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91_HB3574

 
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 1        AN  ACT  to amend the University of Illinois Trustees Act
 2    by changing Section 1.

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

 5        Section  5.  The  University  of Illinois Trustees Act is
 6    amended by changing Section 1 as follows:

 7        (110 ILCS 310/1) (from Ch. 144, par. 41)
 8        Sec. 1.  Membership;  terms;  vacancies.   The  Board  of
 9    Trustees  of  the  University  of Illinois shall consist of 9
10    trustees appointed by the Governor, by and  with  the  advice
11    and  consent  of the Senate, the Governor, and, until July 1,
12    2001, one voting student member designated  by  the  Governor
13    from  one  campus of the University and one nonvoting student
14    member from each campus of the University not represented  by
15    the  voting student member.  The Governor shall designate one
16    of the student members serving on the Board on the  effective
17    date  of  this  amendatory Act of 1997 to serve as the voting
18    student member for the remainder of that  student's  term  on
19    the  Board.   Beginning  on July 1, 2001, and thereafter, the
20    student members of the Board shall all be nonvoting  members,
21    one selected from each campus of the University.
22        Each  student  member  shall  serve  a  term of one year,
23    beginning on July 1 of each year or on the date of his or her
24    selection, whichever is  later,  and  expiring  on  the  next
25    succeeding  June  30.   The student members shall have all of
26    the privileges of membership, including the right to make and
27    second motions and to attend executive  sessions, other  than
28    the right to vote, except that until July 1, 2001 the student
29    member  designated  by  the  Governor  as  the voting student
30    member shall have the right to  vote  on  all  Board  matters
31    except  those  involving faculty tenure, faculty promotion or
 
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 1    any issue on which the student member has a  direct  conflict
 2    of  interest.   The method of selecting these student members
 3    shall be determined by campus-wide  student  referendum,  and
 4    any student designated by the Governor to be a voting student
 5    member  shall be one of the students selected by this method.
 6    A student member who is not entitled to vote on a measure  at
 7    a  meeting of the Board or any of its committees shall not be
 8    considered a member for the purpose of determining whether  a
 9    quorum  is  present  at  the time that measure is voted upon.
10    To be eligible for selection as a student member  and  to  be
11    eligible to remain as a voting or nonvoting student member of
12    the Board, a student member must be a resident of this State,
13    must  have  and  maintain  a  grade  point  average  that  is
14    equivalent to at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale, and must be a full
15    time  student enrolled at all times during his or her term of
16    office except  for that part of the term  which  follows  the
17    completion  of  the last full regular semester of an academic
18    year and precedes the first  full  regular  semester  of  the
19    succeeding   academic   year  at  the  university  (sometimes
20    commonly referred to as the summer session or summer school).
21    If a voting or nonvoting student member serving on the  Board
22    fails  to continue to meet or maintain the residency, minimum
23    grade point average, or enrollment requirement established by
24    this Section, his or her membership on  the  Board  shall  be
25    deemed to have terminated by operation of law.
26        The  term of each elected trustee who is in office on the
27    effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995 shall terminate
28    on the second Monday in January, 1996, or when  a  quorum  of
29    the  trustees initially to be appointed under this amendatory
30    Act of  1995  is  appointed  and  qualified,  whichever  last
31    occurs.
32        No  more  than  5  of  the  9  trustees  appointed by the
33    Governor shall be affiliated with the same  political  party.
34    The term of office of each appointed trustee shall be 6 years
 
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 1    from  the  third Monday in January of each odd numbered year,
 2    except that of the 9  trustees  initially  appointed  by  the
 3    Governor, 3 shall be appointed for terms that commence on the
 4    date  of their appointment and expire on the second Monday in
 5    January, 1997; 3 shall be appointed for terms  that  commence
 6    on  the  date  of  their appointment and expire on the second
 7    Monday in January, 1999; and 3 shall be appointed  for  terms
 8    that  commence on the date of their appointment and expire on
 9    the second Monday in January, 2001.  Upon expiration  of  the
10    terms  of  the  members  initially appointed by the Governor,
11    their respective successors shall be appointed for terms of 6
12    years from the second Monday in January of each odd  numbered
13    year  and until their respective successors are appointed and
14    qualified.
15        Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term  in  the
16    same  manner  as  original  appointments.   If  a  vacancy in
17    membership occurs at  a  time  when  the  Senate  is  not  in
18    session, the Governor shall make temporary appointments until
19    the next meeting of the Senate, when he shall appoint persons
20    to   fill   such  memberships  for  the  remainder  of  their
21    respective terms.  If the  Senate  is  not  in  session  when
22    appointments  for a full term are made, appointments shall be
23    made as in the case of vacancies.
24        No action of the board shall be invalidated by reason  of
25    any  vacancies  on  the board, or by reason of any failure to
26    select student members.
27    (Source: P.A. 89-4,  eff.  7-1-95  (eff.  date  changed  from
28    1-1-96  by  P.A.  89-24);  89-5,  eff.  1-1-96;  90-630, eff.
29    7-24-98.)

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