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90_HB3690 New Act 110 ILCS 205/10 from Ch. 144, par. 190 Creates the Tuition Increase Moratorium Act and amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Prohibits the governing boards of all public universities of the State from increasing or authorizing an increase in the rate of undergraduate or graduate tuition charged at any campus for any period of any academic year that begins on or after the amendatory Act's effective date and that ends on or before September 1, 2003. Effective immediately. LRB9010918THpk LRB9010918THpk 1 AN ACT in relation to higher education. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 5 Tuition Increase Moratorium Act. 6 Section 5. Definition. As used in this Act, "public 7 institution of higher education" has the meaning ascribed to 8 it in Section 1 of the Board of Higher Education Act, except 9 it does not include any public community college of this 10 State. 11 Section 10. Suspension of tuition increases. 12 Notwithstanding any other law of this State, the governing 13 board of a public institution of higher education shall not 14 increase or authorize an increase in the rate of 15 undergraduate or graduate tuition charged at any campus of a 16 university under its jurisdiction for any period of any 17 academic year that begins on or after the effective date of 18 this Act and that ends on or before September 1, 2003. 19 Section 75. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended 20 by changing Section 10 as follows: 21 (110 ILCS 205/10) (from Ch. 144, par. 190) 22 Sec. 10. The Board of Trustees of the University of 23 Illinois, the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois 24 University, the Board of Trustees of Chicago State 25 University, the Board of Trustees of Eastern Illinois 26 University, the Board of Trustees of Governors State 27 University, the Board of Trustees of Illinois State 28 University, the Board of Trustees of Northeastern Illinois -2- LRB9010918THpk 1 University, the Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois 2 University, the Board of Trustees of Western Illinois 3 University, and the Illinois Community College Board shall 4 retain all the powers and duties heretofore given and 5 conferred upon them by statute, except insofar as they are 6 limited by the powers and duties delegated to the Board of 7 Higher Education by this Act. 8 Each of the individual state universities is subject to 9 the Tuition Increase Moratorium Act. Nothing, however, in 10 this Act shall be construed to prevent individual state 11 universities and colleges from establishing higher minimum 12 admission requirements and higher minimum admission 13 requirements may be established for out-of-state students 14 than for Illinois residents. 15 (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.) 16 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 17 becoming law.