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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5University of Illinois School of Labor and Employment Relations
6Act.
 
7    Section 5. School of Labor and Employment Relations;
8autonomy. The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
9shall operate the School of Labor and Employment Relations as a
10distinct and autonomous entity within the University of
11Illinois for the purpose of offering curricula and other
12educational programs, at the Urbana-Champaign and Chicago
13campuses and through extension services, in all phases of
14industrial and labor relations to promote research in those
15fields by maintaining a school dedicated solely to the
16faithful, honest, and impartial inquiry into labor-management
17problems of all types, and for the securement of such advances
18as will lay the foundations for future progress in the field of
19labor relations.
 
20    Section 900. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by
21changing Sections 15-126.1, 15-139, 15-139.5, and 15-168.2 as
22follows:
 

 

 

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1    (40 ILCS 5/1-160)
2    Sec. 1-160. Provisions applicable to new hires.
3    (a) The provisions of this Section apply to a person who,
4on or after January 1, 2011, first becomes a member or a
5participant under any reciprocal retirement system or pension
6fund established under this Code, other than a retirement
7system or pension fund established under Article 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
815 or 18 of this Code, notwithstanding any other provision of
9this Code to the contrary, but do not apply to any self-managed
10plan established under this Code, to any person with respect to
11service as a sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article
127, or to any participant of the retirement plan established
13under Section 22-101. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
14in this Section, for purposes of this Section, a person who
15participated in a retirement system under Article 15 prior to
16January 1, 2011 shall be deemed a person who first became a
17member or participant prior to January 1, 2011 under any
18retirement system or pension fund subject to this Section. The
19changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of the 98th
20General Assembly are a clarification of existing law and are
21intended to be retroactive to the effective date of Public Act
2296-889, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1-103.1 of
23this Code.
24    (b) "Final average salary" means the average monthly (or
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1earnings calculated under the Article applicable to the member
2or participant during the 96 consecutive months (or 8
3consecutive years) of service within the last 120 months (or 10
4years) of service in which the total salary or earnings
5calculated under the applicable Article was the highest by the
6number of months (or years) of service in that period. For the
7purposes of a person who first becomes a member or participant
8of any retirement system or pension fund to which this Section
9applies on or after January 1, 2011, in this Code, "final
10average salary" shall be substituted for the following:
11        (1) In Article 7 (except for service as sheriff's law
12    enforcement employees), "final rate of earnings".
13        (2) In Articles 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, "highest average
14    annual salary for any 4 consecutive years within the last
15    10 years of service immediately preceding the date of
16    withdrawal".
17        (3) In Article 13, "average final salary".
18        (4) In Article 14, "final average compensation".
19        (5) In Article 17, "average salary".
20        (6) In Section 22-207, "wages or salary received by him
21    at the date of retirement or discharge".
22    (b-5) Beginning on January 1, 2011, for all purposes under
23this Code (including without limitation the calculation of
24benefits and employee contributions), the annual earnings,
25salary, or wages (based on the plan year) of a member or
26participant to whom this Section applies shall not exceed

 

 

