093_HB3874

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 1        AN ACT concerning education.

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

 4        Section  5.   The  University of Illinois Trustees Act is
 5    amended by changing Section 1 as follows:

 6        (110 ILCS 310/1) (from Ch. 144, par. 41)
 7        Sec. 1.  The Board  of  Trustees  of  the  University  of
 8    Illinois  shall  consist  of  the  Governor  and  at least 12
 9    trustees. Nine trustees shall be appointed by  the  Governor,
10    from  a  list  of nominees as provided in this Section and by
11    and with the advice and consent  of  the  Senate.  The  other
12    trustees  shall  be  students,  of  whom one student shall be
13    selected from each University campus.
14        Each student trustee shall serve  a  term  of  one  year,
15    beginning  on  July 1 or on the date of his or her selection,
16    whichever is later, and expiring on the next succeeding  June
17    30.
18        Each   trustee  shall  have  all  of  the  privileges  of
19    membership, except that only one student trustee  shall  have
20    the right to cast a legally binding vote.  The Governor shall
21    designate  which  one  of the student trustees shall possess,
22    for his or her entire term,  the  right  to  cast  a  legally
23    binding  vote.  Each student trustee who does not possess the
24    right to cast a legally binding vote shall have the right  to
25    cast  an  advisory  vote  and  the  right  to make and second
26    motions and to attend executive sessions.
27        Each trustee shall be governed by the  same  conflict  of
28    interest standards. Pursuant to those standards, it shall not
29    be  a  conflict  of interest for a student trustee to vote on
30    matters pertaining to students generally, such as tuition and
31    fees. However, it shall be  a  conflict  of  interest  for  a
 
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 1    student   trustee   to  vote  on  faculty  member  tenure  or
 2    promotion. Student trustees shall be  chosen  by  campus-wide
 3    student  election,  and the student trustee designated by the
 4    Governor to possess a legally binding vote shall  be  one  of
 5    the  students selected by this method.  A student trustee who
 6    does not possess a legally binding vote on  a  measure  at  a
 7    meeting  of  the  Board or any of its committees shall not be
 8    considered a trustee for the purpose of determining whether a
 9    quorum is present at the time that  measure  is  voted  upon.
10    To  be  eligible for selection as a student trustee and to be
11    eligible to remain as a voting or nonvoting student  trustee,
12    a student trustee must be a resident of this State, must have
13    and  maintain  a grade point average that is equivalent to at
14    least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale, and must be  a  full  time  student
15    enrolled at all times during his or her term of office except
16     for  that  part  of the term which follows the completion of
17    the last full  regular  semester  of  an  academic  year  and
18    precedes  the  first  full regular semester of the succeeding
19    academic year at the University (sometimes commonly  referred
20    to  as  the summer session or summer school).  If a voting or
21    nonvoting student  trustee  fails  to  continue  to  meet  or
22    maintain  the  residency,  minimum  grade  point  average, or
23    enrollment requirement established by this  Section,  his  or
24    her   membership  on  the  Board  shall  be  deemed  to  have
25    terminated by operation of law.
26        If a voting student trustee resigns or  otherwise  ceases
27    to  serve  on  the Board, the Governor shall, within 30 days,
28    designate one of the remaining student  trustees  to  possess
29    the right to cast a legally binding vote for the remainder of
30    his  or  her term.  If a nonvoting student trustee resigns or
31    otherwise ceases to serve on the Board, the  chief  executive
32    of  the  student government from that campus shall, within 30
33    days, select a new nonvoting student trustee to serve for the
34    remainder of the term.
 
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 1        No more than 5 of  the  9  appointed  trustees  shall  be
 2    affiliated  with  the  same  political  party.  Each  trustee
 3    appointed  by  the Governor must be a resident of this State.
 4    A failure to meet  or  maintain  this  residency  requirement
 5    constitutes  a  resignation from and creates a vacancy in the
 6    Board. The term of office of each appointed trustee shall  be
 7    6 years from the third Monday in January of each odd numbered
 8    year.  The  regular terms of office of the appointed trustees
 9    shall  be  staggered  so  that  3  terms   expire   in   each
10    odd-numbered year.
11        Vacancies  for appointed trustees shall be filled for the
12    unexpired term in the same manner as  original  appointments.
13    If  a  vacancy in membership occurs at a time when the Senate
14    is  not  in  session,  the  Governor  shall  make   temporary
15    appointments  until  the  next meeting of the Senate, when he
16    shall appoint  persons  to  fill  such  memberships  for  the
17    remainder of their respective terms.  If the Senate is not in
18    session   when   appointments  for  a  full  term  are  made,
19    appointments shall be made as in the case of vacancies.
20        No action of the board shall be invalidated by reason  of
21    any  vacancies  on  the board, or by reason of any failure to
22    select student trustees.
23        The Governor  must  make  appointments  from  a  list  of
24    nominees submitted to the Governor by the university's alumni
25    association.  If a vacancy will occur because a member's term
26    will end, then the alumni association must submit its list of
27    nominees  to  the Governor at least 90 days before the end of
28    the term.  If a vacancy otherwise occurs, then the  Board  of
29    Trustees must notify the alumni association of the vacancy as
30    soon as possible; the alumni association must then submit its
31    list  of  nominees  to  the  Governor  within  60  days after
32    receiving notice.  If the alumni association does not  submit
33    its  list  of nominees to the Governor within the time limit,
34    then the Governor may appoint  any  qualified  individual  to
 
