(A) The members of the Board shall be considered officers of the municipality. No person holding a lucrative office under the United States, this state or any political subdivision thereof, or a municipality, shall be a member of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners or the Secretary thereof. The acceptance of any lucrative office by a member of the Board shall be treated as a resignation of his or her office as a member of the Board or the Secretary thereof. No person shall be appointed a member of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners who is related, either by blood or marriage up to the degree of first cousin, to any elected official of the municipality. No more than two members of the Board shall belong to the same political party existing in the municipality at the time of the appointments and as defined in § 10-2 of the Election Code, being ILCS Ch. 10, Act 5, § 10-2. Party affiliation shall be determined by affidavit of the person appointed as a member of the Board.
(B) Members (including the Fire and Police Chiefs during the term of their respective appointments as otherwise provided in this code) shall not be subject to removal, except for cause, upon written charges and after an opportunity to be heard to his or her own defense as hereinafter provided in this code. A majority vote of the elected members of the governing body shall be required to remove any member from office.
(1980 Code, § 11.603)