40 ILCS 5/11-155
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 11 - Laborers' And Retirement Board Employees' Annuity And Benefit Fund--Cities Over 500,000 Inhabitants

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 11-155)Sec. 11-155.     Duty disability benefit; Child's disability benefit.     An employee who becomes disabled on or after the  effective date while under age 65 and prior to January 1, 1979 or while  under age 70 after January 1, 1979 as the result of injury incurred on  or after the date he has been included under this Article in the  performance of an act or acts of duty, shall have a right to receive duty  disability benefit, during any period of such disability for which he  receives no salary. The benefit shall be 75% of salary at date of injury;  provided, that if disability, in any measure, has resulted from any mental  disorder, physical defect or disease which existed at the time such injury  was sustained the duty disability benefit shall be 50% of salary  at date of such injury.If the employee's duty disability benefit continues for more than 5  years, the benefit shall be increased by 10% on January 1 of the sixth year.Disablement because of commonly termed heart attacks, or strokes, or any  disablement falling within the broad field of coronary involvement or heart  disease, shall not be considered to be the result of an accidental injury  incurred in the performance of duty.The employee shall also have a right to receive child's disability  benefit of $10 a month on account of each unmarried child (the issue of the  employee) less than age 18. Child's disability benefits shall not exceed  15% of the salary as aforesaid.If application for duty disability benefit is not filed with the  Retirement Board within one year from the date the  disability applicant became disabled or last received salary, if salary was  continued during the period of disablement, no duty disability benefit  shall begin to accrue for any period of time more than one year prior  to the date on which the application for disability benefit is  received by the Board.The first payment of duty disability or child's disability benefit shall  be made not later than one month after such benefit is granted and each  subsequent payment shall be made not later than one month after the last  preceding payment.Duty disability benefit is payable during disability until the employee  attains age 65 if the disability commences prior to January 1, 1979.  If  the disability commences after January 1, 1979 the benefit prescribed  herein shall be payable during disability until the employee attains age 65  for disability commencing prior to age 60, or for a period of 5 years or  until attainment of age 70, whichever occurs first, for disability  commencing at age 60 or older and after January 1, 1979, and child's  disability benefit shall be paid to the  employee parent of any unmarried child (the issue of the employee) less  than age 18, during such time until the child marries or attains age 18.  The employee shall thereafter receive such annuity as is otherwise provided  in this Article.Any employee whose duty disability benefit was terminated after January  1, 1979 by reason of his attainment of age 65 and who continues disabled  after age 65 may elect before July 1, 1986 to have such benefits resumed  beginning at the time of such termination and continuing until termination  is required under this Section as amended by this amendatory Act of 1985.  The amount payable to any employee for such resumed benefit for any period  shall be reduced by the amount of any retirement annuity paid to such  employee under this Article for the same period of time or by any refund  paid in lieu of an annuity.    (Source: P.A. 86-1488.)