Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr.

Filed: 3/23/2021

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 170

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 170 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by
5changing Sections 7-109.3, 7-142.1, 7-150, and 7-156 as
6follows:
 
7    (40 ILCS 5/7-109.3)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-109.3)
8    Sec. 7-109.3. "Sheriff's Law Enforcement Employees".
9    (a) "Sheriff's law enforcement employee" or "SLEP" means:
10        (1) A county sheriff and all deputies, other than
11    special deputies, employed on a full time basis in the
12    office of the sheriff.
13        (2) A person who has elected to participate in this
14    Fund under Section 3-109.1 of this Code, and who is
15    employed by a participating municipality to perform police
16    duties.

 

 

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1        (3) A law enforcement officer employed on a full time
2    basis by a Forest Preserve District, provided that such
3    officer shall be deemed a "sheriff's law enforcement
4    employee" for the purposes of this Article, and service in
5    that capacity shall be deemed to be service as a sheriff's
6    law enforcement employee, only if the board of
7    commissioners of the District have so elected by adoption
8    of an affirmative resolution. Such election, once made,
9    may not be rescinded.
10        (4) A person not eligible to participate in a fund
11    established under Article 3 of this Code who is employed
12    on a full-time basis by a participating municipality or
13    participating instrumentality to perform police duties at
14    an airport, but only if the governing authority of the
15    employer has approved sheriff's law enforcement employee
16    status for its airport police employees by adoption of an
17    affirmative resolution. Such approval, once given, may not
18    be rescinded.
19        (5) A person first hired on or after January 1, 2011
20    who (i) is employed by a participating municipality that
21    has both 30 or more full-time police officers and 50 or
22    more full-time firefighters and has not established a fund
23    under Article 3 or Article 4 of this Code and (ii) is
24    employed on a full-time basis by that participating
25    municipality to perform police duties or firefighting and
26    EMS duties; but only if the governing authority of that

 

 

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1    municipality has approved sheriff's law enforcement
2    employee status for its police officer or firefighter
3    employees by adoption of an affirmative resolution. The
4    resolution must specify that SLEP status shall be
5    applicable to such employment occurring on or after the
6    adoption of the resolution. Such resolution shall be
7    irrevocable, but shall automatically terminate upon the
8    establishment of an Article 3 or 4 fund by the
9    municipality.
10        (6) Any full-time firefighter or firefighter/paramedic
11    employed by a city, village, incorporated town, or
12    township that has a population of less than 5,000
13    inhabitants, is located in a county of more than 1,000,000
14    inhabitants, and employs 40 or more full-time paid
15    firefighters or firefighter/paramedics who are subject to
16    a collective bargaining agreement, provided that such a
17    person is not eligible to participate in a fund
18    established under Article 4 of this Code.
19    (b) An employee who is a sheriff's law enforcement
20employee and is granted military leave or authorized leave of
21absence shall receive service credit in that capacity.
22Sheriff's law enforcement employees shall not be entitled to
23out-of-State service credit under Section 7-139.
24(Source: P.A. 100-354, eff. 8-25-17; 100-1097, eff. 8-26-18.)
 
25    (40 ILCS 5/7-142.1)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-142.1)

 

 

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1    Sec. 7-142.1. Sheriff's law enforcement employees.
2    (a) In lieu of the retirement annuity provided by
3subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of Section 7-142:
4    Any sheriff's law enforcement employee who has 20 or more
5years of service in that capacity and who terminates service
6prior to January 1, 1988 shall be entitled at his option to
7receive a monthly retirement annuity for his service as a
8sheriff's law enforcement employee computed by multiplying 2%
9for each year of such service up to 10 years, 2 1/4% for each
10year of such service above 10 years and up to 20 years, and 2
111/2% for each year of such service above 20 years, by his
12annual final rate of earnings and dividing by 12.
13    Any sheriff's law enforcement employee who has 20 or more
14years of service in that capacity and who terminates service
15on or after January 1, 1988 and before July 1, 2004 shall be
16entitled at his option to receive a monthly retirement annuity
17for his service as a sheriff's law enforcement employee
18computed by multiplying 2.5% for each year of such service up
19to 20 years, 2% for each year of such service above 20 years
20and up to 30 years, and 1% for each year of such service above
2130 years, by his annual final rate of earnings and dividing by
2212.
23    Any sheriff's law enforcement employee who has 20 or more
24years of service in that capacity and who terminates service
25on or after July 1, 2004 shall be entitled at his or her option
26to receive a monthly retirement annuity for service as a