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 1    fill  the  vacancy.   Each  list must contain the names of at
 2    least  3  qualified  individuals  who  affiliated  with  each
 3    political party that is eligible for appointment.
 4    (Source: P.A.  91-778,  eff.  1-1-01;  91-798,  eff.  7-9-00;
 5    92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)

 6        Section  10.  The Southern Illinois University Management
 7    Act is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:

 8        (110 ILCS 520/2) (from Ch. 144, par. 652)
 9        Sec. 2.  The Board shall consist of 7  members  appointed
10    by  the Governor, from a list of nominees as provided in this
11    Section and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
12    the  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  or  his  chief
13    assistant for liaison with higher education  when  designated
14    to  serve  in  his  place, ex-officio, and one voting student
15    member designated by the Governor  from  one  campus  of  the
16    University  and  one nonvoting student member from the campus
17    of the University  not  represented  by  the  voting  student
18    member.   The  Governor  shall  designate  one of the student
19    members serving on the Board to serve as the  voting  student
20    member.    Each   student  member  shall  be  chosen  by  the
21    respective  campuses  of  Southern  Illinois  University   at
22    Carbondale  and  Edwardsville.   The method of choosing these
23    student members shall be by campus-wide student election, and
24    any student designated by the Governor to be a voting student
25    member shall be one of the students chosen  by  this  method.
26    The  student  members shall serve terms of one year beginning
27    on July 1 of each  year,  except  that  the  student  members
28    initially  selected  shall serve a term beginning on the date
29    of such selection and expiring on the  next  succeeding  June
30    30.   To be eligible for selection as a student member and to
31    be eligible to remain as a voting or nonvoting student member
32    of the Board, a student member must be  a  resident  of  this
 
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 1    State,  must  have and maintain a grade point average that is
 2    equivalent to at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale, and must be a full
 3    time student enrolled at all times during his or her term  of
 4    office  except  for  that  part of the term which follows the
 5    completion of the last full regular semester of  an  academic
 6    year  and  precedes  the  first  full regular semester of the
 7    succeeding  academic  year  at  the   university   (sometimes
 8    commonly referred to as the summer session or summer school).
 9    If  a voting or nonvoting student member serving on the Board
10    fails to continue to meet or maintain the residency,  minimum
11    grade point average, or enrollment requirement established by
12    this  Section,  his  or  her membership on the Board shall be
13    deemed to have terminated by operation of law.  No more  than
14    4   of  the  members  appointed  by  the  Governor  shall  be
15    affiliated  with  the  same  political  party.   Each  member
16    appointed by the Governor must be a resident of  this  State.
17    A  failure  to  meet  or  maintain this residency requirement
18    constitutes a resignation from and creates a vacancy  in  the
19    Board.  Upon the expiration of the terms of members appointed
20    by   the  Governor,  their  respective  successors  shall  be
21    appointed for terms of 6  years  from  the  third  Monday  in
22    January  of each odd-numbered year and until their respective
23    successors are appointed for like terms.  If  the  Senate  is
24    not  in  session appointments shall be made as in the case of
25    vacancies.
26        The Governor  must  make  appointments  from  a  list  of
27    nominees submitted to the Governor by the university's alumni
28    association.  If a vacancy will occur because a member's term
29    will end, then the alumni association must submit its list of
30    nominees  to  the Governor at least 90 days before the end of
31    the term.  If a vacancy otherwise occurs, then the  Board  of
32    Trustees must notify the alumni association of the vacancy as
33    soon as possible; the alumni association must then submit its
34    list  of  nominees  to  the  Governor  within  60  days after
 
