(65 ILCS 5/10-4-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-4-5)
Sec. 10-4-5.
The corporate authorities of a municipality shall not pass
any ordinance requiring a municipal employee who is under the age of 56 to
retire.
No home rule unit, as defined in Article VII of the Illinois Constitution,
shall have the power to change, alter or amend in any way the provisions
of this Section, and it is declared to be the law in this State, pursuant
to paragraphs (h) and (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Constitution,
that the establishment of a mandatory retirement age below the age of 56
for employees of a municipality is an exercise of exclusive State power
which may not be exercised concurrently by a home rule unit.
(Source: P.A. 82-536.)
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