HB4291 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB4291

Introduced 1/30/2012, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

110 ILCS 805/2-1

from Ch. 122, par. 102-1

Amends the Public Community College Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Illinois Community College Board.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning education.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by changing Section 2-1 as follows:

(110 ILCS 805/2-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 102-1)

Sec. 2-1. There is created the the Illinois Community College Board hereinafter referred to as the "State Board". The State Board shall consist of 12 members as follows: a nonvoting student member selected by the recognized advisory committee of students of the Illinois Community College Board, this student to serve for a term of one year beginning on July 1 of each year, except that the student member initially selected shall serve a term beginning on the date of such selection and expiring on the next succeeding June 30, and except that any student member or former student member may be selected by the recognized advisory committee of students of the State Board to serve a second term as the nonvoting student member of the State Board; and 11 members, one of whom shall be a senior citizen age 60 or over, to be appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Beginning on July 1, 2005, one of the 11 members appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, must be a faculty member at an Illinois public community college. Also beginning on July 1, 2005, one of the 11 members appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, must be a member of the board of trustees of a public community college district. The membership requirements set forth in this Section apply only to the State Board and shall have no effect on the membership of the board of trustees of a community college district. The members first appointed under this amendatory Act of 1984 shall serve for a term of 6 years. After the expiration of the terms of the office of the members first appointed to the State Board, their respective successors shall hold office for a term of 6 years and until their successors are qualified and seated. In the event of vacancies on the State Board in offices appointed by the Governor occurring during a recess of the Senate, the Governor shall have the power to make temporary appointments until the next meeting of the Senate, when the vacancy shall be filled by nomination to be confirmed by the Senate.

(Source: P.A. 94-157, eff. 7-8-05.)