Public Act 102-0023
 
HB1802 EnrolledLRB102 10370 CMG 15697 b


  
    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is 
amended  by changing Section 15 as follows:
 



    (110 ILCS 947/15)



    Sec. 15. Illinois Student Assistance Commission. 

    (a) There is established the Illinois Student Assistance 
Commission,
consisting of 10 persons to be appointed by the 
Governor with the
advice and
consent of the Senate. The 
membership of the Commission shall consist of one

representative of the institutions of higher learning
operated 
by the State; one representative of the private institutions 
of
higher learning located in the State; one representative of 
the public
community colleges located in the State; one 
representative of the public
high schools located in the 
State; 5 citizens of the State chosen for
their knowledge of 
and interest in higher education, but not employed
by, 
professionally affiliated with, or members of the governing 
boards
of any institution of higher learning located in the 
State, and one
student member selected from nominations 
submitted to the Governor by
multi-campus student 
organizations, including but not limited to, the recognized 
advisory committee of students of the Illinois Community 
College Board, the
recognized advisory committee of students 
of the Board of Higher Education, and
the recognized advisory 
committee of students of the Federation of Independent

Illinois Colleges and Universities.  The Governor shall 
designate one member,
other than the student member, as 
chairman.  Each member of the Commission,
including the student 
member, shall serve without compensation, but shall be

reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred in performing the 
member's his or her duties
under this Act.  Subject to a 
requirement that Commission members in office
on the
effective 
date of this amendatory Act of 1995 may serve the full term to

which they were appointed, the appointment of Commission 
members to terms that
commence on or after that effective date 
shall be made in a manner that gives
effect at the earliest 
possible time to the change that is required by this

amendatory Act in the representative
composition of the 
Commission's membership.

    (b) The term of office of each member, other than the 
student
member, is 6 years from July 1 of the year of 
appointment, and until the member's his
successor is appointed 
and qualified.  If a member's tenure of office,
other than that 
of the student member, is terminated for any reason
before the 
member's his or her term has expired, the Governor shall fill 
the vacancy by the
appointment of a person who has the same 
representative status as the
person whose term has been so 
terminated, and the new appointee shall
hold office only for 
the remainder of that term and until a successor
is appointed 
and qualified.
The term of the student member shall be for 2 
years from July 1 of each
odd-numbered year and until a 
successor is appointed and qualified.  If the tenure of the 
student member is terminated for any
reason, the vacancy shall 
be filled in the same manner as heretofore provided
for a 
regular term of office appointment of the student member.  The 
new
student appointee shall hold office only for the remainder 
of that term and until a successor is appointed and qualified. 
A student appointee's status on the Commission may not be 
considered in determining the student appointee's his or her 
eligibility for programs administered by the Commission.

    (c) In accordance with the provisions of the State 
Universities Civil
Service Act, the Commission shall employ a 
professionally qualified person as
the Executive Director of 
the Commission, and such other employees as may be
necessary 
to effectuate the purposes of this Act.

    (d) The Commission shall meet at least once in each fiscal 
year, and
may meet at other times which the Chairman may 
designate by giving at
least 10 days' written notice to each 
member.

(Source: P.A. 99-198, eff. 7-30-15.)

  
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.