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40 ILCS 5/7-158
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 7 - Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-158)Sec. 7-158.     Surviving spouse annuities - Options.     In lieu of the surviving  spouse annuity an eligible surviving spouse  shall have the option of receiving other benefits as follows:1.  The surviving spouse of a participating employee may elect to  receive either a single sum death benefit or a surviving spouse annuity  and the $3,000 death benefit provided in Sections 7-163 and 7-164.2.  The surviving spouse of an employee, who has separated from  service and would have been entitled to a retirement annuity on date of  death, may elect to receive either a single sum death benefit or a  surviving spouse annuity and the $3,000 death benefit provided in  Sections 7-163 and 7-164.3.  If any surviving spouse annuity is payable prior to the earliest age at  which the recipient will become eligible for a widows' or widowers' insurance  benefit under the Federal Social Security Act, the recipient may elect  that the annuity payments from this fund shall exceed those payable after  attaining such age by an amount not in excess of the estimated Social  Security Benefit, determined as of the effective date of the surviving  spouse annuity, provided that in no case shall the total annuity  payments made by this fund exceed in actuarial value the annuity which  would have been paid had no such election been made.4. The surviving spouse of a participating employee, whose annuity  was suspended upon return to employment and who had one year or more of  service after his return, may apply the additional service credits to a  supplemental surviving spouse annuity and receive the $3,000 death  benefit or apply the additional service credits to a single sum death  benefit and forego the $3,000 death benefit payable upon the death of an  annuitant.5. The surviving spouse of a participating employee, whose annuity  was suspended upon return to employment and who had less than one year  of service after his return, shall have the additional service credits  applied towards a supplemental surviving spouse annuity and shall  receive the $3,000 death benefit.    (Source: P.A. 85-941.)
40 ILCS 5/7-160
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 7 - Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-160)Sec. 7-160. Child annuities-eligibility.        Child annuities shall be payable to each child of an employee annuitant  who dies with no surviving spouse and whose spouse would have been eligible  to receive a surviving spouse annuity, and each child of a deceased  employee whose surviving spouse dies and whose spouse, immediately prior to  death, was receiving or would have been eligible to receive, a surviving  spouse annuity, or who left no surviving spouse, is eligible to receive a  child annuity, provided:a.  The child is less than age 18 and unmarried;b.  The child is the natural born or legally adopted     child of the employee and was born prior to the date of the employee's latest resignation or discharge from the service of the participating municipality;c. (Blank).       (Source: P.A. 95-279, eff. 1-1-08.)
40 ILCS 5/7-161
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 7 - Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-161)Sec. 7-161.     Child annuities-commencement.A child annuity shall begin upon proper application therefor, on the  first day of the month following the month in which the survivor of his  parents has died, and shall continue until death, or until the first day of  the month coincidental with or next preceding the day the child attains age  18 or marries, whichever first occurs.    (Source: P.A. 77-2121.)
40 ILCS 5/7-162
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 7 - Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-162)Sec. 7-162.     Child annuities-amount.The amount of child annuities shall be:1.  The aggregate of all child annuities in an amount equal to the  surviving spouse annuity which the spouse of the employee was receiving, or  eligible to receive, immediately prior to death, or which the spouse of the  annuitant would have received if surviving;2.  The child annuity payable at any time to each eligible child shall be  an amount determined by dividing the aggregate amount of all child  annuities by the number of children then eligible to receive child  annuities.    (Source: P.A. 77-2121.)
40 ILCS 5/7-163
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 7 - Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-163)Sec. 7-163.     Death benefits-eligibility.Death benefits shall be payable as hereinafter set forth:1.  To the beneficiary defined in Section 7-118;2.  A death benefit shall be paid to the beneficiary as soon as  practicable after receipt by the board of:a.  A certified copy of the death certificate of the employee or  annuitant;b.  A written application of the beneficiary for such benefit.    (Source: P.A. 78-255.)
