Bill Text: IL SB2894 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Deletes the one-year limit on backdating a survivor benefit. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)
Status: (Passed) 2016-07-15 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0580 [SB2894 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB2894-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 099-0580 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing | ||||
Section 7-155 as follows:
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(40 ILCS 5/7-155) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-155)
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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:
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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
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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.
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(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.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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