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90_SB0152

      40 ILCS 5/1-118 new
          Amends the General Provisions Article of the Pension Code
      to provide for the issuance of  Qualified  Illinois  Domestic
      Relations  Orders  (QILDRO's).   Provides for a former spouse
      designated in a QILDRO to receive all or a specified  portion
      of  the retirement benefit, member's refund, surviving spouse
      benefit, or death benefit otherwise payable to  a  member  or
      the   member's   beneficiary   under   the  Code.   Specifies
      conditions and procedures.   Requires  the  member's  written
      consent  before  a  QILDRO  is  effective  against  a current
      member.  Effective January 1, 1998.
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 1        AN ACT to amend  the  Illinois  Pension  Code  by  adding
 2    Section 1-118.
 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    adding Section 1-118 as follows:
 7        (40 ILCS 5/1-118 new)
 8        Sec.   1-118.    Qualified  Illinois  Domestic  Relations
 9    Orders.
10        (a)  For the purposes of this Section:
11             (1)  "Alternate  payee"  means  the  spouse,  former
12        spouse,  child,  or  other  dependent  of  a  member,  as
13        designated in a QILDRO.
14             (2)  "Benefit", when used in a general sense without
15        specifying the type of benefit, includes any  payment  of
16        money  by  a  retirement  system  to  a  member  or other
17        beneficiary,  including  the  payment  of  a  refund   of
18        contributions.
19             (3)  "Death  benefit"  means any nonperiodic benefit
20        payable upon the death  of  a  member  to  the  surviving
21        spouse  of  the  member  or  to  the  member's  estate or
22        designated   beneficiary,   including   any   refund   of
23        contributions following the member's  death,  whether  or
24        not the benefit is so called under the applicable Article
25        of this Code.
26             (4)  "Disability  benefit"  means  any  periodic  or
27        nonperiodic benefit payable to a disabled member based on
28        occupational  or  nonoccupational  disability or disease,
29        including any periodic or nonperiodic  increases  in  the
30        benefit,  whether  or  not the benefit is so called under
31        the applicable Article of this Code.
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 1             (5)  "Member" means any person who  participates  in
 2        or  has service credits in a retirement system, including
 3        a person who is receiving or is  eligible  to  receive  a
 4        retirement  or  disability  benefit,  without  regard  to
 5        whether the person has withdrawn from service.
 6             (6)  "Member's  refund"  means  a return of all or a
 7        portion of a member's contributions that  is  elected  by
 8        the  member  (or  provided  by  operation  of law) and is
 9        payable before the member's death.
10             (7)  "Qualified Illinois Domestic  Relations  Order"
11        or "QILDRO" means an order that creates or recognizes the
12        existence of an alternate payee's right to receive all or
13        a  portion of a member's accrued benefits in a retirement
14        system, is issued pursuant to this  Section  and  Section
15        503(1)  of  the  Illinois  Marriage  and  Dissolution  of
16        Marriage Act, and meets the requirements of this Section.
17        A  QILDRO  is  not  the  same  as  a  qualified  domestic
18        relations order or QDRO issued pursuant to Section 414(p)
19        of  the  Internal Revenue Code of 1986.  The requirements
20        of paragraphs (2) and (3) of that Section do not apply to
21        orders issued under this Section and shall not be  deemed
22        a  guide  to the interpretation of this Section; a QILDRO
23        is intended to be a domestic relations order  within  the
24        meaning of paragraph (11) of that Section.
25             (8)  "Regular  payee"  means  the  person  to whom a
26        benefit would be payable in the absence of  an  effective
27        QILDRO.
28             (9)  "Retirement  benefit"  means  any  periodic  or
29        nonperiodic  benefit payable to a retired member based on
30        age or service, or on  the  amounts  accumulated  to  the
31        credit  of  the member for retirement purposes, including
32        any periodic or nonperiodic  increases  in  the  benefit,
33        whether  or  not  the  benefit  is  so  called  under the
34        applicable Article of this Code.
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 1             (10)  "Retirement  system"  or  "system"  means  any
 2        retirement system, pension fund, or other public employee
 3        retirement benefit plan that is maintained or established
 4        under any of Articles 2 through 18 of this Code.
