Full Text of SB0440 99th General Assembly
SB0440sam001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. John G. Mulroe Filed: 4/18/2016
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 440
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 440 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by | 5 | | changing Sections 6-150, 6-152, 6-158, 6-164, 6-166, 6-167, and | 6 | | 6-229 as follows:
| 7 | | (40 ILCS 5/6-150) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-150)
| 8 | | Sec. 6-150. Death benefit. | 9 | | (a) Effective January 1, 1962, an ordinary death benefit | 10 | | shall
be payable on account of any fireman in service and in | 11 | | receipt of salary on
or after such date, which benefit shall be | 12 | | in addition to all other
annuities and benefits herein | 13 | | provided. This benefit shall be payable upon
death of a | 14 | | fireman:
| 15 | | (1) occurring in active service while in receipt of | 16 | | salary;
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| 1 | | (2) on an authorized and approved leave of absence, | 2 | | without salary,
beginning on or after January 1, 1962, if | 3 | | the death occurs within 60 days
from the date the fireman | 4 | | was in receipt of salary;
| 5 | | (3) receiving duty, occupational disease, or ordinary | 6 | | disability
benefit;
| 7 | | (4) occurring within 60 days from the date of | 8 | | termination of duty
disability, occupational disease | 9 | | disability or ordinary disability benefit
payments if | 10 | | re-entry into service had not occurred; or
| 11 | | (5) occurring on retirement and while in receipt of an | 12 | | age and service annuity ,
prior service annuity , Tier 2 | 13 | | monthly retirement annuity, or minimum annuity; provided | 14 | | (a) retirement on such
annuity occurred on or after January | 15 | | 1, 1962, and (b) such separation from
service was effective | 16 | | on or after the fireman's attainment of age 50, and
(c) | 17 | | application for such annuity was made within 60 days after | 18 | | separation
from service.
| 19 | | (b) The ordinary death benefit shall be payable to such | 20 | | beneficiary or
beneficiaries as the fireman has nominated by | 21 | | written direction duly signed
and acknowledged before an | 22 | | officer authorized to take acknowledgments, and
filed with the | 23 | | board. If no such written direction has been filed or if the
| 24 | | designated beneficiaries do not survive the fireman, payment of | 25 | | the benefit
shall be made to his estate.
| 26 | | (c) Beginning July 1, 1983, if death occurs prior to |
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| 1 | | retirement on
annuity and before the
fireman's attainment of | 2 | | age 50, the amount of the benefit payable shall be
$12,000. | 3 | | Beginning July 1, 1983, if death occurs prior
to retirement, at | 4 | | age 50 or over, the benefit
of $12,000 shall be reduced $400 | 5 | | for each year
(commencing on the fireman's
attainment of age 50 | 6 | | and thereafter on each succeeding birth date) that the
| 7 | | fireman's age, at date of death, is more than age 49, but in no | 8 | | event below
the amount of $6,000.
| 9 | | Beginning July 1, 1983, if the fireman's death occurs while | 10 | | he is in
receipt of an annuity, the
benefit shall be $6,000.
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 83-152.)
| 12 | | (40 ILCS 5/6-152) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-152)
| 13 | | Sec. 6-152. Ordinary disability benefits. Any fireman who | 14 | | is not eligible for minimum annuity or Tier 2 monthly | 15 | | retirement annuity , and who becomes
disabled after the | 16 | | effective date as the result of any cause other than
the | 17 | | performance of an act or acts of duty, shall have a right to
| 18 | | receive ordinary disability benefit during any period or | 19 | | periods of such
disability, after the first 30 days of | 20 | | disability. Payment of such
benefits shall not exceed, in the | 21 | | aggregate, throughout the entire
service of the fireman, a | 22 | | period equal to 1/2 of the total service
rendered by him prior | 23 | | to the time he became disabled, but not to exceed
5 years. In | 24 | | computing such period of service, the time that the fireman
| 25 | | received ordinary disability benefit shall not be included.
