Public Act 096-1143
 
HB5149 EnrolledLRB096 19492 AMC 34884 b



    AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:


 
    Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended  by changing 
Section 3-108.3 as follows:
 



    (40 ILCS 5/3-108.3)



    Sec. 3-108.3. Beneficiary. "Beneficiary": A person 
receiving benefits from
a pension fund, including, but not 
limited to, retired pensioners, disabled
pensioners, their 
surviving spouses, minor children, disabled children, and

dependent parents. If a special needs trust as described in 
Section 1396p(d)(4) of Title 42 of the United States Code, as 
amended from time to time, has been established for a disabled 
adult child, then the special needs trust may stand in lieu of 
the disabled adult child as  a beneficiary for the purposes of 
this Article. 

(Source: P.A. 90-507, eff. 8-22-97.)

 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.