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Public Act 91-0715

HB2580 Enrolled                                LRB9103831NTsb

    AN ACT concerning higher education, amending named Acts.

    Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section  5.  The University of Illinois Act is amended by
changing Section 11 as follows:

    (110 ILCS 305/11) (from Ch. 144, par. 32)
    Sec. 11.  No elected or selected member of the  Board  of
Trustees  shall receive any compensation for attending on the
meetings of the Board, but they shall be reimbursed for their
actual  and  necessary  expenses   while   engaged   in   the
performance of their duties. Expenses necessarily incurred by
any  non-voting  student member may, at the discretion of the
President of the Board, be provided for by advance payment to
such  member,  who  shall  account  therefor  to  the   Board
immediately  after  each meeting. At all the stated and other
meetings of the Board of Trustees, called by  the  regent  or
corresponding  secretary, or any 5 five members of the Board,
a  majority  of  the  members  shall  constitute  a  quorum,:
provided, all the members have been duly notified.
    At each regular and special meeting that is open  to  the
public, members of the public and employees of the University
shall be afforded time, subject to reasonable constraints, to
make comments to or ask questions of the Board.
(Source: P.A. 79-932.)

    Section  10.  The Southern Illinois University Management
Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:

    (110 ILCS 520/5) (from Ch. 144, par. 655)
    Sec. 5.  Members of the Board  shall  elect  annually  by
secret  ballot  from  their  own  number a chairman who shall
preside over meetings of the Board and a secretary.
    Meetings of the Board shall be held at  least  once  each
quarter  on  a campus of Southern Illinois University. At all
regular meetings of the  Board,  a  majority  of  its  voting
members  shall constitute a quorum. The student members shall
have all of the privileges of membership, including the right
to make and second motions and to attend executive  sessions,
other  than the right to vote, except that until July 1, 2001
the student member designated by the Governor as  the  voting
student  member  shall  have  the  right to vote on all Board
matters  except  those  involving  faculty  tenure,   faculty
promotion  or  any  issue  on  which the student member has a
direct conflict of interest.  A student  member  who  is  not
entitled  to  vote on a measure at a meeting  of the Board or
any of its committees shall not be considered  a  member  for
the purpose of determining whether a quorum is present at the
time  that  measure  is  voted  upon.  No action of the Board
shall be invalidated by reason of any vacancies on the Board,
or by reason of any failure to select a student member.
    Special meetings of  the  Board  may  be  called  by  the
chairman of the Board or by any 3 members of the Board.
    At  each  regular and special meeting that is open to the
public, members of the public and employees of the University
shall be afforded time, subject to reasonable constraints, to
make comments to or ask questions of the Board.
(Source: P.A. 90-630, eff. 7-24-98.)

    Section 15.  The Chicago State University Law is  amended
by changing Section 5-25 as follows:

    (110 ILCS 660/5-25)
    Sec.  5-25.  Officers;  meetings.   Members  of the Board
shall elect annually by secret ballot from their own number a
chairman who shall preside over meetings of the Board  and  a
secretary.
    Meetings  of  the  Board shall be held at least once each
quarter on the campus of Chicago State University at Chicago,
Illinois. At all regular meetings of the Board, a majority of
its members shall constitute a  quorum.  The  student  member
shall have all of the privileges of membership, including the
right  to  make  and  second  motions,  to  attend  executive
sessions, and until July 1, 2001 to vote on all Board matters
except  those  involving faculty tenure, faculty promotion or
any issue on which the student member has a  direct  conflict
of  interest.   Unless the student member is entitled to vote
on a measure at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  or  any  of  its
committees,  he  or  she shall not be considered a member for
the purpose of determining whether a quorum is present at the
time that measure is voted upon. No action of the Board shall
be invalidated by reason of any vacancies on the Board or  by
reason of any failure to select a student member.
    Special  meetings  of  the  Board  may  be  called by the
chairman of the Board or by any 3 members of the Board.
    At each regular and special meeting that is open  to  the
public, members of the public and employees of the University
shall be afforded time, subject to reasonable constraints, to
make comments to or ask questions of the Board.
(Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-630, eff. 7-24-98.)

