093_HB0935
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1 AN ACT in relation to higher 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
5 by changing Section 2-1 as follows:
6 (110 ILCS 805/2-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 102-1)
7 Sec. 2-1. State Board. There is created the Illinois
8 Community College Board hereinafter referred to as the "State
9 Board". The State Board shall consist of 12 members as
10 follows: a nonvoting student member selected by the
11 recognized advisory committee of students of the Illinois
12 Community College Board, this student to serve for a term of
13 one year beginning on July 1 of each year, except that the
14 student member initially selected shall serve a term
15 beginning on the date of such selection and expiring on the
16 next succeeding June 30, and except that any student member
17 or former student member may be selected by the recognized
18 advisory committee of students of the State Board to serve a
19 second term as the nonvoting student member of the State
20 Board; and 11 members, one of whom shall be a senior citizen
21 age 60 or over, to be appointed by the Governor by and with
22 the advice and consent of the Senate. The members first
23 appointed under this amendatory Act of 1984 shall serve for a
24 term of 6 years. After the expiration of the terms of the
25 office of the members first appointed to the State Board,
26 their respective successors shall hold office for a term of 6
27 years and until their successors are qualified and seated.
28 In the event of vacancies on the State Board in offices
29 appointed by the Governor occurring during a recess of the
30 Senate, the Governor shall have the power to make temporary
31 appointments until the next meeting of the Senate, when the
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1 vacancy shall be filled by nomination to be confirmed by the
2 Senate.
3 (Source: P.A. 86-469.)