Except as to the municipalities and

instrumentalities thereof specifically excluded under this Article, every county shall be subject to this Article, and all cities, villages and incorporated towns having a population in excess of 5,000 inhabitants as determined by the last preceding decennial or subsequent federal census, shall be subject to this Article following publication of the census by the Bureau of the Census. Within 90 days after publication of the census, the Board shall notify any municipality that has become subject to this Article as a result of that census, and shall provide information to the corporate authorities of the municipality explaining the duties and consequences of participation. The notification shall also include a proposed date upon which participation by the municipality will commence.

However, for any city, village or incorporated town

that attains a population over 5,000 inhabitants after having provided social security coverage for its employees under the Social Security Enabling Act, participation under this Article shall not be mandatory but may be elected in accordance with subparagraph (3) or (4) of this paragraph (a), whichever is applicable.

(2) School districts, other than those specifically

excluded under this Article, shall be subject to this Article, without election, with respect to all employees thereof.

(3) Towns and all other bodies politic and corporate

which are formed by vote of, or are subject to control by, the electors in towns and are located in towns which are not participating municipalities on the effective date of this Act, may become subject to this Article by election pursuant to Section 7-132.1.

(4) Any other municipality (together with its

instrumentalities), other than those specifically excluded from participation and those described in paragraph (3) above, may elect to be included either by referendum under Section 7-134 or by the adoption of a resolution or ordinance by its governing body. A copy of such resolution or ordinance duly authenticated and certified by the clerk of the municipality or other appropriate official of its governing body shall constitute the required notice to the board of such action.

(b) A municipality that is about to begin participation shall submit to the Board an application to participate, in a form acceptable to the Board, not later than 90 days prior to the proposed effective date of participation. The Board shall act upon the application within 90 days, and if it finds that the application is in conformity with its requirements and the requirements of this Article, participation by the applicant shall commence on a date acceptable to the municipality and specified by the Board, but in no event more than one year from the date of application. (c) A participating municipality which succeeds to the functions of a participating municipality which is dissolved or terminates its existence shall assume and be transferred the net accumulation balance in the municipality reserve and the municipality account receivable balance of the terminated municipality. (d) In the case of a Veterans Assistance Commission whose employees were being treated by the Fund on January 1, 1990 as employees of the county served by the Commission, the Fund may continue to treat the employees of the Veterans Assistance Commission as county employees for the purposes of this Article, unless the Commission becomes a participating instrumentality in accordance with subsection (B) of this Section. (B) Participating instrumentalities. (a) The participating instrumentalities designated in paragraph (b) of this subsection shall be included within and be subject to this Article if: (1) an application to participate, in a form

acceptable to the Board and adopted by a two-thirds vote of the governing body, is presented to the Board not later than 90 days prior to the proposed effective date; and

(2) the Board finds that the application is in

conformity with its requirements, that the applicant has reasonable expectation to continue as a political entity for a period of at least 10 years and has the prospective financial capacity to meet its current and future obligations to the Fund, and that the actuarial soundness of the Fund may be reasonably expected to be unimpaired by approval of participation by the applicant.

The Board shall notify the applicant of its findings within 90 days after receiving the application, and if the Board approves the application, participation by the applicant shall commence on the effective date specified by the Board. (b) The following participating instrumentalities, so long as they meet the requirements of Section 7-108 and the area served by them or within their jurisdiction is not located entirely within a municipality having more than one million inhabitants, may be included hereunder: i. Township School District Trustees. ii. Multiple County and Consolidated Health

Departments created under Division 5-25 of the Counties Code or its predecessor law.

iii. Public Building Commissions created under the

Public Building Commission Act, and located in counties of less than 1,000,000 inhabitants.

iv. A multitype, consolidated or cooperative library

system created under the Illinois Library System Act. Any library system created under the Illinois Library System Act that has one or more predecessors that participated in the Fund may participate in the Fund upon application. The Board shall establish procedures for implementing the transfer of rights and obligations from the predecessor system to the successor system.

v. Regional Planning Commissions created under

Division 5-14 of the Counties Code or its predecessor law.

vi. Local Public Housing Authorities created under

the Housing Authorities Act, located in counties of less than 1,000,000 inhabitants.

vii. Illinois Municipal League. viii. Northeastern Illinois Metropolitan Area

Planning Commission.

ix. Southwestern Illinois Metropolitan Area Planning

Commission.

x. Illinois Association of Park Districts. xi. Illinois Supervisors, County Commissioners and

Superintendents of Highways Association.

xii. Tri-City Regional Port District. xiii. An association, or not-for-profit corporation,

membership in which is authorized under Section 85-15 of the Township Code.

xiv. Drainage Districts operating under the Illinois

Drainage Code.

xv. Local mass transit districts created under the

Local Mass Transit District Act.

xvi. Soil and water conservation districts created

under the Soil and Water Conservation Districts Law.

xvii. Commissions created to provide water supply or

sewer services or both under Division 135 or Division 136 of Article 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code.

xviii. Public water districts created under the

Public Water District Act.

xix. Veterans Assistance Commissions established

under Section 9 of the Military Veterans Assistance Act that serve counties with a population of less than 1,000,000.

xx. The governing body of an entity, other than a

vocational education cooperative, created under an intergovernmental cooperative agreement established between participating municipalities under the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, which by the terms of the agreement is the employer of the persons performing services under the agreement under the usual common law rules determining the employer-employee relationship. The governing body of such an intergovernmental cooperative entity established prior to July 1, 1988 may make participation retroactive to the effective date of the agreement and, if so, the effective date of participation shall be the date the required application is filed with the fund. If any such entity is unable to pay the required employer contributions to the fund, then the participating municipalities shall make payment of the required contributions and the payments shall be allocated as provided in the agreement or, if not so provided, equally among them.

xxi. The Illinois Municipal Electric Agency. xxii. The Waukegan Port District. xxiii. The Fox Waterway Agency created under the Fox

Waterway Agency Act.

xxiv. The Illinois Municipal Gas Agency. xxv. The Kaskaskia Regional Port District. xxvi. The Southwestern Illinois Development Authority. xxvii. The Cairo Public Utility Company. xxviii. Except with respect to employees who elect to

participate in the State Employees' Retirement System of Illinois under Section 14-104.13 of this Code, the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning created under the Regional Planning Act, provided that, with respect to the benefits payable pursuant to Sections 7-146, 7-150, and 7-164 and the requirement that eligibility for such benefits is conditional upon satisfying a minimum period of service or a minimum contribution, any employee of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning that was immediately prior to such employment an employee of the Chicago Area Transportation Study or the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission, such employee's service at the Chicago Area Transportation Study or the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission and contributions to the State Employees' Retirement System of Illinois established under Article 14 and the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund shall count towards the satisfaction of such requirements.

xxix. United Counties Council (formerly the Urban

Counties Council), but only if the Council has a ruling from the United States Internal Revenue Service that it is a governmental entity.

xxx. The Will County Governmental League, but only if

the League has a ruling from the United States Internal Revenue Service that it is a governmental entity.

(c) The governing boards of special education joint agreements created under Section 10-22.31 of the School Code without designation of an administrative district shall be included within and be subject to this Article as participating instrumentalities when the joint agreement becomes effective. However, the governing board of any such special education joint agreement in effect before September 5, 1975 shall not be subject to this Article unless the joint agreement is modified by the school districts to provide that the governing board is subject to this Article, except as otherwise provided by this Section. The governing board of the Special Education District of Lake County shall become subject to this Article as a participating instrumentality on July 1, 1997. Notwithstanding subdivision (a)1 of Section 7-139, on the effective date of participation, employees of the governing board of the Special Education District of Lake County shall receive creditable service for their prior service with that employer, up to a maximum of 5 years, without any employee contribution. Employees may establish creditable service for the remainder of their prior service with that employer, if any, by applying in writing and paying 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 must be made before July 1, 1998; the payment may be made at any time while the employee is still in service. The employer may elect to make the required contribution on behalf of the employee. The governing board of a special education joint agreement created under Section 10-22.31 of the School Code for which an administrative district has been designated, if there are employees of the cooperative educational entity who are not employees of the administrative district, may elect to participate in the Fund and be included within this Article as a participating instrumentality, subject to such application procedures and rules as the Board may prescribe. The Boards of Control of cooperative or joint educational programs or projects created and administered under Section 3-15.14 of the School Code, whether or not the Boards act as their own administrative district, shall be included within and be subject to this Article as participating instrumentalities when the agreement establishing the cooperative or joint educational program or project becomes effective. The governing board of a special education joint agreement entered into after June 30, 1984 and prior to September 17, 1985 which provides for representation on the governing board by less than all the participating districts shall be included within and subject to this Article as a participating instrumentality. Such participation shall be effective as of the date the joint agreement becomes effective. The governing boards of educational service centers established under Section 2-3.62 of the School Code shall be included within and subject to this Article as participating instrumentalities. The governing boards of vocational education cooperative agreements created under the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act and approved by the State Board of Education shall be included within and be subject to this Article as participating instrumentalities. If any such governing boards or boards of control are unable to pay the required employer contributions to the fund, then the school districts served by such boards shall make payment of required contributions as provided in Section 7-172. The payments shall be allocated among the several school districts in proportion to the number of students in average daily attendance for the last full school year for each district in relation to the total number of students in average attendance for such period for all districts served. If such educational service centers, vocational education cooperatives or cooperative or joint educational programs or projects created and administered under Section 3-15.14 of the School Code are dissolved, the assets and obligations shall be distributed among the districts in the same proportions unless otherwise provided. The governing board of Paris Cooperative High School shall be included within and be subject to this Article as a participating instrumentality on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly. If the governing board of Paris Cooperative High School is unable to pay the required employer contributions to the fund, then the school districts served shall make payment of required contributions as provided in Section 7-172. The payments shall be allocated among the several school districts in proportion to the number of students in average daily attendance for the last full school year for each district in relation to the total number of students in average attendance for such period for all districts served. If Paris Cooperative High School is dissolved, then the assets and obligations shall be distributed among the districts in the same proportions unless otherwise provided. The Philip J. Rock Center and School shall be included within and be subject to this Article as a participating instrumentality on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. The Philip J. Rock Center and School shall certify to the Fund the dates of service of all employees within 90 days of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. The Fund shall transfer to the IMRF account of the Philip J. Rock Center and School all creditable service and all employer contributions made on behalf of the employees for service at the Philip J. Rock Center and School that were reported and paid to IMRF by another employer prior to this date. If the Philip J. Rock Center and School is unable to pay the required employer contributions to the Fund, then the amount due will be paid by all employers as defined in item (2) of paragraph (a) of subsection (A) of this Section. The payments shall be allocated among these employers in proportion to the number of students in average daily attendance for the last full school year for each district in relation to the total number of students in average attendance for such period for all districts. If the Philip J. Rock Center and School is dissolved, then its IMRF assets and obligations shall be distributed in the same proportions unless otherwise provided. Financial Oversight Panels established under Article 1H of the School Code shall be included within and be subject to this Article as a participating instrumentality on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. If the Financial Oversight Panel is unable to pay the required employer contributions to the fund, then the school districts served shall make payment of required contributions as provided in Section 7-172. If the Financial Oversight Panel is dissolved, then the assets and obligations shall be distributed to the district served. (d) The governing boards of special recreation joint agreements created under Section 8-10b of the Park District Code, operating without designation of an administrative district or an administrative municipality appointed to administer the program operating under the authority of such joint agreement shall be included within and be subject to this Article as participating instrumentalities when the joint agreement becomes effective. However, the governing board of any such special recreation joint agreement in effect before January 1, 1980 shall not be subject to this Article unless the joint agreement is modified, by the districts and municipalities which are parties to the agreement, to provide that the governing board is subject to this Article. If the Board returns any employer and employee contributions to any employer which erroneously submitted such contributions on behalf of a special recreation joint agreement, the Board shall include interest computed from the end of each year to the date of payment, not compounded, at the rate of 7% per annum. (e) Each multi-township assessment district, the board of trustees of which has adopted this Article by ordinance prior to April 1, 1982, shall be a participating instrumentality included within and subject to this Article effective December 1, 1981. The contributions required under Section 7-172 shall be included in the budget prepared under and allocated in accordance with Section 2-30 of the Property Tax Code. (f) The Illinois Medical District Commission created under the Illinois Medical District Act may be included within and subject to this Article as a participating instrumentality, notwithstanding that the location of the District is entirely within the City of Chicago. To become a participating instrumentality, the Commission must apply to the Board in the manner set forth in paragraph (a) of this subsection (B). If the Board approves the application, under the criteria and procedures set forth in paragraph (a) and any other applicable rules, criteria, and procedures of the Board, participation by the Commission shall commence on the effective date specified by the Board. (C) Prospective participants. Beginning January 1, 1992, each prospective participating municipality or participating instrumentality shall pay to the Fund the cost, as determined by the Board, of a study prepared by the Fund or its actuary, detailing the prospective costs of participation in the Fund to be expected by the municipality or instrumentality. (Source: P.A. 96-211, eff. 8-10-09; 96-551, eff. 8-17-09; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1046, eff. 7-14-10; 97-429, eff. 8-16-11; 97-854, eff. 7-26-12.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-132.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-132.1) Sec. 7-132.1. Towns - Election to participate. For purposes of this Article, a town which is not a participating municipality on the effective date of this Act, shall be considered to include the town itself and all other bodies politic heretofor or hereafter established by or subject to the direct or indirect control of the town electors. As so defined, a town may participate in the Fund, on the first day of January after the year in which a valid participation ordinance, adopted by the town electors, has been filed with the Board. The following procedures shall govern adoption of a participation ordinance by the town electors: (a) A resolution, adopted by the town electors at an

annual town meeting, shall authorize the town supervisor to file with the Board of Trustees of the Fund, an application for the town as herein defined to participate, to supply such data as is requested by the Board, and to reimburse the Board for expenses incurred in securing an actuarial evaluation of the effects of participation by the applicant on the financial condition of the Fund and to postpone consideration of the matter of election to participate to a special town meeting.

(b) If the Board finds that the town has adequate

resources for payment of municipal obligations, and that the actuarial soundness of the fund will not be impaired by participation of the town, the Board shall approve the application and report its action to the town. The report shall include the cost to the town of participation and the initial municipality contribution rate.

(c) Upon receipt of an approved application, the

Board of Town trustees shall call a special town meeting to be held at a date not earlier than 30 days after the notice of such called meeting is published. The notice of call of the meeting shall state the purpose and shall include the Board's report of costs of participation and the initial municipality contribution rate.

(d) An ordinance to elect participation shall

specifically provide that it includes participation by all bodies politic, heretofor, or hereafter created, included in the town for purposes of this Article. If such ordinance is adopted, the Town Clerk shall forthwith forward a certified copy thereof to the Fund.

Upon the filing of the ordinance, for the purpose of providing benefits to their employees and their survivors, the town and the other bodies politic, whether or not they were participating municipalities, shall be considered and deemed to be a single municipality. It is declared to be the policy of the State, that since the town and the other bodies politic serve the same geographical area, that for the purposes of this Article they are properly designated as a single municipality. No town may elect to participate in this Fund except as provided in this Section. In any town which has not elected to participate in the Fund on the effective date of this Act, no body politic established by or subject to the control of the town electors may elect to participate in the Fund, except as a part of the town as provided in this Section. (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-132.2) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-132.2) Sec. 7-132.2. Regional office of education. (a) A regional office of education serving 2 or more counties, except those serving a county of 1,000,000 inhabitants or more, formed pursuant to Article 3A of the School Code shall be included within and be subject to this Article, effective as of the effective date of consolidation. For the purpose of this Article, a regional office of education serving 2 or more counties shall be considered a participating instrumentality but the requirements of Sections 7-106 and 7-132 shall not apply to it. Each county served by a regional office of education that serves 2 or more counties shall pay its proportional cost of the office's municipality contributions. This cost shall be included in the budget prepared under and apportioned in the manner provided by Section 3A-7 of the School Code. Each county may include the cost for its share of the municipality contributions required for the regional office of education in its appropriation and tax levy under Section 7-171 of this Article. (b) At the request of the county, the Board may designate any participating regional office of education to be a separate reporting entity distinct from the county. (Source: P.A. 90-448, eff. 8-16-97.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-132.3) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-132.3) Sec. 7-132.3. The EDC Foundation of Chicago. The EDC Foundation of Chicago, an Illinois not-for-profit corporation, may participate in the Fund and become subject to this Article as follows: (1) By October 1 of the year preceding the year in which participation is to begin, the Foundation may, with the authorization of at least two-thirds of the members of its governing body, file an application with the Board. (2) The Board shall review the application to determine whether it is in conformity with the provisions of this Article. Along with such other provisions as the Board may require, the application shall include a demonstration that (i) the Foundation has a reasonable expectation of continuing in existence for at least 10 years, and (ii) the Foundation has the prospective financial capacity to enable it to meet its current and future obligations to the Fund. Such financial capacity may be established by evidence of a contractual commitment by the City of Chicago to assume or guarantee any unpaid obligations of the Foundation to the Fund, or by the Foundation entering into an agreement with the Board to pay annually to the Fund any actuarially determined unfunded obligation relating to the Foundation, in addition to the employer contributions required under Section 7-172. (3) If the Board determines that the application is in conformity with the requirements of this Article, and that participation by the Foundation would not reasonably be expected to impair the actuarial soundness of the Fund, it shall approve the application. If the application is approved, the Foundation's employees shall begin participation on the following January 1, and the Foundation shall thereupon become a participating instrumentality for the purposes of Section 7-172. (Source: P.A. 86-272.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-134) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-134) Sec. 7-134. Municipality referendum and notice of election to participate. (a) A municipality electing to be included within this Article by referendum shall hold such referendum within the territory of the municipality following the filing of a written petition of at least 300 legal voters or at least 1% of the legal voters of the municipality, whichever is less. The question shall be certified to the proper election officials, who shall submit the question to the voters at an election in accordance with the general election law. If a majority of the voters who vote upon this question vote for inclusion of the municipality, notice of the election to be included shall be given as provided in this section and the municipality shall thereupon be so included. The proposition shall be in substantially the following form: -------------------------------------------------------------- Shall the....(here name themunicipality or municipalities in which YESthe question is being voted upon) beincluded within the provisions of Article -------------------7 of the Illinois Pension Code, asamended, pertaining to the creation of the NO"Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund"?-------------------------------------------------------------- Where the boundaries of 2 or more municipalities are coextensive, one ballot is sufficient for all municipalities specified in the ballot. (b) A municipality electing to participate shall within 10 days after the election submit to the board a certified notice of the election to participate. The notice shall: 1. Be in writing, 2. Indicate the date of the election, 3. Specify all the instrumentalities of the municipality, 4. Be officially certified by the clerk or other proper official of the municipality as having been duly made in accordance with the provisions of this Article. (Source: P.A. 81-1535.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-135) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-135) Sec. 7-135. Authorized agents. (a) Each participating municipality and participating instrumentality shall appoint an authorized agent who shall have the powers and duties set forth in this section. In absence of such appointment, the duties of the authorized agent shall devolve upon the clerk or secretary of the municipality or instrumentality, the township supervisor in the case of a township, and in the case of township school trustees upon the township school treasurer. (b) The authorized agent shall have the following powers and duties: 1. To certify to the fund whether or not a given

person is authorized to participate in the fund;

2. To certify to the fund when a participating

employee is on a leave of absence authorized by the municipality;

3. To request the proper officer to cause employee

contributions to be withheld from earnings and transmitted to the fund;

4. To request the proper officer to cause

municipality contributions to be forwarded to the fund promptly;

5. To forward promptly to all participating employees

any communications from the fund for such employees;

6. To forward promptly to the fund all applications,

claims, reports and other communications delivered to him by participating employees;

7. To perform all duties related to the

administration of this retirement system as requested by the fund and the governing body of his municipality.

(c) The governing body of each participating municipality and participating instrumentality may delegate any or all of the following powers and duties to its authorized agent: 1. To file a petition for nomination of an executive

trustee of the fund.

2. To cast the ballot for election of an executive

trustee of the fund.

If a governing body does not authorize its agent to perform the powers and duties set forth in this paragraph (c), they shall be performed by the governing body itself, unless the governing body by resolution duly certified to the fund delegates them to some other officer or employee. (d) The delivery of any communication or document by an employee or a participating municipality or participating instrumentality to its authorized agent shall not constitute delivery to the fund. (Source: P.A. 97-328, eff. 8-12-11; 97-609, eff. 1-1-12; 98-218, eff. 8-9-13.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-135.5) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)Sec. 7-135.5. Required public posting of information by the Fund.(a) The Fund shall post on its publicly available website the following information regarding municipalities that participate in the Fund that the Fund has in its possession: (1) copies of all resolutions adopted by a municipality on or after January 1, 1995 to participate in the Fund if such a resolution was required; (2) an annual report listing each municipality and the date each municipality first became a municipality that participates in the Fund; (3) all documents pertaining to each municipality's annual projected future contributions under this Article; and (4) information about the amount of each municipality's past required contributions to the Fund for each year of participation on or after January 1, 1995 and before, if available.(b) A municipality that has a website shall post to its website, no later than January 1, 2021, a link to the information provided by the Fund under this Section. A municipality that establishes a website on or after January 1, 2021 shall post to its website a link to the information provided by the Fund under this Section.(c) This Section does not require the Fund to post on its website information that is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.This Section does not require a municipality to establish or maintain a website. (Source: P.A. 101-504, eff. 7-1-20.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-136) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-136) Sec. 7-136. Municipalities and participating instrumentalities covered under the Federal Social Security Act and effective dates. Subject to the provisions of the Agreement with the State Agency as provided in Section 7-170, the following described municipalities (including all instrumentalities thereof), and participating instrumentalities shall be considered covered under the Federal Social Security Act and shall be subject to this Article pertaining to covered municipalities and participating instrumentalities beginning upon the effective dates hereinafter specified: (a) All municipalities (and instrumentalities thereof) and participating instrumentalities participating on December 31, 1957 shall be covered as of January 1, 1956; (b) All municipalities (and instrumentalities thereof) and participating instrumentalities that begin participation after December 31, 1957, shall be considered covered as of the effective date of participation. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-137) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-137) Sec. 7-137. Participating and covered employees. (a) The persons described in this paragraph (a) shall be included within and be subject to this Article and eligible to benefits from this fund, beginning upon the dates hereinafter specified: 1. Except as to the employees specifically excluded

under the provisions of this Article, all persons who are employees of any municipality (or instrumentality thereof) or participating instrumentality on the effective date of participation of the municipality or participating instrumentality beginning upon such effective date.

