Full Text of HB5553 95th General Assembly
HB5553 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB5553
Introduced , by Rep. Joseph M. Lyons SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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40 ILCS 5/11-134 |
from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 11-134 |
40 ILCS 5/11-145.1 | from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 11-145.1 |
30 ILCS 805/8.32 new |
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Amends the Chicago Laborers Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Beginning January 1, 2009, provides a minimum retirement annuity of $1,050 (now, $850) for certain employees and a minimum widow annuity of $1,000 (now, $800) for certain widows. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY |
PENSION IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY |
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT |
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A BILL FOR
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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 | 5 |
| Sections 11-134 and 11-145.1 as follows:
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| (40 ILCS 5/11-134) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 11-134)
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| Sec. 11-134. Minimum annuities.
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| (a) An employee whose withdrawal occurs after July 1, 1957 | 9 |
| at age 60 or
over, with 20 or more years of service, (as | 10 |
| service is defined or computed
in Section 11-216), for whom the | 11 |
| age and service and prior service annuity
combined is less than | 12 |
| the amount stated in this Section, shall, from and
after the | 13 |
| date of withdrawal, in lieu of all annuities otherwise provided
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| in this Article, be entitled to receive an annuity for life of | 15 |
| an amount
equal to 1 2/3% for each year of service, of the | 16 |
| highest average annual
salary for any 5 consecutive years | 17 |
| within the last 10 years of service
immediately preceding the | 18 |
| date of withdrawal; provided, that in the case of
any employee | 19 |
| who withdraws on or after July 1, 1971, such employee age 60
or | 20 |
| over with 20 or more years of service, shall be entitled to | 21 |
| instead
receive an annuity for life equal to 1.67% for each of | 22 |
| the first 10 years
of service; 1.90% for each of the next 10 | 23 |
| years of service; 2.10% for each
year of service in excess of |
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| 20 but not exceeding 30; and 2.30% for each
year of service in | 2 |
| excess of 30, based on the highest average annual salary
for | 3 |
| any 4 consecutive years within the last 10 years of service | 4 |
| immediately
preceding the date of withdrawal.
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| An employee who withdraws after July 1, 1957 and before | 6 |
| January 1,
1988, with 20 or more years of service, before age | 7 |
| 60, shall be entitled to
an annuity, to begin not earlier than | 8 |
| age 55, if under such age at
withdrawal, as computed in the | 9 |
| last preceding paragraph, reduced 0.25% if
the employee was | 10 |
| born before January 1, 1936, or 0.5% if the employee was
born | 11 |
| on or after January 1, 1936, for each full month or fractional | 12 |
| part
thereof that his attained age when such annuity is to | 13 |
| begin is less than 60.
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| Any employee born before January 1, 1936 who withdraws
with | 15 |
| 20 or more years of service, and any employee with 20 or more | 16 |
| years of
service who withdraws on or after January 1, 1988, may | 17 |
| elect to receive, in
lieu of any other employee
annuity | 18 |
| provided in this Section, an annuity for life equal to 1.80% | 19 |
| for
each of the first 10 years of service, 2.00% for each of | 20 |
| the next 10 years
of service, 2.20% for each year of service in | 21 |
| excess of 20, but not
exceeding 30, and 2.40% for each year of | 22 |
| service in excess of 30,
of the highest average annual salary | 23 |
| for any 4
consecutive years within the last 10 years of service | 24 |
| immediately preceding
the date of withdrawal, to begin not | 25 |
| earlier than upon attained age of 55
years, if under such age | 26 |
| at withdrawal, reduced 0.25% for each full month
or fractional |
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| part thereof that his attained age when annuity is to begin
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| less than 60; except that an employee retiring on or after | 3 |
| January 1,
1988, at age 55 or over but less than age 60, having | 4 |
| at least 35 years of
service, or an employee retiring on or | 5 |
| after July 1, 1990, at age 55
or over but less than age 60, | 6 |
| having at least 30 years of service,
or an employee retiring on | 7 |
| or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
of 1997, at | 8 |
| age 55 or over but less than age 60, having at least 25 years of
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| service, shall not be subject to the reduction in retirement | 10 |
| annuity because
of retirement below age 60.