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1$106,800; however, that amount shall annually thereafter be
2increased by the lesser of (i) 3% of that amount, including all
3previous adjustments, or (ii) one-half the annual unadjusted
4percentage increase (but not less than zero) in the consumer
5price index-u for the 12 months ending with the September
6preceding each November 1, including all previous adjustments.
7    For the purposes of this Section, "consumer price index-u"
8means the index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
9the United States Department of Labor that measures the average
10change in prices of goods and services purchased by all urban
11consumers, United States city average, all items, 1982-84 =
12100. The new amount resulting from each annual adjustment shall
13be determined by the Public Pension Division of the Department
14of Insurance and made available to the boards of the retirement
15systems and pension funds by November 1 of each year.
16    (c) A member or participant is entitled to a retirement
17annuity upon written application if he or she has attained age
1867 and has at least 10 years of service credit and is otherwise
19eligible under the requirements of the applicable Article.
20    A member or participant who has attained age 62 and has at
21least 10 years of service credit and is otherwise eligible
22under the requirements of the applicable Article may elect to
23receive the lower retirement annuity provided in subsection (d)
24of this Section.
25    (d) The retirement annuity of a member or participant who
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1service credit shall be reduced by one-half of 1% for each full
2month that the member's age is under age 67.
3    (e) Any retirement annuity or supplemental annuity shall be
4subject to annual increases on the January 1 occurring either
5on or after the attainment of age 67 or the first anniversary
6of the annuity start date, whichever is later. Each annual
7increase shall be calculated at 3% or one-half the annual
8unadjusted percentage increase (but not less than zero) in the
9consumer price index-u for the 12 months ending with the
10September preceding each November 1, whichever is less, of the
11originally granted retirement annuity. If the annual
12unadjusted percentage change in the consumer price index-u for
13the 12 months ending with the September preceding each November
141 is zero or there is a decrease, then the annuity shall not be
15increased.
16    (f) The initial survivor's or widow's annuity of an
17otherwise eligible survivor or widow of a retired member or
18participant who first became a member or participant on or
19after January 1, 2011 shall be in the amount of 66 2/3% of the
20retired member's or participant's retirement annuity at the
21date of death. In the case of the death of a member or
22participant who has not retired and who first became a member
23or participant on or after January 1, 2011, eligibility for a
24survivor's or widow's annuity shall be determined by the
25applicable Article of this Code. The initial benefit shall be
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1child's annuity of an otherwise eligible child shall be in the
2amount prescribed under each Article if applicable. Any
3survivor's or widow's annuity shall be increased (1) on each
4January 1 occurring on or after the commencement of the annuity
5if the deceased member died while receiving a retirement
6annuity or (2) in other cases, on each January 1 occurring
7after the first anniversary of the commencement of the annuity.
8Each annual increase shall be calculated at 3% or one-half the
9annual unadjusted percentage increase (but not less than zero)
10in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months ending with the
11September preceding each November 1, whichever is less, of the
12originally granted survivor's annuity. If the annual
13unadjusted percentage change in the consumer price index-u for
14the 12 months ending with the September preceding each November
151 is zero or there is a decrease, then the annuity shall not be
16increased.
17    (g) The benefits in Section 14-110 apply only if the person
18is a State policeman, a fire fighter in the fire protection
19service of a department, or a security employee of the
20Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile
21Justice, as those terms are defined in subsection (b) of
22Section 14-110. A person who meets the requirements of this
23Section is entitled to an annuity calculated under the
24provisions of Section 14-110, in lieu of the regular or minimum
25retirement annuity, only if the person has withdrawn from
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1service and has attained age 60, regardless of whether the
2attainment of age 60 occurs while the person is still in
3service.
4    (h) If a person who first becomes a member or a participant
5of a retirement system or pension fund subject to this Section
6on or after January 1, 2011 is receiving a retirement annuity
7or retirement pension under that system or fund and becomes a
8member or participant under any other system or fund created by
9this Code and is employed on a full-time basis, except for
10those members or participants exempted from the provisions of
11this Section under subsection (a) of this Section, then the
12person's retirement annuity or retirement pension under that
13system or fund shall be suspended during that employment. Upon
14termination of that employment, the person's retirement
15annuity or retirement pension payments shall resume and be
16recalculated if recalculation is provided for under the
17applicable Article of this Code.
18    If a person who first becomes a member of a retirement
19system or pension fund subject to this Section on or after
20January 1, 2012 and is receiving a retirement annuity or
21retirement pension under that system or fund and accepts on a
22contractual basis a position to provide services to a
23governmental entity from which he or she has retired, then that
24person's annuity or retirement pension earned as an active
25employee of the employer shall be suspended during that
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1retirement pension under this Code shall notify the pension
2fund or retirement system from which he or she is receiving an
3annuity or retirement pension, as well as his or her
4contractual employer, of his or her retirement status before
5accepting contractual employment. A person who fails to submit
6such notification shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and
7required to pay a fine of $1,000. Upon termination of that
8contractual employment, the person's retirement annuity or
9retirement pension payments shall resume and, if appropriate,
10be recalculated under the applicable provisions of this Code.
11    (i) (Blank).
12    (j) In the case of a conflict between the provisions of
13this Section and any other provision of this Code, the
14provisions of this Section shall control.
15(Source: P.A. 97-609, eff. 1-1-12; 98-92, eff. 7-16-13.)
 
