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90_SB1564

      40 ILCS 5/13-302          from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 13-302
      40 ILCS 5/13-306          from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 13-306
      40 ILCS 5/13-308          from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 13-308
      40 ILCS 5/13-309          from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 13-309
      40 ILCS 5/13-310          from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 13-310
      40 ILCS 5/13-311          from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 13-311
      30 ILCS 805/8.22 new
          Amends  the  Metropolitan  Water   Reclamation   District
      Article  of  the  Illinois  Pension Code.  Decreases the duty
      disability benefit from 75%  to  50%  of  salary  and  delays
      payment   until   final   adjudication   of   the   issue  of
      compensability under the Workers'  Compensation  Act  or  the
      Workers' Occupational Diseases Act.  Provides for termination
      of both duty and ordinary disability benefits if the disabled
      employee  (i) fails to follow medical advice, (ii) refuses to
      authorize the  Board  to  examine  his  or  her  medical  and
      hospital   records,   or  (iii)  fails  to  provide  complete
      information  relating   to   other   employment.      Expands
      application  of  the workers' compensation offset to benefits
      other than disability benefits and child and surviving spouse
      annuities and provides that interest shall not be  considered
      in  certain  calculations.    (Article XIII, Section 5 of the
      Illinois Constitution may prevent  these  benefit  reductions
      and  limitations from applying to current or former members.)
      Also provides for an increase in  the  child's  annuity,  the
      minimum  retirement annuity, and the minimum surviving spouse
      annuity.  Allows conversion  of  a  surviving  spouse's  term
      annuity  into  a minimum surviving spouse annuity. Amends the
      State  Mandates  Act  to   require   implementation   without
      reimbursement.  Effective immediately.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the Illinois Pension Code by changing
 2    Sections 13-302, 13-306, 13-308, 13-309, 13-310,  and  13-311
 3    and to amend the State Mandates Act.
 4        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 5    represented in the General Assembly:
 6        Section 5.  The  Illinois  Pension  Code  is  amended  by
 7    changing Sections 13-302, 13-306, 13-308, 13-309, 13-310, and
 8    13-311 as follows:
 9        (40 ILCS 5/13-302) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 13-302)
10        Sec. 13-302.  Computation of retirement annuity.
11        (a)  Computation  of  annuity.  An employee who withdraws
12    from service on or after July 1, 1989 and who has met the age
13    and service requirements and other conditions for eligibility
14    set forth in Section 13-301 of this Article  is  entitled  to
15    receive  a  retirement  annuity  for  life  equal  to 2.2% of
16    average final salary for  each  of  the  first  20  years  of
17    service,  and  2.4%  of average final salary for each year of
18    service in excess of 20.  The retirement  annuity  shall  not
19    exceed 80% of average final salary.
20        (b)  Early  retirement  discount.  If an employee retires
21    prior to attainment of age 60 with  less  than  30  years  of
22    service,  the  annuity computed above shall be reduced by 1/2
23    of 1% for each full month between the date the annuity begins
24    and attainment of age 60, or each full  month  by  which  the
25    employee's  service is less than 30 years, whichever is less.
26    However, where the employee first enters  service  after  the
27    effective  date  of  this amendatory Act of 1997 and does not
28    have at least 10 years of service exclusive of  credit  under
29    Article  20,  the  annuity computed above shall be reduced by
30    1/2 of 1% for each full month between the  date  the  annuity
31    begins and attainment of age 60.
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 1        (c)  Early  retirement without discount.  An employee who
 2    has attained age 50 and retires after December 31,  1987  and
 3    before  June 30, 1997, and who retires within 6 months of the
 4    last day for which retirement  contributions  were  required,
 5    may  elect  at  the  time  of  application to make a one-time
 6    employee contribution to the Fund and thereby avoid the early
 7    retirement  reduction  specified  in  subsection  (b).    The
 8    exercise  of the election shall also obligate the employer to
 9    make a one-time nonrefundable contribution to the Fund.
10        The one-time employee and employer contributions shall be
11    a percentage of the retiring employee's last full-time annual
12    salary, calculated as the total amount paid during  the  last
13    260 work days immediately prior to the date of withdrawal, or
14    if  not full-time then the full time equivalent, and based on
15    the employee's age and service at retirement.   The  employee
16    contribution rate shall be 7% multiplied by the lesser of the
17    following  2  numbers:  (1)  the  number of years, or portion
18    thereof, that the employee is less than age 60;  or  (2)  the
19    number  of  years,  or  portion  thereof, that the employee's
20    service is less than 30  years.   The  employer  contribution
21    shall  be  at  the  rate  of  20%  for  each year, or portion
22    thereof, that the participant is less than age 60.