 

 

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1sheriff's law enforcement employee computed by multiplying
22.5% for each year of such service by his annual final rate of
3earnings and dividing by 12.
4    If a sheriff's law enforcement employee has service in any
5other capacity, his retirement annuity for service as a
6sheriff's law enforcement employee may be computed under this
7Section and the retirement annuity for his other service under
8Section 7-142.
9    In no case shall the total monthly retirement annuity for
10persons who retire before July 1, 2004 exceed 75% of the
11monthly final rate of earnings. In no case shall the total
12monthly retirement annuity for persons who retire on or after
13July 1, 2004 exceed 80% of the monthly final rate of earnings.
14    (b) Whenever continued group insurance coverage is elected
15in accordance with the provisions of Section 367h of the
16Illinois Insurance Code, as now or hereafter amended, the
17total monthly premium for such continued group insurance
18coverage or such portion thereof as is not paid by the
19municipality shall, upon request of the person electing such
20continued group insurance coverage, be deducted from any
21monthly pension benefit otherwise payable to such person
22pursuant to this Section, to be remitted by the Fund to the
23insurance company or other entity providing the group
24insurance coverage.
25    (c) A sheriff's law enforcement employee who began service
26in that capacity prior to the effective date of this

 

 

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1amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly and who has
2service in any other capacity may convert up to 10 years of
3that service into service as a sheriff's law enforcement
4employee by paying to the Fund an amount equal to (1) the
5additional employee contribution required under Section
67-173.1, plus (2) the additional employer contribution
7required under Section 7-172, plus (3) interest on items (1)
8and (2) at the prescribed rate from the date of the service to
9the date of payment. Application must be received by the Board
10while the employee is an active participant in the Fund.
11Payment must be received while the member is an active
12participant, except that one payment will be permitted after
13termination of participation.
14    (d) The changes to subsections (a) and (b) of this Section
15made by this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly apply
16only to persons in service on or after July 1, 2004. In the
17case of such a person who begins to receive a retirement
18annuity before the effective date of this amendatory Act of
19the 94th General Assembly, the annuity shall be recalculated
20prospectively to reflect those changes, with the resulting
21increase beginning to accrue on the first annuity payment date
22following the effective date of this amendatory Act.
23    (e) Any elected county officer who was entitled to receive
24a stipend from the State on or after July 1, 2009 and on or
25before June 30, 2010 may establish earnings credit for the
26amount of stipend not received, if the elected county official

 

 

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1applies in writing to the fund within 6 months after the
2effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
3Assembly and pays to the fund an amount equal to (i) employee
4contributions on the amount of stipend not received, (ii)
5employer contributions determined by the Board equal to the
6employer's normal cost of the benefit on the amount of stipend
7not received, plus (iii) interest on items (i) and (ii) at the
8actuarially assumed rate.
9    (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article,
10the provisions of this subsection (f) apply to a person who
11first becomes a sheriff's law enforcement employee under this
12Article on or after January 1, 2011, except any person
13employed as a firefighter or firefighter/paramedic before
14January 1, 2011, who, after that date, first becomes a
15sheriff's law enforcement employee under this Article by
16operation of paragraph (6) of subsection (a) of Section
177-109.3.
18    A sheriff's law enforcement employee age 55 or more who
19has 10 or more years of service in that capacity shall be
20entitled at his option to receive a monthly retirement annuity
21for his or her service as a sheriff's law enforcement employee
22computed by multiplying 2.5% for each year of such service by
23his or her final rate of earnings.
24    The retirement annuity of a sheriff's law enforcement
25employee who is retiring after attaining age 50 with 10 or more
26years of creditable service shall be reduced by one-half of 1%

