Rep. Michael J. Madigan

Filed: 11/4/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2196

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2196 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5University of Illinois School of Labor and Employment Relations
6Act.
 
7    Section 5. School of Labor and Employment Relations;
8autonomy. The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
9shall operate the School of Labor and Employment Relations as a
10distinct and autonomous entity within the University of
11Illinois for the purpose of offering curricula and other
12educational programs, at the Urbana-Champaign and Chicago
13campuses and through extension services, in all phases of
14industrial and labor relations to promote research in those
15fields by maintaining a school dedicated solely to the
16faithful, honest, and impartial inquiry into labor-management

 

 

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1problems of all types, and for the securement of such advances
2as will lay the foundations for future progress in the field of
3labor relations.
 
4    Section 900. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by
5changing Sections 15-126.1, 15-139, 15-139.5, and 15-168.2 as
6follows:
 
7    (40 ILCS 5/1-160)
8    Sec. 1-160. Provisions applicable to new hires.
9    (a) The provisions of this Section apply to a person who,
10on or after January 1, 2011, first becomes a member or a
11participant under any reciprocal retirement system or pension
12fund established under this Code, other than a retirement
13system or pension fund established under Article 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
1415 or 18 of this Code, notwithstanding any other provision of
15this Code to the contrary, but do not apply to any self-managed
16plan established under this Code, to any person with respect to
17service as a sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article
187, or to any participant of the retirement plan established
19under Section 22-101. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
20in this Section, for purposes of this Section, a person who
21participated in a retirement system under Article 15 prior to
22January 1, 2011 shall be deemed a person who first became a
23member or participant prior to January 1, 2011 under any
24retirement system or pension fund subject to this Section. The

 

 

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1changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of the 98th
2General Assembly are a clarification of existing law and are
3intended to be retroactive to the effective date of Public Act
496-889, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1-103.1 of
5this Code.
6    (b) "Final average salary" means the average monthly (or
7annual) salary obtained by dividing the total salary or
8earnings calculated under the Article applicable to the member
9or participant during the 96 consecutive months (or 8
10consecutive years) of service within the last 120 months (or 10
11years) of service in which the total salary or earnings
12calculated under the applicable Article was the highest by the
13number of months (or years) of service in that period. For the
14purposes of a person who first becomes a member or participant
15of any retirement system or pension fund to which this Section
16applies on or after January 1, 2011, in this Code, "final
17average salary" shall be substituted for the following:
18        (1) In Article 7 (except for service as sheriff's law
19    enforcement employees), "final rate of earnings".
20        (2) In Articles 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, "highest average
21    annual salary for any 4 consecutive years within the last
22    10 years of service immediately preceding the date of
23    withdrawal".
24        (3) In Article 13, "average final salary".
25        (4) In Article 14, "final average compensation".
26        (5) In Article 17, "average salary".

 

 

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1        (6) In Section 22-207, "wages or salary received by him
2    at the date of retirement or discharge".
3    (b-5) Beginning on January 1, 2011, for all purposes under
4this Code (including without limitation the calculation of
5benefits and employee contributions), the annual earnings,
6salary, or wages (based on the plan year) of a member or
7participant to whom this Section applies shall not exceed
8$106,800; however, that amount shall annually thereafter be
9increased by the lesser of (i) 3% of that amount, including all
10previous adjustments, or (ii) one-half the annual unadjusted
11percentage increase (but not less than zero) in the consumer
12price index-u for the 12 months ending with the September
13preceding each November 1, including all previous adjustments.
14    For the purposes of this Section, "consumer price index-u"
15means the index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
16the United States Department of Labor that measures the average
17change in prices of goods and services purchased by all urban
18consumers, United States city average, all items, 1982-84 =
19100. The new amount resulting from each annual adjustment shall
20be determined by the Public Pension Division of the Department
21of Insurance and made available to the boards of the retirement
22systems and pension funds by November 1 of each year.
23    (c) A member or participant is entitled to a retirement
24annuity upon written application if he or she has attained age
2567 and has at least 10 years of service credit and is otherwise
26eligible under the requirements of the applicable Article.