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| 1 | | The first payment of the benefit shall be made not later | 2 | | than one
month after the benefit is granted and each subsequent | 3 | | payment shall be
made not later than one month after the time | 4 | | when the latest payment was
made.
| 5 | | When a disabled fireman becomes eligible for minimum | 6 | | annuity or Tier 2 monthly retirement annuity , the
disability | 7 | | benefit shall cease and he shall thereafter receive such
| 8 | | annuity or annuities as are provided for him in accordance with | 9 | | other
provisions of this Article.
| 10 | | Ordinary disability benefit shall be 50% of the fireman's | 11 | | salary at
the time the disability occurs. Before any payment is | 12 | | made, a sum
ordinarily deducted from the fireman's salary for | 13 | | annuity purposes
during a period of time equal to that for | 14 | | which such payment of ordinary
disability benefit is to be made | 15 | | shall be deducted from such payment and
credited to him as a | 16 | | deduction from his salary for such period. The sums
so credited | 17 | | shall be regarded, for annuity and refund purposes, as sums
| 18 | | contributed by the fireman.
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 84-11.)
| 20 | | (40 ILCS 5/6-158) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-158)
| 21 | | Sec. 6-158. Refund - General.
| 22 | | (a) A fireman who withdraws before age 50 and a fireman | 23 | | with less than
10 years of service who withdraws before age 57, | 24 | | or any fireman who
withdraws and enters the service of another | 25 | | department of the city, has a
right to a refund of the entire |
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| 1 | | amount to his credit as of the date of
withdrawal for age and | 2 | | service annuity or Tier 2 monthly retirement annuity, for | 3 | | automatic annual increase in annuity as provided in Section | 4 | | 6-164, and for widow's annuity or Tier 2 surviving spouse's | 5 | | annuity, from deductions
from salary.
| 6 | | (b) Any such fireman shall be entitled to refund until he | 7 | | re-enters
service or until his annuity is fixed.
| 8 | | (c) A fireman who receives a refund forfeits all rights to | 9 | | any annuity
or benefit from the fund, for himself and for any | 10 | | other person who might
benefit through him because of his | 11 | | service, provided he shall retain the
right to credit for any | 12 | | such service, for the purpose of computing his
total service if | 13 | | he re-enters service before age 57, becomes a beneficiary
of | 14 | | the fund and makes repayment of the refund with interest.
| 15 | | (d) A fireman completing 10 years of service who does not | 16 | | receive a
refund, may receive an annuity as provided in this | 17 | | Article.
| 18 | | (e) A fireman completing less than 10 years who does not | 19 | | receive a
refund has a right to have all amounts to his credit | 20 | | for annuity purposes
on the date of withdrawal improved by | 21 | | interest while he is out of service
until age 57 only, for his | 22 | | benefit and the benefit of any person who may
have any right to | 23 | | annuity through him, if he subsequently reenters service
and | 24 | | attains a right to annuity.
| 25 | | (Source: Laws 1965, p. 2464.)
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| 1 | | (40 ILCS 5/6-164)
(from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-164)
| 2 | | Sec. 6-164. Automatic annual increase; retirement after | 3 | | September 1, 1959.
| 4 | | (a) A fireman qualifying for a minimum annuity who retires | 5 | | from service
after September 1, 1959 shall, upon either the | 6 | | first of the month following the
first anniversary of his date | 7 | | of retirement if he is age 60 (age 55 if born
before January 1, | 8 | | 1955) or over on that anniversary date, or upon
the first of | 9 | | the month following his attainment of age 60 (age 55 if born
| 10 | | before January 1, 1955) if that occurs after the first | 11 | | anniversary
of his retirement date, have his then fixed and | 12 | | payable monthly annuity
increased by 1 1/2%, and such first | 13 | | fixed annuity as granted at retirement
increased by an | 14 | | additional 1 1/2% in January of each year thereafter up to a
| 15 | | maximum increase of 30%.
Beginning July 1, 1982 for firemen | 16 | | born before January 1, 1930, and beginning
January 1, 1990 for | 17 | | firemen born after December 31, 1929 and before January 1,
| 18 | | 1940, and beginning January 1, 1996 for firemen born after | 19 | | December 31, 1939
but before January 1, 1945, and beginning | 20 | | January 1, 2004, for firemen born
after December 31, 1944 but | 21 | | before January 1, 1955, such increases shall be
3% and such | 22 | | firemen shall not be subject to the 30% maximum increase.
