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1    AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing
5Section 7-155 as follows:
 
6    (40 ILCS 5/7-155)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-155)
7    Sec. 7-155. Surviving spouse annuities-commencement.
8    (a) A surviving spouse annuity shall begin on the 1st day
9of the month next following the month in which the
10participating employee, or the employee annuitant or such
11person entitled to a retirement annuity died, upon a written
12application therefor, provided:
13        1. Any such annuity payments payable for periods
14    beginning Such date is not more than one year prior to the
15    date the application was received by the Board shall not
16    include interest based on late payment; and
17        2. The amount of surviving spouse annuity before the
18    application of paragraph 3 of Section 7-158, is at least $5
19    per month, beginning on such date.
20    (b) A person receiving a surviving spouse annuity whose
21annuity was granted but limited to one year prior to the
22application date under the former provisions of this Section
23may reapply for annuity payments for the period denied due to

 

 

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1the one-year limitation. Such annuity payments shall not
2include interest based on late payment.
3    (c) The changes to this Section made by this amendatory Act
4of the 99th General Assembly apply without regard to whether
5the deceased spouse was in service on or after the effective
6date of this amendatory Act.
7(Source: P.A. 80-653.)
 
8    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9becoming law.