 

 

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1for each month that the sheriff's law enforcement employee's
2age is under age 55.
3    The maximum retirement annuity under this subsection (f)
4shall be 75% of final rate of earnings.
5    For the purposes of this subsection (f), "final rate of
6earnings" means the average monthly earnings obtained by
7dividing the total salary of the sheriff's law enforcement
8employee during the 96 consecutive months of service within
9the last 120 months of service in which the total earnings was
10the highest by the number of months of service in that period.
11    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article,
12beginning on January 1, 2011, for all purposes under this Code
13(including without limitation the calculation of benefits and
14employee contributions), except with regard to any person
15employed as a firefighter or firefighter/paramedic before
16January 1, 2011, who, after that date, first becomes a
17sheriff's law enforcement employee under this Article by
18operation of paragraph (6) of subsection (a) of Section
197-109.3, the annual earnings of a sheriff's law enforcement
20employee to whom this Section applies shall not include
21overtime and shall not exceed $106,800; however, that amount
22shall annually thereafter be increased by the lesser of (i) 3%
23of that amount, including all previous adjustments, or (ii)
24one-half the annual unadjusted percentage increase (but not
25less than zero) in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months
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1all previous adjustments.
2    (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article,
3the monthly annuity of a person who first becomes a sheriff's
4law enforcement employee under this Article on or after
5January 1, 2011, except any person employed as a firefighter
6or firefighter/paramedic before January 1, 2011, who, after
7that date, first becomes a sheriff's law enforcement employee
8under this Article by operation of paragraph (6) of subsection
9(a) of Section 7-109.3, shall be increased on the January 1
10occurring either on or after the attainment of age 60 or the
11first anniversary of the annuity start date, whichever is
12later. Each annual increase shall be calculated at 3% or
13one-half the annual unadjusted percentage increase (but not
14less than zero) in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months
15ending with the September preceding each November 1, whichever
16is less, of the originally granted retirement annuity. If the
17annual unadjusted percentage change in the consumer price
18index-u for a 12-month period ending in September is zero or,
19when compared with the preceding period, decreases, then the
20annuity shall not be increased.
21    (h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article,
22for a person who first becomes a sheriff's law enforcement
23employee under this Article on or after January 1, 2011,
24except any person employed as a firefighter or
25firefighter/paramedic before January 1, 2011, who, after that
26date, first becomes a sheriff's law enforcement employee under

 

 

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1this Article by operation of paragraph (6) of subsection (a)
2of Section 7-109.3, the annuity to which the surviving spouse,
3children, or parents are entitled under this subsection (h)
4shall be in the amount of 66 2/3% of the sheriff's law
5enforcement employee's earned annuity at the date of death.
6    (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article,
7the monthly annuity of a survivor of a person who first becomes
8a sheriff's law enforcement employee under this Article on or
9after January 1, 2011, except any person employed as a
10firefighter or firefighter/paramedic before January 1, 2011,
11who, after that date, first becomes a sheriff's law
12enforcement employee under this Article by operation of
13paragraph (6) of subsection (a) of Section 7-109.3, shall be
14increased on the January 1 after attainment of age 60 by the
15recipient of the survivor's annuity and each January 1
16thereafter by 3% or one-half the annual unadjusted percentage
17increase in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months
18ending with the September preceding each November 1, whichever
19is less, of the originally granted pension. If the annual
20unadjusted percentage change in the consumer price index-u for
21a 12-month period ending in September is zero or, when
22compared with the preceding period, decreases, then the
23annuity shall not be increased.
24    (j) For the purposes of this Section, "consumer price
25index-u" means the index published by the Bureau of Labor
26Statistics of the United States Department of Labor that

 

 

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1measures the average change in prices of goods and services
2purchased by all urban consumers, United States city average,
3all items, 1982-84 = 100. The new amount resulting from each
4annual adjustment shall be determined by the Public Pension
5Division of the Department of Insurance and made available to
6the boards of the pension funds.
7(Source: P.A. 100-148, eff. 8-18-17.)
 
