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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 Sections 6-142, 6-143, and 6-160 as follows:

 6        (40 ILCS 5/6-142) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-142)
 7        Sec. 6-142. Wives and widows not entitled to annuities.
 8        (A)  Except as provided in subsection (B), the  following
 9    wives or widows have no right to annuity from the fund:
10        (a)  A  wife or widow married subsequent to the effective
11    date of a fireman who dies in service if she was not  married
12    to him before he attained age 63;
13        (b)  A  wife or widow of a fireman who withdraws, whether
14    or not he enters upon annuity, and dies while out of service,
15    if the marriage occurred after the effective date and she was
16    not his wife while he was in service and before  he  attained
17    age 63;
18        (c)  A  wife  or widow of a fireman who (1) has served 10
19    or more years, (2) dies out of service after he has withdrawn
20    from service, and (3) has withdrawn or applied for refund  of
21    the sums to his credit for annuity to which he had a right to
22    refund;
23        (d)  A wife or widow of a fireman who dies out of service
24    after  he has withdrawn before age 63, and who has not served
25    at least 10 years;
26        (e)  A wife whose marriage was dissolved or  widow  of  a
27    fireman  whose  judgment  of dissolution of marriage from her
28    fireman  husband  is  annulled,  vacated  or  set  aside   by
29    proceedings  in court subsequent to the death of the fireman,
30    unless (1) such proceedings are filed within  5  years  after
31    the  date  of the dissolution of marriage and within one year
 
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 1    after the death of the fireman and (2) the board  is  made  a
 2    party to the proceedings;
 3        (f)  A wife or widow who married the fireman while he was
 4    in  receipt  of disability benefit or disability pension from
 5    this fund, unless he returned to the  service  subsequent  to
 6    the  marriage  and  remained  therein for a period or periods
 7    aggregating one year, or died while in service.
 8        (B)  Beginning on the effective date of  this  amendatory
 9    Act  of the 92nd General Assembly, the limitation on marriage
10    after withdrawal under subdivision (A)(b) and the  limitation
11    on  marriage  during  disability  under subdivision (A)(f) no
12    longer apply to a widow  who  was  married  to  the  deceased
13    fireman  before  the  fireman  begins to receive a retirement
14    annuity and for at least one year immediately  preceding  the
15    date  of death, regardless of whether the deceased fireman is
16    in service on or after the effective date of this  amendatory
17    Act of the 92nd General Assembly; except that this subsection
18    (B)  does  not apply to the widow of a fireman who received a
19    refund of contributions for  widow's  annuity  under  Section
20    6-160, unless the refund is repaid to the Fund, with interest
21    at  the  rate  of  4% per year, compounded annually, from the
22    date of the refund to the date of repayment.  If the widow of
23    a  fireman  who  died  before  the  effective  date  of  this
24    amendatory Act becomes eligible for a widow's annuity because
25    of this amendatory Act, the annuity shall begin to accrue  on
26    the  date  of  application  for  the annuity, but in no event
27    sooner than the effective date of this amendatory Act.
28    (Source: P.A. 81-230.)

29        (40 ILCS 5/6-143) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-143)
30        Sec. 6-143. Widow's remarriage.
31        (a)  Beginning on the effective date of  this  amendatory
32    Act  of the 92nd General Assembly, a widow's annuity shall no
33    longer be subject to termination  or  suspension  under  this
 
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 1    Section  due  to  remarriage.   Any  widow's annuity that was
 2    previously terminated or  suspended  under  this  Section  by
 3    reason  of  remarriage shall, upon application, be resumed as
 4    of the date of the application, but in no event  sooner  than
 5    the  effective  date  of this amendatory Act.  The resumption
 6    shall  not  be  retroactive.   This  subsection  (a)  applies
 7    regardless of whether or not  the  deceased  fireman  was  in
 8    service  on  or  after  the effective date of this amendatory
 9    Act.
10        (b)  This subsection (b) does not apply on or  after  the
11    effective  date  of  this  amendatory Act of the 92nd General
12    Assembly.
13        Any annuity granted to a widow who remarries on or  after
14    December  31,  1989  shall  be  suspended when she remarries,
15    unless (i) she  remarries  after  attaining  the  age  of  60
16    regardless  of  whether  or  not  the deceased fireman was in
17    service on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
18    of 1995 or (ii) she has been granted a Section 6-140  annuity
19    as  the widow of a fireman killed in performance of duty.  An
20    annuity suspended under this Section shall, upon application,
21    be resumed if the subsequent marriage ends by dissolution  of
22    marriage, declaration of invalidity of marriage, or the death
23    of the husband; this resumption shall not be retroactive.
24        If  a widow remarries after attaining age 60 or after she
25    has been granted an  annuity  under  Section  6-140  and  the
26    remarriage takes place after December 31, 1989, regardless of
27    whether  or  not  the  deceased  fireman was in service on or
28    after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995,  the
29    widow's annuity shall continue without interruption.
30        Any  widow's  annuity  that  was previously terminated by
31    reason of remarriage prior to December 31, 1989 or  suspended
32    shall,  upon  application,  be resumed, as of the date of the
33    application, if the subsequent marriage ended by  dissolution
34    of  marriage,  declaration  of invalidity of marriage, or the
 
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 1    death of the  husband,  regardless  of  whether  or  not  the
 2    deceased fireman was in service on the effective date of this
 3    amendatory   Act  of  1995;  this  resumption  shall  not  be
 4    retroactive.
 5        When a widow dies, if she has not received, in  the  form
 6    of  an  annuity,  an amount equal to the accumulated employee
 7    contributions for widow's  annuity,  the  difference  between
 8    such  accumulated  contributions and the sum received by her,
 9    along with any part of the accumulated contributions for  age
10    and service annuity remaining in the fund at her death, shall
11    be  refunded  to  the  fireman's  children, in equal parts to
12    each; except that if a child is less than age 18, the part of
13    any such amount that is required to pay  an  annuity  to  the
14    child  shall  be  transferred to the child's annuity reserve.
15    If no children or descendants thereof  survive  the  fireman,
16    the  refund  shall  be paid to the estate of the fireman.  In
17    making refunds under  this  Section,  no  interest  shall  be
18    considered  upon either the total of annuity payments made or
19    the amounts subject to refund.
20    (Source: P.A. 89-136, eff. 7-14-95.)

21        (40 ILCS 5/6-160) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-160)
22        Sec. 6-160. Refund - Widow's annuity contributions.  When
23    a fireman attains age 63 in service and is not then  married,
24    or  when  an  unmarried  fireman  withdraws before age 63 and
25    enters upon annuity, his contributions  for  widow's  annuity
26    shall  then be refunded to him, upon request.  A refund under
27    this Section may be repaid as provided in Section 6-142(B).
28    (Source: P.A. 81-1536.)

29        Section 90.  The State Mandates Act is amended by  adding
30    Section 8.25 as follows:

31        (30 ILCS 805/8.25 new)
 
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 1        Sec.  8.25.  Exempt  mandate.  Notwithstanding Sections 6
 2    and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is  required
 3    for  the  implementation  of  any  mandate  created  by  this
 4    amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly.

 5        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 6    becoming law.

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