Bill Text: IL SB3080 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Chicago Police Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Removes limitations on the rank of policemen who may serve on the board of trustees. Provides that the members of the board of trustees employed by the City (rather than specifying certain policemen) shall be detailed by the Police Superintendent to the office of the board for the duration of their terms as trustees. Makes changes in provisions concerning election of the policemen members. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-08 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB3080 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB3080-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 SB3080 Introduced 2/8/2010, by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
40 ILCS 5/5-178 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 5-178
40 ILCS 5/5-179 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 5-179
40 ILCS 5/5-181 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 5-181
Amends the Chicago Police Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Removes limitations on the rank of policemen who may serve on the board of trustees. Provides that the members of the board of trustees employed by the City (rather than specifying certain policemen) shall be detailed by the Police Superintendent to the office of the board for the duration of their terms as trustees. Makes changes in provisions concerning election of the policemen members. Effective immediately.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY PENSION IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
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 5-178, 5-179, and 5-181 as follows:
(40 ILCS 5/5-178) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 5-178)
Sec. 5-178. 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 Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of
the city.
The board shall consist of 4 persons appointed by the mayor
of the city; 3 policemen employed by the city, at least one of
whom shall be a lieutenant or of a rank superior to lieutenant,
one of whom shall be of the rank of sergeant, and one of whom
shall be of the rank of investigator or a rank inferior to that
rank; and one annuitant of the fund, or a pensioner of any
prior police pension fund in operation, by authority of law, in
the city. Children less than age 18 shall not be eligible for
board membership. The term of office for all members shall be 3
years. For the election to be held in 2008 only, the terms for
the member who is a lieutenant or of a rank superior to
lieutenant and the member who is a sergeant shall be 3 years

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and the terms for the member who is an investigator or a rank
inferior to that rank and the annuitant member shall be 4
years. After the terms of the 2008 election are completed, the
terms revert to 3-year terms for each elected trustee. Upon his
election, the members employed by the city member holding the
rank of investigator or a rank inferior to that rank shall be
detailed by the Police Superintendent to the office of the
board for the duration of their terms his term as trustees
trustee.
The members of a retirement board holding office in a city
at the time this Article becomes effective, including elected,
appointed 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.
At least 30 days prior to the expiration of the term of
office of each appointive member the mayor shall appoint a
successor for a term of 3 years.
The board shall conduct a regular election at least 30 days
prior to the expiration of the terms of the active policemen
members and annuitant or beneficiary members for election of a
successor of each such member for a term of 3 years.
Any member of the board so appointed or elected shall
continue in office until his successor is selected and has
qualified.
Any person so appointed or elected shall qualify by taking

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an oath of office. A copy thereof shall be kept in the office
of the city clerk of the city.
(Source: P.A. 95-1036, eff. 2-17-09.)
(40 ILCS 5/5-179) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 5-179)
Sec. 5-179. Board elections. The regular elections for
members of the board shall be held under rules of the board at
least 30 days prior to the expiration of the term of office of
any elective member.
At any election for active policemen members, all such
policemen of the appropriate rank employed by the city when the
election is held have a right to vote for members of the board
of the same class of rank.
At any election for the pensioner or annuitant member, all
annuitants and pensioners (except children less than age 18)
and the legal guardian of any child annuitant or child
pensioner, whose mother or stepmother is not an annuitant or
pensioner of the fund, shall have a right to vote.
Ballots to be cast in such elections shall be of a secret
character.
(Source: P.A. 80-671.)
(40 ILCS 5/5-181) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 5-181)
Sec. 5-181. Board officers.
At each regular meeting in December, the board shall elect,
by a majority vote of the members who vote upon the question, a

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president, a vice-president and a secretary from among its own
members to serve until the next regular December meeting and
until their successors are elected. The secretary shall make a
complete record of the proceedings of all meetings of the board
and perform such other duties as the board directs.
The secretary shall be chosen from the active policemen
members of the board, and following his election shall, at the
request of the board, be detailed to the office of the board by
the head of the police department of the city as an active
policeman assigned to such duty.
(Source: Laws 1965, p. 1080.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.