2. Except as to the employees specifically excluded

under the provisions of this Article, all persons, who became employees of any participating municipality (or instrumentality thereof) or participating instrumentality after the effective date of participation of such municipality or participating instrumentality, beginning upon the date such person becomes an employee.

3. All persons who file notice with the board as

provided in paragraph (b) 2 and 3 of this Section, beginning upon the date of filing such notice.

(b) The following described persons shall not be considered participating employees eligible for benefits from this fund, but shall be included within and be subject to this Article (each of the descriptions is not exclusive but is cumulative): 1. Any person who occupies an office or is employed

in a position normally requiring performance of duty during less than 600 hours a year for a municipality (including all instrumentalities thereof) or a participating instrumentality. If a school treasurer performs services for more than one school district, the total number of hours of service normally required for the several school districts shall be considered to determine whether he qualifies under this paragraph;

2. Except as provided in items 2.5, 2.6, and 2.7, any

person who holds elective office, unless he or she has elected while in that office in a written notice on file with the board to become a participating employee;

2.5. Except as provided in item 2.6, any person who

holds elective office as a member of a county board, unless:

(i) the person was first elected as a member of a

county board before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly;

(ii) the person has elected while in that office,

in a written notice on file with the board, to become a participating employee;

(iii) the county board has filed the resolution

required by subsection (a) of Section 7-137.2 of this Article; and

(iv) the person has submitted the required time

sheets evidencing that the person has met the hourly standard as required by subsection (b) of Section 7-137.2 of this Article;

2.6. Any person who is an elected member of a county

board and is first so elected on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly;

2.7. Any person who holds part-time office as a

member of a governing body, whether he or she is elected or appointed, unless he or she (i) was elected or appointed to that office before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly and (ii) has elected while in that office in a written notice on file with the board to become a participating employee. An office as a member of a governing body shall be deemed to be part-time if it normally requires the performance of duty during less than 1000 hours a year for the governing body of the participating municipality or instrumentality;

3. Any person working for a city hospital unless any

such person, while in active employment, has elected in a written notice on file with the board to become a participating employee and notification thereof is received by the board;

4. Any person who becomes an employee after June 30,

1979 as a public service employment program participant under the federal Comprehensive Employment and Training Act and whose wages or fringe benefits are paid in whole or in part by funds provided under such Act;

5. Any person who is actively employed by a

municipality on its effective date of participation in the Fund if that municipality (i) has at least 35 employees on its effective date of participation; (ii) is located in a county with at least 2,000,000 inhabitants; and (iii) maintains an independent defined benefit pension plan for the benefit of its eligible employees, unless the person files with the board within 90 days after the municipality's effective date of participation an irrevocable election to participate.

(c) Any person electing to be a participating employee, pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section may not change such election, except as provided in Section 7-137.1. (d) Any employee who occupied the position of school nurse in any participating municipality on August 8, 1961 and continuously thereafter until the effective date of the exercise of the option authorized by this subparagraph, who on August 7, 1961 was a member of the Teachers' Retirement System of Illinois, by virtue of certification by the Department of Registration and Education as a public health nurse, may elect to terminate participation in this Fund in order to re-establish membership in such System. The election may be exercised by filing written notice thereof with the Board or with the Board of Trustees of said Teachers' Retirement System, not later than September 30, 1963, and shall be effective on the first day of the calendar month next following the month in which the notice was filed. If the written notice is filed with such Teachers' Retirement System, that System shall immediately notify this Fund, but neither failure nor delay in notification shall affect the validity of the employee's election. If the option is exercised, the Fund shall notify such Teachers' Retirement System of such fact and transfer to that system the amounts contributed by the employee to this Fund, including interest at 3% per annum, but excluding contributions applicable to social security coverage during the period beginning August 8, 1961 to the effective date of the employee's election. Participation in this Fund as to any credits on or after August 8, 1961 and up to the effective date of the employee's election shall terminate on such effective date. (e) Any participating municipality or participating instrumentality, other than a school district or special education joint agreement created under Section 10-22.31 of the School Code, may, by a resolution or ordinance duly adopted by its governing body, elect to exclude from participation and eligibility for benefits all persons who are employed after the effective date of such resolution or ordinance and who occupy an office or are employed in a position normally requiring performance of duty for less than 1000 hours per year for the participating municipality (including all instrumentalities thereof) or participating instrumentality except for persons employed in a position normally requiring performance of duty for 600 hours or more per year (i) by such participating municipality or participating instrumentality prior to the effective date of the resolution or ordinance and (ii) by a participating municipality or participating instrumentality, which had not adopted such a resolution when the person was employed, and the function served by the employee's position is assumed by another participating municipality or participating instrumentality. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a participating municipality or participating instrumentality which is formed solely to succeed to the functions of a participating municipality or participating instrumentality shall be considered to have adopted any such resolution or ordinance which may have been applicable to the employees performing such functions. The election made by the resolution or ordinance shall take effect at the time specified in the resolution or ordinance, and once effective shall be irrevocable. (Source: P.A. 99-900, eff. 8-26-16; 100-274, eff. 1-1-18.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-137.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-137.1) Sec. 7-137.1. Elected officials. (a) A person holding an elective office who has elected to participate in the Fund while in that office may revoke that election and cease participating in the Fund by notifying the Board in writing before January 1, 1992. Upon such revocation, the person shall forfeit all creditable service earned while holding that office, and the Board shall refund to the person, without interest, all employee contributions paid for the forfeited creditable service. The Board shall also refund or credit to the employing municipality, without interest, the employer contributions relating to the forfeited service, except those for death and disability. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 7-141 and 7-144, beginning January 1, 1992, a person who holds an elective office and has not elected to participate in the Fund with respect to that office (or has revoked his election to participate with respect to that office under subsection (a) of this Section) shall not be disqualified from receiving a retirement annuity by reason of holding such office, provided that the annuity is not based on any credits received for participating while holding that office. (Source: P.A. 87-740.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-137.2) Sec. 7-137.2. Participation by elected members of county boards.(a) An elected member of a county board is not eligible to participate in the Fund with respect to that position unless the county board has adopted a resolution, after public debate and in a form acceptable to the Fund, certifying that persons in the position of elected member of the county board are expected to work at least 600 hours annually (or 1000 hours annually in a county that has adopted a resolution pursuant to subsection (e) of Section 7-137 of this Code). The resolution must be adopted and filed with the Fund no more than 90 days after each general election in which a member of the county board is elected.(b) An elected member of a county board that participates in the Fund with respect to that position shall monthly submit, to the county fiscal officer, time sheets documenting the time spent on official government business as an elected member of the county board. The time sheets shall be (1) submitted on paper or electronically, or both, and (2) maintained by the county board for 5 years. An elected member of a county board who fails to submit time sheets or fails to conduct official government business with respect to that position for either 600 hours or 1000 hours (whichever is applicable) annually shall not be permitted to continue participation in the Fund as an elected member of a county board. The Fund may request that the governing body certify that an elected member of a county board is permitted to continue participation with respect to that position. (Source: P.A. 99-900, eff. 8-26-16.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-138) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-138) Sec. 7-138. Employees covered under the Federal Social Security Act and effective dates. Subject to the Agreement with the State Agency as described in Section 7-170, the following described employees of covered municipalities and of covered participating instrumentalities shall be considered covered under the Federal Social Security Act and shall be subject to the provisions of this Article pertaining to covered employees beginning upon the effective dates hereinafter specified: (a) Each person who was an employee of a municipality or participating instrumentality covered as of January 1, 1956, and employed by such municipality or participating instrumentality on December 31, 1957, shall be considered a covered employee as of January 1, 1956, or the date employment with such municipality or participating instrumentality began, whichever is later; (b) Each person who was an employee of a municipality or participating instrumentality covered as of January 1, 1956, who was not employed by such municipality or participating instrumentality on December 31, 1957, shall be considered a covered employee as of the first date of employment after such date; (c) Each person who was an employee of a municipality or participating instrumentality becoming covered after December 31, 1957, shall be considered a covered employee on the date the municipality or participating instrumentality becomes a covered municipality or participating instrumentality or on the first date of employment, whichever is later; (d) Each person who performs service for a municipality or participating instrumentality defined as covered transportation service under Section 210 of the Federal Social Security Act if he (1) meets the requirements of Section 7-137 of this Act, (2) is employed by a municipality or participating instrumentality which has elected to participate and has been accepted for participation, and (3) is subject to the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, shall be considered a covered employee for the purpose of computing benefits under this Article, but no contributions need be made for Social Security purposes under this Article so long as contributions are being made under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act in respect to such service. (Source: P.A. 78-811.)

(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:

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; 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

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 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.

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 d of this paragraph 8. If the employee was in the service of more than one employer described in paragraph (c) of subsection (B) of Section 7-132 on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, then the sick leave days from all such employers, except for employers from which the employee terminated service before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, shall be credited, as long as the creditable service attributed to those sick leave days does not exceed the limitation in item d 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 d 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 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 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 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. (Blank). 11. For service transferred from an Article 3 system

under Section 3-110.3: Credits and creditable service shall be granted for service under Article 3 of this Act as provided in Section 3-110.3, to any active member of this Fund, upon transfer of such credits pursuant to Section 3-110.3. If the board determines that the amount transferred is less than the true cost to the Fund of allowing that creditable service to be established, then in order to establish that creditable service, the member must pay to the Fund an additional contribution equal to the difference, as determined by the board in accordance with the rules and procedures adopted under this paragraph. If the member does not make the full additional payment as required by this paragraph prior to termination of his participation with that employer, then his or her creditable service shall be reduced by an amount equal to the difference between the amount transferred under Section 3-110.3, including any payments made by the member under this paragraph prior to termination, and the true cost to the Fund of allowing that creditable service to be established, as determined by the board in accordance with the rules and procedures adopted under this paragraph.

The board shall establish by rule the manner of

making the calculation required under this paragraph 11, taking into account the appropriate actuarial assumptions; the member's service, age, and salary history, and any other factors that the board determines to be relevant.

12. For omitted service: Any employee who was

employed by a participating employer in a position that required participation, but who was not enrolled in the Fund, may establish such credits under the following conditions:

a. Application for such credits is received by

the Board while the employee is an active participant of the Fund or a reciprocal retirement system.

b. Eligibility for participation and earnings are

verified by the Authorized Agent of the participating employer for which the service was rendered.

Creditable service under this paragraph shall be

granted upon payment of the employee contributions that would have been required had he participated, which shall be calculated by the Fund using the member contribution rate in effect during the period that the service was rendered.

(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 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. Payments made to establish service credit under paragraph 1, 4, 5, 5.1, 6, 7, or 12 of subsection (a) of this Section must be received by the Board while the applicant is an active participant in the Fund or a reciprocal retirement system, except that an applicant may make one payment after termination of active participation in the Fund or a reciprocal retirement system. (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. 100-148, eff. 8-18-17; 101-492, eff. 8-23-19.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-139.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-139.1) Sec. 7-139.1. General Assembly transfers and credits. (a) Any active member of the General Assembly Retirement System (and until February 1, 1993, any former member of that System who has not yet retired) may apply for transfer of his credits and creditable service accumulated under this Fund to the General Assembly System. Also, any active member of the State Employees' Retirement System of Illinois who is an officer of the General Assembly may apply for a similar transfer from this Fund, provided that such member received credit under this Fund as an elected county officer. Such credits and creditable service shall be transferred forthwith. Payment by this Fund to the General Assembly System or the State Employees' Retirement System shall be made at the same time and shall consist of: (1) the amounts accumulated to the credit of the

applicant, including interest, on the books of the Fund on the date of transfer, but excluding any additional or optional credits, which credits shall be refunded to the applicant; and

(2) municipality credits computed and credited under

Section 7-139, including interest, on the books of the Fund on the date the member terminated service under the Fund.

Participation in this Fund as to any credits transferred under this Section shall terminate on the date of transfer. (b) An active member of the General Assembly Retirement System (and until February 1, 1993, any former member of that System who has not yet retired) who has service credits and creditable service under the Fund may establish additional service credits and creditable service for periods during which he was an elected official and could have elected to participate but did not so elect. Service credits and creditable service may be established by payment to the fund of an amount equal to the contributions he would have made if he had elected to participate, plus interest to the date of payment. The limitations in subparagraph (c) of Section 7-139 of this Article shall not apply to payments made under this Section. (c) An active member of the General Assembly Retirement System (and until February 1, 1993, any former member of that System who has not yet retired) may reinstate service and service credits terminated upon receipt of a separation benefit, by payment to the Fund of the amount of the separation benefit plus interest thereon to the date of payment. (Source: P.A. 87-794.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-139.2) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-139.2) Sec. 7-139.2. Validation of service credits. An active member of the General Assembly having no service credits or creditable service in the Fund, may establish service credit and creditable service for periods during which he was an employee of a municipality in an elective office and could have elected to participate in the Fund but did not so elect. Service credits and creditable service may be established by payment to the Fund of an amount equal to the contributions he would have made if he had elected to participate plus interest to the date of payment, together with the applicable municipality credits including interest, but the total period of such creditable service that may be validated shall not exceed 8 years. Payments made to establish such service credit must be received by the Board while the member is an active participant in the General Assembly Retirement System, except that one payment will be permitted after the member terminates such service. (Source: P.A. 100-148, eff. 8-18-17.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-139.3) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-139.3) Sec. 7-139.3. Validation of service credits. An active member of the General Assembly having no service credits or creditable service in the Fund may establish service credit and creditable service for periods during which he held an elective office in a municipality but could not participate in the Fund because the municipality was not a participant in the Fund. Service credits and creditable service may be established by payment to the Fund of an amount equal to the contributions he would have made if he had participated, with interest to the date of payment, together with the applicable municipality credits with interest. (Source: P.A. 81-1536.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-139.4) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-139.4) Sec. 7-139.4. Termination of participation as an employee. Any participating employee who is an active member of the General Assembly on or after November 20, 1979 may, upon written application to the Board within 90 days of that date or of becoming an active member of the General Assembly, whichever is later, terminate his participation as an employee in this fund. Any person who has terminated his participation as an employee under this Section and has continued the employment upon which such employee status has been based may revoke that termination after it has been in effect at least one year by filing a notice of the revocation with the Board. Any such person may then establish service credit and creditable service for any period of service during which the termination of participation was in effect by paying into the fund, within 6 months after revoking the termination of participation, an amount equal to the employee contributions which would have been required during the period for which the termination was in effect together with interest thereon at 6% per annum compounded annually. (Source: P.A. 81-1536.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-139.5) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-139.5) Sec. 7-139.5. (a) Persons otherwise required or eligible to participate in the Fund who elect to continue participation in the General Assembly System under Section 2-117.1 may not participate in the Fund for the duration of such continued participation under Section 2-117.1. (b) Upon terminating such continued participation, a person may transfer credits and creditable service accumulated under Section 2-117.1 to this Fund, upon payment to the Fund of (1) the amount by which the employer and employee contributions that would have been required if he had participated in this Fund during the period for which credit under Section 2-117.1 is being transferred, plus interest, exceeds the amounts actually transferred under that Section to the Fund, plus (2) interest thereon at 6% per annum compounded annually from the date of such participation to the date of payment. (Source: P.A. 82-342.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-139.6) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-139.6) Sec. 7-139.6. 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 a pension fund established under Article 9 of this Code, any chief of the County Police Department or undersheriff of the County Sheriff's Department who has elected under subparagraph (j) of Section 9-128.1 to be included within the provisions of Section 9-128.1 of Article 9 of this Code, and any elected sanitary district commissioner who is a participant in a pension fund established under Article 13 of this Code, may apply for transfer of his credits and creditable service accumulated in this Fund to such Article 8, 9 or 13 fund. Such creditable service shall be transferred forthwith. Payment by this Fund to the Article 8, 9 or 13 fund shall be made at the same time and shall consist of: (1) the amounts accumulated to the credit of the

applicant, including interest, on the books of the Fund on the date of transfer, but excluding any additional or optional credits, which credits shall be refunded to the applicant; and

(2) municipality credits computed and credited under

this Article, including interest, on the books of the Fund on the date the member terminated service under the Fund.

Participation in this Fund as to any credits transferred under this Section shall terminate on the date of transfer. (b) Any such elected city officer, county officer, chief of the County Police Department, undersheriff of the County Sheriff's Department, or sanitary district commissioner who has credits and creditable service under the Fund may establish additional credits and creditable service for periods during which he could have elected to participate but did not so elect. Credits and creditable service may be established by payment to the Fund of an amount equal to the contributions he would have made if he had elected to participate, plus interest thereon to the date of payment. The limitations in subparagraph (c) of Section 7-139 of this Article shall not apply to payments made under this Section. (c) Any such elected city officer, county officer, chief of the County Police Department, undersheriff of the County Sheriff's Department, or sanitary district commissioner may reinstate credits and creditable service terminated upon receipt of a separation benefit, by payment to the Fund of the amount of the separation benefit plus interest thereon at the rate of 6% per year to the date of payment. (Source: P.A. 89-643, eff. 8-9-96.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-139.7) Sec. 7-139.7. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 87-1265. Repealed by P.A. 98-932, eff. 8-15-14.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-139.8) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-139.8) Sec. 7-139.8. Transfer to Article 14 System. (a) Any active member of the State Employees' Retirement System who is a State policeman, an investigator for the Secretary of State, a conservation police officer, an investigator for the Office of the Attorney General, an investigator for the Department of Revenue, an investigator for the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, or a controlled substance inspector may apply for transfer of some or all of his or her credits and creditable service accumulated in this Fund for service as a sheriff's law enforcement employee, person employed by a participating municipality to perform police duties, or law enforcement officer employed on a full-time basis by a forest preserve district to the State Employees' Retirement System in accordance with Section 14-110. The creditable service shall be transferred only upon payment by this Fund to the State Employees' Retirement System of an amount equal to: (1) the amounts accumulated to the credit of the

applicant for the service to be transferred, including interest; and

(2) municipality credits based on such service,

including interest; and

(3) any interest paid by the applicant to reinstate

such service.

Participation in this Fund as to any credits transferred under this Section shall terminate on the date of transfer. (b) Any person applying to transfer service under this Section may reinstate credits and creditable service terminated upon receipt of a separation benefit, by paying to the Fund the amount of the separation benefit plus interest thereon at the actuarially assumed rate of interest to the date of payment. (Source: P.A. 95-530, eff. 8-28-07; 96-745, eff. 8-25-09.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-139.9) Sec. 7-139.9. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 90-460, eff. 8-17-97. Repealed by P.A. 98-932, eff. 8-15-14.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-139.10) Sec. 7-139.10. Transfer to Article 4 pension fund. A person who has elected under Section 4-108.4 to become an active participant in a firefighter pension fund established under Article 4 of this Code may apply for transfer to that Article 4 fund of his or her creditable service accumulated under this Article for municipal firefighter service. At the time of the transfer, the Fund shall pay to the firefighter pension fund an amount equal to: (1) the amounts accumulated to the credit of the

applicant for municipal firefighter service, including interest;

(2) any interest paid by the applicant in order to

reinstate that service; and

(3) the municipality credits based on that service,

including interest.

Participation in this fund with respect to the transferred credits shall terminate on the date of transfer. For the purpose of this Section, "municipal firefighter service" means service with the fire department of a participating municipality for which the applicant established creditable service under this Article. (Source: P.A. 93-689, eff. 7-1-04.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-139.11) Sec. 7-139.11. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 95-1036, eff. 2-17-09. Repealed by P.A. 98-932, eff. 8-15-14.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-139.12) Sec. 7-139.12. Transfer of creditable service to Article 14. A person employed by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (formerly the Regional Planning Board) on the effective date of this Section who was a member of the State Employees' Retirement System of Illinois as an employee of the Chicago Area Transportation Study may apply for transfer of his or her creditable service as an employee of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning upon payment of (1) the amounts accumulated to the credit of the applicant for such service on the books of the Fund on the date of transfer and (2) the corresponding municipality credits, including interest, on the books of the Fund on the date of transfer. Participation in this Fund with respect to the transferred credits shall terminate on the date of transfer. (Source: P.A. 95-677, eff. 10-11-07; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-139.13) Sec. 7-139.13. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 97-273, eff. 8-8-11. Repealed by P.A. 98-932, eff. 8-15-14.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-141) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-141) Sec. 7-141. Retirement annuities - Conditions. Retirement annuities shall be payable as hereinafter set forth: (a) A participating employee who, regardless of cause, is separated from the service of all participating municipalities and instrumentalities thereof and participating instrumentalities shall be entitled to a retirement annuity provided: 1. He is at least age 55, or in the case of a person

who is eligible to have his annuity calculated under Section 7-142.1, he is at least age 50;

2. He is not entitled to receive earnings for

employment in a position requiring him, or entitling him to elect, to be a participating employee;

3. The amount of his annuity, before the application

of paragraph (b) of Section 7-142 is at least $10 per month;

4. If he first became a participating employee after

December 31, 1961, he has at least 8 years of service. This service requirement shall not apply to any participating employee, regardless of participation date, if the General Assembly terminates the Fund.

(b) Retirement annuities shall be payable: 1. As provided in Section 7-119; 2. Except as provided in item 3, upon receipt by the

fund of a written application. The effective date may be not more than one year prior to the date of the receipt by the fund of the application;

3. Upon attainment of age 70 1/2 if the member (i) is

no longer in service, and (ii) is otherwise entitled to an annuity under this Article;

4. To the beneficiary of the deceased annuitant for

the unpaid amount accrued to date of death, if any.

(Source: P.A. 97-328, eff. 8-12-11; 97-609, eff. 1-1-12.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-141.1) Sec. 7-141.1. Early retirement incentive. (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that: (1) Units of local government across the State have

been functioning under a financial crisis.

(2) This financial crisis is expected to continue. (3) Units of local government must depend on

additional sources of revenue and, when those sources are not forthcoming, must establish cost-saving programs.

