Before You Call: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

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Legal & FOIA

Click on the links below to view SURS plan documents, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) materials, and information on rules and statutes affecting SURS.

SURS Plan Documents

Retirement Savings Plan
Deferred Compensation Plan

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

The Illinois Freedom of Information Act provides that a person can ask a public body to inspect or copy its records on a specific subject and the public body must provide those records, unless there is an exemption in the statute that protects those records from disclosure (for example: records containing proprietary information or trade secrets, personally identifying information (PII), and other confidential/private information).

FOIA Manual and Information
FOIA Request Form

SURS Rules and Statutes

SURS Rules – Administrative Code hosted on the JCAR website.
SURS Statutes – Illinois Pension Code hosted on the ILGA website.
Rulemaking – When SURS adopts a rule, the Secretary of State publishes the notice of final adoption of the rulemaking in the Illinois Register. The final SURS rules are codified under Title 80, Part 1600 of the Illinois Administrative Code. The Illinois Register issues containing recently adopted SURS rules are listed below according to their effective dates.