40 ILCS 5/11-150
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. 11-150)Sec. 11-150.     Mortality tables and interest rates.     (a) Any single life annuity fixed or granted to any employee who was a  participant on or before January 1, 1952, or any reversionary or single  life annuity, fixed for or granted to a wife or widow shall be computed, in  the case of the employee as of his attained age when the annuity is fixed  or granted, and in the case of the wife or widow, as of employee's age and  that of his wife or widow on the date her annuity is fixed or granted,  provided that if the wife or widow is older than 5 years the junior of her  husband her age shall be assumed 5 years less than his. The American  Experience Table of Mortality with interest at 4% per annum shall be used  for the computation of the annuity values in this paragraph.(b) Until August 1, 1983, any single life annuity fixed or granted  to any employee who becomes  a participant for the first time after January 1, 1952, or any reversionary  or single life annuity, fixed or granted to the wife or widow shall be  computed, in the case of the employee as of his attained age when the  annuity is fixed or granted, and in the case of the wife or widow her age  shall be taken as 4 years younger than her actual age, or 4 years younger  than the age of her husband, whichever will produce the lower age, as of  the date the employee's or the wife's or widow's annuity is fixed or  granted. The Combined Annuity Mortality Table for Male Lives with interest  at 3 per cent per annum shall be used for the computation of the single  life employee annuity values in this paragraph. Such table shall also be  used for the computation of single life widow annuity values and for the  computation of the reversionary annuities specified in this paragraph with  the female life taken as 4 years less than the male life.On or after August 1, 1983, any single life annuity fixed or granted to  any employee who becomes a participant for the first time after January 1,  1952, or any reversionary or single life annuity, fixed or granted to a  wife or widow shall be computed, in the case of an employee as of his  attained age when the annuity is fixed or granted, and in the case of the  wife or widow her age shall be taken as the lower of her actual age or the  age of her husband as of the date the employee's or wife's or widow's  annuity is fixed or granted.  The Combined Annuity Mortality Table for Male  Lives with interest at 3% per annum shall be used for the computation of  the single life employee and widow annuity values in this paragraph.  Such  table shall also be used for the computation of the reversionary annuity  values specified in this paragraph with the employee life taken as 4 years  less than the male life and the spouse life taken as the male life.(c) All sums credited to any employee for annuity purposes when he  withdraws from service before age 55 shall be improved with interest at the  effective rate thereafter while he is not in service and has not entered  upon annuity until he attains age 65.(d) The amount of widow's annuity or widow's prior service annuity which  shall be fixed for the wife of an employee who is alive shall be calculated  as a reversionary annuity derived from the total accumulated sum to the  employee's credit for widow's annuity and widow's prior service annuity on  the date the annuity is fixed.    (Source: P.A. 84-159.)