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| 1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 3-8 as follows:
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| 6 | (110 ILCS 805/3-8) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-8)
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| 7 | Sec. 3-8. Following each election and canvass, the new | ||||||
| 8 | board shall
hold its organizational meeting on or before the | ||||||
| 9 | 28th day after the election. ,
except that in 1999, 2001, and | ||||||
| 10 | 2003 (except District #522) the board shall
organize within 14 | ||||||
| 11 | days
after the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November | ||||||
| 12 | in each of those 3
years. In 2003 in District #522, the new | ||||||
| 13 | board shall hold its organizational
meeting on or before the | ||||||
| 14 | 14th day after the consolidated election.
If the election is | ||||||
| 15 | the initial election ordered by the regional superintendent,
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| 16 | the organizational meeting shall be convened by the regional | ||||||
| 17 | superintendent,
who shall preside over the meeting until the | ||||||
| 18 | election for chairman, vice
chairman and secretary of board is | ||||||
| 19 | completed. At all other organizational
meetings, the chairman | ||||||
| 20 | of the board, or, in his or her absence, the president
of the | ||||||
| 21 | community college or acting chief executive officer of the | ||||||
| 22 | college shall
convene the new board, and conduct the election | ||||||
| 23 | for chairman, vice chairman and
secretary. The board shall then | ||||||
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| 1 | proceed with its organization under the newly
elected board | ||||||
| 2 | officers, and shall fix a time and place for its regular
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| 3 | meetings. It shall then enter upon the discharge of its duties. | ||||||
| 4 | Public notice of the schedule of regular meetings for the next | ||||||
| 5 | calendar year, as set at the organizational meeting, must be | ||||||
| 6 | given at the beginning of that calendar year. The terms of
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| 7 | board office shall be 2 years, except that the board by | ||||||
| 8 | resolution may
establish a policy for the terms of office to be | ||||||
| 9 | one year, and provide for the
election of officers for the | ||||||
| 10 | remaining one year period.
Terms of members are subject to | ||||||
| 11 | Section 2A-54 of the Election Code.
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| 12 | Special meetings of the board may be called by the chairman | ||||||
| 13 | or by any
3 members of the board by giving notice thereof in | ||||||
| 14 | writing stating the
time, place and purpose of the meeting. | ||||||
| 15 | Such notice may be served by
mail 48 hours before the meeting | ||||||
| 16 | or by personal service 24 hours before
the meeting.
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| 17 | At each regular and special meeting which is open to the | ||||||
| 18 | public,
members of the public and employees of the community | ||||||
| 19 | college district shall
be afforded time, subject to reasonable | ||||||
| 20 | constraints, to comment to or ask
questions of the board.
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| 21 | (Source: P.A. 95-116, eff. 8-13-07.)
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| 22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 23 | becoming law.
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