093_SB1710 LRB093 02828 LRD 02844 b 1 AN ACT in relation to pensions. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by 5 changing Section 5-101 as follows: 6 (40 ILCS 5/5-101) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 5-101) 7 Sec. 5-101. Creation of fund. In each city of more than 8 500,000 inhabitants a policemen's annuity and benefit fund 9 shall be created and maintained for the benefit of its 10 policemen, their widows and children, and of all contributors 11 to, participants in, and beneficiaries of any police pension 12 fund in operation, by authority of law, in thesuchcity 13 immediately prior to the effective date. For the purposes of 14 this Article, the policemen's annuity and benefit fund may be 15 referred to as the "fund." 16 (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)