Illinois Code § 7

Illinois Code § 7. Reproduced from the official Illinois Compiled Statutes, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.

§ 7.

Every such association shall be managed by a board of not less than 5 directors. The directors shall be elected by and from the shareholders of the association at such time and for such term of office as the by-laws may prescribe and shall hold office for the time for which elected, and until their successors are elected, and shall enter upon the discharge of their duties; but a majority of the shareholders voting in person or by proxy shall have the power at any regular or special shareholders' meeting, legally called, to remove any director or officer for cause and to fill the vacancy, and thereupon the director or officer so removed shall cease to be a director or officer of the association. The officers of every such association shall be a president, one or more vice presidents, a secretary and a treasurer, who shall be elected annually by the directors, and a manager who shall be under the control of the directors at all times, and each of the officers, except the manager, may be a director of the association. The office of the secretary and the treasurer can be combined, and when so combined the person holding the offices shall be the secretary-treasurer. (Source: P.A. 76-1068.)

Source: official Illinois text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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  • Citation: Illinois Compiled Statutes § 7
  • Jurisdiction: Illinois
  • Code: Illinois Compiled Statutes
  • Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)

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