The amounts contributed by employees for service annuity and spouse’s service annuity shall be credited to this account; also all amounts contributed by the employer in lieu of deductions from salary in cases of ordinary or duty disability.
     An individual account shall be kept with each employee. As contributions by or on behalf of the employee are made, each such account shall be credited with the amounts thereof. At least once each year each account shall be credited with regular interest.

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 40 ILCS 5/12-177

  • 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.
  • individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.36