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40 ILCS 5/4-108.3
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 4 - Firefighters' Pension Fund - Municipalities 500,000 And Under

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-108.3)Sec. 4-108.3.         (a) Until July 1, 1989, any active member of the  Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund who is a county sheriff may apply for  transfer of up to 80 months of creditable service accumulated in any  pension fund established under this Article to the Illinois Municipal  Retirement Fund.  Such creditable service shall be transferred only upon  payment by such pension fund to the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund of  an amount equal to:(1) the amounts accumulated to the credit of the applicant on the books  of the fund on the date of transfer; and(2) employer contributions in an amount equal to the amount determined  under subparagraph (1); and(3) any interest paid by the applicant in order to reinstate service.Participation in such pension fund as to any credits transferred under  this Section shall terminate on the date of transfer.(b) Until July 1, 1989, any such sheriff may reinstate creditable  service terminated upon receipt of a refund, by payment to the  firefighters' pension fund of the amount of the refund, with interest  thereon at the rate of 6% per year, compounded annually from the date of  refund to the date of payment.    (Source: P.A. 85-941.)
40 ILCS 5/4-108.4
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 4 - Firefighters' Pension Fund - Municipalities 500,000 And Under

Sec. 4-108.4. Transfer of creditable service from Article 7 fund.(a) Any firefighter who was excluded  from participation in an Article  4 fund because the firefighter earned credit for that service under Article 7 of this Code and who is a participant in the Illinois  Municipal Retirement  Fund may become an active participant in that firefighter pension fund by  making a  written application to the Board.  Persons so applying  shall begin  participation on the first day of the month following the month in which the  application is  received by the Board. An employee who makes application for  participation  shall not be deemed ineligible to participate in the firefighter pension fund  by reason of  having failed to apply within the 3-month period specified in subsection (b) of  Section 4-107.(b) A firefighter who was excluded  from participation in an Article  4 fund because the firefighter earned credit for that service under Article 7 of this Code and who is a participant in the Illinois Municipal Retirement  Fund may also elect to establish creditable service for  those periods of employment as a firefighter during which he or she was excluded from  participation in an  Article 4 fund by paying into the fund the amount that  the person  would have contributed had deductions from salary been made for this purpose at  the time the service was rendered, together with interest thereon at 6% per  annum, compounded annually, from the time the service was rendered until the  date of payment, less any amounts transferred from the Illinois Municipal  Retirement Fund under Section 7-139.10.(c) In no event shall pension credit for the same service rendered by an  employee be accredited in more than one pension fund or retirement system under this Code. If an employee applies for service credit under subsection (b), then any creditable  service time accumulated in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund for the same  period must be transferred to the Article 4 fund under Section 7-139.10.               (Source: P.A. 93-689, eff. 7-1-04.)
40 ILCS 5/4-108.6
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 4 - Firefighters' Pension Fund - Municipalities 500,000 And Under

Sec. 4-108.6. Transfer of creditable service to  the Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago.(a) Until 6 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, any active member of the Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago may apply for transfer of up to 10 years of creditable service accumulated in any pension fund established under this Article to the Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago. Such creditable service shall be transferred only upon payment by such pension fund to the Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago of an amount equal to:(1) the amounts accumulated to the credit of the     applicant on the books of the fund on the date of transfer;(2) employer contributions in an amount equal to the     amount determined under subparagraph (1); and(3) any interest paid by the applicant in order to     reinstate service.Participation in such pension fund as to any credits transferred under this Section shall terminate on the date of transfer.(b) An active member of the Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago applying for a transfer of creditable service under subsection (a) may reinstate credits and creditable service terminated upon receipt of a refund by payment to the Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago of the amount of the refund with interest thereon at the actuarially assumed rate, compounded annually, from the date of the refund to the date of payment.   (Source: P.A. 100-544, eff. 11-8-17.)
40 ILCS 5/4-108.7
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 4 - Firefighters' Pension Fund - Municipalities 500,000 And Under

Sec. 4-108.7. Transfer of creditable service from the Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago. Until 6 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, any active participant in a fund established under this Article may transfer to that fund creditable service accumulated under Article 6 of this Code upon payment to the Article 4 fund, within 5 years after the date of application, of an amount equal to the difference between the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred to the Article 4 fund under Section 6-227.1 and the amounts determined by the Article 4 fund in accordance with this Section, plus interest on that difference at the actuarially assumed rate, compounded annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.The Article 4 fund  must determine the firefighter's payment required to establish creditable service under this Section by taking into account the appropriate actuarial assumptions, including without limitation the firefighter's service, age, and salary history; the level of funding of the Article 4 fund; and any other factors that the Article 4 fund determines to be relevant. For this purpose, the firefighter's required payment should result in no significant increase to the Article 4 fund's unfunded actuarial accrued liability determined as of the most recent actuarial valuation, based on the same assumptions and methods used to develop and report the Article 4 fund's actuarial accrued liability and actuarial value of assets under Statement No. 25 of Governmental Accounting Standards Board or any subsequent applicable Statement.   (Source: P.A. 101-474, eff. 8-23-19.)
40 ILCS 5/4-108.8
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 4 - Firefighters' Pension Fund - Municipalities 500,000 And Under