 

 

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1    A member or participant who has attained age 62 and has at
2least 10 years of service credit and is otherwise eligible
3under the requirements of the applicable Article may elect to
4receive the lower retirement annuity provided in subsection (d)
5of this Section.
6    (d) The retirement annuity of a member or participant who
7is retiring after attaining age 62 with at least 10 years of
8service credit shall be reduced by one-half of 1% for each full
9month that the member's age is under age 67.
10    (e) Any retirement annuity or supplemental annuity shall be
11subject to annual increases on the January 1 occurring either
12on or after the attainment of age 67 or the first anniversary
13of the annuity start date, whichever is later. Each annual
14increase shall be calculated at 3% or one-half the annual
15unadjusted percentage increase (but not less than zero) in the
16consumer price index-u for the 12 months ending with the
17September preceding each November 1, whichever is less, of the
18originally granted retirement annuity. If the annual
19unadjusted percentage change in the consumer price index-u for
20the 12 months ending with the September preceding each November
211 is zero or there is a decrease, then the annuity shall not be
22increased.
23    (f) The initial survivor's or widow's annuity of an
24otherwise eligible survivor or widow of a retired member or
25participant who first became a member or participant on or
26after January 1, 2011 shall be in the amount of 66 2/3% of the

 

 

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1retired member's or participant's retirement annuity at the
2date of death. In the case of the death of a member or
3participant who has not retired and who first became a member
4or participant on or after January 1, 2011, eligibility for a
5survivor's or widow's annuity shall be determined by the
6applicable Article of this Code. The initial benefit shall be
766 2/3% of the earned annuity without a reduction due to age. A
8child's annuity of an otherwise eligible child shall be in the
9amount prescribed under each Article if applicable. Any
10survivor's or widow's annuity shall be increased (1) on each
11January 1 occurring on or after the commencement of the annuity
12if the deceased member died while receiving a retirement
13annuity or (2) in other cases, on each January 1 occurring
14after the first anniversary of the commencement of the annuity.
15Each annual increase shall be calculated at 3% or one-half the
16annual unadjusted percentage increase (but not less than zero)
17in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months ending with the
18September preceding each November 1, whichever is less, of the
19originally granted survivor's annuity. If the annual
20unadjusted percentage change in the consumer price index-u for
21the 12 months ending with the September preceding each November
221 is zero or there is a decrease, then the annuity shall not be
23increased.
24    (g) The benefits in Section 14-110 apply only if the person
25is a State policeman, a fire fighter in the fire protection
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1Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile
2Justice, as those terms are defined in subsection (b) of
3Section 14-110. A person who meets the requirements of this
4Section is entitled to an annuity calculated under the
5provisions of Section 14-110, in lieu of the regular or minimum
6retirement annuity, only if the person has withdrawn from
7service with not less than 20 years of eligible creditable
8service and has attained age 60, regardless of whether the
9attainment of age 60 occurs while the person is still in
10service.
11    (h) If a person who first becomes a member or a participant
12of a retirement system or pension fund subject to this Section
13on or after January 1, 2011 is receiving a retirement annuity
14or retirement pension under that system or fund and becomes a
15member or participant under any other system or fund created by
16this Code and is employed on a full-time basis, except for
17those members or participants exempted from the provisions of
18this Section under subsection (a) of this Section, then the
19person's retirement annuity or retirement pension under that
20system or fund shall be suspended during that employment. Upon
21termination of that employment, the person's retirement
22annuity or retirement pension payments shall resume and be
23recalculated if recalculation is provided for under the
24applicable Article of this Code.
25    If a person who first becomes a member of a retirement
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1January 1, 2012 and is receiving a retirement annuity or
2retirement pension under that system or fund and accepts on a
3contractual basis a position to provide services to a
4governmental entity from which he or she has retired, then that
5person's annuity or retirement pension earned as an active
6employee of the employer shall be suspended during that
7contractual service. A person receiving an annuity or
8retirement pension under this Code shall notify the pension
9fund or retirement system from which he or she is receiving an
10annuity or retirement pension, as well as his or her
11contractual employer, of his or her retirement status before
12accepting contractual employment. A person who fails to submit
13such notification shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and
14required to pay a fine of $1,000. Upon termination of that
15contractual employment, the person's retirement annuity or
16retirement pension payments shall resume and, if appropriate,
17be recalculated under the applicable provisions of this Code.
18    (i) (Blank).
19    (j) In the case of a conflict between the provisions of
20this Section and any other provision of this Code, the
21provisions of this Section shall control.
22(Source: P.A. 97-609, eff. 1-1-12; 98-92, eff. 7-16-13.)
 