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 1    receiving notice.  If the alumni association does not  submit
 2    its  list  of nominees to the Governor within the time limit,
 3    then the Governor may appoint  any  qualified  individual  to
 4    fill  the  vacancy.   Each  list must contain the names of at
 5    least  3  qualified  individuals  who  affiliated  with  each
 6    political party that is eligible for appointment.
 7    (Source: P.A.  91-778,  eff.  1-1-01;  91-798,  eff.  7-9-00;
 8    92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)

 9        Section  15.  The Chicago State University Law is amended
10    by changing Section 5-15 as follows:

11        (110 ILCS 660/5-15)
12        Sec.  5-15.  Membership;  terms;  vacancies.   The  Board
13    shall consist of 7 voting members appointed by the  Governor,
14    from  a  list  of nominees as provided in this Section and by
15    and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and one voting
16    member who is a student at  Chicago  State  University.   The
17    student  member  shall  be  chosen  by  a campus-wide student
18    election.  The student member shall serve a term of one  year
19    beginning  on  July  1  of each year, except that the student
20    member initially selected shall serve a term beginning on the
21    date of his  or  her  selection  and  expiring  on  the  next
22    succeeding  June  30.   To  be  eligible  for  selection as a
23    student member and to be eligible  to  remain  as  a  student
24    member of the Board, the student member must be a resident of
25    this State, must have and maintain a grade point average that
26    is  equivalent  to at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale, and must be a
27    full time student enrolled at all times  during  his  or  her
28    term of office except for that part of the term which follows
29    the  completion  of  the  last  full  regular  semester of an
30    academic year and precedes the first full regular semester of
31    the succeeding academic year  at  the  university  (sometimes
32    commonly referred to as the summer session or summer school).
 
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 1    If a student member serving on the Board fails to continue to
 2    meet  or maintain the residency, minimum grade point average,
 3    or enrollment requirement established by this Section, his or
 4    her  membership  on  the  Board  shall  be  deemed  to   have
 5    terminated  by  operation  of  law.   Of  the  members  first
 6    appointed  by the Governor, 4 shall be appointed for terms to
 7    expire on the third Monday in January, 1999, and 3  shall  be
 8    appointed for terms to expire on the third Monday in January,
 9    2001.   If the Senate is not in session on the effective date
10    of this Article, or if a vacancy in an appointive  membership
11    occurs  at  a  time  when  the  Senate is not in session, the
12    Governor shall make temporary  appointments  until  the  next
13    meeting  of the Senate when he shall nominate persons to fill
14    such memberships for the remainder of their respective terms.
15    No more than 4 of the members appointed by the Governor shall
16    be affiliated with the  same  political  party.  Each  member
17    appointed  by  the Governor must be a resident of this State.
18    A failure to meet  or  maintain  this  residency  requirement
19    constitutes  a  resignation from and creates a vacancy in the
20    Board.  Upon the expiration of the terms of members appointed
21    by  the  Governor,  their  respective  successors  shall   be
22    appointed  for  terms  of  6  years  from the third Monday in
23    January of each odd-numbered year.  Any members appointed  to
24    the  Board  shall  continue  to  serve in such capacity until
25    their successors are appointed and qualified.
26        The Governor  must  make  appointments  from  a  list  of
27    nominees submitted to the Governor by the university's alumni
28    association.  If a vacancy will occur because a member's term
29    will end, then the alumni association must submit its list of
30    nominees  to  the Governor at least 90 days before the end of
31    the term.  If a vacancy otherwise occurs, then the  Board  of
32    Trustees must notify the alumni association of the vacancy as
33    soon as possible; the alumni association must then submit its
34    list  of  nominees  to  the  Governor  within  60  days after
 
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 1    receiving notice.  If the alumni association does not  submit
 2    its  list  of nominees to the Governor within the time limit,
 3    then the Governor may appoint  any  qualified  individual  to
 4    fill  the  vacancy.   Each  list must contain the names of at
 5    least  3  qualified  individuals  who  affiliated  with  each
 6    political party that is eligible for appointment.
 7    (Source: P.A.  91-778,  eff.  1-1-01;  91-798,  eff.  7-9-00;
 8    92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)

 9        Section  20.   The  Eastern  Illinois  University  Law is
10    amended by changing Section 10-15 as follows:

11        (110 ILCS 665/10-15)
12        Sec. 10-15.  Membership;  terms;  vacancies.   The  Board
13    shall  consist of 7 voting members appointed by the Governor,
14    from a list of nominees as provided in this  Section  and  by
15    and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and one voting
16    member  who is a student at Eastern Illinois University.  The
17    student member shall  be  chosen  by  a  campus-wide  student
18    election.   The student member shall serve a term of one year
19    beginning on July 1 of each year,  except  that  the  student
20    member initially selected shall serve a term beginning on the
21    date  of  his  or  her  selection  and  expiring  on the next
22    succeeding June 30.   To  be  eligible  for  selection  as  a
23    student  member  and  to  be  eligible to remain as a student
24    member of the Board, the student member must be a resident of
25    this State, must have and maintain a grade point average that
26    is equivalent to at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale, and must  be  a
27    full  time  student  enrolled  at all times during his or her
28    term of office except for that part of the term which follows
29    the completion of  the  last  full  regular  semester  of  an
30    academic year and precedes the first full regular semester of
31    the  succeeding  academic  year  at the university (sometimes
32    commonly referred to as the summer session or summer school).
 
