Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 40 ILCS 5/8-157

  • 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.
  • Month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" a calendar year unless otherwise expressed; and the word "year" alone, is equivalent to the expression "year of our Lord. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.10
     In any case in which an employee’s credit for an annuity for himself is insufficient–at the time the annuity is fixed or granted–to provide for him a life annuity of $100 a month, a term annuity of equal actuarial value of $100 a month shall be paid in lieu of such lesser amount of life annuity. The same provision shall apply to a widow’s annuity if the life annuity is less than $100 a month.