Illinois Compiled Statutes
40 ILCS 5/6-178 (2026)
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(40 ILCS 5/6-178)
(from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-178)
Sec. 6-178.
Board meetings.
The board shall hold regular meetings in each
month and such other meetings as it deems necessary. A majority of the
members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any
meeting; provided, that no pension, annuity, or benefit shall be allowed or
granted and no money shall be paid out of the fund unless ordered by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the total membership of the board as
shown by roll call entered upon the official record of proceedings of the
meeting at which such action is taken. All board meetings shall be open
to the public.
(Source: P.A. 86-273.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases, 2005–2015 · leading case: Howe v. Ret. Bd. of the Firemen's Annuity & Benefit Fund, 2013 IL App (1st) 122446 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013).
Howe v. Ret. Bd. of the Firemen's Annuity & Benefit Fund, 2013 IL App (1st) 122446 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). “) 40 ILCS 5/6-178 (West 2010). In other words, section 6-178 of the Pension Code specifically mandates an affirmative -5- majority vote by the total membership of the board in order to grant an applicant a duty disability benefit.”
Howe v. Ret. Bd. of the Firemen's Annunity & Benefit Fund of Chicago, 2015 IL App (1st) 141350 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). “Howe appealed to this court and we declined to reach the merits because the Board did not comply with section 6-178 of the Pension Code (40 ILCS 5/6-178 (West 2010)), which “specifically mandates an affirmative majority vote by the total membership of the board in order to grant…”
Howe v. The Ret. Bd. of the Firemen's Annunity & Benefit Fund of Chicago, 2015 IL App (1st) 141350 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). “¶ 33 On July 31, 2012, the circuit court issued a written opinion affirming the Board’s decision. Howe appealed to this court and we declined to reach the merits because the Board did not comply with section 6-178 of the Pension Code (40 ILCS 5/6-178 (West 2010)), which 9…”
Baldermann v. The Bd. of Trs. of the Police Pension Fund of the Vill. of Chicago Ridge, 2014 IL App (1st) 140482 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). “40 ILCS 5/6-178 (West 2010). After the hearing concluded and the board conferred in closed session, a board member made a motion to grant Howe's application.”
Baldermann v. The Bd. of Trs. of the Police Pension Fund of the Vill. of Chicago Ridge, 2014 IL App (1st) 140482 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). “40 ILCS 5/6-178 (West 2010). After the hearing concluded and the board conferred in closed session, a board member made a motion to grant Howe’s application.”
Oak Park v. Oak Park (Ill. App. Ct. 2005). “Those "analogous" pension provisions demonstrate that, when it so chooses, the legislature knows how to articulate a requirement that a pension be approved by a majority of the board's total membership (see 40 ILCS 5/6-178 (West 2002) (requiring approval of "the total membership…”
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