Sen. William E. Brady
Filed: 4/17/2015
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1146 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1146 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:



 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois State University Law is amended  by 
5changing Section 20-15 as follows:
 



6    (110 ILCS 675/20-15)



7    Sec. 20-15. Membership; terms; vacancies. The Board shall 
8consist of 9 7
voting members appointed by the Governor, by and 
9with the advice and consent
of the Senate, and one voting 
10member who is a student at Illinois State
University.  The 
11student member shall be chosen by a campus-wide student

12election.  The student member shall serve a term of one year 
13beginning on July
1 of each year, except that the student 
14member initially selected shall serve
a term beginning on the 
15date of his or her selection and expiring on the next

16succeeding June 30.  To be eligible to remain as a student 
 
 
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1member of the Board,
the student member must be a resident of 
2this State, must have and maintain a
grade point average that 
3is equivalent to at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale, and must
be a full 
4time student enrolled at all times
during his or her term of 
5office except for that part of the term which follows
the 
6completion of the last full regular semester of an academic 
7year and
precedes the first full regular semester of the 
8succeeding academic year at the
university (sometimes commonly 
9referred to as the summer session or summer
school).  If a 
10student member serving on the Board fails to
continue to meet 
11or maintain the residency, minimum grade point average, or

12enrollment requirement established by this Section, his
or her 
13membership on the Board shall be deemed to have terminated by 
14operation
of law.  Of the members first appointed by the 
15Governor, 4 shall be
appointed for terms to expire on the third 
16Monday in January, 1999,
and 3 shall be appointed for terms to 
17expire on the third Monday in January,
2001.  One of the 
18additional members appointed by the Governor, by and with the

19advice and consent of the Senate, under this amendatory Act of 
20the 99th General
Assembly, shall be appointed for
a term to 
21expire on the third Monday in January, 2019 and the other 
22additional member appointed by the Governor, by and with the

23advice and consent of the Senate, under this amendatory Act of 
24the 99th General
Assembly, shall be appointed for
a term to 
25expire on the third Monday in January, 2021. If the Senate is 
26not in session on the effective date of this
Article, or if a 
 
 
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1vacancy in an appointive membership occurs at a time when
the 
2Senate is not in session, the Governor shall make temporary

3appointments until the next meeting of the Senate when he shall 
4nominate
persons to fill such memberships for the remainder of 
5their respective terms.
No more than 5 4 of the members 
6appointed by the Governor shall be
affiliated with the same 
7political party.
Each member appointed by the Governor must be 
8a resident of this State.  A
failure to meet or maintain this 
9residency requirement constitutes a
resignation from and 
10creates a vacancy in the Board.
Upon the expiration of the 
11terms
of members appointed by the Governor, their respective 
12successors shall be
appointed for terms of 6 years from the 
13third Monday in January of each
odd-numbered year.
Any members 
14appointed to the Board shall continue to serve in such capacity

15until their successors are appointed and qualified.

16(Source: P.A. 91-778, eff. 1-1-01;
91-798, eff. 7-9-00; 92-16, 
17eff. 6-28-01.)".