Public Act 099-0580
 
SB2894 EnrolledLRB099 18194 EFG 42562 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 
Section 7-155 as follows:
 



    (40 ILCS 5/7-155)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-155)



    Sec. 7-155. Surviving spouse annuities-commencement. 
    (a) A surviving spouse annuity shall begin on the 1st day 
of the month
next following the month in which the 
participating employee, or the
employee annuitant or such 
person entitled to a retirement annuity died,
upon a written 
application therefor, provided:

        1.    Any such annuity payments payable for periods 
    beginning Such date is not more than one year prior to the 
    date the
application was received by the Board shall not 
    include interest based on late payment; and

        2.  The amount of surviving spouse annuity before the 
    application of
paragraph 3 of Section 7-158, is at least $5 
    per month, beginning on
such date.

    (b) A person receiving a surviving spouse annuity whose 
annuity  was granted but limited to one year prior to the 
application date under the former provisions of this Section 
may reapply for annuity payments for the period denied due to 
the one-year limitation.   Such annuity payments shall not 
include interest based on late payment. 
    (c) The changes to this Section made by this amendatory Act 
of the 99th General Assembly apply without regard to whether 
the deceased spouse was in service on or after the effective 
date of this amendatory Act. 
(Source: P.A. 80-653.)

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