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| However, in the case of an employee who retired on or after | 12 |
| January 1,
1985 but before January 1, 1988, at age 55 or older | 13 |
| and with at least 35
years of service, and who was subject | 14 |
| under this subsection (a) to the
reduction in retirement | 15 |
| annuity because of retirement below age 60, that
reduction | 16 |
| shall cease to be effective January 1, 1991, and the retirement
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| annuity shall be recalculated accordingly.
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| Any employee who withdraws on or after July 1, 1990, with | 19 |
| 20 or more
years of service, may elect to receive, in lieu of | 20 |
| any other employee
annuity provided in this Section, an annuity | 21 |
| for life equal to 2.20% for
each year of service if withdrawal | 22 |
| is before January 1, 2002, or
2.40% for each year of service if | 23 |
| withdrawal is on or after January 1,
2002, of the highest | 24 |
| average annual salary for any 4
consecutive years within the | 25 |
| last 10 years of service immediately preceding
the date of | 26 |
| withdrawal, to begin not earlier than upon attained age of 55
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| years, if under such age at withdrawal, reduced 0.25% for each | 2 |
| full month
or fractional part thereof that his attained age | 3 |
| when annuity is to begin
is less than 60; except that an | 4 |
| employee retiring at age 55 or over but
less than age 60, | 5 |
| having at least 30 years of service, shall not be subject
to | 6 |
| the reduction in retirement annuity because of retirement below | 7 |
| age 60.
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| Any employee who withdraws on or after the effective date | 9 |
| of this
amendatory Act of 1997 with 20 or more years of service | 10 |
| may elect to receive,
in lieu of any other employee annuity | 11 |
| provided in this Section, an annuity for
life equal to 2.20% | 12 |
| for each year of service if withdrawal is before
January 1, | 13 |
| 2002, or 2.40% for each year of service if withdrawal is
on or
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| after January 1, 2002, of the
highest average annual
salary for | 15 |
| any 4 consecutive years within the last 10 years of service
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| immediately preceding the date of withdrawal, to begin not | 17 |
| earlier than upon
attainment of age 55 (age 50 if the employee | 18 |
| has at least 30 years of service),
reduced 0.25% for each full | 19 |
| month or remaining fractional part thereof that the
employee's | 20 |
| attained age when annuity is to begin is less than 60; except | 21 |
| that
an employee retiring at age 50 or over with at least 30 | 22 |
| years of service or at
age 55 or over with at least 25 years of | 23 |
| service shall not be subject to the
reduction in retirement | 24 |
| annuity because of retirement below age 60.
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| The maximum annuity payable under this paragraph (a) of | 26 |
| this Section
shall not exceed 70% of highest average annual |
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| salary in the case of an
employee who withdraws prior to July | 2 |
| 1, 1971, 75% if withdrawal takes place on
or after July 1, 1971 | 3 |
| and prior to January 1, 2002, or 80% if
withdrawal
is on or | 4 |
| after January 1, 2002. For the purpose of the
minimum annuity
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| provided in said paragraphs $1,500 shall be considered the | 6 |
| minimum annual
salary for any year; and the maximum annual | 7 |
| salary to be considered for the
computation of such annuity | 8 |
| shall be $4,800 for any year prior to 1953,
$6,000 for the | 9 |
| years 1953 to 1956, inclusive, and the actual annual salary,
as | 10 |
| salary is defined in this Article, for any year thereafter.
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| (b) For an employee receiving disability benefit, his | 12 |
| salary for annuity
purposes under this Section shall, for all | 13 |
| periods of disability benefit
subsequent to the year 1956, be | 14 |
| the amount on which his disability benefit
was based.