8    (40 ILCS 5/7-150)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-150)
9    Sec. 7-150. Total and permanent disability benefits -
10Eligibility. Total and permanent disability benefits shall be
11payable to participating employees as hereinafter provided,
12including those employees receiving disability benefit on July
131, 1962.
14    (a) A participating employee shall be considered totally
15and permanently disabled if:
16        1. He is unable to engage in any gainful activity
17    because of any medically determinable physical or mental
18    impairment which can be expected to result in death or be
19    of a long continued and indefinite duration, other than as
20    a result of self-inflicted injury or addiction to narcotic
21    drugs;
22        2. The Board has received a written certification by
23    at least 1 licensed and practicing physician stating that
24    the employee meets the qualifications of subparagraph 1 of
25    this paragraph (a).

 

 

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1    (b) A totally and permanently disabled employee is
2entitled to a permanent disability benefit provided:
3        1. He has exhausted his temporary disability benefits.
4        2. He:
5            (i) has at least one year of service immediately
6        preceding the date the disability was incurred and has
7        made contributions to the fund for at least the number
8        of months of service normally required in his position
9        during a 12 month period, or has at least 5 years of
10        service credit, the last year of which immediately
11        preceded the date the disability was incurred; or
12            (ii) had qualified under clause (i) above, but had
13        an interruption in service of not more than 3 months in
14        the 12 months preceding the date the temporary
15        disability was incurred and was not paid a separation
16        benefit; or
17            (iii) had qualified under clause (i) above, but
18        had an interruption after 20 or more years of
19        creditable service, was not paid a separation benefit,
20        and returned to service prior to the date the
21        disability was incurred.
22        Item (iii) of this subdivision shall apply to all
23    employees whose disabilities were incurred on or after
24    July 1, 1985, and any such employee who becomes eligible
25    for a disability benefit under item (iii) shall be
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1    disability benefits which may accrue from the date the
2    disability was incurred until the effective date of this
3    amendatory Act of 1987.
4        Periods of qualified leave granted in compliance with
5    the federal Family and Medical Leave Act shall be ignored
6    for purposes of determining the number of consecutive
7    months of employment under this subdivision (b)2.
8        3. He is receiving no earnings from a participating
9    municipality or instrumentality thereof or participating
10    instrumentality, except as allowed under subsection (f) of
11    Section 7-152.
12        4. He has not refused to submit to a reasonable
13    physical examination by a physician appointed by the
14    Board.
15        5. His disability is not the result of a mental or
16    physical condition which existed on the earliest date of
17    service from which he has uninterrupted service, including
18    prior service, at the date of his disability, provided
19    that this limitation shall not be applicable to a
20    participating employee who, without receiving a disability
21    benefit, receives 5 years of creditable service.
22        6. He is not separated from the service of his
23    employing participating municipality or instrumentality
24    thereof or participating instrumentality on the date his
25    temporary disability was incurred; for the purposes of
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1    participating employee, whose employment relationship is
2    terminated by his employing municipality, shall be deemed
3    not to be separated from the service of his employing
4    municipality or participating instrumentality if he
5    continues disabled by the same condition and so long as he
6    is otherwise entitled to such disability benefit.
7        7. He has not refused to apply for a disability
8    benefit under the Federal Social Security Act at the
9    request of the Board.
10        8. He has not failed or refused to consent to and sign
11    an authorization allowing the Board to receive copies of
12    or to examine his medical and hospital records.
13        9. He has not failed or refused to provide complete
14    information regarding any other employment for
15    compensation he has received since becoming disabled.
16    (c) A participating employee shall remain eligible and may
17make application for a total and permanent disability benefit
18within 90 days after the termination of his temporary
19disability benefits or within such longer period terminating
20at the end of the period during which his employing
21municipality is prevented from employing him by reason of any
22statutory prohibition.
23    (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, a
24firefighter or firefighter/paramedic who participates under
25this Article, has 5 or more years of creditable service, and is
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1department by reason of heart disease, stroke, tuberculosis,
2or any disease of the lungs or respiratory tract, resulting
3from service as a firefighter, is entitled to an occupational
4disease disability pension during any period of such
5disability for which he or she has no right to receive salary.
6    Any active firefighter or firefighter/paramedic who
7participates under this Article, has completed 5 or more years
8of service, and is unable to perform his or her duties in the
9fire department by reason of a disabling cancer, which
10develops or manifests itself during a period while the
11firefighter or firefighter/paramedic is in the service of the
12fire department, shall be entitled to receive an occupational
13disease disability benefit during any period of such
14disability for which he or she does not have a right to receive
15salary. In order to receive this occupational disease
16disability benefit, (i) the type of cancer involved must be a
17type that may be caused by exposure to heat, radiation, or a
18known carcinogen, as defined by the International Agency for
19Research on Cancer, and (ii) the cancer must (and is
20rebuttably presumed to) arise as a result of service as a
21firefighter.
22    A firefighter or firefighter/paramedic who participates
23under this Article and who enters the service after August 27,
241971 shall be examined by one or more practicing physicians
25appointed by the Board. If the examination discloses
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1existence of any cancer, the firefighter or
2firefighter/paramedic who participates under this Article
3shall not be entitled to the occupational disease disability
4pension unless and until a subsequent examination reveals no
5such impairment or cancer.
6    The occupational disease disability pension shall be equal
7to the greater of (1) 65% of the salary attached to the rank
8held by the firefighter in the fire service at the time of his
9or her removal from the municipality's fire department payroll
10or (2) the retirement pension that the firefighter or
11firefighter/paramedic would be eligible to receive if he or
12she retired (but not including any automatic annual increase
13in that retirement pension).
14    The firefighter or firefighter/paramedic who participates
15under this Article is also entitled to a child's disability
16benefit of $20 a month for each natural or legally adopted
17unmarried child less than age 18 who is dependent upon the
18firefighter or firefighter/paramedic for support. The total
19child's disability benefit when added to the occupational
20disease disability pension shall not exceed 75% of the
21firefighter's or firefighter/paramedic's salary at the time of
22the grant of occupational disease disability pension.
23    The occupational disease disability pension is payable to
24the firefighter or firefighter/paramedic during the period of
25the disability. If the disability ceases before the death of
26the firefighter or firefighter/paramedic, the disability