23        Upon  receipt  of  the  application,  the   Board   shall
24    determine    the    corresponding   employee   and   employer
25    contributions.  The annuity shall not be payable  under  this
26    subsection  until  both  the required contributions have been
27    received by the Fund.  However, the  date  the  contributions
28    are  received  shall  not  be  considered  in determining the
29    effective date of retirement.
30        The number of employees who may retire under this Section
31    in any year may be limited at the option of the District to a
32    specified percentage of those eligible, not lower  than  30%,
33    with  the  right  to  participate to be allocated among those
34    applying on the basis of seniority  in  the  service  of  the
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 1    employer.
 2        An   employee   who   has   terminated   employment   and
 3    subsequently re-enters service shall not be entitled to early
 4    retirement  without discount under this subsection unless the
 5    employee continues in service for  at  least  4  years  after
 6    re-entry.
 7        (c-1)  Early   retirement  without  discount;  retirement
 8    after June 29, 1997.  An employee who (i) has attained age 55
 9    (age 50 if the employee  first  entered  service  before  the
10    effective  date  of this amendatory Act of 1997), (ii) has at
11    least 10 years of service exclusive of credit  under  Article
12    20,  (iii)  retires after June 29, 1997 and before January 1,
13    2003, and (iv) retires within 6 months of the  last  day  for
14    which  retirement  contributions  were required, may elect at
15    the  time  of  application  to  make  a   one-time   employee
16    contribution   to  the  Fund  and  thereby  avoid  the  early
17    retirement  reduction  specified  in  subsection  (b).    The
18    exercise  of the election shall also obligate the employer to
19    make a one-time nonrefundable contribution to the Fund.
20        The one-time employee and employer contributions shall be
21    a percentage of the  retiring  employee's  highest  full-time
22    annual  salary,  calculated  as  the  total  amount of salary
23    included in the highest 26 consecutive pay periods as used in
24    the average  final  salary  calculation,  and  based  on  the
25    employee's  age and service at retirement.  The employee rate
26    shall be 7% multiplied by  the  lesser  of  the  following  2
27    numbers:  (1)  the  number of years, or portion thereof, that
28    the employee is less than age 60; or (2) the number of years,
29    or portion thereof, that the employee's service is less  than
30    30  years.  The employer contribution shall be at the rate of
31    20% for each year, or portion thereof, that  the  participant
32    is less than age 60.
33        Upon   receipt   of  the  application,  the  Board  shall
34    determine   the   corresponding   employee    and    employer
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 1    contributions.   The  annuity shall not be payable under this
 2    subsection until both the required  contributions  have  been
 3    received  by  the  Fund.  However, the date the contributions
 4    are received shall  not  be  considered  in  determining  the
 5    effective date of retirement.
 6        The number of employees who may retire under this Section
 7    in any year may be limited at the option of the District to a
 8    specified  percentage  of those eligible, not lower than 30%,
 9    with the right to participate to  be  allocated  among  those
10    applying  on  the  basis  of  seniority in the service of the
11    employer.
12        An   employee   who   has   terminated   employment   and
13    subsequently re-enters service shall not be entitled to early
14    retirement without discount under this subsection unless  the
15    employee  continues  in  service  for  at least 4 years after
16    re-entry.
17        (d)  Annual increase.  Except for employees retiring  and
18    receiving a term annuity, an employee who retires on or after
19    July 1, 1985 shall, upon the first payment date following the
20    first anniversary of the date of retirement, have the monthly
21    annuity  increased by 3% of the amount of the monthly annuity
22    fixed at the date of retirement.  The monthly  annuity  shall
23    be  increased  by an additional 3% on the same date each year
24    thereafter.  Beginning January 1, 1993, all annual  increases
25    payable  under this subsection (or any predecessor provision,
26    regardless of the date of retirement) shall be calculated  at
27    the  rate of 3% of the monthly annuity payable at the time of
28    the increase,  including  any  increases  previously  granted
29    under this Article.
