Illinois Compiled Statutes
Pensions
Illinois Pension Code
40 ILCS 5/
ARTICLE 3. POLICE PENSION FUND - MUNICIPALITIES
500,000 and UNDER
(40 ILCS 5/3-101)
Sec. 3-101. Creation of fund.
In each municipality, as defined in
Section 3-103, the city council or the board of trustees, as the case
may be, shall establish and administer a police pension fund, as
prescribed in this Article, for the benefit of its police officers and
of their surviving spouses, children, and certain other dependents.
(Source: P.A. 83-1440.)
(40 ILCS 5/3-102)
Sec. 3-102. Terms defined.
The terms used in this Article have the
meanings ascribed to them in Sections 3-103 through 3-108.3, except when
the context otherwise requires.
(Source: P.A. 90-507, eff. 8-22-97.)
(40 ILCS 5/3-103)
Sec. 3-103. Municipality.
"Municipality": (1) Any city, village or
incorporated town of 5,000 or more but less than 500,000 inhabitants, as
determined from the United States Government statistics or a census
taken at any time by the city, village or incorporated town and (2) any
city, village or incorporated town of less than 5,000 inhabitants which,
by referendum held under Section 3-145 adopts this Article.
(Source: P.A. 83-1440.)
(40 ILCS 5/3-105)
Sec. 3-105. Board.
"Board": The board of trustees of the police
pension fund of a municipality as established in Section 3-128.
(Source: P.A. 83-1440.)
(40 ILCS 5/3-105.1)
Sec. 3-105.1. Deferred Pensioner.
"Deferred Pensioner": a police
officer who has retired having accumulated enough creditable service to
qualify for a pension, but who has not attained the required age.
(Source: P.A. 84-1010.)
(40 ILCS 5/3-106)
Sec. 3-106. Police officer, officer.
"Police officer" or
"officer": Any person who (1) is appointed to the police force of a
police department and sworn and commissioned to perform police duties;
and (2) within 3 months after receiving his or her first appointment
and, if reappointed, within 3 months thereafter, or as otherwise
provided in Section 3-109, makes written application to the board to
come under the provisions of this Article.
Police officers serving initial probationary periods, if otherwise
eligible, shall be police officers within the meaning of this Section.
(Source: P.A. 89-52, eff. 6-30-95.)
(40 ILCS 5/3-107)
Sec. 3-107. Gender.
"Gender": The masculine gender whenever used in
this Article includes the female gender unless manifestly inconsistent
with the context.
(Source: P.A. 83-1440.)
(40 ILCS 5/3-108)
Sec. 3-108. Child or children.
"Child" or "children": "Child" or
"children" includes a police officer's natural and legally adopted
children. Adopted children shall be eligible for benefits only if the
judicial proceedings for adoption were commenced at least one year prior
to the death or disability of the police officer and in any event prior
to his or her attainment of age 50.
(Source: P.A. 83-1440.)
(40 ILCS 5/3-108.1)
Sec. 3-108.1. Dependent parent.
"Dependent parent": A parent who
furnishes satisfactory proof that the deceased police officer at the
time of his or her death was the sole support of the parent or that the
parent was the dependent of the deceased police officer for federal
income tax purposes.
(Source: P.A. 83-1440.)
(40 ILCS 5/3-108.2)
Sec. 3-108.2. Participant.
"Participant": A police officer or
deferred pensioner of a pension fund, or a beneficiary of the pension
fund.
(Source: P.A. 90-507, eff. 8-22-97.)
(40 ILCS 5/3-108.3)
Sec. 3-108.3. Beneficiary.
"Beneficiary": A person receiving
benefits from a pension fund, including, but not limited to, retired
pensioners, disabled pensioners, their surviving spouses, minor
children, disabled children, and dependent parents.
(Source: P.A. 90-507, eff. 8-22-97.)