| 23 | | Any fireman born before January 1, 1945 who qualifies for a | 24 | | minimum annuity
and retires after September 1, 1967 but has not | 25 | | received the initial increase
under this subsection before | 26 | | January 1, 1996 is entitled to receive the initial
increase |
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| 1 | | under this subsection on (1) January 1, 1996, (2) the first
| 2 | | anniversary of the date of retirement, or (3) attainment of age | 3 | | 55, whichever
occurs last. The changes to this Section made by | 4 | | this amendatory Act of 1995
apply beginning January 1, 1996 and | 5 | | apply without regard to whether the fireman
or annuitant | 6 | | terminated service before the effective date of this amendatory
| 7 | | Act of 1995.
| 8 | | Any fireman born before January 1, 1955 who qualifies for a | 9 | | minimum
annuity and retires after September 1, 1967 but has not | 10 | | received the initial
increase under this subsection before | 11 | | January 1, 2004 is entitled to receive
the initial increase | 12 | | under this subsection on (1) January 1, 2004, (2) the
first | 13 | | anniversary of the date of retirement, or (3) attainment of age | 14 | | 55,
whichever occurs last. The changes to this Section made by | 15 | | this amendatory
Act of the 93rd General Assembly apply without | 16 | | regard to whether the fireman
or annuitant terminated service | 17 | | before the effective date of this amendatory
Act.
| 18 | | (b) Subsection (a) of this Section is
not applicable to an | 19 | | employee receiving a term annuity.
| 20 | | (c) To help defray the cost of such increases in annuity, | 21 | | there
shall be deducted, beginning September 1, 1959, from each | 22 | | payment of salary
to a fireman, 1/8 of 1% of each such salary | 23 | | payment and an additional 1/8
of 1% beginning on September 1, | 24 | | 1961, and September 1, 1963, respectively,
concurrently with | 25 | | and in addition to the salary deductions otherwise made
for | 26 | | annuity purposes.
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| 1 | | Each such additional 1/8 of 1% deduction from salary which | 2 | | shall, on
September 1, 1963, result in a total increase of 3/8 | 3 | | of 1% of salary,
shall be credited to the Automatic Increase | 4 | | Reserve, to be used,
together with city contributions as | 5 | | provided in this Article, to defray
the cost of the 1 1/2% | 6 | | annuity increments herein specified in this Section . Any | 7 | | balance
in such reserve as of the beginning of each calendar | 8 | | year shall be
credited with interest at the rate of 3% per | 9 | | annum.
| 10 | | The salary deductions provided in this Section are not | 11 | | subject to
refund, except to the fireman himself , in any case | 12 | | in which : (i) the a fireman
withdraws prior to qualification | 13 | | for minimum annuity or Tier 2 monthly retirement annuity and | 14 | | applies for
refund, (ii) the fireman or applies for an annuity | 15 | | of a type that is not subject to annual increases under this | 16 | | Section, or (iii) , and also where a term annuity becomes
| 17 | | payable. In such cases, the total of such salary deductions | 18 | | shall be
refunded to the fireman, without interest, and charged | 19 | | to the
aforementioned reserve.
| 20 | | (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, | 21 | | the Tier 2 monthly retirement annuity of a
person who first | 22 | | becomes a fireman under this Article on or after January 1, | 23 | | 2011 shall be increased on the January 1 occurring either on or | 24 | | after (i) the attainment of age 60 or (ii) the first | 25 | | anniversary of the annuity start date, whichever is later. Each | 26 | | annual increase shall be calculated at 3% or one-half the |
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| 1 | | annual unadjusted percentage increase (but not less than zero) | 2 | | in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months ending with the | 3 | | September preceding each November 1, whichever is less, of the | 4 | | originally granted retirement annuity. If the annual | 5 | | unadjusted percentage change in the consumer price index-u for | 6 | | a 12-month period ending in September is zero or, when compared | 7 | | with the preceding period, decreases, then the annuity shall | 8 | | not be increased. | 9 | | For the purposes of this subsection (d), "consumer price | 10 | | index-u" means the index published by the Bureau of Labor | 11 | | Statistics of the United States Department of Labor that | 12 | | measures the average change in prices of goods and services | 13 | | purchased by all urban consumers, United States city average, | 14 | | all items, 1982-84 = 100. The new amount resulting from each | 15 | | annual adjustment shall be determined by the Public Pension | 16 | | Division of the Department of Insurance and made available to | 17 | | the boards of the pension funds by November 1 of each year . | 18 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1495, eff. 1-1-11.)
