Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 215 ILCS 153/35

  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
     This Act shall apply to any transfer of structured settlement payment rights under a transfer agreement entered into on or after the 30th day after the effective date of this Act, including any transfer in which the structured settlement obligor and annuity issuer have affirmatively waived, or have not objected to the transfer based upon, the terms of the settlement prohibiting sale, assignment, or encumbrance of the payee’s structured settlement payment rights. The changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly are declarative of existing law.
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