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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB0648
Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Northern Illinois University Law. Makes a technical change in a
Section concerning membership on the Board of Trustees.
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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 Northern Illinois University Law is amended |
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| by changing Section 30-15 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 685/30-15)
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| Sec. 30-15. Membership; terms; vacancies. The
The Board |
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| shall consist of 7
voting members appointed by the Governor, by |
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| and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, and one voting |
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| member who is a student at Northern
Illinois University. The |
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| student member shall be chosen by a campus-wide
student |
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| election. The student member shall serve a term of one year |
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| beginning
on July 1 of each year, except that the student |
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| member initially selected shall
serve a term beginning on the |
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| date of his or her selection and expiring on the
next |
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| succeeding June 30. To be eligible to remain as a student |
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| member of the
Board, the student member must be a resident of |
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| this State, must have and
maintain a grade point average that |
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| is equivalent to at least 2.5 on a 4.0
scale, and must be a full |
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| time student enrolled at all times during his or her
term of |
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| office except for that part of the term which follows
the |
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| completion of the last full regular semester of an academic |
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| year and
precedes the first full regular semester of the |
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| succeeding academic year at the
university (sometimes commonly |
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| referred to as the summer session or summer
school). If a |
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| student member serving on the Board fails to continue to meet |
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| or
maintain the residency, minimum grade point average, or |
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| enrollment requirement
established by this Section, his or her |
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| membership on the Board shall be deemed
to have terminated by |
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| operation of law. Of the members first appointed by the
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| Governor, 4 shall be appointed for terms to expire on the third |
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| Monday in
January, 1999, and 3 shall be appointed for terms to |
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| expire on the third Monday
in January, 2001. If the Senate is |
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| not in session on the effective date of
this Article, or if a |
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| vacancy in an appointive membership occurs at a time when
the |
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| Senate is not in session, the Governor shall make temporary |
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| appointments
until the next meeting of the Senate when he shall |
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| nominate persons to fill
such memberships for the remainder of |
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| their respective terms. No more than 4
of the members appointed |
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| by the Governor shall be affiliated with the same
political |
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| party. Each member appointed by the Governor must be a resident
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| of this State. A failure to meet or maintain this residency |
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| requirement
constitutes a resignation from and creates a |
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| vacancy in the Board. Upon the
expiration of the terms of |
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| members appointed by the Governor, their respective
successors |
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| shall be appointed for terms of 6 years from the third Monday |
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| in
January of each odd-numbered year. Any members appointed to |
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| the Board shall
continue to serve in such capacity until their |
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| successors are appointed and
qualified. |