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Public Act 094-0710
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LRB094 05813 AMC 35867 b |
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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, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing |
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 |
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.
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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 |
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 |
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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 on the |
board shall
be filled for the unexpired term by the board with |
a person qualified for
the vacant position if there are no more |