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 1    If a student member serving on the Board fails to continue to
 2    meet or maintain the residency, minimum grade point  average,
 3    or enrollment requirement established by this Section, his or
 4    her   membership  on  the  Board  shall  be  deemed  to  have
 5    terminated by  operation  of  law.    Of  the  members  first
 6    appointed  by the Governor, 4 shall be appointed for terms to
 7    expire on the third Monday in January, 1999, and 3  shall  be
 8    appointed for terms to expire on the third Monday in January,
 9    2001.   If the Senate is not in session on the effective date
10    of this Article, or if a vacancy in an appointive  membership
11    occurs  at  a  time  when  the  Senate is not in session, the
12    Governor shall make temporary  appointments  until  the  next
13    meeting  of the Senate when he shall nominate persons to fill
14    such memberships for the remainder of their respective terms.
15    No more than 4 of the members appointed by the Governor shall
16    be affiliated with the same  political  party.   Each  member
17    appointed  by  the Governor must be a resident of this State.
18    A failure to meet  or  maintain  this  residency  requirement
19    constitutes  a  resignation from and creates a vacancy in the
20    Board.  Upon the expiration of the terms of members appointed
21    by  the  Governor,  their  respective  successors  shall   be
22    appointed  for  terms  of  6  years  from the third Monday in
23    January of each odd-numbered year.  Any members appointed  to
24    the  Board  shall  continue  to  serve in such capacity until
25    their successors are appointed and qualified.
26        The Governor  must  make  appointments  from  a  list  of
27    nominees submitted to the Governor by the university's alumni
28    association.  If a vacancy will occur because a member's term
29    will end, then the alumni association must submit its list of
30    nominees  to  the Governor at least 90 days before the end of
31    the term.  If a vacancy otherwise occurs, then the  Board  of
32    Trustees must notify the alumni association of the vacancy as
33    soon as possible; the alumni association must then submit its
34    list  of  nominees  to  the  Governor  within  60  days after
 
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 1    receiving notice.  If the alumni association does not  submit
 2    its  list  of nominees to the Governor within the time limit,
 3    then the Governor may appoint  any  qualified  individual  to
 4    fill  the  vacancy.   Each  list must contain the names of at
 5    least  3  qualified  individuals  who  affiliated  with  each
 6    political party that is eligible for appointment.
 7    (Source: P.A.  91-778,  eff.  1-1-01;  91-798,  eff.  7-9-00;
 8    92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)

 9        Section  25.   The  Governors  State  University  Law  is
10    amended by changing Section 15-15 as follows:

11        (110 ILCS 670/15-15)
12        Sec.  15-15.  Membership;  terms;  vacancies.   The Board
13    shall consist of 7 voting members appointed by the  Governor,
14    from  a  list  of nominees as provided in this Section and by
15    and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and one voting
16    member who is a student at Governors State  University.   The
17    student  member  shall  be  chosen  by  a campus-wide student
18    election. The student member shall serve a term of  one  year
19    beginning  on  July  1  of each year, except that the student
20    member initially selected shall serve a term beginning on the
21    date of his  or  her  selection  and  expiring  on  the  next
22    succeeding  June  30.   To  be  eligible  for  selection as a
23    student member and to be eligible  to  remain  as  a  student
24    member of the Board, the student member must be a resident of
25    this State, must have and maintain a grade point average that
26    is  equivalent  to at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale, and must be a
27    student enrolled at all times  during  his  or  her  term  of
28    office  except  for  that  part of the term which follows the
29    completion of the last full regular semester of  an  academic
30    year  and  precedes  the  first  full regular semester of the
31    succeeding  academic  year  at  the   university   (sometimes
32    commonly  referred  to  as the spring/summer semester).  If a
 
