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1 AN ACT to amend the Northeastern Illinois University Law
2 by changing Sections 25-15 and 25-25.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Northeastern Illinois University Law is
6 amended by changing Sections 25-15 and 25-25 as follows:
7 (110 ILCS 680/25-15)
8 Sec. 25-15. Membership; terms; vacancies. The Board
9 shall consist of 9 7 voting members who are residents of this
10 State and are appointed by the Governor by and with the
11 advice and consent of the Senate, and, until July 1, 2001,
12 one voting member who is a student at Northeastern Illinois
13 University. The student member serving on the Board on the
14 effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 shall be a
15 voting student member for the remainder of his or her term on
16 the Board. Beginning on July 1, 2001, and thereafter, the
17 student member of the Board shall be a nonvoting member.
18 Beginning with the 1999-2000 academic year, the student
19 member shall be elected by a campus-wide referendum of all
20 students of the University. The method of selecting the
21 student member shall continue to be determined by a
22 campus-wide student referendum. The student member shall
23 serve a term of one year beginning on July 1 of each year,
24 except that the student member initially selected under this
25 amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly shall serve a
26 term beginning on the date of his or her selection and
27 expiring on the next succeeding June 30. A student member
28 may serve only for one term. To be eligible to remain as a
29 student member of the Board, the student member must be a
30 resident of this State, must have and maintain a grade point
31 average that is equivalent to at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale,
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1 and must be a full time undergraduate student enrolled at all
2 times during his or her term of office except for that part
3 of the term which follows the completion of the last full
4 regular semester of an academic year and precedes the first
5 full regular semester of the succeeding academic year at the
6 university (sometimes commonly referred to as the summer
7 session or summer school). If a student member serving on
8 the Board fails to continue to meet or maintain the
9 residency, minimum grade point average, or enrollment
10 requirement established by this Section, his or her
11 membership on the Board shall be deemed to have terminated by
12 operation of law. If any member of the Board appointed by the
13 Governor fails to continue to meet or maintain the residency
14 requirement established by this Section, he or she shall
15 resign membership on the Board within 30 days thereafter and,
16 failing submission of this resignation, his or her membership
17 on the Board shall be deemed to have terminated by operation
18 of law. Of the members first appointed by the Governor, 4
19 shall be appointed for terms to expire on the third Monday in
20 January, 1999 and until their successors are appointed and
21 qualified, and 3 shall be appointed for terms to expire on
22 the third Monday in January, 2001 and until their successors
23 are appointed and qualified. The 2 additional members
24 appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent
25 of the Senate, under this amendatory Act of the 91st General
26 Assembly, shall not be from the same political party and
27 shall be appointed for terms to expire on the third Monday in
28 January, 2003 and until their successors are appointed and
29 qualified. Any vacancy in membership existing on January 1,
30 1999 shall be filled by appointment by the Governor, with the
31 advice and consent of the Senate, for a term to expire on the
32 third Monday in January, 2003. If the Senate is not in
33 session on the effective date of this Article, or if a
34 vacancy in an appointive membership occurs at a time when the
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1 Senate is not in session, the Governor shall make temporary
2 appointments to fill the vacancy. Members with these
3 temporary appointments shall be deemed qualified to serve
4 upon appointment and shall continue to serve until the next
5 meeting of the Senate when the Governor he shall appoint
6 nominate persons to fill such memberships, by and with the
7 advice and consent of the Senate, for the remainder of their
8 respective terms. No more than 5 4 of the members appointed
9 by the Governor shall be affiliated with the same political
10 party. Upon the expiration of the terms of members appointed
11 by the Governor for other than temporary appointments, their
12 respective successors shall be appointed, by and with the
13 advice and consent of the Senate, for terms of 6 years from
14 the third Monday in January of each odd-numbered year. Any
15 members appointed to the Board shall continue to serve in
16 such capacity until their successors are appointed and
17 qualified.
18 (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-630, eff. 7-24-98;
19 90-814, eff. 2-4-99.)
20 (110 ILCS 680/25-25)
21 Sec. 25-25. Officers; meetings. Members of the Board
22 appointed by the Governor shall elect annually by secret
23 ballot from their own number a chairperson, who shall serve
24 for a period of 2 years from his or her election and chairman
25 and a
26 secretary, and other officers that the Board deems necessary.
27 The secretary and other officers shall also serve for a
28 period of 2 years from their election.
29 Meetings of the Board shall be held at least once each
30 quarter on the campus of Northeastern Illinois University at
31 Chicago, Illinois. At all regular meetings of the Board, a
32 majority of its members shall constitute a quorum. The
33 student member shall have all of the privileges of
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1 membership, including the right to make and second motions,
2 to attend executive sessions, and until July 1, 2001 to vote
3 on all Board matters except those involving faculty tenure,
4 faculty promotion or any issue on which the student member
5 has a direct conflict of interest. Unless the student member
6 is entitled to vote on a measure at a meeting of the Board or
7 any of its committees, he or she shall not be considered a
8 member for the purpose of determining whether a quorum is
9 present at the time that measure is voted upon. No action
10 of the Board shall be invalidated by reason of any vacancies
11 on the Board or by reason of any failure to select a student
12 member.
13 Special meetings of the Board may be called by the
14 chairperson chairman of the Board or by any 4 3 members of
15 the Board.
16 (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-630, eff. 7-24-98.)
17 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18 becoming law.
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