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90_HB2368

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          Amends various Acts relating to  the  governance  of  the
      public  universities in Illinois.  Provides that beginning on
      the effective date of the amendatory Act and  until  July  1,
      2001 the governing board of each public university shall have
      a student member who is entitled to vote on all Board matters
      except  those involving faculty tenure, faculty promotion, or
      an issue on which that student member has a  direct  conflict
      of  interest.   Provides  that  beginning  July  1,  2001 all
      student members of the governing board of a public university
      shall be nonvoting members.  Adds that a student  member  who
      is  not entitled to vote on a measure shall not be considered
      a member for the purpose of determining whether a  quorum  is
      present  at  the  time  that  measure  is  voted  upon.  Adds
      qualifications for selection, designation, and service  as  a
      voting  or  nonvoting  student  member  of a governing Board.
      Provides that on those governing boards that have both voting
      and nonvoting student  members,  the  voting  student  member
      shall  be  designated by the Governor from among the students
      who  are  selected  by  campus   wide   student   referendum.
      Effective immediately.
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 1        AN  ACT relating to membership on the governing boards of
 2    public universities.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.   The  University of Illinois Trustees Act is
 6    amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
 7        (110 ILCS 310/1) (from Ch. 144, par. 41)
 8        Sec. 1.  The Board  of  Trustees  of  the  University  of
 9    Illinois  shall  consist  of  9  trustees  appointed  by  the
10    Governor,  by  and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
11    the Governor, and, until July 1, 2001, one  voting  nonvoting
12    student  member designated by the Governor from one campus of
13    the University and one nonvoting  student  member  from  each
14    campus  of  the  University  not  represented  by  the voting
15    student member.  The Governor  shall  designate  one  of  the
16    student members serving on the Board on the effective date of
17    this  amendatory  Act  of 1997 to serve as the voting student
18    member for the remainder of that student's term on the Board.
19    Beginning on  July  1,  2001,  and  thereafter,  the  student
20    members  of  the  Board  shall  all be nonvoting members, one
21    selected from each campus of the University of Illinois.
22        Each nonvoting student member shall serve a term  of  one
23    year,  beginning on July 1 of each year or on the date of his
24    or her selection, whichever is later,  and  expiring  on  the
25    next  succeeding June 30.  The student members shall have all
26    of the privileges of membership, including the right to  make
27    and  second  motions and to attend executive  sessions, other
28    than the right to vote, except that until July  1,  2001  the
29    student  member  designated  by  the  Governor  as the voting
30    student member shall have the right  to  vote  on  all  Board
31    matters   except  those  involving  faculty  tenure,  faculty
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 1    promotion or any issue on which  the  student  member  has  a
 2    direct  conflict  of interest.  The method of selecting these
 3    student members shall be determined  by  campus-wide  student
 4    referendum,  and any student designated by the Governor to be
 5    a voting student member shall be one of the students selected
 6    by this method.  A student member who is not entitled to vote
 7    on a measure at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  or  any  of  its
 8    committees  shall  not be considered a member for the purpose
 9    of determining whether a quorum is present at the  time  that
10    measure  is  voted upon.  Nonvoting student members shall not
11    be considered members for the purpose of determining a quorum
12    at any meeting of the Board or any of its committees.  To  be
13    eligible for selection as a student member and to be eligible
14    to  remain  as  a  voting  or nonvoting student member of the
15    Board, a student member must be a  resident  of  this  State,
16    must  have  and  maintain  a  grade  point  average  that  is
17    equivalent to at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale, and must be a full
18    time  student enrolled at all times during his or her term of
19    office except  for that part of the term  which  follows  the
20    completion  of  the last full regular semester of an academic
21    year and precedes the first  full  regular  semester  of  the
22    succeeding   academic   year  at  the  university  (sometimes
23    commonly referred to as the summer session or summer school).
24    If a voting or nonvoting student member serving on the  Board
25    fails  to continue to meet or maintain the residency, minimum
26    grade point average, or enrollment requirement established by
27    this Section, his or her membership on  the  Board  shall  be
28    deemed to have terminated by operation of law.
29        The  term of each elected trustee who is in office on the
30    effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995 shall terminate
31    on the second Monday in January, 1996, or when  a  quorum  of
32    the  trustees initially to be appointed under this amendatory
33    Act of  1995  is  appointed  and  qualified,  whichever  last
34    occurs.
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 1        No more than 5 of the 9 trustees members appointed by the
 2    Governor  shall  be affiliated with the same political party.
 3    The term of office of each appointed trustee shall be 6 years
 4    from the third Monday in January of each odd  numbered  year,
 5    except  that  of  the  9  trustees initially appointed by the
 6    Governor, 3 shall be appointed for terms that commence on the
 7    date of their appointment and expire on the second Monday  in
 8    January,  1997;  3 shall be appointed for terms that commence
 9    on the date of their appointment and  expire  on  the  second
10    Monday  in  January, 1999; and 3 shall be appointed for terms
11    that commence on the date of their appointment and expire  on
12    the  second  Monday in January, 2001.  Upon expiration of the
13    terms of the members initially  appointed  by  the  Governor,
14    their respective successors shall be appointed for terms of 6
15    years  from the second Monday in January of each odd numbered
16    year and until their respective successors are appointed  and
17    qualified.
