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91_HB3316

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Governors  State  University  Law  by
 2    changing Section 15-15.

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

 5        Section 5.  The Governors State University Law is amended
 6    by changing Section 15-15 as follows:

 7        (110 ILCS 670/15-15)
 8        Sec. 15-15.  Membership;  terms;  vacancies.   The  Board
 9    shall  consist  of 7 voting members appointed by the Governor
10    by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and,  until
11    July 1, 2001, one voting member who is a student at Governors
12    State University.  The student member serving on the Board on
13    the  effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 shall be a
14    voting student member for the remainder of his or her term on
15    the Board.  Beginning on July 1, 2001,  and  thereafter,  the
16    student  member of the Board shall be a nonvoting member. The
17    method of selecting the student member shall continue  to  be
18    determined  by  a campus-wide student referendum. The student
19    member shall serve a term of one year beginning on July 1  of
20    each  year, except that the student member initially selected
21    shall serve a term beginning  on  the  date  of  his  or  her
22    selection  and expiring on the next succeeding June 30. To be
23    eligible for selection as a student member and to be eligible
24    to remain as a student  member  of  the  Board,  the  student
25    member  must  be  a  resident  of  this  State, must have and
26    maintain a grade point average that is equivalent to at least
27    2.5 on a 4.0 scale, and must be a full time student  enrolled
28    at all times during his or her term of office except for that
29    part  of  the  term  which follows the completion of the last
30    full regular semester of an academic year  and  precedes  the
31    first  full  regular semester of the succeeding academic year
 
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 1    at the university (sometimes  commonly  referred  to  as  the
 2    spring/summer  semester).  If a student member serving on the
 3    Board fails to continue to meet or  maintain  the  residency,
 4    minimum   grade  point  average,  or  enrollment  requirement
 5    established by this Section, his or  her  membership  on  the
 6    Board shall be deemed to have terminated by operation of law.
 7    Of  the  members  first appointed by the Governor, 4 shall be
 8    appointed for terms to expire on the third Monday in January,
 9    1999, and 3 shall be appointed for terms  to  expire  on  the
10    third  Monday  in  January,  2001.   If  the Senate is not in
11    session on the effective  date  of  this  Article,  or  if  a
12    vacancy in an appointive membership occurs at a time when the
13    Senate  is  not in session, the Governor shall make temporary
14    appointments until the next meeting of  the  Senate  when  he
15    shall  nominate  persons  to  fill  such  memberships for the
16    remainder of their respective terms. No more than  4  of  the
17    members  appointed  by  the Governor shall be affiliated with
18    the same political party. Upon the expiration of the terms of
19    members  appointed  by   the   Governor,   their   respective
20    successors  shall  be appointed for terms of 6 years from the
21    third Monday  in  January  of  each  odd-numbered  year.  Any
22    members  appointed  to  the  Board shall continue to serve in
23    such  capacity  until  their  successors  are  appointed  and
24    qualified.
25    (Source:  P.A.  89-4,  eff.  1-1-96;  90-630,  eff.  7-24-98;
26    90-814, eff. 2-4-99.)

27        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
28    becoming law.

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