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91_HB3115
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Pension Code and the State
2 Mandates Act.
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 changing Section 6-141.1 as follows:
7 (40 ILCS 5/6-141.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-141.1)
8 Sec. 6-141.1. Widow's annuity - death on or after June
9 30, 1984.
10 (a) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this
11 Article, the widow of a fireman who dies on or after June 30,
12 1984, while receiving a retirement annuity or while an active
13 fireman with at least 1 1/2 years of creditable service, and
14 the widow of a fireman who dies after separation from service
15 with at least 20 years of service credit, if the separation
16 occurs on or after January 1, 1990 and before attainment of
17 age 50, may elect, in lieu of any other widow's annuity under
18 this Article, to have the amount of widow's annuity
19 calculated in accordance with this Section.
20 (b) If the deceased fireman was an active fireman at the
21 time of his death and had at least 1 1/2 years of creditable
22 service, the widow's annuity shall be the greater of (1) 30%
23 of the salary attached to the rank of first class firefighter
24 in the classified career service at the time of the fireman's
25 death, or (2) 60% (50% if the death occurred before January
26 1, 2000) of the retirement annuity the deceased fireman would
27 have been eligible to receive if he had retired from service
28 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 January 1,
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1 2000) of the amount of such retirement annuity at the time of
2 the fireman's death.
3 (d) If the deceased fireman dies before beginning to
4 receive a retirement annuity, but after separation from
5 service with at least 20 years of service credit, and if the
6 separation occurs on or after January 1, 1990 and before
7 attainment of age 50, the widow may elect a widow's annuity,
8 payable beginning on the date the deceased fireman would have
9 attained age 50, which shall be equal to 60% (50% if the
10 death occurred before January 1, 2000) of the amount of the
11 retirement annuity the fireman would have been entitled to
12 receive beginning at age 50.
13 (Source: P.A. 84-11.)
14 Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
15 Section 8.24 as follows:
16 (30 ILCS 805/8.24 new)
17 Sec. 8.24. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6
18 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required
19 for the implementation of any mandate created by this
20 amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly.
21 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22 becoming law.