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| (c) An employee with 20 or more years of service, whose | 16 |
| entire
disability benefit credit period expires prior to | 17 |
| attainment of age 55
while still disabled for service, shall be | 18 |
| entitled upon withdrawal to the
larger of (1) the minimum | 19 |
| annuity provided above assuming that he is then
age 55, and | 20 |
| reducing such annuity to its actuarial equivalent at his
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| attained age on such date, or (2) the annuity provided from his | 22 |
| age and
service and prior service annuity credits.
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| (d) The minimum annuity provisions as aforesaid shall not | 24 |
| apply to any
former employee receiving an annuity from the | 25 |
| fund, and who re-enters
service as an employee, unless he | 26 |
| renders at least 3 years of additional
service after the date |
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| of re-entry.
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| (e) An employee in service on July 1, 1947, or who became a | 3 |
| contributor
after July 1, 1947 and prior to July 1, 1950, or | 4 |
| who shall become a
contributor to the fund after July 1, 1950 | 5 |
| prior to attainment of age 70,
who withdraws after age 65 with | 6 |
| less than 20 years of service, for whom the
annuity has been | 7 |
| fixed under the foregoing Sections of this Article shall,
in | 8 |
| lieu of the annuity so fixed, receive an annuity as follows:
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| Such amount as he could have received had the accumulated | 10 |
| amounts for
annuity been improved with interest at the | 11 |
| effective rate to the date of
his withdrawal, or to attainment | 12 |
| of age 70, whichever is earlier, and had
the city contributed | 13 |
| to such earlier date for age and service annuity the
amount | 14 |
| that would have been contributed had he been under age 65, | 15 |
| after the
date his annuity was fixed in accordance with this | 16 |
| Article, and assuming
his annuity were computed from such | 17 |
| accumulations as of his age on such
earlier date. The annuity | 18 |
| so computed shall not exceed the annuity which
would be payable | 19 |
| under the other provisions of this Section if the employee
was | 20 |
| credited with 20 years of service and would qualify for annuity
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| thereunder.
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| (f) In lieu of the annuity provided in this or in any other | 23 |
| Section of
this Article, an employee having attained age 65 | 24 |
| with at least 15 years of
service who withdraws from service on | 25 |
| or after July 1, 1971 and whose
annuity computed under other | 26 |
| provisions of this Article is less than the
amount provided |
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| under this paragraph shall be entitled to receive a minimum
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| annual annuity for life equal to 1% of the highest average | 3 |
| annual salary
for any 4 consecutive years within the last 10 | 4 |
| years of service immediately
preceding retirement for each year | 5 |
| of his service plus the sum of $25 for
each year of service. | 6 |
| Such annual annuity shall not exceed the maximum
percentages | 7 |
| stated under paragraph (a) of this Section of such highest
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| average annual salary.
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| (f-1) Instead of any other retirement annuity provided in | 10 |
| this Article,
an employee who has at least 10 years of service | 11 |
| and withdraws from service
on or after January 1, 1999 may | 12 |
| elect to receive a retirement annuity for
life, beginning no | 13 |
| earlier than upon attainment of age 60, equal to 2.2%
if | 14 |
| withdrawal is before January 1, 2002, or 2.4% for each year of
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| service if
withdrawal is on or after January 1, 2002, of final
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| average salary for
each
year of service, subject to a maximum | 17 |
| of 75% of final average salary
if withdrawal is before January | 18 |
| 1, 2002, or 80% if withdrawal is on
or after
January 1, 2002. | 19 |
| For the purpose of calculating this
annuity, "final average
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| salary" means the highest average annual salary for any 4 | 21 |
| consecutive years
in the last 10 years of service.
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| (g) Any annuity payable under the preceding subsections of | 23 |
| this Section
11-134 shall be paid in equal monthly | 24 |
| installments.
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| (h) The amendatory provisions of part (a) and (f) of this | 26 |
| Section shall
be effective July 1, 1971 and apply in the case |
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| of every qualifying
employee withdrawing on or after July 1, | 2 |
| 1971.