18        Vacancies  shall  be filled for the unexpired term in the
19    same manner  as  original  appointments.   If  a  vacancy  in
20    membership  occurs  at  a  time  when  the  Senate  is not in
21    session, the Governor shall make temporary appointments until
22    the next meeting of the Senate, when he shall appoint persons
23    to  fill  such  memberships  for  the  remainder   of   their
24    respective  terms.   If  the  Senate  is  not in session when
25    appointments for a full term are made, appointments shall  be
26    made as in the case of vacancies.
27        No  action of the board shall be invalidated by reason of
28    any vacancies on the board, or by reason of  any  failure  to
29    select nonvoting student members.
30    (Source:  P.A.  89-4,  eff.  7-1-95  (eff.  date changed from
31    1-1-96 by P.A. 89-24); 89-5, eff. 1-1-96.)
32        Section 10.  The Southern Illinois University  Management
33    Act is amended by changing Sections 2 and 5 as follows:
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 1        (110 ILCS 520/2) (from Ch. 144, par. 652)
 2        Sec. 2. The Board shall consist of 7 members appointed by
 3    the  Governor,  by  and  with  the  advice and consent of the
 4    Senate, the Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  or  his
 5    chief  assistant  for  liaison  with  higher  education  when
 6    designated to serve in his place, ex-officio, and, until July
 7    1, 2001, one voting student member designated by the Governor
 8    from  one  campus of the University and one nonvoting student
 9    member from the campus of the University not  represented  by
10    the  voting student member.  The Governor shall designate one
11    of the student members serving on the Board on the  effective
12    date  of  this amendatory Act of  1997 to serve as the voting
13    student member for the remainder of that  student's  term  on
14    the  Board.  Beginning on July 1, 2001, and thereafter, the 2
15    student members of the Board shall be  nonvoting  members,  2
16    nonvoting   student  members  each  to  be  selected  by  the
17    respective  campuses  of  Southern  Illinois  University   at
18    Carbondale  and  Edwardsville.  The method of selecting these
19    student members shall be determined  by  campus-wide  student
20    referendum,  and any student designated by the Governor to be
21    a voting student member shall be one of the students selected
22    by this method.  The student members shall serve terms of one
23    year beginning on July  1  of  each  year,  except  that  the
24    student   members  initially  selected  shall  serve  a  term
25    beginning on the date of such selection and expiring  on  the
26    next  succeeding  June  30. To be eligible for selection as a
27    student member and to be eligible to remain as  a  voting  or
28    nonvoting  student member of the Board, a student member must
29    be a resident of this State, must have and maintain  a  grade
30    point  average  that  is  equivalent to at least 2.5 on a 4.0
31    scale, and must be a full time student enrolled  at all times
32    during his or her term of office except for that part of  the
33    term  which  follows  the completion of the last full regular
34    semester of an academic year  and  precedes  the  first  full
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 1    regular  semester  of  the  succeeding  academic  year at the
 2    university (sometimes commonly  referred  to  as  the  summer
 3    session  or summer school).  If a voting or nonvoting student
 4    member serving on the Board fails  to  continue  to  meet  or
 5    maintain  the  residency,  minimum  grade  point  average, or
 6    enrollment requirement established by this  Section,  his  or
 7    her   membership  on  the  Board  shall  be  deemed  to  have
 8    terminated by operation of law. No more than 4 of the members
 9    appointed by the Governor shall be affiliated with  the  same
10    political  party. Upon the expiration of the terms of members
11    appointed by the Governor, their respective successors  shall
12    be  appointed  for  terms of 6 years from the third Monday in
13    January of each odd-numbered year and until their  respective
14    successors are appointed for like terms. If the Senate is not
15    in  session  appointments  shall  be  made  as in the case of
16    vacancies.
17    (Source: P.A. 78-822.)
18        (110 ILCS 520/5) (from Ch. 144, par. 655)
19        Sec. 5.  Members of the Board  shall  elect  annually  by
20    secret  ballot  from  their  own  number a chairman who shall
21    preside over meetings of the Board and a secretary.
22        Meetings of the Board shall be held at  least  once  each
23    quarter  on  a campus of Southern Illinois University. At all
24    regular meetings of the Board, a majority of its voting  four
25    members  shall  constitute  a  quorum.  The nonvoting student
26    members shall have  all  of  the  privileges  of  membership,
27    including  the right to make and second motions and to attend
28    executive sessions, other than the right to vote, except that
29    until July 1, 2001  the  student  member  designated  by  the
30    Governor as the voting student member shall have the right to
31    vote  on  all  Board  matters  except those involving faculty
32    tenure, faculty promotion or any issue on which  the  student
33    member  has  a direct conflict of interest.  A student member
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 1    who is not entitled to vote on a measure at a meeting  of the
 2    Board or any of its committees  shall  not  be  considered  a
 3    member  for  the  purpose  of determining whether a quorum is
 4    present at the time that measure is  voted  upon.,  but  they
 5    shall   not   be   considered  members  for  the  purpose  of
 6    determining a quorum at any meeting of  the Board or  any  of
 7    its  committees.  No action of the Board shall be invalidated
 8    by reason of any vacancies on the Board, or by reason of  any
 9    failure to select a nonvoting student member.
