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91_HB4182
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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. The Board of Trustees of the University of
9 Illinois shall consist of the Governor and at least 12
10 trustees. Nine 9 trustees shall be appointed by the Governor,
11 by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, the
12 Governor, and, until July 1, 2001, one voting student member
13 designated by the Governor from one campus of the University
14 and one nonvoting student member from each campus of the
15 University not represented by the voting student member. The
16 Governor shall designate one of the student members serving
17 on the Board on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
18 1997 to serve as the voting student member for the remainder
19 of that student's term on the Board. Beginning on July 1,
20 2001, and thereafter, the student members of the Board shall
21 all be nonvoting members, one selected from each campus of
22 the University. The other trustees shall be students, of whom
23 one student shall be selected from each University campus.
24 Each student trustee member shall serve a term of one
25 year, beginning on July 1 of each year or on the date of his
26 or her selection, whichever is later, and expiring on the
27 next succeeding June 30.
28 Each trustee The student members shall have all of the
29 privileges of membership, except that only one student
30 trustee shall have the right to cast a legally binding vote.
31 The Governor shall designate which one of the student
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1 trustees shall possess, for his or her entire term, the right
2 to cast a legally binding vote. Each student trustee who does
3 not possess the right to cast a legally binding vote shall
4 have the right to cast an advisory vote and. including the
5 right to make and second motions and to attend executive
6 sessions., other than the right to vote, except that until
7 July 1, 2001 the student member designated by the Governor as
8 the voting student member shall have the right to vote on all
9 Board matters except those involving faculty tenure, faculty
10 promotion or any issue on which the student member has a
11 direct conflict of interest.
12 Each trustee shall be governed by the same conflict of
13 interest standards. Pursuant to those standards, it shall not
14 be a conflict of interest for a student trustee to vote on
15 matters pertaining to students generally, such as tuition and
16 fees. However, it shall be a conflict of interest for a
17 student trustee to vote on faculty member tenure or promotion
18 when a teacher-pupil relationship exists or existed between
19 the student trustee and the faculty member. The method of
20 selecting the student trustees these student members shall be
21 determined by campus-wide student referendum, and the any
22 student trustee designated by the Governor to possess a
23 legally binding vote be a voting student member shall be one
24 of the students selected by this method. A student trustee
25 who does not possess a legally binding member who is not
26 entitled to vote on a measure at a meeting of the Board or
27 any of its committees shall not be considered a trustee
28 member for the purpose of determining whether a quorum is
29 present at the time that measure is voted upon. To be
30 eligible for selection as a student trustee member and to be
31 eligible to remain as a voting or nonvoting student trustee
32 member of the Board, a student trustee member must be a
33 resident of this State, must have and maintain a grade point
34 average that is equivalent to at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale,
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1 and must be a full time student enrolled at all times during
2 his or her term of office except for that part of the term
3 which follows the completion of the last full regular
4 semester of an academic year and precedes the first full
5 regular semester of the succeeding academic year at the
6 University (sometimes commonly referred to as the summer
7 session or summer school). If a voting or nonvoting student
8 trustee member serving on the Board fails to continue to meet
9 or maintain the residency, minimum grade point average, or
10 enrollment requirement established by this Section, his or
11 her membership on the Board shall be deemed to have
12 terminated by operation of law.
13 If a voting student trustee resigns or otherwise ceases
14 to serve on the Board, the Governor shall, within 30 days,
15 designate one of the remaining student trustees to possess
16 the right to cast a legally binding vote for the remainder of
17 his or her term. If a nonvoting student trustee resigns or
18 otherwise ceases to serve on the Board, the chief executive
19 of the student government from that campus shall, within 30
20 days, select a new nonvoting student trustee to serve for the
21 remainder of the term.
22 The term of each elected trustee who is in office on the
23 effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995 shall terminate
24 on the second Monday in January, 1996, or when a quorum of
25 the trustees initially to be appointed under this amendatory
26 Act of 1995 is appointed and qualified, whichever last
27 occurs.
28 No more than 5 of the 9 trustees appointed trustees by
29 the Governor shall be affiliated with the same political
30 party. The term of office of each appointed trustee shall be
31 6 years from the third Monday in January of each odd numbered
32 year, except that of the 9 trustees initially appointed by
33 the Governor, 3 shall be appointed for terms that commence on
34 the date of their appointment and expire on the second Monday
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1 in January, 1997; 3 shall be appointed for terms that
2 commence on the date of their appointment and expire on the
3 second Monday in January, 1999; and 3 shall be appointed for
4 terms that commence on the date of their appointment and
5 expire on the second Monday in January, 2001. Upon
6 expiration of the terms of the members initially appointed by
7 the Governor, their respective successors shall be appointed
8 for terms of 6 years from the second Monday in January of
9 each odd numbered year and until their respective successors
10 are appointed and qualified. The regular terms of office of
11 the appointed trustees shall be staggered so that 3 terms
12 expire in each odd-numbered year.
13 Vacancies for appointed trustees shall be filled for the
14 unexpired term in the same manner as original appointments.
15 If a vacancy in membership occurs at a time when the Senate
16 is not in session, the Governor shall make temporary
17 appointments until the next meeting of the Senate, when he
18 shall appoint persons to fill such memberships for the
19 remainder of their respective terms. If the Senate is not in
20 session when appointments for a full term are made,
21 appointments shall be made as in the case of vacancies.
22 No action of the board shall be invalidated by reason of
23 any vacancies on the board, or by reason of any failure to
24 select student trustees members.
25 (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 7-1-95 (eff. date changed from
26 1-1-96 by P.A. 89-24); 89-5, eff. 1-1-96; 90-630, eff.
27 7-24-98.)