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92_HB0406
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1 AN ACT in relation to public employee benefits.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by
5 changing Section 6-141.1 as follows:
6 (40 ILCS 5/6-141.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-141.1)
7 Sec. 6-141.1. Widow's annuity - death on or after June
8 30, 1984.
9 (a) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this
10 Article, the widow of a fireman who dies on or after June 30,
11 1984, while receiving a retirement annuity or while an active
12 fireman with at least 1 1/2 years of creditable service, and
13 the widow of a fireman who dies after separation from service
14 with at least 20 years of service credit, if the separation
15 occurs on or after January 1, 1990 and before attainment of
16 age 50, may elect, in lieu of any other widow's annuity under
17 this Article, to have the amount of widow's annuity
18 calculated in accordance with this Section.
19 (b) If the deceased fireman was an active fireman at the
20 time of his death and had at least 1 1/2 years of creditable
21 service, the widow's annuity shall be the greater of (1) 30%
22 of the salary attached to the rank of first class firefighter
23 in the classified career service at the time of the fireman's
24 death, or (2) 60% (50% if the death occurred before the
25 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
26 Assembly) of the retirement annuity the deceased fireman
27 would have been eligible to receive if he had retired from
28 service on the day before his death.
29 (c) If the deceased fireman was receiving a retirement
30 annuity at the time of his death, the widow's annuity shall
31 be equal to 60% (50% if the death occurred before the
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1 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
2 Assembly) of the amount of such retirement annuity at the
3 time of the fireman's death.
4 (d) If the deceased fireman dies before beginning to
5 receive a retirement annuity, but after separation from
6 service with at least 20 years of service credit, and if the
7 separation occurs on or after January 1, 1990 and before
8 attainment of age 50, the widow may elect a widow's annuity,
9 payable beginning on the date the deceased fireman would have
10 attained age 50, which shall be equal to 60% (50% if the
11 death occurred before the effective date of this amendatory
12 Act of the 92nd General Assembly) of the amount of the
13 retirement annuity the fireman would have been entitled to
14 receive beginning at age 50.
15 (Source: P.A. 84-11.)
16 Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
17 Section 8.25 as follows:
18 (30 ILCS 805/8.25 new)
19 Sec. 8.25. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6
20 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required
21 for the implementation of any mandate created by this
22 amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly.
23 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24 becoming law.