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 1    student member serving on the Board fails to continue to meet
 2    or maintain the residency, minimum grade  point  average,  or
 3    enrollment  requirement  established  by this Section, his or
 4    her  membership  on  the  Board  shall  be  deemed  to   have
 5    terminated  by  operation  of  law.   Of  the  members  first
 6    appointed  by the Governor, 4 shall be appointed for terms to
 7    expire on the third Monday in January, 1999, and 3  shall  be
 8    appointed for terms to expire on the third Monday in January,
 9    2001.   If the Senate is not in session on the effective date
10    of this Article, or if a vacancy in an appointive  membership
11    occurs  at  a  time  when  the  Senate is not in session, the
12    Governor shall make temporary  appointments  until  the  next
13    meeting  of the Senate when he shall nominate persons to fill
14    such memberships for the remainder of their respective terms.
15    No more than 4 of the members appointed by the Governor shall
16    be affiliated with the  same  political  party.  Each  member
17    appointed  by  the Governor must be a resident of this State.
18    A failure to meet  or  maintain  this  residency  requirement
19    constitutes  a  resignation from and creates a vacancy in the
20    Board. Upon the expiration of the terms of members  appointed
21    by   the  Governor,  their  respective  successors  shall  be
22    appointed for terms of 6  years  from  the  third  Monday  in
23    January  of  each odd-numbered year. Any members appointed to
24    the Board shall continue to  serve  in  such  capacity  until
25    their successors are appointed and qualified.
26        The  Governor  must  make  appointments  from  a  list of
27    nominees submitted to the Governor by the university's alumni
28    association.  If a vacancy will occur because a member's term
29    will end, then the alumni association must submit its list of
30    nominees to the Governor at least 90 days before the  end  of
31    the  term.   If a vacancy otherwise occurs, then the Board of
32    Trustees must notify the alumni association of the vacancy as
33    soon as possible; the alumni association must then submit its
34    list of  nominees  to  the  Governor  within  60  days  after
 
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 1    receiving  notice.  If the alumni association does not submit
 2    its list of nominees to the Governor within the  time  limit,
 3    then  the  Governor  may  appoint any qualified individual to
 4    fill the vacancy.  Each list must contain  the  names  of  at
 5    least  3  qualified  individuals  who  affiliated  with  each
 6    political party that is eligible for appointment.
 7    (Source:  P.A.  91-778,  eff.  1-1-01;  91-798,  eff. 7-9-00;
 8    92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)

 9        Section 30.  The Illinois State University Law is amended
10    by changing Section 20-15 as follows:

11        (110 ILCS 675/20-15)
12        Sec. 20-15.  Membership;  terms;  vacancies.   The  Board
13    shall  consist of 7 voting members appointed by the Governor,
14    from a list of nominees as provided in this  Section  and  by
15    and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and one voting
16    member  who  is  a student at Illinois State University.  The
17    student member shall  be  chosen  by  a  campus-wide  student
18    election.   The student member shall serve a term of one year
19    beginning on July 1 of each year,  except  that  the  student
20    member initially selected shall serve a term beginning on the
21    date  of  his  or  her  selection  and  expiring  on the next
22    succeeding June 30.  To be eligible to remain  as  a  student
23    member of the Board, the student member must be a resident of
24    this State, must have and maintain a grade point average that
25    is  equivalent  to at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale, and must be a
26    full time student enrolled at all times  during  his  or  her
27    term of office except for that part of the term which follows
28    the  completion  of  the  last  full  regular  semester of an
29    academic year and precedes the first full regular semester of
30    the succeeding academic year  at  the  university  (sometimes
31    commonly referred to as the summer session or summer school).
32    If a student member serving on the Board fails to continue to
 
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 1    meet  or maintain the residency, minimum grade point average,
 2    or enrollment requirement established by this Section, his or
 3    her  membership  on  the  Board  shall  be  deemed  to   have
 4    terminated  by  operation  of  law.   Of  the  members  first
 5    appointed  by the Governor, 4 shall be appointed for terms to
 6    expire on the third Monday in January, 1999, and 3  shall  be
 7    appointed for terms to expire on the third Monday in January,
 8    2001.   If the Senate is not in session on the effective date
 9    of this Article, or if a vacancy in an appointive  membership
10    occurs  at  a  time  when  the  Senate is not in session, the
11    Governor shall make temporary  appointments  until  the  next
12    meeting  of the Senate when he shall nominate persons to fill
13    such memberships for the remainder of their respective terms.
14    No more than 4 of the members appointed by the Governor shall
15    be affiliated with the  same  political  party.  Each  member
16    appointed  by  the Governor must be a resident of this State.
17    A failure to meet  or  maintain  this  residency  requirement
18    constitutes  a  resignation from and creates a vacancy in the
19    Board. Upon the expiration of the terms of members  appointed
20    by   the  Governor,  their  respective  successors  shall  be
21    appointed for terms of 6  years  from  the  third  Monday  in
22    January  of  each odd-numbered year. Any members appointed to
23    the Board shall continue to  serve  in  such  capacity  until
24    their successors are appointed and qualified.
25        The  Governor  must  make  appointments  from  a  list of
26    nominees submitted to the Governor by the university's alumni
27    association.  If a vacancy will occur because a member's term
28    will end, then the alumni association must submit its list of
29    nominees to the Governor at least 90 days before the  end  of
30    the  term.   If a vacancy otherwise occurs, then the Board of
31    Trustees must notify the alumni association of the vacancy as
32    soon as possible; the alumni association must then submit its
33    list of  nominees  to  the  Governor  within  60  days  after
34    receiving  notice.  If the alumni association does not submit
 
