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90_SB0924 40 ILCS 5/9-149 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-149 30 ILCS 805/8.21 new Amends the Cook County Article of the Pension Code. Provides that the remarriage of the surviving spouse of a county police officer does not operate to terminate the surviving spouse benefit if the remarriage occurs on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately. LRB9003330EGfg LRB9003330EGfg 1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Pension Code by changing 2 Section 9-149 and to amend the State Mandates Act. 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 9-149 as follows: 7 (40 ILCS 5/9-149) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-149) 8 Sec. 9-149. Widow's marriage to terminate annuity; 9 exception. A widow's annuity shall terminate when she 10 remarries, except in the case of the remarriage of the 11 surviving spouse of a county police officer occurring on or 12 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997. If 13 she has not received, in form of annuity, an amount equal to 14 the total sums accumulated and credited from the employee's 15 contributions and applied for the widow's annuity, the 16 difference between such accumulated annuity credits and the 17 amount received by her in annuity payments shall be refunded 18 to her; provided that if a reversionary annuity is payable to 19 her or to any other person designated by the employee, such 20 aforesaid amount shall not be refunded, but the reversionary 21 annuity shall be payable. 22 The changes to this Section made by this amendatory Act 23 of 1997 apply without regard to whether the deceased county 24 police officer was in service on or after the effective date 25 of this amendatory Act. 26 (Source: P.A. 81-1536.) 27 Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding 28 Section 8.21 as follows: 29 (30 ILCS 805/8.21 new) -2- LRB9003330EGfg 1 Sec. 8.21. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 2 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required 3 for the implementation of any mandate created by this 4 amendatory Act of 1997. 5 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 6 becoming law.