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40 ILCS 5/15-148

    (40 ILCS 5/15-148) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-148)
    Sec. 15-148. Survivors insurance benefits; general provisions. The survivors annuity is payable monthly. Any annuity due but unpaid upon the death of the annuitant, shall be paid to the annuitant's estate.
    A person who becomes entitled to more than one survivors insurance benefit because of the death of 2 or more persons shall receive only the largest of the benefits; except that this limitation does not apply to a survivors insurance beneficiary who is entitled to a survivor's annuity by reason of a mental or physical disability.
    A survivors insurance beneficiary or the personal representative of the estate of a deceased survivors insurance beneficiary or the personal representative of a survivors insurance beneficiary who is under a legal disability may waive the right to receive survivorship benefits, provided written notice of the waiver is given by the beneficiary or representative to the board within 6 months after the System notified that person of the benefits payable upon the death of the participant or annuitant and before any payment is made pursuant to an application filed by such person.
(Source: P.A. 104-284, eff. 8-15-25.)