30        Any  employee who (i) retired before July 1, 1985 with at
31    least 10 years of creditable service,  (ii)  is  receiving  a
32    retirement  annuity  under  this  Article,  other than a term
33    annuity, and (iii) has not received any annual increase under
34    this subsection, shall begin receiving the  annual  increases
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 1    provided  under  this  subsection  (d)  beginning on the next
 2    annuity payment date following the  effective  date  of  this
 3    amendatory Act of 1997.
 4        (e)  Minimum  retirement  annuity.   Beginning January 1,
 5    1993, the minimum monthly retirement annuity  shall  be  $500
 6    for  any  annuitant having at least 10 years of service under
 7    this Article, other than a term annuitant or an annuitant who
 8    began receiving the annuity before  attaining  age  60.   Any
 9    such  annuitant  who  is  receiving a monthly annuity of less
10    than $500 shall have the annuity increased to  $500  on  that
11    date.
12        Beginning January 1, 1993, the minimum monthly retirement
13    annuity shall be $250 for any annuitant (other than a term or
14    reciprocal  annuitant or an annuitant under subsection (d) of
15    Section 13-301) having less than 10 years  of  service  under
16    this  Article,  and  for  any  annuitant  (other  than a term
17    annuitant) having at least 10 years  of  service  under  this
18    Article  who began receiving the annuity before attaining age
19    60.  Any such annuitant who is receiving a monthly annuity of
20    less than $250 shall have the annuity increased  to  $250  on
21    that date.
22        Beginning  on  the  first  day of the month following the
23    month in which this amendatory Act of 1998 takes effect  (and
24    without  regard to whether the annuitant was in service on or
25    after that effective date), the  minimum  monthly  retirement
26    annuity  for  any  annuitant  having  at  least  10  years of
27    service, other than a term annuitant or  an  annuitant  whose
28    annuity  is subject to an early retirement discount, shall be
29    $500 plus $25 for each year of service in excess of  10,  not
30    to  exceed  $750  for  an  annuitant with 20 or more years of
31    service.  In the case of a reciprocal annuity,  this  minimum
32    shall  apply  only  if the annuitant has at least 10 years of
33    service under this Article, and the  amount  of  the  minimum
34    annuity  shall  be  reduced  by the sum of all the reciprocal
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 1    annuities payable to the  annuitant  by  other  participating
 2    systems under Article 20 of this Code.
 3    (Source: P.A. 90-12, eff. 6-13-97.)
 4        (40 ILCS 5/13-306) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 13-306)
 5        Sec. 13-306.  Computation of surviving spouse's annuity.
 6        (a)  Computation  of the annuity.  The surviving spouse's
 7    annuity shall be equal  to  60%  of  the  retirement  annuity
 8    earned  and  accrued  to the credit of the deceased employee,
 9    whether death occurs while in service  or  after  withdrawal,
10    plus  1%  for each year of total service of the employee to a
11    maximum of 85%; provided, however,  that  if  the  employee's
12    death  arises  out  of  and  in  the course of the employee's
13    service to the employer and is compensable under  either  the
14    Illinois  Workers'  Compensation  Act  or  Illinois  Workers'
15    Occupational  Diseases Act, the surviving spouse's annuity is
16    payable regardless of the employee's length  of  service  and
17    shall  be  not  less than 50% of the employee's salary at the
18    date of death.
19        For any death in service the  early  retirement  discount
20    required  under  Section  13-302(b)  shall  not be applied in
21    computing the retirement annuity  upon  which  is  based  the
22    surviving spouse's annuity.
23        (b)  Reciprocal  service.   For any employee or annuitant
24    who retires on or after July 1, 1985 and whose  death  occurs
25    after  January  1,  1991, having at least 15 years of service
26    with the employer under this Article, and who was eligible at
27    the time of death or elected at the  time  of  retirement  to
28    have  his or her retirement annuity calculated as provided in
29    Section 20-131 of this Code,  the  surviving  spouse  benefit
30    shall be calculated as of the date of the employee's death as
31    indicated in subsection (a) as a percentage of the employee's
32    total  benefit  as if all service had been with the employer.
33    That benefit shall then be reduced by the amounts payable  by
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 1    each  of the reciprocal funds as of the date of death so that
 2    the total surviving spouse benefit at that date will be equal
 3    to the benefit which would have been payable had all  service
 4    been with the employer under this Article.
