All past service types are explained in this Section. This table provides a summary of the most common types of past service. Note: a person must be an active IMRF participant to apply for past service credits. For certain types of past service, a person is also eligible to apply if an active reciprocal system participant.
Member's Situation |
Type
of Service |
Action the Employer Takes |
Member took a refund of his or her IMRF contributions in the past. Now member wants to pay back the refund and reinstate the service credit .
|
Download and Print Form 6.03
Form 6.03 -- Member can also submit Form 6.03 via Member Access. |
None |
Member’s position qualified for IMRF, but the employer did not enroll the member in IMRF. |
Download and Print Form 6.05 |
|
Member
wishes to convert time served in the U.S. Military to IMRF service: Under Federal Law: Under Illinois Law:
OR
|
Military Service
Download and Print Form 6.02J |
Under Federal Law:
Under Illinois Law:
AND
OR
|
Member was working for his or her employer when it joined IMRF. Member was granted the maximum free service (20% of service up to five years) and wishes to purchase remaining service.
|
Download and Print Form 6.07 |
Certify member’s wages and months of qualifying service on Form 6.07, Application for Prior Service Credit. |
Member is an elected official who held an office qualifying for IMRF. Member now participates in IMRF and wishes to purchase up to 50 months of previous elected official service. |
Download and Print Form 6.04 |
Governing body must choose to approve and file a resolution finding that the elected official position qualified for IMRF Form 6.64, if not previously filed, AND Certify member’s wages and months of qualifying elected official service on IMRF Form 6.04, Application for Retroactive Service Credit.
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Member is an elected official who held an office qualifying for IMRF. He or she now participates in IMRF and wishes to purchase more than 50 months of previous elected official service credit. |
Download and Print Form 6.04 |
Governing body must choose to approve and file a resolution finding that the elected official position qualified for IMRF Form 6.64, if not previously filed, AND Before January 1, 2002, governing body must have passed a resolution allowing more than 50 months of retroactive service credit for elected officials, Form 6.81. AND Certify member’s wages and qualifying elected official service on Form 6.04, Application for Retroactive Service Credit.
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Member will take a leave of absence from his or her job. While on leave, member wants to earn IMRF service credit and wants IMRF disability and death protection to continue.
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Download and Print Form 6.32. (Note: Member should file this form before his or her leave begins.) |
Governing Body must choose to authorize the leave and agree to pay the estimated employer costs. Certify member's wages and months of leave on Form 6.32, IMRF Benefit Protection Leave.
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Member has service credit with a public pension system in another state and wishes to convert it to IMRF service credit. |
Download and Print Form 6.33 |
Governing Body must choose to authorize purchase of service and the amount purchased on Form 6.33, Out-of-State Credit Authorization.
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Member participates in the Elected County Officials (ECO) plan and wants to convert his or her existing SLEP or Regular service credit to ECO service credit. |
Download and Print Form 6.06
|
None |
SLEP member wants to convert up to 120 months of Regular Plan service to SLEP service if they joined before August 8, 2011. Members who join the SLEP plan on or after August 8, 2011 are not eligible to upgrade Regular service credit to SLEP. |
Conversion of Regular Service Credit SLEP
Download and Print Form 6.09 |
None |
Police Chief elected to participate in SLEP and wishes to transfer service as a police officer
|
Election
of Police Chief
Download and Print Form 6.22 |
Certifies the date the police chief was appointed. |