 5             (11)  "Surviving  spouse"  means  the  spouse  of  a
 6        member at the member's death or a former  spouse  of  the
 7        member  who  is  entitled  to  a specific accrued benefit
 8        under a QILDRO.
 9             (12)  "Surviving spouse benefit" means any  periodic
10        benefit  payable  to  the  surviving spouse of a deceased
11        member, including any periodic or  nonperiodic  increases
12        in  the  benefit,  but  excluding  any  portion of such a
13        benefit  payable  on  behalf  of  or  by  reason  of  the
14        existence of surviving children of the member, whether or
15        not the benefit is so called under the applicable Article
16        of this Code.
17        (b) (1)  A  court  of   competent   jurisdiction   in   a
18    proceeding  for  declaration of invalidity of marriage, legal
19    separation, or dissolution of marriage that provides for  the
20    distribution  of  property,  or  any  proceeding  to amend or
21    enforce such a property distribution, may order that  all  or
22    any  part of any (i) retirement benefit, (ii) member's refund
23    payable to or on behalf of the member,  (iii)  death  benefit
24    payable   to   the  member's  surviving  spouse,  estate,  or
25    designated beneficiary, or (iv) a surviving  spouse  benefit,
26    be  instead  paid  by  the  retirement system to a designated
27    alternate payee.
28        (2)  An order issued under this Section provides only for
29    the diversion to  an  alternate  payee  of  certain  benefits
30    otherwise   payable   by  the  retirement  system  under  the
31    provisions of this Code.  In no event shall the existence  of
32    a  QILDRO  cause the retirement system to pay any benefit, or
33    any amount of benefit, to an alternate payee that  would  not
34    have  been  payable  by  the system to a regular payee in the
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 1    absence of the QILDRO.
 2        (3)  A QILDRO shall not affect the  vesting,  accrual  or
 3    amount  of any benefit, nor the date or conditions upon which
 4    any benefit becomes payable, nor the right of the  member  or
 5    the   member's  survivors  to  make  any  election  otherwise
 6    authorized under this Code, except as provided in subsections
 7    (j) and (k).
 8        (4)  A QILDRO shall not apply to nor affect  the  payment
 9    of  any disability benefit, life insurance benefit, or health
10    insurance benefit.
11        (c) (1)  A  QILDRO  must  contain  the  name,   residence
12    address  and  social security number of the member and of the
13    alternate payee, and must identify the retirement  system  to
14    which it is directed and the court issuing the order.
15        (2)  A  QILDRO  must  specify  each  benefit  to which it
16    applies, and it must specify the amount of the benefit to  be
17    paid  to  the  alternate  payee,  which  in  the  case  of  a
18    nonperiodic  benefit  shall  be expressed as a dollar amount,
19    and in the case of a periodic benefit shall be expressed as a
20    dollar amount per month.
21        (3)  With respect to each benefit to which it applies,  a
22    QILDRO  must specify when the order will take effect.  In the
23    case of a periodic benefit that is being paid at the time the
24    order is accepted, a QILDRO shall take effect immediately  or
25    on a specified later date; if it takes effect immediately, it
26    shall  become  effective  on  the  first benefit payment date
27    occurring at least 30 days after the order is accepted by the
28    retirement system.  In the  case  of  any  other  benefit,  a
29    QILDRO  shall  take  effect when the benefit becomes payable.
30    However, in no event shall a QILDRO apply to any benefit paid
31    by the retirement system before or within 30 days  after  the
32    order  is  accepted, except as provided in subsection (e).  A
33    retirement system may adopt rules to prorate  the  amount  of
34    the first and final periodic payments to an alternate payee.
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 1        (4)  A  QILDRO  must also contain any provisions required
 2    under subsection (o) or (q).
 3        (d) (1)  An order issued under this Section shall not  be
 4    implemented  unless  a  certified  copy of the order has been
 5    filed with the retirement system, and the system has accepted
 6    the order.
 7        (2)  The retirement system shall examine  the  order  and
 8    either  accept it or reject it within 90 days after receiving
 9    the order.  If the system finds  that  the  order  meets  the
10    requirements  of  this Section, it shall accept the order and
11    promptly  notify  the  member  and  the  alternate  payee  by
12    certified mail of its acceptance of the order.  If the system
13    rejects the order,  the  system  shall  promptly  notify  the
14    court,  the  member and the alternate payee by certified mail
15    of its rejection of the order.  The notice of rejection shall
16    include a specific explanation of the  manner  in  which  the
17    order fails to comply with the requirements of this Section.