 5        (c)  Discount  for  age  differential.  The annuity for a
 6    surviving spouse shall be discounted by 0.25% for  each  full
 7    month  that the spouse is younger than the employee as of the
 8    date of withdrawal from service or  death  in  service  to  a
 9    maximum  discount  of  60% of the surviving spouse annuity as
10    calculated under  subsections  (a),  (b),  and  (e)  of  this
11    Section.   The discount shall be reduced by 10% for each full
12    year the marriage has been in continuous  effect  as  of  the
13    date  of  withdrawal  or death in service.  There shall be no
14    discount if the marriage has been in continuous effect for 10
15    full years or more at the time  of  withdrawal  or  death  in
16    service.
17        (d)  Annual  increase.  On the first day of each calendar
18    month in which there occurs an anniversary of the  employee's
19    date  of  retirement  or  date  of  death, whichever occurred
20    first, the surviving spouse's  annuity,  other  than  a  term
21    annuity under Section 13-307, shall be increased by an amount
22    equal  to 3% of the amount of the annuity.  Beginning January
23    1, 1993, all annual increases payable under  this  subsection
24    (or  any  predecessor  provision  of  this  Article) shall be
25    calculated at the rate of 3% of the monthly  annuity  payable
26    at   the  time  of  the  increase,  including  any  increases
27    previously granted under this Article.
28        Beginning January 1, 1993,  surviving  spouse  annuitants
29    whose  deceased spouse died, retired or withdrew from service
30    before August 23, 1989 with at  least  10  years  of  service
31    under this Article shall be eligible for the annual increases
32    provided under this subsection.
33        (e)  Minimum surviving spouse's annuity.
34        (1)  Beginning  January  1,  1993,  the  minimum  monthly
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 1    surviving  spouse's  annuity  shall be $500 for any annuitant
 2    whose deceased spouse had at least 10 years of service  under
 3    this  Article,  other  than  a surviving spouse who is a term
 4    annuitant  or  whose  deceased  spouse  began   receiving   a
 5    retirement  annuity  under  this Article before attainment of
 6    age 60.  Any such surviving spouse annuitant who is receiving
 7    a monthly annuity of less than $500 shall  have  the  annuity
 8    increased to $500 on that date.
 9        Beginning  January 1, 1993, the minimum monthly surviving
10    spouse's annuity shall be $250 for any annuitant (other  than
11    a term or reciprocal annuitant or an annuitant survivor under
12    subsection  (d)  of Section 13-301) whose deceased spouse had
13    less than 10 years of service under this Article, and for any
14    annuitant (other than a term annuitant) whose deceased spouse
15    had at least 10 years of service under this Article and began
16    receiving a retirement  annuity  under  this  Article  before
17    attainment  of  age  60.  Any such surviving spouse annuitant
18    who is receiving a monthly annuity of less  than  $250  shall
19    have the annuity increased to $250 on that date.
20        (2)  Beginning  on  the  first day of the month following
21    the month in which this amendatory Act of 1998  takes  effect
22    (and  without  regard  to  whether the deceased spouse was in
23    service on or after that effective date), the minimum monthly
24    surviving spouse's annuity for any annuitant  whose  deceased
25    spouse  had at least 10 years of service shall be the greater
26    of the following:
27             (A)  An amount equal to $500, plus $25 for each year
28        of the deceased spouse's service in excess of 10, not  to
29        exceed $750 for an annuitant whose deceased spouse had 20
30        or  more  years  of service.  This subdivision (A) is not
31        applicable if the deceased spouse received  a  retirement
32        annuity that was subject to an early retirement discount.
33             (B)  An  amount  equal  to (i) 50% of the retirement
34        annuity earned and accrued to the credit of the  deceased
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 1        spouse  at the time of death, plus (ii) the amount of any
 2        annual increases applicable  to  the  surviving  spouse's
 3        annuity   (including   the  amount  of  any  reversionary
 4        annuity) under subsection (d) before the  effective  date
 5        of  this  amendatory Act of 1998.  In any case in which a
 6        refund of excess contributions for the  surviving  spouse
 7        annuity  has  been  paid  by  the  Fund and the surviving
 8        spouse annuity is increased due  to  the  application  of
 9        this  subdivision (B), the amount of that refund shall be
10        recovered by the Fund as an offset against the amount  of
11        the  increase  in annuity arising from the application of
12        this subdivision (B).
