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1 | AN ACT relating to higher education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Western Illinois University Law is amended | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | by changing
Section 35-45 as follows:
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6 | (110 ILCS 690/35-45)
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7 | Sec. 35-45. Powers and duties. The Board also shall have | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | the power and
it shall be its duty:
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9 | (1) To make rules, regulations and bylaws, not inconsistent | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | with
law, for the government and management of Western Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | University
and its branches;
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12 | (2) To employ, and, for good cause, to remove a President | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | of Western
Illinois University, and all necessary deans, | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | professors, associate
professors, assistant professors, | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | instructors, other educational and
administrative assistants, | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | and all other necessary employees, and to prescribe
their | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | duties and contract with them upon matters relating to tenure, | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | salaries
and retirement benefits in accordance with
the State | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | Universities Civil Service Act. Whenever the Board establishes | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | a
search committee to fill the position of President of Western | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | Illinois
University, there shall be minority representation, | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | including women, on that
search committee. The Board shall, | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | upon the written request
of an employee of Western Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||
24 | University, withhold from the compensation
of that employee any | |||||||||||||||||||
25 | dues, payments or contributions payable by such employee
to any | |||||||||||||||||||
26 | labor organization as defined in the Illinois Educational Labor
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27 | Relations
Act. Under such arrangement, an amount shall be | |||||||||||||||||||
28 | withheld from each regular
payroll period which is equal to the | |||||||||||||||||||
29 | pro rata share of the annual dues plus
any payments or | |||||||||||||||||||
30 | contributions, and the Board shall transmit such withholdings
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31 | to the specified labor organization within 10 working days from | |||||||||||||||||||
32 | the time
of the withholding;
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1 | (3) To prescribe the courses of study to be followed, and | ||||||
2 | textbooks
and apparatus to be used at Western Illinois | ||||||
3 | University;
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4 | (4) To issue upon the recommendation of the faculty, | ||||||
5 | diplomas to such
persons as have satisfactorily completed the | ||||||
6 | required studies of
Western Illinois University, and confer | ||||||
7 | such professional and literary
degrees as are usually conferred | ||||||
8 | by other institutions of like character
for similar or | ||||||
9 | equivalent courses of study, or such as the Board may
deem | ||||||
10 | appropriate;
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11 | (5) To examine into the conditions, management, and | ||||||
12 | administration of
Western Illinois University, to provide the | ||||||
13 | requisite buildings,
apparatus, equipment and auxiliary | ||||||
14 | enterprises, and to fix and collect
matriculation fees; tuition | ||||||
15 | fees; fees for student activities; fees for
student facilities | ||||||
16 | such as student union buildings or field houses or
stadia or | ||||||
17 | other recreational facilities; student welfare fees;
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18 | laboratory fees; and similar fees for supplies and materials.
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19 | The expense of the building, improving, repairing and supplying | ||||||
20 | fuel and
furniture and the necessary appliances and apparatus | ||||||
21 | for conducting Western
Illinois
University, the reimbursed | ||||||
22 | expenses of members of the Board, and the
salaries or | ||||||
23 | compensation of the President, assistants, agents and other
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24 | employees of Western Illinois University, shall be a charge | ||||||
25 | upon the State
Treasury. All
other expenses shall be chargeable | ||||||
26 | against students, and the Board shall
regulate the charges | ||||||
27 | accordingly;
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28 | (6) To succeed to and to administer all trusts, trust | ||||||
29 | property, and
gifts now or hereafter belonging or pertaining to | ||||||
30 | Western Illinois
University;
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31 | (7) To accept endowments of professorships or departments | ||||||
32 | in Western
Illinois University from any person who may proffer | ||||||
33 | them and, at regular
meetings, to prescribe rules and | ||||||
34 | regulations in relation to endowments
and declare on what | ||||||
35 | general principles they may be accepted;
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36 | (8) To enter into contracts with the Federal government for |
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1 | providing
courses of instruction and other services at Western | ||||||
2 | Illinois
University for persons serving in or with the military | ||||||
3 | or naval forces
of the United States, and to provide such | ||||||
4 | courses of instruction and
other services;
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5 | (9) To contract with respect to the Cooperative Computer | ||||||
6 | Center to obtain
services related to electronic data | ||||||
7 | processing;
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8 | (10) To provide for the receipt and expenditures of Federal | ||||||
9 | funds
paid to Western Illinois University by the Federal | ||||||
10 | government for
instruction and other services for persons | ||||||
11 | serving in or with the
military or naval forces of the United | ||||||
12 | States, and to provide for audits
of such funds;
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13 | (11) To appoint, subject to the applicable civil service | ||||||
14 | law, persons
to be members of the Western Illinois University | ||||||
15 | Police Department.