(4) An early retirement incentive designed

specifically to target highly-paid senior employees could result in significant annual cost savings.

(5) The early retirement incentive should be made

available only to those units of local government that determine that an early retirement incentive is in their best interest.

(6) A unit of local government adopting a program of

early retirement incentives under this Section is encouraged to implement personnel procedures to prohibit, for at least 5 years, the rehiring (whether on payroll or by independent contract) of employees who receive early retirement incentives.

(7) A unit of local government adopting a program of

early retirement incentives under this Section is also encouraged to replace as few of the participating employees as possible and to hire replacement employees for salaries totaling no more than 80% of the total salaries formerly paid to the employees who participate in the early retirement program.

It is the primary purpose of this Section to encourage units of local government that can realize true cost savings, or have determined that an early retirement program is in their best interest, to implement an early retirement program. (b) Until the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997, this Section does not apply to any employer that is a city, village, or incorporated town, nor to the employees of any such employer. Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997, any employer under this Article, including an employer that is a city, village, or incorporated town, may establish an early retirement incentive program for its employees under this Section. The decision of a city, village, or incorporated town to consider or establish an early retirement program is at the sole discretion of that city, village, or incorporated town, and nothing in this amendatory Act of 1997 limits or otherwise diminishes this discretion. Nothing contained in this Section shall be construed to require a city, village, or incorporated town to establish an early retirement program and no city, village, or incorporated town may be compelled to implement such a program. The benefits provided in this Section are available only to members employed by a participating employer that has filed with the Board of the Fund a resolution or ordinance expressly providing for the creation of an early retirement incentive program under this Section for its employees and specifying the effective date of the early retirement incentive program. Subject to the limitation in subsection (h), an employer may adopt a resolution or ordinance providing a program of early retirement incentives under this Section at any time. The resolution or ordinance shall be in substantially the following form:

the effective date of the program, (i) is in active payroll status as an employee of a participating employer that has filed the required ordinance or resolution with the Board, (ii) is on layoff status from such a position with a right of re-employment or recall to service, (iii) is on a leave of absence from such a position, or (iv) is on disability but has not been receiving benefits under Section 7-146 or 7-150 for a period of more than 2 years from the date of application;

(2) have never previously received a retirement

annuity under this Article or under the Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act using service credit established under this Article;

(3) (blank); (4) have at least 20 years of creditable service in

the Fund by the date of retirement, without the use of any creditable service established under this Section;

(5) have attained age 50 by the date of retirement,

without the use of any age enhancement received under this Section; and

(6) be eligible to receive a retirement annuity under

this Article by the date of retirement, for which purpose the age enhancement and creditable service established under this Section may be considered.

(d) The employer shall determine the retirement date for each employee participating in the early retirement program adopted under this Section. The retirement date shall be no earlier than the effective date of the program and no later than one year after that effective date, except that the employee may require that the retirement date set by the employer be no later than the June 30 next occurring after the effective date of the program and no earlier than the date upon which the employee qualifies for retirement. The employer shall give each employee participating in the early retirement program at least 30 days written notice of the employee's designated retirement date, unless the employee waives this notice requirement. (e) An eligible person may establish up to 5 years of creditable service under this Section. In addition, for each period of creditable service established under this Section, a person shall have his or her age at retirement deemed enhanced by an equivalent period. The creditable service established under this Section may be used for all purposes under this Article and the Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act, except for the computation of final rate of earnings and the determination of earnings, salary, or compensation under this or any other Article of the Code. The age enhancement established under this Section may be used for all purposes under this Article (including calculation of the reduction imposed under subdivision (a)1b(iv) of Section 7-142), except for purposes of a reversionary annuity under Section 7-145 and any distributions required because of age. The age enhancement established under this Section may be used in calculating a proportionate annuity payable by this Fund under the Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act, but shall not be used in determining benefits payable under other Articles of this Code under the Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act. (f) For all creditable service established under this Section, the member must pay to the Fund an employee contribution consisting of the total employee contribution rate in effect at the time the member purchases the service for the plan in which the member was participating with the employer at that time multiplied by the member's highest annual salary rate used in the determination of the final rate of earnings for retirement annuity purposes for each year of creditable service granted under this Section. Contributions for fractions of a year of service shall be prorated. Any amounts that are disregarded in determining the final rate of earnings under subdivision (d)(5) of Section 7-116 (the 125% rule) shall also be disregarded in determining the required contribution under this subsection (f). The employee contribution shall be paid to the Fund as follows: If the member is entitled to a lump sum payment for accumulated vacation, sick leave, or personal leave upon withdrawal from service, the employer shall deduct the employee contribution from that lump sum and pay the deducted amount directly to the Fund. If there is no such lump sum payment or the required employee contribution exceeds the net amount of the lump sum payment, then the remaining amount due, at the option of the employee, may either be paid to the Fund before the annuity commences or deducted from the retirement annuity in 24 equal monthly installments. (g) An annuitant who has received any age enhancement or creditable service under this Section and thereafter accepts employment with or enters into a personal services contract with an employer under this Article thereby forfeits that age enhancement and creditable service; except that this restriction does not apply to (1) service in an elective office, so long as the annuitant does not participate in this Fund with respect to that office, (2) a person appointed as an officer under subsection (f) of Section 3-109 of this Code, and (3) a person appointed as an auxiliary police officer pursuant to Section 3.1-30-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code. A person forfeiting early retirement incentives under this subsection (i) must repay to the Fund that portion of the retirement annuity already received which is attributable to the early retirement incentives that are being forfeited, (ii) shall not be eligible to participate in any future early retirement program adopted under this Section, and (iii) is entitled to a refund of the employee contribution paid under subsection (f). The Board shall deduct the required repayment from the refund and may impose a reasonable payment schedule for repaying the amount, if any, by which the required repayment exceeds the refund amount. (h) The additional unfunded liability accruing as a result of the adoption of a program of early retirement incentives under this Section by an employer shall be amortized over a period of 10 years beginning on January 1 of the second calendar year following the calendar year in which the latest date for beginning to receive a retirement annuity under the program (as determined by the employer under subsection (d) of this Section) occurs; except that the employer may provide for a shorter amortization period (of no less than 5 years) by adopting an ordinance or resolution specifying the length of the amortization period and submitting a certified copy of the ordinance or resolution to the Fund no later than 6 months after the effective date of the program. An employer, at its discretion, may accelerate payments to the Fund. An employer may provide more than one early retirement incentive program for its employees under this Section. However, an employer that has provided an early retirement incentive program for its employees under this Section may not provide another early retirement incentive program under this Section until the liability arising from the earlier program has been fully paid to the Fund. (Source: P.A. 99-382, eff. 8-17-15.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-142) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-142)Sec. 7-142. Retirement annuities - Amount. (a) The amount of a retirement annuity shall be the sum of the following, determined in accordance with the actuarial tables in effect at the time of the grant of the annuity:1. For employees with 8 or more years of service, an

annuity computed pursuant to subparagraphs a or b of this subparagraph 1, whichever is the higher, and for employees with less than 8 years of service the annuity computed pursuant to subparagraph a:

a. The monthly annuity which can be provided

from the total accumulated normal, municipality and prior service credits, as of the attained age of the employee on the date the annuity begins provided that such annuity shall not exceed 75% of the final rate of earnings of the employee.

b. (i) The monthly annuity amount determined as

follows by multiplying (a) 1 2/3% for annuitants with not more than 15 years or (b) 1 2/3% for the first 15 years and 2% for each year in excess of 15 years for annuitants with more than 15 years by the number of years plus fractional years, prorated on a basis of months, of creditable service and multiply the product thereof by the employee's final rate of earnings.

(ii) For the sole purpose of computing the

formula (and not for the purposes of the limitations hereinafter stated) $125 shall be considered the final rate of earnings in all cases where the final rate of earnings is less than such amount.

(iii) The monthly annuity computed in accordance

with this subparagraph b, shall not exceed an amount equal to 75% of the final rate of earnings.

(iv) For employees who have less than 35 years of

service, the annuity computed in accordance with this subparagraph b (as reduced by application of subparagraph (iii) above) shall be reduced by 0.25% thereof (0.5% if service was terminated before January 1, 1988) for each month or fraction thereof (1) that the employee's age is less than 60 years, or (2) if the employee has at least 30 years of service credit, that the employee's service credit is less than 35 years, whichever is less, on the date the annuity begins.

2. The annuity which can be provided from the total

accumulated additional credits as of the attained age of the employee on the date the annuity begins.

(b) If payment of an annuity begins prior to the earliest age at which the employee will become eligible for an old age insurance benefit under the Federal Social Security Act, he may elect that the annuity payments from this fund shall exceed those payable after his attaining such age by an amount, computed as determined by rules of the Board, but not in excess of his estimated Social Security Benefit, determined as of the effective date of the annuity, provided that in no case shall the total annuity payments made by this fund exceed in actuarial value the annuity which would have been payable had no such election been made.(c) The retirement annuity shall be increased each year by 2%, not compounded, of the monthly amount of annuity, taking into consideration any adjustment under paragraph (b) of this Section. This increase shall be effective each January 1 and computed from the effective date of the retirement annuity, the first increase being .167% of the monthly amount times the number of months from the effective date to January 1. Beginning January 1, 1984 and thereafter, the retirement annuity shall be increased by 3% each year, not compounded. This increase shall not be applicable to annuitants who are not in service on or after September 8, 1971.(d) Any elected county officer who was entitled to receive a stipend from the State on or after July 1, 2009 and on or before June 30, 2010 may establish earnings credit for the amount of stipend not received, if the elected county official applies in writing to the fund within 6 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly and pays to the fund an amount equal to (i) employee contributions on the amount of stipend not received, (ii) employer contributions determined by the Board equal to the employer's normal cost of the benefit on the amount of stipend not received, plus (iii) interest on items (i) and (ii) at the actuarially assumed rate. (Source: P.A. 96-961, eff. 7-2-10.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-142.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-142.1)Sec. 7-142.1. Sheriff's law enforcement employees. (a) In lieu of the retirement annuity provided by subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of Section 7-142: Any sheriff's law enforcement employee who has 20 or more years of service in that capacity and who terminates service prior to January 1, 1988 shall be entitled at his option to receive a monthly retirement annuity for his service as a sheriff's law enforcement employee computed by multiplying 2% for each year of such service up to 10 years, 2 1/4% for each year of such service above 10 years and up to 20 years, and 2 1/2% for each year of such service above 20 years, by his annual final rate of earnings and dividing by 12. Any sheriff's law enforcement employee who has 20 or more years of service in that capacity and who terminates service on or after January 1, 1988 and before July 1, 2004 shall be entitled at his option to receive a monthly retirement annuity for his service as a sheriff's law enforcement employee computed by multiplying 2.5% for each year of such service up to 20 years, 2% for each year of such service above 20 years and up to 30 years, and 1% for each year of such service above 30 years, by his annual final rate of earnings and dividing by 12. Any sheriff's law enforcement employee who has 20 or more years of service in that capacity and who terminates service on or after July 1, 2004 shall be entitled at his or her option to receive a monthly retirement annuity for service as a sheriff's law enforcement employee computed by multiplying 2.5% for each year of such service by his annual final rate of earnings and dividing by 12. If a sheriff's law enforcement employee has service in any other capacity, his retirement annuity for service as a sheriff's law enforcement employee may be computed under this Section and the retirement annuity for his other service under Section 7-142. In no case shall the total monthly retirement annuity for persons who retire before July 1, 2004 exceed 75% of the monthly final rate of earnings. In no case shall the total monthly retirement annuity for persons who retire on or after July 1, 2004 exceed 80% of the monthly final rate of earnings. (b) Whenever continued group insurance coverage is elected in accordance with the provisions of Section 367h of the Illinois Insurance Code, as now or hereafter amended, the total monthly premium for such continued group insurance coverage or such portion thereof as is not paid by the municipality shall, upon request of the person electing such continued group insurance coverage, be deducted from any monthly pension benefit otherwise payable to such person pursuant to this Section, to be remitted by the Fund to the insurance company or other entity providing the group insurance coverage. (c) A sheriff's law enforcement employee who began service in that capacity prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly and who has service in any other capacity may convert up to 10 years of that service into service as a sheriff's law enforcement employee by paying to the Fund an amount equal to (1) the additional employee contribution required under Section 7-173.1, plus (2) the additional employer contribution required under Section 7-172, plus (3) interest on items (1) and (2) at the prescribed rate from the date of the service to the date of payment. Application must be received by the Board while the employee is an active participant in the Fund. Payment must be received while the member is an active participant, except that one payment will be permitted after termination of participation. (d) The changes to subsections (a) and (b) of this Section made by this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly apply only to persons in service on or after July 1, 2004. In the case of such a person who begins to receive a retirement annuity before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, the annuity shall be recalculated prospectively to reflect those changes, with the resulting increase beginning to accrue on the first annuity payment date following the effective date of this amendatory Act. (e) Any elected county officer who was entitled to receive a stipend from the State on or after July 1, 2009 and on or before June 30, 2010 may establish earnings credit for the amount of stipend not received, if the elected county official applies in writing to the fund within 6 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly and pays to the fund an amount equal to (i) employee contributions on the amount of stipend not received, (ii) employer contributions determined by the Board equal to the employer's normal cost of the benefit on the amount of stipend not received, plus (iii) interest on items (i) and (ii) at the actuarially assumed rate. (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the provisions of this subsection (f) apply to a person who first becomes a sheriff's law enforcement employee under this Article on or after January 1, 2011.A sheriff's law enforcement employee age 55 or more who has 10 or more years of service in that capacity shall be entitled at his option to receive a monthly retirement annuity for his or her service as a sheriff's law enforcement employee computed by multiplying 2.5% for each year of such service by his or her final rate of earnings.The retirement annuity of a sheriff's law enforcement employee who is retiring after attaining age 50 with 10 or more years of creditable service shall be reduced by one-half of 1% for each month that the sheriff's law enforcement employee's age is under age 55.The maximum retirement annuity under this subsection (f) shall be 75% of final rate of earnings.For the purposes of this subsection (f), "final rate of earnings" means the average monthly earnings obtained by dividing the total salary of the sheriff's law enforcement employee during the 96 consecutive months of service within the last 120 months of service in which the total earnings was the highest by the number of months of service in that period. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, beginning on January 1, 2011, for all purposes under this Code (including without limitation the calculation of benefits and employee contributions), the annual earnings of a sheriff's law enforcement employee to whom this Section applies shall not include overtime and shall not exceed $106,800; however, that amount shall annually thereafter be increased by the lesser of (i) 3% of that amount, including all previous adjustments, or (ii) one-half the annual unadjusted percentage increase (but not less than zero) in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months ending with the September preceding each November 1, including all previous adjustments. (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the monthly annuity of a person who first becomes a sheriff's law enforcement employee under this Article on or after January 1, 2011 shall be increased on the January 1 occurring either on or after the attainment of age 60 or the first anniversary of the annuity start date, whichever is later. Each annual increase shall be calculated at 3% or one-half the annual unadjusted percentage increase (but not less than zero) in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months ending with the September preceding each November 1, whichever is less, of the originally granted retirement annuity. If the annual unadjusted percentage change in the consumer price index-u for a 12-month period ending in September is zero or, when compared with the preceding period, decreases, then the annuity shall not be increased. (h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, for a person who first becomes a sheriff's law enforcement employee under this Article on or after January 1, 2011, the annuity to which the surviving spouse, children, or parents are entitled under this subsection (h) shall be in the amount of 66 2/3% of the sheriff's law enforcement employee's earned annuity at the date of death.(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the monthly annuity of a survivor of a person who first becomes a sheriff's law enforcement employee under this Article on or after January 1, 2011 shall be increased on the January 1 after attainment of age 60 by the recipient of the survivor's annuity and each January 1 thereafter by 3% or one-half the annual unadjusted percentage increase in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months ending with the September preceding each November 1, whichever is less, of the originally granted pension. If the annual unadjusted percentage change in the consumer price index-u for a 12-month period ending in September is zero or, when compared with the preceding period, decreases, then the annuity shall not be increased. (j) For the purposes of this Section, "consumer price index-u" means the index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor that measures the average change in prices of goods and services purchased by all urban consumers, United States city average, all items, 1982-84 = 100. The new amount resulting from each annual adjustment shall be determined by the Public Pension Division of the Department of Insurance and made available to the boards of the pension funds. (Source: P.A. 100-148, eff. 8-18-17.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-143) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-143) Sec. 7-143. Retirement annuities-Reduction. If the participating employee elects a reversionary annuity in accordance with Section 7-145, his retirement annuity shall be reduced by an amount equal to the annuity which could be provided for him at the time the annuity begins from the accumulated additional credits required to provide the reversionary annuity. (Source: P.A. 77-2121.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-144) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-144) Sec. 7-144. Retirement annuities - suspended during employment. (a) If any person receiving any annuity again becomes an employee and receives earnings from employment in a position requiring him, or entitling him to elect, to become a participating employee, then the annuity payable to such employee shall be suspended as of the 1st day of the month coincidental with or next following the date upon which such person becomes such an employee, unless the person is authorized under subsection (b) of Section 7-137.1 of this Code to continue receiving a retirement annuity during that period. Upon proper qualification of the participating employee payment of such annuity may be resumed on the 1st day of the month following such qualification and upon proper application therefor. The participating employee in such case shall be entitled to a supplemental annuity arising from service and credits earned subsequent to such re-entry as a participating employee. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, an annuitant shall be considered a participating employee if he or she returns to work as an employee with a participating employer and works more than 599 hours annually (or 999 hours annually with a participating employer that has adopted a resolution pursuant to subsection (e) of Section 7-137 of this Code). Each of these annual periods shall commence on the month and day upon which the annuitant is first employed with the participating employer following the effective date of the annuity. (a-5) If any annuitant under this Article must be considered a participating employee per the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section, and the participating municipality or participating instrumentality that employs or re-employs that annuitant knowingly fails to notify the Board to suspend the annuity, the participating municipality or participating instrumentality may be required to reimburse the Fund for an amount up to one-half of the total of any annuity payments made to the annuitant after the date the annuity should have been suspended, as determined by the Board. In no case shall the total amount repaid by the annuitant plus any amount reimbursed by the employer to the Fund be more than the total of all annuity payments made to the annuitant after the date the annuity should have been suspended. This subsection shall not apply if the annuitant returned to work for the employer for less than 12 months.The Fund shall notify all annuitants that they must notify the Fund immediately if they return to work for any participating employer. The notification by the Fund shall occur upon retirement and no less than annually thereafter in a format determined by the Fund. The Fund shall also develop and maintain a system to track annuitants who have returned to work and notify the participating employer and annuitant at least annually of the limitations on returning to work under this Section.(b) Supplemental annuities to persons who return to service for less than 48 months shall be computed under the provisions of Sections 7-141, 7-142 and 7-143. In determining whether an employee is eligible for an annuity which requires a minimum period of service, his entire period of service shall be taken into consideration but the supplemental annuity shall be based on earnings and service in the supplemental period only. The effective date of the suspended and supplemental annuity for the purpose of increases after retirement shall be considered to be the effective date of the suspended annuity. (c) Supplemental annuities to persons who return to service for 48 months or more shall be a monthly amount determined as follows: (1) An amount shall be computed under subparagraph b

of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Section 7-142, considering all of the service credits of the employee;

(2) The actuarial value in monthly payments for life

of the annuity payments made before suspension shall be determined and subtracted from the amount determined in (1) above;

(3) The monthly amount of the suspended annuity, with

any applicable increases after retirement computed from the effective date to the date of reinstatement, shall be subtracted from the amount determined in (2) above and the remainder shall be the amount of the supplemental annuity provided that this amount shall not be less than the amount computed under subsection (b) of this Section.

(4) The suspended annuity shall be reinstated at an

amount including any increases after retirement from the effective date to date of reinstatement.

(5) The effective date of the combined suspended and

supplemental annuities for the purposes of increases after retirement shall be considered to be the effective date of the supplemental annuity.

(Source: P.A. 98-389, eff. 8-16-13; 99-745, eff. 8-5-16.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-144.2) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-144.2) Sec. 7-144.2. Incremental retirement annuity. Each employee annuitant who terminated service prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1971 is entitled to receive a monthly incremental retirement annuity, effective January 1, 1972, of .167% of his monthly retirement annuity amount, multiplied by the number of months from the effective date of his annuity to January 1, 1972. This monthly incremental annuity shall be increased on each January 1 thereafter during the lifetime of the annuitant by 2% of the monthly retirement annuity amount. Beginning January 1, 1984 and each January 1 thereafter, the monthly incremental annuity shall be increased by 3% of the monthly retirement annuity amount. The incremental annuity is payable only if the annuitant agrees to pay the fund an amount equal to 1% of 1/12 of his annual final rate of earnings, determined as of the date of his retirement, multiplied by the number of full years of service. The annuitant, prior to December 1, 1971, may authorize the fund to deduct the payment from his annuity if the total payment can be deducted in one month. If the agreement or payment is received by the fund prior to December 1, 1971, the incremental annuity shall be effective January 1, 1972. If the agreement or payment is not received before December 1, 1971, the incremental annuity shall be effective the first day of the next month after receipt of payment by the fund, but if received after the 15th day, the first day of the month following the next month, and shall not be paid retroactively. The monthly retirement annuity amount, for the purpose of this Section, shall be the annuity amount initially awarded or, if adjusted under paragraph (b) of Section 7-142, the adjusted amount, disregarding any incremental annuities previously granted. (Source: P.A. 83-664.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-144.3) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-144.3) Sec. 7-144.3. Supplemental benefit payment. (a) A supplemental benefit payment, consisting of a sum calculated as provided in subsection (c), shall be payable to each eligible retirement annuitant and surviving spouse annuitant on July 1, 1993, and on each subsequent July 1; except that if this Code is amended to change the uncompounded annual increase in retirement annuity granted in subsection (c) of Section 7-142 to a compounded annual increase, no supplemental benefit shall be paid under this Section on any July 1 occurring on or after the effective date of that amendment. The amount of the supplemental benefit payment, and a person's eligibility to receive the supplemental benefit payment, shall be redetermined for each year in which the benefit is payable. (b) To be eligible to receive a supplemental benefit payment, a person must be entitled to receive a retirement annuity or surviving spouse annuity from the Fund on the July 1 supplemental benefit payment date, and must have been receiving that annuity during each of the 12 months immediately preceding that date; except that a surviving spouse annuitant whose surviving spouse annuity began less than one year before the July 1 supplemental benefit payment date shall be eligible if the deceased spouse received a retirement annuity from the Fund during the period from the previous July 1 until the start of the surviving spouse annuity. (c) The amount of the supplemental benefit payment shall be determined by the Board as follows: (1) The total amount available for the payment of

supplemental benefit payments under this Section in any year shall be 0.62% of the last annual participating payroll for all participating municipalities and participating instrumentalities in the Fund, as determined and reconciled by the Fund.

