40 ILCS 5/6-174
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 6 - Firemen's Annuity And Benefit Fund--Cities Over 500,000

 (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. 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.)