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90_HB3373 40 ILCS 5/3-114.2 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-114.2 Amends the Downstate Police Article of the Pension Code. Provides that nonduty disability benefits are not available to a police officer who first becomes a member of the fund on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1998, until the officer has at least 7 years of creditable service in the fund. LRB9008780EGfg LRB9008780EGfg 1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Pension Code by changing 2 Section 3-114.2. 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 3-114.2 as follows: 7 (40 ILCS 5/3-114.2) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-114.2) 8 Sec. 3-114.2. Disability pension - Not on duty. 9 (a) Subject to the limitation in subsection (d), a 10 police officer who becomes disabled as a result of any cause 11 other than the performance of an act of duty, and who is 12 found to be physically or mentally disabled so as to render 13 necessary his or her suspension or retirement from police 14 service in the police department, shall be entitled to a 15 disability pension of 50% of the salary attached to the 16 officer's rank on the police force at the date of suspension 17 of duty or retirement. 18 (b) If a police officer on disability pension dies while 19 still disabled, the disability pension shall continue to be 20 paid to the officer's survivors in the sequence provided in 21 Section 3-112. 22 (c) From and after July 1, 1987, any pension payable 23 under this Section shall be at least $400 per month, without 24 regard to the fact that the disability or death of the police 25 officer occurred prior to that date. 26 (d) The benefits provided under this Section are not 27 available to a police officer who first becomes a member of 28 the fund on or after the effective date of this amendatory 29 Act of 1998, until the officer has at least 7 years of 30 creditable service in the fund. 31 (Source: P.A. 85-941.)