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| AN ACT in relation to public employee benefits.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing |
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| Section 16-165
as follows:
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| (40 ILCS 5/16-165) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-165)
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| Sec. 16-165. Board; elected members; vacancies.
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| (a) In each odd-numbered year, there shall be elected 2 |
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| teachers who
shall hold office for a term of 4 years beginning |
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| July 15 next following their
election, in the manner provided |
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| under this Section.
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| (b) One elected annuitant trustee shall first be elected in
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| 1987, and in every fourth year thereafter, for a
term of 4 |
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| years beginning July 15 next following his or her election.
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| (c) The elected annuitant position created by this |
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| amendatory Act of
the 91st General Assembly shall be filled as |
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| soon as possible in the manner
provided for vacancies, for an |
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| initial term ending July 15, 2001. One
elected annuitant |
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| trustee shall be elected in 2001, and in every fourth year
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| thereafter, for a term of 4 years beginning July 15 next |
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| following his or her
election.
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| (d) Elections shall be held on May 1, unless May 1 falls on |
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| a Saturday
or Sunday, in which event the election shall be |
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| conducted on the
following Monday. Candidates shall be |
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| nominated by petitions in writing,
signed by not less than 500 |
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| teachers or annuitants, as the case may be, with
their |
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| addresses shown opposite their names. The petitions shall be |
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| filed with
the board's Secretary not less than 90 nor more than |
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| 120 days prior to May 1.
The Secretary shall determine their |
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| validity not less than 75 days before the
election.
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| (e) If, for either teacher or annuitant members, the number |
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| of qualified
nominees exceeds the number of available |
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| positions,
the system shall prepare an appropriate ballot with |
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| the names of the candidates
in alphabetical order and shall |
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| mail one copy thereof, at least 10 days prior
to the election |
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| day, to each teacher or annuitant of this system as of the
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| latest date practicable, at the latest known address, together |
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| with a return
envelope addressed to the board and also a |
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| smaller envelope marked "For Ballot
Only", and a slip for |
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| signature. Each voter, upon marking his ballot with a
cross |
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| mark in the square before the name of the person voted for, |
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| shall place
the ballot in the envelope marked "For Ballot |
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| Only", seal the envelope, write
on the slip provided therefor |
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| his signature and address, enclose both the slip
and sealed |
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| envelope containing the marked ballot in the return envelope
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| addressed to the board, and mail it. Whether a person is |
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| eligible to vote for
the teacher nominees or the annuitant |
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| nominees shall be
determined from system payroll records as of |
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| March 1.
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| Upon receipt of the return envelopes, the system shall open |
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| them and set
aside unopened the envelopes marked "For Ballot |
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| Only". On election day ballots
shall be publicly opened and |
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| counted by the trustees or canvassers appointed
therefor. Each |
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| vote cast for a candidate represents one vote only. No ballot
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| arriving after 10 o'clock a.m. on election day shall be |
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| counted. The 2 teacher
candidates and the annuitant candidate |
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| receiving the highest number of votes
shall be elected. The |
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| board shall declare the results of the election, keep a
record |
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| thereof, and notify the candidates of the results thereof |
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| within 30 days
after the election.
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| If, for either class of members, there are only as many
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| qualified nominees as there are positions available, the |
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| balloting as described
in this
Section shall not be conducted |
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| for those nominees,
and the board shall declare them duly |
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| elected.
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| (f) A vacancy occurring in the elective membership on the |
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| board shall
be filled for the unexpired term by the board with |
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| a person qualified for
the vacant position if there are no more |