95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB2690


 
Introduced 2/15/2008, by Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.
 
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.
















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    AN ACT concerning education.

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


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



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



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    Sec. 2-1. There is created the
the Illinois Community 
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College Board
hereinafter referred to as the "State Board".  The 
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State Board shall
consist of 12 members as follows: a nonvoting 
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student member selected by
the recognized advisory committee of 
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students of the Illinois Community
College Board, this student 
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to serve for a term of one year beginning on
July 1 of each 
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year, except that the student member initially selected
shall 
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serve a term beginning on the date of such selection and 
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expiring on
the next succeeding June 30, and except that any 
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student member or former
student member may be selected by the 
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recognized advisory committee of
students of the State Board to 
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serve a second term as the nonvoting student
member of the 
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State Board; and 11 members, one of whom shall be a senior

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citizen age 60 or over,  to be appointed by the Governor by and 
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with the
advice and consent of the Senate. Beginning on July 1, 
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2005, one of the 11 members appointed by the Governor, by and 
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with the advice and consent of the Senate, must be a faculty 
 


 






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member at an Illinois public community college.  Also beginning 
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on July 1, 2005, one of the 11 members appointed by the 
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Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 
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must be a member of the board of trustees of a public community 
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college district.   The membership requirements set forth in this 
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Section apply only to the State Board and shall have no effect 
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on the membership of the board of trustees of a community 
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college district.  The members first appointed under this

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amendatory Act of 1984 shall serve for a term of 6 years. After 
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the
expiration of the terms of the office of the members first 
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appointed to the
State Board, their respective successors shall 
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hold office for a term of 6
years and until their successors 
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are qualified and seated.  In the event of
vacancies on the 
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State Board in offices appointed by the Governor occurring

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during a recess of the  Senate, the Governor shall have the 
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power to make
temporary appointments until the next meeting of 
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the Senate, when the
vacancy shall be filled by nomination to 
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be confirmed by the Senate.
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(Source: P.A. 94-157, eff. 7-8-05.)