The changes made to this subsection (a) by this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly apply (i) only to the surviving spouse of a person who dies on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act, and only if the amount of any refund of contributions for survivor's pension is repaid with interest in accordance with subsection (f), and (ii) notwithstanding Section 17-157 and without regard to whether the deceased person was in service on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act.
A surviving spouse whose survivor's pension (or expectation of a survivor's pension upon attainment of age 50) was terminated before January 1, 2003 due to remarriage and who applies for reinstatement of that pension and repays the amount of any refund of contributions for survivor's pension with interest in accordance with subsection (f) shall be entitled to have the survivor's pension (or expectation of a survivor's pension upon attainment of age 50) reinstated. The reinstated pension shall begin to accrue on the first day of the month following the month in which the application and repayment, if any, are received by the Fund, but in no event sooner than January 1, 2003 and, if subsection (b) applies, no sooner than upon attainment of age 50. The reinstated pension shall include any one-time or annual increases in the survivor's pension received prior to the date of termination, but not any increases that would otherwise have accrued from the date of termination to the date of reinstatement.
This subsection (c) applies notwithstanding Section 17-157 and without regard to whether the deceased teacher was in service on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly.
A surviving spouse whose pension was terminated on or after September 1, 1983 due to remarriage after attainment of age 55, and who applies for reinstatement of that pension before January 1, 1990, shall be entitled to have the pension reinstated effective January 1, 1990.
40 ILCS 5/17-121