The amendment to this subdivision (B)(a) made by this amendatory Act of 1993 shall apply to persons who are active contributors to the System on or after November 30, 1992. A person who was an active contributor to the System on November 30, 1992 but is no longer an active contributor may apply to purchase military credit under this subdivision (B)(a) within 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1993; if the person is an annuitant, the resulting increase in annuity shall begin to accrue on the first day of the month following the month in which the required payment is received by the System. The change in the required contribution for purchased military credit made by this amendatory Act of 1993 shall not entitle any person to a refund of contributions already paid.
Service includes the total period of time for which a participant is elected as a member or officer, even though he or she does not complete the term because of death, resignation, judicial decision, or operation of law, provided that the contributions required under this Article for such entire period of office have been made by or on behalf of the participant. In the case of a participant appointed or elected to fill a vacancy, service includes the total period from January 1 of the year in which his or her service commences to the end of the term in which the vacancy occurs, provided the participant contributes in the year of appointment an amount equal to the contributions that would have been required had the participant received salary for the entire year. The foregoing provisions relating to a participant appointed or elected to fill a vacancy shall not apply if the participant was a member of the other legislative chamber at the time of appointment or election.
40 ILCS 5/2-110