(45 ILCS 155/2) (from Ch. 144, par. 2802)
Sec. 2.
The 5 members representing the State of Illinois on the
Midwestern Higher Education Commission shall consist of the Governor (or
his designee) during the tenure of office of the Governor,
2 members of the General Assembly appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives and the President of the Senate in such manner that such
appointees are members of different legislative chambers and different
political parties, a member of the Board of Higher Education appointed by
majority vote of the members of that Board, and a member of the Illinois
Community College Board appointed by majority vote of the members of that
Board. Initial appointments under this Section shall be made within 30
days after this Act takes effect, or within 30 days after the Midwestern
Higher Education Compact becomes initially effective as provided in
paragraph B of Article VI of that Compact, whichever is later. The terms
of the members representing the State of Illinois on the Midwestern Higher
Education Commission shall be the terms prescribed by paragraph B of
Article II of the Midwestern Higher Education Compact, with the members
initially appointed by the Board of Higher Education and the Illinois
Community College Board to serve, respectively, terms of 4 years and 2
years. A legislative or at-large member of the Midwestern Higher Education
Commission, whose term of service in an elective or appointive State office
which qualified him for appointment to the Commission under this Section
terminates prior to expiration of the term which he was appointed to serve
as a member of the Commission, shall be deemed to have resigned from and
created a vacancy on the Commission, which shall be filled by the
appropriate appointing authority for the balance of the unexpired term.
(Source: P.A. 87-147.)
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