Rep. Esther Golar

Filed: 11/18/2008

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2603

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2603, AS AMENDED,
3 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
 
5     "Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
6 Sections 5.719 and 5.720 as follows:
 
7     (30 ILCS 105/5.719 new)
8     Sec. 5.719. The Private College Academic Quality Assurance
9 Fund.
 
10     (30 ILCS 105/5.720 new)
11     Sec. 5.720. The Academic Quality Assurance Fund.
 
12     Section 7. The Public Community College Act is amended by
13 changing Section 7-17 as follows:
 

 

 

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1     (110 ILCS 805/7-17)  (from Ch. 122, par. 107-17)
2     Sec. 7-17. Any member or officer of the board, any officer
3 of the city or any other person holding any trust or employment
4 under the board or city who wilfully violates any of the
5 provisions of Sections 7-8 7-6 through 7-16 shall be guilty of
6 a business offense and may be fined not exceeding $10,000 and
7 forfeits his right to and shall be removed from his office,
8 trust or employment. Any such member, officer or person is
9 liable for the amount of any loss or damage suffered by the
10 board resulting from his violation of any of those Sections, to
11 be recovered by the board or by any taxpayer in the name and
12 for the benefit of the board, in a civil action. Any taxpayer
13 bringing an action under this Section must file a bond for all
14 costs, and is liable for all costs taxed against the board in
15 that suit. This Section does not bar any other remedy.
16 (Source: P.A. 79-1366.)
 
17     (110 ILCS 805/7-6 rep.)
18     (110 ILCS 805/7-7 rep.)
19     Section 8. The Public Community College Act is amended by
20 repealing Sections 7-6 and 7-7.
 
21     Section 10. The Private College Act is amended by adding
22 Sections 14.5 and 14.10 as follows:
 
23     (110 ILCS 1005/14.5 new)

 

 

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1     Sec. 14.5. Fees. Fees to cover the cost of reviewing
2 applications for a certificate of approval to establish or
3 operate a post-secondary educational institution may be set by
4 the Board by rule.
5     Rulemaking authority to implement this amendatory Act of
6 the 95th General Assembly, if any, is conditioned on the rules
7 being adopted in accordance with all provisions of the Illinois
8 Administrative Procedure Act and all rules and procedures of
9 the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules; any purported rule
10 not so adopted, for whatever reason, is unauthorized.
 
11     (110 ILCS 1005/14.10 new)
12     Sec. 14.10. Private College Academic Quality Assurance
13 Fund. The Private College Academic Quality Assurance Fund is
14 created as a special fund in the State treasury. All fees
15 collected for the administration and enforcement of this Act
16 must be deposited into this Fund. All money in the Fund must be
17 used, subject to appropriation, by the Board to supplement
18 support for the administration and enforcement of this Act and
19 must not be used for any other purpose.
20     Rulemaking authority to implement this amendatory Act of
21 the 95th General Assembly, if any, is conditioned on the rules
22 being adopted in accordance with all provisions of the Illinois
23 Administrative Procedure Act and all rules and procedures of
24 the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules; any purported rule
25 not so adopted, for whatever reason, is unauthorized.
 

 

 

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1     Section 15. The Academic Degree Act is amended by adding
2 Sections 10.5 and 10.10 as follows:
 
3     (110 ILCS 1010/10.5 new)
4     Sec. 10.5. Fees. Fees to cover the cost of reviewing
5 applications for authorization to operate and for
6 authorization to grant degrees may be set by the Board by rule.
7     Rulemaking authority to implement this amendatory Act of
8 the 95th General Assembly, if any, is conditioned on the rules
9 being adopted in accordance with all provisions of the Illinois
10 Administrative Procedure Act and all rules and procedures of
11 the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules; any purported rule
12 not so adopted, for whatever reason, is unauthorized.
 
13     (110 ILCS 1010/10.10 new)
14     Sec. 10.10. Academic Quality Assurance Fund. The Academic
15 Quality Assurance Fund is created as a special fund in the
16 State treasury. All fees collected for the administration and
17 enforcement of this Act must be deposited into this Fund. All
18 money in the Fund must be used, subject to appropriation, by
19 the Board to supplement support for the administration and
20 enforcement of this Act and must not be used for any other
21 purpose.
22     Rulemaking authority to implement this amendatory Act of
23 the 95th General Assembly, if any, is conditioned on the rules

 

 

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1 being adopted in accordance with all provisions of the Illinois
2 Administrative Procedure Act and all rules and procedures of
3 the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules; any purported rule
4 not so adopted, for whatever reason, is unauthorized.
 
5     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6 becoming law.".