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| 1 | AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by adding | ||||||
| 5 | Section 17-106.1 and changing Section 17-139 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (40 ILCS 5/17-106.1 new)
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| 7 | Sec. 17-106.1. Administrator. Administrator means a member | ||||||
| 8 | who is employed in a position that requires him or her to hold | ||||||
| 9 | a Type 75 Certificate issued by the State Teacher Certification | ||||||
| 10 | Board.
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| 11 | (40 ILCS 5/17-139) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 17-139)
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| 12 | Sec. 17-139. Board elections and vacancies.
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| 13 | (1) Contributors other than principals election. Every
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| 14 | member who is not a principal or an administrator may vote at | ||||||
| 15 | the election for as many persons
as there are trustees to be | ||||||
| 16 | elected by the contributors who are not
principals or | ||||||
| 17 | administrators. The name of a candidate shall not be printed | ||||||
| 18 | upon
the ballot unless he or she has been assigned on a regular | ||||||
| 19 | certificate for
at least 10 years in the Chicago public schools | ||||||
| 20 | or charter schools and
nominated by a petition signed by not | ||||||
| 21 | less than 200 contributors who are not
principals or | ||||||
| 22 | administrators.
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| 23 | Petitions shall be filed with the recording secretary of | ||||||
| 24 | the Fund on or after September
15 of each year and not later | ||||||
| 25 | than October 1st of that year. No more than one
candidate may | ||||||
| 26 | be nominated by any one petition. If the nominations do not
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| 27 | exceed the number of candidates to be elected, the canvassing | ||||||
| 28 | board shall
declare the nominated candidates elected. | ||||||
| 29 | Otherwise, candidates receiving the
highest number of votes | ||||||
| 30 | cast for their respective terms shall be declared
elected. The | ||||||
| 31 | location and number of polling places shall be designated by | ||||||
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| 1 | the
Board. The election shall be conducted by the teachers who | ||||||
| 2 | are
not principals or administrators, and the judges of the | ||||||
| 3 | election shall be selected from the
teachers who are not | ||||||
| 4 | principals or administrators, in such manner as the board in | ||||||
| 5 | its bylaws
or rules provides.
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| 6 | Elections to fill vacancies on the Board
shall be held at | ||||||
| 7 | the next annual election.
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| 8 | (2) Pensioners election. The name of a candidate
shall not | ||||||
| 9 | be printed on the ballot unless he or she has been nominated by | ||||||
| 10 | a
petition signed by not less than 100 pensioners of the Fund.
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| 11 | Petitions shall
be filed with the recording secretary of the | ||||||
| 12 | Fund on or before
October 1 of the
odd-numbered year. If the | ||||||
| 13 | nominations do not exceed 3, the mailing
of ballots
shall be | ||||||
| 14 | eliminated and the nominated candidates shall be declared | ||||||
| 15 | elected.
Otherwise, the 3 candidates receiving the highest | ||||||
| 16 | number of votes
cast shall be
declared elected. The mailing and | ||||||
| 17 | counting of the ballots shall be conducted
by the office of the | ||||||
| 18 | Fund with volunteer assistance from
pensioners at the
request | ||||||
| 19 | of the Board.
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| 20 | (3) Principals election. The name of a candidate shall not | ||||||
| 21 | be printed on
the ballot unless he or she has been nominated by | ||||||
| 22 | a petition signed by at least
25 contributors who are | ||||||
| 23 | principals or administrators. Petitions shall be filed with the
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| 24 | recording secretary of the Fund on or before October 1 of the | ||||||
| 25 | election year. Every
member who is a principal or an | ||||||
| 26 | administrator may vote at the election for one candidate
who is | ||||||
| 27 | a contributor who is
a principal.
If only one eligible | ||||||
| 28 | candidate is nominated, the election shall not be held and
the | ||||||
| 29 | nominated candidate shall be declared elected. Otherwise, the | ||||||
| 30 | candidate
receiving the highest number of votes cast shall be | ||||||
| 31 | declared elected. The
mailing and counting of the ballots shall | ||||||
| 32 | be conducted by the office of the
Fund.
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| 33 | (4) Vacancies. The Board may fill vacancies occurring in
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| 34 | the membership of the Board elected by the principals, | ||||||
| 35 | administrators, teachers other
than principals or | ||||||
| 36 | administrators, or pensioners at any regular meeting of the | ||||||
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| 1 | Board. The
Board of Education may fill vacancies occurring in | ||||||
| 2 | the membership of the Board appointed by the Board of Education | ||||||
| 3 | at any regular meeting of
the
Board of Education.
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| 4 | (Source: P.A. 89-136, eff. 7-14-95; 90-566, eff. 1-2-98.)
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| 5 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 6 | becoming law.
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