Section 40 ILCS 5/8-115 - Future entrant"Future entrant":
(a) Any employee of an employer or of the board, employed for the first time on or after the effective date.(b) Any person who becomes an employee of the Board of Education for the first time on or after the effective date, and who was a contributor on June 30, 1923, to any municipal pension fund then in operation in the city under the Public School Employees' Pension Act of 1903. Any such employee shall be considered a municipal employee during the entire time he has been in the service of the Board of Education.(c) Any person who becomes an employee of a municipal court or law department or Board of Election Commissioners for the first time on or after the effective date, and who was a participant on December 31, 1959, in either of the funds in operation in the city on December 31, 1959, created under the Court and Law Department Employees' Annuity Act or the Board of Election Commissioners Employees' Annuity Act. Any such employee shall be considered a municipal employee during the entire time he has been in the service of the municipal court, law department, or Board of Election Commissioners.(d) Any person who becomes an employee of the Public Library or a participant and contributor to the Public Library Employees' Pension Fund for the first time on or after the effective date, and who was a contributor and participant on December 31, 1965 in such fund created under the Public Library Employees' Pension Act in operation in the city on December 31, 1965. Any such person shall be considered a municipal employee during the entire time he has been in the service of the Public Library or during the entire time for which he was covered, as an employee, in the fund created under the aforesaid Act.(e) Any person who becomes an employee of the house of correction or a participant and contributor to the House of Correction Employees' Pension Fund for the first time on or after the effective date, and who was a contributor and participant on December 31, 1968 in such fund created under the House of Correction Employees' Pension Act in operation in the City on December 31, 1968. Any such person shall be considered a municipal employee during the entire time he has been in the service of the House of Correction. P.A. 91-357, eff. 7/29/1999.