Section 40 ILCS 5/8-136.2 - Minimum annuities for certain house of correction employees and their widowsAny employee who was a contributor to and participant on December 31, 1968 in a House of Correction Employees' Pension Fund which has been merged into and become part of the fund provided for in this Article, and who withdraws after such merger, and has not withdrawn the contributions made by him to such Fund, shall have the optional right, in lieu of any other annuity provided for him under the provisions of this Article, to receive an annuity for life in the following indicated amount: provided, that the salary to be considered for the purpose of computation of such annuity under this Section, shall be the rate of salary attached to such employee's position in the house of correction at the date of his separation from such service, but in no event to exceed the maximum rate of salary in the amount and rate paid on and as of December 31, 1968, then considered as maximum for salary deduction purposes under the provisions of such House of Correction Employees' Pension Act.
(a) For an employee who has contributed for a combined total of 25 years to such House of Correction Employees' Pension Fund and the Fund herein provided for, and is at least 55 years of age, an annuity of 40% of salary; provided, if such contributor remains in service until he serves 30 years or attains an age of 60 years, he shall receive an annuity of 45% of salary; and provided further if such contributor remains in service until he serves 35 years or attains an age of 65 years, the amount of the annuity shall be 50% of salary. Any such employee who has contributed for a combined total of more than 10 years but less than 25 years, an annuity, after attainment of the age of 55 years, equal to 1.15 of the amount he would have received had he remained a contributor until he had been in service for 25 years, for each year of service over 10 years; provided, that for the purposes of this Section service for 8 months in any one calendar year shall be considered a year of service for that year.(b) Any person receiving a disability pension from such aforesaid House of Correction Pension Fund on December 31, 1968, shall, if he does not return to the service, because of continued disablement, be entitled to a continuation of his disability pension, while disabled, in accord with the provisions of the law governing the superseded House of Correction Pension Fund, and upon termination of such pension, be then entitled to receive the annuity specified in and by the Act which provided for such superseded House of Correction Pension Fund, as such Act was applicable to him on December 31, 1968.(c) The widow of any employee who on December 31, 1968 was a contributor to and participant in a House of Correction Employees' Pension Fund which has been merged into and become a part of the fund provided for in this Article, whose husband dies subsequent to such date, while in the service or after becoming an annuitant, and who is credited with 15 or more years of contributing service, shall, upon his death, provided she was his wife while he was still in service and before he attained the age of 65 years, and had been such wife for at least 2 years before his death, be entitled to a widow's annuity of $125.00 a month to continue as long as she remains unmarried. The foregoing provisions of this paragraph shall not apply if the annuity for such widow, computed under other provisions of this Article, is greater than the amount indicated in this paragraph.(d) The widow of an employee who is retired and receiving an annuity from the House of Correction Employees' Pension Fund on December 31, 1968, shall, if eligible therefor, receive a widow's annuity after his death in accord with the provisions of the law governing the superseded House of Correction Employees' Pension Fund as of the date her husband retired from the service of such house of correction.