23    (40 ILCS 5/15-108.2)
24    Sec. 15-108.2. Tier 2 member. "Tier 2 member": A person who
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1January 1, 2011, other than a person in the self-managed plan
2established under Section 15-158.2, unless the person is
3otherwise a Tier 1 member. The changes made to this Section by
4this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly are a
5correction of existing law and are intended to be retroactive
6to the effective date of Public Act 96-889, notwithstanding the
7provisions of Section 1-103.1 of this Code. A participant under
8this Article, other than a participant in the self-managed plan
9under Section 15-158.2, who on or after January 1, 2011, first
10becomes a participant or member under any reciprocal retirement
11system or pension fund established under this Code.
12(Source: P.A. 98-92, eff. 7-16-13.)
 
13    (40 ILCS 5/15-126.1)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-126.1)
14    Sec. 15-126.1. Academic year. "Academic year": The
1512-month period beginning on the first day of the fall term as
16determined by each employer, or if the employer does not have
17an academic program divided into terms, then beginning
18September 1. For the purposes of Section 15-139.5 and
19subsection (b) of Section 15-139, however, "academic year"
20means the 12-month period beginning September 1.
21(Source: P.A. 84-1472.)
 
22    (40 ILCS 5/15-139)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-139)
23    Sec. 15-139. Retirement annuities; cancellation; suspended
24during employment.

 

 

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1    (a) If an annuitant returns to employment for an employer
2within 60 days after the beginning of the retirement annuity
3payment period, the retirement annuity shall be cancelled, and
4the annuitant shall refund to the System the total amount of
5the retirement annuity payments which he or she received. If
6the retirement annuity is cancelled, the participant shall
7continue to participate in the System.
8    (b) If an annuitant retires prior to age 60 and receives or
9becomes entitled to receive during any month compensation in
10excess of the monthly retirement annuity (including any
11automatic annual increases) for services performed after the
12date of retirement for any employer under this System, that
13portion of the monthly retirement annuity provided by employer
14contributions shall not be payable.
15    If an annuitant retires at age 60 or over and receives or
16becomes entitled to receive during any academic year
17compensation in excess of the difference between his or her
18highest annual earnings prior to retirement and his or her
19annual retirement annuity computed under Rule 1, Rule 2, Rule
203, or Rule 4 of Section 15-136, or under Section 15-136.4, for
21services performed after the date of retirement for any
22employer under this System, that portion of the monthly
23retirement annuity provided by employer contributions shall be
24reduced by an amount equal to the compensation that exceeds
25such difference.
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1of the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board shall be
2excluded from "compensation" for the purposes of this
3subsection (b), and serving as a member of the Illinois
4Educational Labor Relations Board shall not be deemed to be a
5return to employment for the purposes of this Section. This
6provision applies without regard to whether service was
7terminated prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act
8of 1991.
9    "Academic year", as used in this subsection (b), means the
1012-month period beginning September 1.
11    (c) If an employer certifies that an annuitant has been
12reemployed on a permanent and continuous basis or in a position
13in which the annuitant is expected to serve for at least 9
14months, the annuitant shall resume his or her status as a
15participating employee and shall be entitled to all rights
16applicable to participating employees upon filing with the
17board an election to forgo all annuity payments during the
18period of reemployment. Upon subsequent retirement, the
19retirement annuity shall consist of the annuity which was
20terminated by the reemployment, plus the additional retirement
21annuity based upon service granted during the period of
22reemployment, but the combined retirement annuity shall not
23exceed the maximum annuity applicable on the date of the last
24retirement.
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1determining eligibility of the employee or the employee's
2beneficiary to benefits under this Article, and in calculating
3final rate of earnings.
4    In determining the death benefit payable to a beneficiary
5of an annuitant who again becomes a participating employee
6under this Section, accumulated normal and additional
7contributions shall be considered as the sum of the accumulated
8normal and additional contributions at the date of initial
9retirement and the accumulated normal and additional
10contributions credited after that date, less the sum of the
11annuity payments received by the annuitant.
12    The survivors insurance benefits provided under Section
1315-145 shall not be applicable to an annuitant who resumes his
14or her status as a participating employee, unless the
15annuitant, at the time of initial retirement, has a survivors
16insurance beneficiary who could qualify for such benefits.
17    If the participant's employment is terminated because of
18circumstances other than death before 9 months from the date of
19reemployment, the provisions of this Section regarding
20resumption of status as a participating employee shall not
21apply. The normal and survivors insurance contributions which
22are deducted during this period shall be refunded to the
23annuitant without interest, and subsequent benefits under this
24Article shall be the same as those which were applicable prior
25to the date the annuitant resumed employment.
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1of the 91st General Assembly apply without regard to whether
2the annuitant was in service on or after the effective date of
3this amendatory Act.
4(Source: P.A. 97-933, eff. 8-10-12; 97-968, eff. 8-16-12;
598-92, eff. 7-16-13.)
 