    Section  20.   The  Eastern  Illinois  University  Law is
amended by changing Section 10-25 as follows:

    (110 ILCS 665/10-25)
    Sec. 10-25.  Officers; meetings.  Members  of  the  Board
shall elect annually by secret ballot from their own number a
chairman  who  shall preside over meetings of the Board and a
secretary.
    Meetings of the Board shall be held at  least  once  each
quarter  on  the  campus  of  Eastern  Illinois University at
Charleston, Illinois. At all regular meetings of the Board, a
majority of  its  members  shall  constitute  a  quorum.  The
student   member   shall   have  all  of  the  privileges  of
membership, including the right to make and  second  motions,
to  attend executive sessions, and until July 1, 2001 to vote
on all Board matters except those involving  faculty  tenure,
faculty  promotion  or  any issue on which the student member
has a direct conflict of interest.  Unless the student member
is entitled to vote on a measure at a  meeting of  the  Board
or any of its committees, he or she shall not be considered a
member  for  the  purpose  of determining whether a quorum is
present at the time that measure is voted upon.  No action of
the Board shall be invalidated by reason of any vacancies  on
the  Board  or  by  reason of any failure to select a student
member.
    Special meetings of  the  Board  may  be  called  by  the
chairman of the Board or by any 3 members of the Board.
    At  each  regular and special meeting that is open to the
public, members of the public and employees of the University
shall be afforded time, subject to reasonable constraints, to
make comments to or ask questions of the Board.
(Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-630, eff. 7-24-98.)

    Section  25.   The  Governors  State  University  Law  is
amended by changing Section 15-25 as follows:

    (110 ILCS 670/15-25)
    Sec. 15-25.  Officers; meetings.  Members  of  the  Board
shall elect annually by secret ballot from their own number a
chairman  who  shall preside over meetings of the Board and a
secretary.
    Meetings of the Board shall be held at  least  once  each
quarter  on  the  campus  of  Governors  State  University at
University Park, Illinois. At all  regular  meetings  of  the
Board,  a  majority of its members shall constitute a quorum.
The student member  shall  have  all  of  the  privileges  of
membership,  including  the right to make and second motions,
to attend executive sessions, and until July 1, 2001 to  vote
on  all  Board matters except those involving faculty tenure,
faculty promotion or any issue on which  the  student  member
has a direct conflict of interest.  Unless the student member
is entitled to vote on a measure at a meeting of the Board or
any  of  its  committees, he or she shall not be considered a
member for the purpose of determining  whether  a  quorum  is
present at the time that measure is voted upon.  No action of
the  Board shall be invalidated by reason of any vacancies on
the Board or by reason of any failure  to  select  a  student
member.
    Special  meetings  of  the  Board  may  be  called by the
chairman of the Board or by any 3 members of the Board.
    At each regular and special meeting that is open  to  the
public, members of the public and employees of the University
shall be afforded time, subject to reasonable constraints, to
make comments to or ask questions of the Board.
(Source:  P.A.  89-4,  eff.  1-1-96;  89-552,  eff.  7-26-96;
90-630, eff. 7-24-98.)

    Section 30.  The Illinois State University Law is amended
by changing Section 20-25 as follows:

    (110 ILCS 675/20-25)
    Sec.  20-25.  Officers;  meetings.   Members of the Board
shall elect annually by secret ballot from their own number a
chairman who shall preside over meetings of the Board  and  a
secretary.
    Meetings  of  the  Board shall be held at least once each
quarter on the campus of Illinois State University at Normal,
Illinois. At all regular meetings of the Board, a majority of
its members shall constitute a  quorum.  The  student  member
shall have all of the privileges of membership, including the
right  to  make  and  second  motions,  to  attend  executive
sessions, and until July 1, 2001 to vote on all Board matters
except  those  involving faculty tenure, faculty promotion or
any issue on which the student member has a  direct  conflict
of  interest.   Unless the student member is entitled to vote
on a measure at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  or  any  of  its
committees,  he  or  she shall not be considered a member for
the purpose of determining whether a quorum is present at the
time that measure is voted upon.   No  action  of  the  Board
shall  be invalidated by reason of any vacancies on the Board
or by reason of any failure to select a student member.
    Special meetings of  the  Board  may  be  called  by  the
chairman of the Board or by any 3 members of the Board.
    At  each  regular and special meeting that is open to the
public, members of the public and employees of the University
shall be afforded time, subject to reasonable constraints, to
make comments to or ask questions of the Board.
(Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-630, eff. 7-24-98.)

