Illinois Compiled Statutes 40 ILCS 5/14-108.5 – Alternative retirement cancellation payment
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(a) To be eligible for the alternative retirement cancellation payment provided in this Section, a person must:
(1) be a member of this System who, on any day
(1) be a member of this System who, on any day
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during June 2004, was (i) in active payroll status as an employee in a position listed in subsection (b) of this Section and continuously employed in a position listed in subsection (b) on and after January 1, 2004 and (ii) an active contributor to this System with respect to that employment;
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(2) have not previously received any retirement
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annuity under this Article;
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(3) not accept an incentive payment under Section
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14a.5 of the State Finance Act;
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(4) in the case of persons employed in a position
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title listed under paragraph (1) of subsection (b), be among the first 3,000 persons to file with the Board on or before September 30, 2004 a written application requesting the alternative retirement cancellation payment provided in this Section;
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(5) in the case of persons employed in a position
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title listed under paragraph (2) of subsection (b), have received written authorization from the director or other head of his or her department and filed that authorization with the system on or before September 1, 2004;
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(6) if there is a QILDRO in effect against the
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person, file with the Board the written consent of all alternate payees under the QILDRO to the election of an alternative retirement cancellation payment under this Section; and
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(7) terminate employment under this Article within 2
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weeks after approval of the person’s application requesting the alternative retirement cancellation payment, but in no event later than October 31, 2004.
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(b)(1) Position titles eligible for the alternative
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retirement cancellation payment provided in this Section are:
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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 40 ILCS 5/14-108.5
- Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
- Appraisal: A determination of property value.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
- Paralegal: means a person who is qualified through education, training, or work experience and is employed by a lawyer, law office, governmental agency, or other entity to work under the direction of an attorney in a capacity that involves the performance of substantive legal work that usually requires a sufficient knowledge of legal concepts and would be performed by the attorney in the absence of the paralegal. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.35
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
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(2) In addition, any position titles with the Speaker
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of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Comptroller, the Treasurer, the Auditor General, the Supreme Court, the Court of Claims, and each legislative agency are eligible for the alternative retirement cancellation payment provided in this Section.
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(c) In lieu of any retirement annuity or other benefit provided under this Article, a person who qualifies for and elects to receive the alternative retirement cancellation payment under this Section shall be entitled to receive a one-time lump sum retirement cancellation payment equal to the amount of his or her contributions to the System (including any employee contributions for optional service credit and including any employee contributions paid by the employer or credited to the employee during disability) as of the date of termination, with regular interest, multiplied by 2.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, a person who receives an alternative retirement cancellation payment under this Section thereby forfeits the right to any other retirement or disability benefit or refund under this Article, and no widow’s, survivor’s, or death benefit deriving from that person shall be payable under this Article. Upon accepting an alternative retirement cancellation payment under this Section, the person’s creditable service and all other rights in the System are terminated for all purposes, except for the purpose of determining State group life and health benefits for the person and his or her survivors as provided under the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971.
(e) To the extent permitted by federal law, a person who receives an alternative retirement cancellation payment under this Section may direct the System to pay all or a portion of that payment as a rollover into another retirement plan or account qualified under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(f) Notwithstanding Section 14-111, a person who has received an alternative retirement cancellation payment under this Section and who reenters service under this Article other than as a temporary employee must repay to the System the amount by which that alternative retirement cancellation payment exceeded the amount of his or her refundable employee contributions within 60 days of resuming employment under this System. For the purposes of re-establishing creditable service that was terminated upon election of the alternative retirement cancellation payment, the portion of the alternative retirement cancellation payment representing refundable employee contributions shall be deemed a refund repayable in accordance with Section 14-130.
(g) The Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability shall determine and report to the Governor and the General Assembly, on or before January 1, 2006, its estimate of (1) the annual amount of payroll savings likely to be realized by the State as a result of the early termination of persons receiving the alternative retirement cancellation payment under this Section and (2) the net annual savings or cost to the State from the program of alternative retirement cancellation payments under this Section.
The System, the Department of Central Management Services, the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget, and all other departments shall provide to the Commission any assistance that the Commission may request with respect to its report under this Section. The Commission may require departments to provide it with any information that it deems necessary or useful with respect to its reports under this Section, including without limitation information about (1) the final earnings of former department employees who elected to receive alternative retirement cancellation payments under this Section, (2) the earnings of current department employees holding the positions vacated by persons who elected to receive alternative retirement cancellation payments under this Section, and (3) positions vacated by persons who elected to receive alternative retirement cancellation payments under this Section that have not yet been refilled.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, a person who receives an alternative retirement cancellation payment under this Section thereby forfeits the right to any other retirement or disability benefit or refund under this Article, and no widow’s, survivor’s, or death benefit deriving from that person shall be payable under this Article. Upon accepting an alternative retirement cancellation payment under this Section, the person’s creditable service and all other rights in the System are terminated for all purposes, except for the purpose of determining State group life and health benefits for the person and his or her survivors as provided under the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971.
(e) To the extent permitted by federal law, a person who receives an alternative retirement cancellation payment under this Section may direct the System to pay all or a portion of that payment as a rollover into another retirement plan or account qualified under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(f) Notwithstanding Section 14-111, a person who has received an alternative retirement cancellation payment under this Section and who reenters service under this Article other than as a temporary employee must repay to the System the amount by which that alternative retirement cancellation payment exceeded the amount of his or her refundable employee contributions within 60 days of resuming employment under this System. For the purposes of re-establishing creditable service that was terminated upon election of the alternative retirement cancellation payment, the portion of the alternative retirement cancellation payment representing refundable employee contributions shall be deemed a refund repayable in accordance with Section 14-130.
(g) The Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability shall determine and report to the Governor and the General Assembly, on or before January 1, 2006, its estimate of (1) the annual amount of payroll savings likely to be realized by the State as a result of the early termination of persons receiving the alternative retirement cancellation payment under this Section and (2) the net annual savings or cost to the State from the program of alternative retirement cancellation payments under this Section.
The System, the Department of Central Management Services, the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget, and all other departments shall provide to the Commission any assistance that the Commission may request with respect to its report under this Section. The Commission may require departments to provide it with any information that it deems necessary or useful with respect to its reports under this Section, including without limitation information about (1) the final earnings of former department employees who elected to receive alternative retirement cancellation payments under this Section, (2) the earnings of current department employees holding the positions vacated by persons who elected to receive alternative retirement cancellation payments under this Section, and (3) positions vacated by persons who elected to receive alternative retirement cancellation payments under this Section that have not yet been refilled.