18        (3)  The  final  decision  to  accept  or reject an order
19    under this Section may be made by any authorized employee  of
20    the  retirement  system and does not require an action by the
21    board of the retirement system or a hearing.
22        (4)  Neither the retirement system, nor  its  board,  nor
23    any  of its employees shall incur any liability or be subject
24    to any sanction by the court for the rejection  of  an  order
25    under this Section made in good faith.
26        (5)  Neither  the  retirement  system, nor its board, nor
27    any of its employees shall  be  liable  to  the  member,  the
28    regular  payee,  or  any  other  person  for  any amount of a
29    benefit that is either (i) paid in good faith to an alternate
30    payee in accordance with an accepted QILDRO, or (ii) withheld
31    or not withheld under subsection (e).
32        (e)  If a retirement system rejects an order that applies
33    to a benefit that is payable or being paid by the  system  at
34    the  time the order is rejected, and if the system is able to
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 1    identify the affected member and benefit and  the  amount  of
 2    the benefit payable to the alternate payee under the rejected
 3    order,  then the system shall withhold  payment of the amount
 4    of the benefit that would have been payable to the  alternate
 5    payee  if the rejected order had instead been accepted.  Such
 6    withholding, however, shall not be effected in either of  the
 7    following  situations:  (i)  the  rejected  order specifies a
 8    percentage instead of a dollar amount; or (ii)  the  rejected
 9    order  relates  to  a  member from whom a consent is required
10    under subsection (n), but no such consent has been  submitted
11    to  the  system.   Any  amounts withheld shall be held by the
12    system for the alternate payee pending clarification  of  the
13    order  by  the court.  If an amended order is not accepted by
14    the system within 180 days from the date of rejection of  the
15    initial  order,  the  system  shall  pay  the benefit and the
16    amounts held to the regular payee, and the  interest  of  the
17    alternate payee in any amounts so paid shall be extinguished.
18    Amounts  held  by  a  retirement system under this subsection
19    shall not bear interest.
20        (f) (1)  Each  alternate   payee   is   responsible   for
21    maintaining  a  current  residence  address  on file with the
22    retirement system.  The retirement system shall have no  duty
23    to  attempt  to locate any alternate payee by any means other
24    than sending written notice to the last known address of  the
25    alternate payee on file with the system.
26        (2)  In  the  event  that  the  system  cannot  locate an
27    alternate payee when a benefit becomes  payable,  the  system
28    shall hold the amount of the benefit payable to the alternate
29    payee and make payment to the alternate payee if he or she is
30    located  within  the  following  180  days.  If the alternate
31    payee has not been located within 180 days from the date  the
32    benefit becomes payable, the system shall pay the benefit and
33    the  amounts  held  to  the  regular payee.  If the alternate
34    payee is subsequently located,  the  system  shall  thereupon
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 1    implement the QILDRO, but the interest of the alternate payee
 2    in  any  amounts  already  paid to the regular payee shall be
 3    extinguished.  Amounts held under this subsection  shall  not
 4    bear interest.
 5        (g) (1)  If  the amount of a benefit that is specified in
 6    a QILDRO  for payment  to  an  alternate  payee  exceeds  the
 7    actual  amount  of  that  benefit  payable  by the retirement
 8    system, the excess  shall  be  disregarded.   The  retirement
 9    system  shall have no liability to any alternate payee or any
10    other person for the disregarded amounts.
11        (2)  In the event of multiple QILDRO's against a  member,
12    the  retirement system shall honor all of the QILDRO's to the
13    extent possible.  However, if the total amount of  a  benefit
14    to  be  paid to alternate payees under all QILDRO's in effect
15    against the member exceeds the actual amount of that  benefit
16    payable by the system, the QILDRO's shall be satisfied in the
17    order  of  their acceptance by the system until the amount of
18    the benefit is exhausted, and shall not be adjusted pro rata.
19    Any amounts that cannot be paid  due  to  exhaustion  of  the
20    benefit  shall remain unpaid, and the retirement system shall
21    have no liability to any alternate payee or any other  person
22    for such amounts.