(2) The amount of the supplemental benefit payment to

each eligible person shall be a portion of the total amount available under paragraph (1), equal to that portion of the total amount payable by the Fund to all eligible persons for retirement and surviving spouse annuities in the June preceding the July 1 supplemental benefit payment date, that is payable to the eligible person in that month.

(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the amount of any

supplemental benefit payment paid to an annuitant under this Section shall not exceed any benefit limitations established by the federal government for qualified public pension plans.

(Source: P.A. 87-850.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-145) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-145) Sec. 7-145. Reversionary annuities. (a) An employee entitled to a retirement annuity may elect to provide a reversionary annuity for a beneficiary if: 1. Under the provisions of paragraph (a) 1 of Section

7-142 he is entitled to an immediate annuity of at least $10 per month; and

2. His accumulated additional and optional credits

are sufficient to provide a reversionary annuity, of at least $10 per month, for the beneficiary.

(b) An election shall become effective only: 1. If a written notice thereof by the employee is

received by the board; and

2. If the amount of the beneficiary's reversionary

annuity specified in the notice is not less than $10 nor more than that which can be provided, at the time of election, by the accumulation of additional and optional credits.

(c) The amount of the reversionary annuity shall be that specified in the notice of election. (d) Reversionary annuity shall begin the first day of the month following the month in which the last payment of the employee annuity is payable because of death, provided the beneficiary is alive at such time. If the beneficiary does not survive the annuitant, no reversionary annuity shall be payable, but only the death benefit as provided in Sections 7-163 and 7-164. (e) Any election made under this Section shall be irrevocable by the employee. (Source: P.A. 98-1078, eff. 1-1-15.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-145.1) Sec. 7-145.1. Alternative annuity for county officers. (a) The benefits provided in this Section and Section 7-145.2 are available only if, prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the county board has filed with the Board of the Fund a resolution or ordinance expressly consenting to the availability of these benefits for its elected county officers. The county board's consent is irrevocable with respect to persons participating in the program, but may be revoked at any time with respect to persons who have not paid an additional optional contribution under this Section before the date of revocation.An elected county officer may elect to establish alternative credits for an alternative annuity by electing in writing before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly to make additional optional contributions in accordance with this Section and procedures established by the board. These alternative credits are available only for periods of service as an elected county officer. The elected county officer may discontinue making the additional optional contributions by notifying the Fund in writing in accordance with this Section and procedures established by the board.Additional optional contributions for the alternative annuity shall be as follows:(1) For service as an elected county officer after

the option is elected, an additional contribution of 3% of salary shall be contributed to the Fund on the same basis and under the same conditions as contributions required under Section 7-173.

(2) For service as an elected county officer before

the option is elected, an additional contribution of 3% of the salary for the applicable period of service, plus interest at the effective rate from the date of service to the date of payment, plus any additional amount required by the county board under paragraph (3). All payments for past service must be paid in full before credit is given. Payment must be received by the Board while the member is an active participant, except that one payment will be permitted after termination of participation.

(3) With respect to service as an elected county

officer before the option is elected, if payment is made after the county board has filed with the Board of the Fund a resolution or ordinance requiring an additional contribution under this paragraph, then the contribution required under paragraph (2) shall include an amount to be determined by the Fund, equal to the actuarial present value of the additional employer cost that would otherwise result from the alternative credits being established for that service. A county board's resolution or ordinance requiring additional contributions under this paragraph (3) is irrevocable. Payment must be received by the Board while the member is an active participant, except that one payment will be permitted after termination of participation.

No additional optional contributions may be made for any period of service for which credit has been previously forfeited by acceptance of a refund, unless the refund is repaid in full with interest at the effective rate from the date of refund to the date of repayment.(b) In lieu of the retirement annuity otherwise payable under this Article, an elected county officer who (1) has elected to participate in the Fund and make additional optional contributions in accordance with this Section, (2) has held and made additional optional contributions with respect to the same elected county office for at least 8 years, and (3) has attained age 55 with at least 8 years of service credit (or has attained age 50 with at least 20 years of service as a sheriff's law enforcement employee) may elect to have his retirement annuity computed as follows: 3% of the participant's salary for each of the first 8 years of service credit, plus 4% of that salary for each of the next 4 years of service credit, plus 5% of that salary for each year of service credit in excess of 12 years, subject to a maximum of 80% of that salary.This formula applies only to service in an elected county office that the officer held for at least 8 years, and only to service for which additional optional contributions have been paid under this Section. If an elected county officer qualifies to have this formula applied to service in more than one elected county office, the qualifying service shall be accumulated for purposes of determining the applicable accrual percentages, but the salary used for each office shall be the separate salary calculated for that office, as defined in subsection (g).To the extent that the elected county officer has service credit that does not qualify for this formula, his retirement annuity will first be determined in accordance with this formula with respect to the service to which this formula applies, and then in accordance with the remaining Sections of this Article with respect to the service to which this formula does not apply.(c) In lieu of the disability benefits otherwise payable under this Article, an elected county officer who (1) has elected to participate in the Fund, and (2) has become permanently disabled and as a consequence is unable to perform the duties of his office, and (3) was making optional contributions in accordance with this Section at the time the disability was incurred, may elect to receive a disability annuity calculated in accordance with the formula in subsection (b). For the purposes of this subsection, an elected county officer shall be considered permanently disabled only if: (i) disability occurs while in service as an elected county officer and is of such a nature as to prevent him from reasonably performing the duties of his office at the time; and (ii) the board has received a written certification by at least 2 licensed physicians appointed by it stating that the officer is disabled and that the disability is likely to be permanent.(d) Refunds of additional optional contributions shall be made on the same basis and under the same conditions as provided under Section 7-166, 7-167 and 7-168. Interest shall be credited at the effective rate on the same basis and under the same conditions as for other contributions. If an elected county officer fails to hold that same elected county office for at least 8 years, he or she shall be entitled after leaving office to receive a refund of the additional optional contributions made with respect to that office, plus interest at the effective rate.(e) The plan of optional alternative benefits and contributions shall be available to persons who are elected county officers and active contributors to the Fund on or after November 15, 1994 and elected to establish alternative credit before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. A person who was an elected county officer and an active contributor to the Fund on November 15, 1994 but is no longer an active contributor may apply to make additional optional contributions under this Section at any time within 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997; if the person is an annuitant, the resulting increase in annuity shall begin to accrue on the first day of the month following the month in which the required payment is received by the Fund.(f) For the purposes of this Section and Section 7-145.2, the terms "elected county officer" and "elected county office" include, but are not limited to: (1) the county clerk, recorder, treasurer, coroner, assessor (if elected), auditor, sheriff, and State's Attorney; members of the county board; and the clerk of the circuit court; and (2) a person who has been appointed to fill a vacancy in an office that is normally filled by election on a countywide basis, for the duration of his or her service in that office. The terms "elected county officer" and "elected county office" do not include any officer or office of a county that has not consented to the availability of benefits under this Section and Section 7-145.2.(g) For the purposes of this Section and Section 7-145.2, the term "salary" means the final rate of earnings for the elected county office held, calculated in a manner consistent with Section 7-116, but for that office only. If an elected county officer qualifies to have the formula in subsection (b) applied to service in more than one elected county office, a separate salary shall be calculated and applied with respect to each such office.(h) The changes to this Section made by this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly apply to persons who first make an additional optional contribution under this Section on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act.(i) Any elected county officer who was entitled to receive a stipend from the State on or after July 1, 2009 and on or before June 30, 2010 may establish earnings credit for the amount of stipend not received, if the elected county official applies in writing to the fund within 6 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly and pays to the fund an amount equal to (i) employee contributions on the amount of stipend not received, (ii) employer contributions determined by the Board equal to the employer's normal cost of the benefit on the amount of stipend not received, plus (iii) interest on items (i) and (ii) at the actuarially assumed rate. (Source: P.A. 100-148, eff. 8-18-17.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-145.2) Sec. 7-145.2. Alternative survivor's benefits for survivors of county officers. In lieu of the survivor's benefits otherwise payable under this Article, the spouse or eligible child of any deceased elected county officer who (1) had elected to participate in the Fund, and (2) was either making additional optional contributions in accordance with Section 7-145.1 on the date of death, or was receiving an annuity calculated under that Section at the time of death, may elect to receive an annuity beginning on the date of the elected county officer's death, provided that the spouse and officer must have been married on the date of the last termination of his or her service as an elected county officer and for a continuous period of at least one year immediately preceding his or her death. The annuity shall be payable beginning on the date of the elected county officer's death if the spouse is then age 50 or over, or beginning at age 50 if the age of the spouse is less than 50 years. If a minor unmarried child or children of the county officer, under age 18, also survive, and the child or children are under the care of the eligible spouse, the annuity shall begin as of the date of death of the elected county officer without regard to the spouse's age. The annuity to a spouse shall be 66 2/3% of the amount of retirement annuity earned by the elected county officer on the date of death, subject to a minimum payment of 10% of salary, provided that if an eligible spouse, regardless of age, has in his or her care at the date of death of the elected county officer any unmarried child or children of the county officer, under age 18, the minimum annuity shall be 30% of the elected officer's salary, plus 10% of salary on account of each minor child of the elected county officer, subject to a combined total payment on account of a spouse and minor children not to exceed 50% of the deceased officer's salary. In the event there shall be no spouse of the elected county officer surviving, or should a spouse remarry or die while eligible minor children still survive the elected county officer, each such child shall be entitled to an annuity equal to 20% of salary of the elected officer subject to a combined total payment on account of all such children not to exceed 50% of salary of the elected county officer. The salary to be used in the calculation of these benefits shall be the same as that prescribed for determining a retirement annuity as provided in Section 7-145.1. Upon the death of an elected county officer occurring after termination of service or while in receipt of a retirement annuity, the combined total payment to a spouse and minor children, or to minor children alone if no eligible spouse survives, shall be limited to 75% of the amount of retirement annuity earned by the county officer. Marriage of a child or attainment of age 18, whichever first occurs, shall render the child ineligible for further consideration in the payment of an annuity to a spouse or in the increase in the amount thereof. Upon attainment of ineligibility of the youngest minor child of the elected county officer, the annuity shall immediately revert to the amount payable upon death of an elected county officer leaving no minor children surviving him or her. If the spouse is under age 50 at such time, the annuity as revised shall be deferred until such age is attained. Remarriage of a widow or widower prior to attainment of age 55 shall disqualify the spouse from the receipt of an annuity. (Source: P.A. 95-279, eff. 1-1-08.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-146) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-146) Sec. 7-146. Temporary disability benefits - Eligibility. Temporary disability benefits shall be payable to participating employees as hereinafter provided. (a) The participating employee shall be considered temporarily disabled if: 1. He is unable to perform the duties of any position

which might reasonably be assigned to him by his employing municipality or instrumentality thereof or participating instrumentality due to mental or physical disability caused by bodily injury or disease, other than as a result of self-inflicted injury or addiction to narcotic drugs;

2. The Board has received written certifications from

at least one licensed and practicing physician and the governing body of the employing municipality or instrumentality thereof or participating instrumentality stating that the employee meets the conditions set forth in subparagraph 1 of this paragraph (a).

(b) A temporary disability benefit shall be payable to a temporarily disabled employee provided: 1. He: (i) has at least one year of service immediately

preceding the date the temporary disability was incurred and has made contributions to the fund for at least the number of months of service normally required in his position during a 12-month period, or has at least 5 years of service credit, the last year of which immediately precedes such date; or

(ii) had qualified under clause (i) above, but

had an interruption in service of not more than 3 months in the 12 months preceding the date the temporary disability was incurred and was not paid a separation benefit; or

(iii) had qualified under clause (i) above, but

had an interruption after 20 or more years of creditable service, was not paid a separation benefit, and returned to service prior to the date the disability was incurred.

Item (iii) of this subdivision shall apply to all

employees whose disabilities were incurred on or after July 1, 1985, and any such employee who becomes eligible for a disability benefit under item (iii) shall be entitled to receive a lump sum payment of any accumulated disability benefits which may accrue from the date the disability was incurred until the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1987.

Periods of qualified leave granted in compliance with

the federal Family and Medical Leave Act shall be ignored for purposes of determining the number of consecutive months of employment under this subdivision (b)1.

2. He has been temporarily disabled for at least 30

days, except where a former temporary or permanent and total disability has reoccurred within 6 months after the employee has returned to service.

3. He is receiving no earnings from a participating

municipality or instrumentality thereof or participating instrumentality, except as allowed under subsection (f) of Section 7-152.

4. He has not refused to submit to a reasonable

physical examination by a physician appointed by the Board.

5. His disability is not the result of a mental or

physical condition which existed on the earliest date of service from which he has uninterrupted service, including prior service, at the date of his disability, provided that this limitation is not applicable if the date of disability is after December 31, 2001, nor is it applicable to a participating employee who: (i) on the date of disability has 5 years of creditable service, exclusive of creditable service for periods of disability; or (ii) received no medical treatment for the condition for the 3 years immediately prior to such earliest date of service.

6. He is not separated from the service of the

participating municipality or instrumentality thereof or participating instrumentality which employed him on the date his temporary disability was incurred; for the purposes of payment of temporary disability benefits, a participating employee, whose employment relationship is terminated by his employing municipality, shall be deemed not to be separated from the service of his employing municipality or participating instrumentality if he continues disabled by the same condition and so long as he is otherwise entitled to such disability benefit.

7. He has not failed or refused to consent to and

sign an authorization allowing the Board to receive copies of or to examine his medical and hospital records.

8. He has not failed or refused to provide complete

information regarding any other employment for compensation he has received since becoming disabled.

(Source: P.A. 101-151, eff. 7-26-19.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-147) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-147) Sec. 7-147. Temporary disability benefits - Commencement and duration. Temporary disability benefits shall be payable: (a) Upon receipt by the fund of a written application therefor. The effective date may be not more than 6 months prior to the receipt by the fund of the application. However, if an employee executes an application and delay in filing is caused by negligence or fault of any officer or employee of the applicant's municipality or participating instrumentality, the effective date may be the later of 30 days prior to the date the application is executed or one year prior to the date received by the fund. (b) Once a month as of the end of each calendar month; (c) For less than a month in a fraction equal to that created by making the number of days of disability in the month the numerator and the number of the days in the month the denominator; (d) To the beneficiary of a deceased participating employee for the unpaid amount accrued to the date of death; (e) For a period ending on the last day of the month when the total period during which temporary disability benefits are paid equals 1/2 of the total period of service (excluding periods of disability) of the employee as of the date of his disability or 30 months, whichever is the lesser; provided that when a participating employee becomes disabled within 5 years of a previous period or periods of temporary or total and permanent disability, temporary disability benefits shall be payable for a period not to exceed the lesser of 30 months or a period computed as follows: 1. the lesser of 30 months or 1/2 of the total service preceding the first period of disability within such 5-year period; 2. less the total amount of all periods of disability within said 5-year period; 3. plus 1/2 of the total amount of service (excluding periods of disability) subsequent to the first period of disability within such 5-year period; (f) while the temporary disability continues. (Source: P.A. 86-272.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-149) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-149) Sec. 7-149. Temporary disability benefits-Periodic checks. The Board shall conduct periodic checks to determine if any participating employee is disabled. Such checks may consist of periodic examinations by a physician or physicians appointed by the Board, requiring the employee to submit evidence of continuing disability and such other investigations as the Board may deem appropriate. The following shall constitute prima-facie evidence of termination of temporary disability: (a) A written report by a physician appointed by the Board stating that the temporary disability has ceased; (b) The earning of compensation by the employee from any source for personal services, in excess of 25% of the monthly rate of earnings upon which his disability benefits are based. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1086.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-150) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-150) Sec. 7-150. Total and permanent disability benefits - Eligibility. Total and permanent disability benefits shall be payable to participating employees as hereinafter provided, including those employees receiving disability benefit on July 1, 1962. (a) A participating employee shall be considered totally and permanently disabled if: 1. He is unable to engage in any gainful activity

because of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or be of a long continued and indefinite duration, other than as a result of self-inflicted injury or addiction to narcotic drugs;

2. The Board has received a written certification by

at least 1 licensed and practicing physician stating that the employee meets the qualifications of subparagraph 1 of this paragraph (a).

(b) A totally and permanently disabled employee is entitled to a permanent disability benefit provided: 1. He has exhausted his temporary disability benefits. 2. He: (i) has at least one year of service immediately

preceding the date the disability was incurred and has made contributions to the fund for at least the number of months of service normally required in his position during a 12 month period, or has at least 5 years of service credit, the last year of which immediately preceded the date the disability was incurred; or

(ii) had qualified under clause (i) above, but

had an interruption in service of not more than 3 months in the 12 months preceding the date the temporary disability was incurred and was not paid a separation benefit; or

(iii) had qualified under clause (i) above, but

had an interruption after 20 or more years of creditable service, was not paid a separation benefit, and returned to service prior to the date the disability was incurred.

Item (iii) of this subdivision shall apply to all

employees whose disabilities were incurred on or after July 1, 1985, and any such employee who becomes eligible for a disability benefit under item (iii) shall be entitled to receive a lump sum payment of any accumulated disability benefits which may accrue from the date the disability was incurred until the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1987.

Periods of qualified leave granted in compliance with

the federal Family and Medical Leave Act shall be ignored for purposes of determining the number of consecutive months of employment under this subdivision (b)2.

3. He is receiving no earnings from a participating

municipality or instrumentality thereof or participating instrumentality, except as allowed under subsection (f) of Section 7-152.

4. He has not refused to submit to a reasonable

physical examination by a physician appointed by the Board.

5. His disability is not the result of a mental or

physical condition which existed on the earliest date of service from which he has uninterrupted service, including prior service, at the date of his disability, provided that this limitation shall not be applicable to a participating employee who, without receiving a disability benefit, receives 5 years of creditable service.

6. He is not separated from the service of his

employing participating municipality or instrumentality thereof or participating instrumentality on the date his temporary disability was incurred; for the purposes of payment of total and permanent disability benefits, a participating employee, whose employment relationship is terminated by his employing municipality, shall be deemed not to be separated from the service of his employing municipality or participating instrumentality if he continues disabled by the same condition and so long as he is otherwise entitled to such disability benefit.

7. He has not refused to apply for a disability

benefit under the Federal Social Security Act at the request of the Board.

8. He has not failed or refused to consent to and

sign an authorization allowing the Board to receive copies of or to examine his medical and hospital records.

9. He has not failed or refused to provide complete

information regarding any other employment for compensation he has received since becoming disabled.

(c) A participating employee shall remain eligible and may make application for a total and permanent disability benefit within 90 days after the termination of his temporary disability benefits or within such longer period terminating at the end of the period during which his employing municipality is prevented from employing him by reason of any statutory prohibition. (Source: P.A. 101-151, eff. 7-26-19.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-151) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-151) Sec. 7-151. Total and permanent disability benefits - Commencement and duration. Permanent disability benefits shall be payable: (a) As of the date temporary disability benefits are exhausted; (b) Once a month as of the end of each month; (c) For less than a month in a fraction equal to that created by making the number of days of disability in the month the numerator and the number of the days in the month the denominator; (d) To the beneficiary of a deceased employee for the unpaid amount accrued to the date of death; (e) While total and permanent disability continues; (f) For the period ending on the last day of the month which is the later of the following: 1. the month that the participating employee attains

the age for a full Social Security old-age insurance benefit;

2. the month which is 5 years after the month the

participating employee became disabled as provided in Section 7-146.