16    (40 ILCS 5/15-108.2)
17    Sec. 15-108.2. Tier 2 member. "Tier 2 member": A person who
18first becomes a participant under this Article on or after
19January 1, 2011, other than a person in the self-managed plan
20established under Section 15-158.2, unless the person is
21otherwise a Tier 1 member. The changes made to this Section by
22this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly are a
23correction of existing law and are intended to be retroactive
24to the effective date of Public Act 96-889, notwithstanding the
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1this Article, other than a participant in the self-managed plan
2under Section 15-158.2, who on or after January 1, 2011, first
3becomes a participant or member under any reciprocal retirement
4system or pension fund established under this Code.
5(Source: P.A. 98-92, eff. 7-16-13.)
 
6    (40 ILCS 5/15-126.1)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-126.1)
7    Sec. 15-126.1. Academic year. "Academic year": The
812-month period beginning on the first day of the fall term as
9determined by each employer, or if the employer does not have
10an academic program divided into terms, then beginning
11September 1. For the purposes of Section 15-139.5 and
12subsection (b) of Section 15-139, however, "academic year"
13means the 12-month period beginning September 1.
14(Source: P.A. 84-1472.)
 
15    (40 ILCS 5/15-139)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-139)
16    Sec. 15-139. Retirement annuities; cancellation; suspended
17during employment.
18    (a) If an annuitant returns to employment for an employer
19within 60 days after the beginning of the retirement annuity
20payment period, the retirement annuity shall be cancelled, and
21the annuitant shall refund to the System the total amount of
22the retirement annuity payments which he or she received. If
23the retirement annuity is cancelled, the participant shall
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1    (b) If an annuitant retires prior to age 60 and receives or
2becomes entitled to receive during any month compensation in
3excess of the monthly retirement annuity (including any
4automatic annual increases) for services performed after the
5date of retirement for any employer under this System, that
6portion of the monthly retirement annuity provided by employer
7contributions shall not be payable.
8    If an annuitant retires at age 60 or over and receives or
9becomes entitled to receive during any academic year
10compensation in excess of the difference between his or her
11highest annual earnings prior to retirement and his or her
12annual retirement annuity computed under Rule 1, Rule 2, Rule
133, or Rule 4 of Section 15-136, or under Section 15-136.4, for
14services performed after the date of retirement for any
15employer under this System, that portion of the monthly
16retirement annuity provided by employer contributions shall be
17reduced by an amount equal to the compensation that exceeds
18such difference.
19    However, any remuneration received for serving as a member
20of the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board shall be
21excluded from "compensation" for the purposes of this
22subsection (b), and serving as a member of the Illinois
23Educational Labor Relations Board shall not be deemed to be a
24return to employment for the purposes of this Section. This
25provision applies without regard to whether service was
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1of 1991.
2    "Academic year", as used in this subsection (b), means the
312-month period beginning September 1.
4    (c) If an employer certifies that an annuitant has been
5reemployed on a permanent and continuous basis or in a position
6in which the annuitant is expected to serve for at least 9
7months, the annuitant shall resume his or her status as a
8participating employee and shall be entitled to all rights
9applicable to participating employees upon filing with the
10board an election to forgo all annuity payments during the
11period of reemployment. Upon subsequent retirement, the
12retirement annuity shall consist of the annuity which was
13terminated by the reemployment, plus the additional retirement
14annuity based upon service granted during the period of
15reemployment, but the combined retirement annuity shall not
16exceed the maximum annuity applicable on the date of the last
17retirement.
18    The total service and earnings credited before and after
19the initial date of retirement shall be considered in
20determining eligibility of the employee or the employee's
21beneficiary to benefits under this Article, and in calculating
22final rate of earnings.
23    In determining the death benefit payable to a beneficiary
24of an annuitant who again becomes a participating employee
25under this Section, accumulated normal and additional
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1normal and additional contributions at the date of initial
2retirement and the accumulated normal and additional
3contributions credited after that date, less the sum of the
4annuity payments received by the annuitant.
5    The survivors insurance benefits provided under Section
615-145 shall not be applicable to an annuitant who resumes his
7or her status as a participating employee, unless the
8annuitant, at the time of initial retirement, has a survivors
9insurance beneficiary who could qualify for such benefits.
10    If the participant's employment is terminated because of
11circumstances other than death before 9 months from the date of
12reemployment, the provisions of this Section regarding
13resumption of status as a participating employee shall not
14apply. The normal and survivors insurance contributions which
15are deducted during this period shall be refunded to the
16annuitant without interest, and subsequent benefits under this
17Article shall be the same as those which were applicable prior
18to the date the annuitant resumed employment.
19    The amendments made to this Section by this amendatory Act
20of the 91st General Assembly apply without regard to whether
21the annuitant was in service on or after the effective date of
22this amendatory Act.
23(Source: P.A. 97-933, eff. 8-10-12; 97-968, eff. 8-16-12;
2498-92, eff. 7-16-13.)
 