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| (h-1) The changes made to this Section by Public Act 92-609 | 4 |
| (increasing the retirement
formula to 2.4% per year of service | 5 |
| and increasing the maximum to 80%) apply
to persons who | 6 |
| withdraw from service on or after January 1, 2002, regardless
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| of whether that withdrawal takes place before the effective | 8 |
| date of that Act. In the case of a person who withdraws from | 9 |
| service
on or after January 1, 2002 but begins to receive a | 10 |
| retirement annuity before
July 1, 2002, the annuity
shall be | 11 |
| recalculated, with the increase resulting from Public Act | 12 |
| 92-609
accruing from the date the retirement annuity
began. The | 13 |
| changes made by Public Act 92-609 control over the changes made
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| by Public Act 92-599, as provided in Section 95 of P.A. 92-609.
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| (i) The amendatory provisions of this amendatory Act of | 16 |
| 1985 relating to
the discount of annuity because of retirement | 17 |
| prior to attainment of age 60
and increasing the retirement | 18 |
| formula for those born before January 1, 1936,
shall apply only | 19 |
| to qualifying employees withdrawing on or after
August 16, | 20 |
| 1985.
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| (j) Beginning on January 1, 1999, the minimum amount of | 22 |
| employee's annuity
shall be $850 per month for life for the | 23 |
| following classes of employees,
without regard to the fact that | 24 |
| withdrawal occurred prior to the effective
date of this | 25 |
| amendatory Act of 1998:
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| (1) any employee annuitant alive and receiving a life |
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| annuity on the
effective date of this amendatory Act of | 2 |
| 1998, except a reciprocal
annuity;
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| (2) any employee annuitant alive and receiving a term | 4 |
| annuity on the
effective date of this amendatory Act of | 5 |
| 1998, except a reciprocal
annuity;
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| (3) any employee annuitant alive and receiving a | 7 |
| reciprocal annuity on
the effective date of this amendatory | 8 |
| Act of 1998, whose service
in this fund is at least 5 | 9 |
| years;
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| (4) any employee annuitant withdrawing after age 60 on | 11 |
| or after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of 1998, | 12 |
| with at least 10
years of service in this fund.
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| The increases granted under items (1), (2) and (3) of this | 14 |
| subsection (j)
shall not be limited by any other Section of | 15 |
| this Act.
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| (k) Beginning on January 1, 2009, the minimum amount of | 17 |
| employee's annuity
shall be $1,050 per month for life for the | 18 |
| following classes of employees,
without regard to the fact that | 19 |
| withdrawal occurred before the effective
date of this | 20 |
| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly: | 21 |
| (1) any employee annuitant alive and receiving a life | 22 |
| annuity on the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the | 23 |
| 95th General Assembly, except a reciprocal
annuity; | 24 |
| (2) any employee annuitant alive and receiving a term | 25 |
| annuity on the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the | 26 |
| 95th General Assembly, except a reciprocal
annuity; |
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| (3) any employee annuitant alive and receiving a | 2 |
| reciprocal annuity on
the effective date of this amendatory | 3 |
| Act of the 95th General Assembly, whose service
in this | 4 |
| fund is at least 5 years; | 5 |
| (4) any employee annuitant withdrawing after age 60 on | 6 |
| or after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the | 7 |
| 95th General Assembly, with at least 10
years of service in | 8 |
| this fund. | 9 |
| The increases granted under items (1), (2), and (3) of this | 10 |
| subsection (k)
shall not be limited by any other Section of | 11 |
| this Act. | 12 |
| (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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| (40 ILCS 5/11-145.1)
(from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 11-145.1)
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| Sec. 11-145.1. Minimum annuities for widows. The widow | 15 |
| otherwise eligible for widow's annuity under other Sections of
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| this Article 11, of an employee hereinafter described, who | 17 |
| retires from
service or dies while in the service subsequent to | 18 |
| the effective date of
this amendatory provision, and for which | 19 |
| widow the amount of widow's
annuity and widow's prior service | 20 |
| annuity combined, fixed or provided for
such widow under other | 21 |
| provisions of said Article 11 is less than the
