96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB0648

 

Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
110 ILCS 685/30-15

    Amends the Northern Illinois University Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning membership on the Board of Trustees.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning education.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Northern Illinois University Law is amended
5 by changing Section 30-15 as follows:
 
6     (110 ILCS 685/30-15)
7     Sec. 30-15. Membership; terms; vacancies. The The Board
8 shall consist of 7 voting members appointed by the Governor, by
9 and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and one voting
10 member who is a student at Northern Illinois University. The
11 student member shall be chosen by a campus-wide student
12 election. The student member shall serve a term of one year
13 beginning on July 1 of each year, except that the student
14 member initially selected shall serve a term beginning on the
15 date of his or her selection and expiring on the next
16 succeeding June 30. To be eligible to remain as a student
17 member of the Board, the student member must be a resident of
18 this State, must have and maintain a grade point average that
19 is equivalent to at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale, and must be a full
20 time student enrolled at all times during his or her term of
21 office except for that part of the term which follows the
22 completion of the last full regular semester of an academic
23 year and precedes the first full regular semester of the

 

 

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1 succeeding academic year at the university (sometimes commonly
2 referred to as the summer session or summer school). If a
3 student member serving on the Board fails to continue to meet
4 or maintain the residency, minimum grade point average, or
5 enrollment requirement established by this Section, his or her
6 membership on the Board shall be deemed to have terminated by
7 operation of law. Of the members first appointed by the
8 Governor, 4 shall be appointed for terms to expire on the third
9 Monday in January, 1999, and 3 shall be appointed for terms to
10 expire on the third Monday in January, 2001. If the Senate is
11 not in session on the effective date of this Article, or if a
12 vacancy in an appointive membership occurs at a time when the
13 Senate is not in session, the Governor shall make temporary
14 appointments until the next meeting of the Senate when he shall
15 nominate persons to fill such memberships for the remainder of
16 their respective terms. No more than 4 of the members appointed
17 by the Governor shall be affiliated with the same political
18 party. Each member appointed by the Governor must be a resident
19 of this State. A failure to meet or maintain this residency
20 requirement constitutes a resignation from and creates a
21 vacancy in the Board. Upon the expiration of the terms of
22 members appointed by the Governor, their respective successors
23 shall be appointed for terms of 6 years from the third Monday
24 in January of each odd-numbered year. Any members appointed to
25 the Board shall continue to serve in such capacity until their
26 successors are appointed and qualified.

 

 

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1 (Source: P.A. 91-778, eff. 1-1-01; 91-798, eff. 7-9-00; 92-16,
2 eff. 6-28-01.)