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92_HB1992
LRB9207350EGfg
1 AN ACT in relation to public employee benefits.
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 changing Section 3-120 as follows:
6 (40 ILCS 5/3-120) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-120)
7 Sec. 3-120. Marriage after retirement.
8 (a) If a police officer marries after subsequent to
9 retirement on any pension under this Article other than a
10 pension established under Section 3-109.3, the surviving
11 spouse and the children of such surviving spouse shall
12 receive no pension on the death of the officer, except as
13 provided in subsection (b).
14 (b) Notwithstanding Section 1-103.1 of this Code, this
15 Section shall not be deemed to disqualify from receiving a
16 survivor's pension the surviving spouse and children of any
17 police officer who (i) retired from service in 1973, married
18 the surviving spouse during 1974, and died in 1988, or (ii)
19 retired on disability in October of 1982, married the
20 surviving spouse during 1991, and died in 1992. In the case
21 of a person who becomes eligible for a benefit under this
22 subsection (b), the benefit shall begin to accrue on July 1,
23 1990 or July 1 of the year following the police officer's
24 death, whichever is later.
25 (Source: P.A. 91-939, eff. 2-1-01.)
26 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
27 becoming law.