10        Special  meetings  of  the  Board  may  be  called by the
11    chairman of the Board or by any 3 members of the Board.
12    (Source: P.A. 80-730.)
13        Section 15.  The Chicago State University Law is  amended
14    by changing Sections 5-15 and 5-25 as follows:
15        (110 ILCS 660/5-15)
16        Sec.  5-15.  Membership;  terms;  vacancies.   The  Board
17    shall  consist  of 7 voting members appointed by the Governor
18    by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and,  until
19    July 1, 2001, one voting nonvoting member who is a student at
20    Chicago  State University.  The student member serving on the
21    Board on the effective date of this amendatory  Act  of  1997
22    shall  be a voting student member for the remainder of his or
23    her term on the Board.    Beginning  on  July  1,  2001,  and
24    thereafter,  the  student  member  of  the  Board  shall be a
25    nonvoting member. The method of selecting the student  member
26    shall  continue  to  be  determined  by a campus-wide student
27    referendum. The student member shall serve a term of one year
28    beginning on July 1 of each year,  except  that  the  student
29    member initially selected shall serve a term beginning on the
30    date  of  his  or  her  selection  and  expiring  on the next
31    succeeding June 30. To be eligible for selection as a student
32    member and to be eligible to remain as a  student  member  of
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 1    the  Board,  the  student  member  must be a resident of this
 2    State, must have and maintain a grade point average  that  is
 3    equivalent to at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale, and must be a full
 4    time  student enrolled at all times during his or her term of
 5    office except for that part of the  term  which  follows  the
 6    completion  of  the last full regular semester of an academic
 7    year and precedes the first  full  regular  semester  of  the
 8    succeeding   academic   year  at  the  university  (sometimes
 9    commonly referred to as the summer session or summer school).
10    If a student member serving on the Board fails to continue to
11    meet or maintain the residency, minimum grade point  average,
12    or enrollment requirement established by this Section, his or
13    her   membership  on  the  Board  shall  be  deemed  to  have
14    terminated  by  operation  of  law.  Of  the  members   first
15    appointed  by the Governor, 4 shall be appointed for terms to
16    expire on the third Monday in January, 1999, and 3  shall  be
17    appointed for terms to expire on the third Monday in January,
18    2001.   If the Senate is not in session on the effective date
19    of this Article, or if a vacancy in an appointive  membership
20    occurs  at  a  time  when  the  Senate is not in session, the
21    Governor shall make temporary  appointments  until  the  next
22    meeting  of the Senate when he shall nominate persons to fill
23    such memberships for the remainder of their respective terms.
24    No more than 4 of the members appointed by the Governor shall
25    be  affiliated  with  the  same  political  party.  Upon  the
26    expiration of the terms of members appointed by the Governor,
27    their respective successors shall be appointed for terms of 6
28    years from the third Monday in January of  each  odd-numbered
29    year  and until their respective successors are appointed for
30    like terms.
31    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
32        (110 ILCS 660/5-25)
33        Sec. 5-25.  Officers; meetings.   Members  of  the  Board
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 1    shall elect annually by secret ballot from their own number a
 2    chairman  who  shall preside over meetings of the Board and a
 3    secretary.
 4        Meetings of the Board shall be held at  least  once  each
 5    quarter on the campus of Chicago State University at Chicago,
 6    Illinois. At all regular meetings of the Board, a majority of
 7    its  4  members  shall  constitute  a  quorum.  The nonvoting
 8    student  member  shall  have  all  of   the   privileges   of
 9    membership,  including  the right to make and second motions,
10    and to attend executive sessions,  and  until  July  1,  2001
11    other  than  the  right  to  vote on all Board matters except
12    those involving faculty  tenure,  faculty  promotion  or  any
13    issue  on  which  the student member has a direct conflict of
14    interest.  Unless the student member is entitled to vote on a
15    measure at a meeting of the Board or any of  its  committees,
16    he or she shall not be considered a member for the purpose of
17    determining  whether  a  quorum  is  present at the time that
18    measure is voted upon., but the student member shall  not  be
19    considered  a  member for purposes of determining a quorum at
20    any meeting of the Board or any of its committees. No  action
21    of  the Board shall be invalidated by reason of any vacancies
22    on the Board  or  by  reason  of  any  failure  to  select  a
23    nonvoting student member.
24        Special  meetings  of  the  Board  may  be  called by the
25    chairman of the Board or by any 3 members of the Board.
