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1 | AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Sections 17-137, 17-138, and 17-139 as follows:
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6 | (40 ILCS 5/17-137) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 17-137)
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7 | Sec. 17-137. Board created. There shall be elected a Board | ||||||
8 | of Trustees,
herein also referred to as the "Board", to | ||||||
9 | administer and
control the Fund
created by this Article. The | ||||||
10 | Board shall consist of 12
members, 2 of whom shall be members | ||||||
11 | of the Board of Education, 6
of whom shall be contributors who | ||||||
12 | are not principals, assistant principals, or administrators, | ||||||
13 | one of whom shall be a
contributor who is a principal, | ||||||
14 | assistant principal, or administrator, and 3 of whom shall be | ||||||
15 | pensioners,
all to be chosen as provided in this Article.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 89-136, eff. 7-14-95; 90-566, eff. 1-2-98.)
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17 | (40 ILCS 5/17-138) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 17-138)
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18 | Sec. 17-138. Board membership. At the first meeting of the | ||||||
19 | Board of
Education in November of each year, the Board of | ||||||
20 | Education
shall appoint one of its members to serve, while a | ||||||
21 | member of the Board of
Education, on the Board of Trustees for | ||||||
22 | a term of 2 years.
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23 | On the last school day of the 4th week of October of each | ||||||
24 | year there
shall be elected 2 members of the Board from the | ||||||
25 | teachers other
than principals, assistant principals, and | ||||||
26 | administrators, who shall hold office for terms of 3 years
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27 | while retaining their status as teachers other than principals, | ||||||
28 | assistant principals, and administrators, and other
members to | ||||||
29 | fill unexpired terms. In the event that schools are not in | ||||||
30 | session
on or during the week prior to the last Friday in | ||||||
31 | October, this election shall
be held on the Friday of the first |
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1 | subsequent full week of school. The
election shall be by secret | ||||||
2 | ballot and shall be held in such manner as the
Board by bylaws | ||||||
3 | or rules shall provide. Only teachers who are
not principals , | ||||||
4 | assistant principals, or administrators shall be eligible to | ||||||
5 | vote in the election.
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6 | During the first week of November of 1995 and every third | ||||||
7 | year thereafter,
one contributor who is a principal , assistant | ||||||
8 | principal, or administrator shall be elected a member of the | ||||||
9 | Board. This trustee shall hold office for a term of 3 years | ||||||
10 | while
retaining
his or her status as a principal , assistant | ||||||
11 | principal, or administrator . The election shall be by mail | ||||||
12 | ballot and
only contributors who are principals , assistant | ||||||
13 | principals, or administrators shall be eligible to vote. The | ||||||
14 | election
shall be held in the manner provided by the Board by | ||||||
15 | rule or
bylaw.
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16 | During the first week of November of each odd-numbered year | ||||||
17 | there shall
be elected 3 members of the Board from the | ||||||
18 | pensioners,
who shall hold office for a term of 2 years while | ||||||
19 | retaining their status
as pensioners. The election shall be by | ||||||
20 | mail ballot to all service and
disability pensioners, and shall | ||||||
21 | be held in such manner as the Board by bylaws or rules shall | ||||||
22 | provide.
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23 | All trustees, while members of the Board of Education or | ||||||
24 | while
(i) principals, assistant principals, administrators, | ||||||
25 | (ii) teachers other than principals, assistant principals, and | ||||||
26 | administrators, or (iii) pensioners, as the
case may be, shall | ||||||
27 | hold their offices
until their successors shall have been | ||||||
28 | appointed or elected and qualified by
subscribing to the | ||||||
29 | constitutional oath of office at the immediately succeeding
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30 | regular meeting of the Board.
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31 | (Source: P.A. 89-136, eff. 7-14-95; 90-566, eff. 1-2-98.)
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32 | (40 ILCS 5/17-139) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 17-139)
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33 | Sec. 17-139. Board elections and vacancies.