13        In the case of a reciprocal annuity, the minimum  annuity
14    calculated  under this subdivision (e)(2) shall apply only if
15    the deceased spouse of the annuitant had at least 10 years of
16    service under this Article, and the  amount  of  the  minimum
17    annuity  shall  be  reduced  by the sum of all the reciprocal
18    annuities payable to the  annuitant  by  other  participating
19    systems under Article 20 of this Code.
20        The  minimum  annuity  calculated  under this subdivision
21    (e)(2) is in addition  to  the  amount  of  any  reversionary
22    annuity that may be payable.
23        (3)  Beginning  on  the  first day of the month following
24    the month in which this amendatory Act of 1998  takes  effect
25    (and  without  regard  to  whether the deceased spouse was in
26    service on or  after  that  effective  date),  any  surviving
27    spouse  who  is receiving a term annuity under Section 13-307
28    or any predecessor provision of this Article  may  have  that
29    term   annuity   recalculated  and  converted  to  a  minimum
30    surviving spouse annuity under this subsection (e).
31        (4)  The minimum annuity provided under  this  subsection
32    (e)  shall  be  subject  to  the  age discount provided under
33    subsection (c) of this Section.
34    (Source: P.A. 90-12, eff. 6-13-97.)
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 1        (40 ILCS 5/13-308) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 13-308)
 2        Sec. 13-308.  Child's annuity.
 3        (a)  Eligibility.  A child's annuity  shall  be  provided
 4    for  each  unmarried  child  under  the age of 18 years whose
 5    employee parent dies while  in  service,  or  whose  deceased
 6    parent  is  an  annuitant or former employee with at least 10
 7    years of creditable service who did  not  take  a  refund  of
 8    employee contributions.
 9        For  purposes  of  this  Section,  "employee"  includes a
10    former employee, and "child" means the issue of an  employee,
11    or  a  child  adopted  by  an employee if the proceedings for
12    adoption were instituted at  least  one  year  prior  to  the
13    employee's death.
14        Payments  shall  cease when a child attains the age of 18
15    years or marries, whichever first occurs.  The annuity  shall
16    not  be  payable  unless the employee has been employed as an
17    employee for  at  least  36  months  from  the  date  of  the
18    employee's original entry into service (at least 24 months in
19    the  case of an employee who first entered service before the
20    effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997) and  at  least
21    12  months  from  the  date of the employee's latest re-entry
22    into service; provided, however, that if death arises out  of
23    and  in  the  course  of  service  to  the  employer  and  is
24    compensable  under  either the Illinois Workers' Compensation
25    Act or  Illinois  Workers'  Occupational  Diseases  Act,  the
26    annuity  is  payable  regardless  of the employee's length of
27    service.
28        (b)  Amount.  A child's annuity shall be  $500  $250  per
29    month  for  one  child and $350 per month for each additional
30    child, up to a maximum of $2,500 per month for  all  children
31    of  the employee, as provided in this Section, if a parent of
32    the child is living.  The child's annuity shall be $1,000 per
33    month for one  child,  and  $500  $350  per  month  for  each
34    additional  child, up to a maximum of $2,500 for all children
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 1    of the employee, when neither parent  is  alive.   The  total
 2    amount  payable  to  all  children  of  the employee shall be
 3    divided equally among those children.   Any  child's  annuity
 4    which   commenced   prior  to  the  effective  date  of  this
 5    amendatory Act of 1998 1991 shall be increased upon that  the
 6    effective date to the amount set forth herein.
 7        (c)  Payment.   A  child's  annuity  shall be paid to the
 8    child's parent or other person who shall be providing for the
 9    child  without  requiring  formal  letters  of  guardianship,
10    unless another person shall be appointed by a court of law as
11    guardian.
12    (Source: P.A. 90-12, eff. 6-13-97.)
13        (40 ILCS 5/13-309) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 13-309)
14        Sec. 13-309.  Duty disability benefit.
15        (a)  Any employee who becomes disabled, which  disability
16    is  the  result of an injury or illness compensable under the
17    Illinois Workers' Compensation Act or the  Illinois  Workers'
18    Occupational  Diseases  Act, is entitled to a duty disability
19    benefit  during  the  period  of  disability  for  which  the
20    employee does not receive any part of salary, or any part  of
21    a  retirement  annuity under this Article; except that in the
22    case of an employee who first enters service on or after  the
23    effective  date  of  this  amendatory  Act  of  1997,  a duty
24    disability benefit is not payable for the  first  3  days  of
25    disability that would otherwise be payable under this Section
26    if   the  disability  does  not  continue  for  at  least  11
27    additional days.  This benefit shall be 50% 75% of salary  at
28    the  date  disability  begins.  However, If the disability in
29    any measure resulted from  any  physical  defect  or  disease
30    which  existed  at the time such injury was sustained or such
31    illness commenced, the duty disability benefit shall also  be
32    50% of salary.
