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Public Act 094-0423
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| HB3258 Enrolled |
LRB094 09210 AMC 39444 b |
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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, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing |
Sections
16-163 and 16-165 as follows:
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(40 ILCS 5/16-163) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-163)
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Sec. 16-163. Board created. A board of 11 members |
constitutes the
a
board of trustees authorized to carry out the |
provisions of this Article and is
responsible for the general |
administration of the System. The board shall
be
is known as |
the Board of Trustees of the Teachers' Retirement System
of the |
State of Illinois. The board shall be
is composed of the
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Superintendent of Education, ex officio, who shall be the |
president of the
board; 4 persons, not members of the System, |
to be appointed by the Governor,
who shall hold no elected |
State office; 4 persons who, at the time of their
election, are
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teachers, as defined in Section 16-106, elected by the
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contributing members; and 2 annuitant members elected by the |
annuitants of the
System, as provided in Section 16-165.
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(Source: P.A. 90-511, eff. 8-22-97; 91-941, eff. 2-6-01.)
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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 |
teachers who
shall hold office for a term of 4 years beginning |
July 15 next following their
election, in the manner provided |
under this Section. An elected teacher
member of the board who |
ceases to be a teacher as defined in Section 16-106 may
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continue to serve on the board for the remainder of the term to |
which he or she
was elected.
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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 |
amendatory Act of
the 91st General Assembly shall be filled as |
soon as possible in the manner
provided for vacancies, for an |
initial term ending July 15, 2001. One
elected annuitant |
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 |
following his or her
election.
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(d) Elections shall be held on May 1, unless May 1 falls on |
a Saturday
or Sunday, in which event the election shall be |
conducted on the
following Monday. Candidates shall be |
nominated by petitions in writing,
signed by not less than 500 |
teachers or annuitants, as the case may be, with
their |
addresses shown opposite their names. The petitions shall be |
filed with
the board's Secretary not less than 90 nor more than |
120 days prior to May 1.
The Secretary shall determine their |
validity not less than 75 days before the
election.
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(e) If, for either teacher or annuitant members, the number |
of qualified
nominees exceeds the number of available |
positions,
the system shall prepare an appropriate ballot with |
the names of the candidates
in alphabetical order and shall |
mail one copy thereof, at least 10 days prior
to the election |
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 |
with a return
envelope addressed to the board and also a |
smaller envelope marked "For Ballot
Only", and a slip for |
signature. Each voter, upon marking his ballot with a
cross |
mark in the square before the name of the person voted for, |
shall place
the ballot in the envelope marked "For Ballot |
Only", seal the envelope, write
on the slip provided therefor |
his signature and address, enclose both the slip
and sealed |
envelope containing the marked ballot in the return envelope
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addressed to the board, and mail it. Whether a person is |
eligible to vote for
the teacher nominees or the annuitant |
nominees shall be
determined from system payroll records as of |
March 1.
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Upon receipt of the return envelopes, the system shall open |
them and set
aside unopened the envelopes marked "For Ballot |
Only". On election day ballots
shall be publicly opened and |
counted by the trustees or canvassers appointed
therefor. Each |
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 |
counted. The 2 teacher
candidates and the annuitant candidate |
receiving the highest number of votes
shall be elected. The |
board shall declare the results of the election, keep a
record |
thereof, and notify the candidates of the results thereof |
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 |
balloting as described
in this
Section shall not be conducted |
for those nominees,
and the board shall declare them duly |
elected.
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(f) A vacancy occurring in the elective membership of
on
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the board
shall be filled for the unexpired term by the board |
with a person qualified
for the vacant position, selected by |
the remaining elected members of the
board.
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(Source: P.A. 91-941, eff. 2-6-01.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law. |