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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4692
Introduced 02/04/04, by Wyvetter H. Younge SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Public Community College Act to require the Illinois Community
College Board to establish a new community college district to be
comprised of
the territory of the former Metropolitan Community College District No. 541 and
to be known as Gateway Community College.
Provides that the Board may not abolish, restrict, or take over the
operation of Gateway Community College without first notifying the
General Assembly and receiving permission from the General Assembly
for the action. Requires the Board (i) to provide financial and technical
assistance to Gateway Community College in becoming established, (ii) to
transfer to Gateway Community College all documents, equipment, and
books and any other personal property that was in the possession of or
owned by the former Metropolitan Community College District No. 541 at
the time that it was abolished, and (iii) to convey to Gateway Community
College the real estate and improvements that comprised the campus of
former Metropolitan Community College District No. 541 at the time that
it was abolished.
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A BILL FOR
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HB4692 |
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LRB093 19161 NHT 44896 b |
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| AN ACT regarding higher education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by |
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| adding Section
2-12.2 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 805/2-12.2 new)
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| Sec. 2-12.2. New district; former Metropolitan Community |
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| College District
No.
541.
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| (a) The State Board shall establish a new community college
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| district, to be known as Gateway Community College, to be
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| comprised of the territory of former Metropolitan Community |
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| College District
No. 541
established under Section 2-12.1.
The |
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| State Board may not abolish, restrict, or take over the
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| operation of Gateway Community College without first notifying |
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| the
General Assembly and receiving permission from the General |
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| Assembly
for the action.
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| (b) The State Board shall provide financial and technical
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| assistance to Gateway Community College in becoming |
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| established. The
State Board shall transfer to Gateway |
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| Community College all documents,
equipment, and books and any |
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| other personal property that was in the
possession of or owned |
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| by former Metropolitan Community College
District No. 541 at |
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| the time that it was abolished.
If the State Board fails
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| transfer the documents, equipment, books, or any other personal
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| property to Gateway Community College, the State Board shall |
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| make a
full accounting of the items not placed in the physical |
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| and legal custody
of Gateway Community College to the governing |
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| board of Gateway
Community College, with an estimate of the |
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| replacement cost of the
items, and shall credit the accounts of |
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| Gateway Community College in
that amount.
The State Board |
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| shall,
upon the date of the establishment of Gateway Community |
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| College,
convey to Gateway Community College the real estate |