6    (40 ILCS 5/15-139.5)
7    Sec. 15-139.5. Return to work by affected annuitant; notice
8and contribution by employer.
9    (a) An employer who employs or re-employs a person
10receiving a retirement annuity from the System in an academic
11year beginning on or after August 1, 2013 must notify the
12System of that employment within 60 days after employing the
13annuitant. The notice must include a summary copy of the
14contract of employment or ; if no written contract of employment
15exists, then the notice must specify the rate of compensation
16and the anticipated length of employment of that annuitant. The
17notice must specify whether the annuitant will be compensated
18from federal, corporate, foundation, or trust funds or grants
19of State funds that identify the principal investigator by
20name. The notice must include the employer's determination of
21whether or not the annuitant is an "affected annuitant" as
22defined in subsection (b).
23    The employer must also record, document, and certify to the
24System (i) the number of paid days and paid weeks worked by the
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1paid to the annuitant for employment during the academic year,
2and (ii) (iii) the amount of that compensation, if any, that
3comes from either federal, corporate, foundation, or trust
4funds or grants of State funds that identify the principal
5investigator by name.
6    As used in this Section, "academic year" means the 12-month
7period beginning September 1. has the meaning ascribed to that
8term in Section 15-126.1; "paid day" means a day on which a
9person performs personal services for an employer and for which
10the person is compensated by the employer; and "paid week"
11means a calendar week in which a person has at least one paid
12day.
13    For the purposes of this Section, an annuitant whose
14employment by an employer extends over more than one academic
15year shall be deemed to be re-employed by that employer in each
16of those academic years.
17    The System may specify the time, form, and manner of
18providing the determinations, notifications, certifications,
19and documentation required under this Section.
20    (b) A person receiving a retirement annuity from the System
21becomes an "affected annuitant" on the first day of the
22academic year following the academic year in which the
23annuitant first meets both of the following condition
24conditions:
25        (1) (Blank). While receiving a retirement annuity
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1    after August 1, 2013 by one or more employers under this
2    Article for a total of more than 18 paid weeks (which need
3    not have been with the same employer or in the same
4    academic year); except that any periods of employment for
5    which the annuitant was compensated solely from federal,
6    corporate, foundation, or trust funds or grants of State
7    funds that identify the principal investigator by name are
8    excluded.
9        (2) While receiving a retirement annuity under this
10    Article, the annuitant was employed on or after August 1,
11    2013 by one or more employers under this Article and
12    received or became entitled to receive during an academic
13    year compensation for that employment in excess of 40% of
14    his or her highest annual earnings prior to retirement;
15    except that compensation paid from federal, corporate,
16    foundation, or trust funds or grants of State funds that
17    identify the principal investigator by name is excluded.
18    A person who becomes an affected annuitant remains an
19affected annuitant, except for any period during which the
20person returns to active service and does not receive a
21retirement annuity from the System.
22    (c) It is the obligation of the employer to determine
23whether an annuitant is an affected annuitant before employing
24the annuitant. For that purpose the employer may require the
25annuitant to disclose and document his or her relevant prior
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1make this determination correctly and in a timely manner or to
2include this determination with the notification required
3under subsection (a) does not excuse the employer from making
4the contribution required under subsection (e).
5    The System may assist the employer in determining whether a
6person is an affected annuitant. The System shall inform the
7employer if it discovers that the employer's determination is
8inconsistent with the employment and earnings information in
9the System's records.
10    (d) Upon the request of an annuitant, the System shall
11certify to the annuitant or the employer the following
12information as reported by the employers, as that information
13is indicated in the records of the System: (i) the annuitant's
14highest annual earnings prior to retirement, (ii) the number of
15paid weeks worked by the annuitant for an employer on or after
16August 1, 2013, (iii) the compensation paid for that employment
17in each academic year, and (iii) (iv) whether any of that
18employment or compensation has been certified to the System as
19being paid from federal, corporate, foundation, or trust funds
20or grants of State funds that identify the principal
21investigator by name. The System shall only be required to
22certify information that is received from the employers.