    Section 35.  The Northeastern Illinois University Law  is
amended by changing Section 25-25 as follows:

    (110 ILCS 680/25-25)
    Sec.  25-25.  Officers;  meetings.   Members of the Board
shall elect annually by secret ballot from their own number a
chairman who shall preside over meetings of the Board  and  a
secretary.
    Meetings  of  the  Board shall be held at least once each
quarter on the campus of Northeastern Illinois University  at
Chicago,  Illinois.  At  all regular meetings of the Board, a
majority of  its  members  shall  constitute  a  quorum.  The
student   member   shall   have  all  of  the  privileges  of
membership, including the right to make and  second  motions,
to  attend executive sessions, and until July 1, 2001 to vote
on all Board matters except those involving  faculty  tenure,
faculty  promotion  or  any issue on which the student member
has a direct conflict of interest.  Unless the student member
is entitled to vote on a measure at a meeting of the Board or
any of its committees, he or she shall not  be  considered  a
member  for  the  purpose  of determining whether a quorum is
present at the time that measure is voted  upon.   No  action
of  the Board shall be invalidated by reason of any vacancies
on the Board or by reason of any failure to select a  student
member.
    Special  meetings  of  the  Board  may  be  called by the
chairman of the Board or by any 3 members of the Board.
    At each regular and special meeting that is open  to  the
public, members of the public and employees of the University
shall be afforded time, subject to reasonable constraints, to
make comments to or ask questions of the Board.
(Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-630, eff. 7-24-98.)

    Section  40.   The  Northern  Illinois  University Law is
amended by changing Section 30-25 as follows:

    (110 ILCS 685/30-25)
    Sec. 30-25.  Officers; meetings.  Members  of  the  Board
shall elect annually by secret ballot from their own number a
chairman  who  shall preside over meetings of the Board and a
secretary.
    Meetings of the Board shall be held at  least  once  each
quarter  on  the  campus  of  Northern Illinois University at
Dekalb, Illinois or on any  other  University-owned  property
located in the State. At all regular meetings of the Board, a
majority  of  its  members  shall  constitute  a  quorum. The
student  member  shall  have  all  of   the   privileges   of
membership,  including  the right to make and second motions,
to attend executive sessions, and until July 1, 2001 to  vote
on  all  Board matters except those involving faculty tenure,
faculty promotion or any issue on which  the  student  member
has a direct conflict of interest.  Unless the student member
is  entitled  to vote on a measure at a  meeting of the Board
or any of its committees, he or she shall not be considered a
member for the purpose of determining  whether  a  quorum  is
present at the time that measure is voted upon.  No action of
the  Board shall be invalidated by reason of any vacancies on
the Board or by reason of any failure  to  select  a  student
member.
    Special  meetings  of  the  Board  may  be  called by the
chairman of the Board or by any 3 members of the Board.
    At each regular and special meeting that is open  to  the
public, members of the public and employees of the University
shall be afforded time, subject to reasonable constraints, to
make comments to or ask questions of the Board.
(Source:  P.A.  89-4,  eff.  1-1-96;  89-552,  eff.  7-26-96;
90-630, eff. 7-24-98.)

    Section  45.   The  Western  Illinois  University  Law is
amended by changing Section 35-25 as follows:

    (110 ILCS 690/35-25)
    Sec. 35-25.  Officers; meetings.  Members  of  the  Board
shall elect annually by secret ballot from their own number a
chairman  who  shall preside over meetings of the Board and a
secretary.
    Meetings of the Board shall be held at  least  once  each
quarter  on  the  campus  of  Western  Illinois University at
Macomb, Illinois. At all regular meetings  of  the  Board,  a
majority  of  its  members  shall  constitute  a  quorum. The
student  member  shall  have  all  of   the   privileges   of
membership,  including  the right to make and second motions,
to attend executive sessions, and until July 1, 2001 to  vote
on  all  Board matters except those involving faculty tenure,
faculty promotion or any issue on which  the  student  member
has a direct conflict of interest.  Unless the student member
is entitled to vote on a measure at a meeting of the Board or
any  of  its  committees, he or she shall not be considered a
member for the purpose of determining  whether  a  quorum  is
present at the time that measure is voted upon.  No action of
the  Board shall be invalidated by reason of any vacancies on
the Board or by reason of any failure  to  select  a  student
member.
    Special  meetings  of  the  Board  may  be  called by the
chairman of the Board or by any 3 members of the Board.
    At each regular and special meeting that is open  to  the
public, members of the public and employees of the University
shall be afforded time, subject to reasonable constraints, to
make comments to or ask questions of the Board.
(Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-630, eff. 7-24-98.)

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