093_SB1980 LRB093 08926 RCE 09158 b 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 -2- LRB093 08926 RCE 09158 b 1 vacancy shall be filled by nomination to be confirmed by the 2 Senate. 3 (Source: P.A. 86-469.)