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90_HB0114

      40 ILCS 5/14-119          from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-119
      40 ILCS 5/14-121          from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-121
          Amends the State Employee Article of  the  Pension  Code.
      Provides  a one-time increase in widow and survivor annuities
      for certain  persons  whose  annuities  began  on  or  before
      January 1, 1989. Effective immediately.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the Illinois Pension Code by changing
 2    Sections 14-119 and 14-121.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.   The  Illinois  Pension  Code  is amended by
 6    changing Sections 14-119 and 14-121 as follows:
 7        (40 ILCS 5/14-119) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-119)
 8        Sec. 14-119.  Amount of widow's annuity.
 9        (a)  The widow's annuity shall be 50% of  the  amount  of
10    retirement annuity payable to the member on the date of death
11    while  on  retirement  if an annuitant, or on the date of his
12    death while in service if an employee, regardless of his  age
13    on  such date, or on the date of withdrawal if death occurred
14    after termination of service under the conditions  prescribed
15    in the preceding Section.
16        (b)  If  an eligible widow, regardless of age, has in her
17    care any unmarried child or children of the member under  age
18    18,  the  widow's annuity shall be increased in the amount of
19    5% of the retirement annuity for each  such  child,  but  the
20    combined  payments  for a widow and children shall not exceed
21    66 2/3% of the member's earned retirement annuity.
22        The amount of retirement annuity from which  the  widow's
23    annuity is derived shall be that earned by the member without
24    regard  to whether he attained age 60 prior to his withdrawal
25    under the conditions stated or prior to his death.
26        (c)  Adopted children shall be considered as children  of
27    the   member  only  if  the  proceedings  for  adoption  were
28    commenced at least 1 year prior to the member's death.
29        Marriage of a child shall render the child ineligible for
30    further consideration in the increase in the  amount  of  the
31    widow's annuity.
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 1        Attainment  of  age  18  of  a  child  shall  render  him
 2    ineligible  for  further consideration in the increase of the
 3    widow's annuity, but  the  annuity  to  the  widow  shall  be
 4    continued thereafter, without regard to her age at that time.
 5        (d)  A  widow's annuity payable on account of any covered
 6    employee who shall have been a covered employee for at  least
 7    18  months shall be reduced by 1/2 of the amount of survivors
 8    benefits to which his beneficiaries are  eligible  under  the
 9    provisions  of  the  Federal Social Security Act, except that
10    (1) the amount of any  widow's  annuity  payable  under  this
11    Article  shall not be reduced by reason of any increase under
12    that Act which occurs  after  the  offset  required  by  this
13    subsection  is  first  applied  to  that annuity, and (2) for
14    benefits granted on or after  January  1,  1992,  the  offset
15    under  this subsection (d) shall not exceed 50% of the amount
16    of widow's annuity otherwise payable.
17        (e)  Upon the death of a recipient of a  widow's  annuity
18    the   excess,   if      any,   of  the  member's  accumulated
19    contributions  plus  credited  interest  over   all   annuity
20    payments  to the member and widow, exclusive of the $500 lump
21    sum payment, shall be paid to the named  beneficiary  of  the
22    widow, or if none has been named, to the estate of the widow,
23    provided no reversionary annuity is payable.
24        (f)  On  January  1,  1981,  any  recipient  of a widow's
25    annuity who was receiving a  widow's  annuity  on  or  before
26    January  1,  1971,  shall have her widow's annuity then being
27    paid increased by 1% for each full  year  which  has  elapsed
28    from the date the widow's annuity began.  On January 1, 1982,
29    any  recipient  of  a  widow's  annuity who began receiving a
30    widow's annuity after January 1, 1971, but before January  1,
31    1981,   shall  have  her  widow's  annuity  then  being  paid
32    increased by 1% for each full year which has elapsed from the
33    date the widow's annuity began.   On  January  1,  1987,  any
34    recipient  of  a  widow's  annuity  who  began  receiving the
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 1    widow's annuity on or before January 1, 1977, shall have  the
 2    monthly  widow's  annuity  increased by $1 for each full year
 3    which has elapsed since the date the annuity began.
