Public Act 098-0999
 
HB5681 EnrolledLRB098 18549 NHT 53687 b


  
    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Western Illinois University Law is amended  
by changing Section 35-25 as follows:
 



    (110 ILCS 690/35-25)



    Sec. 35-25. Officers; meetings. Members of the Board shall 
elect annually
by secret ballot from their own number a 
chairman who shall preside over
meetings of the Board and a 
secretary.

    Meetings of the Board shall be held at least once each 
quarter. One of these meetings must be held on the Quad Cities 
campus of Western Illinois University and all other meetings 
must be held on the campus
of Western Illinois University at 
Macomb, Illinois.  At all regular meetings of
the Board, a 
majority of its members shall constitute a quorum.  The student

member shall have all of the privileges of membership, 
including the right to
make and second motions, to attend 
executive sessions, and to vote on all Board
matters except 
those involving faculty tenure, faculty promotion or any issue

on which the student member has a direct conflict of interest.  
Unless the
student member is entitled to vote on a measure at a 
meeting of the Board or
any of its committees, he or she shall 
not be considered a member for the
purpose of determining 
whether a quorum is present at the time that measure is
voted 
upon.  No action of the Board shall be invalidated by reason of 
any
vacancies on the Board or by reason of any failure to 
select a student member.

    Special meetings of the Board may be called by the chairman 
of the Board
or by any 3 members of the Board.

    At each regular and special meeting that is open to the 
public, members of
the public and employees of the University 
shall be afforded time, subject to
reasonable constraints, to 
make comments to or ask questions of the Board.

(Source: P.A. 91-715, eff. 1-1-01; 91-778, eff. 1-1-01;
92-16, 
eff. 6-28-01.)

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