33        Unless the employer acknowledges that the disability is a
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 1    result  of  injury  or illness compensable under the Workers'
 2    Compensation Act or the Workers' Occupational  Diseases  Act,
 3    the  duty  disability  benefit shall not be payable until the
 4    issue  of  compensability  under  those   Acts   is   finally
 5    adjudicated.
 6        The  first payment shall be made not later than one month
 7    after the benefit is granted, and subsequent  payments  shall
 8    be  made  at least monthly. The Board shall by rule prescribe
 9    for the payment of such benefits on the basis of  the  amount
10    of salary lost during the period of disability.
11        (b)  The  benefit  shall be allowed only if the following
12    requirements are met by the employee:
13             (1)  Application is made to the Board within 90 days
14        from the date disability begins;
15             (2)  A medical report is submitted by at  least  one
16        licensed   and   practicing  physician  as  part  of  the
17        employee's application; and
18             (3)  The  employee  is  examined  by  at  least  one
19        licensed and practicing physician appointed by the  Board
20        and  found  to  be  in a disabled physical condition, and
21        shall be re-examined at least annually thereafter  during
22        the  continuance of disability.  The employee need not be
23        re-examined by a licensed and practicing physician if the
24        attorney for the district certifies in writing  that  the
25        employee  is  entitled  to receive compensation under the
26        Workers' Compensation Act or  the  Workers'  Occupational
27        Diseases Act.
28        (c)  The benefit shall terminate when:
29             (1)  The  employee  returns  to  work  or receives a
30        retirement annuity paid wholly  or  in  part  under  this
31        Article;
32             (2)  The disability ceases;
33             (3)  The   employee  attains  age  65,  but  if  the
34        employee becomes disabled at age 60  or  later,  benefits
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 1        may  be  extended  for  a  period of no more than 5 years
 2        after disablement;
 3             (4)  The  employee  (i)   refuses   to   submit   to
 4        reasonable  examinations  by  physicians  or other health
 5        professionals appointed  by  the  Board,  (ii)  fails  or
 6        refuses  to consent to and sign an authorization allowing
 7        the  Board  to  receive  copies  of  or  to  examine  the
 8        employee's medical and hospital records, or  (iii)  fails
 9        or  refuses to provide complete information regarding any
10        other employment for compensation he or she has  received
11        since becoming disabled; or
12             (5)  The employee willfully and continuously refuses
13        to  follow  accept medical advice and treatment to enable
14        the employee to return to work.  However  this  provision
15        does not apply to an employee who relies in good faith on
16        treatment  by  prayer  through  spiritual  means alone in
17        accordance with the tenets and practice of  a  recognized
18        church  or  religious  denomination, by a duly accredited
19        practitioner thereof.
20        In the case of a duty disability recipient who returns to
21    work, the employee must make application  to  the  Retirement
22    Board within 2 years from the date the employee last received
23    duty disability benefits in order to become again entitled to
24    duty disability benefits based on the injury for which a duty
25    disability benefit was theretofore paid.
26    (Source: P.A. 90-12, eff. 6-13-97.)
27        (40 ILCS 5/13-310) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 13-310)
28        Sec. 13-310.  Ordinary disability benefit.
29        (a)  Any  employee  who becomes disabled as the result of
30    any cause other  than  injury  or  illness  incurred  in  the
31    performance  of  duty for the employer or any other employer,
32    or while engaged  in  self-employment  activities,  shall  be
33    entitled  to  an  ordinary  disability benefit.  The eligible
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 1    period for this benefit shall be 25% of the employee's  total
 2    actual  service  prior  to  the  date  of  disability  with a
 3    cumulative maximum period of 5 years.
 4        (b)  The benefit shall be allowed only  if  the  employee
 5    files an application in writing with the Board, and a medical
 6    report  is  submitted by at least one licensed and practicing
 7    physician as part of the employee's application.