26    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
27        Section  20.  The  Eastern  Illinois  University  Law  is
28    amended by changing Sections 10-15 and 10-25 as follows:
29        (110 ILCS 665/10-15)
30        Sec. 10-15.  Membership;  terms;  vacancies.   The  Board
31    shall  consist  of 7 voting members appointed by the Governor
32    by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and,  until
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 1    July 1, 2001, one voting nonvoting member who is a student at
 2    Eastern  Illinois  University.  The student member serving on
 3    the Board on the effective date of  this  amendatory  Act  of
 4    1997  shall  be  a voting student member for the remainder of
 5    his or her term on the Board.  Beginning on July 1, 2001, and
 6    thereafter, the student  member  of  the  Board  shall  be  a
 7    nonvoting  member. The method of selecting the student member
 8    shall continue to be  determined  by  a  campus-wide  student
 9    referendum. 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 for selection as a student
14    member  and  to  be eligible to remain as a student member of
15    the Board, the student member must  be  a  resident  of  this
16    State,  must  have and maintain a grade point average that is
17    equivalent to at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale, and must be a full
18    time student enrolled  at all times during his or her term of
19    office except for that part of the  term  which  follows  the
20    completion  of  the last full regular semester of an academic
21    year and precedes the first  full  regular  semester  of  the
22    succeeding   academic   year  at  the  university  (sometimes
23    commonly referred to as the summer session or summer school).
24    If a student member serving on the Board fails to continue to
25    meet or maintain the residency, minimum grade point  average,
26    or enrollment requirement established by this Section, his or
27    her   membership  on  the  Board  shall  be  deemed  to  have
28    terminated  by  operation  of  law.  Of  the  members   first
29    appointed  by the Governor, 4 shall be appointed for terms to
30    expire on the third Monday in January, 1999, and 3  shall  be
31    appointed for terms to expire on the third Monday in January,
32    2001.   If the Senate is not in session on the effective date
33    of this Article, or if a vacancy in an appointive  membership
34    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.  Upon  the
 6    expiration of the terms of members appointed by the Governor,
 7    their respective successors shall be appointed for terms of 6
 8    years from the third Monday in January of  each  odd-numbered
 9    year  and until their respective successors are appointed for
10    like terms.
11    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
12        (110 ILCS 665/10-25)
13        Sec. 10-25.  Officers; meetings.  Members  of  the  Board
14    shall elect annually by secret ballot from their own number a
15    chairman  who  shall preside over meetings of the Board and a
16    secretary.
17        Meetings of the Board shall be held at  least  once  each
18    quarter  on  the  campus  of  Eastern  Illinois University at
19    Charleston, Illinois. At all regular meetings of the Board, a
20    majority of its 4 members  shall  constitute  a  quorum.  The
21    nonvoting  student member shall have all of the privileges of
22    membership, including the right to make and  second  motions,
23    and  to  attend  executive  sessions,  and until July 1, 2001
24    other than the right to vote  on  all  Board  matters  except
25    those  involving  faculty  tenure,  faculty  promotion or any
26    issue on which the student member has a  direct  conflict  of
27    interest.  Unless the student member is entitled to vote on a
28    measure  at a  meeting of the Board or any of its committees,
29    he or she shall not be considered a member for the purpose of
30    determining whether a quorum is  present  at  the  time  that
31    measure  is  voted upon., but the student member shall not be
32    considered a member for purposes of determining a  quorum  at
33    any meeting of the Board or any of its committees.  No action
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 1    of  the Board shall be invalidated by reason of any vacancies
 2    on the Board  or  by  reason  of  any  failure  to  select  a
 3    nonvoting student member.
 4        Special  meetings  of  the  Board  may  be  called by the
 5    chairman of the Board or by any 3 members of the Board.
 6    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
 7        Section  25.  The  Governors  State  University  Law   is
 8    amended by changing Sections 15-15 and 15-25 as follows:
 9        (110 ILCS 670/15-15)
10        Sec.  15-15.  Membership;  terms;  vacancies.   The Board
11    shall consist of 7 voting members appointed by  the  Governor
12    by  and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and, until
13    July 1, 2001, one voting nonvoting member who is a student at
14    Governors State University.  The student  member  serving  on
15    the  Board  on  the  effective date of this amendatory Act of
16    1997 shall be a voting student member for  the  remainder  of
17    his or her term on the Board.  Beginning on July 1, 2001, and
18    thereafter,  the  student  member  of  the  Board  shall be a
19    nonvoting member. The method of selecting the student  member
20    shall  continue  to  be  determined  by a campus-wide student
21    referendum.  The student member shall serve  a  term  of  one
22    year  beginning  on  July  1  of  each  year, except that the
23    student  member  initially  selected  shall  serve   a   term
24    beginning on the date of his or her selection and expiring on
25    the  next succeeding June 30. To be eligible for selection as
26    a student member and to be eligible to remain  as  a  student
27    member of the Board, the student member must be a resident of
28    this State, must have and maintain a grade point average that
29    is  equivalent  to at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale, and must be a
30    full time student enrolled at all times  during  his  or  her
31    term of office except for that part of the term which follows
32    the  completion  of  the  last  full  regular  semester of an
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 1    academic year and precedes the first full regular semester of
 2    the succeeding academic year  at  the  university  (sometimes
 3    commonly  referred  to  as the spring/summer semester).  If a
 4    student member serving on the Board fails to continue to meet
 5    or maintain the residency, minimum grade  point  average,  or
 6    enrollment  requirement  established  by this Section, his or
 7    her  membership  on  the  Board  shall  be  deemed  to   have
 8    terminated   by  operation  of  law.  Of  the  members  first
 9    appointed by the Governor, 4 shall be appointed for terms  to
10    expire  on  the third Monday in January, 1999, and 3 shall be
11    appointed for terms to expire on the third Monday in January,
12    2001.  If the Senate is not in session on the effective  date
13    of  this Article, or if a vacancy in an appointive membership
14    occurs at a time when the  Senate  is  not  in  session,  the
15    Governor  shall  make  temporary  appointments until the next
16    meeting of the Senate when he shall nominate persons to  fill
17    such memberships for the remainder of their respective terms.