amount | 22 |
| hereinafter provided in this section, shall, from and after the | 23 |
| date
her otherwise provided annuity would begin, in lieu of | 24 |
| such otherwise
provided widow's and widow's prior service | 25 |
| annuity, be entitled to the
following indicated amount of |
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| (a) The widow of any employee who dies while in service on | 3 |
| or after the date
on which he attains age 60 if the death | 4 |
| occurs before July 1, 1990, or on or
after the date on which he | 5 |
| attains age 55 if the death occurs on or after July
1, 1990, | 6 |
| with at least 20 years of service, or on or after the date on | 7 |
| which
he attains age 50 if the death occurs on or after the | 8 |
| effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1997 with at least 30 | 9 |
| years of service, shall be entitled
to an annuity equal to | 10 |
| one-half of the amount of annuity which her deceased
husband | 11 |
| would have been entitled to receive had he withdrawn from the | 12 |
| service
on the day immediately preceding the date of his death, | 13 |
| conditional upon such
widow having attained age 60 on or before | 14 |
| such date if the death occurs before
July 1, 1990, or age 55 if | 15 |
| the death occurs on or after July 1, 1990, or age
50 if the | 16 |
| death occurs on or after January 1, 1998 and the employee is | 17 |
| age 50
or over with at least 30 years of service or age 55 or | 18 |
| over with at least 25
years of service. Except
as provided in | 19 |
| subsection (j), the widow's annuity shall not, however,
exceed | 20 |
| the sum of $500 a month if the employee's death in service | 21 |
| occurs before
January 23, 1987. The widow's annuity shall not | 22 |
| be limited to a maximum dollar
amount if the employee's death | 23 |
| in service occurs on or after January 23, 1987.
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| If the employee dies in service before July 1, 1990, and if | 25 |
| such
widow of such described employee shall not be 60 or more | 26 |
| years
of age on such date of death, the amount provided in the |
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| immediately
preceding paragraph for a widow 60 or more years of | 2 |
| age, shall, in the case
of such younger widow, be reduced by | 3 |
| 0.25% for each month that
her then attained age is less than 60 | 4 |
| years if the employee was born before
January 1, 1936, or dies | 5 |
| in service on or after January 1, 1988, or
0.5% for each month | 6 |
| that her then attained age is less
than 60 years if the | 7 |
| employee was born on or after January 1, 1936 and
dies in | 8 |
| service before January 1, 1988.
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| If the employee dies in service on or after July 1, 1990, | 10 |
| and if the
widow of the employee has not attained age 55 on or | 11 |
| before the employee's
date of death, the amount otherwise | 12 |
| provided in this subsection (a) shall
be reduced by 0.25% for | 13 |
| each month that her then attained age is less than
55 years; | 14 |
| except that
if the employee dies in service on or after January | 15 |
| 1, 1998 at age 50 or over
with at least 30 years of service or | 16 |
| at age 55 or over with at least 25 years
of service, there | 17 |
| shall be no reduction due to the widow's age if she has
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| attained age 50 on or before the employee's date of death, and | 19 |
| if the widow
has not attained age 50 on or before the | 20 |
| employee's date of death the amount
otherwise provided in this | 21 |
| subsection (a) shall be reduced by 0.25% for each
month that | 22 |
| her then attained age is less than 50 years.
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| (b) The widow of any employee who dies subsequent to the | 24 |
| date of his
retirement on annuity, and who so retired on or | 25 |
| after the date on which he
attained age 60 if retirement occurs | 26 |
| before July 1, 1990, or on or after the
date on which he |
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| attained age 55 if retirement occurs on or after July 1, 1990,
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| with at least 20 years of service, or on or after the date on | 3 |
| which he
attained age 50 if the retirement occurs on or after | 4 |
| the effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1997 with at least | 5 |
| 30 years of service, shall be entitled
to an annuity equal to | 6 |
| one-half of the amount of annuity which her deceased
husband | 7 |
| received as of the date of his retirement on annuity, | 8 |
| conditional upon
such widow having attained age 60 on or before | 9 |
| the date of her husband's
retirement on annuity if retirement | 10 |
| occurs before July 1, 1990, or age 55 if
retirement occurs on | 11 |
| or after July 1, 1990, or age 50 if the
retirement on annuity
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| occurs on or after January 1, 1998 and the employee is age 50 | 13 |
| or over with
at least 30 years of service or age 55 or over with | 14 |
| at least 25 years of
service.