 

 

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1pension payable under this Section shall also cease, and the
2firefighter or firefighter/paramedic thereafter shall receive
3such pension benefits as are provided in accordance with other
4provisions of this Article.
5    If a firefighter or firefighter/paramedic who participates
6under this Article dies while still disabled and receiving a
7disability pension under this Section, the disability pension
8shall continue to be paid to the firefighter's or
9firefighter/paramedic's survivors. A pension previously
10granted under this Section to a firefighter or
11firefighter/paramedic who died while receiving a disability
12pension under this Section shall be deemed to be a
13continuation of the pension provided under this Section and
14shall be deemed to be in the nature of worker's occupational
15disease compensation payments. The changes to this Section
16made by this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly are
17intended to be retroactive and are not limited to persons in
18service on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
19of the 102nd General Assembly.
20    The child's disability benefit shall terminate if the
21disability ceases while the firefighter or
22firefighter/paramedic is alive or when the child or children
23attain age 18 or marry, whichever event occurs first, except
24that benefits payable on account of a child under this Section
25shall not be reduced or terminated by reason of the child's
26attainment of age 18 if he or she is then dependent by reason

 

 

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1of a physical or mental disability but shall continue to be
2paid as long as such dependency continues. Individuals over
3the age of 18 and adjudged as a disabled person pursuant to
4Article XIa of the Probate Act of 1975, except for persons
5receiving benefits under Article III of the Illinois Public
6Aid Code, shall be eligible to receive benefits under this
7Act.
8(Source: P.A. 101-151, eff. 7-26-19.)
 
