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40 ILCS 5/14-149 (2026)

Felony conviction

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(40 ILCS 5/14-149) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-149)
    Sec. 14-149. Felony conviction. None of the benefits herein provided for shall be paid to any person who is convicted of any felony relating to or arising out of or in connection with his service as an employee.
    None of the benefits provided for in this Article shall be paid to any person who otherwise would receive a survivor benefit who is convicted of any felony relating to or arising out of or in connection with the service of the employee from whom the benefit results.
    This Section shall not operate to impair any contract or vested right heretofore acquired under any law or laws continued in this Article nor to preclude the right to a refund, and for the changes under this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, shall not impair any contract or vested right acquired by a survivor prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.
    All future entrants entering service subsequent to July 9, 1955 shall be deemed to have consented to the provisions of this section as a condition of coverage, and all participants entering service subsequent to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly shall be deemed to have consented to the provisions of this amendatory Act as a condition of participation.
(Source: P.A. 100-334, eff. 8-25-17.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2002–2022 · leading case: Devoney v. Ret. Bd. of the Policemen's Annuity & Benefit Fund, 769 N.E.2d 932 (Ill. 2002).
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Devoney v. Ret. Bd. of the Policemen's Annuity & Benefit Fund, 769 N.E.2d 932 (Ill. 2002). “Identical provisions govern members of the General Assembly (40 ILCS 5/2-156 (West 1998)), participants in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (40 ILCS 5/7-219 (West 1998)), those in the Municipal Employees', Officers', and Officials' Annuity and Benefit Fund (40 ILCS 5/8-251…”
Abbate v. The Policemen's Annuity & Benefit Fund of the City of Chicago, 2022 IL App (1st) 201228-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). “As the Illinois Supreme Court has previously recognized, this same type of forfeiture provision of the Code can also be found in the pension codes governing members of the General Assembly (40 ILCS 5/2-156 (West 1998)), participants in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (40…”
Bauer v. State Ret. Sys. (Ill. App. Ct. 2006). · cites it 4× “40 ILCS 5/14-149 (West 2002). In resolving this issue, we are not required to decide whether Bauer properly investigated corruption in the Secretary=s office while he served as Inspector General.”
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