“Future entrant”:
     (a) A person employed by a city as a policeman for the first time on or after the effective date;

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 40 ILCS 5/5-111

  • 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.

     (b) A former policeman of a city who reenters the police service on or after the effective date; and
     (c) Effective January 1, 1960, a policeman who qualifies as a future entrant under the “Park Policemen’s Annuity Act”, whose employment as a policeman has been transferred to the police service of the city as a result of the “Exchange of Functions Act of 1957”.