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1 | AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by adding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 7-156.1 as follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | (40 ILCS 5/7-156.1 new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 7-156.1. Pension to survivors; police officers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) Upon the death of a police officer entitled to a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | pension under Section 7-142.1, the surviving spouse shall be | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | entitled to the pension to which the police officer was then | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | entitled. Upon the death of the surviving spouse, or upon the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | remarriage of the surviving spouse if that remarriage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | terminates the surviving spouse's eligibility under Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | 7-154, the police officer's unmarried children who are under | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | age 18 or who are dependent because of physical or mental | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | disability shall be entitled to equal shares of such pension. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | If there is no eligible surviving spouse and no eligible child, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | the dependent parent or parents of the officer shall be | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | entitled to receive or share such pension until their death or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | marriage or remarriage after the death of the police officer. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | (b) Upon the death of a police officer while in service, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | having at least 20 years of creditable service, or upon the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | death of a police officer who retired from service with at |
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1 | least 20 years of creditable service, whether death occurs | ||||||
2 | before or after attainment of age 50, the pension earned by the | ||||||
3 | police officer as of the date of death as provided in Section | ||||||
4 | 7-142.1 shall be paid to the survivors in the sequence provided | ||||||
5 | in subsection (a) of this Section. | ||||||
6 | (c) Upon the death of a police officer while in service, | ||||||
7 | having at least 10 but less than 20 years of creditable | ||||||
8 | service, a pension of 1/2 of the salary attached to the rank or | ||||||
9 | ranks held by the officer for one year immediately prior to | ||||||
10 | death shall be payable to the survivors in the sequence | ||||||
11 | provided in subsection (a) of this Section. If death occurs as | ||||||
12 | a result of the performance of duty, the 10-year requirement | ||||||
13 | shall not apply and the pension to survivors shall be payable | ||||||
14 | after any period of service. | ||||||
15 | (d) Each surviving spouse annuity under this Section that | ||||||
16 | begins on or after the effective date of this Section shall be | ||||||
17 | increased on the January 1 next occurring after the annuity | ||||||
18 | begins, by an amount equal to (i) 3% of the original amount | ||||||
19 | thereof if the deceased employee was receiving a retirement | ||||||
20 | annuity at the time of his death; otherwise (ii) 0.167% of the | ||||||
21 | original amount thereof for each complete month which has | ||||||
22 | elapsed since the date the annuity began.
On each January 1 | ||||||
23 | after the date of the initial increase under this subsection | ||||||
24 | (d), each surviving spouse annuity shall be increased by 3% of | ||||||
25 | the originally granted amount of the annuity. |
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1 | Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | ||||||
2 | Section 8.33 as follows: | ||||||
3 | (30 ILCS 805/8.33 new) | ||||||
4 | Sec. 8.33. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | ||||||
5 | of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | ||||||
6 | implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | ||||||
7 | the 96th General Assembly.
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8 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
9 | becoming law.
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