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40 ILCS 5/6-174

(40 ILCS 5/6-174) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-174)

Sec. 6-174. Board created.

A board of 8 members shall constitute a
board of trustees authorized to administer the provisions of this Article.
The board shall be known as the Retirement Board of the Firemen's Annuity
and Benefit Fund of the city.

The board shall consist of the city treasurer, the city comptroller, the
city clerk, a deputy fire commissioner designated by the fire commissioner
of the city, 3 firemen employed by the city, and 1 annuitant of the fund or
a fireman pensioner of any prior firemen's pension fund in operation, by
authority of law, in the city. The city treasurer, with the prior approval of the board, may appoint a designee from among employees of the city who is versed in the affairs of the city treasurer's office to act in the absence of the city treasurer on all matters pertaining to administering the provisions of this Article. Children less than age 18 shall not be
eligible for membership.

The members of a retirement board holding office at the time this
Article becomes effective, including elected and ex officio members, shall
continue in office until the expiration of their respective terms or
appointment and until their respective successors are elected or appointed,
and qualified.

In a city which first attains a population of over 500,000 and comes
under the provisions of this Article, the active firemen members of the
board of trustees of any firemen's pension fund then in effect in such city
and the member of such board who was chosen from the retired members of
such fund shall become members of the board as follows:

(a) The active fireman member for whom the highest number of votes was
cast and counted at the most recent election for board members shall become
a member of the retirement board for a term which shall end on December 1st
of the third year after the year in which this Article comes into force in
the city; the member of the board for whom the second highest number of
votes was cast and counted at such election shall become a member of the
retirement board for a term which shall end on December 1st of the second
year after the year in which this Article comes into force in the city; and
the member of the board for whom the third highest number of votes was cast
and counted at such election shall become a member of the retirement board
for a term which shall end on December 1st of the first year after the year
in which this Article comes into force in the city.

(b) The annuitant member of the pension fund shall become a member of
the board for a term which shall end on December 1st of the second year
after the year in which this Article comes into force in the city.

The board shall conduct regular elections annually, at least 30 days
prior to the expiration of the term of the active fireman member of the
board whose term next expires, for the election of a successor for a term
of 3 years. The board also shall conduct regular elections, at
least 30 days prior to the expiration of the term of the member who is a
pensioner of any pension fund formerly in effect in such city or an
annuitant of the annuity and benefit fund herein provided, for the election
of a successor to such member for a term of 3 years.

Any member of the board, elected as aforesaid, shall continue in office
until his successor is elected and qualified.

Each member of the board, before entering upon the duties of his office,
shall take the oath prescribed by the Constitution of this State, which
oath shall be filed in the office of the city clerk of the city.

(Source: P.A. 101-96, eff. 7-19-19; 102-995, eff. 5-27-22.)