093_HB0388

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to public employee benefits.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The  Illinois  Pension  Code  is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 6-141.1 as follows:

 6        (40 ILCS 5/6-141.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-141.1)
 7        Sec.  6-141.1.  Widow's  annuity - death on or after June
 8    30, 1984.
 9        (a)  Notwithstanding  the  other   provisions   of   this
10    Article, the widow of a fireman who dies on or after June 30,
11    1984, while receiving a retirement annuity or while an active
12    fireman  with at least 1 1/2 years of creditable service, and
13    the widow of a fireman who dies after separation from service
14    with at least 20 years of service credit, if  the  separation
15    occurs  on  or after January 1, 1990 and before attainment of
16    age 50, may elect, in lieu of any other widow's annuity under
17    this  Article,  to  have  the  amount  of   widow's   annuity
18    calculated in accordance with this Section.
19        (b)  If the deceased fireman was an active fireman at the
20    time  of his death and had at least 1 1/2 years of creditable
21    service, the widow's annuity shall be the greater of (1)  30%
22    of the salary attached to the rank of first class firefighter
23    in the classified career service at the time of the fireman's
24    death,  or  (2)  60%  (50%  if  the death occurred before the
25    effective date of this amendatory Act  of  the  93rd  General
26    Assembly)  of  the  retirement  annuity  the deceased fireman
27    would have been eligible to receive if he  had  retired  from
28    service on the day before his death.
29        (c)  If  the  deceased fireman was receiving a retirement
30    annuity at the time of his death, the widow's  annuity  shall
31    be  equal  to  60%  (50%  if  the  death  occurred before the
 
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 1    effective date of this amendatory Act  of  the  93rd  General
 2    Assembly)  of  the  amount  of such retirement annuity at the
 3    time of the fireman's death.
 4        (d)  If the deceased fireman  dies  before  beginning  to
 5    receive  a  retirement  annuity,  but  after  separation from
 6    service with at least 20 years of service credit, and if  the
 7    separation  occurs  on  or  after  January 1, 1990 and before
 8    attainment of age 50, the widow may elect a widow's  annuity,
 9    payable beginning on the date the deceased fireman would have
10    attained  age  50,  which  shall  be equal to 60% (50% if the
11    death occurred before the effective date of  this  amendatory
12    Act  of  the  93rd  General  Assembly)  of  the amount of the
13    retirement annuity the fireman would have  been  entitled  to
14    receive beginning at age 50.
15    (Source: P.A. 84-11.)

16        Section  90.  The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
17    Section 8.27 as follows:

18        (30 ILCS 805/8.27 new)
19        Sec. 8.27. Exempt mandate.   Notwithstanding  Sections  6
20    and  8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required
21    for  the  implementation  of  any  mandate  created  by  this
22    amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly.

23        Section 99. Effective date.  This Act takes  effect  upon
24    becoming law.