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 1    its list of nominees to the Governor within the  time  limit,
 2    then  the  Governor  may  appoint any qualified individual to
 3    fill the vacancy.  Each list must contain  the  names  of  at
 4    least  3  qualified  individuals  who  affiliated  with  each
 5    political party that is eligible for appointment.
 6    (Source:  P.A.  91-778,  eff.  1-1-01;  91-798,  eff. 7-9-00;
 7    92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)

 8        Section 35.  The Northeastern Illinois University Law  is
 9    amended by changing Section 25-15 as follows:

10        (110 ILCS 680/25-15)
11        Sec.  25-15.  Membership;  terms;  vacancies.   The Board
12    shall consist of 9 voting members who are residents  of  this
13    State  and  are  appointed  by  the  Governor, from a list of
14    nominees as provided in this Section  and  by  and  with  the
15    advice  and  consent of the Senate, and one voting member who
16    is  a  student  at  Northeastern  Illinois  University.   The
17    student member shall be elected by a campus-wide election  of
18    all  students  of  the  University.  The student member shall
19    serve a term of one year beginning on July 1  of  each  year,
20    except  that the student member initially selected under this
21    amendatory Act of the 91st General  Assembly  shall  serve  a
22    term  beginning  on  the  date  of  his  or her selection and
23    expiring on the next succeeding June 30.  To be  eligible  to
24    remain  as  a student member of the Board, the student member
25    must be a resident of this State, must have  and  maintain  a
26    grade  point  average that is equivalent to at least 2.5 on a
27    4.0 scale, and must be  a  full  time  undergraduate  student
28    enrolled at all times during his or her term of office except
29    for that part of the term which follows the completion of the
30    last  full  regular semester of an academic year and precedes
31    the first full regular semester of  the  succeeding  academic
32    year at the university (sometimes commonly referred to as the
 
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 1    summer  session  or  summer  school).   If  a  student member
 2    serving on the Board fails to continue to  meet  or  maintain
 3    the  residency,  minimum  grade  point average, or enrollment
 4    requirement  established  by  this  Section,   his   or   her
 5    membership on the Board shall be deemed to have terminated by
 6    operation  of  law.   If any member of the Board appointed by
 7    the Governor fails  to  continue  to  meet  or  maintain  the
 8    residency  requirement established by this Section, he or she
 9    shall  resign  membership  on  the  Board  within   30   days
10    thereafter  and,  failing submission of this resignation, his
11    or her membership on  the  Board  shall  be  deemed  to  have
12    terminated  by  operation  of  law.   Of  the  members  first
13    appointed  by the Governor, 4 shall be appointed for terms to
14    expire on the third Monday in January, 1999 and  until  their
15    successors  are  appointed  and  qualified,  and  3  shall be
16    appointed for terms to expire on the third Monday in January,
17    2001 and until their successors are appointed and  qualified.
18    The  2  additional  members appointed by the Governor, by and
19    with the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Senate,  under  this
20    amendatory  Act  of  the  91st General Assembly, shall not be
21    from the same political party  and  shall  be  appointed  for
22    terms  to  expire  on  the  third Monday in January, 2003 and
23    until their successors  are  appointed  and  qualified.   Any
24    vacancy  in  membership  existing on January 1, 1999 shall be
25    filled by appointment by the Governor, with  the  advice  and
26    consent  of  the  Senate,  for  a term to expire on the third
27    Monday in January, 2003.  If the Senate is not in session  on
28    the  effective  date  of  this Article, or if a vacancy in an
29    appointive membership occurs at a time when the Senate is not
30    in session, the Governor shall make temporary appointments to
31    fill the vacancy.  Members with these temporary  appointments
32    shall be deemed qualified to serve upon appointment and shall
33    continue  to  serve until the next meeting of the Senate when
34    the Governor shall appoint persons to fill such  memberships,
 
