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                                     LRB093 10436 RCE 10690 b

 1        AN ACT regarding higher education.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Public Community College Act  is  amended
 5    by adding Section 2-12.2 as follows:

 6        (110 ILCS 805/2-12.2 new)
 7        Sec. 2-12.2.  New district; former Metropolitan Community
 8    College District No. 541.
 9        (a)  The  State  Board  shall  establish  a new community
10    college district, to be known as Gateway  Community  College,
11    to  be  comprised  of  the  territory  of former Metropolitan
12    Community College District No. 541 established under  Section
13    2-12.1.    The State Board may not abolish, restrict, or take
14    over the operation of Gateway Community College without first
15    notifying the General Assembly and receiving permission  from
16    the General Assembly for the action.
17        (b)  The   State   Board   shall  provide  financial  and
18    technical assistance to Gateway Community College in becoming
19    established.  The  State  Board  shall  transfer  to  Gateway
20    Community College all documents, equipment, and books and any
21    other  personal  property  that  was  in the possession of or
22    owned by former Metropolitan Community College  District  No.
23    541  at  the  time that it was abolished.  If the State Board
24    fails to transfer the documents,  equipment,  books,  or  any
25    other  personal  property  to  Gateway Community College, the
26    State Board shall make a full accounting  of  the  items  not
27    placed in the physical and legal custody of Gateway Community
28    College  to the governing board of Gateway Community College,
29    with an estimate of the replacement cost of  the  items,  and
30    shall  credit  the  accounts  of Gateway Community College in
31    that amount.  The State Board shall, upon  the  date  of  the
 
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 1    establishment of Gateway Community College, convey to Gateway
 2    Community  College  the  real  estate  and  improvements that
 3    comprised the campus of former Metropolitan Community College
 4    District No. 541 at the time that it was abolished.
 5        (c)  The State Board shall adopt all rules  necessary  to
 6    carry out its responsibilities under this Section.