Full Text of HB5366 96th General Assembly
HB5366eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning 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 | 5 |
| Sections 5-178, 5-179, and 5-181 as follows:
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| (40 ILCS 5/5-178) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 5-178)
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| Sec. 5-178. Board created. A board of 8 members shall
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| constitute a board of trustees authorized to administer the | 9 |
| provisions of
this Article. The board shall be known as the | 10 |
| Retirement Board of the
Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of | 11 |
| the city.
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| The board shall consist of 4 persons appointed by
the mayor | 13 |
| of the city; 3 policemen employed by the city , at least one of
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| whom shall be a lieutenant or of a rank superior to lieutenant, | 15 |
| one of whom
shall be of the rank of sergeant, and one of whom | 16 |
| shall be of the rank of
investigator or a rank inferior to that | 17 |
| rank ; and one
annuitant of the fund, or a pensioner of any | 18 |
| prior police pension fund
in operation, by authority of law, in | 19 |
| the city. Children less than age
18 shall not be eligible for | 20 |
| board membership. The term of office for
all members shall be 3 | 21 |
| years. For the election to be held in 2008 only, the terms for | 22 |
| the member who is a lieutenant or of a rank superior to | 23 |
| lieutenant and the member who is a sergeant shall be 3 years |
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| and the terms for the member who is an investigator or a rank | 2 |
| inferior to that rank and the annuitant member shall be 4 | 3 |
| years. After the terms of the 2008 election are completed, the | 4 |
| terms revert to 3-year terms for each elected trustee. Upon his | 5 |
| election, the members employed by the city member holding the
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| rank of investigator or a rank inferior to that rank shall be | 7 |
| detailed by
the Police Superintendent to the office of the | 8 |
| board for the duration of their terms
his term as trustees | 9 |
| trustee .
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| The members of a retirement board holding office in a city | 11 |
| at the
time this Article becomes effective, including elected, | 12 |
| appointed and
ex-officio members, shall continue in office | 13 |
| until the expiration of
their respective terms or appointment | 14 |
| and until their respective
successors are elected or appointed, | 15 |
| and qualified.
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| At least 30 days prior to the expiration of the term of | 17 |
| office of
each appointive member the mayor shall appoint a | 18 |
| successor for a term of
3 years.
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| The board shall conduct a regular election at least 30 days | 20 |
| prior to
the expiration of the terms of the active policemen | 21 |
| members and
annuitant or beneficiary members for election of a | 22 |
| successor of each
such member for a term of 3 years.
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| Any member of the board so appointed or elected shall | 24 |
| continue in
office until his successor is selected and has | 25 |
| qualified.
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| Any person so appointed or elected shall qualify by taking |
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| an oath of
office. A copy thereof shall be kept in the office | 2 |
| of the city clerk of
the city.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-1036, eff. 2-17-09.)
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| (40 ILCS 5/5-179) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 5-179)
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| Sec. 5-179. Board elections. The regular elections for | 6 |
| members of the
board shall be held under rules of the board at | 7 |
| least 30 days prior to the
expiration of the term of office of | 8 |
| any elective member.
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| At any election for active policemen members, all such | 10 |
| policemen of the
appropriate rank employed by the city when the | 11 |
| election is held have a right
to vote for members of the board | 12 |
| of the same class of rank .
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| At any election for the pensioner or annuitant member, all | 14 |
| annuitants and
pensioners (except children less than age 18) | 15 |
| and the legal guardian of
any child annuitant or child | 16 |
| pensioner, whose mother or stepmother is not
an annuitant or | 17 |
| pensioner of the fund, shall have a right to vote.
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| Ballots to be cast in such elections shall be of a secret | 19 |
| character.
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| (Source: P.A. 80-671.)
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| (40 ILCS 5/5-181) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 5-181)
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| Sec. 5-181. Board officers.
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| At each regular meeting in December, the board shall elect, | 24 |
| by a
majority vote of the members who vote upon the question, a |
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| president, a
vice-president and a secretary from among its own | 2 |
| members to serve until
the next regular December meeting and | 3 |
| until their successors are elected.
The secretary shall make a | 4 |
| complete record of the proceedings of all
meetings of the board | 5 |
| and perform such other duties as the board directs.
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| The secretary shall be chosen from the active policemen | 7 |
| members of the
board , and following his election shall, at the | 8 |
| request of the board, be
detailed to the office of the board by | 9 |
| the head of the police department of
the city as an active | 10 |
| policeman assigned to such duty .
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| (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1080.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 13 |
| becoming law.
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