Sec. 4-108.8. Transfer of creditable service to the State Employees' Retirement System.(a) Any active member of the State Employees' Retirement System who is an arson investigator may apply for transfer of some or all of his or her credits and creditable service accumulated in any firefighters' pension fund under this Article to the State Employees' Retirement System in accordance with Section 14-110.  The creditable service shall be transferred only upon payment by the firefighters' pension fund to the State Employees' Retirement System of an amount equal to:(1) the amounts accumulated to the credit of the     applicant for the service to be transferred on file with the fund on the date of transfer;(2) employer contributions in an amount equal to the     amount determined under paragraph (1); and(3) any interest paid by the applicant in order to     reinstate service to be transferred.Participation in the firefighters' pension fund with respect to the service to be transferred shall terminate on the date of transfer.(b) Any person applying to transfer service under this Section may reinstate service that was terminated by receipt of a refund, by paying to the firefighters' pension fund the amount of the refund with interest thereon at the actuarially assumed rate of interest, compounded annually, from the date of refund to the date of payment.   (Source: P.A. 102-210, eff. 7-30-21.)
40 ILCS 5/4-110
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 4 - Firefighters' Pension Fund - Municipalities 500,000 And Under

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-110)Sec. 4-110. Disability pension - Line of duty. If a firefighter, as the  result of sickness, accident or injury incurred in or resulting from the  performance of an act of duty or from the cumulative effects of acts of duty,  is found, pursuant to Section 4-112, to be physically or mentally permanently  disabled for service in the fire department, so as to render necessary his or  her being placed on disability pension, the firefighter shall be entitled to  a disability pension equal to the greater of (1) 65% of the monthly  salary attached to the rank held by him or her in the fire department at the  date he or she is removed from the municipality's fire department payroll or  (2) the retirement pension that the firefighter would be eligible to receive  if he or she retired (but not including any automatic annual increase in that  retirement pension).  A firefighter shall be considered "on duty" while on  any assignment approved by the chief of the fire department, even though away  from the municipality he or she serves as a firefighter, if the assignment  is related to the fire protection service of the municipality.Such firefighter shall also be entitled to a child's disability benefit  of $20 a month on account of each unmarried child less than 18 years of age and  dependent upon the firefighter for support, either the issue of the firefighter  or legally adopted by him or her.  The total amount of child's disability  benefit payable to the firefighter, when added to his or her disability  pension, shall not exceed 75% of the amount of salary which the  firefighter was receiving at the date of retirement.Benefits payable on account of a child under this Section shall not  be reduced or terminated by reason of the child's attainment  of age 18 if he or she is then dependent by reason of a physical or mental  disability but shall continue to be paid as long as such dependency continues.  Individuals over the age of 18 and adjudged to be disabled persons pursuant to  Article XIa of the Probate Act of 1975, except for persons receiving benefits  under Article III of the Illinois Public Aid Code, shall be eligible to receive  benefits under this Act.If a firefighter dies while still disabled and receiving a disability pension  under this Section, the disability pension shall continue to be paid to the  firefighter's survivors in the sequence provided in Section 4-114.  A pension previously granted  under Section 4-114 to a survivor of a firefighter who died while receiving a  disability pension under this Section shall be deemed to be a continuation  of the pension provided under this Section and shall be deemed to be  in the nature of worker's compensation payments.  The changes to this Section  made by this amendatory Act of 1995 are intended to be retroactive and are not  limited to persons in service on or after its effective date.       (Source: P.A. 93-1090, eff. 3-11-05.)
40 ILCS 5/4-110.2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 4 - Firefighters' Pension Fund - Municipalities 500,000 And Under