9    (40 ILCS 5/7-156)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-156)
10    Sec. 7-156. Surviving spouse annuities - amount.
11    (a) The amount of surviving spouse annuity shall be:
12    1. Upon the death of an employee annuitant or such person
13entitled, upon application, to a retirement annuity at date of
14death, (i) an amount equal to 1/2 of the retirement annuity
15which was or would have been payable exclusive of the amount so
16payable which was provided from additional credits, and
17disregarding any election made under paragraph (b) of Section
187-142, plus (ii) an annuity which could be provided at the then
19attained age of the surviving spouse and under actuarial
20tables then in effect, from the excess of the additional
21credits, (excluding any such credits used to create a
22reversionary annuity) used to provide the annuity granted
23pursuant to paragraph (a) (2) of Section 7-142 of this article
24over the total annuity payments made pursuant thereto.
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1attainment of age 55, an amount equal to 1/2 of the retirement
2annuity which he could have had as of the date of death had he
3then retired and applied for annuity, exclusive of the portion
4thereof which could have been provided from additional
5credits, and disregarding paragraph (b) of Section 7-142, plus
6an amount equal to the annuity which could be provided from the
7total of his accumulated additional credits at date of death,
8on the basis of the attained age of the surviving spouse on
9such date.
10    3. Upon the death of a participating employee before age
1155, an amount equal to 1/2 of the retirement annuity which he
12could have had as of his attained age on the date of death, had
13he then retired and applied for annuity, and the provisions of
14this Article that no such annuity shall begin until the
15employee has attained at least age 55 were not applicable,
16exclusive of the portion thereof which could have been
17provided from additional credits and disregarding paragraph
18(b) of Section 7-142, plus an amount equal to the annuity which
19could be provided from the total of his accumulated additional
20credits at date of death, on the basis of the attained age of
21the surviving spouse on such date.
22    In the case of the surviving spouse of a person who dies
23before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th
24General Assembly, if the surviving spouse is more than 5 years
25younger than the deceased, that portion of the annuity which
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1ratio of the value of a life annuity of $1 per year at an age
2of 5 years less than the attained age of the deceased, at the
3earlier of the date of the death or the date his retirement
4annuity begins, to the value of a life annuity of $1 per year
5at the attained age of the surviving spouse on such date,
6according to actuarial tables approved by the Board. This
7reduction does not apply to the surviving spouse of a person
8who dies on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
9of the 94th General Assembly.
10    In computing the amount of a surviving spouse annuity,
11incremental increases of retirement annuities to the date of
12death of the employee annuitant shall be considered.
13    (b) Each surviving spouse annuity payable on January 1,
141988 shall be increased on that date by 3% of the original
15amount of the annuity. Each surviving spouse annuity that
16begins after January 1, 1988 shall be increased on the January
171 next occurring after the annuity begins, by an amount equal
18to (i) 3% of the original amount thereof if the deceased
19employee was receiving a retirement annuity at the time of his
20death; otherwise (ii) 0.167% of the original amount thereof
21for each complete month which has elapsed since the date the
22annuity began.
23    On each January 1 after the date of the initial increase
24under this subsection, each surviving spouse annuity shall be
25increased by 3% of the originally granted amount of the
26annuity.

 

 

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1    (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article,
2the pension of the surviving spouse of a firefighter who
3qualifies as a sheriff's law enforcement employee under
4paragraph (6) of subsection (a) of Section 7-109.3 and dies on
5or after January 1, 1988 as a result of sickness, accident, or
6injury incurred in or resulting from the performance of an act
7of duty or from the cumulative effects of acts of duty shall
8not be less than 100% of the salary attached to the rank held
9by the deceased firefighter on the last day of service.
10(Source: P.A. 94-712, eff. 6-1-06.)
 
11    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
12Section 8.45 as follows:
 
13    (30 ILCS 805/8.45 new)
14    Sec. 8.45. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and
158 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for
16the implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory
17Act of the 102nd General Assembly.
 
18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19becoming law.".