(40 ILCS 5/6-148) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-148)
Sec. 6-148. A child's annuity, shall be paid for the benefit of any
unmarried child, less than age 18, of any following described firemen:
(a) A fireman whose death results from the performance of any act or
acts of duty; (b) a fireman who dies in service from any cause; (c) a
fireman who withdraws subsequent to age 50 and who enters upon or is
eligible for annuity; and (d) a fireman having at least 20 years of
service who withdraws and dies before he enters upon annuity.
The annuity shall be paid without regard to the fact that the death
of the deceased fireman parent may have occurred prior to the effective
date of this amendatory Act and shall be paid monthly in an amount equal
to 15% of the current annual maximum salary attached to the classified
civil service position of fire fighter if no widow survives and 10% of
such salary while the widow survives and no age limitation in this
Section shall apply to a child who is so physically or mentally
handicapped as to be unable to support himself; provided, if annuities
for the widow and children of a fireman who dies on or after the
effective date and whose death has been the result of an act or acts of
duty performed on or after said date, or for the children in any such
case wherein a widow shall not exist, computed at the rates hereinbefore
stated, would exceed the final annual salary of a first class fireman,
(one who receives maximum salary for classified civil service rank of
fire fighter), the annuity for each child shall be reduced pro rata so
that the combined annuities for the family of the fireman shall not
exceed such amount; and in the case of the family of a fireman who dies
on or after said date and whose death is the result of any cause or
causes other than injury incurred in the performance of an act or acts
of duty in which annuities for such family, computed at the rates
hereinbefore stated would exceed 60% of the final annual salary of a
first class fireman, the annuity of each child shall be reduced pro rata
so that the combined annuities for the family do not exceed such
limitation.
Child's annuity shall be paid to the parent who is providing for the
child, unless another person is appointed by a court of law as the
child's guardian.
(Source: P.A. 95-279, eff. 1-1-08.)
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