Sec. 4-110.2. Secondary employer injury and exposure reporting. The fire chief of a secondary employer, as described in Section 4-118, shall report any injury, illness, or exposure incurred by a secondary employee during his or her employment to the primary employer's pension fund and the Department of Insurance within 96 hours from the time of the occurrence. The reporting requirements shall be consistent with the recommendations found in Chapters 4, 13, and 14 of the NFPA 1500 Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety, Health, and Wellness Program.  (Source: P.A. 101-522, eff. 8-23-19; 102-59, eff. 7-9-21.)
40 ILCS 5/4-111
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 4 - Firefighters' Pension Fund - Municipalities 500,000 And Under

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-111)Sec. 4-111. Disability pension - Not in duty. A firefighter having at least 7 years of creditable  service who becomes  disabled as a result of any cause other than an act of duty, and who is  found, pursuant to Section 4-112,  to be physically or mentally permanently disabled so  as to render necessary his or her being placed on disability pension,  shall be granted a disability pension of 50% of the monthly salary attached  to the rank held by the firefighter in the fire service at  the date he or she is removed from the municipality's fire department payroll. If a firefighter dies while still disabled and receiving a disability pension under this Section, the disability pension shall continue to be paid to the firefighter's survivors in the sequence provided in Section 4-114 if that disability pension is greater than the survivors pension provided under subsection (a) of Section 4-114.              (Source: P.A. 93-1090, eff. 3-11-05.)
40 ILCS 5/4-112
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 4 - Firefighters' Pension Fund - Municipalities 500,000 And Under

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-112)Sec. 4-112. Determination of disability; restoration to active service; disability cannot constitute cause for discharge. A disability pension shall not be paid until disability  has been established by the board by examinations  of the firefighter at pension fund expense by 3 physicians selected  by the board and such other evidence as the board deems  necessary.  The 3 physicians selected by the board need not agree as to the existence of any disability or  the nature and extent of a disability. Medical examination of a firefighter  receiving a disability pension shall be made at least once each year prior  to attainment of age 50 in order to verify continuance of disability, except that a medical examination of a firefighter receiving a disability pension for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) related to his or her service as a firefighter shall not be made if: (1) the firefighter has attained age 45; (2) the firefighter has provided to the board documentation approving the discontinuance of the medical examination from at least 2 physicians; and (3) at least 4 members of the board have voted in the affirmative to allow the firefighter to discontinue the medical examination.  No  examination shall be required after age 50. No physical or mental disability that constitutes, in whole or in part, the basis of an application for benefits under this Article may be used, in whole or in part, by any municipality or fire protection district employing firefighters, emergency medical technicians, or paramedics as cause for discharge.Upon satisfactory proof to the board that a firefighter on the disability  pension has recovered from disability, the board shall  terminate the  disability pension.  The firefighter shall report to the marshal or chief  of the fire department, who shall thereupon  order immediate reinstatement into active service, and the municipality shall immediately return the firefighter to its payroll, in the same rank or grade held  at the date he or she was placed on disability pension. If the firefighter must file a civil action against the municipality to enforce his or her  mandated return to payroll under this paragraph, then the firefighter is entitled to recovery of reasonable court costs and attorney's fees.The firefighter shall be entitled to 10 days notice before  any hearing or meeting of the board at which the question of his or her  disability is to be considered, and shall have the right to be present  at any such hearing or meeting, and to be represented by counsel; however,  the board shall not have any obligation to provide such fireman with counsel.  (Source: P.A. 100-1097, eff. 8-26-18.)
40 ILCS 5/4-113
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 4 - Firefighters' Pension Fund - Municipalities 500,000 And Under

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-113)Sec. 4-113.     Disability pension option.     (a) A firefighter who has not completed 20 years of  creditable service and is receiving a disability pension  under this Article whose  disability continues for a period which when added to his or her period  of active service equals 20 years may, if age 50 or over, elect to retire  from the fire service  by submitting written application to the board. A firefighter exercising  such option shall be entitled to continue to receive a retirement  pension equal in amount to the disability pension  he or she was entitled to as a disabled firefighter on the date  he or she was removed from the municipality's payroll  for disability.  A firefighter electing to  exercise such  option shall be entitled to the automatic increase in pension provided  under subsection (a) of Section 4-109.1.(b) A firefighter who is receiving a  disability pension under this Article who has sufficient creditable service  to qualify for a retirement pension and is age 50 or more may  elect to permanently retire from the fire service at any time by submitting  written application to the board.  The salary to be used in the determination  of such firefighter's pension shall be based on  the salary attached to the rank held by the firefighter in the  fire service at the date of the election to retire.  All other  conditions in the computation of the pension  shall be based upon the provisions of Section 4-109 which were applicable  to the firefighter  while he or she was in active service as an employee.  A firefighter  electing to exercise such option shall be entitled to the  automatic increase in pension provided under subsection (a) of Section 4-109.1.    (Source: P.A. 83-1440.)
40 ILCS 5/4-114.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 4 - Firefighters' Pension Fund - Municipalities 500,000 And Under