23        (3)  A  modification  of  a  QILDRO  shall  be subject to
24    acceptance  or  rejection  by  the  retirement  system  under
25    subsection (d) in  the  same  manner  as  a  new  QILDRO.   A
26    modification that does not increase the amount of any benefit
27    payable  to  the  alternate  payee,  and  does not expand the
28    QILDRO to affect any benefit not affected by  the  unmodified
29    QILDRO,  does  not  affect  the  priority  of  payment  under
30    subdivision  (g)(2); the priority of payment of a QILDRO that
31    has been modified to  increase  the  amount  of  any  benefit
32    payable  to  the  alternate payee, or to expand the QILDRO to
33    affect a benefit not affected by the unmodified QILDRO, shall
34    be based on the acceptance date of the  modification  of  the
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 1    QILDRO.
 2        (h) (1)  Upon  the  death  of the alternate payee under a
 3    QILDRO, the QILDRO shall expire and cease  to  be  effective,
 4    and  in  the  absence of another QILDRO, the right to receive
 5    any affected benefit shall revert to the regular payee.
 6        (2)  All QILDRO's relating to a member's participation in
 7    a particular retirement system shall expire and cease  to  be
 8    effective  upon  the  issuance  of  a  member's  refund  that
 9    terminates  the  member's  participation  in  that retirement
10    system, without regard to whether the refund was paid to  the
11    member  or  to an alternate payee under a QILDRO.  An expired
12    QILDRO shall not be automatically revived by  any  subsequent
13    return by the member to service under that retirement system.
14        (i)  Within  45  days after receiving a subpoena from any
15    party to  a  proceeding  for  declaration  of  invalidity  of
16    marriage,  legal  separation,  or  dissolution of marriage in
17    which a QILDRO may be issued, or after  receiving  a  request
18    from  the member, a retirement system shall issue a statement
19    of a member's accumulated contributions, accrued benefits and
20    other interests in the plan administered  by  the  retirement
21    system,   and   of   any   relevant   procedures,   rules  or
22    modifications to the model QILDRO form that have been adopted
23    by the retirement system.  In no event shall  the  retirement
24    system  be  required  to  furnish  to any person an actuarial
25    opinion as to the present value of the member's  benefits  or
26    other  interests.  The papers, entries, and records, or parts
27    thereof, of any retirement system may be  proved  by  a  copy
28    thereof,  certified  under  the signature of the secretary of
29    the system or other duly appointed keeper of the  records  of
30    the system and the corporate seal, if any.
31        (j)  In   a  retirement  system  in  which  a  member  or
32    beneficiary is required to apply to the system for payment of
33    a benefit,  the  required  application  may  be  made  by  an
34    alternate  payee who is entitled to all of that benefit under
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 1    an accepted QILDRO, provided that  all  other  qualifications
 2    and requirements have been met.  However, the alternate payee
 3    may  not  make the required application for a member's refund
 4    or a retirement benefit if the member is in active service or
 5    below  the  minimum  age  for   receiving   an   undiscounted
 6    retirement annuity in the retirement system that has accepted
 7    the  QILDRO  or  in  any other retirement system in which the
 8    member has creditable  service  and  in  which  the  member's
 9    rights  under  the Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act would be
10    affected as a result of the alternate payee's application for
11    a member's refund or retirement benefit.
12        (k) (1)  So long as there is an accepted QILDRO  relating
13    to a member's retirement benefit, the affected member may not
14    elect  a  form  of payment that has the effect of diminishing
15    the amount of the payment to which  any  alternate  payee  is
16    entitled,  unless  the  alternate  payee has consented to the
17    election in writing and this consent has been filed with  the
18    retirement system.
19        (2)  If  a member attempts to make an election prohibited
20    under subdivision (k)(1), the retirement system shall  reject
21    the  election and advise the member of the need to obtain the
22    alternate payee's consent.
23        (3)  If  a  retirement  system  discovers  that  it   has
24    mistakenly  allowed  an election prohibited under subdivision
25    (k)(1),  it  shall  thereupon  disallow  that  election   and
26    recalculate  any  benefits  affected  thereby.  If the system
27    determines that an amount paid to a regular payee should have
28    been paid  to  an  alternate  payee,  the  system  shall,  if
29    possible, recoup the amounts as provided in subsection (l) of
30    this Section.
