Full Text of HB0231 94th General Assembly
HB0231eng 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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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 | 5 |
| Sections 17-137, 17-138, and 17-139 as follows:
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| (40 ILCS 5/17-137) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 17-137)
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| Sec. 17-137. Board created. There shall be elected a Board | 8 |
| of Trustees,
herein also referred to as the "Board", to | 9 |
| administer and
control the Fund
created by this Article. The | 10 |
| Board shall consist of 12
members, 2 of whom shall be members | 11 |
| of the Board of Education, 6
of whom shall be contributors who | 12 |
| are not principals, assistant principals, or administrators, | 13 |
| one of whom shall be a
contributor who is a principal, | 14 |
| assistant principal, or administrator, and 3 of whom shall be | 15 |
| pensioners,
all to be chosen as provided in this Article.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-136, eff. 7-14-95; 90-566, eff. 1-2-98.)
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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 | 19 |
| Board of
Education in November of each year, the Board of | 20 |
| Education
shall appoint one of its members to serve, while a | 21 |
| member of the Board of
Education, on the Board of Trustees for | 22 |
| a term of 2 years.
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| On the last school day of the 4th week of October of each | 24 |
| year there
shall be elected 2 members of the Board from the | 25 |
| teachers other
than principals, assistant principals, and | 26 |
| administrators, who shall hold office for terms of 3 years
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| while retaining their status as teachers other than principals, | 28 |
| assistant principals, and administrators, and other
members to | 29 |
| fill unexpired terms. In the event that schools are not in | 30 |
| session
on or during the week prior to the last Friday in | 31 |
| October, this election shall
be held on the Friday of the first |
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| subsequent full week of school. The
election shall be by secret | 2 |
| ballot and shall be held in such manner as the
Board by bylaws | 3 |
| or rules shall provide. Only teachers who are
not principals , | 4 |
| assistant principals, or administrators shall be eligible to | 5 |
| vote in the election.
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| During the first week of November of 1995 and every third | 7 |
| year thereafter,
one contributor who is a principal , assistant | 8 |
| principal, or administrator shall be elected a member of the | 9 |
| Board. This trustee shall hold office for a term of 3 years | 10 |
| while
retaining
his or her status as a principal , assistant | 11 |
| principal, or administrator . The election shall be by mail | 12 |
| ballot and
only contributors who are principals , assistant | 13 |
| principals, or administrators shall be eligible to vote. The | 14 |
| election
shall be held in the manner provided by the Board by | 15 |
| rule or
bylaw.
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| During the first week of November of each odd-numbered year | 17 |
| there shall
be elected 3 members of the Board from the | 18 |
| pensioners,
who shall hold office for a term of 2 years while | 19 |
| retaining their status
as pensioners. The election shall be by | 20 |
| mail ballot to all service and
disability pensioners, and shall | 21 |
| be held in such manner as the Board by bylaws or rules shall | 22 |
| provide.
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| All trustees, while members of the Board of Education or | 24 |
| while
(i) principals, assistant principals, administrators, | 25 |
| (ii) teachers other than principals, assistant principals, and | 26 |
| administrators, or (iii) pensioners, as the
case may be, shall | 27 |
| hold their offices
until their successors shall have been | 28 |
| appointed or elected and qualified by
subscribing to the | 29 |
| constitutional oath of office at the immediately succeeding
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| regular meeting of the Board.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-136, eff. 7-14-95; 90-566, eff. 1-2-98.)
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| (40 ILCS 5/17-139) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 17-139)
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| Sec. 17-139. Board elections and vacancies.
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| (1) Contributors other than principals election. Every
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| member who is not a principal , assistant principal, or |
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| administrator may vote at the election for as many persons
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| there are trustees to be elected by the contributors who are | 3 |
| not
principals , assistant principals, or administrators . The | 4 |
| name of a candidate shall not be printed upon
the ballot unless | 5 |
| he or she has been assigned on a regular certificate for
at | 6 |
| least 10 years in the Chicago public schools or charter schools | 7 |
| and
nominated by a petition signed by not less than 200 | 8 |
| contributors who are not
principals , assistant principals, or | 9 |
| administrators .
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| Petitions shall be filed with the recording secretary of | 11 |
| the Fund on or after September
15 of each year and not later | 12 |
| than October 1st of that year. No more than one
candidate may | 13 |
| be nominated by any one petition. If the nominations do not
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| exceed the number of candidates to be elected, the canvassing | 15 |
| board shall
declare the nominated candidates elected. | 16 |
| Otherwise, candidates receiving the
highest number of votes | 17 |
| cast for their respective terms shall be declared
elected. The | 18 |
| location and number of polling places shall be designated by | 19 |
| the
Board. The election shall be conducted by the teachers who | 20 |
| are
not principals, assistant principals, or administrators, | 21 |
| and the judges of the election shall be selected from the
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| teachers who are not principals, assistant principals, or | 23 |
| administrators, in such manner as the board in its bylaws
or | 24 |
| rules provides.
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| Elections to fill vacancies on the Board
shall be held at | 26 |
| the next annual election.
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| (2) Pensioners election. The name of a candidate
shall not | 28 |
| be printed on the ballot unless he or she has been nominated by | 29 |
| a
petition signed by not less than 100 pensioners of the Fund.
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| Petitions shall
be filed with the recording secretary of the | 31 |
| Fund on or before
October 1 of the
odd-numbered year. If the | 32 |
| nominations do not exceed 3, the mailing
of ballots
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| eliminated and the nominated candidates shall be declared | 34 |
| elected.
Otherwise, the 3 candidates receiving the highest | 35 |
| number of votes
cast shall be
declared elected. The mailing and | 36 |
| counting of the ballots shall be conducted
by the office of the |
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| Fund with volunteer assistance from
pensioners at the
request | 2 |
| of the Board.
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| (3) Election of principal, assistant principal, or | 4 |
| administrator
Principals election . The name of a candidate | 5 |
| shall not be printed on
the ballot unless he or she has been | 6 |
| nominated by a petition signed by at least
25 contributors who | 7 |
| are principals , assistant principals, or administrators . | 8 |
| Petitions shall be filed with the
recording secretary of the | 9 |
| Fund on or before October 1 of the election year.
If only one | 10 |
| eligible candidate is nominated, the election shall not be held | 11 |
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the nominated candidate shall be declared elected. | 12 |
| Otherwise, the candidate
receiving the highest number of votes | 13 |
| cast shall be declared elected. The
mailing and counting of the | 14 |
| ballots shall be conducted by the office of the
Fund.
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| (4) Vacancies. The Board may fill vacancies occurring in
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| the membership of the Board elected by the principals, | 17 |
| assistant principals, or administrators, the teachers other
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| than principals, assistant principals, or administrators, or | 19 |
| the pensioners at any regular meeting of the Board. The
Board | 20 |
| of Education may fill vacancies occurring in the membership of | 21 |
| the Board appointed by the Board of Education at any regular | 22 |
| meeting of
the
Board of Education.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-136, eff. 7-14-95; 90-566, eff. 1-2-98.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 25 |
| becoming law.
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