40 ILCS 5/11-149
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. 11-149)Sec. 11-149.     Maximum annuities.(1) The annuities to an employee and his widow are subject to the  following limitations:(a) No age and service annuity or age and service and     prior service annuity combined in excess of 60% of highest salary of an employee and no minimum annuity in excess of the annuity provided in Section 11-134 or set forth as a maximum in any other Section of this Code relating to minimum annuities for employees included under Article 11 of this Code shall be payable to any employee excepting to the extent that the annuity may exceed such per cent or amount under Section 11-134.1 and 11-134.3 providing for automatic increases after retirement.(b) No annuity in excess of 60% of such highest     salary shall be payable to a widow if death of an employee resulted from injury incurred in the performance of duty; provided, the annuity to a widow, or a widow's annuity plus compensation annuity shall not exceed $500 per month if the employee's death occurs before January 23, 1987, except as provided in paragraph (d).  The widow's annuity, or a widow's annuity plus compensation annuity, shall not be limited to a maximum dollar amount if the employee's death occurs on or after January 23, 1987, regardless of the date of injury.(c) No annuity in excess of 50% of such highest     salary shall be payable to a widow in the case of death of an employee from any cause other than injury incurred in the performance of duty; provided, the annuity to a widow, or a widow's annuity plus supplemental annuity, shall not exceed $500 per month if the employee's death occurs before January 23, 1987, except as provided in paragraph (d). The widow's annuity, or widow's annuity plus supplemental annuity, shall not be limited to a maximum dollar amount if the employee's death occurs on or after January 23, 1987.(d) For widows of employees who died before January     23, 1987 after retirement on annuity or in service, the maximum dollar amount limitation on widow's annuity (or widow's annuity plus compensation or supplemental annuity) shall cease to apply, beginning with the first annuity payment after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997; except that if a refund of excess contributions for widow's annuity has been paid by the Fund, the increase resulting from this paragraph (d) shall not begin before the refund has been repaid to the Fund, together with interest at the effective rate from the date of the refund to the date of repayment.(2) If when an employee's annuity is fixed, the amount accumulated to  his credit therefor, as of his age at such time, exceeds the amount necessary  for the annuity, all employee contributions for annuity purposes, after  the date on which the accumulated sums to the credit of such employee for  annuity purposes would first have provided such employee with such amount  of annuity as of his age at such date shall be refunded when he enters upon  annuity, with interest at the effective rate.If the aforesaid annuity so fixed is not payable, but a larger amount is  payable as a minimum annuity, such refund shall be reduced by 5/12 of the  value of the difference in the annuity payable and the amount theretofore  fixed as the value of such difference may be at the date and as of the age  of the employee when his annuity begins; provided that if the employee was  credited with city contributions for any period for which he made no  contribution, or a contribution of less than 3 1/4% of salary, a further  reduction in the refund shall be made by the equivalent of what he would have  contributed during such period less his actual contributions, had the rate of  employee contributions in force on the effective date been in effect throughout  his entire service, prior to such effective date, with interest computed  on such amounts at the effective rate.(3) If at the time the annuity for a wife is fixed, the employee's credit  for a widow's annuity exceeds that necessary to provide the maximum annuity  prescribed in this section, all employee contributions for such widow's  annuity for service after the date on which the accumulated sums to the  credit of the employee for such annuity purposes would first have provided  the wife of such employee with such amount of annuity if such annuity were  computed on the basis of the combined annuity mortality table with interest at  3% per annum with ages at date of determination taken as specified in this  article, shall be refunded to the employee, with interest at the effective  rate.If the employee was credited with city contributions for widow's annuity  for any service prior to the effective date, any amount so refundable, shall  be reduced by the equivalent of what he would have contributed, had his  contributions for widow's annuity been made at the rate of 1% throughout  his entire service, prior to the effective date, with interest on such amounts  at the effective rate.(4) If at the death of an employee prior to age 65, the credit for widow's  annuity, exceeds that necessary to provide the maximum annuity prescribed  in this section, all employee contributions for annuity purposes, for service  after the date on which the accumulated sums to the credit of such employee  for annuity purposes would first have provided such widow with such amount  of annuity if such annuity were computed on the basis of the combined annuity  mortality table with interest at 3% per annum with ages at date of  determination taken as specified in this article, shall be refunded to the  widow, with applicable interest.If the employee was credited with city contributions for any period of  service during which he was not required to make a contribution, or made  a contribution of less than 3 1/4% of salary, the refund shall be reduced  by the equivalent of the contributions he would have made during such  period, less any amount he contributed, had the rate of employee  contributions in effect on the effective date been in force throughout his  entire service, prior to the effective date, with applicable interest;  provided, that if the employee was credited with city contributions for  widow's annuity for any service prior to the effective date, any amount so  refundable shall be further reduced by the equivalent of what he would have  contributed had he made contributions for widow's annuity at the rate of 1%  throughout his entire service, prior to such effective date, with applicable  interest.    (Source: P.A. 90-511, eff. 8-22-97.)