Except as provided in subsection
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| (j), this widow's annuity shall not, however, exceed the
sum of | 16 |
| $500 a month if the employee's death occurs before January 23, | 17 |
| 1987.
The widow's annuity shall not be limited to a maximum | 18 |
| dollar amount if the
employee's death occurs on or after | 19 |
| January 23, 1987, regardless of the date
of retirement; | 20 |
| provided that, if retirement was before January 23, 1987, the
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| employee or eligible spouse repays the excess spouse refund | 22 |
| with interest at
the effective rate from the date of refund to | 23 |
| the date of repayment.
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| If the date of the employee's retirement on annuity is | 25 |
| before July 1,
1990, and if such widow of such described | 26 |
| employee shall not have
attained such age of 60 or more years |
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| on such date of her husband's
retirement on annuity, the amount | 2 |
| provided in the immediately preceding
paragraph for a widow 60 | 3 |
| or more years of age on the date of her husband's
retirement on | 4 |
| annuity, shall, in the case of such then younger widow, be
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| reduced by 0.25% for each month that her then attained age was | 6 |
| less than 60
years if the employee was born before January 1, | 7 |
| 1936, or withdraws from
service on or after January 1, 1988, or | 8 |
| 0.5% for each month that her then
attained age was less than 60 | 9 |
| years if the employee was born on or after
January 1, 1936 and | 10 |
| withdraws from service before January 1, 1988.
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| If the date of the employee's retirement on annuity is on | 12 |
| or after July
1, 1990, and if the widow of the employee has not | 13 |
| attained age 55 by the
date of the employee's retirement on | 14 |
| annuity, the amount otherwise provided
in this subsection (b) | 15 |
| shall be reduced by 0.25% for each month that her
then attained | 16 |
| age is less than 55 years; except that if
the employee retires | 17 |
| on annuity on or after January 1, 1998 at age 50 or over
with at | 18 |
| least 30 years of service or at age 55 or over with at least 25 | 19 |
| years
of service, there shall be no reduction due to the | 20 |
| widow's age if she has
attained age 50 on or before the | 21 |
| employee's date of death, and if the widow
has not attained age | 22 |
| 50 on or before the employee's date of death the amount
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| otherwise provided in this subsection (b) shall be reduced by | 24 |
| 0.25% for each
month that her then attained age is less than 50 | 25 |
| years.
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| (c) The foregoing provisions relating to minimum annuities |
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| for widows
shall not apply to the widow of any former employee | 2 |
| receiving an annuity
from the fund on August 2, 1965 or on the | 3 |
| effective date of this amendatory
provision, who re-enters | 4 |
| service as a former employee, unless such employee
renders at | 5 |
| least 3 years of additional service after the date of re-entry.
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| (d) (Blank).
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| (e) (Blank).
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| (f) The amendments to this Section by this amendatory Act | 9 |
| of 1985, relating
to changing the discount because of age from | 10 |
| 1/2 of 1% to 0.25% per month for
widows of employees born | 11 |
| before January 1, 1936, shall apply only to qualifying
widows | 12 |
| whose husbands die while in the service on or after August 16, | 13 |
| 1985 or
withdraw and enter on annuity on or after August 16, | 14 |
| 1985.
