The State Comptroller shall draw a warrant or warrants against the appropriation, upon receipt of a proper death certificate, payable to decedent's estate, or if no estate is opened, to the person or persons entitled thereto under Section 25-1 of the Probate Act of 1975 upon receipt of the affidavit referred to in that Section, for the sum due.
The payment for qualifying accrued sick leave after the employee's death, retirement, resignation, or other termination of service provided by Public Act 83-976 shall be for sick leave days earned on or after January 1, 1984 and before January 1, 1998. Sick leave accumulated on or after January 1, 1998 is not compensable under this Section at the time of the employee's death, retirement, resignation, or other termination of service, but may be used to establish retirement system service credit as provided in the Illinois Pension Code.
The Department of Central Management Services shall prescribe by rule the method of computing the accrued sick leave days for all employees, including those not otherwise subject to its jurisdiction. Beginning January 1, 1998, sick leave used by an employee shall be charged against his or her accumulated sick leave in the following order: first, sick leave accumulated before January 1, 1984; then sick leave accumulated on or after January 1, 1998; and finally sick leave accumulated on or after January 1, 1984 but before January 1, 1998.
30 ILCS 105/14a