Rep. Jay Hoffman

Filed: 4/18/2018

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1293

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1293 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Southern Illinois University Management
5Act is amended by changing Sections 2, 4, and 5 as follows:
 
6    (110 ILCS 520/2)  (from Ch. 144, par. 652)
7    Sec. 2. On the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
8100th General Assembly, the terms of office of the members of
9the Board shall terminate and the Board shall be reconstituted.
10After the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th
11General Assembly, the The Board shall consist of 7 members
12appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent
13of the Senate, as follows: 3 appointees shall hold an
14undergraduate or graduate degree from the Southern Illinois
15University at Edwardsville campus, 3 appointees shall hold an
16undergraduate or graduate degree from the Southern Illinois

 

 

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1University at Carbondale campus, and one appointee must not
2have attended Southern Illinois University at all. The Board
3shall also consist of the Superintendent of Public Instruction,
4or his chief assistant for liaison with higher education when
5designated to serve in his place, ex-officio, and 2 one voting
6student members. member designated by the Governor from one
7campus of the University and one nonvoting student member from
8the campus of the University not represented by the voting
9student member. The Governor shall designate one of the student
10members serving on the Board to serve as the voting student
11member. Each student member shall be selected chosen by the
12respective campuses of Southern Illinois University at
13Carbondale and Edwardsville. The method of selecting choosing
14these student members shall be by campus-wide student election,
15and any student designated by the Governor to be a voting
16student member shall be one of the students chosen by this
17method. The student members shall serve terms of one year
18beginning on July 1 of each year, except that the student
19members initially selected shall serve a term beginning on the
20date of such selection and expiring on the next succeeding June
2130. To be eligible for selection as a student member and to be
22eligible to remain as a voting or nonvoting student member of
23the Board, a student member must be a resident of this State,
24must have and maintain a grade point average that is equivalent
25to at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale, and must be a full time student
26enrolled at all times during his or her term of office except

 

 

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1for that part of the term which follows the completion of the
2last full regular semester of an academic year and precedes the
3first full regular semester of the succeeding academic year at
4the university (sometimes commonly referred to as the summer
5session or summer school). If a voting or nonvoting student
6member serving on the Board fails to continue to meet or
7maintain the residency, minimum grade point average, or
8enrollment requirement established by this Section, his or her
9membership on the Board shall be deemed to have terminated by
10operation of law. No more than 4 of the members appointed by
11the Governor shall be affiliated with the same political party.
12Each member appointed by the Governor must be a resident of
13this State. A failure to meet or maintain this residency
14requirement constitutes a resignation from and creates a
15vacancy in the Board. The terms of the members appointed by the
16Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
17pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly
18shall expire as follows: the terms of one member each from the
19Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville campus and the
20Southern Illinois University at Carbondale campus shall expire
21on the third Monday in January 2021; the terms of one member
22each from the Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
23campus and the Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
24campus shall expire on the third Monday in January 2022; and
25the terms of the remaining 3 members shall expire on the third
26Monday in January 2025. Upon the expiration of the terms of

 

 

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1members appointed by the Governor, their respective successors
2shall be appointed for terms of 6 years from the third Monday
3in January of each odd-numbered year and until their respective
4successors are appointed for like terms. If the Senate is not
5in session appointments shall be made as in the case of
6vacancies.
7(Source: P.A. 91-778, eff. 1-1-01; 91-798, eff. 7-9-00; 92-16,
8eff. 6-28-01.)
 
9    (110 ILCS 520/4)  (from Ch. 144, par. 654)
10    Sec. 4. Members of the Board shall serve without
11compensation but shall be entitled to reasonable amounts for
12expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their
13duties. Such expenses incurred by any non-voting student member
14may, at the discretion of the Chairman of the Board, be
15provided for by advance payment to such member, who shall
16account therefor to the Board immediately after each meeting.
17    No member of the Board shall hold or be employed in or
18appointed to any office or place under the authority of the
19Board, nor shall any member of the Board be directly or
20indirectly interested in any contract made by the Board, nor
21shall he be an employee of the State Government. This section
22does not prohibit the student members of the Board from
23maintaining normal and official status as enrolled students or
24normal student employment at Southern Illinois University.
25(Source: P.A. 93-1096, eff. 1-1-06.)
 

 

 

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1    (110 ILCS 520/5)  (from Ch. 144, par. 655)
2    Sec. 5. Members of the Board shall elect annually by secret
3ballot from their own number a chairman who shall preside over
4meetings of the Board and a secretary.
5    Meetings of the Board shall be held at least once each
6quarter on a campus of Southern Illinois University. At all
7regular meetings of the Board, a majority of its voting members
8shall constitute a quorum. The student members shall have all
9of the privileges of membership, including the right to make
10and second motions and to attend executive sessions, other than
11the right to vote, except that the student member designated by
12the Governor as the voting student member shall have the right
13to vote on all Board matters except those involving faculty
14tenure, faculty promotion or any issue on which the student
15member has a direct conflict of interest. For the purposes of
16this Section, a student member shall not be deemed to have a
17direct conflict of interest in and may vote on any item
18involving the employment or compensation of the Chancellor at
19any campus or the President of the University or the election
20of officers. A student member who is not entitled to vote on a
21measure at a meeting of the Board or any of its committees
22shall not be considered a member for the purpose of determining
23whether a quorum is present at the time that measure is voted
24upon. No action of the Board shall be invalidated by reason of
25any vacancies on the Board, or by reason of any failure to

 

 

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1select a student member.
2    Special meetings of the Board may be called by the chairman
3of the Board or by any 3 members of the Board.
4    At each regular and special meeting that is open to the
5public, members of the public and employees of the University
6shall be afforded time, subject to reasonable constraints, to
7make comments to or ask questions of the Board.
8(Source: P.A. 99-734, eff. 8-5-16.)".