40 ILCS 5/14-106
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 14 - State Employees' Retirement System Of Illinois

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-106)(Text of Section WITH the changes made by P.A. 98-599, which has been  held unconstitutional)Sec. 14-106. Membership service credit.(a) After January 1, 1944, all  service of a member since he last became a member with respect to which  contributions are made shall count as membership service; provided, that  for service on and after July 1, 1950, 12 months of service shall  constitute a year of membership service, the completion of 15 days or  more of service during any month shall constitute 1 month of membership  service, 8 to 15 days shall constitute 1/2 month of membership service  and less than 8 days shall constitute 1/4 month of membership service.  The payroll record of each department shall constitute conclusive  evidence of the record of service rendered by a member.(b) For a member who is employed and paid on an academic-year basis  rather than on a 12-month annual basis, employment for a full academic year  shall constitute a full year of membership service, except that the member  shall not receive more than one year of membership service credit (plus any  additional service credit granted for unused sick leave) for service during  any 12-month period.  This subsection (b) applies to all such service for which  the member has not begun to receive a retirement annuity before January 1,  2001.(c) A person who first becomes a member before  the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General  Assembly shall be entitled to additional service credit, under  rules prescribed by the Board, for accumulated unused sick leave credited  to his account in the last Department on the date of withdrawal from  service or for any period for which he would have been eligible to receive  benefits under a sick pay plan authorized by law, if he had suffered a  sickness or accident on the date of withdrawal from service.  It shall be the  responsibility of the last Department to certify to the Board the length of  time salary or benefits would have been paid to the member based upon the  accumulated unused sick leave or the applicable sick pay plan if he had  become entitled thereto because of sickness on the date that his status as  an employee terminated.  This period of service credit granted under this  paragraph shall not be considered in determining the date the retirement  annuity is to begin, or final average compensation.(d) A person who first becomes a member on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General  Assembly shall not be entitled to additional service credit for  accumulated unused sick leave. (Source: P.A. 98-599, eff. 6-1-14.)(Text of Section WITHOUT the changes made by P.A. 98-599, which has been  held unconstitutional)Sec. 14-106.     Membership service credit.(a) After January 1, 1944, all  service of a member since he last became a member with respect to which  contributions are made shall count as membership service; provided, that  for service on and after July 1, 1950, 12 months of service shall  constitute a year of membership service, the completion of 15 days or  more of service during any month shall constitute 1 month of membership  service, 8 to 15 days shall constitute 1/2 month of membership service  and less than 8 days shall constitute 1/4 month of membership service.  The payroll record of each department shall constitute conclusive  evidence of the record of service rendered by a member.(b) For a member who is employed and paid on an academic-year basis  rather than on a 12-month annual basis, employment for a full academic year  shall constitute a full year of membership service, except that the member  shall not receive more than one year of membership service credit (plus any  additional service credit granted for unused sick leave) for service during  any 12-month period.  This subsection (b) applies to all such service for which  the member has not begun to receive a retirement annuity before January 1,  2001.(c) A member shall be entitled to additional service credit, under  rules prescribed by the Board, for accumulated unused sick leave credited  to his account in the last Department on the date of withdrawal from  service or for any period for which he would have been eligible to receive  benefits under a sick pay plan authorized by law, if he had suffered a  sickness or accident on the date of withdrawal from service.  It shall be the  responsibility of the last Department to certify to the Board the length of  time salary or benefits would have been paid to the member based upon the  accumulated unused sick leave or the applicable sick pay plan if he had  become entitled thereto because of sickness on the date that his status as  an employee terminated.  This period of service credit granted under this  paragraph shall not be considered in determining the date the retirement  annuity is to begin, or final average compensation.    (Source: P.A. 92-14, eff. 6-28-01.)