(40 ILCS 5/3-120) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-120)
Sec. 3-120. Marriage after retirement.
(a) If a police officer marries subsequent to retirement on any pension under this Article other than a pension established under Section 3-109.3, the surviving spouse and the children of such surviving spouse shall receive no pension on the death of the officer, except as provided in subsection (b).
(b) Notwithstanding Section 1-103.1 of this Code, this Section shall not be deemed to disqualify from receiving a survivor's pension the surviving spouse and children of any police officer who (i) retired from service in 1973, married the surviving spouse during 1974, and died in 1988, or (ii) retired on disability in October of 1982, married the surviving spouse during 1991, and died in 1992. In the case of a person who becomes eligible for a benefit under this subsection (b), the benefit shall begin to accrue on July 1, 1990 or July 1 of the year following the police officer's death, whichever is later.
(Source: P.A. 91-939, eff. 2-1-01.)
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