Public Act 101-0069
 
HB2824 EnrolledLRB101 08718 RPS 53805 b

    AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing
Sections 8-125, 8-162, and 8-244.1 as follows:
 
    (40 ILCS 5/8-125)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 8-125)
    Sec. 8-125. Annuity.
    "Annuity": Equal monthly payments for life, unless
otherwise specified.
    For annuities taking effect before January 1, 1998, the
first payment shall be due and payable one month after the
occurrence of the event upon which payment of the annuity
depends, and the last payment shall be due and payable as of
the date of the annuitant's death and shall be prorated from
the date of the last preceding payment to the date of death for
deaths that occur on or before March 31, 2000. All payments
made on or after April 1, 2000 shall be made on the first day of
the calendar month and the last payment shall be made on the
first day of the calendar month in which the annuity payment
period ends. All payments for months beginning with April of
2000 shall be for the entire calendar month, without proration.
A pro rata amount shall be paid for that part of the month from
the March 2000 annuity payment date through March 31, 2000.
    For annuities taking effect on or after January 1, 1998,
payments shall be made as of the first day of the calendar
month, with the first payment to be made as of the first day of
the calendar month coincidental with or next following the
first day of the annuity payment period, and the last payment
to be made as of the first day of the calendar month in which
the annuity payment period ends. For annuities taking effect on
or after January 1, 1998, all payments shall be for the entire
calendar month, without proration. The date on which the
annuity payment period begins shall not be prior to termination
or more than one year prior to receipt by the board of the
written application for benefits.
    For the purposes of this Section, the "annuity payment
period" means the period beginning on the day after the
occurrence of the event upon which payment of the annuity
depends, and ending on the day upon which the death of the
annuitant or other event terminating the annuity occurs.
(Source: P.A. 90-31, eff. 6-27-97; 91-887, eff. 7-6-00.)
 
    (40 ILCS 5/8-162)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 8-162)
    Sec. 8-162. Proof of disability, duty and ordinary.
    Proof of duty or ordinary disability shall be furnished to
the board by at least one licensed and practicing physician
appointed by the board. The board may require other evidence of
disability. Each disabled employee who receives duty or
ordinary disability benefit shall be examined at least once a
year, or a longer period of time as determined by the board, by
one or more licensed and practicing physicians appointed by the
board. When the disability ceases, the board shall discontinue
payment of the benefit and the employee shall be returned to
active service.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)
 
    (40 ILCS 5/8-244.1)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 8-244.1)
    Sec. 8-244.1. Payment of annuity other than direct.
    (a) The board, at the written direction and request of any
annuitant, may, solely as an accommodation to such annuitant,
pay the annuity due him to a bank, savings and loan association
or any other financial institution insured by an agency of the
federal government, for deposit to his account, or to a bank or
trust company for deposit in a trust established by him for his
benefit with such bank, savings and loan association or trust
company, and such annuitant may withdraw such direction at any
time. An annuitant who directs the board to pay the annuity due
him or her to a financial institution shall hold the board and
Fund harmless from any claim or loss related to any error as to
whether the financial institution is or continues to be
federally insured. The board may also, in the case of any
disability beneficiary or annuitant for whom no estate guardian
has been appointed and who is confined in a publicly owned and
operated mental institution, pay such disability benefit or
annuity due such person to the superintendent or other head of
such institution or hospital for deposit to such person's trust
fund account maintained for him by such institution or
hospital, if by law such trust fund accounts are authorized or
recognized.
    (b) An annuitant formerly employed by the City of Chicago
may authorize the withholding of a portion of his or her
annuity for payment of dues to the labor organization which
formerly represented the annuitant when the annuitant was an
active employee; however, no withholding shall be required
under this subsection for payment to one labor organization
unless a minimum of 25 annuitants authorize such withholding.
The Board shall prescribe a form for the authorization of
withholding of dues, release of name, social security number
and address and shall provide such forms to employees,
annuitants and labor organizations upon request. Amounts
withheld by the Board under this subsection shall be promptly
paid over to the designated organizations, indicating the
names, social security numbers and addresses of annuitants on
whose behalf dues were withheld.
    At the request and at the expense of the labor organization
that formerly represented the annuitant, the City of Chicago
shall coordinate mailings no more than twice in any
twelve-month period to such annuitants and the Board shall
supply current annuitant addresses to the City of Chicago upon
request. These mailings shall be limited to informing the
annuitants of their rights under this subsection (b), the form
authorizing the withholding of dues from their annuity and
information supplied by the labor organization pertinent to the
decision of whether to exercise the rights of this subsection.
(Source: P.A. 100-23, eff. 7-6-17.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.