Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 40 ILCS 5/8-169.1

  • 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.
     If a male employee with less than 20 years of service dies while in the service after attaining age 65 and leaves a widow eligible for widow’s annuity who does not qualify for minimum annuity for widows under Section 8-150.1 of this Article and whose amount of widow’s annuity was thus fixed and determined when her husband attained age 65, such widow shall have refunded upon her husband’s death the accumulated sums resulting from deductions made from the salary of her husband for age and service annuity purposes after the date on which he attained age 65.