40 ILCS 5/7-165
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 7 - Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-165)Sec. 7-165.     Beneficiary annuities.     (a) The beneficiary entitled to a death benefit under paragraph 1, 2 or 3  of Section 7-164 may elect to receive the benefit in the form of an annuity  for life, if the death benefit will provide an immediate annuity of at  least $10 per month.(b) When a death benefit is payable in the form of an annuity, the  annuity shall begin on the first day of the month following the month of  death of the employee or annuitant;(c) The amount of beneficiary annuity shall be that which can be  provided from the death benefit under actuarial tables adopted by the  Board.(d) If a deceased participating employee has additional credits, the  beneficiary may elect to receive an annuity for life in an amount which can  be provided therefrom under actuarial tables adopted by the Board, provided  the annuity would be at least $10 per month.    (Source: P.A. 85-941.)
40 ILCS 5/7-166
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 7 - Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-166)Sec. 7-166. Separation benefits - eligibility. Separation benefits  shall be payable as hereinafter set forth:1. Upon separation from the service of all     participating municipalities and instrumentalities thereof and participating instrumentalities, any participating employee who, on the date of application for such benefit, is not entitled to a retirement annuity shall be entitled to a separation benefit.2. Upon separation from the service of all     participating municipalities and instrumentalities thereof and participating instrumentalities, any participating employee who, on the date of application for such benefit, is entitled to a retirement annuity of less than $100 per month for life may elect to take a separation benefit in lieu of the retirement annuity.3. Upon separation from the service of all     participating municipalities and instrumentalities thereof and participating instrumentalities, any participating employee who, on the date of application for such benefit, is entitled to a retirement annuity, but wishes instead to use the amounts to his or her credit in the Fund to purchase credit in another retirement plan, may elect to take a separation benefit in lieu of the retirement annuity. (Source: P.A. 99-747, eff. 1-1-17.)
40 ILCS 5/7-167
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 7 - Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-167)Sec. 7-167.     Separation benefits - Payment.     Separation benefits shall be paid  in the form of a single cash sum as soon as practicable after receipt by the  board of:1. a written application by the employee for such     benefits; and2. written notice from the last employing     participating municipality or instrumentality thereof or participating instrumentality, certifying that such participating employee has separated from service.   (Source: P.A. 91-887, eff. 7-6-00.)
40 ILCS 5/7-168
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 7 - Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-168)Sec. 7-168.     Separation benefits - Amount.     The amount of the separation benefits shall be the sum of the employee's  accumulated normal, survivor and additional contributions.    (Source: P.A. 87-740.)
40 ILCS 5/7-169
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 7 - Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-169)Sec. 7-169. Separation benefits; repayments.(a) If an employee who has  received a separation benefit subsequently becomes a participating employee,  and renders at least 2 years of contributing service from the date of such  re-entry, he may pay to the fund the amount of the separation benefit, plus  interest at the effective rate for each year from the date of payment of the  separation benefit to the date of repayment.  Upon payment his creditable  service shall be reinstated and the payment shall be credited to his account  as normal contributions. Application must be received by the Board while the employee is an active participant in the Fund or a reciprocal retirement system. Payment must be received while the member is an active participant, except that one payment will be permitted after termination of participation in the Fund or a reciprocal retirement system.(b) Beginning July 1, 2004, the requirement of  returning to service for at least 2 years does not apply to persons who return  to service as a sheriff's law enforcement employee. This subsection applies only to persons in service on or after July 1, 2004.  In the case of such a person who begins to receive a retirement  annuity before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, the annuity shall be recalculated prospectively to reflect any credits reinstated as a result of this subsection, with the resulting increase in annuity beginning to accrue on the first annuity payment date following the effective date of this amendatory Act, but not earlier than the date the repayment is received by the  Fund.    (Source: P.A. 100-148, eff. 8-18-17.)
40 ILCS 5/7-169.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 7 - Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-169.1)Sec. 7-169.1.     Repayment of refund obtained from superseded funds.     An employee who received a refund of deductions from the Illinois  Municipal Public Utility Employees' Annuity and Benefit Fund,  and subsequently becomes a participating employee under this Article and  renders two years of contributing service, may pay to the Fund the amount  of the refund, including any interest received, plus interest at the  effective rate for each year from the date of payment of the refund to  the date of repayment. Upon payment, his  service under the Illinois Municipal Public Utility Employees' Annuity  and Benefit Fund shall be established as creditable service under this  Article and the payment shall be credited as normal contributions to his  account.    (Source: P.A. 84-1028.)
