KOZAK v. RETIREMENT BOARD OF FIREMEN'S ANNUITY AND BENEFIT FUND

No. 55739.

95 Ill.2d 211 (1983)

447 N.E.2d 394

VIVIAN E. KOZAK, Appellee, v. RETIREMENT BOARD OF THE FIREMEN'S ANNUITY AND BENEFIT FUND OF CHICAGO, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied April 8, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley Garber, Corporation Counsel, of Chicago (Gerald W. Shea, Robert R. Retke, Mary K. Rochford, and Jerome A. Siegan, of counsel), for appellant.

Kevin M. Forde, Ltd., of Chicago (Kevin M. Forde, Marshall E. LeSueur, and Katrina Veerhusen, of counsel), for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

We are called upon here to construe the words "current annual salary" as they are used in section 6-140 of the Illinois Pension Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-140). The relevant portion of the statute for the purposes of this appeal was amended effective January 1, 1972, and as amended at that time, the statute reads:

"The annuity for the widow of a fireman whose...

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