23    (e) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a), an
24employer who employs an affected annuitant must pay to the
25System an employer contribution in the amount and manner
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1by that employer solely from federal, corporate, foundation, or
2trust funds or grants of State funds that identify the
3principal investigator by name.
4    The employer contribution required under this Section for
5employment of an affected annuitant in an academic year shall
6be equal to 12 times the amount of the gross monthly retirement
7annuity payable to the annuitant for the month in which the
8first paid day of that employment in that academic year occurs,
9after any reduction in that annuity that may be imposed under
10subsection (b) of Section 15-139.
11    If an affected annuitant is employed by more than one
12employer in an academic year, the employer contribution
13required under this Section shall be divided among those
14employers in proportion to their respective portions of the
15total compensation paid to the affected annuitant for that
16employment during that academic year.
17    If the System determines that an employer, without
18reasonable justification, has failed to make the determination
19of affected annuitant status correctly and in a timely manner,
20or has failed to notify the System or to correctly document or
21certify to the System any of the information required by this
22Section, and that failure results in a delayed determination by
23the System that a contribution is payable under this Section,
24then the amount of that employer's contribution otherwise
25determined under this Section shall be doubled.
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1annuitant's status to be justified if the employer establishes
2to the System's satisfaction that the employer, after due
3diligence, made an erroneous determination that the annuitant
4was not an affected annuitant due to reasonable reliance on
5false or misleading information provided by the annuitant or
6another employer, or an error in the annuitant's official
7employment or earnings records.
8    (f) Whenever the System determines that an employer is
9liable for a contribution under this Section, it shall so
10notify the employer and certify the amount of the contribution.
11The employer may pay the required contribution without interest
12at any time within one year after receipt of the certification.
13If the employer fails to pay within that year, then interest
14shall be charged at a rate equal to the System's prescribed
15rate of interest, compounded annually from the 366th day after
16receipt of the certification from the System. Payment must be
17concluded within 2 years after receipt of the certification by
18the employer. If the employer fails to make complete payment,
19including applicable interest, within 2 years, then the System
20may, after giving notice to the employer, certify the
21delinquent amount to the State Comptroller, and the Comptroller
22shall thereupon deduct the certified delinquent amount from
23State funds payable to the employer and pay them instead to the
24System.
25    (g) If an employer is required to make a contribution to
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1the annuitant later elects to forgo his or her annuity in that
2same academic year pursuant to subsection (c) of Section
315-139, then the required contribution by the employer shall be
4waived, and if the contribution has already been paid, it shall
5be refunded to the employer without interest.
6    (h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article,
7the employer contribution required under this Section shall not
8be included in the determination of any benefit under this
9Article or any other Article of this Code, regardless of
10whether the annuitant returns to active service, and is in
11addition to any other State or employer contribution required
12under this Article.
13    (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section to
14the contrary, if an employer employs an affected annuitant in
15order to continue critical operations in the event of either an
16employee's unforeseen illness, accident, or death or a
17catastrophic incident or disaster, then, for one and only one
18academic year, the employer is not required to pay the
19contribution set forth in this Section for that annuitant. The
20employer shall, however, immediately notify the System upon
21employing a person subject to this subsection (i). For the
22purposes of this subsection (i), "critical operations" means
23teaching services, medical services, student welfare services,
24and any other services that are critical to the mission of the
25employer.
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1regulatory obligations contained in the State Universities
2Civil Service Act. This Section shall not apply to an annuitant
3if the employer of that annuitant provides documentation to the
4System that (1) the annuitant is employed in a status
5appointment position, as that term is defined in 80 Ill. Adm.
6Code 250.80, and (2) due to obligations contained under the
7State Universities Civil Service Act, the employer does not
8have the ability to limit the earnings or duration of
9employment for the annuitant while employed in the status
10appointment position.
11(Source: P.A. 97-968, eff. 8-16-12.)
 