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1    Sec. 15-139.5. Return to work by affected annuitant; notice
2and contribution by employer.
3    (a) An employer who employs or re-employs a person
4receiving a retirement annuity from the System in an academic
5year beginning on or after August 1, 2013 must notify the
6System of that employment within 60 days after employing the
7annuitant. The notice must include a summary copy of the
8contract of employment or ; if no written contract of employment
9exists, then the notice must specify the rate of compensation
10and the anticipated length of employment of that annuitant. The
11notice must specify whether the annuitant will be compensated
12from federal, corporate, foundation, or trust funds or grants
13of State funds that identify the principal investigator by
14name. The notice must include the employer's determination of
15whether or not the annuitant is an "affected annuitant" as
16defined in subsection (b).
17    The employer must also record, document, and certify to the
18System (i) the number of paid days and paid weeks worked by the
19annuitant in the academic year, (ii) the amount of compensation
20paid to the annuitant for employment during the academic year,
21and (ii) (iii) the amount of that compensation, if any, that
22comes from either federal, corporate, foundation, or trust
23funds or grants of State funds that identify the principal
24investigator by name.
25    As used in this Section, "academic year" means the 12-month
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1term in Section 15-126.1; "paid day" means a day on which a
2person performs personal services for an employer and for which
3the person is compensated by the employer; and "paid week"
4means a calendar week in which a person has at least one paid
5day.
6    For the purposes of this Section, an annuitant whose
7employment by an employer extends over more than one academic
8year shall be deemed to be re-employed by that employer in each
9of those academic years.
10    The System may specify the time, form, and manner of
11providing the determinations, notifications, certifications,
12and documentation required under this Section.
13    (b) A person receiving a retirement annuity from the System
14becomes an "affected annuitant" on the first day of the
15academic year following the academic year in which the
16annuitant first meets both of the following condition
17conditions:
18        (1) (Blank). While receiving a retirement annuity
19    under this Article, the annuitant has been employed on or
20    after August 1, 2013 by one or more employers under this
21    Article for a total of more than 18 paid weeks (which need
22    not have been with the same employer or in the same
23    academic year); except that any periods of employment for
24    which the annuitant was compensated solely from federal,
25    corporate, foundation, or trust funds or grants of State
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1    excluded.
2        (2) While receiving a retirement annuity under this
3    Article, the annuitant was employed on or after August 1,
4    2013 by one or more employers under this Article and
5    received or became entitled to receive during an academic
6    year compensation for that employment in excess of 40% of
7    his or her highest annual earnings prior to retirement;
8    except that compensation paid from federal, corporate,
9    foundation, or trust funds or grants of State funds that
10    identify the principal investigator by name is excluded.
11    A person who becomes an affected annuitant remains an
12affected annuitant, except for any period during which the
13person returns to active service and does not receive a
14retirement annuity from the System.
15    (c) It is the obligation of the employer to determine
16whether an annuitant is an affected annuitant before employing
17the annuitant. For that purpose the employer may require the
18annuitant to disclose and document his or her relevant prior
19employment and earnings history. Failure of the employer to
20make this determination correctly and in a timely manner or to
21include this determination with the notification required
22under subsection (a) does not excuse the employer from making
23the contribution required under subsection (e).
24    The System may assist the employer in determining whether a
25person is an affected annuitant. The System shall inform the
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1inconsistent with the employment and earnings information in
2the System's records.
3    (d) Upon the request of an annuitant, the System shall
4certify to the annuitant or the employer the following
5information as reported by the employers, as that information
6is indicated in the records of the System: (i) the annuitant's
7highest annual earnings prior to retirement, (ii) the number of
8paid weeks worked by the annuitant for an employer on or after
9August 1, 2013, (iii) the compensation paid for that employment
10in each academic year, and (iii) (iv) whether any of that
11employment or compensation has been certified to the System as
12being paid from federal, corporate, foundation, or trust funds
13or grants of State funds that identify the principal
14investigator by name. The System shall only be required to
15certify information that is received from the employers.
