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1 | AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 5-147 as follows:
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6 | (40 ILCS 5/5-147) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 5-147)
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7 | Sec. 5-147. Widow's marriage to terminate annuity. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | of the
95th General Assembly, a widow's annuity shall no longer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | be subject to
termination or suspension under this Section due | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | to remarriage. Any widow's
annuity that was previously | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | terminated or suspended under this Section by
reason of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | remarriage shall, upon application, be resumed as of the date | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | of the
application, but in no event sooner than the effective | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | date of this amendatory
Act. The resumption shall not be | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | retroactive. This subsection (a) applies
regardless of whether | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | or not the deceased policeman was in service on or after
the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Assembly.
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20 | (b) This subsection (b) does not apply on or after the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | effective date of
this amendatory Act of the 95th General | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Assembly.
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23 | Any annuity
granted to a widow shall be suspended when she |
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1 | remarries, unless she
remarries after attaining age 60 or the | ||||||
2 | annuity was granted under Section
5-144 and the remarriage | ||||||
3 | takes place after October 31, 1989.
Except as otherwise | ||||||
4 | provided by this Section, if a widow remarries before reaching
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5 | age 60, annuity payment shall be suspended, but the widow's | ||||||
6 | annuity
payments shall be resumed if the subsequent marriage | ||||||
7 | ends either by dissolution of
marriage, declaration of | ||||||
8 | invalidity of marriage or the death of the
husband. If a widow | ||||||
9 | remarries after attaining age 60, or the annuity was
granted | ||||||
10 | under Section 5-144 and the remarriage takes place after June | ||||||
11 | 1,
1990, regardless of whether or not the deceased policeman | ||||||
12 | was in service on
or after the effective date of this | ||||||
13 | amendatory Act of 1991, the widow's
annuity shall continue | ||||||
14 | without interruption.
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15 | If when a widow dies she
has not received, in form of | ||||||
16 | annuity, an amount equal to the accumulated
employee | ||||||
17 | contributions for widow's annuity,
the difference between such | ||||||
18 | accumulated contributions and the sum
received by her, along | ||||||
19 | with any part of the accumulated contributions
for age and | ||||||
20 | service annuity remaining in the fund at her death shall be
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21 | refunded to the policemen's children, in equal parts to each; | ||||||
22 | provided,
if any child is less than age 18, such part of any | ||||||
23 | such amount required
to pay annuities to such children shall be | ||||||
24 | transferred to the child's
annuity reserve. If no children or | ||||||
25 | descendants thereof survive the
policeman, such refund shall be | ||||||
26 | paid to the estate of the policeman. In
making refunds under |
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1 | this Section, no interest shall be considered upon
either the | ||||||
2 | total of annuity payments made or the amounts subject to
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3 | refund.
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4 | (Source: P.A. 86-1488.)
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5 | Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | ||||||
6 | Section 8.31 as follows: | ||||||
7 | (30 ILCS 805/8.31 new) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 8.31. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | ||||||
9 | of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | ||||||
10 | implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | ||||||
11 | the 95th General Assembly.
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12 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
13 | becoming law.
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