Public Act 098-0598
 
SB1961 EnrolledLRB098 10237 JWD 40397 b


  
    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
    Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended  by changing 
Sections 15-169 and 16-171 as follows:
 



    (40 ILCS 5/15-169)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-169)



    Sec. 15-169. To elect officers and appoint employees. To 
elect officers; to appoint a secretary and treasurer; to have a 
seal;
to employ and fix the rate of pay of such actuarial, 
legal, clerical, audit, medical, or other services, or 
corporate trustee
organized under the laws of this State with a 
capital of not less than
$1,000,000, or investment counsel and 
other persons as shall be required
for the efficient 
administration of the system.
All actions brought by or against 
the board shall be prosecuted or
defended by the Attorney 
General or by other counsel,
as the board may decide. If the 
board pursues a mandamus action under Section 15-156 of this 
Code as amended by Senate Bill No. 1 of the 98th General 
Assembly in the form passed by the General Assembly, then the 
board may select the counsel of their choice. 

(Source: P.A. 98-92, eff. 7-16-13.)

 



    (40 ILCS 5/16-171)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-171)



    Sec. 16-171. To sue and be sued. To sue and be sued in the 
name of the board.
The board shall not be a corporation. The 
board may sue to protect any
rights of the retirement system. 
All actions brought by or against the
board shall be prosecuted 
or defended, as the case may be, by the Attorney
General or 
other counsel. If the board pursues a mandamus action under 
Section 16-158.2 of this Code as amended by Senate Bill No. 1 
of the 98th General Assembly in the form passed by the General 
Assembly, then the board may select the counsel of their 
choice.

(Source: P.A. 83-1440.)

 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.

Effective Date:  12/5/2013