TITLE 80: PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES
SUBTITLE D: RETIREMENT SYSTEMS
CHAPTER III: TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
PART 1650 THE ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATION OF THE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM
SECTION 1650.1119 ELECTING FORM OF PAYMENT


 

Section 1650.1119  Electing Form of Payment

 

a)         A member's election either to receive or forego a proportional annuity under Section 20 of the Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act [40 ILCS 5] is not a prohibited election under Section 1-119(j)(1) of the Code.

 

b)         A member's election to take a refund is not a prohibited election under Section 1-119(j)(1) of the Code.  However, a member's election to roll over a refund payment does not affect the alternate payee's right to payment of the amount designated in the QILDRO.

 

c)         A member's election of a form of payment of annuity that reduces the member's total benefit, while still allowing full payment to the alternate payee under a QILDRO at the date of the election, is not a prohibited election under Section 1-119(j)(1) of the Code.

 

d)         A member's failure to elect a 2.2 upgrade, or failure to make all upgrade contributions in a timely fashion, is not a prohibited election under Section 1-119(j)(1) of the Code.

 

e)         A dependent beneficiary's election to receive monthly survivor benefits is not a prohibited election under Section 1-119(j)(1) of the Code.

 

f)         A member's election of the Accelerated Annual Increase (AAI) provided in Section 16-190.6 of the Code, or the Accelerated Pension Benefit (APB) provided in Section 16-190.5 of the Code, is a prohibited election under Section 1-119(j)(1) of the Code, if so provided in Section 1650.3330.

 

g)         The System may, in its sole discretion, hold a proposed election until clarification is obtained from a court of competent jurisdiction as to whether the proposed election is a prohibited election under Section 1-119(j)(1) of the Code.  It shall be the duty of the member or alternate payee to obtain such clarification upon request of the System.

 

(Source:  Amended at 44 Ill. Reg. 7905, effective April 24, 2020)