40 ILCS 5/7-170
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 7 - Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-170)Sec. 7-170. Federal Social Security coverage.(a) It is declared to be the policy and purpose to extend to covered  employees as defined in Section 7-138, the benefits of the Federal Old  Age and Survivors Insurance System as authorized by the Federal Social  Security Act and amendments thereto. To effect this, the board shall  take such action as may be required by applicable State and Federal laws  or regulations.(b) The board shall execute an agreement with the State Agency to  secure coverage of covered employees as provided in paragraph (a) of  this section.(c) Each participating municipality and each participating instrumentality  shall remit payment of contributions for Social Security purposes on behalf  of covered employees and covered municipalities and participating  instrumentalities  as required by applicable State and federal laws and regulations.(d) Contributions of covered employees for Federal  Social Security purposes shall be paid in such  amounts and at such time as required by applicable State and federal laws and regulations.(e) (Blank).(f) The board shall maintain such records and submit such reports as may  be required by applicable State and Federal laws or regulations.  (Source: P.A. 96-1084, eff. 7-16-10; 97-933, eff. 8-10-12.)
40 ILCS 5/7-172.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 7 - Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-172.1)Sec. 7-172.1. Actions to enforce payments by municipalities and  instrumentalities.(a) If any participating municipality or participating  instrumentality fails to transmit to the Fund contributions required of it  under this Article or contributions collected by it from its participating  employees for the purposes of this Article for more than  60 days after the payment of such contributions is due, the Fund, after  giving notice to such municipality or instrumentality, may certify to  the State Comptroller the amounts of such delinquent payments in accordance with any applicable rules of the Comptroller, and the  Comptroller shall deduct the amounts so certified or any part thereof  from any payments of State funds to the municipality or instrumentality  involved and shall remit the amount so deducted to the Fund.  If State  funds from which such deductions may be made are not available, the Fund  may proceed against the municipality or instrumentality to recover the  amounts of such delinquent payments in the appropriate circuit court.(b) If any participating municipality fails to transmit to the Fund  contributions required of it under this Article or contributions collected  by it from its participating employees for the purposes of this Article for  more than 60 days after the payment of such contributions is due, the Fund,  after giving notice to such municipality, may certify the fact of such  delinquent payment to the county treasurer of the county in which such  municipality is located, who shall thereafter remit the amounts collected  from the tax levied by the municipality under Section 7-171 directly to  the Fund.(c) If reports furnished to the Fund by the municipality or  instrumentality involved are inadequate for the computation of the  amounts of such delinquent payments, the Fund may provide for such audit  of the records of the municipality or instrumentality as may be required  to establish the amounts of such delinquent payments.  The municipality  or instrumentality shall make its records available to the Fund for the  purpose of such audit.  The cost of such audit shall be added to the  amount of the delinquent payments and shall be recovered by the Fund  from the municipality or instrumentality at the same time and in the  same manner as the delinquent payments are recovered.  (Source: P.A. 99-8, eff. 7-9-15; 99-239, eff. 8-3-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.)
40 ILCS 5/7-172.2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 7 - Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-172.2)Sec. 7-172.2.   In addition to the payments otherwise required by this  Article, each participating municipality and each participating  instrumentality shall make payment of Social Security contributions and  medicare taxes in the amounts and in the manner provided by law. Each employee shall make contributions for Federal Social Security and medicare taxes, for periods during which he or she is a covered employee, as required by the Social Security Enabling Act and State and federal law.   (Source: P.A. 97-933, eff. 8-10-12.)