| 19 | | (40 ILCS 5/6-166) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-166)
| 20 | | Sec. 6-166. Contributions for age and service annuities or | 21 | | Tier 2 monthly retirement annuities for present employees and
| 22 | | future entrants. | 23 | | (a) After the effective date and prior to July 1, 1953, 3 | 24 | | 1/2%, and after
June 30, 1953, and prior to September 1, 1959, | 25 | | 6%, and beginning September
1, 1959, 7 1/8% of each payment of |
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| 1 | | the salary of each present employee and
future entrant shall be | 2 | | deducted and contributed to the fund for age and
service | 3 | | annuity or Tier 2 monthly retirement annuity . The deductions | 4 | | shall be made at the time payments of
salary are payable and | 5 | | shall continue while the employee is in service.
| 6 | | Concurrently with each such contribution, the city shall | 7 | | contribute 8
1/2% of each payment of salary, but the city | 8 | | contributions shall cease for
all employees upon their | 9 | | attainment of age 63.
| 10 | | (b) Each contribution by the employee and the city shall be | 11 | | allocated to the
account of and credited to the employee, and | 12 | | shall be improved by interest
at the applicable rate during the | 13 | | time he is in service until the age and
service annuity is | 14 | | fixed. Any accretion, by way of interest or otherwise,
upon | 15 | | such sum or any deduction from salary made after the annuity is | 16 | | fixed
for a present employee or after attainment of age 63 by a | 17 | | future entrant
who first
becomes a fireman under this Article | 18 | | before January 1, 2011 shall not be credited to the employee | 19 | | for age and service annuity.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 76-1668.)
| 21 | | (40 ILCS 5/6-167) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-167)
| 22 | | Sec. 6-167. Contributions for widow's annuity and Tier 2 | 23 | | surviving spouse's annuity. Beginning on the effective date and | 24 | | prior to September 1, 1957,
1% of each payment of salary of not | 25 | | more than $3,000 of each employee and
beginning September 1, |
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| 1 | | 1957, 1% of each payment of salary of not more than
$6,000 of | 2 | | each present employee and future entrant shall be deducted and
| 3 | | contributed to the fund for widow's annuity. After September 1, | 4 | | 1967
and prior to January 1, 1976,
1%,
and beginning January 1, | 5 | | 1976, 1 1/2%
of salary without limitation shall be deducted | 6 | | from the pay of each
present employee and future entrant and | 7 | | contributed to the fund for widow's
annuity or Tier 2 surviving | 8 | | spouse's annuity . The deduction shall be made at the time the | 9 | | payments of salary are
payable and shall continue during the | 10 | | service of the employee.
| 11 | | Concurrently with each contribution, the city shall | 12 | | contribute 2% of
each payment of salary.
| 13 | | Each contribution by the employee and the city shall be | 14 | | allocated to the
accounts of and credited to the employee for | 15 | | widow's annuity or Tier 2 surviving spouse's annuity .
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 79-633.)
| 17 | | (40 ILCS 5/6-229) | 18 | | Sec. 6-229. Provisions applicable to new hires ; Tier 2 . | 19 | | (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article,
| 20 | | the provisions of this Section apply to a person who first
| 21 | | becomes a fireman under this Article on or after January 1, | 22 | | 2011 , and to certain qualified survivors of such a fireman. | 23 | | Such persons, and the benefits and restrictions that apply | 24 | | specifically to them under this Article, may be referred to as | 25 | | "Tier 2" . |
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| 1 | | (b) A fireman who has withdrawn from service, has attained | 2 | | age 50 55 or more , and who has 10 or more years of service in | 3 | | that capacity shall be entitled , upon proper application being | 4 | | received by the Fund, at his option to receive a Tier 2 monthly | 5 | | retirement annuity for his service as a fireman . The Tier 2 | 6 | | monthly retirement annuity shall be computed by multiplying | 7 | | 2.5% for each year of such service by his or her final average | 8 | | salary , subject to an annuity reduction factor of . The | 9 | | retirement annuity of a fireman who is retiring after attaining | 10 | | age 50 with 10 or more years of creditable service shall be | 11 | | reduced by one-half of 1% for each month that the fireman's age | 12 | | at retirement is under age 55. The Tier 2 monthly retirement | 13 | | annuity is in lieu of any age and service annuity or other form | 14 | | of retirement annuity under this Article. | 15 | | The maximum retirement annuity under this subsection (b) | 16 | | shall be 75%
of final average salary. | 17 | | For the purposes of this subsection (b), "final average | 18 | | salary" means the average monthly salary obtained by dividing | 19 | | the total salary of the fireman during the 96 consecutive | 20 | | months of service within the last 120 months of service in | 21 | | which the total salary was the highest by the number of months | 22 | | of service in that period. | 23 | | Beginning on January 1, 2011, for all purposes under