(Source: P.A. 92-424, eff. 8-17-01.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-152) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-152) Sec. 7-152. Disability benefits - Amount. The amount of the monthly temporary and total and permanent disability benefits shall be 50% of the participating employee's final rate of earnings on the date disability was incurred, subject to the following adjustments: (a) If the participating employee has a reduced rate of earnings at the time his employment ceases because of disability, the rate of earnings shall be computed on the basis of his last 12 month period of full-time employment. (b) If the participating employee is eligible for a disability benefit under the federal Social Security Act, the amount of monthly disability benefits shall be reduced, but not to less than $10 a month, by the amount he would be eligible to receive as a disability benefit under the federal Social Security Act, whether or not because of service as a covered employee under this Article. The reduction shall be effective as of the month the employee is eligible for Social Security disability benefits. The Board may make such reduction if it appears that the employee may be so eligible pending determination of eligibility and make an appropriate adjustment if necessary after such determination. If the employee, because of his refusal to accept rehabilitation services under the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 or the federal Social Security Act, or because he is receiving workers' compensation benefits, has his Social Security benefits reduced or terminated, the disability benefit shall be reduced as if the employee were receiving his full Social Security disability benefit. (c) If the employee (i) is over the age for a full Social Security old-age insurance benefit, (ii) was not eligible for a Social Security disability benefit immediately before reaching that age, and (iii) is eligible for a full Social Security old-age insurance benefit, then the amount of the monthly disability benefit shall be reduced, but not to less than $10 a month, by the amount of the old-age insurance benefit to which the employee is entitled, whether or not the employee applies for the Social Security old-age insurance benefit. This reduction shall be made in the month after the month in which the employee attains the age for a full Social Security old-age insurance benefit. However, if the employee was receiving a Social Security disability benefit before reaching the age for a full Social Security old-age insurance benefit, the disability benefits after that age shall be determined under subsection (b) of this Section. (d) The amount of disability benefits shall not be reduced by reason of any increase, other than one resulting from a correction in the employee's wage records, in the amount of disability or old-age insurance benefits under the federal Social Security Act which takes effect after the month of the initial reduction under paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section. (e) If the employee in any month receives compensation from gainful employment which is more than 25% of the final rate of earnings on which his disability benefits are based, the temporary disability benefit payable for that month shall be reduced by an amount equal to such excess. (f) An employee who has been disabled for at least 30 days may return to work for the employer on a part-time basis for a trial work period of up to one year, during which the disability shall be deemed to continue. Service credit shall continue to accrue and the disability benefit shall continue to be paid during the trial work period, but the benefit shall be reduced by the amount of earnings received by the disabled employee. Return to service on a full-time basis shall terminate the trial work period. The reduction under this subsection (f) shall be in lieu of the reduction, if any, required under subsection (e). (g) Beginning January 1, 1988, every total and permanent disability benefit shall be increased by 3% of the original amount of the benefit, not compounded, on each January 1 following the later of (1) the date the total and permanent disability benefit begins, or (2) the date the total and permanent disability benefit would have begun if the employee had been paid a temporary disability benefit for 30 months. (Source: P.A. 92-424, eff. 8-17-01.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-153) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-153) Sec. 7-153. Total and permanent disability benefits; periodic checks. The board shall conduct periodic checks to determine if participating employees who are drawing a total permanent disability benefit remain totally and permanently disabled. Such checks may consist of periodic examination by a physician or physicians appointed by the board, requiring the employee to submit evidence of continuing disability or absence of gainful employment and such other investigations as the board may deem appropriate. A written report by a physician appointed by the board stating that the employee is no longer totally and permanently disabled shall constitute prima-facie evidence of termination of total and permanent disability, except as provided in subsection (f) of Section 7-152. (Source: P.A. 87-740.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-154) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-154) Sec. 7-154. Surviving spouse annuities - Eligibility. (a) A surviving spouse annuity shall be payable to the eligible surviving spouse of a participating employee, an employee annuitant, or a person who on the date of death would have been entitled to a retirement annuity, had he applied for such annuity, and who dies at any time when a surviving spouse annuity equals at least $5 per month, provided: (1) The surviving spouse (i) was married to the

participating employee for at least one year on the date of death, or (ii) was married to the annuitant or person entitled to a retirement annuity for at least one year prior to the date of termination of service, or (iii) was married to the deceased annuitant for at least one year on the date of the deceased annuitant's death, if at the time of termination of service the deceased annuitant was married for at least one year to a spouse who does not survive the deceased annuitant. (Item (iii) applies to the spouses of annuitants who die on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, notwithstanding whether the annuitant was in service on or after that effective date or the effective date of Public Act 87-850.)

(2) The male deceased employee annuitant or such

other person entitled to a retirement annuity had contributed to this fund for surviving spouse annuity purposes for at least 1 year or continuously since the effective date of the participating municipality or participating instrumentality.

(3) The female deceased employee annuitant or such

other person entitled to a retirement annuity was in service on or after July 27, 1972, provided that the annuity shall not be computed on the basis of any retirement annuity effective before that date.

(4) If the employee dies before termination of

service, the employee did not exclude the spouse from any death benefit or surviving spouse annuity pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 7-118. A designation of beneficiary naming a spouse and children jointly or a trust pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 7-118 shall preclude payment of a surviving spouse annuity.

(b) If a person is the spouse of a retiring participating employee on the date of the initial payment of a retirement annuity and is qualified to receive a surviving spouse annuity upon the death of the employee and the surviving spouse contributions are not refunded to the employee, then a surviving spouse annuity shall be payable to that person even if the marriage to the employee is dissolved after that date. (c) Eligibility of a surviving spouse shall be determined as of the date of death. Only one surviving spouse annuity shall be paid on account of the death of any employee. (Source: P.A. 99-682, eff. 7-29-16.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-155) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-155) Sec. 7-155. Surviving spouse annuities-commencement. (a) A surviving spouse annuity shall begin on the 1st day of the month next following the month in which the participating employee, or the employee annuitant or such person entitled to a retirement annuity died, upon a written application therefor, provided: 1. Any such annuity payments payable for periods

beginning prior to the date the application was received by the Board shall not include interest based on late payment; and

2. The amount of surviving spouse annuity before the

application of paragraph 3 of Section 7-158, is at least $5 per month, beginning on such date.

(b) A person receiving a surviving spouse annuity whose annuity was granted but limited to one year prior to the application date under the former provisions of this Section may reapply for annuity payments for the period denied due to the one-year limitation. Such annuity payments shall not include interest based on late payment. (c) The changes to this Section made by this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly apply without regard to whether the deceased spouse was in service on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act. (Source: P.A. 99-580, eff. 7-15-16.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-156) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-156) Sec. 7-156. Surviving spouse annuities - amount. (a) The amount of surviving spouse annuity shall be: 1. Upon the death of an employee annuitant or such person entitled, upon application, to a retirement annuity at date of death, (i) an amount equal to 1/2 of the retirement annuity which was or would have been payable exclusive of the amount so payable which was provided from additional credits, and disregarding any election made under paragraph (b) of Section 7-142, plus (ii) an annuity which could be provided at the then attained age of the surviving spouse and under actuarial tables then in effect, from the excess of the additional credits, (excluding any such credits used to create a reversionary annuity) used to provide the annuity granted pursuant to paragraph (a) (2) of Section 7-142 of this article over the total annuity payments made pursuant thereto. 2. Upon the death of a participating employee on or after attainment of age 55, an amount equal to 1/2 of the retirement annuity which he could have had as of the date of death had he then retired and applied for annuity, exclusive of the portion thereof which could have been provided from additional credits, and disregarding paragraph (b) of Section 7-142, plus an amount equal to the annuity which could be provided from the total of his accumulated additional credits at date of death, on the basis of the attained age of the surviving spouse on such date. 3. Upon the death of a participating employee before age 55, an amount equal to 1/2 of the retirement annuity which he could have had as of his attained age on the date of death, had he then retired and applied for annuity, and the provisions of this Article that no such annuity shall begin until the employee has attained at least age 55 were not applicable, exclusive of the portion thereof which could have been provided from additional credits and disregarding paragraph (b) of Section 7-142, plus an amount equal to the annuity which could be provided from the total of his accumulated additional credits at date of death, on the basis of the attained age of the surviving spouse on such date. In the case of the surviving spouse of a person who dies before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, if the surviving spouse is more than 5 years younger than the deceased, that portion of the annuity which is not based on additional credits shall be reduced in the ratio of the value of a life annuity of $1 per year at an age of 5 years less than the attained age of the deceased, at the earlier of the date of the death or the date his retirement annuity begins, to the value of a life annuity of $1 per year at the attained age of the surviving spouse on such date, according to actuarial tables approved by the Board. This reduction does not apply to the surviving spouse of a person who dies on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly. In computing the amount of a surviving spouse annuity, incremental increases of retirement annuities to the date of death of the employee annuitant shall be considered. (b) Each surviving spouse annuity payable on January 1, 1988 shall be increased on that date by 3% of the original amount of the annuity. Each surviving spouse annuity that begins after January 1, 1988 shall be increased on the January 1 next occurring after the annuity begins, by an amount equal to (i) 3% of the original amount thereof if the deceased employee was receiving a retirement annuity at the time of his death; otherwise (ii) 0.167% of the original amount thereof for each complete month which has elapsed since the date the annuity began. On each January 1 after the date of the initial increase under this subsection, each surviving spouse annuity shall be increased by 3% of the originally granted amount of the annuity. (Source: P.A. 94-712, eff. 6-1-06.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-157) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-157) Sec. 7-157. Surviving spouse annuities - marriage to terminate. If a surviving spouse annuitant marries before reaching age 55, the annuity shall be terminated as of the end of the calendar month following the month in which the marriage occurs, unless the marriage occurs after December 31, 2000. (Source: P.A. 91-887, eff. 7-6-00.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-158) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-158) Sec. 7-158. Surviving spouse annuities - Options. In lieu of the surviving spouse annuity an eligible surviving spouse shall have the option of receiving other benefits as follows: 1. The surviving spouse of a participating employee may elect to receive either a single sum death benefit or a surviving spouse annuity and the $3,000 death benefit provided in Sections 7-163 and 7-164. 2. The surviving spouse of an employee, who has separated from service and would have been entitled to a retirement annuity on date of death, may elect to receive either a single sum death benefit or a surviving spouse annuity and the $3,000 death benefit provided in Sections 7-163 and 7-164. 3. If any surviving spouse annuity is payable prior to the earliest age at which the recipient will become eligible for a widows' or widowers' insurance benefit under the Federal Social Security Act, the recipient may elect that the annuity payments from this fund shall exceed those payable after attaining such age by an amount not in excess of the estimated Social Security Benefit, determined as of the effective date of the surviving spouse annuity, provided that in no case shall the total annuity payments made by this fund exceed in actuarial value the annuity which would have been paid had no such election been made. 4. The surviving spouse of a participating employee, whose annuity was suspended upon return to employment and who had one year or more of service after his return, may apply the additional service credits to a supplemental surviving spouse annuity and receive the $3,000 death benefit or apply the additional service credits to a single sum death benefit and forego the $3,000 death benefit payable upon the death of an annuitant. 5. The surviving spouse of a participating employee, whose annuity was suspended upon return to employment and who had less than one year of service after his return, shall have the additional service credits applied towards a supplemental surviving spouse annuity and shall receive the $3,000 death benefit. (Source: P.A. 85-941.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-159) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-159) Sec. 7-159. Surviving spouse annuity - refund of survivor credits. (a) Any employee annuitant who (1) upon the date a retirement annuity begins is not then married, or (2) is married to a person who would not qualify for surviving spouse annuity if the person died on such date, is entitled to a refund of the survivor credits including interest accumulated on the date the annuity begins, excluding survivor credits and interest thereon credited during periods of disability, and no spouse shall have a right to any surviving spouse annuity from this Fund. If the employee annuitant reenters service and upon subsequent retirement has a spouse who would qualify for a surviving spouse annuity, the employee annuitant may pay the fund the amount of the refund plus interest at the effective rate at the date of payment. The payment shall qualify the spouse for a surviving spouse annuity and the amount paid shall be considered as survivor contributions. (b) Instead of a refund under subsection (a), the retiring employee may elect to convert the amount of the refund into an annuity, payable separately from the retirement annuity. If the annuitant dies before the guaranteed amount has been distributed, the remainder shall be paid in a lump sum to the designated beneficiary of the annuitant. The Board shall adopt any rules necessary for the implementation of this subsection. (c) An annuitant who retired prior to June 1, 2011 and received a refund of survivor credits under subsection (a), and who thereafter became, and remains, either:(1) a party to a civil union or a party to a legal

relationship that is recognized as a civil union or marriage under the Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act on or after June 1, 2011; or

(2) a party to a marriage under the Illinois

Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act on or after February 26, 2014; or

(3) a party to a marriage, civil union or other legal

relationship that, at the time it was formed, was not legally recognized in Illinois but was subsequently recognized as a civil union or marriage under the Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act on or after June 1, 2011, a marriage under the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act on or after February 26, 2014, or both;

may, within a period of one year beginning 5 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, make an election to re-establish rights to a surviving spouse annuity under Sections 7-154 through 7-158 (notwithstanding the eligibility requirements of paragraph (a)(1) of Section 7-154), by paying to the Fund: (1) the total amount of the refund received for survivor credits; and (2) interest thereon at the actuarially assumed rate of return from the date of the refund to the date of payment. Such election must be made prior to the date of death of the annuitant. The Fund may allow the annuitant to repay this refund over a period of not more than 24 months. To the extent permitted by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, for federal and State tax purposes, if a member pays in monthly installments by reducing the monthly benefit by the amount of the otherwise applicable contribution, the monthly amount by which the annuitant's benefit is reduced shall not be treated as a contribution by the annuitant but rather as a reduction of the annuitant's monthly benefit. If an annuitant makes an election under this subsection (c) and the contributions required are not paid in full, an otherwise qualifying spouse shall be given the option to make an additional lump sum payment of the remaining contributions and qualify for a surviving spouse annuity. Otherwise, an additional refund representing contributions made hereunder shall be paid at the annuitant's death and there shall be no surviving spouse annuity paid. (Source: P.A. 99-682, eff. 7-29-16.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-160) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-160) Sec. 7-160. Child annuities-eligibility. Child annuities shall be payable to each child of an employee annuitant who dies with no surviving spouse and whose spouse would have been eligible to receive a surviving spouse annuity, and each child of a deceased employee whose surviving spouse dies and whose spouse, immediately prior to death, was receiving or would have been eligible to receive, a surviving spouse annuity, or who left no surviving spouse, is eligible to receive a child annuity, provided: a. The child is less than age 18 and unmarried; b. The child is the natural born or legally adopted

child of the employee and was born prior to the date of the employee's latest resignation or discharge from the service of the participating municipality;

c. (Blank). (Source: P.A. 95-279, eff. 1-1-08.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-161) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-161) Sec. 7-161. Child annuities-commencement. A child annuity shall begin upon proper application therefor, on the first day of the month following the month in which the survivor of his parents has died, and shall continue until death, or until the first day of the month coincidental with or next preceding the day the child attains age 18 or marries, whichever first occurs. (Source: P.A. 77-2121.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-162) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-162) Sec. 7-162. Child annuities-amount. The amount of child annuities shall be: 1. The aggregate of all child annuities in an amount equal to the surviving spouse annuity which the spouse of the employee was receiving, or eligible to receive, immediately prior to death, or which the spouse of the annuitant would have received if surviving; 2. The child annuity payable at any time to each eligible child shall be an amount determined by dividing the aggregate amount of all child annuities by the number of children then eligible to receive child annuities. (Source: P.A. 77-2121.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-163) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-163) Sec. 7-163. Death benefits-eligibility. Death benefits shall be payable as hereinafter set forth: 1. To the beneficiary defined in Section 7-118; 2. A death benefit shall be paid to the beneficiary as soon as practicable after receipt by the board of: a. A certified copy of the death certificate of the employee or annuitant; b. A written application of the beneficiary for such benefit. (Source: P.A. 78-255.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-164) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-164) Sec. 7-164. Death benefits - Amount. The amount of the death benefit shall be: 1. Upon the death of an employee with at least one year of service occurring while in an employment relationship (including employees drawing disability benefits) with a participating municipality or participating instrumentality, an amount equal to the sum of: (a) The employee's normal, additional and survivor

credits, including interest credited thereto through the end of the preceding calendar year, but excluding credits and interest thereon allowed for periods of disability.

(b) An amount equal to the employee's annual final

rate of earnings. An employee who dies as a result of injuries connected with his duties shall be considered to have a year of service for purposes of this benefit.

2. Upon the death of an employee with less than 1 year of service occurring while in the service of any participating municipality or instrumentality, an amount equal to the sum of his accumulated normal, additional and survivor credits on the date of death, excluding those credits and interest thereon allowed during periods of disability. 3. Upon the death of an employee who has separated from service and was not entitled to a retirement annuity on the date of death, an amount equal to the sum of his accumulated normal, survivor and additional credits on the date of death excluding those credits and interest thereon allowed during periods of disability. 4. Upon the death of an employee in an employment relationship, or an employee who has service and was entitled to a retirement annuity on the date of death, when a surviving spouse or child annuity is awarded, $3,000. 5. Upon the death of an employee, who has separated from service and was entitled to a retirement annuity on the date of death, and no surviving spouse or child annuity is awarded, $3,000 plus an amount equal to his accumulated normal, survivor and additional credits on the date of death, excluding those credits and interest earned thereon allowed during periods of disability. 6. Upon the death of an employee annuitant, $3,000 and, unless a surviving spouse, child or reversionary annuity is payable, the sum of (i) the excess of the normal and survivor credits, excluding those allowed during periods of disability, which the annuitant had as of the effective date of his annuity over the total annuities paid pursuant to paragraph (a) 1 of Section 7-142 to the date of death, plus (ii) the excess of the additional credits, excluding any such credits used to create a reversionary annuity, used to provide the annuity granted pursuant to paragraph (a) 2 of Section 7-142 over the total annuity payments made pursuant thereto to the time of death. 7. Upon the death of an annuitant receiving a reversionary annuity or of a person designated to receive a reversionary annuity prior to the receipt of such annuity the sum of the additional credits of the person creating the reversionary annuity as of the effective date of his own retirement annuity over the reversionary annuity payments, if any, made prior to the date of death of such annuitant or person designated to receive the reversionary annuity. 8. Upon the death of an annuitant receiving a beneficiary annuity which was effective before January 1, 1986, the excess of the death benefit which was used to provide the annuity, over the sum of all annuity payments made to the beneficiary. Upon the death of an annuitant receiving a beneficiary annuity effective January 1, 1986 or thereafter, the sum of (i) the excess of the normal and survivor credits, excluding those allowed during periods of disability, which the annuitant had as of the effective date of his annuity over the total annuities paid pursuant to paragraph (c) of Section 7-165, to date of death, plus (ii) the excess of the additional credits, excluding any such credits used to create a reversionary annuity, used to provide the annuity granted pursuant to paragraph (d) of Section 7-165 over the total annuity payments made pursuant thereto to the time of death. 9. Upon the marriage prior to reaching age 55 (except for a surviving spouse who remarries after December 31, 2000) or death of a person receiving a surviving spouse annuity, unless a child annuity is payable, the sum of (i) the excess of the normal and survivor credits, excluding those credits and interest thereon allowed during periods of disability, attributable to the employee at the effective date of the annuity or date of death, whichever first occurred, over the total of all annuity payments attributable to paragraph (a) 1 of Section 7-142 made to the employee or surviving spouse plus (ii) the excess of the additional credits, excluding any such credits used to create a reversionary annuity or used to provide the annuity attributable to paragraph (a) 2 of Section 7-142 over the total of such payments. 10. Upon the marriage, death or attainment of age 18 of a child receiving a child annuity, if no other child annuities are payable, the sum of (i) the excess of the normal and survivor credits excluding those credits and interest thereon allowed during periods of disability, of the employee at the effective date of the annuity or date of death, whichever first occurred, over the total annuity payments attributable to paragraph (a) 1 of Section 7-142 made to the employee, surviving spouse and children plus (ii) the excess of the additional credits, excluding any such credits used to create a reversionary annuity, used to provide the annuity attributable to paragraph (a) 2 of Section 7-142 over the total annuity payments made to the employee, surviving spouse and children, pursuant thereto. 11. Upon the death of the participating employee whose annuity was suspended upon his return to employment: a. If a surviving spouse or child annuity is awarded,

$3,000;

b. If no surviving spouse or child annuity is awarded

and he had less than one year's service upon return, $3,000 plus the excess of the normal, survivor and additional credits, including interest thereon, but excluding those allowed during a period of disability, at the effective date of the suspended annuity, plus those allowed after his return, over all annuity payments made to the employee;

c. If no surviving spouse or child annuity is awarded

and he has one year or more of service upon return, the higher of (a) the payment under subparagraph b of this paragraph or (b) the payment under paragraph 1 of this Section, taking into consideration only the service and credits allowed after his return, plus the excess of the normal, survivor and additional credits, including interest thereon, excluding those allowed during periods of disability, at the effective date of his suspended annuity over all annuity payments made to the employee.

12. The $3,000 death benefit provided in paragraphs 4 and 6 shall not be payable to beneficiaries of persons who terminated service prior to September 8, 1971, unless the payment or agreement for payment provided by Section 7-144.2 of this Article is made prior to the date of death. 13. The increase in certain death benefits from $1,000 to $3,000 provided by this amendatory Act of 1987 shall apply only to deaths occurring on or after January 1, 1988. (Source: P.A. 91-887, eff. 7-6-00.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-165) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-165) Sec. 7-165. Beneficiary annuities. (a) The beneficiary entitled to a death benefit under paragraph 1, 2 or 3 of Section 7-164 may elect to receive the benefit in the form of an annuity for life, if the death benefit will provide an immediate annuity of at least $10 per month. (b) When a death benefit is payable in the form of an annuity, the annuity shall begin on the first day of the month following the month of death of the employee or annuitant; (c) The amount of beneficiary annuity shall be that which can be provided from the death benefit under actuarial tables adopted by the Board. (d) If a deceased participating employee has additional credits, the beneficiary may elect to receive an annuity for life in an amount which can be provided therefrom under actuarial tables adopted by the Board, provided the annuity would be at least $10 per month. (Source: P.A. 85-941.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-166) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-166) Sec. 7-166. Separation benefits - eligibility. Separation benefits shall be payable as hereinafter set forth: 1. Upon separation from the service of all

participating municipalities and instrumentalities thereof and participating instrumentalities, any participating employee who, on the date of application for such benefit, is not entitled to a retirement annuity shall be entitled to a separation benefit.

2. Upon separation from the service of all

participating municipalities and instrumentalities thereof and participating instrumentalities, any participating employee who, on the date of application for such benefit, is entitled to a retirement annuity of less than $100 per month for life may elect to take a separation benefit in lieu of the retirement annuity.

3. Upon separation from the service of all

participating municipalities and instrumentalities thereof and participating instrumentalities, any participating employee who, on the date of application for such benefit, is entitled to a retirement annuity, but wishes instead to use the amounts to his or her credit in the Fund to purchase credit in another retirement plan, may elect to take a separation benefit in lieu of the retirement annuity.

(Source: P.A. 99-747, eff. 1-1-17.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-167) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-167) Sec. 7-167. Separation benefits - Payment. Separation benefits shall be paid in the form of a single cash sum as soon as practicable after receipt by the board of: 1. a written application by the employee for such

benefits; and

2. written notice from the last employing

participating municipality or instrumentality thereof or participating instrumentality, certifying that such participating employee has separated from service.

