(40 ILCS 5/6-140) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-140)
Sec. 6-140.
Death in the line of duty.
(a) The annuity for the widow of a fireman whose death results from
the performance of an act or acts of duty shall be an amount equal to 50% of
the current annual salary attached to the classified position to which the
fireman was certified at the time of his death and 75% thereof after
December 31, 1972.
Unless the performance of an act or acts of duty results directly in the
death of the fireman, or prevents him from subsequently resuming active
service in the fire department, the annuity herein provided shall not be
paid; nor shall such annuities be paid unless the widow was the wife of the
fireman at the time of the act or acts of duty which resulted in his death.
(b) The changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of the 92nd
General Assembly apply without regard to whether the deceased fireman was in
service on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act. In the case of
a widow receiving an annuity under this Section that has been reduced to 40%
of current salary because the fireman, had he lived, would have attained the
age prescribed for compulsory retirement, the annuity shall be restored to the
amount provided in subsection (a), with the increase beginning to accrue on
the later of January 1, 2001 or the day the annuity first became payable.
(Source: P.A. 92-50, eff. 7-12-01.)
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