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90_HB1878 40 ILCS 5/15-136.3 Amends the State Universities Article of the Pension Code. Increases the minimum retirement annuity by 3% each year. Effective immediately. LRB9005133EGfg LRB9005133EGfg 1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Pension Code by changing 2 Section 15-136.3. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by 6 changing Section 15-136.3 as follows: 7 (40 ILCS 5/15-136.3) 8 Sec. 15-136.3. Minimum retirement annuity. 9 (a) Beginning January 1, 1997, any person who is 10 receiving a monthly retirement annuity under this Article 11 which, after inclusion of (1) all one-time and automatic 12 annual increases to which the person is entitled, (2) any 13 supplemental annuity payable under Section 15-136.1, and (3) 14 any amount deducted under Section 15-138 or 15-140 to provide 15 a reversionary annuity, is less than the minimum monthly 16 retirement benefit amount specified in subsection (b) of this 17 Section, shall be entitled to a monthly supplemental payment 18 equal to the difference. 19 (b) For purposes of the calculation in subsection (a), 20 the minimum monthly retirement benefit amount is the sum of 21 $25 for each year of service credit, up to a maximum of 30 22 years of service. This $25 shall be increased by 3% on 23 January 1, 1998, and by 3% of the current amount on every 24 January 1 thereafter. 25 (c) The change to this Section made by this amendatory 26 Act of 1997 applies to all persons receiving a retirement 27 annuity under this Article, without regard to whether or not 28 employment terminated prior to the effective date of this 29 amendatory ActSection. 30 (Source: P.A. 89-616, eff. 8-9-96.) -2- LRB9005133EGfg 1 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 2 becoming law.