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| (g) Beginning on January 1, 1999, the minimum amount of | 16 |
| widow's
annuity shall be $800 per month for life for the | 17 |
| following
classes of widows, without regard to the fact that | 18 |
| the death of the employee
occurred prior to the effective date | 19 |
| of this amendatory Act of
1998:
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| (1) any widow annuitant alive and receiving a term | 21 |
| annuity on the
effective date of this amendatory Act of
| 22 |
| 1998, except a reciprocal annuity;
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| (2) any widow annuitant alive and receiving a life | 24 |
| annuity on the
effective date of this amendatory Act of
| 25 |
| 1998, except a reciprocal annuity;
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| (3) any widow annuitant alive and receiving a |
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| reciprocal annuity on
the effective date of this amendatory | 2 |
| Act of
1998, whose employee spouse's service in this fund | 3 |
| was at least 5 years;
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| (4) the widow of an employee with at least 10 years of | 5 |
| service in this
fund who dies after retirement, if the | 6 |
| retirement occurred prior to the
effective date of this | 7 |
| amendatory Act of
1998;
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| (5) the widow of an employee with at least 10 years of | 9 |
| service in this
fund who dies after retirement, if | 10 |
| withdrawal occurs on or after the
effective date of this | 11 |
| amendatory Act of
1998;
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| (6) the widow of an employee who dies in service with | 13 |
| at least 5 years
of service in this fund, if the death in | 14 |
| service occurs on or after the
effective date of this | 15 |
| amendatory Act of
1998.
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| The increases granted under items (1), (2), (3) and (4) of | 17 |
| this
subsection (g) shall not be limited by any other Section | 18 |
| of this Act.
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| (g-1) Beginning on January 1, 2009, the minimum amount of | 20 |
| widow's
annuity shall be $1,000 per month for life for the | 21 |
| following
classes of widows, without regard to the fact that | 22 |
| the death of the employee
occurred before the effective date of | 23 |
| this amendatory Act of
the 95th General Assembly: | 24 |
| (1) any widow annuitant alive and receiving a term | 25 |
| annuity on the
effective date of this amendatory Act of
the | 26 |
| 95th General Assembly, except a reciprocal annuity; |
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| (2) any widow annuitant alive and receiving a life | 2 |
| annuity on the
effective date of this amendatory Act of
the | 3 |
| 95th General Assembly, except a reciprocal annuity; | 4 |
| (3) any widow annuitant alive and receiving a | 5 |
| reciprocal annuity on
the effective date of this amendatory | 6 |
| Act of
the 95th General Assembly, whose employee spouse's | 7 |
| service in this fund was at least 5 years; | 8 |
| (4) the widow of an employee with at least 10 years of | 9 |
| service in this
fund who dies after retirement, if the | 10 |
| retirement occurred prior to the
effective date of this | 11 |
| amendatory Act of
the 95th General Assembly; | 12 |
| (5) the widow of an employee with at least 10 years of | 13 |
| service in this
fund who dies after retirement, if | 14 |
| withdrawal occurs on or after the
effective date of this | 15 |
| amendatory Act of
the 95th General Assembly; | 16 |
| (6) the widow of an employee who dies in service with | 17 |
| at least 5 years
of service in this fund, if the death in | 18 |
| service occurs on or after the
effective date of this | 19 |
| amendatory Act of
the 95th General Assembly. | 20 |
| The increases granted under items (1), (2), (3), and (4) of | 21 |
| this
subsection (g-1) shall not be limited by any other Section | 22 |
| of this Act. | 23 |
| (h) The widow of an employee who retired or died in service | 24 |
| on or
after January 1, 1985 and before July 1, 1990, at age 55 | 25 |
| or older, and with
at least 35 years of service credit, shall | 26 |
| be entitled to have her widow's
annuity increased, effective |
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| January 1, 1991, to an amount equal to 50% of
the retirement | 2 |
| annuity that the deceased employee received on the date of
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| retirement, or would have been eligible to receive if he had | 4 |
| retired on the
day preceding the date of his death in service, | 5 |
| provided that if the widow
had not attained age 60 by the date | 6 |
| of the employee's retirement or death
in service, the amount of | 7 |
| the annuity shall be reduced by 0.25% for each
month that her | 8 |
| then attained age was less than age 60 if the employee's
| 9 |
| retirement or death in service occurred on or after January 1, | 10 |
| 1988, or by
0.5% for each month that her attained age is less | 11 |
| than age 60 if the
employee's retirement or death in service | 12 |
| occurred prior to January 1,
1988. However, in cases where a | 13 |
| refund of excess contributions for
widow's annuity has been | 14 |
| paid by the Fund, the increase in benefit provided
by this | 15 |
| subsection (h) shall be contingent upon repayment of the
refund | 16 |
| to the Fund with interest at the effective rate from the date | 17 |
| of refund
to the date of payment.
