94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB1965


 
Introduced 2/14/2005, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Kevin A. McCarthy
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













110 ILCS 520/8
  from Ch. 144, par. 658








    Amends the Southern Illinois University Management Act.  Makes a technical
change in a Section concerning the Board of Trustees' powers and duties.
















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A BILL FOR









 











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    AN ACT concerning 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 Southern Illinois University Management Act 
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is amended by changing Section 8 as follows:
 



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    (110 ILCS 520/8)  (from Ch. 144, par. 658)



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    Sec. 8. Powers and Duties of the Board. The
The Board shall 
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have power and
it shall be its duty:

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        1. To make rules, regulations and by-laws, not 
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    inconsistent with
law, for the government and management of 
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    Southern Illinois University
and its branches;


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        2. To employ, and, for good cause, to remove a 
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    president of Southern
Illinois University, and all 
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    necessary deans, professors, associate
professors, 
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    assistant professors, instructors, and other educational 
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    and
administrative assistants, and all other necessary 
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    employees, and
contract with them upon matters relating to 
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    tenure, salaries and
retirement benefits in accordance 
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    with the State Universities Civil Service
Act; the Board 
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    shall, upon the written request of an employee of Southern

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    Illinois University, withhold from the compensation of 
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    that employee any
dues, payments or contributions payable 
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    by such employee to any labor
organization as defined in 
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    the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act.
Under such 
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    arrangement, an amount shall be withheld from each regular

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    payroll period which is equal to the pro rata share of the 
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    annual dues plus
any payments or contributions, and the 
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    Board shall transmit such withholdings
to the specified 
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    labor organization within 10 working days from the time
of 
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    the withholding. Whenever the Board establishes a search 
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    committee to
fill the position of president of Southern 
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    Illinois University, there shall
be minority 
 


 






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    representation, including women, on that search committee;


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        3. To prescribe the course of study to be followed, and 
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    textbooks
and apparatus to be used at Southern Illinois 
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    University;


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        4. To issue upon the recommendation of the faculty, 
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    diplomas to such
persons as have satisfactorily completed 
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    the required studies of
Southern Illinois University, and 
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    confer such professional and literary
degrees as are 
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    usually conferred by other institutions of like character

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    for similar or equivalent courses of study, or such as the 
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    Board may
deem appropriate;


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        5. To examine into the conditions, management, and 
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    administration of
Southern Illinois University, to provide 
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    the requisite buildings,
apparatus, equipment and 
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    auxiliary enterprises, and to fix and collect

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    matriculation fees; tuition fees; fees for student 
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    activities; fees for
student facilities such as student 
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    union buildings or field houses or
stadium or other 
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    recreational facilities; student welfare fees;
laboratory 
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    fees and similar fees for supplies and material;


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        6. To succeed to and to administer all trusts, trust 
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    property, and
gifts now or hereafter belonging or 
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    pertaining to Southern Illinois
University;


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        7. To accept endowments of professorships or 
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    departments in the
University from any person who may 
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    proffer them and, at regular
meetings, to prescribe rules 
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    and regulations in relation to endowments
and declare on 
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    what general principles they may be accepted;


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        8. To enter into contracts with the Federal government 
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    for providing
courses of instruction and other services at 
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    Southern Illinois
University for persons serving in or with 
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    the military or naval forces
of the United States, and to 
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    provide such courses of instruction and
other services;


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        9. To provide for the receipt and expenditures of 
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    Federal funds,
paid to the Southern Illinois University by 
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    the Federal government for
instruction and other services 
 


 






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    for persons serving in or with the
military or naval forces 
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    of the United States and to provide for audits
of such 
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    funds;


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        10. To appoint, subject to the applicable civil service 
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    law, persons
to be members of the Southern Illinois 
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    University Police Department.
Members of the Police 
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    Department shall be conservators of the peace and
as such 
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    have all powers possessed by policemen in cities, and 
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    sheriffs,
including the power to make arrests on view or 
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    warrants of violations of
state statutes, university rules 
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    and regulations and city or county
ordinances, except that 
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    they may exercise such powers only within
counties wherein 
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    the university and any of its branches or properties
are 
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    located when such is required for the protection of 
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    university
properties and interests, and its students and 
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    personnel, and otherwise,
within such counties, when 
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    requested by appropriate State
or local law enforcement 
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    officials. However, such officers shall have no
power to 
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    serve and execute civil processes.


