Bill Text: IL SB2894 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
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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-Introduced.html
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-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 7-155 as follows:
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6 | (40 ILCS 5/7-155) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-155)
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7 | Sec. 7-155. Surviving spouse annuities-commencement. A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | surviving spouse annuity shall begin on the 1st day of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | month
next following the month in which the participating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | employee, or the
employee annuitant or such person entitled to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | a retirement annuity died,
upon a written application therefor, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | provided:
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13 | 1. (Blank). Such date is not more than one year prior to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | the date the
application was received by the Board; and
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15 | 2. The amount of surviving spouse annuity before the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | application of
paragraph 3 of Section 7-158, is at least $5 per | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | month, beginning on
such date.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 80-653.)
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19 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | becoming law.
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