(a) Within one year after the effective date of this Section, a person employed by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (formerly the Regional Planning Board) on the effective date of this Section who was a member of this System as an employee of the Chicago Area Transportation Study may elect to participate in this System for his or her employment with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning.
     (b) An employee who elects to participate in the System pursuant to subsection (a) may elect to transfer any creditable service earned by the employee under the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund for his or her employment with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (formerly the Regional Planning Board) upon payment to this System of the amount by which (1) the employer and employee contributions that would have been required if the employee had participated in this System during the period for which the credit under Section 7-139.12 is being transferred, plus interest thereon from the date of such participation to the date of payment, exceeds (2) the amounts actually transferred under Section 7-139.12 to this System.

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