Over 30 years of retirement, Hinze would collect as much as $2.52 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.
The projection assumes Hinze received $53,042 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Hinze will have already received $163,947 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.