Illinois Compiled Statutes

40 ILCS 5/8-226.7 (2026)

Transfer to Article 7

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(40 ILCS 5/8-226.7)
    Sec. 8-226.7. Transfer to Article 7. Until 6 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, any member who is a sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article 7 of this Code who is eligible to transfer service credit to that Fund from this Fund under paragraph (9) of subsection (a) of Section 7-139 may apply for transfer of that service credit to the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund. The credits and creditable service shall be transferred upon application, and shall include payment by this Fund to the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund of:
        (1) the amounts accumulated to the credit of the
    
applicant for that service, including interest, on the books of the Fund on the date of transfer; and
        (2) the corresponding employer credits computed and
    
credited for that service under this Article, including interest, on the books of the Fund on the date of transfer.
    Participation in this Fund as to the credits transferred under this Section shall terminate on the date of transfer.
(Source: P.A. 95-504, eff. 8-28-07.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2015–2015 · leading case: Vill. of Oak Brook v. Sheahan, 2015 IL App (2d) 140810 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015).
Vill. of Oak Brook v. Sheahan, 2015 IL App (2d) 140810 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). · cites it 2× “7 of the Pension Code (40 ILCS 5/8-226.7 (West 2008)) and amended section 7-139(a)(9) of the Pension Code (40 ILCS 5/7-139(a)(9) (West 2008)).”
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