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90_HB1034
40 ILCS 5/6-150 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-150
30 ILCS 805/8.21 new
Amends the Chicago Firefighter Article of the Pension
Code to provide a death benefit for certain firefighters who
die after separation from service. Requires payment of
additional contributions. Amends the State Mandates Act to
require implementation without reimbursement. Effective
immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Pension Code by changing
2 Section 6-150 and to amend the State Mandates Act.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by
6 changing Section 6-150 as follows:
7 (40 ILCS 5/6-150) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-150)
8 Sec. 6-150. Death benefits.
9 (a) Effective January 1, 1962, an ordinary death benefit
10 shall be payable on account of any fireman in service and in
11 receipt of salary on or after such date, which benefit shall
12 be in addition to all other annuities and benefits herein
13 provided. This benefit shall be payable upon death of a
14 fireman:
15 (1) occurring in active service while in receipt of
16 salary;
17 (2) on an authorized and approved leave of absence,
18 without salary, beginning on or after January 1, 1962, if the
19 death occurs within 60 days from the date the fireman was in
20 receipt of salary;
21 (3) receiving duty, occupational disease, or ordinary
22 disability benefit;
23 (4) occurring within 60 days from the date of
24 termination of duty disability, occupational disease
25 disability or ordinary disability benefit payments if
26 re-entry into service had not occurred;
27 (5) occurring on retirement and while in receipt of an
28 age and service, prior service annuity or minimum annuity;
29 provided (a) retirement on such annuity occurred on or after
30 January 1, 1962, and (b) such separation from service was
31 effective on or after the fireman's attainment of age 50, and
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1 (c) application for such annuity was made within 60 days
2 after separation from service.
3 (b) The ordinary death benefit shall be payable to such
4 beneficiary or beneficiaries as the fireman has nominated by
5 written direction duly signed and acknowledged before an
6 officer authorized to take acknowledgments, and filed with
7 the board. If no such written direction has been filed or if
8 the designated beneficiaries do not survive the fireman,
9 payment of the benefit shall be made to his estate.
10 (c) Beginning July 1, 1983, if death occurs prior to
11 retirement on annuity and before the fireman's attainment of
12 age 50, the amount of the benefit payable shall be $12,000.
13 Beginning July 1, 1983, if death occurs prior to retirement,
14 at age 50 or over, the benefit of $12,000 shall be reduced
15 $400 for each year (commencing on the fireman's attainment of
16 age 50 and thereafter on each succeeding birth date) that the
17 fireman's age, at date of death, is more than age 49, but in
18 no event below the amount of $6,000.
19 Beginning July 1, 1983, if the fireman's death occurs
20 while he is in receipt of an annuity, the benefit shall be
21 $6,000.
22 (d) An ordinary death benefit of $6,000 shall be payable
23 on account of any fireman after separation from service if
24 such separation from service was effective on or after
25 January 1, 1990 before the fireman's attainment of age 50
26 with at least 20 years of service if the fireman eligible for
27 such death benefit contributes to the fund a sum equal to an
28 active fireman's monthly death benefit contribution for each
29 full or partial month between separation from service and
30 attainment of age 50. The entire premium calculated through
31 age 50 must be paid within 60 days of the effective date of
32 this amendatory Act of 1997 or within 60 days after
33 separation from service if later.
34 (Source: P.A. 83-152.)
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1 Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
2 Section 8.21 as follows:
3 (30 ILCS 805/8.21 new)
4 Sec. 8.21. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6
5 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required
6 for the implementation of any mandate created by this
7 amendatory Act of 1997.
8 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9 becoming law.