 8        The benefit is  not  payable  for  any  disability  which
 9    begins  during  any  period  of  unpaid leave of absence.  No
10    benefit shall be allowed for any period of  disability  prior
11    to 30 days before application is made, unless the Board finds
12    good  cause  for  the  delay  in filing the application.  The
13    benefit shall not be paid during any  period  for  which  the
14    employee  receives  or  is  entitled  to  receive any part of
15    salary.
16        The benefit is  not  payable  for  any  disability  which
17    begins  during  any  period  of  absence from duty other than
18    allowable vacation time in any calendar  year.   An  employee
19    whose  disability begins during any such ineligible period of
20    absence from service  may  not  receive  benefits  until  the
21    employee  recovers  from the disability and is in service for
22    at least 15 consecutive working days after such recovery.
23        In the case of an employee who first enters service on or
24    after the effective date of this amendatory Act of  1997,  an
25    ordinary  disability  benefit  is not payable for the first 3
26    days of disability that would otherwise be payable under this
27    Section if the disability does not continue for at  least  11
28    additional days.
29        (c)  The benefit shall be 50% of the employee's salary at
30    the date of disability, and shall terminate when the earliest
31    of the following occurs:
32             (1)  The  employee  returns  to  work  or receives a
33        retirement annuity paid wholly  or  in  part  under  this
34        Article;
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 1             (2)  The disability ceases;
 2             (3)  The employee willfully and continuously refuses
 3        to  follow  medical  advice  and  treatment to enable the
 4        employee to return to work.  However this provision  does
 5        not  apply  to  an  employee  who relies in good faith on
 6        treatment by prayer  through  spiritual  means  alone  in
 7        accordance  with  the tenets and practice of a recognized
 8        church or religious denomination, by  a  duly  accredited
 9        practitioner thereof (Blank);
10             (4)  The   employee  (i)  refuses  to  submit  to  a
11        reasonable  physical  examination  within  30   days   of
12        application  by  a physician appointed by the Board, (ii)
13        or in  the  case  of  chronic  alcoholism,  the  employee
14        refuses  to join a rehabilitation program licensed by the
15        Department of Public Health of the State of Illinois, and
16        certified by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of
17        Hospitals, (iii) fails or refuses to consent to and  sign
18        an  authorization allowing the Board to receive copies of
19        or  to  examine  the  employee's  medical  and   hospital
20        records,  or  (iv)  fails  or refuses to provide complete
21        information   regarding   any   other   employment    for
22        compensation  he  or  she  has  received  since  becoming
23        disabled; or
24             (5)  The  eligible  period for this benefit has been
25        exhausted.
26        The first payment of the benefit shall be made not  later
27    than   one  month  after  the  same  has  been  granted,  and
28    subsequent payments shall be made at intervals  of  not  more
29    than 30 days.
30    (Source: P.A. 90-12, eff. 6-13-97.)
31        (40 ILCS 5/13-311) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 13-311)
32        Sec.  13-311.  Credit for Workers' Compensation payments.
33    If an employee, or an employee's spouse or children, receives
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 1    compensation under any workers' compensation or  occupational
 2    diseases  law,  the  surviving spouse's or child's annuity or
 3    the disability benefit payable under this  Article  shall  be
 4    reduced  by the amount of the compensation so received if the
 5    amount  is  less  than  the  annuity  or  benefit.   If   the
 6    compensation  exceeds  the  annuity or benefit, no payment of
 7    annuity or benefit shall be made until the period of time has
 8    elapsed when the annuity or  benefit  payable  at  the  rates
 9    provided   in   this   Article  equals  the  amount  of  such
10    compensation.  However, the commutation of compensation to  a
11    lump  sum  basis  as provided in the workers' compensation or
12    occupational diseases law shall not increase the  annuity  or
13    benefit  provided  under this Article; the annuity or benefit
14    to be  paid  hereunder  shall  be  based  on  the  amount  of
15    compensation  awarded under such laws prior to commutation of
16    such compensation.  No interest shall be considered in  these
17    calculations.
18    (Source: P.A. 87-794.)
19        Section  90.  The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
20    Section 8.22 as follows:
21        (30 ILCS 805/8.22 new)
22        Sec. 8.22. Exempt mandate.   Notwithstanding  Sections  6
23    and  8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required
24    for  the  implementation  of  any  mandate  created  by  this
25    amendatory Act of 1998.
26        Section 99. Effective date.  This Act takes  effect  upon
27    becoming law.

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