PEN CD-TRS-SURVIVORS' BENEFITS

Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. In a provision defining "eligible child" for purposes of certain survivors' benefits, changes the definition of "disability" to "dependent by reason of a physical or mental disability". Provides that the definition of "dependent by reason of a physical or mental disability" does not require that the eligible child be claimed as a dependent on the member's or annuitant's final federal income tax return. Effective immediately.