Full Text of HB1444 101st General Assembly
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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 Public Community College Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Sections 3-8 and 3-10 as follows:
| 6 | | (110 ILCS 805/3-8) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-8)
| 7 | | Sec. 3-8. Board meetings; public comments and questions. | 8 | | (a) In this Section, "reasonable emergency" means any | 9 | | imminent need to maintain the operations or facilities of the | 10 | | community college district and that such need is due to | 11 | | circumstances beyond the control of the board. | 12 | | (b) Following each election and canvass, the new board | 13 | | shall
hold its organizational meeting on or before the 28th day | 14 | | after the election. If the election is the initial election | 15 | | ordered by the regional superintendent,
the organizational | 16 | | meeting shall be convened by the regional superintendent,
who | 17 | | shall preside over the meeting until the election for chairman, | 18 | | vice
chairman , and secretary of board is completed. At all | 19 | | other organizational
meetings, the chairman of the board, or, | 20 | | in his or her absence, the president
of the community college | 21 | | or acting chief executive officer of the college shall
convene | 22 | | the new board, and conduct the election for chairman, vice | 23 | | chairman , and
secretary. In either case, the secretary of the |
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| 1 | | board may be a member of the board. If the secretary is not a | 2 | | member of the board, he or she may receive compensation that | 3 | | shall be fixed by the board prior to the election of the | 4 | | secretary. The board shall then proceed with its organization | 5 | | under the newly
elected board officers, and shall fix a time | 6 | | and place for its regular
meetings. It shall then enter upon | 7 | | the discharge of its duties. Public notice of the schedule of | 8 | | regular meetings for the next calendar year, as set at the | 9 | | organizational meeting, must be given at the beginning of that | 10 | | calendar year. The terms of
board office shall be 2 years, | 11 | | except that the board by resolution may
establish a policy for | 12 | | the terms of office to be one year, and provide for the
| 13 | | election of officers for the remaining one-year one year | 14 | | period.
Terms of members are subject to Section 2A-54 of the | 15 | | Election Code.
| 16 | | (c) Beginning 45 days prior to the Tuesday following the | 17 | | first Monday of April in odd-numbered years until the first | 18 | | organizational meeting of the new board, no addendum to modify | 19 | | or amend an employee agreement between a community college | 20 | | district and the district's president, chancellor, or chief | 21 | | executive officer may be agreed to or executed, nor may an | 22 | | employment contract be made and entered into between the board | 23 | | of an established community college district and a president, | 24 | | chancellor, or chief executive officer. If the current board | 25 | | must take such action at any time during the 45 days prior to | 26 | | the Tuesday following the first Monday of April in odd-numbered |
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| 1 | | years until the first organizational meeting of the new board | 2 | | due to a reasonable emergency, then that action shall be | 3 | | terminated on the 60th day after the first organizational | 4 | | meeting, unless the new board, by resolution, reaffirms the | 5 | | agreed-upon addendum or new employment contract. | 6 | | (d) Special meetings of the board may be called by the | 7 | | chairman or by any
3 members of the board by giving notice | 8 | | thereof in writing stating the
time, place , and purpose of the | 9 | | meeting. Such notice may be served by
mail 48 hours before the | 10 | | meeting or by personal service 24 hours before
the meeting.
| 11 | | (e) At each regular and special meeting which is open to | 12 | | the public,
members of the public and employees of the | 13 | | community college district shall
be afforded time, subject to | 14 | | reasonable constraints, to comment to or ask
questions of the | 15 | | board.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 99-693, eff. 1-1-17 .)
| 17 | | (110 ILCS 805/3-10) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-10)
| 18 | | Sec. 3-10. Chairman, vice-chairman, and secretary of the | 19 | | board. | 20 | | (a) The chairman shall preside at all meetings and shall | 21 | | perform
such duties as are imposed upon him or her by law or by | 22 | | action of the board. The
vice-chairman shall perform the duties | 23 | | of the chairman if there is a vacancy in the office of the | 24 | | chairman or in case of the chairman's absence or inability to | 25 | | act. If there is a vacancy in the office of the chairman and
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| 1 | | vice-chairman or the chairman and vice-chairman are absent from | 2 | | any meeting or refuse to perform their
duties, a chairman pro | 3 | | tempore shall be appointed by the board from among
their | 4 | | number.
| 5 | | (b) The secretary may be a member of the board and shall | 6 | | perform the duties usually pertaining to his or her office.
If | 7 | | not a member of the board, the secretary may receive | 8 | | compensation that shall be fixed by the board prior to the | 9 | | election of the secretary. If the secretary he is absent from | 10 | | any meeting or refuses to perform his or her duties, a member
| 11 | | of the board shall be appointed secretary pro tempore.
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 100-273, eff. 8-22-17.)
| 13 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 14 | | becoming law.
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