Part II. Definitions  

    (40 ILCS 5/13-201) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 13-201)
    Sec. 13-201. Terms defined. The terms used in this Article shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this Part II, except when the context otherwise indicates.
(Source: P.A. 87-794.)

    (40 ILCS 5/13-202) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 13-202)
    Sec. 13-202. "Fund": The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Retirement Fund, formerly known as the "Sanitary District Employees' and Trustees' Annuity and Benefit Fund" which was heretofore created for the benefit of the employees herein designated and their beneficiaries.
(Source: P.A. 87-794.)

    (40 ILCS 5/13-203) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 13-203)
    Sec. 13-203. "Employer": The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, a unit of local government organized pursuant to the provisions of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act, hereinafter sometimes referred to as Water Reclamation District or District. With respect to those persons employed by the Retirement Board, the Retirement Board is the Employer.
(Source: P.A. 87-794.)

    (40 ILCS 5/13-204) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 13-204)
    Sec. 13-204. "Employee": (a) Any employee of the Water Reclamation District appointed to the classified civil service under the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act or any employee exempt from civil service under that Act, including any person absent from such position due to assignment to any other position of employment for the District; (b) any temporary employee of the District; (c) all appointed officers or acting officers of the District; (d) any employee of the Retirement Board; and (e) any member of the Board of Commissioners of the District who elects to participate in the Fund within 90 days after becoming a member.
    No person shall be an employee hereunder whose duties will not ordinarily permit 120 days of service during one calendar year.
    A member of the Civil Service Board of the District who is first appointed to that office on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 is not, by virtue of holding that office, an "employee" for the purposes of this Article.
(Source: P.A. 90-12, eff. 6-13-97.)

    (40 ILCS 5/13-205) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 13-205)
    Sec. 13-205. "Retirement Board" or "Board": The Board of Trustees of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Retirement Fund.
(Source: P.A. 87-794.)

    (40 ILCS 5/13-206) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 13-206)
    Sec. 13-206. "Service": Any employment for the District or the Board, excluding overtime or extra service for which an employee is entitled to receive salary.
(Source: P.A. 87-794.)

    (40 ILCS 5/13-207) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 13-207)
    Sec. 13-207. "Salary": The salary paid to an employee for service to the District or to the Board, including salary paid for vacation and sick leave and any amounts deferred under a deferred compensation plan established under this Code, but excluding (1) payment for unused vacation or sick leave, (2) overtime pay, (3) termination pay, and (4) any compensation in the form of benefits other than the salary.
(Source: P.A. 90-12, eff. 6-13-97.)

    (40 ILCS 5/13-208) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 13-208)
    Sec. 13-208. "Average final salary": The highest average annual salary as calculated by accumulating the salary for the highest 52 consecutive pay periods within the last 10 years of service immediately preceding the date of retirement and dividing by 2.
(Source: P.A. 90-12, eff. 6-13-97.)

    (40 ILCS 5/13-209) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 13-209)
    Sec. 13-209. "Disability": A physical or mental incapacity of an employee to perform assigned duties.
(Source: P.A. 87-794.)

    (40 ILCS 5/13-210) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 13-210)
    Sec. 13-210. "Withdraw" or "withdrawal": Discharge, termination or resignation of an employee.
(Source: P.A. 87-794.)

    (40 ILCS 5/13-211) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 13-211)
    Sec. 13-211. "Assets": The total value of cash, securities and other property held. Bonds shall be held at their amortized book values. Other investments shall be carried at book value in accordance with accounting procedures approved by the Board. Adjustments shall not be made in investment valuations for ordinary current market price fluctuation.
(Source: P.A. 87-794.)

    (40 ILCS 5/13-212) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 13-212)
    Sec. 13-212. "Age": Age at last birthday preceding the date on which ascertainment of age is necessary to any computation under this Article.
(Source: P.A. 87-794.)

    (40 ILCS 5/13-213) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 13-213)
    Sec. 13-213. "Contributions": Any moneys paid or payable to the Fund by the District or by any employee, or any salary deduction hereunder.
(Source: P.A. 92-53, eff. 7-12-01.)

    (40 ILCS 5/13-214) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 13-214)
    Sec. 13-214. "Accumulated employee contributions": The amounts, including interest credited thereon, contributed by the employee for retirement and surviving spouse's annuity to the date of the employee's withdrawal or death.
(Source: P.A. 87-794.)

    (40 ILCS 5/13-215) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 13-215)
    Sec. 13-215. "Retirement annuity": A benefit payable as an annuity for service as an employee. The annuity shall be payable in equal monthly installments for life, except as otherwise provided in this Article, beginning in the month after the effective date of the annuity, which shall not be prior to the date of withdrawal nor more than one year prior to the date of the employee's application for the annuity. A pro rata amount of the annuity shall be paid for part of a month when the annuity begins after the first day of the month or ends before the last day of the month.
    Notwithstanding the above, all retirement annuity payments first payable on or after January 1, 2008, shall begin the first of the month following the effective date of retirement.
    Effective January 1, 2008, benefits are payable for the full month if the annuitant was alive on the first day of the month.
(Source: P.A. 95-586, eff. 8-31-07.)

    (40 ILCS 5/13-216) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 13-216)
    Sec. 13-216. "Surviving spouse's annuity": The amount payable as a surviving spouse annuity commencing on the date of the employee's or retiree's death. The annuity shall be payable in equal monthly installments for life, except as otherwise provided in this Article, in the month after the effective date of the annuity. A pro rata amount of the annuity shall be paid for part of a month when the annuity begins after the first day of the month or ends before the last day of the month.
    Notwithstanding the above, all surviving spouse annuity payments first payable on or after January 1, 2008, shall begin the first of the month following the employee's or annuitant's date of death.
    Effective January 1, 2008, benefits are payable for the full month if the annuitant was alive on the first day of the month.
(Source: P.A. 95-586, eff. 8-31-07.)