(Source: P.A. 91-887, eff. 7-6-00.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-168) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-168) Sec. 7-168. Separation benefits - Amount. The amount of the separation benefits shall be the sum of the employee's accumulated normal, survivor and additional contributions. (Source: P.A. 87-740.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-169) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-169) Sec. 7-169. Separation benefits; repayments. (a) If an employee who has received a separation benefit subsequently becomes a participating employee, and renders at least 2 years of contributing service from the date of such re-entry, he may pay to the fund the amount of the separation benefit, plus interest at the effective rate for each year from the date of payment of the separation benefit to the date of repayment. Upon payment his creditable service shall be reinstated and the payment shall be credited to his account as normal contributions. Application must be received by the Board while the employee is an active participant in the Fund or a reciprocal retirement system. Payment must be received while the member is an active participant, except that one payment will be permitted after termination of participation in the Fund or a reciprocal retirement system. (b) Beginning July 1, 2004, the requirement of returning to service for at least 2 years does not apply to persons who return to service as a sheriff's law enforcement employee. This subsection applies only to persons in service on or after July 1, 2004. In the case of such a person who begins to receive a retirement annuity before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, the annuity shall be recalculated prospectively to reflect any credits reinstated as a result of this subsection, with the resulting increase in annuity beginning to accrue on the first annuity payment date following the effective date of this amendatory Act, but not earlier than the date the repayment is received by the Fund. (Source: P.A. 100-148, eff. 8-18-17.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-169.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-169.1) Sec. 7-169.1. Repayment of refund obtained from superseded funds. An employee who received a refund of deductions from the Illinois Municipal Public Utility Employees' Annuity and Benefit Fund, and subsequently becomes a participating employee under this Article and renders two years of contributing service, may pay to the Fund the amount of the refund, including any interest received, plus interest at the effective rate for each year from the date of payment of the refund to the date of repayment. Upon payment, his service under the Illinois Municipal Public Utility Employees' Annuity and Benefit Fund shall be established as creditable service under this Article and the payment shall be credited as normal contributions to his account. (Source: P.A. 84-1028.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-170) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-170) Sec. 7-170. Federal Social Security coverage. (a) It is declared to be the policy and purpose to extend to covered employees as defined in Section 7-138, the benefits of the Federal Old Age and Survivors Insurance System as authorized by the Federal Social Security Act and amendments thereto. To effect this, the board shall take such action as may be required by applicable State and Federal laws or regulations. (b) The board shall execute an agreement with the State Agency to secure coverage of covered employees as provided in paragraph (a) of this section. (c) Each participating municipality and each participating instrumentality shall remit payment of contributions for Social Security purposes on behalf of covered employees and covered municipalities and participating instrumentalities as required by applicable State and federal laws and regulations. (d) Contributions of covered employees for Federal Social Security purposes shall be paid in such amounts and at such time as required by applicable State and federal laws and regulations. (e) (Blank). (f) The board shall maintain such records and submit such reports as may be required by applicable State and Federal laws or regulations. (Source: P.A. 96-1084, eff. 7-16-10; 97-933, eff. 8-10-12.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-171) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-171) Sec. 7-171. Finance; taxes. (a) Each municipality other than a school district shall appropriate an amount sufficient to provide for the current municipality contributions required by Section 7-172 of this Article, for the fiscal year for which the appropriation is made and all amounts due for municipal contributions for previous years. Those municipalities which have been assessed an annual amount to amortize its unfunded obligation, as provided in subparagraph 4 of paragraph (a) of Section 7-172 of this Article, shall include in the appropriation an amount sufficient to pay the amount assessed. The appropriation shall be based upon an estimate of assets available for municipality contributions and liabilities therefor for the fiscal year for which appropriations are to be made, including funds available from levies for this purpose in prior years. (b) For the purpose of providing monies for municipality contributions, beginning for the year in which a municipality is included in this fund: (1) A municipality other than a school district may

levy a tax which shall not exceed the amount appropriated for municipality contributions.

(2) A school district may levy a tax in an amount

reasonably calculated at the time of the levy to provide for the municipality contributions required under Section 7-172 of this Article for the fiscal years for which revenues from the levy will be received and all amounts due for municipal contributions for previous years. Any levy adopted before the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995 by a school district shall be considered valid and authorized to the extent that the amount was reasonably calculated at the time of the levy to provide for the municipality contributions required under Section 7-172 for the fiscal years for which revenues from the levy will be received and all amounts due for municipal contributions for previous years. In no event shall a budget adopted by a school district limit a levy of that school district adopted under this Section.

(c) Any county which is served by a regional office of education that serves 2 or more counties may include in its appropriation an amount sufficient to provide its proportionate share of the municipality contributions for that regional office of education. The tax levy authorized by this Section may include an amount necessary to provide monies for this contribution. (d) Any county that is a part of a multiple-county health department or consolidated health department which is formed under "An Act in relation to the establishment and maintenance of county and multiple-county public health departments", approved July 9, 1943, as amended, and which is a participating instrumentality may include in the county's appropriation an amount sufficient to provide its proportionate share of municipality contributions of the department. The tax levy authorized by this Section may include the amount necessary to provide monies for this contribution. (d-5) A school district participating in a special education joint agreement created under Section 10-22.31 of the School Code that is a participating instrumentality may include in the school district's tax levy under this Section an amount sufficient to provide its proportionate share of the municipality contributions for current and prior service by employees of the participating instrumentality created under the joint agreement. (e) Such tax shall be levied and collected in like manner, with the general taxes of the municipality and shall be in addition to all other taxes which the municipality is now or may hereafter be authorized to levy upon all taxable property therein, and shall be exclusive of and in addition to the amount of tax levied for general purposes under Section 8-3-1 of the "Illinois Municipal Code", approved May 29, 1961, as amended, or under any other law or laws which may limit the amount of tax which the municipality may levy for general purposes. The tax may be levied by the governing body of the municipality without being authorized as being additional to all other taxes by a vote of the people of the municipality. (f) The county clerk of the county in which any such municipality is located, in reducing tax levies shall not consider any such tax as a part of the general tax levy for municipality purposes, and shall not include the same in the limitation of any other tax rate which may be extended. (g) The amount of the tax to be levied in any year shall, within the limits herein prescribed, be determined by the governing body of the respective municipality. (h) The revenue derived from any such tax levy shall be used only for the contributions required under Section 7-172 and, as collected, shall be paid to the treasurer of the municipality levying the tax. Monies received by a county treasurer for use in making contributions to a regional office of education for its municipality contributions shall be held by him for that purpose and paid to the regional office of education in the same manner as other monies appropriated for the expense of the regional office. (Source: P.A. 96-1084, eff. 7-16-10; 97-933, eff. 8-10-12.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-172) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-172) Sec. 7-172. Contributions by participating municipalities and participating instrumentalities. (a) Each participating municipality and each participating instrumentality shall make payment to the fund as follows: 1. municipality contributions in an amount determined

by applying the municipality contribution rate to each payment of earnings paid to each of its participating employees;

2. an amount equal to the employee contributions

provided by paragraph (a) of Section 7-173, whether or not the employee contributions are withheld as permitted by that Section;

3. all accounts receivable, together with interest

charged thereon, as provided in Section 7-209, and any amounts due under subsection (a-5) of Section 7-144;

4. if it has no participating employees with current

earnings, an amount payable which, over a closed period of 20 years for participating municipalities and 10 years for participating instrumentalities, will amortize, at the effective rate for that year, any unfunded obligation. The unfunded obligation shall be computed as provided in paragraph 2 of subsection (b);

5. if it has fewer than 7 participating employees or

a negative balance in its municipality reserve, the greater of (A) an amount payable that, over a period of 20 years, will amortize at the effective rate for that year any unfunded obligation, computed as provided in paragraph 2 of subsection (b) or (B) the amount required by paragraph 1 of this subsection (a).

(b) A separate municipality contribution rate shall be determined for each calendar year for all participating municipalities together with all instrumentalities thereof. The municipality contribution rate shall be determined for participating instrumentalities as if they were participating municipalities. The municipality contribution rate shall be the sum of the following percentages: 1. The percentage of earnings of all the

participating employees of all participating municipalities and participating instrumentalities which, if paid over the entire period of their service, will be sufficient when combined with all employee contributions available for the payment of benefits, to provide all annuities for participating employees, and the $3,000 death benefit payable under Sections 7-158 and 7-164, such percentage to be known as the normal cost rate.

2. The percentage of earnings of the participating

employees of each participating municipality and participating instrumentalities necessary to adjust for the difference between the present value of all benefits, excluding temporary and total and permanent disability and death benefits, to be provided for its participating employees and the sum of its accumulated municipality contributions and the accumulated employee contributions and the present value of expected future employee and municipality contributions pursuant to subparagraph 1 of this paragraph (b). This adjustment shall be spread over a period determined by the Board, not to exceed 30 years for participating municipalities or 10 years for participating instrumentalities.

3. The percentage of earnings of the participating

employees of all municipalities and participating instrumentalities necessary to provide the present value of all temporary and total and permanent disability benefits granted during the most recent year for which information is available.

4. The percentage of earnings of the participating

employees of all participating municipalities and participating instrumentalities necessary to provide the present value of the net single sum death benefits expected to become payable from the reserve established under Section 7-206 during the year for which this rate is fixed.

5. The percentage of earnings necessary to meet any

deficiency arising in the Terminated Municipality Reserve.

(c) A separate municipality contribution rate shall be computed for each participating municipality or participating instrumentality for its sheriff's law enforcement employees. A separate municipality contribution rate shall be computed for the sheriff's law enforcement employees of each forest preserve district that elects to have such employees. For the period from January 1, 1986 to December 31, 1986, such rate shall be the forest preserve district's regular rate plus 2%. In the event that the Board determines that there is an actuarial deficiency in the account of any municipality with respect to a person who has elected to participate in the Fund under Section 3-109.1 of this Code, the Board may adjust the municipality's contribution rate so as to make up that deficiency over such reasonable period of time as the Board may determine. (d) The Board may establish a separate municipality contribution rate for all employees who are program participants employed under the federal Comprehensive Employment Training Act by all of the participating municipalities and instrumentalities. The Board may also provide that, in lieu of a separate municipality rate for these employees, a portion of the municipality contributions for such program participants shall be refunded or an extra charge assessed so that the amount of municipality contributions retained or received by the fund for all CETA program participants shall be an amount equal to that which would be provided by the separate municipality contribution rate for all such program participants. Refunds shall be made to prime sponsors of programs upon submission of a claim therefor and extra charges shall be assessed to participating municipalities and instrumentalities. In establishing the municipality contribution rate as provided in paragraph (b) of this Section, the use of a separate municipality contribution rate for program participants or the refund of a portion of the municipality contributions, as the case may be, may be considered. (e) Computations of municipality contribution rates for the following calendar year shall be made prior to the beginning of each year, from the information available at the time the computations are made, and on the assumption that the employees in each participating municipality or participating instrumentality at such time will continue in service until the end of such calendar year at their respective rates of earnings at such time. (f) Any municipality which is the recipient of State allocations representing that municipality's contributions for retirement annuity purposes on behalf of its employees as provided in Section 12-21.16 of the Illinois Public Aid Code shall pay the allocations so received to the Board for such purpose. Estimates of State allocations to be received during any taxable year shall be considered in the determination of the municipality's tax rate for that year under Section 7-171. If a special tax is levied under Section 7-171, none of the proceeds may be used to reimburse the municipality for the amount of State allocations received and paid to the Board. Any multiple-county or consolidated health department which receives contributions from a county under Section 11.2 of "An Act in relation to establishment and maintenance of county and multiple-county health departments", approved July 9, 1943, as amended, or distributions under Section 3 of the Department of Public Health Act, shall use these only for municipality contributions by the health department. (g) Municipality contributions for the several purposes specified shall, for township treasurers and employees in the offices of the township treasurers who meet the qualifying conditions for coverage hereunder, be allocated among the several school districts and parts of school districts serviced by such treasurers and employees in the proportion which the amount of school funds of each district or part of a district handled by the treasurer bears to the total amount of all school funds handled by the treasurer. From the funds subject to allocation among districts and parts of districts pursuant to the School Code, the trustees shall withhold the proportionate share of the liability for municipality contributions imposed upon such districts by this Section, in respect to such township treasurers and employees and remit the same to the Board. The municipality contribution rate for an educational service center shall initially be the same rate for each year as the regional office of education or school district which serves as its administrative agent. When actuarial data become available, a separate rate shall be established as provided in subparagraph (i) of this Section. The municipality contribution rate for a public agency, other than a vocational education cooperative, formed under the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act shall initially be the average rate for the municipalities which are parties to the intergovernmental agreement. When actuarial data become available, a separate rate shall be established as provided in subparagraph (i) of this Section. (h) Each participating municipality and participating instrumentality shall make the contributions in the amounts provided in this Section in the manner prescribed from time to time by the Board and all such contributions shall be obligations of the respective participating municipalities and participating instrumentalities to this fund. The failure to deduct any employee contributions shall not relieve the participating municipality or participating instrumentality of its obligation to this fund. Delinquent payments of contributions due under this Section may, with interest, be recovered by civil action against the participating municipalities or participating instrumentalities. Municipality contributions, other than the amount necessary for employee contributions, for periods of service by employees from whose earnings no deductions were made for employee contributions to the fund, may be charged to the municipality reserve for the municipality or participating instrumentality. (i) Contributions by participating instrumentalities shall be determined as provided herein except that the percentage derived under subparagraph 2 of paragraph (b) of this Section, and the amount payable under subparagraph 4 of paragraph (a) of this Section, shall be based on an amortization period of 10 years. (j) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section, the additional unfunded liability accruing as a result of Public Act 94-712 shall be amortized over a period of 30 years beginning on January 1 of the second calendar year following the calendar year in which Public Act 94-712 takes effect, except that the employer may provide for a longer amortization period by adopting a resolution or ordinance specifying a 35-year or 40-year period and submitting a certified copy of the ordinance or resolution to the fund no later than June 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which Public Act 94-712 takes effect. (k) If the amount of a participating employee's reported earnings for any of the 12-month periods used to determine the final rate of earnings exceeds the employee's 12-month reported earnings with the same employer for the previous year by the greater of 6% or 1.5 times the annual increase in the Consumer Price Index-U, as established by the United States Department of Labor for the preceding September, the participating municipality or participating instrumentality that paid those earnings shall pay to the Fund, in addition to any other contributions required under this Article, the present value of the increase in the pension resulting from the portion of the increase in reported earnings that is in excess of the greater of 6% or 1.5 times the annual increase in the Consumer Price Index-U, as determined by the Fund. This present value shall be computed on the basis of the actuarial assumptions and tables used in the most recent actuarial valuation of the Fund that is available at the time of the computation.Whenever it determines that a payment is or may be required under this subsection (k), the fund shall calculate the amount of the payment and bill the participating municipality or participating instrumentality for that amount. The bill shall specify the calculations used to determine the amount due. If the participating municipality or participating instrumentality disputes the amount of the bill, it may, within 30 days after receipt of the bill, apply to the fund in writing for a recalculation. The application must specify in detail the grounds of the dispute. Upon receiving a timely application for recalculation, the fund shall review the application and, if appropriate, recalculate the amount due. The participating municipality and participating instrumentality contributions required under this subsection (k) may be paid in the form of a lump sum within 90 days after receipt of the bill. If the participating municipality and participating instrumentality contributions are not paid within 90 days after receipt of the bill, then interest will be charged at a rate equal to the fund's annual actuarially assumed rate of return on investment compounded annually from the 91st day after receipt of the bill. Payments must be concluded within 3 years after receipt of the bill by the participating municipality or participating instrumentality.When assessing payment for any amount due under this subsection (k), the fund shall exclude earnings increases resulting from overload or overtime earnings.When assessing payment for any amount due under this subsection (k), the fund shall exclude earnings increases resulting from payments for unused vacation time, but only for payments for unused vacation time made in the final 3 months of the final rate of earnings period.When assessing payment for any amount due under this subsection (k), the fund shall also exclude earnings increases attributable to standard employment promotions resulting in increased responsibility and workload.This subsection (k) does not apply to earnings increases paid to individuals under contracts or collective bargaining agreements entered into, amended, or renewed before January 1, 2012 (the effective date of Public Act 97-609), earnings increases paid to members who are 10 years or more from retirement eligibility, or earnings increases resulting from an increase in the number of hours required to be worked. When assessing payment for any amount due under this subsection (k), the fund shall also exclude earnings attributable to personnel policies adopted before January 1, 2012 (the effective date of Public Act 97-609) as long as those policies are not applicable to employees who begin service on or after January 1, 2012 (the effective date of Public Act 97-609). The change made to this Section by Public Act 100-139 is a clarification of existing law and is intended to be retroactive to January 1, 2012 (the effective date of Public Act 97-609). (Source: P.A. 99-745, eff. 8-5-16; 100-139, eff. 8-18-17; 100-411, eff. 8-25-17; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-172.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-172.1) Sec. 7-172.1. Actions to enforce payments by municipalities and instrumentalities. (a) If any participating municipality or participating instrumentality fails to transmit to the Fund contributions required of it under this Article or contributions collected by it from its participating employees for the purposes of this Article for more than 60 days after the payment of such contributions is due, the Fund, after giving notice to such municipality or instrumentality, may certify to the State Comptroller the amounts of such delinquent payments in accordance with any applicable rules of the Comptroller, and the Comptroller shall deduct the amounts so certified or any part thereof from any payments of State funds to the municipality or instrumentality involved and shall remit the amount so deducted to the Fund. If State funds from which such deductions may be made are not available, the Fund may proceed against the municipality or instrumentality to recover the amounts of such delinquent payments in the appropriate circuit court. (b) If any participating municipality fails to transmit to the Fund contributions required of it under this Article or contributions collected by it from its participating employees for the purposes of this Article for more than 60 days after the payment of such contributions is due, the Fund, after giving notice to such municipality, may certify the fact of such delinquent payment to the county treasurer of the county in which such municipality is located, who shall thereafter remit the amounts collected from the tax levied by the municipality under Section 7-171 directly to the Fund. (c) If reports furnished to the Fund by the municipality or instrumentality involved are inadequate for the computation of the amounts of such delinquent payments, the Fund may provide for such audit of the records of the municipality or instrumentality as may be required to establish the amounts of such delinquent payments. The municipality or instrumentality shall make its records available to the Fund for the purpose of such audit. The cost of such audit shall be added to the amount of the delinquent payments and shall be recovered by the Fund from the municipality or instrumentality at the same time and in the same manner as the delinquent payments are recovered. (Source: P.A. 99-8, eff. 7-9-15; 99-239, eff. 8-3-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-172.2) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-172.2) Sec. 7-172.2. In addition to the payments otherwise required by this Article, each participating municipality and each participating instrumentality shall make payment of Social Security contributions and medicare taxes in the amounts and in the manner provided by law. Each employee shall make contributions for Federal Social Security and medicare taxes, for periods during which he or she is a covered employee, as required by the Social Security Enabling Act and State and federal law. (Source: P.A. 97-933, eff. 8-10-12.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-173) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-173) Sec. 7-173. Contributions by employees. (a) Each participating employee shall make contributions to the fund as follows: 1. For retirement annuity purposes, normal

contributions of 3 3/4% of earnings.

2. Additional contributions of such percentages of

each payment of earnings, as shall be elected by the employee for retirement annuity purposes, but not in excess of 10%. The selected rate shall be applicable to all earnings paid following receipt by the Board of written notice of election to make such contributions. Additional contributions at the selected rate shall be made concurrently with normal contributions.

3. Survivor contributions, by each participating

employee, of 3/4% of each payment of earnings.

(b) (Blank). (c) Contributions shall be deducted from each corresponding payment of earnings paid to each employee and shall be remitted to the board by the participating municipality or participating instrumentality making such payment. The remittance, together with a report of the earnings and contributions shall be made as directed by the board. For township treasurers and employees of township treasurers qualifying as employees hereunder, the contributions herein required as deductions from salary shall be withheld by the school township trustees from funds available for the payment of the compensation of such treasurers and employees as provided in the School Code and remitted to the board. (d) An employee who has made additional contributions under paragraph (a)2 of this Section may upon retirement or at any time prior thereto, elect to withdraw the total of such additional contributions including interest credited thereon to the end of the preceding calendar year, to the extent permitted by the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as now or hereafter amended. (e) Failure to make the deductions for employee contributions provided in paragraph (c) of this Section shall not relieve the employee from liability for such contributions. The amount of such liability may be deducted, with interest charged under Section 7-209, from any annuities or benefits payable hereunder to the employee or any other person receiving an annuity or benefit by reason of such employee's participation. (f) A participating employee who has at least 40 years of creditable service in the Fund may elect to cease making the contributions required under this Section. The status of the employee under this Article shall be unaffected by this election, except that the employee shall not receive any additional creditable service for the periods of employment following the election. An election under this subsection relieves the employer from making additional employer contributions in relation to that employee. (Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 97-933, eff. 8-10-12; 98-218, eff. 8-9-13.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-173.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-173.1) Sec. 7-173.1. Additional contribution by sheriff's law enforcement employees. (a) Each sheriff's law enforcement employee shall make an additional contribution of 1% of earnings, which shall be considered as normal contributions. For earnings on or after July 1, 1988, the additional contribution shall be 2% of earnings. For earnings on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, the additional contribution shall be 3% of earnings; this increase is intended to defray the employee's portion of the cost of the benefit increases provided by this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly. This additional contribution shall be payable for retroactive service periods which the employee elects to establish and to periods of authorized leave of absence. (b) If the employee is awarded a retirement annuity under Section 7-142 and not under Section 7-142.1, then the additional contribution required under this Section shall be refunded with interest or paid as provided in subsection (c). If the employee returns to a participating status as a sheriff's law enforcement employee, the employee may repay the amount refunded with interest and upon subsequent retirement be entitled to a recomputation of the retirement annuity under Section 7-142.1 if the total service as a sheriff's law enforcement employee meets the requirements of that Section. (c) Instead of a refund under subsection (b), the retiring employee may elect to convert the amount of the refund into an annuity, payable separately from the retirement annuity. If the annuitant dies before the guaranteed amount has been distributed, the remainder shall be paid in a lump sum to the designated beneficiary of the annuitant. The Board shall adopt any rules necessary for the implementation of this subsection. (Source: P.A. 94-712, eff. 6-1-06.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-173.2) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-173.2) Sec. 7-173.2. Pickup of employee contributions. (a) Until July 1, 1984, each participating municipality and each participating instrumentality may elect, for all of its employees, to pick up the employee contributions required by subparagraphs 1 and 3 of subsection (a) of Section 7-173 and, in the case of sheriff's law enforcement employees, required by Section 7-173.1. The pick up may be for employee contributions on earnings received by employees after December 31, 1981 and shall be applicable to the contributions on total earnings paid in any month. The decision to pick up contributions shall be made by the governing body. Beginning July 1, 1984, the pick up of employee contributions shall cease to be optional. Each participating municipality and participating instrumentality shall pick up the employee contributions required by subparagraphs 1 and 3 of subsection (a) of Section 7-173 and, in the case of sheriff's law enforcement employees, contributions required by Section 7-173.1, for all compensation earned after such date. (b) Contributions that are picked up shall be treated as employer contributions in determining tax treatment under the United States Internal Revenue Code. The employee contribution shall be paid from the same source of funds as is used in payment of earnings to the employee and may not be paid from funds raised by the tax levy authorized by Section 7-171. The contributions shall be picked up by a reduction in earnings payment to employees. Employee contributions that are picked up shall be considered as earnings under Section 7-114. If a participating municipality or participating instrumentality fails to report participating employee earnings which should have been reported to the fund and pays the employee the full amount of earnings including employee contributions which should have been picked up and forwarded to the fund, then the employee shall make payment of the employee contributions to the fund on behalf of employer and such contributions shall be considered as picked up contributions if paid in the year the earnings were received, or by January 31st of the following year, and are reflected as picked up on reports to the Internal Revenue Service. If they cannot be so reflected, or if received after that date, they shall not be treated as picked up contributions. Picked up employee contributions shall be considered as employee contributions in computing benefits paid under this Article 7. (c) Subject to the requirements of federal law, an employee may elect to have the employer pick up optional contributions that the employee has elected to pay to the Fund, and the contributions so picked up shall be treated as employer contributions for the purposes of determining federal tax treatment. The employer shall pick up the contributions by a reduction in the cash salary of the employee and shall pay the contributions from the same source of funds that is used to pay earnings to the employee. The employee's election to have the optional contributions picked up is irrevocable and the optional contributions may not thereafter be prepaid, by direct payment or otherwise. (Source: P.A. 90-766, eff. 8-14-98.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-174) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-174) Sec. 7-174. Board created. (a) A board of 8 members shall constitute a board of trustees authorized to carry out the provisions of this Article. Each trustee shall be a participating employee of a participating municipality or participating instrumentality or an annuitant of the Fund and no person shall be eligible to become a trustee after January 1, 1979 who does not have the minimum service credit in this Fund to qualify for a pension. (b) The board shall consist of representatives of various groups as follows: 1. 4 trustees shall be a chief executive officer,

chief finance officer, or other officer, executive or department head of a participating municipality or participating instrumentality, and each such trustee shall be designated as an executive trustee.