18    No more than 4 of the members appointed by the Governor shall
19    be  affiliated  with  the  same  political  party.  Upon  the
20    expiration of the terms of members appointed by the Governor,
21    their respective successors shall be appointed for terms of 6
22    years  from  the third Monday in January of each odd-numbered
23    year and until their respective successors are appointed  for
24    like terms.
25    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
26        (110 ILCS 670/15-25)
27        Sec.  15-25.  Officers;  meetings.   Members of the Board
28    shall elect annually by secret ballot from their own number a
29    chairman who shall preside over meetings of the Board  and  a
30    secretary.
31        Meetings  of  the  Board shall be held at least once each
32    quarter on  the  campus  of  Governors  State  University  at
33    University  Park,  Illinois.  At  all regular meetings of the
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 1    Board, a majority of its 4 members shall constitute a quorum.
 2    The nonvoting student member shall have all of the privileges
 3    of  membership,  including  the  right  to  make  and  second
 4    motions, and to attend executive sessions, and until July  1,
 5    2001 other than the right to vote on all Board matters except
 6    those  involving  faculty  tenure,  faculty  promotion or any
 7    issue on which the student member has a  direct  conflict  of
 8    interest.  Unless the student member is entitled to vote on a
 9    measure  at  a meeting of the Board or any of its committees,
10    he or she shall not be considered a member for the purpose of
11    determining whether a quorum is  present  at  the  time  that
12    measure  is  voted upon., but the student member shall not be
13    considered a member for purposes of determining a  quorum  at
14    any meeting of the Board or any of its committees.  No action
15    of  the Board shall be invalidated by reason of any vacancies
16    on the Board  or  by  reason  of  any  failure  to  select  a
17    nonvoting student member.
18        Special  meetings  of  the  Board  may  be  called by the
19    chairman of the Board or by any 3 members of the Board.
20    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 89-552, eff. 7-26-96.)
21        Section 30.  The Illinois State University Law is amended
22    by changing Sections 20-15 and 20-25 as follows:
23        (110 ILCS 675/20-15)
24        Sec. 20-15.  Membership;  terms;  vacancies.   The  Board
25    shall  consist  of 7 voting members appointed by the Governor
26    by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and,  until
27    July 1, 2001, one voting nonvoting member who is a student at
28    Illinois State University.  The student member serving on the
29    Board  on  the  effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997
30    shall be a voting student member for the remainder of his  or
31    her  term  on  the  Board.   Beginning  on  July 1, 2001, and
32    thereafter, the student  member  of  the  Board  shall  be  a
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 1    nonvoting  member. The method of selecting the student member
 2    shall continue to be  determined  by  a  campus-wide  student
 3    referendum. The student member shall serve a term of one year
 4    beginning  on  July  1  of each year, except that the student
 5    member initially selected shall serve a term beginning on the
 6    date of his  or  her  selection  and  expiring  on  the  next
 7    succeeding  June  30.  To  be eligible to remain as a student
 8    member of the Board, the student member must be a resident of
 9    this State, must have and maintain a grade point average that
10    is equivalent to at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale, and must  be  a
11    full  time  student  enrolled  at all times during his or her
12    term of office except for that part of the term which follows
13    the completion of  the  last  full  regular  semester  of  an
14    academic year and precedes the first full regular semester of
15    the  succeeding  academic  year  at the university (sometimes
16    commonly referred to as the summer session or summer school).
17    If a student member serving on the Board fails to continue to
18    meet or maintain the residency, minimum grade point  average,
19    or enrollment requirement established by this Section, his or
20    her   membership  on  the  Board  shall  be  deemed  to  have
21    terminated  by  operation  of  law.  Of  the  members   first
22    appointed  by the Governor, 4 shall be appointed for terms to
23    expire on the third Monday in January, 1999, and 3  shall  be
24    appointed for terms to expire on the third Monday in January,
25    2001.   If the Senate is not in session on the effective date
26    of this Article, or if a vacancy in an appointive  membership
27    occurs  at  a  time  when  the  Senate is not in session, the
28    Governor shall make temporary  appointments  until  the  next
29    meeting  of the Senate when he shall nominate persons to fill
30    such memberships for the remainder of their respective terms.
