40 ILCS 5/20-123
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 20 - Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-123)(Text of Section WITH the changes made by P.A. 98-599, which has been held unconstitutional)Sec. 20-123. Survivor's annuity. The provisions governing a retirement  annuity shall be applicable to a survivor's annuity.  Appropriate credits shall  be established for survivor's annuity purposes in those participating systems  which provide survivor's annuities, according to the same conditions and  subject to the same limitations and restrictions herein prescribed for a  retirement annuity.  If a participating system has no survivor's annuity  benefit, or if the survivor's annuity benefit under that system is waived,  pension credit established in that system shall not be considered  in determining eligibility for or the amount of the survivor's annuity which  may be payable by any other participating system.For persons who participate in  the self-managed plan established under  Section 15-158.2 or the portable benefit package established under Section  15-136.4,  pension credit established under Article 15 may be considered in  determining eligibility for or the amount of the survivor's annuity that is  payable by any other participating system, but pension credit established in  any other system shall not result in any right to a survivor's annuity under  the Article 15 system.For persons who participate in  a defined contribution plan established under Article 2, 14, 15, or 16 of this Code to whom the provisions of this Article apply, the pension credits established under the defined contribution plan may be considered in  determining eligibility for or the amount of the defined benefit survivor's annuity that is  payable by any other participating system, but pension credits established in  any other system shall not result in any right to or increase in the value of a survivor's annuity under  the defined contribution plan, which depends solely on the options chosen and the value of the participant's vested account  balances and is not subject to any proportional adjustment under this  Section. (Source: P.A. 98-599, eff. 6-1-14.)(Text of Section WITHOUT the changes made by P.A. 98-599, which has been held unconstitutional)Sec. 20-123.     Survivor's annuity.     The provisions governing a retirement  annuity shall be applicable to a survivor's annuity.  Appropriate credits shall  be established for survivor's annuity purposes in those participating systems  which provide survivor's annuities, according to the same conditions and  subject to the same limitations and restrictions herein prescribed for a  retirement annuity.  If a participating system has no survivor's annuity  benefit, or if the survivor's annuity benefit under that system is waived,  pension credit established in that system shall not be considered  in determining eligibility for or the amount of the survivor's annuity which  may be payable by any other participating system.For persons who participate in the self-managed plan established under  Section 15-158.2 or the portable benefit package established under Section  15-136.4, pension credit established under Article 15 may be considered in  determining eligibility for or the amount of the survivor's annuity that is  payable by any other participating system, but pension credit established in  any other system shall not result in any right to a survivor's annuity under  the Article 15 system.    (Source: P.A. 91-887, eff. 7-6-00.)