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40 ILCS 5/5-179

(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.)