Sec. 7-295. Acceptance of part. The provisions of this part shall apply to any municipality having a police department under the management of a commissioner, superintendent, board of police commissioners or police committee, which accepts the provisions of this part by an affirmative vote of the electors of such municipality at a referendum warned and held for the purpose of accepting the same in the manner prescribed in section 9-369. In any such referendum election, the designation of the question on the voting machine ballot label shall be "Shall a Police Reserve Fund be established?". The provisions hereof shall not apply to cities authorized by special charter to establish a police benefit or reserve fund.

      (1949 Rev., S. 904; 1953, S. 417d; P.A. 86-170, S. 5, 13.)

      History: P.A. 86-170 required that designation on ballot label be in form of question.

      See Sec. 9-1 for applicable definitions.