31        (l)  In  the  event  that a regular payee or an alternate
32    payee is overpaid, the retirement  system  shall  recoup  the
33    amounts by deducting the overpayment from future payments and
34    making  payment  to  the  other  payee.   The system may make
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 1    deductions for recoupment over a period of time in  the  same
 2    manner as is provided by law or regulation for the recoupment
 3    of  other  amounts  incorrectly  disbursed  by  the system in
 4    instances not involving  a  QILDRO.   The  retirement  system
 5    shall incur no liability to either the alternate payee or the
 6    regular  payee as a result of any payment made in good faith,
 7    regardless of  whether  the  system  is  able  to  accomplish
 8    recoupment.
 9        (m) (1)  A   retirement   system  that  has,  before  the
10    effective date of this Section, received  and  implemented  a
11    domestic relations order that directs payment of a benefit to
12    a  person  other  than  the  regular  payee  may  continue to
13    implement that order, and shall not be liable to the  regular
14    payee for any amounts paid in good faith to that other person
15    in accordance with the order.
16        (2)  A  domestic  relations  order directing payment of a
17    benefit to a person other than the  regular  payee  that  was
18    issued  by a court but not implemented by a retirement system
19    prior to the effective date of this Section  shall  be  void.
20    However,  a  person who is the beneficiary or alternate payee
21    of a domestic relations order that  is  rendered  void  under
22    this  subsection may petition the court that issued the order
23    for an amended order that complies with this Section.
24        (n) (1)  In accordance with Article 13, Section 5 of  the
25    Illinois  Constitution,  which  prohibits  the  impairment or
26    diminishment of benefits granted under this  Code,  a  QILDRO
27    issued  against  a  member of a retirement system established
28    under an Article of this Code that  exempts  the  payment  of
29    benefits or refunds from attachment, garnishment, judgment or
30    other  legal  process  shall  not  be  effective  without the
31    written  consent  of  the  member   if   the   member   began
32    participating  in  the  retirement  system  on  or before the
33    effective date of this Section.  That  consent  must  specify
34    the  retirement  system, the court case number, and the names
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 1    and social security numbers of the member and  the  alternate
 2    payee.   The  consent  must  accompany  the QILDRO when it is
 3    filed  with  the  retirement   system,   and   must   be   in
 4    substantially the following form:
 5                    CONSENT TO ISSUANCE OF QILDRO
 6    Court Case Number: ....................
 7    Member's Social Security Number: ........................
 8    Alternate payee's Social Security Number: ...............
 9        I,  (name),  a  member of the (retirement system), hereby
10    consent to the issuance  of  a  Qualified  Illinois  Domestic
11    Relations  Order.  I understand that under the Order, certain
12    benefits that would otherwise be payable  to  me,  or  to  my
13    surviving  spouse or estate, will instead be payable to (name
14    of alternate payee).  I also  understand  that  my  right  to
15    elect  certain  forms  of payment of my retirement benefit or
16    member's refund may be limited as a result of the Order.
17        DATED:.......................
18        SIGNED:......................
19        (2)  A member's consent to the issuance of a QILDRO shall
20    be irrevocable, and shall apply to any QILDRO  that  pertains
21    to  the  alternate  payee  and retirement system named in the
22    consent.
23        (o)  An order issued under this Section may  be  rejected
24    by  a  retirement  system  if  it is not substantially in the
25    following  form  (omitting  any  provisions  that   are   not
26    applicable):
27             QUALIFIED ILLINOIS DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER
28        THIS CAUSE coming before the Court for the purpose of the
29    entry  of a Qualified Illinois Domestic Relations Order under
30    the provisions of Section 1-118 of the Illinois Pension Code,
31    the Court  having  jurisdiction  over  the  parties  and  the
32    subject  matter  hereof;   the  Court finding that one of the
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 1    parties to this proceeding is a member of a retirement system
 2    subject to Section 1-118 of the Illinois Pension  Code,  this
 3    Order  is  entered  to  implement  a division of that party's
 4    interest in the retirement system; and the Court being  fully
 5    advised;
 6        IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AS FOLLOWS:
 7        (1)  The  definitions  and  other  provisions  of Section
 8    1-118 of the Illinois Pension Code are adopted  by  reference
 9    and made a part of this Order.
