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 1        AN ACT regarding higher 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
 5    amended by changing Section 30-15 as follows:

 6        (110 ILCS 685/30-15)
 7        Sec. 30-15.  Membership;  terms;  vacancies.   The  Board
 8    shall  consist of 7 voting members appointed by the Governor,
 9    by and with the advice and consent of  the  Senate,  and  one
10    voting   member   who  is  a  student  at  Northern  Illinois
11    University.   The  student  member  shall  be  chosen  by   a
12    campus-wide student election.  The student member shall serve
13    a  term  of one year beginning on July 1 of each year, except
14    that the student member initially selected shall serve a term
15    beginning on the date of his or her selection and expiring on
16    the next succeeding June 30.  To be eligible to remain  as  a
17    student  member  of  the  Board, the student member must be a
18    resident of Illinois this State, must  have  and  maintain  a
19    grade  point  average that is equivalent to at least 2.5 on a
20    4.0 scale, and must be a full time student  enrolled  at  all
21    times  during  his or her term of office except for that part
22    of the term which follows the completion  of  the  last  full
23    regular  semester  of an academic year and precedes the first
24    full regular semester of the succeeding academic year at  the
25    university  (sometimes  commonly  referred  to  as the summer
26    session or summer school).  If a student  member  serving  on
27    the   Board  fails  to  continue  to  meet  or  maintain  the
28    residency,  minimum  grade  point  average,   or   enrollment
29    requirement   established   by   this  Section,  his  or  her
30    membership on the Board shall be deemed to have terminated by
31    operation of law.  Of the  members  first  appointed  by  the
 
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 1    Governor,  4  shall  be  appointed for terms to expire on the
 2    third Monday in January, 1999, and 3 shall be  appointed  for
 3    terms to expire on the third Monday in January, 2001.  If the
 4    Senate  is  not  in  session  on  the  effective date of this
 5    Article, or if a vacancy in an appointive  membership  occurs
 6    at  a  time  when  the Senate is not in session, the Governor
 7    shall make temporary appointments until the next  meeting  of
 8    the  Senate  when  he  shall  nominate  persons  to fill such
 9    memberships for the remainder of their respective terms.   No
10    more than 4 of the members appointed by the Governor shall be
11    affiliated  with  the  same  political  party.   Each  member
12    appointed  by  the Governor must be a resident of this State.
13    A failure to meet  or  maintain  this  residency  requirement
14    constitutes  a  resignation from and creates a vacancy in the
15    Board.  Upon the expiration of the terms of members appointed
16    by  the  Governor,  their  respective  successors  shall   be
17    appointed  for  terms  of  6  years  from the third Monday in
18    January of each odd-numbered year.  Any members appointed  to
19    the  Board  shall  continue  to  serve in such capacity until
20    their successors are appointed and qualified.
21    (Source: P.A.  91-778,  eff.  1-1-01;  91-798,  eff.  7-9-00;
22    92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)