(40 ILCS 5/13-701) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 13-701)
Sec. 13-701. Board created. A board of 7 members shall constitute the Board of Trustees authorized to carry out the provisions of this Article. The board shall be known as the Retirement Board of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Pension Fund.
The board shall consist of 3 members appointed by the Board of Commissioners of the Water Reclamation District, one of which must be a retiree participating in the Fund, and 4 elected employee members. The appointed retiree to the Board must be recommended by the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District and approved by the Board of Trustees prior to serving his or her term.
Each appointed member shall be appointed for a term of 3 years in the month of January prior to the expiration of the term of office of the appointed member whose term next expires.
Members of the Board shall hold office until the expiration of their respective terms and until their respective successors are appointed or elected and have qualified. This amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall not affect the terms of the Board members holding office on its effective date. The new employee member authorized by this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall begin his or her term following a special election no later than 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act and serve an initial term that expires on November 30, 2011. The appointed retiree member authorized by this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be appointed no later than 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act and serve an initial term that expires on January 31, 2011.
Any person elected or appointed as a member of the Board shall qualify by taking an oath of office to be administered by any officer authorized to administer oaths or any sitting member of the Board. A copy thereof shall be filed with the clerk of the Water Reclamation District and with the Executive Director of the Fund.
(Source: P.A. 95-923, eff. 8-26-08.)
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