16    (e) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a), an
17employer who employs an affected annuitant must pay to the
18System an employer contribution in the amount and manner
19provided in this Section, unless the annuitant is compensated
20by that employer solely from federal, corporate, foundation, or
21trust funds or grants of State funds that identify the
22principal investigator by name.
23    The employer contribution required under this Section for
24employment of an affected annuitant in an academic year shall
25be equal to 12 times the amount of the gross monthly retirement
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1first paid day of that employment in that academic year occurs,
2after any reduction in that annuity that may be imposed under
3subsection (b) of Section 15-139.
4    If an affected annuitant is employed by more than one
5employer in an academic year, the employer contribution
6required under this Section shall be divided among those
7employers in proportion to their respective portions of the
8total compensation paid to the affected annuitant for that
9employment during that academic year.
10    If the System determines that an employer, without
11reasonable justification, has failed to make the determination
12of affected annuitant status correctly and in a timely manner,
13or has failed to notify the System or to correctly document or
14certify to the System any of the information required by this
15Section, and that failure results in a delayed determination by
16the System that a contribution is payable under this Section,
17then the amount of that employer's contribution otherwise
18determined under this Section shall be doubled.
19    The System shall deem a failure to correctly determine the
20annuitant's status to be justified if the employer establishes
21to the System's satisfaction that the employer, after due
22diligence, made an erroneous determination that the annuitant
23was not an affected annuitant due to reasonable reliance on
24false or misleading information provided by the annuitant or
25another employer, or an error in the annuitant's official
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1    (f) Whenever the System determines that an employer is
2liable for a contribution under this Section, it shall so
3notify the employer and certify the amount of the contribution.
4The employer may pay the required contribution without interest
5at any time within one year after receipt of the certification.
6If the employer fails to pay within that year, then interest
7shall be charged at a rate equal to the System's prescribed
8rate of interest, compounded annually from the 366th day after
9receipt of the certification from the System. Payment must be
10concluded within 2 years after receipt of the certification by
11the employer. If the employer fails to make complete payment,
12including applicable interest, within 2 years, then the System
13may, after giving notice to the employer, certify the
14delinquent amount to the State Comptroller, and the Comptroller
15shall thereupon deduct the certified delinquent amount from
16State funds payable to the employer and pay them instead to the
17System.
18    (g) If an employer is required to make a contribution to
19the System as a result of employing an affected annuitant and
20the annuitant later elects to forgo his or her annuity in that
21same academic year pursuant to subsection (c) of Section
2215-139, then the required contribution by the employer shall be
23waived, and if the contribution has already been paid, it shall
24be refunded to the employer without interest.
25    (h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article,
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1be included in the determination of any benefit under this
2Article or any other Article of this Code, regardless of
3whether the annuitant returns to active service, and is in
4addition to any other State or employer contribution required
5under this Article.
6    (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section to
7the contrary, if an employer employs an affected annuitant in
8order to continue critical operations in the event of either an
9employee's unforeseen illness, accident, or death or a
10catastrophic incident or disaster, then, for one and only one
11academic year, the employer is not required to pay the
12contribution set forth in this Section for that annuitant. The
13employer shall, however, immediately notify the System upon
14employing a person subject to this subsection (i). For the
15purposes of this subsection (i), "critical operations" means
16teaching services, medical services, student welfare services,
17and any other services that are critical to the mission of the
18employer.
19    (j) This Section shall be applied and coordinated with the
20regulatory obligations contained in the State Universities
21Civil Service Act. This Section shall not apply to an annuitant
22if the employer of that annuitant provides documentation to the
23System that (1) the annuitant is employed in a status
24appointment position, as that term is defined in 80 Ill. Adm.
25Code 250.80, and (2) due to obligations contained under the
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1have the ability to limit the earnings or duration of
2employment for the annuitant while employed in the status
3appointment position.
4(Source: P.A. 97-968, eff. 8-16-12.)
 