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-114.1)Sec. 4-114.1.     Pensions to survivors of male and female firefighters.      All provisions of this Article relating to pensions to a  surviving spouse, children or dependent parents of a firefighter  apply with equal force to the surviving spouse, minor  children and dependent parents of male and female firefighters without  any distinction whatsoever.    (Source: P.A. 83-1440.)
40 ILCS 5/4-114.2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 4 - Firefighters' Pension Fund - Municipalities 500,000 And Under

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-114.2)Sec. 4-114.2.         Reduction of disability and survivor's benefits for corresponding  benefits payable under Workers' Compensation and Workers' Occupational Diseases  Acts.  (a) Whenever a person is entitled to a disability or survivor's benefit  under this Article and to benefits under the Workers' Compensation Act or  the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act for the same injury or disease, the  benefits payable under this Article shall be reduced by an  amount computed in accordance with subsection (b) of this Section.  There shall be no reduction, however,  for any of the following: payments for medical, surgical and hospital  services, non-medical remedial  care and treatment rendered in accordance with a religious method of healing  recognized by the laws of this State and for artificial appliances;  payments made for scheduled losses for the loss of or permanent  and complete or permanent and partial loss of the use of any bodily member  or the body taken as a whole under subdivision (d)2 or subsection (e) of  Section 8 of the Workers' Compensation Act or Section 7 of the Workers'  Occupational Diseases Act; payments made for statutorily prescribed  losses under subdivision (d)2 of Section 8 of the Workers' Compensation Act  or Section 7 of the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act; and that portion of  the payments which is utilized to pay attorneys' fees and the costs of  securing the workers' compensation benefits under either the Workers'  Compensation Act or Workers' Occupational Diseases Act.(b) The reduction prescribed by this Section shall be computed as follows:(1) In the event that a person entitled to benefits under this Article  incurs  costs or attorneys' fees in order to establish his entitlement, the  reduction prescribed by this Section shall itself be reduced by the amount  of such costs and attorneys' fees.(2) If the benefits deductible under this  Section are stated in a weekly amount, the monthly amount for the purpose  of this Section shall be 52 times the weekly amount,  divided by 12.    (Source: P.A. 84-1039.)
40 ILCS 5/4-115
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 4 - Firefighters' Pension Fund - Municipalities 500,000 And Under

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-115)Sec. 4-115.     Marriage after retirement.     (a) If a firefighter marries subsequent to the date of his  or her retirement with any  pension under this Article, and dies less than 12 months after the  marriage, a surviving spouse shall  receive no pension on the death of the  firefighter.(b) Beginning January 1, 1989,  this Section shall no longer disqualify the surviving  spouse of a  firefighter who was married to such surviving spouse for at least 12 months  and died before November 18, 1985, from receiving a survivor's pension,  and any such surviving spouse who is otherwise eligible under Section 4-114  shall begin to receive a surviving spouse's pension on July 1, 1989.    (Source: P.A. 86-272.)
40 ILCS 5/4-115.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 4 - Firefighters' Pension Fund - Municipalities 500,000 And Under

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-115.1)Sec. 4-115.1. Eligibility of children. Dependent benefits shall be paid to  each natural child of a deceased firefighter, and to each child legally adopted, until the child's attainment of age  18 or marriage, whichever occurs first, whether or not the death of the  firefighter occurred prior to November 21, 1975.Benefits payable to or on account of a child under this Article shall not  be reduced or terminated by reason of the child's adoption by a third party  after the firefighter's death.Benefits payable to or on account of a child under this Article shall not be reduced or terminated by reason of the child's  attainment of age 18 if he or she is then dependent by reason of a physical or  mental disability but shall continue to be paid as long as such dependency  continues.  Individuals over the age of 18 and adjudged as a disabled person  pursuant to Article XIa of the Probate Act of 1975, except for persons  receiving benefits under Article III of the Illinois Public Aid Code, shall be  eligible to receive benefits under this Act.       (Source: P.A. 95-279, eff. 1-1-08.)
40 ILCS 5/4-115.2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 4 - Firefighters' Pension Fund - Municipalities 500,000 And Under

Sec. 4-115.2. Dependent beneficiaries; payment to trust. Any benefit to be received by or paid to a dependent beneficiary may be received by or paid to a trust established for such dependent beneficiary if the dependent beneficiary is living at the time such benefit would be received by or paid to such trust.  (Source: P.A. 97-41, eff. 6-28-11.)