31    No more than 4 of the members appointed by the Governor shall
32    be  affiliated  with  the  same  political  party.  Upon  the
33    expiration of the terms of members appointed by the Governor,
34    their respective successors shall be appointed for terms of 6
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 1    years from the third Monday in January of  each  odd-numbered
 2    year  and until their respective successors are appointed for
 3    like terms.
 4    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
 5        (110 ILCS 675/20-25)
 6        Sec. 20-25.  Officers; meetings.  Members  of  the  Board
 7    shall elect annually by secret ballot from their own number a
 8    chairman  who  shall preside over meetings of the Board and a
 9    secretary.
10        Meetings of the Board shall be held at  least  once  each
11    quarter on the campus of Illinois State University at Normal,
12    Illinois. At all regular meetings of the Board, a majority of
13    its  4  members  shall  constitute  a  quorum.  The nonvoting
14    student  member  shall  have  all  of   the   privileges   of
15    membership,  including  the right to make and second motions,
16    and to attend executive sessions,  and  until  July  1,  2001
17    other  than  the  right  to  vote on all Board matters except
18    those  involving faculty tenure,  faculty  promotion  or  any
19    issue  on  which  the student member has a direct conflict of
20    interest.  Unless the student member is entitled to vote on a
21    measure at a meeting of the Board or any of  its  committees,
22    he or she shall not be considered a member for the purpose of
23    determining  whether  a  quorum  is  present at the time that
24    measure is voted upon., but the student member shall  not  be
25    considered  a  member for purposes of determining a quorum at
26    any meeting of the Board or any of its committees.  No action
27    of the Board shall be invalidated by reason of any  vacancies
28    on  the  Board  or  by  reason  of  any  failure  to select a
29    nonvoting student member.
30        Special meetings of  the  Board  may  be  called  by  the
31    chairman of the Board or by any 3 members of the Board.
32    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
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 1        Section  35.  The Northeastern Illinois University Law is
 2    amended by changing Sections 25-15 and 25-25 as follows:
 3        (110 ILCS 680/25-15)
 4        Sec. 25-15.  Membership;  terms;  vacancies.   The  Board
 5    shall  consist  of 7 voting members appointed by the Governor
 6    by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and,  until
 7    July 1, 2001, one voting nonvoting member who is a student at
 8    Northeastern Illinois University.  The student member serving
 9    on  the Board on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
10    1997 shall be a voting student member for  the  remainder  of
11    his or her term on the Board.  Beginning on July 1, 2001, and
12    thereafter,  the  student  member  of  the  Board  shall be a
13    nonvoting member. The method of selecting the student  member
14    shall  continue  to  be  determined  by a campus-wide student
15    referendum.  The student member shall serve  a  term  of  one
16    year  beginning  on  July  1  of  each  year, except that the
17    student  member  initially  selected  shall  serve   a   term
18    beginning on the date of his or her selection and expiring on
19    the  next  succeeding  June 30. To be eligible to remain as a
20    student member of the Board, the student  member  must  be  a
21    resident  of this State, must have and maintain a grade point
22    average that is equivalent to at least 2.5 on  a  4.0  scale,
23    and must be a full time student enrolled  at all times during
24    his  or  her  term of office except for that part of the term
25    which  follows  the  completion  of  the  last  full  regular
26    semester of an academic year  and  precedes  the  first  full
27    regular  semester  of  the  succeeding  academic  year at the
28    university (sometimes commonly  referred  to  as  the  summer
29    session  or  summer  school).  If a student member serving on
30    the  Board  fails  to  continue  to  meet  or  maintain   the
31    residency,   minimum   grade  point  average,  or  enrollment
32    requirement  established  by  this  Section,   his   or   her
33    membership on the Board shall be deemed to have terminated by
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 1    operation  of  law.  Of  the  members  first appointed by the
 2    Governor, 4 shall be appointed for terms  to  expire  on  the
 3    third  Monday  in January, 1999, and 3 shall be appointed for
 4    terms to expire on the third Monday in January, 2001.  If the
 5    Senate is not in  session  on  the  effective  date  of  this
 6    Article,  or  if a vacancy in an appointive membership occurs
 7    at a time when the Senate is not  in  session,  the  Governor
 8    shall  make  temporary appointments until the next meeting of
 9    the Senate when  he  shall  nominate  persons  to  fill  such
10    memberships  for  the remainder of their respective terms. No
11    more than 4 of the members appointed by the Governor shall be
12    affiliated with the same political party. Upon the expiration
13    of the terms of members  appointed  by  the  Governor,  their
14    respective successors shall be appointed for terms of 6 years
15    from  the  third  Monday in January of each odd-numbered year
16    and until their respective successors are appointed for  like
17    terms.
18    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
19        (110 ILCS 680/25-25)
20        Sec.  25-25.  Officers;  meetings.   Members of the Board
21    shall elect annually by secret ballot from their own number a
22    chairman who shall preside over meetings of the Board  and  a
23    secretary.
