(315 ILCS 30/8) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 91.108)
Sec. 8.
As soon as possible after the creation of a Department, the
members shall organize for the transaction of business and shall adopt
by-laws and rules and regulations suitable to the purposes of this Act.
Three members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the
business thereof. The concurring vote of three members shall be required
for the exercise of any of the powers granted by this Act. No vacancy in
the Department shall impair the right of the remaining members to
exercise all the powers of the Department provided there are at all
times at least three members.
The Department may employ such professional, technical and clerical
assistants as are necessary for the proper performance of its duties. In
the employment of such professional, technical and clerical assistants,
the Department shall give consideration to the employment of the
personnel of the land clearance commission and conservation board in its
area of operation which are to be dissolved following the creation of
the Department.
The municipality may contribute to the charges or premium payments
for group life, annuity and retirement insurance coverage for its
employees to be underwritten by any legal reserve life insurance company
authorized to do business in the State of Illinois, which may be covered
in one or more policies, and which may include provisions for past
service credits, provided that premium payments for future service
benefits shall be made by the municipality and the employees, but the
part of each premium payment to be charged against the participating
employees for such future service benefits shall not be less than the
part of that premium to be charged against and paid by the municipality.
Prior to contracting for any policy of insurance authorized in the
preceding sentence hereof, the form and contents of the policy or
policies of insurance, the charges or premiums to be paid therefor, and
the part of the charges or premiums to be paid by the employees and the
part to be paid by the municipality, shall be approved by the Department
and the governing body. "Past service credits" as used in this paragraph
shall include credit for past service with a land clearance commission
or a conservation board in the area of operation of the Department. Upon
the dissolution of a land clearance commission or a conservation board
in its area of operation, the Department may accept an assignment from
such land clearance commission or conservation board of its contracts
for such insurance coverage for those of its employees who are employed
by the Department.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 3308.)
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