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91_HB4314
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1 AN ACT to amend the Board of Higher Education Act by
2 changing Section 2.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended
6 by changing Section 2 as follows:
7 (110 ILCS 205/2) (from Ch. 144, par. 182)
8 Sec. 2. Board of Higher Education. There is created a
9 Board of Higher Education to consist of 15 members as
10 follows: 10 members appointed by the Governor, by and with
11 the advice and consent of the Senate; one member of a public
12 university governing board, appointed by the Governor without
13 the advice and consent of the Senate; one member of a private
14 college or university board of trustees, appointed by the
15 Governor without the advice and consent of the Senate; the
16 chairman of the Illinois Community College Board; the
17 chairman of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission; and a
18 student member selected by the recognized advisory committee
19 of students of the Board of Higher Education. The Governor
20 shall designate the Chairman of the Board to serve until a
21 successor is designated. The chairmen of the Board of
22 Trustees of the University of Illinois, the Board of Trustees
23 of Southern Illinois University, the Board of Governors of
24 State Colleges and Universities, and the Board of Regents of
25 Regency Universities shall cease to be members of the Board
26 of Higher Education on the effective date of this amendatory
27 Act of 1995. No more than 7 of the members appointed by the
28 Governor, excluding the Chairman, shall be affiliated with
29 the same political party. The 10 members appointed by the
30 Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate shall be
31 citizens of the State and shall be selected, as far as may be
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1 practicable, on the basis of their knowledge of, or interest
2 or experience in, problems of higher education. If the Senate
3 is not in session or is in recess, when appointments subject
4 to its confirmation are made, the Governor shall make
5 temporary appointments which shall be subject to subsequent
6 Senate approval.
7 (Source: P.A. 88-255; 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 89-703, eff.
8 1-17-97.)