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| (i) If a deceased employee is receiving a retirement | 19 |
| annuity at the time
of death and that death occurs on or after | 20 |
| June 27, 1997,
the widow may elect to receive, in lieu of any
| 21 |
| other annuity provided under this Article, 50% of the deceased | 22 |
| employee's
retirement annuity at the time of death reduced by | 23 |
| 0.25% for each month that
the widow's age on the date of death | 24 |
| is less than 55; except that if the
employee dies on or after | 25 |
| January 1, 1998 and withdrew from service on or
after June 27, | 26 |
| 1997 at age 50 or over with at least 30 years of service
or at |
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| age 55 or over with at least 25 years of service, there shall | 2 |
| be no
reduction due to the widow's age if she has attained age | 3 |
| 50 on or before the
employee's date of death, and if the widow | 4 |
| has not attained age 50 on or before
the employee's date of | 5 |
| death the amount otherwise provided in this subsection
(i) | 6 |
| shall be reduced by 0.25% for each month that her age on the | 7 |
| date of death
is less than 50 years. However, in cases where
a | 8 |
| refund of excess contributions for widow's annuity has been | 9 |
| paid by the Fund,
the benefit provided by this subsection (i) | 10 |
| is contingent upon repayment of the
refund to the Fund with | 11 |
| interest at the effective rate from the date of refund
to the | 12 |
| date of payment.
| 13 |
| (j) For widows of employees who died before January 23,
| 14 |
| 1987 after retirement on annuity or in service, the maximum | 15 |
| dollar amount
limitation on widow's annuity shall cease to | 16 |
| apply, beginning with the first
annuity payment after the | 17 |
| effective date of this amendatory Act
of 1997; except
that if a | 18 |
| refund of excess contributions for widow's annuity has been | 19 |
| paid by
the Fund, the increase resulting from this subsection | 20 |
| (j) shall not begin
before the refund has been repaid to the | 21 |
| Fund, together with interest at the
effective rate from the | 22 |
| date of the refund to the date of repayment.
| 23 |
| (k) In lieu of any other annuity provided in this Article, | 24 |
| an eligible
spouse of an employee who dies in service on or | 25 |
| after January 1, 2002
(regardless of whether that death in | 26 |
| service occurs prior to the effective date of this amendatory |
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| Act of the 93rd General Assembly)
with at least 10 years of | 2 |
| service shall be
entitled to an annuity of 50% of the minimum | 3 |
| formula annuity earned and
accrued to the credit of the | 4 |
| employee at the date of death.
For the purposes of this | 5 |
| subsection, the minimum formula annuity earned and
accrued to | 6 |
| the credit of the employee is equal to 2.40% for each year of
| 7 |
| service of the highest average annual salary for any 4 | 8 |
| consecutive years within
the last 10 years of service | 9 |
| immediately preceding the date of death, up to
a maximum of 80% | 10 |
| of the highest average annual salary. This annuity shall
not be | 11 |
| reduced due to the age of the employee or spouse. In addition | 12 |
| to any
other eligibility requirements under this Article, the | 13 |
| spouse is eligible for
this annuity only if the marriage was in | 14 |
| effect for 10 full years or more.
| 15 |
| (Source: P.A. 92-599, eff. 6-28-02; 93-654, eff. 1-16-04.)
| 16 |
| Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | 17 |
| Section 8.32 as follows: | 18 |
| (30 ILCS 805/8.32 new) | 19 |
| Sec. 8.32. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | 20 |
| of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | 21 |
| implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | 22 |
| the 95th General Assembly.
| 23 |
| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 24 |
| becoming law.
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