 4        On January 1, 1998, each recipient of a  widow's  annuity
 5    who began receiving that annuity on or before January 1, 1989
 6    shall  have  the  monthly widow's annuity increased by $2 for
 7    each full year that has elapsed since the annuity began.
 8        (g)  Beginning January 1,  1990,  every  widow's  annuity
 9    shall  be  increased  (1)  on  each January 1 occurring on or
10    after the commencement of the annuity if the deceased  member
11    died  while  receiving  a retirement annuity, or (2) in other
12    cases, on each January 1 occurring  on  or  after  the  first
13    anniversary  of the commencement of the annuity, by an amount
14    equal to 3% of the current amount of the  annuity,  including
15    any  previous  increases  under  this Article. Such increases
16    shall apply without regard to whether the deceased member was
17    in service on or after  the  effective  date  of  Public  Act
18    86-1488, but shall not accrue for any period prior to January
19    1, 1990.
20    (Source: P.A. 86-273; 86-1488; 87-794.)
21        (40 ILCS 5/14-121) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-121)
22        Sec.  14-121.   Amount of survivors annuity.  A survivors
23    annuity beneficiary shall  be  entitled  upon  death  of  the
24    member  to  a  single sum payment of $1,000, payable pro rata
25    among all persons entitled thereto, together with a survivors
26    annuity  payable  at  the  rates  and  under  the  conditions
27    specified in this Article.
28        (a)  If the survivors annuity beneficiary  is  a  spouse,
29    the   survivors   annuity  shall  be  30%  of  final  average
30    compensation subject to a maximum payment of $400 per month.
31        (b)  If an eligible child or children under the care of a
32    spouse also survives  the  member,  such  spouse  as  natural
33    guardian  of the child or children shall receive, in addition
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 1    to the foregoing annuity, 20% of final  average  compensation
 2    on  account  of  each  such  child  and  10% of final average
 3    compensation divided pro rata among such children, subject to
 4    a  maximum  payment  on  account  of  all  survivor   annuity
 5    beneficiaries of $600 per month, or 80% of the member's final
 6    average compensation, whichever is the lesser.
 7        (c)  If    the    survivors    annuity   beneficiary   or
 8    beneficiaries consists of an unmarried child or children, the
 9    amount of survivors annuity shall be  20%  of  final  average
10    compensation   to  each  child,  and  10%  of  final  average
11    compensation  divided  pro  rata  among  all  such   children
12    entitled to such annuity, subject to a maximum payment to all
13    children  combined  of  $600 per month or 80% of the member's
14    final average compensation, whichever is the lesser.
15        (d)  If the survivors annuity beneficiary is one or  more
16    dependent  parents, the annuity shall be 20% of final average
17    compensation  to  each  parent  and  10%  of  final   average
18    compensation  divided  pro rata among the parents who qualify
19    for this annuity,  subject  to  a  maximum  payment  to  both
20    dependent parents of $400 per month.
21        (e)  The  survivors  annuity  to  the spouse, children or
22    dependent parents of a member whose death  occurs  after  the
23    date  of  last  withdrawal,  or after retirement, or while in
24    service following reentry into service after  retirement  but
25    before  completing  1  1/2  years  of  additional  creditable
26    service,  shall  not exceed the lesser of 80% of the member's
27    earned retirement annuity at the date of death or the maximum
28    previously established in this Section.
29        (f)  In  applying  the  limitation  prescribed   on   the
30    combined   payments   to   2   or   more   survivors  annuity
31    beneficiaries, the annuity on  account  of  each  beneficiary
32    shall  be  reduced  pro rata until such time as the number of
33    beneficiaries makes the reduction no longer applicable.
34        (g)  A  survivors  annuity  payable  on  account  of  any
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 1    covered employee who shall have been a covered  employee  for
 2    at  least  18  months  at  date  of death or last withdrawal,
 3    whichever is the later,  shall  be  reduced  by  1/2  of  the
 4    survivors  benefits  to  which his beneficiaries are eligible
 5    under the federal Social Security Act, except  that  (1)  the
 6    survivors  annuity  payable  under  this Article shall not be
 7    reduced by any increase under that Act which occurs after the
 8    offset required by this subsection is first applied  to  that
 9    annuity,  and (2) for benefits granted on or after January 1,
10    1992, the offset under this subsection (g) shall  not  exceed
11    50% of the amount of survivors annuity otherwise payable.
