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HB5149 Enrolled |
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LRB096 19492 AMC 34884 b |
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| AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing |
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| Section 3-108.3 as follows:
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| (40 ILCS 5/3-108.3)
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| Sec. 3-108.3. Beneficiary. "Beneficiary": A person |
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| receiving benefits from
a pension fund, including, but not |
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| limited to, retired pensioners, disabled
pensioners, their |
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| surviving spouses, minor children, disabled children, and
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| dependent parents. If a special needs trust as described in |
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| Section 1396p(d)(4) of Title 42 of the United States Code, as |
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| amended from time to time, has been established for a disabled |
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| adult child, then the special needs trust may stand in lieu of |
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| the disabled adult child as a beneficiary for the purposes of |
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| this Article.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-507, eff. 8-22-97.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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