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        The Board must authorize to each member of the Southern 
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    Illinois University
Police
Department
and to any other 
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    employee of Southern Illinois University exercising the 
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    powers
of a peace officer
a distinct badge
that, on its 
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    face, (i) clearly states that the badge is authorized by 
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    Southern
Illinois
University and
(ii) contains a unique 
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    identifying number.  No other badge shall be authorized
by 
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    Southern Illinois University.


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        11. To administer a plan or plans established by the 
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    clinical faculty
of the School of Medicine for the billing, 
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    collection and disbursement of
charges made by individual 
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    faculty members for professional services performed
by 
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    them in the course of or in support of their academic 
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    responsibilities,
provided that such plan has been first 
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    approved by Board action. All such
collections shall be 
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    deposited into a special fund or funds administered
by the 
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    Board from which disbursements may be made according to the 
 


 






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    provisions
of said plan. The reasonable costs incurred, by 
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    the University, administering
the billing, collection and 
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    disbursement provisions of a plan shall have
first priority 
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    for payment before distribution or disbursement for any 
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    other
purpose. Charges established pursuant to this plan 
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    must be itemized in any
billing and any amounts collected 
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    which are not used to off-set the cost
of operating or 
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    maintaining the activity which generated the funds 
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    collected,
must be accounted for separately. This 
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    accounting must clearly show the
use and application made 
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    of the funds and the Board shall report such
accountings 
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    for the previous fiscal year to the Legislative Audit

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    Commission annually by December 31 of each fiscal year.


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        The Board of Trustees may own, operate, or govern, by 
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    or through the School
of Medicine, a managed care community 
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    network established under subsection
(b)
of Section 5-11 of 
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    the Illinois Public Aid Code.


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        12. The Board of Trustees may, directly or in 
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    cooperation with other
institutions of higher education, 
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    acquire by purchase or lease or
otherwise, and construct, 
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    enlarge, improve, equip, complete, operate,
control and 
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    manage medical research and high technology parks, 
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    together
with the necessary lands, buildings, facilities, 
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    equipment, and personal
property therefor, to encourage 
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    and facilitate (a) the location and
development of business 
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    and industry in the State of Illinois, and (b) the

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    increased application and development of technology and 
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    (c) the improvement
and development of the State's economy.  
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    The Board of Trustees may lease to
nonprofit corporations 
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    all or any part of the land, buildings, facilities,

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    equipment or other property included in a medical research 
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    and high
technology park upon such terms and conditions as 
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    the Board of Trustees may
deem advisable and enter into any 
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    contract or agreement with such nonprofit
corporations as 
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    may be necessary or suitable for the construction,

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    financing, operation and maintenance and management of any 
 


 






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    such park; and
may lease to any person, firm, partnership 
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    or corporation, either public or
private, any part or all 
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    of the land, building, facilities, equipment or
other 
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    property of such park for such purposes and upon such

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    rentals, terms and conditions as the Board of Trustees may 
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    deem advisable; and
may finance all or part of the cost of 
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    any such park, including the purchase,
lease, 
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    construction, reconstruction, improvement, remodeling, 
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    addition to,
and extension and maintenance of all or part 
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    of such high technology park,
and all equipment and 
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    furnishings, by legislative appropriations, government

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    grants, contracts, private gifts, loans, receipts from the 
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    operation of
such high technology park, rentals and similar 
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    receipts; and may make its
other facilities and services 
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    available to tenants or other occupants of
any such park at 
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    rates which are reasonable and appropriate.

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    The powers of the Board as herein designated are subject to 
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the  Board
of Higher Education Act.

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(Source: P.A. 91-883, eff. 1-1-01; 92-370, eff. 8-15-01.)