40 ILCS 5/7-173
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 7 - Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-173)Sec. 7-173. Contributions by employees.(a) Each participating employee shall make contributions to the fund as  follows:1. For retirement annuity purposes, normal     contributions of 3 3/4% of earnings.2. Additional contributions of such percentages of     each payment of earnings, as shall be elected by the employee for retirement annuity purposes, but not in excess of 10%.  The selected rate shall be applicable to all earnings paid following receipt by the Board of written notice of election to make such contributions.  Additional contributions at the selected rate shall be made concurrently with normal contributions.3. Survivor contributions, by each participating     employee, of 3/4% of each payment of earnings.(b) (Blank).(c) Contributions shall be deducted from each corresponding payment  of earnings paid to each employee and shall be remitted to the board by  the participating municipality or participating instrumentality making  such payment.  The remittance, together with a report of the earnings  and contributions shall be made as directed by the board.  For township  treasurers and employees of township treasurers qualifying as employees  hereunder, the contributions herein required as deductions from salary  shall be withheld by the school township trustees from funds available  for the payment of the compensation of such treasurers and employees as  provided in the School Code and remitted to the board.(d) An employee who has made additional contributions under  paragraph (a)2 of this Section may upon retirement or at any time prior  thereto, elect to withdraw the total of such additional contributions  including interest credited thereon to the end of the preceding calendar  year, to the extent permitted by the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as now or hereafter amended.(e) Failure to make the deductions for employee contributions  provided in paragraph (c) of this Section shall not relieve the employee  from liability for such contributions.  The amount of such liability may  be deducted, with interest charged under Section 7-209, from any  annuities or benefits payable hereunder to the employee or any other  person receiving an annuity or benefit by reason of such employee's  participation.(f) A participating employee who has at least 40 years of creditable  service in the Fund may elect to cease making the contributions required  under this Section.  The status of the employee under this Article shall be  unaffected by this election, except that the employee shall not receive any  additional creditable service for the periods of employment following the  election.  An election under this subsection relieves the employer from  making additional employer contributions in relation to that employee.  (Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 97-933, eff. 8-10-12; 98-218, eff. 8-9-13.)
40 ILCS 5/7-173.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 7 - Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-173.1)Sec. 7-173.1. Additional contribution by sheriff's law enforcement  employees.(a) Each sheriff's law enforcement employee shall make an additional  contribution of 1% of earnings, which shall be considered as normal  contributions.  For earnings on or after July 1, 1988, the additional  contribution shall be 2% of earnings.  For earnings on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, the additional contribution shall be 3% of earnings; this increase  is intended to defray the employee's portion of the cost of the benefit  increases provided by this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly.This additional contribution shall be payable for retroactive service periods  which the employee elects to establish and to periods of authorized leave of  absence.(b) If the employee is awarded a retirement annuity under Section  7-142 and not under Section 7-142.1, then the additional contribution required  under this Section shall be refunded with interest or paid as provided in  subsection (c).  If the employee returns to a participating status as a  sheriff's law enforcement employee, the employee may repay the amount refunded  with interest and upon subsequent retirement be entitled to a recomputation of  the retirement annuity under Section 7-142.1 if the total service as a  sheriff's law enforcement employee meets the requirements of that Section.(c) Instead of a refund under subsection (b), the retiring employee may  elect to convert the amount of the refund into an annuity, payable  separately from the retirement annuity.  If the annuitant dies before the  guaranteed amount has been distributed, the remainder shall be paid in a lump  sum to the designated beneficiary of the annuitant.  The Board shall adopt any  rules necessary for the implementation of this subsection.      (Source: P.A. 94-712, eff. 6-1-06.)
40 ILCS 5/7-175.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 7 - Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-175.1)Sec. 7-175.1. Election of employee and annuitant trustees.(a) The board shall prepare and send ballots and ballot envelopes to the  employees and annuitants eligible to vote as of September of that  year.  The ballots shall contain the names of all candidates in alphabetical  order and an appropriate place where a name may be written in on  the ballot.  The ballot envelope shall have on the outside a form of certificate stating  that the person voting the ballot is a participating employee or annuitant  entitled to vote.(b) Employees and annuitants, upon receipt of the ballot, shall vote the  ballot and place it in the ballot envelope, seal the envelope, execute the  certificate thereon and return the ballot to the Fund.(c) The board shall set a final date for ballot return, and ballots  received prior to that date in a ballot envelope with a  properly executed certificate and properly voted, shall be valid ballots.(d) The board shall set a day for counting the ballots and  name judges and clerks of election to conduct the count of ballots, and shall  make any rules and regulations necessary for the conduct of the  count.(e) No election under this Section shall be required if a candidate is deemed the winner under subsection (g) of Section 7-175.(f) Nothing in this Section shall preclude the Board from adopting rules that provide for Internet balloting or phone balloting in addition to election by mail under this Section. An Internet or phone ballot cast in accordance with rules adopted under this subsection shall be a valid ballot. (Source: P.A. 100-935, eff. 1-1-19.)
40 ILCS 5/7-176
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 7 - Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-176)Sec. 7-176.     Board officers.The board shall elect from its members a president, vice president and  secretary, to serve at the board's pleasure. They shall perform the duties  designated by the board and serve without compensation.    (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)