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 1    by  and  with  the  advice and consent of the Senate, for the
 2    remainder of their respective terms.  No more than 5  of  the
 3    members  appointed  by  the Governor shall be affiliated with
 4    the same political  party.   Each  member  appointed  by  the
 5    Governor must be a resident of this State.  A failure to meet
 6    or   maintain   this   residency  requirement  constitutes  a
 7    resignation from and creates a vacancy in  the  Board.   Upon
 8    the  expiration  of  the  terms  of  members appointed by the
 9    Governor  for  other  than  temporary   appointments,   their
10    respective  successors  shall  be  appointed, by and with the
11    advice and consent of the Senate, for terms of 6  years  from
12    the  third Monday in January of each odd-numbered year.   Any
13    members appointed to the Board shall  continue  to  serve  in
14    such  capacity  until  their  successors  are  appointed  and
15    qualified.
16        The  Governor  must  make  appointments  from  a  list of
17    nominees submitted to the Governor by the university's alumni
18    association.  If a vacancy will occur because a member's term
19    will end, then the alumni association must submit its list of
20    nominees to the Governor at least 90 days before the  end  of
21    the  term.   If a vacancy otherwise occurs, then the Board of
22    Trustees must notify the alumni association of the vacancy as
23    soon as possible; the alumni association must then submit its
24    list of  nominees  to  the  Governor  within  60  days  after
25    receiving  notice.  If the alumni association does not submit
26    its list of nominees to the Governor within the  time  limit,
27    then  the  Governor  may  appoint any qualified individual to
28    fill the vacancy.  Each list must contain  the  names  of  at
29    least  3  qualified  individuals  who  affiliated  with  each
30    political party that is eligible for appointment.
31    (Source:  P.A.  91-565,  eff.  8-14-99;  91-778, eff. 1-1-01;
32    91-798, eff. 7-9-00; 92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)

33        Section 40.  The  Northern  Illinois  University  Law  is
 
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 1    amended by changing Section 30-15 as follows:

 2        (110 ILCS 685/30-15)
 3        Sec.  30-15.  Membership;  terms;  vacancies.   The Board
 4    shall consist of 7 voting members appointed by the  Governor,
 5    from  a  list  of nominees as provided in this Section and by
 6    and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and one voting
 7    member who is a student at Northern Illinois University.  The
 8    student member shall  be  chosen  by  a  campus-wide  student
 9    election.   The student member shall serve a term of one year
10    beginning on July 1 of each year,  except  that  the  student
11    member initially selected shall serve a term beginning on the
12    date  of  his  or  her  selection  and  expiring  on the next
13    succeeding June 30.  To be eligible to remain  as  a  student
14    member of the Board, the student member must be a resident of
15    this State, must have and maintain a grade point average that
16    is  equivalent  to at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale, and must be a
17    full time student enrolled at all times  during  his  or  her
18    term of office except for that part of the term which follows
19    the  completion  of  the  last  full  regular  semester of an
20    academic year and precedes the first full regular semester of
21    the succeeding academic year  at  the  university  (sometimes
22    commonly referred to as the summer session or summer school).
23    If a student member serving on the Board fails to continue to
24    meet  or maintain the residency, minimum grade point average,
25    or enrollment requirement established by this Section, his or
26    her  membership  on  the  Board  shall  be  deemed  to   have
27    terminated  by  operation  of  law.   Of  the  members  first
28    appointed  by the Governor, 4 shall be appointed for terms to
29    expire on the third Monday in January, 1999, and 3  shall  be
30    appointed for terms to expire on the third Monday in January,
31    2001.   If the Senate is not in session on the effective date
32    of this Article, or if a vacancy in an appointive  membership
33    occurs  at  a  time  when  the  Senate is not in session, the
 