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34 | (1) Contributors other than principals election. Every
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35 | member who is not a principal , assistant principal, or |
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1 | administrator may vote at the election for as many persons
as | ||||||
2 | there are trustees to be elected by the contributors who are | ||||||
3 | not
principals , assistant principals, or administrators . The | ||||||
4 | name of a candidate shall not be printed upon
the ballot unless | ||||||
5 | he or she has been assigned on a regular certificate for
at | ||||||
6 | least 10 years in the Chicago public schools or charter schools | ||||||
7 | and
nominated by a petition signed by not less than 200 | ||||||
8 | contributors who are not
principals , assistant principals, or | ||||||
9 | administrators .
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10 | Petitions shall be filed with the recording secretary of | ||||||
11 | the Fund on or after September
15 of each year and not later | ||||||
12 | than October 1st of that year. No more than one
candidate may | ||||||
13 | be nominated by any one petition. If the nominations do not
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14 | exceed the number of candidates to be elected, the canvassing | ||||||
15 | board shall
declare the nominated candidates elected. | ||||||
16 | Otherwise, candidates receiving the
highest number of votes | ||||||
17 | cast for their respective terms shall be declared
elected. The | ||||||
18 | location and number of polling places shall be designated by | ||||||
19 | the
Board. The election shall be conducted by the teachers who | ||||||
20 | are
not principals, assistant principals, or administrators, | ||||||
21 | and the judges of the election shall be selected from the
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22 | teachers who are not principals, assistant principals, or | ||||||
23 | administrators, in such manner as the board in its bylaws
or | ||||||
24 | rules provides.
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25 | Elections to fill vacancies on the Board
shall be held at | ||||||
26 | the next annual election.
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27 | (2) Pensioners election. The name of a candidate
shall not | ||||||
28 | be printed on the ballot unless he or she has been nominated by | ||||||
29 | a
petition signed by not less than 100 pensioners of the Fund.
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30 | Petitions shall
be filed with the recording secretary of the | ||||||
31 | Fund on or before
October 1 of the
odd-numbered year. If the | ||||||
32 | nominations do not exceed 3, the mailing
of ballots
shall be | ||||||
33 | eliminated and the nominated candidates shall be declared | ||||||
34 | elected.
Otherwise, the 3 candidates receiving the highest | ||||||
35 | number of votes
cast shall be
declared elected. The mailing and | ||||||
36 | counting of the ballots shall be conducted
by the office of the |
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1 | Fund with volunteer assistance from
pensioners at the
request | ||||||
2 | of the Board.
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3 | (3) Election of principal, assistant principal, or | ||||||
4 | administrator
Principals election . The name of a candidate | ||||||
5 | shall not be printed on
the ballot unless he or she has been | ||||||
6 | nominated by a petition signed by at least
25 contributors who | ||||||
7 | are principals , assistant principals, or administrators . | ||||||
8 | Petitions shall be filed with the
recording secretary of the | ||||||
9 | Fund on or before October 1 of the election year.
If only one | ||||||
10 | eligible candidate is nominated, the election shall not be held | ||||||
11 | and
the nominated candidate shall be declared elected. | ||||||
12 | Otherwise, the candidate
receiving the highest number of votes | ||||||
13 | cast shall be declared elected. The
mailing and counting of the | ||||||
14 | ballots shall be conducted by the office of the
Fund.
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15 | (4) Vacancies. The Board may fill vacancies occurring in
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16 | the membership of the Board elected by the principals, | ||||||
17 | assistant principals, or administrators, the teachers other
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18 | than principals, assistant principals, or administrators, or | ||||||
19 | the pensioners at any regular meeting of the Board. The
Board | ||||||
20 | of Education may fill vacancies occurring in the membership of | ||||||
21 | the Board appointed by the Board of Education at any regular | ||||||
22 | meeting of
the
Board of Education.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 89-136, eff. 7-14-95; 90-566, eff. 1-2-98.)
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24 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
25 | becoming law.
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