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1    AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended  by changing 
5Section 9-186 as follows:
 



6    (40 ILCS 5/9-186)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-186)



7    Sec. 9-186. Board elections. In each year, the board shall 
8conduct a
regular election, under rules adopted by it, at least 
930 days prior to the
expiration of the term of each elected 
10employee or annuitant member.

11    To be eligible to be a county employee member, a person 
12must be an
employee of the county and must have at least 5 
13years of service credit in
that capacity by December 1 of the 
14year of election.  To be eligible to be
a forest preserve 
15district member, a person must be an employee of the
forest 
16preserve district and must have at least 5 years of service 
17credit
in that capacity by December 1 of the year of election.

18    Only those persons who are employees of the county shall be 
19eligible to vote
for the 3 county employee members, only those 
20persons who are employees of the
forest preserve district shall 
21be eligible to vote for the forest preserve
district member, 
22only those persons who are currently receiving
retirement 
23benefits under this Article shall be eligible to
vote
for the 
 
 
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1annuitant members elected under subsections (d) and (d-1) of 
2Section
9-185, and only those persons who are currently 
3receiving retirement benefits
under Article 10 shall be 
4eligible to vote for the forest preserve district
annuitant 
5member elected under subsection (f) of Section 9-185.  The

6ballot shall be of secret character.

7    Except as otherwise provided in Section 9-187, each member 
8of the board
shall hold office until his successor is chosen 
9and has qualified.

10    Any person elected or appointed a member of the board shall 
11qualify
for the office by taking an oath of office to be 
12administered by the county
clerk or a person designated by him.  
13A copy thereof shall be kept in the
office of the county clerk.  
14Any appointment or notice of election shall be
in writing and 
15the written instrument shall be filed with the oath.

16    The board shall list on its website all board vacancies, 
17the election calendar, the statutory requirements for each 
18elected board position, and election rules adopted by the 
19board. 
20(Source: P.A. 92-66, eff. 7-12-01.)