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 1    Governor shall make temporary  appointments  until  the  next
 2    meeting  of the Senate when he shall nominate persons to fill
 3    such memberships for the remainder of their respective terms.
 4    No more than 4 of the members appointed by the Governor shall
 5    be affiliated with the same  political  party.   Each  member
 6    appointed  by  the Governor must be a resident of this State.
 7    A failure to meet  or  maintain  this  residency  requirement
 8    constitutes  a  resignation from and creates a vacancy in the
 9    Board.  Upon the expiration of the terms of members appointed
10    by  the  Governor,  their  respective  successors  shall   be
11    appointed  for  terms  of  6  years  from the third Monday in
12    January of each odd-numbered year.  Any members appointed  to
13    the  Board  shall  continue  to  serve in such capacity until
14    their successors are appointed and qualified.
15        The Governor  must  make  appointments  from  a  list  of
16    nominees submitted to the Governor by the university's alumni
17    association.  If a vacancy will occur because a member's term
18    will end, then the alumni association must submit its list of
19    nominees  to  the Governor at least 90 days before the end of
20    the term.  If a vacancy otherwise occurs, then the  Board  of
21    Trustees must notify the alumni association of the vacancy as
22    soon as possible; the alumni association must then submit its
23    list  of  nominees  to  the  Governor  within  60  days after
24    receiving notice.  If the alumni association does not  submit
25    its  list  of nominees to the Governor within the time limit,
26    then the Governor may appoint  any  qualified  individual  to
27    fill  the  vacancy.   Each  list must contain the names of at
28    least  3  qualified  individuals  who  affiliated  with  each
29    political party that is eligible for appointment.
30    (Source: P.A.  91-778,  eff.  1-1-01;  91-798,  eff.  7-9-00;
31    92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)

32        Section  45.   The  Western  Illinois  University  Law is
33    amended by changing Section 35-15 as follows:
 
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 1        (110 ILCS 690/35-15)
 2        Sec. 35-15.  Membership;  terms;  vacancies.   The  Board
 3    shall  consist of 7 voting members appointed by the Governor,
 4    from a list of nominees as provided in this  Section  and  by
 5    and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and one voting
 6    member  who is a student at Western Illinois University.  The
 7    student member shall  be  chosen  by  a  campus-wide  student
 8    election.   The student member shall serve a term of one year
 9    beginning on July 1 of each year,  except  that  the  student
10    member initially selected shall serve a term beginning on the
11    date  of  his  or  her  selection  and  expiring  on the next
12    succeeding June 30.  To be eligible to remain  as  a  student
13    member of the Board, the student member must be a resident of
14    this State, must have and maintain a grade point average that
15    is  equivalent  to at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale, and must be a
16    full time student enrolled at all times  during  his  or  her
17    term of office except for that part of the term which follows
18    the  completion  of  the  last  full  regular  semester of an
19    academic year and precedes the first full regular semester of
20    the succeeding academic year  at  the  university  (sometimes
21    commonly referred to as the summer session or summer school).
22    If a student member serving on the Board fails to continue to
23    meet  or maintain the residency, minimum grade point average,
24    or enrollment requirement established by this Section, his or
25    her  membership  on  the  Board  shall  be  deemed  to   have
26    terminated  by  operation  of  law.   Of  the  members  first
27    appointed  by the Governor, 4 shall be appointed for terms to
28    expire on the third Monday in January, 1999, and 3  shall  be
29    appointed for terms to expire on the third Monday in January,
30    2001.  If  the Senate is not in session on the effective date
31    of this Article, or if a vacancy in an appointive  membership
32    occurs  at  a  time  when  the  Senate is not in session, the
33    Governor shall make temporary  appointments  until  the  next
34    meeting  of the Senate when he shall nominate persons to fill
 
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 1    such memberships for the remainder of their respective terms.
 2    No more than 4 of the members appointed by the Governor shall
 3    be affiliated with the same  political  party.   Each  member
 4    appointed  by  the Governor must be a resident of this State.
 5    A failure to meet  or  maintain  this  residency  requirement
 6    constitutes  a  resignation from and creates a vacancy in the
 7    Board.  Upon the expiration of the terms of members appointed
 8    by  the  Governor,  their  respective  successors  shall   be
 9    appointed  for  terms  of  6  years  from the third Monday in
10    January of each odd-numbered year. Any members  appointed  to
11    the  Board  shall  continue  to  serve in such capacity until
12    their successors are appointed and qualified.
13        The Governor  must  make  appointments  from  a  list  of
14    nominees submitted to the Governor by the university's alumni
15    association.  If a vacancy will occur because a member's term
16    will end, then the alumni association must submit its list of
17    nominees  to  the Governor at least 90 days before the end of
18    the term.  If a vacancy otherwise occurs, then the  Board  of
19    Trustees must notify the alumni association of the vacancy as
20    soon as possible; the alumni association must then submit its
21    list  of  nominees  to  the  Governor  within  60  days after
22    receiving notice.  If the alumni association does not  submit
23    its  list  of nominees to the Governor within the time limit,
24    then the Governor may appoint  any  qualified  individual  to
25    fill  the  vacancy.   Each  list must contain the names of at
26    least  3  qualified  individuals  who  affiliated  with  each
27    political party that is eligible for appointment.
28    (Source: P.A.  91-778,  eff.  1-1-01;  91-798,  eff.  7-9-00;
29    92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)

30        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
31    becoming law.