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91_SB1702

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois Pension Code.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The  Illinois  Pension  Code  is  amended  by
 5    adding Section 14-115.1 as follows:

 6        (40 ILCS 5/14-115.1 new)
 7        Sec. 14-115.1. Additional benefit payment.
 8        (a)  If,  in  its fiscal year ending in 2000, 2001, 2002,
 9    2003, or 2004,  the  System  realizes  an  annual  return  on
10    investment  that exceeds the actuarial assumed rate of return
11    for that year, the System shall set aside for the payment  of
12    an  additional  benefit under this Section an amount equal to
13    50% of the amount by which the actual investment  return  for
14    that  year  exceeds the investment return predicted using the
15    actuarial assumed rate of return.
16        (b)  The amount set aside under subsection (a)  shall  be
17    used  by  the  System  to  pay  an additional benefit to each
18    eligible person on the January 1 next following  the  end  of
19    that  fiscal year.  To be eligible for this benefit, a person
20    must have received from the System throughout the fiscal year
21    in which the  excess  investment  return  was  realized,  and
22    continue  to  receive  on  the  January  1 additional benefit
23    payment date, one of the following types of annuities: (1)  a
24    retirement  annuity  that began before January 1, 1998, (2) a
25    widow's  annuity,  (3)  a  survivor's  annuity,  or  (4)   an
26    occupational death benefit in the form of an annuity.
27        (c)  The  additional  benefit shall consist of a one-time
28    payment to each eligible person of an amount to be determined
29    by the Board, consisting of the same  portion  of  the  total
30    amount  set  aside  for additional benefits that the person's
31    annuity in  the  last  month  of  the  relevant  fiscal  year
 
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 1    comprises of the total amount of annuities paid by the System
 2    to eligible persons in that month.
 3        (d)  The additional benefit payment under this Section is
 4    a separate benefit that shall be paid on a separate check; it
 5    is  neither a part of nor an increase in the person's annuity
 6    and is not subject to payment under a QILDRO.  It  shall  not
 7    be  included  in  the  calculation  of  any  automatic annual
 8    increase or other increase in the person's annuity and  shall
 9    not  affect  the  calculation  of any refund of contributions
10    that may  become  payable.   The  amount  of  the  additional
11    benefit  payment,  and  a person's eligibility to receive the
12    additional benefit payment, shall be  redetermined  for  each
13    year for which an additional benefit is payable.

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

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