{"data":{"id":"us-il/40-ilcs-5-5-109","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"40 ILCS 5/5-109","heading":"Policeman.","body":"\"Policeman\":\n(a) An employee in the regularly constituted police department of a city appointed and sworn or designated by law as a peace officer with the title of policeman, policewoman, chief surgeon, police surgeon, police dog catcher, police kennelman, police matron, and members of the police force of the police department; and\n(b) An employee as defined in sub-paragraph (a) immediately above who is serving in the regularly constituted police department of a city in a rank or position which is exempt from civil service and who, immediately prior to the time he began such service, was a participant in the Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund Act; and\n(c) Any policeman of a park district transferred to the employment of a city under the \"Exchange of Functions Act of 1957\".","path":["CHAPTER 40 PENSIONS","Illinois Pension Code."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=638\u0026ChapterID=9\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:20Z","sha256":"6b61c9ba15b8b2e92314d2e9cacb9a178f8d0d74bf2e240ad87b937b956d3de2","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/40-ilcs-5-5-108","next":"us-il/40-ilcs-5-5-109.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}