this | 24 | | Code (including without limitation the calculation of
benefits | 25 | | and employee contributions), the annual salary
based on the | 26 | | plan year of a member or participant to whom this Section |
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| 1 | | applies shall not exceed $106,800; however, that amount shall | 2 | | annually thereafter be increased by the lesser of (i) 3% of | 3 | | that amount, including all previous adjustments, or (ii) | 4 | | one-half the annual unadjusted percentage increase (but not | 5 | | less than zero) in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months | 6 | | ending with the September preceding each November 1, including | 7 | | all previous adjustments. | 8 | | (b-5) For the purposes of this Section, "consumer price | 9 | | index-u" means the index published by the Bureau of Labor | 10 | | Statistics of the United States Department of Labor that | 11 | | measures the average change in prices of goods and services | 12 | | purchased by all urban consumers, United States city average, | 13 | | all items, 1982-84 = 100. The new amount resulting from each | 14 | | annual adjustment shall be determined by the Public Pension | 15 | | Division of the Department of Insurance and made available to | 16 | | the boards of the retirement systems and pension funds by | 17 | | November 1 of each year. | 18 | | (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, | 19 | | for a person who first becomes a fireman under this Article on | 20 | | or after January 1, 2011, eligibility for and the amount of the | 21 | | annuity to which the qualified surviving spouse, children, and | 22 | | or parents of the fireman are entitled under this subsection | 23 | | (c) shall be determined as follows: | 24 | | (1) The surviving spouse of a deceased fireman to whom | 25 | | this Section applies shall be deemed qualified to receive a | 26 | | Tier 2 surviving spouse's annuity under this paragraph (1) |
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| 1 | | if: (i) the deceased fireman meets the requirements | 2 | | specified under subdivision (A) or (B) of this paragraph | 3 | | (1); and (ii) the surviving spouse would not otherwise be | 4 | | excluded from receiving a widow's annuity under the | 5 | | eligibility requirements for a widow's annuity set forth in | 6 | | Section 6-142. The Tier 2 surviving spouse's annuity is in | 7 | | lieu of the widow's annuity determined under any other | 8 | | Section of this Article and is subject to the requirements | 9 | | of Section 6-143.2. | 10 | | As used in this subsection (c), "earned pension" means | 11 | | a Tier 2 monthly retirement annuity determined under | 12 | | subsection (b) of this Section, including any increases the | 13 | | fireman had received pursuant to Section 6-164. | 14 | | (A) If the deceased fireman was receiving an earned | 15 | | pension at the date of his or her death, the Tier 2 | 16 | | surviving spouse's annuity under this paragraph (1) | 17 | | shall be in the amount of 66 2/3% of the fireman's | 18 | | earned pension at the date of death. | 19 | | (B) If the deceased fireman was not receiving an | 20 | | earned pension but had at least 10 years of service at | 21 | | the time of death, the Tier 2 surviving spouse's | 22 | | annuity under this paragraph (1) shall be in the amount | 23 | | of 66 2/3% of the Tier 2 monthly retirement annuity | 24 | | that the deceased fireman would have been eligible to | 25 | | receive under subsection (b) of this Section, based | 26 | | upon the actual service accrued through the day before |
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| 1 | | the fireman's death, but determined as though the | 2 | | fireman was at least age 55 on the day before his or | 3 | | her death and retired on that day. | 4 | | (C) Notwithstanding any other provision of this | 5 | | Article, the monthly Tier 2 surviving spouse's annuity | 6 | | under subdivision (A) or (B) of this paragraph (1)
of a | 7 | | survivor of a person who first becomes a fireman under | 8 | | this Article on or after January 1, 2011 shall be | 9 | | increased on the January 1 next occurring after (i) | 10 | | attainment of age 60 by the recipient of the Tier 2 | 11 | | surviving spouse's annuity or (ii) the first | 12 | | anniversary of the Tier 2 surviving spouse's annuity | 13 | | start date, whichever is later, survivor's pension and | 14 | | on
each January 1 thereafter , by 3% or one-half the | 15 | | annual unadjusted percentage increase in the consumer | 16 | | price index-u for the
12 months ending with September | 17 | | preceding each November 1, whichever is less, of the | 18 | | originally granted Tier 2 surviving spouse's | 19 | | survivor's annuity. If the annual unadjusted | 20 | | percentage change in
the consumer price index-u for a | 21 | | 12-month period ending in September is zero or, when | 22 | | compared with the preceding period, decreases, then | 23 | | the annuity shall not
be increased.
