Full Text of HB0721 95th General Assembly
HB0721 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB0721
Introduced 2/6/2007, by Rep. William B. Black SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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110 ILCS 805/3-8 |
from Ch. 122, par. 103-8 |
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Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that public notice of the schedule of regular meetings of a board of trustees for the next calendar year, as set at the organizational meeting of the board of trustees, must be given at the beginning of that calendar year. Effective July 1, 2007.
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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 Public Community College Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 3-8 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 805/3-8) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-8)
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| 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 |
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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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| 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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| 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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| meetings. It shall then
than enter upon the discharge of its | 4 |
| duties. Public notice of the schedule of regular meetings for | 5 |
| the next calendar year, as set at the organizational meeting, | 6 |
| must be given at the beginning of that calendar year. The terms | 7 |
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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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| 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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| 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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| (Source: P.A. 92-1, eff. 3-30-01; 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 23 |
| 2007.
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