24        Meetings  of  the  Board shall be held at least once each
25    quarter on the campus of Northeastern Illinois University  at
26    Chicago,  Illinois.  At  all regular meetings of the Board, a
27    majority of its 4 members  shall  constitute  a  quorum.  The
28    nonvoting  student member shall have all of the privileges of
29    membership, including the right to make and  second  motions,
30    and  to  attend  executive  sessions,  and until July 1, 2001
31    other than the right to vote  on  all  Board  matters  except
32    those  involving  faculty  tenure,  faculty  promotion or any
33    issue on which the student member has a  direct  conflict  of
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 1    interest.  Unless the student member is entitled to vote on a
 2    measure  at  a meeting of the Board or any of its committees,
 3    he or she shall not be considered a member for the purpose of
 4    determining whether a quorum is  present  at  the  time  that
 5    measure  is voted  upon., but the student member shall not be
 6    considered a member for purposes of determining a  quorum  at
 7    any meeting of the Board or any of its committees.  No action
 8    of  the Board shall be invalidated by reason of any vacancies
 9    on the Board  or  by  reason  of  any  failure  to  select  a
10    nonvoting student member.
11        Special  meetings  of  the  Board  may  be  called by the
12    chairman of the Board or by any 3 members of the Board.
13    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
14        Section 40.  The  Northern  Illinois  University  Law  is
15    amended by changing Sections 30-15 and 30-25 as follows:
16        (110 ILCS 685/30-15)
17        Sec.  30-15.  Membership;  terms;  vacancies.   The Board
18    shall consist of 7 voting members appointed by  the  Governor
19    by  and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and, until
20    July 1, 2001, one voting nonvoting member who is a student at
21    Northern Illinois University.  The student member serving  on
22    the  Board  on  the  effective date of this amendatory Act of
23    1997 shall be a voting student member for  the  remainder  of
24    his or her term on the Board.  Beginning on July 1, 2001, and
25    thereafter,  the  student  member  of  the  Board  shall be a
26    nonvoting member. The method of selecting the student  member
27    shall  continue  to  be  determined  by a campus-wide student
28    referendum. The student member shall serve a term of one year
29    beginning on July 1 of each year,  except  that  the  student
30    member initially selected shall serve a term beginning on the
31    date  of  his  or  her  selection  and  expiring  on the next
32    succeeding June 30. To be eligible to  remain  as  a  student
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 1    member of the Board, the student member must be a resident of
 2    this State, must have and maintain a grade point average that
 3    is  equivalent  to at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale, and must be a
 4    full time student enrolled  at all times during  his  or  her
 5    term of office except for that part of the term which follows
 6    the  completion  of  the  last  full  regular  semester of an
 7    academic year and precedes the first full regular semester of
 8    the succeeding academic year  at  the  university  (sometimes
 9    commonly referred to as the summer session or summer school).
10    If a student member serving on the Board fails to continue to
11    meet  or maintain the residency, minimum grade point average,
12    or enrollment requirement established by this Section, his or
13    her  membership  on  the  Board  shall  be  deemed  to   have
14    terminated   by  operation  of  law.  Of  the  members  first
15    appointed by the Governor, 4 shall be appointed for terms  to
16    expire  on  the third Monday in January, 1999, and 3 shall be
17    appointed for terms to expire on the third Monday in January,
18    2001.  If the Senate is not in session on the effective  date
19    of  this Article, or if a vacancy in an appointive membership
20    occurs at a time when the  Senate  is  not  in  session,  the
21    Governor  shall  make  temporary  appointments until the next
22    meeting of the Senate when he shall nominate persons to  fill
23    such memberships for the remainder of their respective terms.
24    No more than 4 of the members appointed by the Governor shall
25    be  affiliated  with  the  same  political  party.  Upon  the
26    expiration of the terms of members appointed by the Governor,
27    their respective successors shall be appointed for terms of 6
28    years  from  the third Monday in January of each odd-numbered
29    year and until their respective successors are appointed  for
30    like terms.
31    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
32        (110 ILCS 685/30-25)
33        Sec.  30-25.  Officers;  meetings.   Members of the Board
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 1    shall elect annually by secret ballot from their own number a
 2    chairman who shall preside over meetings of the Board  and  a
 3    secretary.
 4        Meetings  of  the  Board shall be held at least once each
 5    quarter on the campus  of  Northern  Illinois  University  at
 6    Dekalb,  Illinois  or  on any other University-owned property
 7    located in the State. At all regular meetings of the Board, a
 8    majority of its 4 members  shall  constitute  a  quorum.  The
 9    nonvoting  student member shall have all of the privileges of
10    membership, including the right to make and  second  motions,
11    and  to  attend  executive  sessions,  and until July 1, 2001
12    other than the right to vote  on  all  Board  matters  except
13    those  involving  faculty  tenure,  faculty  promotion or any
14    issue on which the student member has a  direct  conflict  of
15    interest.  Unless the student member is entitled to vote on a
16    measure  at a  meeting of the Board or any of its committees,
17    he or she shall not be considered a member for the purpose of
18    determining whether a quorum is  present  at  the  time  that
19    measure  is  voted upon., but the student member shall not be
20    considered a member for purposes of determining a  quorum  at
21    any meeting of the Board or any of its committees.  No action
22    of  the Board shall be invalidated by reason of any vacancies
23    on the Board  or  by  reason  of  any  failure  to  select  a
24    nonvoting student member.
