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Public Act 102-0872
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| SB3957 Enrolled | LRB102 24266 RPS 33497 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,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by |
changing Section 17-138 as follows:
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(40 ILCS 5/17-138) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 17-138)
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Sec. 17-138. Board membership. At the first meeting of the |
Board of
Education in November of each year, the Board of |
Education
shall appoint one of its members to serve, while a |
member of the Board of
Education, on the Board of Trustees for |
a term of 2 years.
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During the first week of November or as soon as possible |
thereafter, but not later than the third week of November, |
there
shall be elected 2 members of the Board from the teachers |
other
than administrators, who shall hold office for terms of |
3 years, provided the trustee retains his or her
status as a |
teacher other than an administrator, and other
members to fill |
any unexpired terms. The
election shall be by secret ballot |
conducted in person or by secure electronic ballot, and shall |
be held in such manner as the
Board by bylaws or rules shall |
provide. Only teachers who are
not administrators shall be |
eligible to vote in the election.
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During the first week of November of 1995 and every third |
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year thereafter,
one contributor who is an administrator shall |
be elected a member of the Board. Beginning in November of |
2022, the election under this paragraph shall take place |
during the first week of November or as soon as possible |
thereafter, but not later than the third week of November. |
This trustee shall hold office for a term of 3 years, provided |
the trustee retains
his or her status as an administrator. The |
election shall be by mail ballot or by secure electronic |
ballot, and
only contributors who are administrators shall be |
eligible to vote. The election
shall be held in the manner |
provided by the Board by rule or
bylaw.
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During the first week of November or as soon as possible |
thereafter, but not later than the third week of November, of |
each odd-numbered year there shall
be elected 3 members of the |
Board from the pensioners,
who shall hold office for a term of |
2 years while retaining their status
as pensioners. The |
election shall be by mail ballot or secure electronic ballot |
to all service and
disability pensioners, and shall be held in |
such manner as the Board by bylaws or rules shall provide.
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All trustees, while members of the Board of Education or |
while administrators, teachers other than administrators, or |
pensioners, as the
case may be, shall hold their offices
until |
their successors shall have been appointed or elected and |
qualified by
subscribing to the constitutional oath of office |
at the immediately succeeding
regular meeting of the Board.
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(Source: P.A. 98-449, eff. 8-16-13.)
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