2. 3 trustees shall be employees of a participating

municipality or participating instrumentality and each such trustee shall be designated as an employee trustee.

3. One trustee shall be an annuitant of the Fund, who

shall be designated the annuitant trustee.

(c) A person elected as a trustee shall qualify as a trustee, after declaration by the board that he has been duly elected, upon taking and subscribing to the constitutional oath of office and filing same in the office of the Fund. (d) The term of office of each trustee shall begin upon January 1 of the year following the year in which he is elected and shall continue for a period of 5 years and until a successor has been elected and qualified, or until prior resignation, death, incapacity or disqualification. (e) Any elected trustee (other than the annuitant trustee) shall be disqualified immediately upon termination of employment with all participating municipalities and instrumentalities thereof or upon any change in status which removes any such trustee from all employments within the group he represents. The annuitant trustee shall be disqualified upon termination of his or her annuity. (f) The trustees shall fill any vacancy in the board by appointment, for the period until the next election of trustees, or, if the remaining term is less than 2 years, for the remainder of the term, and until his successor has been elected and qualified. (g) Trustees shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for any reasonable expenses incurred in attending meetings of the board and in performing duties on behalf of the Fund and for the amount of any earnings withheld by any employing municipality or participating instrumentality because of attendance at any board meeting. (h) Each trustee shall be entitled to one vote on any and all actions before the board. At least 5 concurring votes shall be necessary for every decision or action by the board at any of its meetings. No decision or action shall become effective unless presented and so approved at a regular or duly called special meeting of the board. (Source: P.A. 100-139, eff. 8-18-17.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-175) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-175) Sec. 7-175. Board elections. (a) During the period beginning on August 1 and ending on September 15 of each year the board shall accept nominations of candidates for election to the trusteeships for terms beginning the next January 1, new trusteeships or vacancies to be filled by election. (b) All nominations shall be by petition. Three petitions for an executive trustee shall be signed by governing bodies of contributing participating municipalities or instrumentalities. A petition for an employee trustee shall be signed by at least 350 participating employees who were participants during July of the current year and who, if their employment status remained unchanged, would be eligible to vote for such candidate at the following election. A petition for an annuitant trustee shall be signed by at least 100 persons who were annuitants of the Fund during July of the current year and who, if their annuitant status remains unchanged, would be eligible to vote for the candidate at the following election. (c) A separate ballot shall be used for each class of trustee and the names of all candidates properly nominated in petitions received by the board shall be placed in alphabetical order upon the proper ballot. Where two employee trustees are elected to a full term in the same year, there shall be one election for the two trusteeships and the two candidates getting the highest number of votes shall be elected. (d) At any election, each contributing participating municipality and participating instrumentality and each contributing participating employee employed by such participating municipality or participating instrumentality during September of any year, shall be entitled to vote as follows: 1. The governing body of each such participating

municipality and participating instrumentality shall have one vote at any election in which an executive trustee is to be elected, and may cast such vote for any candidate on the executive trustee ballot.

2. Each participating employee shall have one vote at

any election in which an employee trustee is to be elected, and may cast such vote for any candidate on the employee trustee ballot.

3. Each annuitant of the Fund shall have one vote at

any election in which an annuitant trustee is to be elected, and may cast that vote for any candidate on the annuitant trustee ballot.

4. A vote may be cast for a person not on the ballot

by writing in his or her name.

(e) The election shall be by ballot pursuant to the rules and regulations established by the board and shall be completed by December 31 of the year. The results shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting of the board following the tally of votes. (f) In case of a tie vote, the candidate employed by or retired from the participating municipality or participating instrumentality having the greatest number of participating employees at the time shall be elected. (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, if only one candidate is properly nominated in petitions received by the Board, that candidate shall be deemed the winner. In the case of 2 employee trustees elected to a full term in the same year, if only 2 candidates are properly nominated in petitions received by the Board, those 2 candidates shall both be deemed winners. If a candidate is deemed a winner under this paragraph, no election under this Section or Section 7-175.1 shall be required. (Source: P.A. 98-932, eff. 8-15-14.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-175.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-175.1) Sec. 7-175.1. Election of employee and annuitant trustees. (a) The board shall prepare and send ballots and ballot envelopes to the employees and annuitants eligible to vote as of September of that year. The ballots shall contain the names of all candidates in alphabetical order and an appropriate place where a name may be written in on the ballot. The ballot envelope shall have on the outside a form of certificate stating that the person voting the ballot is a participating employee or annuitant entitled to vote. (b) Employees and annuitants, upon receipt of the ballot, shall vote the ballot and place it in the ballot envelope, seal the envelope, execute the certificate thereon and return the ballot to the Fund. (c) The board shall set a final date for ballot return, and ballots received prior to that date in a ballot envelope with a properly executed certificate and properly voted, shall be valid ballots. (d) The board shall set a day for counting the ballots and name judges and clerks of election to conduct the count of ballots, and shall make any rules and regulations necessary for the conduct of the count. (e) No election under this Section shall be required if a candidate is deemed the winner under subsection (g) of Section 7-175. (f) Nothing in this Section shall preclude the Board from adopting rules that provide for Internet balloting or phone balloting in addition to election by mail under this Section. An Internet or phone ballot cast in accordance with rules adopted under this subsection shall be a valid ballot. (Source: P.A. 100-935, eff. 1-1-19.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-176) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-176) Sec. 7-176. Board officers. The board shall elect from its members a president, vice president and secretary, to serve at the board's pleasure. They shall perform the duties designated by the board and serve without compensation. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-177) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-177) Sec. 7-177. Board meetings. The board shall hold regular meetings at least 4 times in each year and such special meetings at such other times as may be called by the executive director upon written notice of at least 3 trustees. At least 5 days' notice of each meeting shall be given to each trustee. All meetings of the board shall be open to the public and shall be held in the offices of the board or in any other place specifically designated in the notice of any meeting. (Source: P.A. 98-218, eff. 8-9-13.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-178) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-178) Sec. 7-178. Board powers and duties. The board shall have the powers and duties stated in Sections 7-179 to 7-200, inclusive, in addition to such other powers and duties provided in this Article. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-179) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-179) Sec. 7-179. To authorize and suspend annuities. To authorize or suspend the payment of any annuity or benefit in accordance with this Article. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-180) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-180) Sec. 7-180. To prepare and approve budget. To prepare and approve, prior to the beginning of each calendar year, a budget of operating expenses for such year. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-181) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-181) Sec. 7-181. To subpoena witnesses. To compel witnesses to attend meetings and to testify upon any necessary matter concerning the fund and allow fees not in excess of $10 to any such witness for such attendance upon any one day. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-182) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-182) Sec. 7-182. To authorize municipality contribution rates and adopt actuarial tables and interest rates. To authorize municipality contribution rates and adopt actuarial tables and establish effective and prescribed rates of interest. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-183) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-183) Sec. 7-183. To request information. To request such information from any participating or covered employee or from any participating or covered municipality or instrumentality thereof or participating instrumentality as is necessary for the proper operation of the fund. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-184) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-184) Sec. 7-184. To determine prior service. To determine the length of prior service from such information as is available. Any such determination shall be conclusive as to any such period of service, unless the board reconsiders the case and changes the determination. The change to this Section made by this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly applies without regard to whether the individual is in service on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act. (Source: P.A. 91-887, eff. 7-6-00.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-185) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-185) Sec. 7-185. To establish offices. To establish an office or offices with suitable space for meetings of the board and for use of the necessary administrative personnel. All books and records of the fund shall be kept in such office or offices or in such other places as the board shall designate for safekeeping. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-186) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-186) Sec. 7-186. To appoint executive director. To appoint an executive director to manage the office and carry out the technical administrative duties of the fund. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-187) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-187) Sec. 7-187. To appoint actuary. To appoint an actuary to perform all the necessary actuarial requirements of the fund. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-188) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-188) Sec. 7-188. To appoint investment counsel. To appoint such investment counsel as, in the opinion of the board, may be required from time to time. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-189) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-189) Sec. 7-189. To obtain additional services. To obtain by employment or by contract such additional actuarial services and such legal, medical, clerical or other services as is required for the efficient administration of the fund. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-190) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-190) Sec. 7-190. To fix compensation of employees. To determine and fix the rate of compensation to be paid to the executive director, actuary, investment counsel, auditor, legal or medical counsel, and employees. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-191) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-191) Sec. 7-191. To have accounts audited. To have the accounts of the fund audited annually by a certified public accountant approved by the Auditor General. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-192) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-192) Sec. 7-192. To submit annual statements. To submit an annual statement to the governing body of each participating municipality and governing body of each participating instrumentality and to any participating employee upon request, as soon after the end of each calendar year as possible. The statement shall include the following: a. A balance sheet, showing the financial and actuarial condition of the fund as of the end of the calendar year; b. A statement of receipts and disbursements during such year; c. A statement showing changes in the asset, liability, reserve and surplus accounts during such year; d. A detailed statement of investments as of the end of such year; e. Such additional statistics as are deemed necessary for a proper interpretation of the condition of the fund. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-193) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-193) Sec. 7-193. To provide individual statements. To submit an individual statement to any participating employee upon his reasonable request. The statement shall indicate the amount of accumulations of each type to the employee's credit, as of the latest date practicable. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-194) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-194) Sec. 7-194. To accept gifts. To accept any gift, grant or bequest of any money or securities for the purposes designated by the grantor if such purpose is specified as providing cash benefits to some or all of the participating employees or annuitants of this fund, or if no such purposes are designated, for the purpose of distribution to all the participating employees at the end of the year in the same proportion as the interest at the effective rate is allocated for the year. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-195) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-195) Sec. 7-195. To make investments. To determine the limitations on the amounts of cash to be invested in order to maintain such cash balances as may be deemed advisable to meet current annuity, benefit and expense requirements, and invest the available cash within these limits in securities, in accordance with Section 7-201. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-195.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-195.1) Sec. 7-195.1. To establish and maintain a revolving account. To establish and maintain a revolving account in a bank or savings and loan association, approved by the State Treasurer as a State depositary and having capital funds, represented by capital, surplus, and undivided profits, of at least 5 million dollars, for the purpose of making payments of annuities, benefits, and administrative expenses and payments to the State Agency provided in Section 7-170. All funds deposited in such account shall be placed in the name of the Fund and shall be withdrawn only by a check or draft upon the bank or savings and loan association signed by the president of the board or the executive director, as the board may direct. In case the president or executive director, whose signature appears upon any check or draft, after attaching his signature ceases to hold office before the delivery thereof to the payee, his signature nevertheless shall be valid and sufficient for all purposes with the same effect as if he had remained in office until delivery thereof. The revolving account shall be created by resolution of the board. The monies in the revolving account shall be held and expenditures shall be made by the Fund for the purposes herein set forth. The Fund shall reimburse the revolving account for expenditures for such purposes. No bank or savings and loan association shall receive investment funds as permitted by this Section, unless it has complied with the requirements established pursuant to Section 6 of the Public Funds Investment Act, as now or hereafter amended. The limitations set forth in such Section 6 shall be applicable only at the time of investment and shall not require the liquidation of any investment at any time. (Source: P.A. 99-8, eff. 7-9-15.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-196) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-196) Sec. 7-196. To keep data. To keep in convenient form the data necessary for all required calculations and valuations as required by the actuary. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-197) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-197) Sec. 7-197. To keep permanent records. To keep a permanent record of all the proceedings of the board and such other records as shall be necessary or desirable for administration of the Fund. For the protection of participating employees and their beneficiaries, the Board, the Executive Director, and its agents and employees are prohibited from disclosing the contents of an employee's files, records, papers or communications relating to individual employees, except for purposes directly connected with the administration of the Fund. In any judicial or administrative proceeding except as such proceeding is directly concerned with the administration of the Fund, such files, records, papers and communications shall be deemed privileged communications. The proceedings of the Board and reports of participating municipalities and instrumentalities shall be public records open to inspection. (Source: Laws 1967, p. 2091.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-197.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-197.1) Sec. 7-197.1. To reproduce records. To have any records kept by the board photographed, microfilmed or otherwise reproduced on film. The photographs, microfilm and reproductions shall be deemed original records and documents for all purposes, including introduction in evidence before all courts and administrative agencies. (Source: P.A. 76-1820.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-198) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-198) Sec. 7-198. To make rules. To establish such rules and regulations not inconsistent with the other provisions of this Article as are necessary or desirable for the efficient administration of the fund, including, without limitation, the time and manner of reporting and making contributions by participating municipalities and participating instrumentalities. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-199) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-199) Sec. 7-199. To appoint committees. To appoint committees of 3 or more trustees to perform such functions as may be directed by the board. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-199.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-199.1) Sec. 7-199.1. To administer a joint group accident and health insurance program in accordance with this Section. (a) The board may purchase and administer a joint group accident and health insurance policy as defined in Section 4 of the "Illinois Insurance Code", approved June 29, 1937, as amended, for the benefit of one or more classes of employees or retired employees of participating municipalities and participating instrumentalities, or their spouses or surviving spouses. (b) All participating municipalities and participating instrumentalities are hereby authorized to participate in any such joint group accident and health insurance policy established under this Section. (c) The board may promulgate such rules as may be necessary or convenient relating to the purchase and administration of any such policy, and to the conditions and terms of participation therein and withdrawal therefrom by participating municipalities and participating instrumentalities. (d) Any monies received by the board relating to its duties under this Section shall not be deemed contributions to or assets of the fund, and all such monies shall be held by the board in a separate account. (e) The board shall submit an annual report of its activities under this Section to each municipality and instrumentality participating in a policy administered under this Section. (f) The group accident and health insurance program established under this Section is not and shall not be construed to be a pension or retirement benefit for purposes of Section 5 of Article XIII of the Illinois Constitution of 1970. (Source: P.A. 84-812.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-199.2) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-199.2) Sec. 7-199.2. To determine unfunded liability. To cause to be actuarially determined the unfunded liability existing in the Fund as of the date provided by subsection (c) of Section 5-1 of the School Code by reason of annuities and other benefits payable and to become payable from the Fund to persons specified in that subsection with respect to periods of service ending on or before that date, to report the amount so determined to each school board required under that subsection to pay a proportionate share of that amount to the Fund, and to receive and apply in accordance with this Article all amounts so paid to the Fund by those school boards. (Source: P.A. 87-473.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-199.3) Sec. 7-199.3. To establish and administer deferred compensation and tax-deferred annuity programs for units of local government. The Board may establish and administer deferred compensation, tax deferred annuity, and similar tax-savings programs for employees of units of local government, which shall be known as the "IMRF-Plus" program. The program shall provide for the Board to review proposed investment offerings and shall require that only investments determined to be acceptable by the Board may be used for investing compensation contributed to the program. The program shall include appropriate provisions pertaining to its day to day operation, including methods of electing to contribute income, methods of changing the amount of income contributed, methods of selecting from among investment options available under the program, and any other provisions that the Board may deem appropriate. The program shall provide for the preparation of pamphlets describing the program and outlining the options and opportunities available to local government employees under the program. These pamphlets shall be distributed from time to time to all eligible employees. The program established under this Section shall not be implemented or amended until the Board is satisfied that compensation contributed under the program is not subject to income tax for the year in which it is earned and that the taxation of such compensation will be deferred until the time of its distribution to the employee. The program shall also provide for the recovery of the expenses of its administration by charging those expenses against the earnings from investments, by charging fees equitably prorated among the participating local government employees, or by some other appropriate and equitable method determined by the Board. Different methods for recovery of administrative expenses may be provided in relation to different types of investment programs, and the Board may provide for the allocation of administration expenses among varying types of programs for this purpose. The Board shall review and oversee the administration of the program. This Section does not limit the power or authority of any unit of local government, school district, or institution supported in whole or in part by public funds to establish and administer any other deferred compensation plans or tax-deferred annuity programs that may be authorized by law. (Source: P.A. 90-448, eff. 8-16-97.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-200) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-200) Sec. 7-200. To carry on other duties. To carry on generally any other reasonable activities, including, without limitation, the making of administrative decisions on participation and coverage, which are necessary for carrying out the intent of this fund in accordance with the provisions of this Article. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-201) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-201) Sec. 7-201. The assets of the fund in excess of the amount of cash required for current operation as determined by the board shall be invested, subject to the requirements and restrictions set forth in Sections 1-109, 1-109.1, 1-109.2, 1-110, 1-111, 1-114 and 1-115 of this Code. No bank or savings and loan association shall receive investment funds as permitted by this Section, unless it has complied with the requirements established pursuant to Section 6 of "An Act relating to certain investments of public funds by public agencies", approved July 23, 1943, as now or hereafter amended. The limitations set forth in such Section 6 shall be applicable only at the time of investment and shall not require the liquidation of any investment at any time. The board may sell any security belonging to the fund at any time in its judgment that it is necessary or desirable to do so. The board shall have the authority to enter into such agreements and to execute such documents as it determines to be necessary to complete any investment transaction. All investments shall be clearly held and accounted for to indicate ownership by the board. The board may direct the registration of securities or the holding of interests in real property in its own name or in the name of a nominee created for the express purpose of registration of securities or the holding of interests in real property by a savings and loan association or national or State bank or trust company authorized to conduct a trust business in the State of Illinois. The board may hold title to interests in real property in the name of the Fund or in the name of a title holding corporation created for the express purpose of holding title to interests in real property. Investments shall be carried at cost or at a book value in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and accounting procedures approved by the board. The book value of investments held by any pension fund or retirement system in one or more commingled investment accounts shall be the cost of its units of participation in such commingled account or accounts as recorded on the books of the board. (Source: P.A. 89-136, eff. 7-14-95.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-201.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-201.1) Sec. 7-201.1. Participation in commingled investment funds-Transfer of investment functions and securities. (a) The retirement board may invest in any commingled investment fund or funds established and maintained by the Illinois State Board of Investment under the provisions of Article 22A of this Code. The book value of all commingled equity participations plus the book value of other stock investments owned by this system shall not exceed the maximum permissible percentage rate for equity investments prescribed in Section 7-201. All commingled fund participations shall be subject to the law governing the Illinois State Board of Investment and the rules, policies and directives of that Board. (b) The retirement board may, by resolution duly adopted by a majority vote of its membership, transfer to the Illinois State Board of Investment created by Article 22A of this Code, for management and administration, all investments owned by the Fund of every kind and character. Upon completion of such transfer, the authority of the retirement board to make investments shall terminate. Thereafter, all investments of the reserves of the Fund shall be made by the Illinois State Board of Investment in accordance with the provisions of Article 22A of this Code. Such transfer shall be made not later than the first day of the fourth month next following the date of such resolution. Before such transfer an audit of such investments shall be completed by a certified public accountant selected by the Illinois State Board of Investment and approved by the Auditor General of the State of Illinois. The expense of such audit shall be defrayed by the retirement board. (Source: P.A. 78-645.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-202) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-202) Sec. 7-202. Accounts. An adequate system of accounts shall be kept in accordance with generally accepted accounting and sound actuarial principles. The accounts and reserves designated in Section 7-203 to 7-208, inclusive, shall be maintained. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-203) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-203) Sec. 7-203. Employee reserves. Separate reserves shall be maintained for each participating employee in such detail as is necessary to administer all benefits provided herein, and to segregate accurately the separate liabilities of each participating municipality and its instrumentalities, or of any participating instrumentality, with respect to each participating employee. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-204) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-204) Sec. 7-204. Municipality reserves. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this Section, each participating municipality and its instrumentalities, and each participating instrumentality, shall be treated as an independent unit within the fund, except that if it has any sheriff's law enforcement employees, it shall be treated as 2 independent units, one for its sheriff's law enforcement employees and the second for its other employees. Separate municipality reserves shall be maintained in such form and detail as is necessary to show the net accumulated balances of each municipality, created or arising under this Article. (b) In the event of termination and dissolution of any participating municipality or participating instrumentality and its obligations are not assumed or transferred by law to another municipality, any net debit or credit balance remaining in the reserve account of such municipality, or participating instrumentality, shall be transferred to a Terminated Municipality Reserve Account which shall be used to fund any future benefits of its employees arising out of service with the terminated municipality or participating instrumentality. Any deficiency arising in the Terminated Municipality Reserve Account shall be eliminated by a contribution by all remaining municipalities and participating instrumentalities at a uniform percent of payroll, to be determined, collected with other contributions required under Section 7-172. (c) The municipality reserve for each municipality or participating instrumentality that has any sheriff's law enforcement employees shall be divided into 2 reserves. A reserve for the sheriff's law enforcement employees shall be allocated an amount in the same proportion to the total amount in reserve as the total number of sheriff's law enforcement employees is to the total participating employees of the municipality or participating instrumentality at that date. The remainder shall be allocated to the reserve for other employees. (Source: P.A. 87-740.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-205) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-205) Sec. 7-205. Reserves for annuities. Appropriate reserves shall be created for payment of all annuities granted under this Article at the time such annuities are granted and in amounts determined to be necessary under actuarial tables adopted by the Board upon recommendation of the actuary of the fund. All annuities payable shall be charged to the annuity reserve. 1. Amounts credited to annuity reserves shall be derived by transfer of all the employee credits from the appropriate employee reserves and by charges to the municipality reserve of those municipalities in which the retiring employee has accumulated service. If a retiring employee has accumulated service in more than one participating municipality or participating instrumentality, the municipality charges for non-concurrent service shall be calculated as follows:(A) for purposes of calculating the annuity reserve,

an annuity will be calculated based on service and adjusted earnings with each employer (without regard to the vesting requirement contained in subsection (a) of Section 7-142); and

(B) the difference between the municipality charges

for the actual annuity granted and the aggregation of the municipality charges based upon the ratio of each from those calculations to the aggregated total from paragraph (A) of this item 1.