25        Special  meetings  of  the  Board  may  be  called by the
26    chairman of the Board or by any 3 members of the Board.
27    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 89-552, eff. 7-26-96.)
28        Section  45.  The  Western  Illinois  University  Law  is
29    amended by changing Sections 35-15 and 35-25 as follows:
30        (110 ILCS 690/35-15)
31        Sec. 35-15.  Membership;  terms;  vacancies.   The  Board
32    shall  consist  of 7 voting members appointed by the Governor
                            -21-               LRB9007416THpk
 1    by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and,  until
 2    July 1, 2001, one voting nonvoting member who is a student at
 3    Western  Illinois  University.  The student member serving on
 4    the Board on the effective date of  this  amendatory  Act  of
 5    1997  shall  be  a voting student member for the remainder of
 6    his or her term on the Board.  Beginning on July 1, 2001, and
 7    thereafter,  the student member  of  the  Board  shall  be  a
 8    nonvoting  member. The method of selecting the student member
 9    shall continue to be  determined  by  a  campus-wide  student
10    referendum. The student member shall serve a term of one year
11    beginning  on  July  1  of each year, except that the student
12    member initially selected shall serve a term beginning on the
13    date of his  or  her  selection  and  expiring  on  the  next
14    succeeding  June  30.  To  be eligible to remain as a student
15    member of the Board, the student member must be a resident of
16    this State, must have and maintain a grade point average that
17    is equivalent to at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale, and must  be  a
18    full  time  student  enrolled  at all times during his or her
19    term of office except for that part of the term which follows
20    the completion of  the  last  full  regular  semester  of  an
21    academic year and precedes the first full regular semester of
22    the  succeeding  academic  year  at the university (sometimes
23    commonly referred to as the summer session or summer school).
24    If a student member serving on the Board fails to continue to
25    meet or maintain the residency, minimum grade point  average,
26    or enrollment requirement established by this Section, his or
27    her   membership  on  the  Board  shall  be  deemed  to  have
28    terminated  by  operation  of  law.  Of  the  members   first
29    appointed  by the Governor, 4 shall be appointed for terms to
30    expire on the third Monday in January, 1999, and 3  shall  be
31    appointed for terms to expire on the third Monday in January,
32    2001.   If the Senate is not in session on the effective date
33    of this Article, or if a vacancy in an appointive  membership
34    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.  Upon  the
 6    expiration of the terms of members appointed by the Governor,
 7    their respective successors shall be appointed for terms of 6
 8    years from the third Monday in January of  each  odd-numbered
 9    year  and until their respective successors are appointed for
10    like terms.
11    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
12        (110 ILCS 690/35-25)
13        Sec. 35-25.  Officers; meetings.  Members  of  the  Board
14    shall elect annually by secret ballot from their own number a
15    chairman  who  shall preside over meetings of the Board and a
16    secretary.
17        Meetings of the Board shall be held at  least  once  each
18    quarter  on  the  campus  of  Western  Illinois University at
19    Macomb, Illinois. At all regular meetings  of  the  Board,  a
20    majority  of  its  4  members  shall constitute a quorum. The
21    nonvoting student member shall have all of the privileges  of
22    membership,  including  the right to make and second motions,
23    and to attend executive sessions,  and  until  July  1,  2001
24    other  than  the  right  to  vote on all Board matters except
25    those involving faculty  tenure,  faculty  promotion  or  any
26    issue  on  which  the student member has a direct conflict of
27    interest.  Unless the student member is entitled to vote on a
28    measure at a meeting of the Board or any of  its  committees,
29    he or she shall not be considered a member for the purpose of
30    determining  whether  a  quorum  is  present at the time that
31    measure is voted upon., but the student member shall  not  be
32    considered  a  member for purposes of determining a quorum at
33    any meeting of the Board or any of its committees.  No action
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 1    of the Board shall be invalidated by reason of any  vacancies
 2    on  the  Board  or  by  reason  of  any  failure  to select a
 3    nonvoting student member.
 4        Special meetings of  the  Board  may  be  called  by  the
 5    chairman of the Board or by any 3 members of the Board.
 6    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
 7        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 8    becoming law.
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 1                                INDEX
 2               Statutes amended in order of appearance
 3    110 ILCS 310/1            from Ch. 144, par. 41
 4    110 ILCS 520/2            from Ch. 144, par. 652
 5    110 ILCS 520/5            from Ch. 144, par. 655
 6    110 ILCS 660/5-15
 7    110 ILCS 660/5-25
 8    110 ILCS 665/10-15
 9    110 ILCS 665/10-25
10    110 ILCS 670/15-15
11    110 ILCS 670/15-25
12    110 ILCS 675/20-15
13    110 ILCS 675/20-25
14    110 ILCS 680/25-15
15    110 ILCS 680/25-25
16    110 ILCS 685/30-15
17    110 ILCS 685/30-25
18    110 ILCS 690/35-15
19    110 ILCS 690/35-25

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