(40 ILCS 5/19-109) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 19-109)

Sec. 19-109. Membership on board ceases, when - Vacancies - Powers and duties - Amount of annuities.

Whenever any elective member of the board of trustees shall cease to be in the employ of or to be a member of the board of inspectors of the house of correction, or a beneficiary of the house of correction employees' fund, his or her membership in the board of trustees shall cease. All vacancies in the board of trustees shall be filled by a ballot as aforesaid.

The board of trustees shall have power and it shall be its duty:

1. To make all payments from the pension fund pursuant to the provisions of this Division.

2. To administer and invest, to purchase, hold, sell or assign and transfer any part of the pension fund remaining in the hands of the treasurer or any of the securities in which the fund, or any part thereof, may be invested.

3. To pay all necessary expenses in connection with the administration of the fund and in carrying out the provisions of this Division for which provisions are not otherwise made.

4. To take by gift, grant or bequest, or otherwise, any money or property of any kind and hold the same for the benefit of the fund.

5. To make and establish all such rules for the transactions of its business and such other rules, regulations and bylaws as may be necessary for the proper administration of the fund committed to its charge, and the performance of the duties imposed upon it.

6. To see that there is no restitution of deductions from salaries after the contributor has become eligible to an annuity under this Division.

7. It shall keep full and complete records of its meetings and of the receipts and disbursements on account of such fund, and also a complete list of all contributors to the fund, and of all annuitants receiving benefits therefrom, and such other records as in its judgment shall seem necessary and shall make and publish annually a full and complete statement of its financial transactions.

8. The board shall hear and determine all applications for benefits given under this Division, on account of disability and shall have power to suspend any annuity given on account of disability whenever in its judgment the disability of the beneficiary has ceased, or for any other good cause.

9. Any contributor to the fund who is at least 55 years of age and who has been in the service of the house of correction for a period of 25 years, and has contributed to the fund for the same period, shall have the right to retire and become a beneficiary under this Division as follows: Any such contributor who retires and becomes a beneficiary of this fund after July 1, 1951, shall receive a benefit or annuity of 40% of salary per annum; provided, if such contributor remains in the service until he serves 30 years or attains an age of 60 years, he shall receive a benefit or annuity of 45% of salary; and provided further if such contributor remains in the service until he serves 35 years or attains an age of 65 years, the amount of such benefit shall be 50% of salary, as defined in this Division. The annuities are to be paid in equal monthly installments, and in case of insufficient funds in the treasury, the treasurer shall be empowered to pay to the beneficiaries a pro rata amount of the sum in the treasury, such pro rata amount to be divided equally among the beneficiaries entitled to the same.

Any contributor to the fund who has been in the service of the house of correction for a period of more than 10 years but less than 25 years and has contributed to the fund during his entire period of service shall have a right to receive from this fund after the attainment of age 55 years an annuity of an amount equal to 1/15 of the amount he would have received had he remained a contributor to this fund until he had been in the service for 25 years, for each year of service over 10 years; provided, however, that service for a period of 8 months in any 1 calendar year shall be considered as a year of service for that year.

Any male contributor to this fund who retires on annuity and at that time is single and does not have a child or children under the age of 18 years, shall be entitled to receive a refund of the additional 2% which he has contributed to this fund from and after the effective date of this Amendatory Act.

(Source: Laws 1965, p. 937.)