5    (40 ILCS 5/15-145.1)
6    Sec. 15-145.1. Survivor's insurance annuities and lump sum
7payments benefits for Tier 2 Members; amount. Survivor
8eligibility, vesting, and conditions for a survivor's
9insurance annuity and lump sum payment amount payable to a
10survivor's insurance beneficiary of a deceased Tier 2 member
11shall be determined under the provisions of this Article
12applicable to survivor's insurance beneficiaries of a deceased
13Tier 1 member; however, the amount of a survivor's insurance
14annuity, including the annual increases thereon, shall be
15calculated pursuant to this Section. The initial survivor's
16insurance annuity benefit of a survivors insurance beneficiary
17of a Tier 2 annuitant member shall be in the amount of 66 2/3%
18of the Tier 2 member's retirement annuity at the date of death.
19In the case of the death of a Tier 2 member who has not retired,
20eligibility for a survivor's insurance benefit shall be
21determined by the applicable Section of this Article. The
22initial benefit shall be 66 2/3% of the earned annuity without
23a reduction due to age. A survivor's insurance annuity and
24shall be increased (1) on each January 1 occurring on or after
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1died while receiving a retirement annuity or (2) in other
2cases, on each January 1 occurring after the first anniversary
3of the commencement of the benefit. Each annual increase shall
4be calculated at 3% or one half the annual unadjusted
5percentage increase (but not less than zero) in the consumer
6price index-u for the 12 months ending with the September
7preceding each November 1, whichever is less, of the originally
8granted survivor's insurance annuity benefit. If the annual
9unadjusted percentage change in the consumer price index-u for
10the 12 months ending with the September preceding each November
111 is zero or there is a decrease, then the survivor's insurance
12annuity benefit shall not be increased. A beneficiary of a Tier
132 member who elects the Portable Benefit Package provided under
14this Article shall not be eligible for the survivor's insurance
15annuity benefit that is provided under this Section. If 2 or
16more persons are eligible to receive survivor's insurance
17annuities benefits as provided under this Section based on the
18same deceased Tier 2 member, the calculation of the survivor's
19insurance annuities benefits shall be based on the total
20calculation of the survivor's insurance annuity benefit and
21divided pro rata. The changes made to this Section by this
22amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly are a clarification
23of existing law and are intended to be retroactive to the
24effective date of Public Act 96-889, notwithstanding the
25provisions of Section 1-103.1 of this Code.
26(Source: P.A. 98-92, eff. 7-16-13.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.