12    (40 ILCS 5/15-145.1)
13    Sec. 15-145.1. Survivor's insurance annuities and lump sum
14payments benefits for Tier 2 Members; amount. Survivor
15eligibility, vesting, and conditions for a survivor's
16insurance annuity and lump sum payment amount payable to a
17survivors insurance beneficiary of a deceased Tier 2 member
18shall be determined under the provisions of this Article
19applicable to survivor's insurance beneficiaries of a deceased
20Tier 1 member; however, the amount of a survivor's insurance
21annuity, including the annual increases thereon, shall be
22calculated pursuant to this Section. The initial survivor's
23insurance annuity benefit of a survivors insurance beneficiary
24of a Tier 2 annuitant member shall be in the amount of 66 2/3%
25of the Tier 2 member's retirement annuity at the date of death.

 

 

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1In the case of the death of a Tier 2 member who has not retired,
2eligibility for a survivor's insurance benefit shall be
3determined by the applicable Section of this Article. The
4initial benefit shall be 66 2/3% of the earned annuity without
5a reduction due to age. A survivor's insurance annuity and
6shall be increased (1) on each January 1 occurring on or after
7the commencement of the annuity if the deceased Tier 2 member
8died while receiving a retirement annuity or (2) in other
9cases, on each January 1 occurring after the first anniversary
10of the commencement of the benefit. Each annual increase shall
11be calculated at 3% or one half the annual unadjusted
12percentage increase (but not less than zero) in the consumer
13price index-u for the 12 months ending with the September
14preceding each November 1, whichever is less, of the originally
15granted survivor's insurance annuity benefit. If the annual
16unadjusted percentage change in the consumer price index-u for
17the 12 months ending with the September preceding each November
181 is zero or there is a decrease, then the survivor's insurance
19annuity benefit shall not be increased. A beneficiary of a Tier
202 member who elects the Portable Benefit Package provided under
21this Article shall not be eligible for the survivor's insurance
22annuity benefit that is provided under this Section. If 2 or
23more persons are eligible to receive survivor's insurance
24annuities benefits as provided under this Section based on the
25same deceased Tier 2 member, the calculation of the survivor's
26insurance annuities benefits shall be based on the total

 

 

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1calculation of the survivor's insurance annuity benefit and
2divided pro rata. The changes made to this Section by this
3amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly are a clarification
4of existing law and are intended to be retroactive to the
5effective date of Public Act 96-889, notwithstanding the
6provisions of Section 1-103.1 of this Code.
7(Source: P.A. 98-92, eff. 7-16-13.)
 
8    Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9becoming law.".