Public Act 099-0198
 
HB3897 EnrolledLRB099 02684 NHT 22691 b


  
    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  



 
 
    Section 5. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is 
amended  by changing Section 15 as follows:
 



    (110 ILCS 947/15)



    Sec. 15. Illinois Student Assistance Commission. 

    (a) There is established the Illinois Student Assistance 
Commission,
consisting of 10 persons to be appointed by the 
Governor with the
advice and
consent of the Senate. The 
membership of the Commission shall consist of one

representative of the institutions of higher learning
operated 
by the State; one representative of the private institutions of

higher learning located in the State; one representative of the 
public
community colleges located in the State; one 
representative of the public
high schools located in the State; 
5 citizens of the State chosen for
their knowledge of and 
interest in higher education, but not employed
by, 
professionally affiliated with, or members of the governing 
boards
of any institution of higher learning located in the 
State, and one
student member selected from nominations 
submitted to the Governor by
multi-campus student 
organizations, including but not limited to, the recognized 
advisory committee of students of the Illinois Community 
College Board Illinois
Student Association, the Organization 
of Community College Students, the
recognized advisory 
committee of students of the Board of Higher Education, and
the 
recognized advisory committee of students of the Federation of 
Independent
Illinois Colleges and Universities.  The Governor 
shall designate one member,
other than the student member, as 
chairman.  Each member of the Commission,
including the student 
member, shall serve without compensation, but shall be

reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred in performing his 
or her duties
under this Act.  Subject to a requirement that 
Commission members in office
on the
effective date of this 
amendatory Act of 1995 may serve the full term to
which they 
were appointed, the appointment of Commission members to terms 
that
commence on or after that effective date shall be made in 
a manner that gives
effect at the earliest possible time to the 
change that is required by this
amendatory Act in the 
representative
composition of the Commission's membership.

    (b) The term of office of each member, other than the 
student
member, is 6 years from July 1 of the year of 
appointment, and until his
successor is appointed and 
qualified.  If a member's tenure of office,
other than that of 
the student member, is terminated for any reason
before his or 
her term has expired, the Governor shall fill the vacancy by 
the
appointment of a person who has the same representative 
status as the
person whose term has been so terminated, and the 
new appointee shall
hold office only for the remainder of that 
term and until a successor
is appointed and qualified.
The term 
of the student member shall be for 2 years from July 1 of each

odd-numbered year.  If the tenure of the student member is 
terminated for any
reason, the vacancy shall be filled in the 
same manner as heretofore provided
for a regular term of office 
appointment of the student member.  The new
student appointee 
shall hold office only for the remainder of that term. A 
student appointee's status on the Commission may not be 
considered in determining his or her eligibility for programs 
administered by the Commission  No
student member may receive a 
scholarship or grant pursuant to this Act during
his or her 
term of office with the Commission.

    (c) In accordance with the provisions of the State 
Universities Civil
Service Act, the Commission shall employ a 
professionally qualified person as
the Executive Director of 
the Commission, and such other employees as may be
necessary to 
effectuate the purposes of this Act.

    (d) The Commission shall meet at least once in each fiscal 
year, and
may meet at other times which the Chairman may 
designate by giving at
least 10 days' written notice to each 
member.

(Source: P.A. 89-419, eff. 6-1-96.)

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