Aggregate municipality charges for concurrent service shall be prorated based on the employee's earnings. The municipality charges for retirement annuities calculated under subparagraph a. of paragraph 1. of subsection (a) of Section 7-142 shall be prorated based on actual contributions. 2. Supplemental annuities shall be handled as a separate annuity and amounts to be credited to the annuity reserve therefor shall be derived in the same manner as a regular annuity. 3. When a retirement annuity is granted to an employee with a spouse eligible for a surviving spouse annuity, there shall be credited to the annuity reserve an amount to fund the cost of both the retirement and surviving spouse annuity as a joint and survivors annuity. 4. Beginning January 1, 1989, when a retirement annuity is awarded, an amount equal to the present value of the $3,000 death benefit payable upon the death of the annuitant shall be transferred to the annuity reserve from the appropriate municipality reserves in the same manner as the transfer for annuities. 5. All annuity reserves shall be revalued annually as of December 31. Beginning as of December 31, 1973, adjustment required therein by such revaluation shall be charged or credited to the earnings and experience variation reserve. 6. There shall be credited to the annuity reserve all of the payments made by annuitants under Section 7-144.2, plus an additional amount from the earnings and experience variation reserve to fund the cost of the incremental annuities granted to annuitants making these payments. 7. As of December 31, 1972, the excess in the annuity reserve shall be transferred to the municipality reserves. An amount equal to the deficiency in the reserve of participating municipalities and participating instrumentalities which have no participating employees shall be allocated to their reserves. The remainder shall be allocated in amounts proportionate to the present value, as of January 1, 1972, of annuities of annuitants of the remaining participating municipalities and participating instrumentalities. (Source: P.A. 97-319, eff. 1-1-12; 97-609, eff. 1-1-12; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-205.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-205.1) Sec. 7-205.1. Reserves for Disability Benefits. A temporary and total and permanent disability benefit reserves shall be created for payment of all temporary and total and permanent disability benefits. 1. Amounts to fund the cost of total and permanent disability benefits shall be established at the time such benefits are granted under actuarial tables adopted by the Board upon recommendation of the Actuary of the Fund. All total and permanent disability benefits payable shall be charged to this reserved amount. 2. Temporary disability benefit payments shall be charged to the disability reserve when made. 3. Amounts credited to the disability reserve shall be derived from municipality contributions made pursuant to Section 7-172, paragraph (b), subparagraph 3. 4. The total and permanent disability reserve shall be revalued annually as of December 31. Any adjustment required therein by such revaluation shall be charged or credited to the earnings and experience variation reserve. (Source: P.A. 77-2121.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-206) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-206) Sec. 7-206. Death Reserve. All death benefit payments shall be charged to the Death Reserve, other than $3,000 death benefits paid after December 31, 1988 upon the death of an annuitant. All contributions for death purposes under Section 7-172(b)4 shall be credited to the same reserve. Whenever the balance in such reserve at the close of a year exceeds 100% of the average annual charges to this account during the 3 preceding calendar years, the basic actuarial assumptions upon which municipality contribution rates for these purposes are based, shall be reviewed and revised in such manner as is deemed necessary to reduce such balance. (Source: P.A. 89-136, eff. 7-14-95.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-207.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-207.1) Sec. 7-207.1. Reserve For Variation In Benefit Payments. A Reserve for Variation in Benefit Payments may be established. 1. Credits to such Reserve shall consist of: (a) Any employee contributions, not in excess of $10.00, received by the Fund subsequent to claim for and payment of a separation refund, provided, however, that upon request of any employee rightfully entitled thereto the aforesaid amount shall be paid him from this Reserve. (b) Any benefit checks or warrants issued and outstanding more than two years. (c) Any balances in Employee or Municipality Reserves that are not properly creditable to those Reserves. 2. Charges to such Reserve shall consist of: (a) Benefit claims properly payable under this Article, the reserves for which have been previously transferred to this reserve or for which no reserves exist. (b) Benefit overpayments deemed uncollectible by the Board. (c) Amount required to adjust employee or municipal reserves to correct balance. (Source: P.A. 81-1536.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-208) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-208) Sec. 7-208. Earnings and experience variation reserve. One earnings and experience variation reserve shall be maintained. All other accounts for this purpose shall be abolished upon the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995. Moneys in abolished reserve accounts shall be transferred to the earnings and experience variation reserve. No more than one-half of all interest income and earnings on investments of whatever type, including realized gains on disposition of investments and unrealized gains in market value, shall be credited thereto. All investment earnings expense of whatever type, including realized losses on disposition of investments and unrealized losses in market value, shall be charged thereto. All administrative expenses directly relating to investments may be charged thereto. Excess or deficiencies in the annuity and disability reserves shall be charged or credited to this reserve. Whenever a balance exists in such reserve, it shall be included in the basis used for determining the effective interest rate. The balance in the reserve shall be distributed as of the end of each year, but a contingency balance of not more than twice the projected interest requirement for the next year may be maintained. If the balance ever exceeds twice the projected requirement, the excess shall be distributed to municipality reserves. If the Board determines that the funds available in this reserve, after required transfers, will not be sufficient to provide administrative expenses of the fund, the Board may include in the municipality contribution rate authorized by Section 7-172 a percentage of earnings on the earnings of all participating employees to provide an amount required for the administrative expenses. Upon adoption of generally accepted accounting procedures that allow for the recognition of unrealized gains or losses in market value, those gains or losses shall be allocated to employer accounts including the earnings and experience variation reserve in the same proportion those accounts were to total assets prior to the implementation of market value accounting. (Source: P.A. 89-136, eff. 7-14-95.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-209) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-209) Sec. 7-209. Earnings and Interest. (a) Balances at the beginning of each year which remain in employee reserves at the end of the year shall be credited with interest annually at the prescribed rate. (b) Municipality reserves shall be charged or credited, as the case may be, with interest at the prescribed rate applied to the balance therein at the beginning of the year. (c) Municipality accounts receivable shall be charged with interest at a rate of 1/2% per month before July 1, 1984, and 1% per month thereafter on the balance therein unpaid one month or more. The unpaid balance shall include charges established retroactively because of failure of the municipality to report amounts which should be receivable. Credit balances shall be disregarded in this calculation. (d) The annuity total and permanent disability reserves shall be credited with interest at the prescribed rate at the end of each year. For purposes of this computation, the prescribed rate shall be applied to the balances therein at the beginning of the year. (e) Amounts credited or charged under subsection (a), (b), (c), or (d) of this Section shall be charged or credited to the earnings and experience variation reserve. Any remaining balance, in excess of the contingency balance established, shall be transferred to the municipality reserves in proportion to present values of the annuities of the annuitants of each participating municipality and participating instrumentality plus the balance in their municipality reserve. (f) The Board shall fix the rate of interest, to be charged on back, retroactive, or reinstatement contributions. (Source: P.A. 89-136, eff. 7-14-95.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-210) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-210) Sec. 7-210. Funds. (a) All money received by the board shall immediately be deposited with the custodian for the account of the Fund, or in the case of funds received under Section 7-199.1, in a separate account maintained for that purpose. All payments from the accounts of the Fund shall be made by the custodian only, and only by a check or draft signed by the president of the board or the executive director, as the board may direct. Such checks and drafts shall be drawn only upon proper authorization by the board as properly recorded in the official minute books of the meetings of the board. (b) (Blank). (c) The assets of the Fund shall be invested as one fund, and no particular person, municipality, or instrumentality thereof or participating instrumentality shall have any right in any specific security or in any item of cash other than an undivided interest in the whole. (d) Except as provided in subsection (d-5), whenever any employees of a municipality or participating instrumentality have been or shall be excluded from participation in this Fund by virtue of the application of paragraph b of Section 7-109 (2), the board shall issue a check or draft in an amount equal to the accumulated contributions of such employees. Such check or draft shall be drawn in favor of the pension or retirement fund in which such employees have or shall become participants. Such transfer shall terminate any further rights of such employees under this Fund. (d-5) Upon creation of a newly established Article 3 police pension fund by referendum under Section 3-145 or by census under Section 3-105, the following amounts shall be transferred from this Fund to the new police pension fund, within 30 days after an application therefor is received from the new pension fund:(1) the amounts actually contributed to this Fund as

employee contributions by or on behalf of the police officers transferring to the new pension fund for their service as police officers of the municipality that is establishing the new pension fund, plus interest on those amounts at the rate of 6% per year, compounded annually, from the date of contribution to the date of transfer to the new pension fund, and

(2) an amount representing employer contributions,

equal to the total amount determined under item (1).

This transfer terminates any further rights of such police officers in this Fund arising out of their service as police officers of the municipality that is establishing the new pension fund. (e) If a participating instrumentality terminates participation because it fails to meet the requirements of Section 7-108, it shall pay to the Fund the amount equal to any net debit balance in its municipality reserve account and account receivable. Its successors, and assigns and transferees of its assets shall be obligated to make this payment to the extent of the value of assets transferred to them. The Fund shall pay an amount equal to any net credit balance to the participating instrumentality, its successors or assigns. Any remaining net debit or credit balance not collectible or payable shall be transferred to the terminated municipality reserve account. The Fund shall pay to each employee of the participating instrumentality an amount equal to his credits in the employee reserves. The employees shall have no further rights to any benefits from the Fund, except that annuities awarded prior to the date of termination shall continue to be paid. (Source: P.A. 98-729, eff. 7-26-14; 99-8, eff. 7-9-15.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-211) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-211) Sec. 7-211. Authorizations. (a) Each participating municipality and instrumentality thereof and each participating instrumentality shall: 1. Deduct all normal and additional contributions and

contributions for federal Social Security taxes as required by the Social Security Enabling Act from each payment of earnings payable to each participating employee who is entitled to any earnings from such municipality or instrumentality thereof or participating instrumentality, and remit all normal and additional contributions immediately to the board; and

2. Pay to the board contributions required by this

Article.

(b) Each participating employee shall, by virtue of the payment of contributions to this fund, receive a vested interest in the annuities and benefits provided in this Article and in consideration of such vested interest shall be deemed to have agreed and authorized the deduction from earnings of all contributions payable to this fund in accordance with this Article. (c) Payment of earnings less the amounts of contributions provided in this Article and in the Social Security Enabling Act shall be a full and complete discharge of all claims for payment for services rendered by any employee during the period covered by any such payment. (d) Any covered annuitant may authorize the withholding of all or a portion of his or her annuity, for the payment of premiums on group accident and health insurance provided pursuant to Section 7-199.1. The annuitant may revoke this authorization at any time. (Source: P.A. 96-1084, eff. 7-16-10.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-212) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-212) Sec. 7-212. Executive director. The executive director shall be in charge of the general administration of the fund. He shall have such special powers and duties as may be properly delegated or assigned by the board from time to time. Such general administrative duties shall include: the computation of the amounts of annuities, benefits, prior service credits and contributions required for reinstatement of credits for board consideration; the processing of approved benefit claims and expenses of administration for payment; the placing of any and all matters before the board which require action or are in the interest of the board or the fund; the preparation and maintenance of necessary and proper records for administrative and actuarial purposes; the conduct of any necessary or desirable communications in the course of operations of the fund; and the carrying out of any actions of the board which are so delegated. (Source: P.A. 77-2121.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-213) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-213) Sec. 7-213. Actuary. The actuary shall be the technical advisor of the board and in addition to general advice shall specifically be responsible for and shall: 1. Make a general investigation, at least once every 3 years, of the experience of the participating municipalities and participating instrumentalities as to mortality, disability, retirement, separation, marital status of employees, marriage of surviving spouses, interest and employee earnings rates and to make recommendations as a result of any such investigation as to: a. The actuarial tables to be used for computing annuities and benefits and for determining the premiums for disability and death benefit purposes; b. The tables to be used in any regular actuarial valuations; and c. The prescribed rate of interest. 2. Make the computations of municipality obligations, contribution rates including annual valuations of the liabilities and reserves for present and prospective annuities and benefits, and certify to the correctness thereof; 3. Recommend the effective rate of interest to be applicable to each year; 4. Advise the board on any matters of an actuarial nature affecting the fund. (Source: P.A. 77-2121.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-214) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-214) Sec. 7-214. Custodian. The Board shall appoint one or more custodians to receive and hold the assets of the Fund on such terms as the Board may agree. (Source: P.A. 99-8, eff. 7-9-15.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-215) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-215) Sec. 7-215. 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. The additional cost of annuities resulting from awards made under Section 20-122 of this Code, in excess of employee contributions made under that Section, shall be financed by a uniform contribution rate paid by all municipalities and participating instrumentalities with other contributions under Section 7-172. If a person is qualified for an annuity under such Act, the Fund may make payments of less than $10 per month, notwithstanding the limitations set forth in this Article. (Source: P.A. 78-896.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-217) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-217) Sec. 7-217. Payment of benefits and assignments. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, all moneys in the Fund created by this Article, and all securities and other property of the Fund, and all annuities and other benefits payable under this Article, and all accumulated contributions and other credits of employees in this Fund, and the right of any person to receive an annuity or other benefit under this Article, or a refund or return of contributions, shall not be subject to judgment, execution, garnishment, attachment, or other seizure by process, in bankruptcy or otherwise, nor to sale, pledge, mortgage or other alienation, and shall not be assignable. Notwithstanding Section 1-103.1, the changes in this Section made by this amendatory Act of 1991 shall not be limited to persons in service on or after its effective date. All annuities and other benefits payable under this Fund and all accumulated credits of employees in the Fund shall be exempt from state and municipal taxes. (b) The board, in its discretion, may: 1. Pay to the wife of any annuitant or employee such

portion, or all, of any retirement annuity, disability benefit, or separation benefit payable to an annuitant or employee, in the event of the disappearance or unexplained absence, or the failure to support such wife or children, as the board may consider necessary for the support of the wife or children of the annuitant or employee.

2. Where a temporary or total and permanent

disability benefit becomes payable and the amount may be reduced by application of Section 7-148(b) or Section 7-152(b), postpone making the reduction, if there is a delay in the determination whether a disability benefit is payable under the Federal Social Security Act, until the determination has been made. The Board may retain out of any annuity or benefit to the participating employee or to any person taking through him the amount of any payment which is not reduced by reason of this paragraph.

3. Pay amounts payable to a minor or person under

legal disability to a representative payee assuming responsibility for such minor or person under legal disability, waiving guardianship.

(c) The board may retain out of any annuity or benefit payable to any person such amount or amounts as the board may determine are owing to the fund because required employee contributions were not made, in whole or in part, or employee obligations to return refunds were not made, or because money was paid to any annuitant or employee through misrepresentation, fraud or error. (d) The board and the fund shall be held free from any liability for any money retained or paid in accordance with this section and the employee shall be assumed to have assented and agreed to any such disposition of money due. (e) An annuitant entitled to receive an annuity may, for personal reasons and without disclosure thereof, request the board in writing to suspend for any period payment of all or any part of such annuity otherwise payable hereunder. The board, on receipt of such request, shall authorize such suspension, in which event the annuitant shall be deemed to have forfeited all rights to the amount of annuity so suspended, but shall retain the right to have full annuity otherwise payable reinstated as to future monthly payments upon written notice to the board of his desire to revoke his prior request for a suspension under this paragraph. (f) The board may reimburse any municipality or participating instrumentality for employee contributions due such municipality or participating instrumentality, from funds withheld by the board pursuant to this Section. (g) An annuitant may authorize the withholding of a portion of his annuity for payment of dues to any labor organization designated by the annuitant; however, no portion of annuities may be withheld pursuant to this subsection for payment to any one labor organization unless a minimum of 100 annuitants authorize such withholding, except that the Board may allow such withholding for less than 100 annuitants during a probationary period of between 3 and 6 months, as determined by the Board. The Board shall prescribe a form for the authorization of such withholding, and shall provide such forms to employees, annuitants and labor organizations upon request. Amounts withheld by the Board under this subsection shall be promptly paid over to the designated organizations. (Source: P.A. 87-740.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-218) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-218) Sec. 7-218. Compulsory retirement. No provision of this Article shall operate to cause compulsory retirement of any employee, nor to give any employee any specific right to remain in service. Separations and retirements from the service of a municipality or participating instrumentality shall be made in accordance with the currently existing practices of the respective municipalities and participating instrumentalities. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-219) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-219) Sec. 7-219. Felony conviction. None of the benefits provided for 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 benefits provided for in this Article shall be paid to any person who otherwise would receive a survivor benefit who is convicted of any felony relating to or arising out of or in connection with the service of the employee from whom the benefit results.This Section shall not operate to impair any contract or vested right heretofore acquired under any law or laws continued in this Article, nor to preclude the right to a refund, and for the changes under this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, shall not impair any contract or vested right acquired by a survivor prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly. All future entrants entering service subsequent to July 9, 1955 shall be deemed to have consented to the provisions of this Section as a condition of coverage, and all participants entering service subsequent to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly shall be deemed to have consented to the provisions of this amendatory Act as a condition of participation. (Source: P.A. 100-334, eff. 8-25-17.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-220) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-220) Sec. 7-220. 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 review of final administrative decisions of the retirement board provided for under this Article. The term "administrative decision" is as defined in Section 3-101 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The venue for actions brought under the Administrative Review Law shall be any county in which the Board maintains an office or the county in which the member's employing participating municipality or participating instrumentality has its main office. (Source: P.A. 96-1140, eff. 7-21-10; 97-933, eff. 8-10-12.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-221) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-221) Sec. 7-221. 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, p. 161.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-222) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-222) Sec. 7-222. Reduction of disability and survivor's benefits on account of corresponding benefits payable under the Workers' Compensation Act and the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act. Whenever any person is entitled to a disability or survivors benefit under this Article and to benefits under the Workers' Compensation Act or the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act in relation to the same injury or disease, the monthly benefits payable under this Article shall be reduced by the amount of any such benefits payable under either of those Acts, except payments for medical, surgical and hospital services, non-medical remedial care and treatment rendered in accordance with a religious method of healing recognized by the laws of this State, and for artificial members or appliances, and fixed statutory payments for the loss of or the permanent and complete loss of the use of any bodily member, provided that the monthly benefit payable under this Article shall not be reduced to less than $10 per month. If the benefits deductible under this paragraph are stated in a weekly amount, the monthly amount for the purposes of this Section shall be 4 1/3 times the weekly amount. (Source: P.A. 81-992.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-223) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-223) Sec. 7-223. The amendments to Sections 7-137, 7-146, 7-147, 7-150 and 7-151 of this Article (relating to attainment of age 70) made by this amendatory Act of 1989 shall be retroactive to January 1, 1987. (Source: P.A. 86-272.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-224) Sec. 7-224. Section 415 limitations. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Article, the combined benefits and contributions provided to any participating employee by all plans of any participating municipality and its instrumentalities and any participating instrumentality shall not exceed the limitations specified in Section 415(b), (c), and (e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. If a participating employee's benefits or contributions under this Article, combined with those under any other plan of the participating municipality and its instrumentalities or participating instrumentality, would otherwise violate those limitations, the benefits and contributions under the other plan shall be reduced, rather than the benefits and contributions provided under this Article. To the extent that the other plan fails to limit such benefits and contributions, that plan shall be disqualified. (Source: P.A. 91-887, eff. 7-6-00.)

(40 ILCS 5/7-225) Sec. 7-225. Increases in earnings; pension impact statement. Before increasing the earnings of an officer, executive, or manager by 12% or more:(1) the authorities of the respective employer who

are authorizing the increase must contact the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund as to the effect of that increase in salary on the pension benefits of that participant;

(2) the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund must

respond with a written "Pension Impact Statement" stating the effect of that increase in salary on the pension benefits of that participant, and any other relevant effect of the increase, including payment of the present value of the increase in benefits resulting from the portion of any increase in salary that is in excess of 6% as provided under subsection (k) of Section 7-172, if applicable;

(3) the authorities authorizing this increase must

sign the pension impact statement, acknowledging receipt and understanding of the effects of the increase; and

(4) the employer must pay the costs associated with

the pension impact statement.

The provisions of this Section do not apply to any of the following: increases attributable to standard employment promotions resulting in increased responsibility and workloads; earnings increases paid to individuals under contracts or collective bargaining agreements entered into, amended, or renewed before January 1, 2012; earnings increases paid to members who are 10 years or more from retirement eligibility; or earnings increases resulting from an increase in the number of hours required to be worked. (Source: P.A. 97-609, eff. 1-1-12.)