12        (h)  The minimum payment to a beneficiary hereunder shall
13    be  $60  per month, which shall be reduced in accordance with
14    the limitation prescribed on the  combined  payments  to  all
15    beneficiaries of a member.
16        (i)  Subject  to  the  conditions  set  forth  in Section
17    14-120, the minimum total survivors annuity  benefit  payable
18    to  the  survivors annuity beneficiaries of a deceased member
19    or annuitant whose death occurs on or after January 1,  1984,
20    shall  be 50% of the amount of retirement annuity that was or
21    would have been payable to the deceased on the date of death,
22    regardless of the age of the deceased on such date.   If  the
23    minimum total benefit provided by this subsection exceeds the
24    maximum  otherwise imposed by this Section, the minimum total
25    benefit shall nevertheless be payable.  Any increase  in  the
26    total  survivors annuity benefit resulting from the operation
27    of this subsection  shall  be  divided  among  the  survivors
28    annuity  beneficiaries of the deceased in proportion to their
29    shares of  the  total  survivors  annuity  benefit  otherwise
30    payable under this Section.
31        (j)  Any  survivors  annuity  beneficiary  whose  annuity
32    terminates  due  to  any  condition specified in this Article
33    other than death shall be entitled to a refund of the excess,
34    if any, of the accumulated contributions of the  member  plus
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 1    credited  interest  over  all  payments  to  the  member  and
 2    beneficiary  or  beneficiaries,  exclusive  of the single sum
 3    payment  of  $1,000,  provided   no   future   survivors   or
 4    reversionary annuity benefits are payable.
 5        (k)  Upon  the  death of the last eligible recipient of a
 6    survivors  annuity  the  excess,  if  any,  of  the  member's
 7    accumulated contributions plus  credited  interest  over  all
 8    annuity payments to the member and survivors exclusive of the
 9    single  sum  payment  of  $1000,  shall  be paid to the named
10    beneficiary of the last eligible survivor,  or  if  none  has
11    been  named,  to  the  estate  of the last eligible survivor,
12    provided no reversionary annuity is payable.
13        (l)  On January 1, 1981, any survivor who was receiving a
14    survivors annuity on or before January 1,  1971,  shall  have
15    his  survivors  annuity  then  being paid increased by 1% for
16    each full year which has elapsed from the  date  the  annuity
17    began.   On January 1, 1982, any survivor who began receiving
18    a survivor's  annuity  after  January  1,  1971,  but  before
19    January 1, 1981, shall have his survivor's annuity then being
20    paid increased by 1% for each full year that has elapsed from
21    the date the annuity began.  On January 1, 1987, any survivor
22    who began receiving a survivor's annuity on or before January
23    1,  1977, shall have the monthly survivor's annuity increased
24    by $1 for each full year which has elapsed since the date the
25    survivor's annuity began.
26        On January  1,  1998,  each  recipient  of  a  survivor's
27    annuity who began receiving that annuity on or before January
28    1,  1989  shall have the monthly survivor's annuity increased
29    by $2 for each full year that has elapsed since  the  annuity
30    began.
31        (m)  Beginning  January 1, 1990, every survivor's annuity
32    shall be increased (1) on each  January  1  occurring  on  or
33    after  the commencement of the annuity if the deceased member
34    died while receiving a retirement annuity, or  (2)  in  other
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 1    cases,  on  each  January  1  occurring on or after the first
 2    anniversary of the commencement of the annuity, by an  amount
 3    equal  to  3% of the current amount of the annuity, including
 4    any previous increases under this Article.    Such  increases
 5    shall apply without regard to whether the deceased member was
 6    in  service  on  or  after  the  effective date of Public Act
 7    86-1488, but shall not accrue for any period prior to January
 8    1, 1990.
 9    (Source: P.A. 86-273; 86-1488; 87-794.)
10        Section 99. Effective date.  This Act takes  effect  upon
11    becoming law.

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