| 24 | | (D) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this | 25 | | paragraph (1), for a qualified surviving spouse who is | 26 | | entitled to a Tier 2 surviving spouse's annuity under |
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| 1 | | subdivision (A) or (B) of this paragraph (1), that Tier | 2 | | 2 surviving spouse's annuity shall not be less than the | 3 | | amount of the minimum widow's annuity established from | 4 | | time to time under Section 6-128.4. | 5 | | (2) Surviving children of a deceased fireman subject to | 6 | | this Section who would otherwise meet the eligibility | 7 | | requirements for a child's annuity set forth in Sections | 8 | | 6-147 and 6-148 shall be deemed qualified to receive a Tier | 9 | | 2 child's annuity under this subsection (c), which shall be | 10 | | in lieu of, but in the same amount and paid in the same | 11 | | manner as, the child's annuity provided under those | 12 | | Sections; except that any salary used for computing a Tier | 13 | | 2 child's annuity shall be subject to the Tier 2 salary cap | 14 | | provided under subsection (b) of this Section. For purposes | 15 | | of determining any pro rata reduction in child's annuities | 16 | | under this subsection (c), references in Section 6-148 to | 17 | | the combined annuities of the family shall be deemed to | 18 | | refer to the combined Tier 2 surviving spouse's annuity, if | 19 | | any, and the Tier 2 child's annuities payable under this | 20 | | subsection (c). | 21 | | (3) Surviving parents of a deceased fireman subject to | 22 | | this Section who would otherwise meet the eligibility | 23 | | requirements for a parent's annuity set forth in Section | 24 | | 6-149 shall be deemed qualified to receive a Tier 2 | 25 | | parent's annuity under this subsection (c), which shall be | 26 | | in lieu of, but in the same amount and paid in the same |
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| 1 | | manner as, the parent's annuity provided under Section | 2 | | 6-149; except that any salary used for computing a Tier 2 | 3 | | parent's annuity shall be subject to the Tier 2 salary cap | 4 | | provided under subsection (b) of this Section. For the | 5 | | purposes of this Section, a reference to "annuity" in | 6 | | Section 6-149 includes: (i) in the context of a widow, a | 7 | | Tier 2 surviving spouse's annuity and (ii) in the context | 8 | | of a child, a Tier 2 child's annuity. | 9 | | (d) The General Assembly finds and declares that the | 10 | | provisions of this Section, as enacted by Public Act 96-1495, | 11 | | require clarification relating to necessary eligibility | 12 | | standards and the manner of determining and paying the intended | 13 | | Tier 2 benefits and contributions in order to enable the Fund | 14 | | to unambiguously implement and administer benefits for Tier 2 | 15 | | members. The changes to this Section and the conforming changes | 16 | | to Sections 6-150, 6-152, 6-158, 6-164, 6-166, and 6-167 made | 17 | | by this amendatory Act of the 99th
General Assembly are enacted | 18 | | to clarify the provisions of this Section as enacted by Public | 19 | | Act 96-1495, and are hereby declared to represent and be | 20 | | consistent with the original and continuing intent of this | 21 | | Section and Public Act 96-1495. | 22 | | (e) The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 99th | 23 | | General Assembly are intended to be retroactive to January 1, | 24 | | 2011 (the effective date of Public Act 96-1495) and, for the | 25 | | purposes of Section 1-103.1 of this Code, they apply without | 26 | | regard to whether the relevant fireman
was in service on or |
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| 1 | | after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th | 2 | | General Assembly. | 3 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1495, eff. 1-1-11.)".
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