Members of the Police Department shall be | ||||||
16 | conservators of the peace and
as such have all powers possessed | ||||||
17 | by policemen in cities, and sheriffs,
including the power to | ||||||
18 | make arrests on view or warrants of violations of
State | ||||||
19 | statutes, University rules and regulations and city or county
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20 | ordinances, except that they may exercise such powers only | ||||||
21 | within
counties wherein Western Illinois University and any of | ||||||
22 | its branches or
properties
are located when such is required | ||||||
23 | for the protection of University
properties and interests, and | ||||||
24 | its students and personnel, and otherwise,
within such | ||||||
25 | counties, when requested by appropriate State
or local law | ||||||
26 | enforcement officials. However, such officers shall have no
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27 | power to serve and execute civil processes.
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28 | The Board must authorize to each member of the Western | ||||||
29 | Illinois University
Police
Department
and to any other employee | ||||||
30 | of Western Illinois University exercising the powers
of a peace | ||||||
31 | officer
a distinct badge
that, on its face, (i) clearly states | ||||||
32 | that the badge is authorized by Western
Illinois
University and
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33 | (ii) contains a unique identifying number.
No other badge shall | ||||||
34 | be authorized by
Western Illinois University;
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35 | (12) The Board may, directly or in cooperation with other | ||||||
36 | institutions
of higher education, acquire by purchase or lease |
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1 | or otherwise, and construct,
enlarge, improve, equip, | ||||||
2 | complete, operate, control and manage research
and high | ||||||
3 | technology parks, together with the necessary lands, | ||||||
4 | buildings,
facilities, equipment, and personal property | ||||||
5 | therefor,
to encourage and facilitate (i) the location and | ||||||
6 | development of business
and industry in the State of Illinois, | ||||||
7 | and (ii) the increased application
and development of | ||||||
8 | technology, and (iii) the improvement and development of
the | ||||||
9 | State's economy. The Board may lease to nonprofit corporations
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10 | all or any part
of the land, buildings, facilities, equipment | ||||||
11 | or other property included
in a research and high technology | ||||||
12 | park upon such terms and conditions
as the Board may deem | ||||||
13 | advisable and enter into any contract or
agreement with such | ||||||
14 | nonprofit corporations as may be necessary or suitable
for the | ||||||
15 | construction, financing, operation and maintenance and | ||||||
16 | management
of any such park; and may lease to any person, firm, | ||||||
17 | partnership or
corporation,
either public or private, any part | ||||||
18 | or all of the land, building, facilities,
equipment or other | ||||||
19 | property of such park for such purposes and upon such
rentals, | ||||||
20 | terms and conditions as the Board may deem advisable; and
may | ||||||
21 | finance all or part of the cost of any such park, including the | ||||||
22 | purchase,
lease, construction, reconstruction, improvement, | ||||||
23 | remodeling, addition to,
and extension and maintenance of all | ||||||
24 | or part of such high technology park,
and all equipment and | ||||||
25 | furnishings, by legislative appropriations, government
grants, | ||||||
26 | contracts, private gifts, loans, receipts from the operation of
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27 | such high technology park, rentals and similar receipts; and | ||||||
28 | may make its
other facilities and services available to tenants | ||||||
29 | or other occupants of
any such park at rates which are | ||||||
30 | reasonable and appropriate.
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31 | (Source: P.A. 91-883, eff. 1-1-01.)
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