Public Act 102-0370
 
SB1928 EnrolledLRB102 15384 CMG 20746 b


  
    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  



 
 
    Section 5. The Southern Illinois University Management Act 
is amended  by changing Sections 2 and 6.6 as follows:
 


    (110 ILCS 520/2)  (from Ch. 144, par. 652)




    Sec. 2. 
The Board shall consist of 7 members appointed by 
the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 
the Superintendent of Public
Instruction, or his chief 
assistant for liaison with higher education when
designated to 
serve in his place, ex-officio, and 2 voting student members, 
one from each campus of the University.  Each student
member 
shall be chosen by the respective campuses of Southern 
Illinois
University at Carbondale and Edwardsville.  The method 
of choosing these
student members shall be by campus-wide 
student election.  The student members shall serve terms of one

year beginning on July 1 of each year, except that the student 
members
initially selected shall serve a term beginning on the 
date of such selection
and expiring on the next succeeding 
June 30.  To be eligible for selection as
a student member and 
to be eligible to remain as a student
member of the Board, a 
student member must be a resident of this State, must
have and 
maintain a grade point average that is equivalent to at least 
2.5
on a 4.0 scale, and must be a full-time student enrolled at 
all times during
his or her term of office except for that part 
of the term which follows
the completion of the last full 
regular semester of an academic year and
precedes the first 
full regular semester of the succeeding academic year at
the 
university (sometimes commonly referred to as the summer 
session or summer
school).  If a student member serving on the 
Board fails
to continue to meet or maintain the residency, 
minimum grade point average, or
enrollment requirement 
established by this Section, his or her membership on
the 
Board shall be deemed to have terminated by operation of law.  
No more than
4 of the members appointed by the Governor shall 
be affiliated with the same
political party.  Each member 
appointed by the Governor must be a resident of
this State.  A 
failure to meet or maintain this residency requirement

constitutes a resignation from and creates a vacancy in the 
Board.  Upon the
expiration of the terms of members appointed 
by the Governor, their respective
successors shall be 
appointed for terms of 6 years from the third Monday in
January 
of each odd-numbered year and until their respective 
successors are
appointed for like terms.  If the Senate is not 
in session appointments shall
be made as in the case of 
vacancies.

(Source: P.A. 101-175, eff. 1-1-20.)

 



    (110 ILCS 520/6.6)


    Sec. 6.6. The Illinois Ethanol Research Advisory Board. 

    (a) There is established the Illinois Ethanol
Research 
Advisory Board (the "Advisory Board").

    (b) The Advisory Board shall be composed of 14 13 members 
including: the
President of
Southern Illinois University who 
shall be Chairman;
the Director of Commerce and Economic 
Opportunity;
the Director of Agriculture; the President of the

Illinois Corn Growers Association; the President of the 
National Corn Growers
Association; the President of the 
Renewable Fuels Association; the Dean of the
College of 
Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Science,
University 
of Illinois at
Champaign-Urbana; the Dean of the College of 
Agricultural, Life, and Physical Sciences, Southern Illinois 
University at Carbondale,
and 6 at-large members appointed by 
the Governor representing the ethanol
industry, growers, 
suppliers, and universities.

    (c) The 6 at-large members shall serve a term of 4 years.  
The Advisory
Board shall
meet at least annually or at the call 
of the Chairman.  At any time a majority
of the Advisory Board 
may petition the Chairman for a meeting of the Board.
Seven

members of the Advisory Board shall constitute a quorum.

    (d) The Advisory Board shall:


        (1) Review the annual operating plans and budget of 
    the National
Corn-to-Ethanol
Research Pilot Plant.


        (2) Advise on research and development priorities and 
    projects to be
carried out at the Corn-to-Ethanol Research 
    Pilot Plant.


        (3) Advise on policies and procedures regarding the 
    management and
operation of the ethanol research pilot 
    plant.  This may include contracts,
project selection, and 
    personnel issues.


        (4) Develop bylaws.


        (5) Submit a final report to the Governor and General 
    Assembly outlining
the progress and accomplishments made 
    during the year along with a financial
report for the 
    year.

        (6) Establish and operate, subject to specific 
    appropriation for the purpose of providing facility 
    operating funds, the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research 
    Center at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville as 
    a State Biorefining Center of Excellence with the 
    following purposes and goals:
            (A) To utilize interdisciplinary, 
        interinstitutional, and industrial collaborations to 
        conduct research.
            (B) To provide training and services to the 
        ethanol fuel industry to make projects and training to 
        advance the biofuels industry in the State more 
        affordable for the institutional and industrial 
        bodies, including, but not limited to, Illinois 
        farmer-owned ethanol cooperatives.
            (C) To coordinate near-term industry research 
        needs and laboratory services by identifying needs and 
        pursuing federal and other funding sources.
            (D) To develop and provide hands-on training to 
        prepare students for the biofuels workforce and train 
        workforce reentrants.
            (E) To serve as an independent, third-party source 
        for review, testing, validation standardization, and 
        definition in areas of industry need.
            (F) To provide seminars, tours, and informational 
        sessions advocating renewable energy.
            (G) To provide consultation services and 
        information for those interested in renewable energy.
            (H) To develop demonstration projects by pursuing 
        federal and other funding sources.

    (e) The Advisory Board established by this Section is a 
continuation, as
changed by
the Section, of the Board 
established under Section 8a of the Energy
Conservation and 
Coal Act and repealed by this amendatory Act of the 92nd

General Assembly.

(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06; 95-99, eff. 1-1-08.)

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