(110 ILCS 685/30-15)
Sec. 30-15.
Membership; terms; vacancies.
The Board shall consist of 7
voting members appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, and one voting member who is a student at Northern
Illinois University. The student member shall be chosen by a campus-wide
student election. The student member shall serve a term of one year beginning
on July 1 of each year, except that the student member initially selected shall
serve a term beginning on the date of his or her selection and expiring on the
next succeeding June 30. To be eligible to remain as a student member of the
Board, the student member must be a resident of this State, must have and
maintain a grade point average that is equivalent to at least 2.5 on a 4.0
scale, and must be a full time student enrolled at all times during his or her
term of office except for that part of the term which follows
the completion of the last full regular semester of an academic year and
precedes the first full regular semester of the succeeding academic year at the
university (sometimes commonly referred to as the summer session or summer
school). If a student member serving on the Board fails to continue to meet or
maintain the residency, minimum grade point average, or enrollment requirement
established by this Section, his or her membership on the Board shall be deemed
to have terminated by operation of law. Of the members first appointed by the
Governor, 4 shall be appointed for terms to expire on the third Monday in
January, 1999, and 3 shall be appointed for terms to expire on the third Monday
in January, 2001. If the Senate is not in session on the effective date of
this Article, or if a vacancy in an appointive membership occurs at a time when
the Senate is not in session, the Governor shall make temporary appointments
until the next meeting of the Senate when he shall nominate persons to fill
such memberships for the remainder of their respective terms. No more than 4
of the members appointed by the Governor shall be affiliated with the same
political party. Each member appointed by the Governor must be a resident
of this State. A failure to meet or maintain this residency requirement
constitutes a resignation from and creates a vacancy in the Board. Upon the
expiration of the terms of members appointed by the Governor, their respective
successors shall be appointed for terms of 6 years from the third Monday in
January of each odd-numbered year. Any members appointed to the Board shall
continue to serve in such capacity until their successors are appointed and
qualified.
(Source: P.A. 91-778, eff. 1-1-01;
91-798, eff. 7-9-00; 92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)
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