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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
§ 3-113.1. Minimum retirement, survivor, and disability pensions.
(a) Beginning January 1, 1999, the minimum retirement pension payable to a police officer with 20 or more years of creditable service, the minimum disability pension payable under Section 3-114.1, 3-114.2, 3-114.3, or 3-114.6, and the minimum surviving spouse's pension shall be $600 per month, without regard to whether the police officer was in service on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly.
In the case of a pensioner whose pension began before the effective date of this amendatory Act and is subject to increase under this subsection (a), the pensioner shall be entitled to a lump sum payment of the amount of that increase accruing from January 1, 1999 (or the date the pension began, if later) to the effective date of this amendatory Act.
(b) Beginning January 1, 2000, the minimum retirement pension payable to a police officer with 20 or more years of creditable service, the minimum disability pension payable under Section 3-114.1, 3-114.2, 3-114.3, or 3-114.6, and the minimum surviving spouse's pension shall be $800 per month, without regard to whether the police officer was in service on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly.
(c) Beginning January 1, 2001, the minimum retirement pension payable to a police officer with 20 or more years of creditable service, the minimum disability pension payable under Section 3-114.1, 3-114.2, 3-114.3, or 3-114.6, and the minimum surviving spouse's pension shall be $1000 per month, without regard to whether the police officer was in service on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly.
(d) This Section does not grant a pension to any surviving spouse who is not otherwise eligible to receive a pension under this Article.
(e) No survivor benefits are payable to a participant in the self-managed plan.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Illinois Statutes Chapter 40. Pensions § 5/3-113.1. Minimum retirement, survivor, and disability pensions - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/il/chapter-40-pensions/il-st-sect-40-5-3-113-1/
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