10        (2)  Identification of Retirement System and parties:
11             Retirement System: (name and address)
12             Member: (name, residence address and social security
13        number)
14             Alternate payee: (name, residence address and social
15        security number)
16        (3)  The   Retirement  System  shall  pay  the  indicated
17    amounts of the following specified benefits to the  alternate
18    payee under the following terms and conditions:
19             (i)  Of   the   member's   retirement  benefit,  the
20        Retirement  System  shall  pay  to  the  alternate  payee
21        $...... per month, beginning (if the benefit  is  already
22        being  paid,  either  immediately or on a specified later
23        date; otherwise,  on  the  date  the  retirement  benefit
24        commences),  and  ending  upon  the  termination  of  the
25        retirement  benefit  or the death of the alternate payee,
26        whichever occurs first.
27             (ii)  Of any death benefit payable upon the death of
28        the member,  the  Retirement  System  shall  pay  to  the
29        alternate  payee  $......  when the death benefit becomes
30        payable.
31             (iii)  Of any member's refund that becomes  payable,
32        the  Retirement  System  shall pay to the alternate payee
33        $...... when the member's refund becomes payable.
34             (iv)  Of any surviving spouse benefit  that  becomes
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 1        payable  upon  the  death  of  the member, the Retirement
 2        System shall pay to the alternate payee $...... per month
 3        when the benefit becomes payable.
 4        (4)  In accordance with subsection (k) of  Section  1-118
 5    of  the  Illinois  Pension Code, so long as this QILDRO is in
 6    effect, the member may not elect a form  of  payment  of  the
 7    retirement  benefit  that  has  the effect of diminishing the
 8    amount of  the  payment  to  which  the  alternate  payee  is
 9    entitled,  unless  the  alternate  payee has consented to the
10    election in writing and this consent has been filed with  the
11    retirement system.
12        (5)  If  the member began participating in the Retirement
13    System before the effective date of this Section, this  Order
14    shall  not  take  effect  unless  accompanied  by the written
15    consent of the member as required  under  subsection  (n)  of
16    Section 1-118 of the Illinois Pension Code.
17        (6)  The  Court retains jurisdiction to modify this Order
18    to conform it to the requirements imposed by Section 1-118 of
19    the Illinois Pension  Code  and  any  rules  adopted  by  the
20    Retirement System under that Section.
21        (7)  The  Court  reserves  jurisdiction  to  modify  this
22    Order.
23        DATED:.......................
24        SIGNED:......................
25        (p) (1)  The  Administrative  Review  Law  and  the rules
26    adopted pursuant  thereto  shall  apply  to  and  govern  all
27    proceedings  for  the judicial review of final administrative
28    decisions of a board of trustees of a retirement system  with
29    respect to the administration of an accepted QILDRO.
30        (2)    A court in Illinois that has issued a QILDRO shall
31    retain jurisdiction of all issues relating to the acceptance,
32    rejection, or modification of the QILDRO.  The Administrative
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 1    Review Law and  the  rules  adopted  pursuant  thereto  shall
 2    govern  and  apply  to all proceedings for judicial review of
 3    final administrative decisions of the board  of  trustees  of
 4    the  retirement system concerning the acceptance or rejection
 5    of a QILDRO issued by a court outside the State of Illinois.
 6        (3)  The term "administrative decision" is defined as  in
 7    Section  3-101 of the Code of Civil Procedure.  The venue for
 8    review under the Administrative Review Law shall be the  same
 9    as   is   provided  by  law  for  judicial  review  of  other
10    administrative decisions of the retirement system.
11        (q) (1)  Each retirement system may adopt any  procedures
12    or   rules   that  it  deems  necessary  or  useful  for  the
13    implementation of this Section.
14        (2)  Each retirement system may by rule modify the  model
15    QILDRO  form  provided  in  subsection  (o)  or  require that
16    additional information be included in QILDRO's  presented  to
17    the  system,  as  may  be  necessary to meet the needs of the
18    retirement system.
19        Section  99.  Effective  date.   This  Act  takes  effect
20    January 1, 1998.

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