The duties of an Authorized Agent as they appear in the Illinois Pension Code: (40 ILCS 5/7-135).
Sec. 7-135. Authorized Agents
a. Each participating municipality and participating instrumentality shall appoint an Authorized Agent who shall have the powers and duties set forth in this section.
In absence of such appointment, the duties of the Authorized Agent shall devolve upon the clerk or secretary of the municipality or instrumentality and in the case of township school trustees upon the township school treasurer.
b. The Authorized Agent shall have the following powers and duties:
1. To certify to the fund whether or not a given person is authorized to participate in the fund;
2. To certify to the fund when a participating employee is on a leave of absence authorized by the municipality;
3. To request the proper officer to cause employee contributions to be withheld from earnings and transmitted to the fund;
4. To request the proper officer to cause municipality contributions to be forwarded to the fund promptly;
5. To forward promptly to all participating employees any communications from the fund for such employees;
6. To forward promptly to the fund all applications, claims, reports and other communications delivered to him or her by participating employees;
7. To perform all duties related to the administration of this retirement system as requested by the fund and the governing body of his or her municipality.