Full Text of HB5860 100th General Assembly
HB5860 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 HB5860 Introduced , by Rep. Monica Bristow SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | 110 ILCS 520/2 | from Ch. 144, par. 652 | 110 ILCS 520/4 | from Ch. 144, par. 654 | 110 ILCS 520/5 | from Ch. 144, par. 655 |
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Amends the Southern Illinois University Management Act. Provides that on the effective date of the amendatory Act, the terms of office of the members of the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University shall terminate and the Board shall be reconstituted. With regard to the 7 members of the Board appointed by the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate, specifies that after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the 7 members shall be appointed as follows: 3 appointees shall hold an undergraduate or graduate degree from the Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville campus, 3 appointees shall hold an undergraduate or graduate degree from the Southern Illinois University at Carbondale campus, and one appointee must not have attended Southern Illinois University at all. Changes the voting student member to an additional nonvoting student member, and deletes provisions concerning the designation of a voting student member and a nonvoting student member; makes related changes. Sets forth provisions concerning the expiration of the terms of the 7 initial members appointed by the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate, pursuant to the amendatory Act.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Southern Illinois University Management Act | 5 | | is amended by changing Sections 2, 4, and 5 as follows:
| 6 | | (110 ILCS 520/2) (from Ch. 144, par. 652)
| 7 | | Sec. 2.
On the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | 8 | | 100th General Assembly, the terms of office of the members of | 9 | | the Board shall terminate and the Board shall be reconstituted. | 10 | | After the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th | 11 | | General Assembly, the The Board shall consist of 7 members | 12 | | appointed by the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent | 13 | | of the Senate, as follows: 3 appointees shall hold an | 14 | | undergraduate or graduate degree from the Southern Illinois | 15 | | University at Edwardsville campus, 3 appointees shall hold an | 16 | | undergraduate or graduate degree from the Southern Illinois | 17 | | University at Carbondale campus, and one appointee must not | 18 | | have attended Southern Illinois University at all. The Board | 19 | | shall also consist of the Superintendent of Public
Instruction, | 20 | | or his chief assistant for liaison with higher education when
| 21 | | designated to serve in his place, ex-officio, and 2 nonvoting | 22 | | one voting student members. member
designated by the Governor | 23 | | from one campus of the University and one nonvoting
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| 1 | | member from the campus of the University not represented by the | 2 | | voting
student member. The Governor shall designate one of the | 3 | | student members
serving on the Board to serve as the voting | 4 | | student member. Each student
member shall be selected chosen by | 5 | | the respective campuses of Southern Illinois
University at | 6 | | Carbondale and Edwardsville. The method of selecting choosing | 7 | | these
student members shall be by campus-wide student election , | 8 | | and any student
designated by the Governor to be a voting | 9 | | student member shall be one of the
students chosen by this | 10 | | method . The student members shall serve terms of one
year | 11 | | beginning on July 1 of each year, except that the student | 12 | | members
initially selected shall serve a term beginning on the | 13 | | date of such selection
and expiring on the next succeeding June | 14 | | 30. To be eligible for selection as
a student member and to be | 15 | | eligible to remain as a voting or nonvoting student
member of | 16 | | the Board, a student member must be a resident of this State, | 17 | | must
have and maintain a grade point average that is equivalent | 18 | | to at least 2.5
on a 4.0 scale, and must be a full time student | 19 | | enrolled at all times during
his or her term of office except | 20 | | for that part of the term which follows
the completion of the | 21 | | last full regular semester of an academic year and
precedes the | 22 | | first full regular semester of the succeeding academic year at
| 23 | | the university (sometimes commonly referred to as the summer | 24 | | session or summer
school). If a voting or nonvoting student | 25 | | member serving on the Board fails
to continue to meet or | 26 | | maintain the residency, minimum grade point average, or
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| 1 | | enrollment requirement established by this Section, his or her | 2 | | membership on
the Board shall be deemed to have terminated by | 3 | | operation of law. No more than
4 of the members appointed by | 4 | | the Governor shall be affiliated with the same
political party. | 5 | | Each member appointed by the Governor must be a resident of
| 6 | | this State. A failure to meet or maintain this residency | 7 | | requirement
constitutes a resignation from and creates a | 8 | | vacancy in the Board. The terms of the members appointed by the | 9 | | Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate, | 10 | | pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly | 11 | | shall expire as follows: the terms of one member each from the | 12 | | Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville campus and the | 13 | | Southern Illinois University at Carbondale campus shall expire | 14 | | on the third Monday in
January 2021; the terms of one member | 15 | | each from the Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville | 16 | | campus and the Southern Illinois University at Carbondale | 17 | | campus shall expire on the third Monday in
January 2022; and | 18 | | the terms of the remaining 3 members shall expire on the third | 19 | | Monday in
January 2025. Upon the
expiration of the terms of | 20 | | members appointed by the Governor, their respective
successors | 21 | | shall be appointed for terms of 6 years from the third Monday | 22 | | in
January of each odd-numbered year and until their respective | 23 | | successors are
appointed for like terms. If the Senate is not | 24 | | in session appointments shall
be made as in the case of | 25 | | vacancies.
| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 91-778, eff. 1-1-01; 91-798, eff. 7-9-00; 92-16, |
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| 1 | | eff.
6-28-01 .)
| 2 | | (110 ILCS 520/4) (from Ch. 144, par. 654)
| 3 | | Sec. 4. Members of the Board shall serve without | 4 | | compensation but
shall be entitled to reasonable amounts for | 5 | | expenses necessarily incurred
in the performance of their | 6 | | duties. Such expenses incurred by any non-voting
student member | 7 | | may, at the discretion of the Chairman of the Board, be | 8 | | provided
for by advance payment to such member, who shall | 9 | | account therefor to the
Board immediately after each meeting.
| 10 | | No member of the Board shall hold or be employed in or | 11 | | appointed
to any office or place under the authority of the | 12 | | Board, nor shall
any member of the Board be directly or | 13 | | indirectly
interested in any contract made by the Board, nor | 14 | | shall
he be an employee of the State Government. This section
| 15 | | does not prohibit the student members of the Board from | 16 | | maintaining
normal and official status as enrolled students or | 17 | | normal student
employment at Southern Illinois University.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 93-1096, eff. 1-1-06 .)
| 19 | | (110 ILCS 520/5) (from Ch. 144, par. 655)
| 20 | | Sec. 5.
Members of the Board shall elect annually by secret | 21 | | ballot from
their own number a chairman who shall preside over | 22 | | meetings of the Board and
a secretary.
| 23 | | Meetings of the Board shall be held at least once each | 24 | | quarter on a campus
of Southern Illinois University. At all |
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| 1 | | regular meetings of the Board, a
majority of its voting members | 2 | | shall constitute a quorum. The student members
shall have all | 3 | | of the privileges of membership, including the right to make | 4 | | and
second motions and to attend executive sessions, other than | 5 | | the right to vote ,
except that the student member designated
by | 6 | | the Governor as the voting student member shall have the right | 7 | | to vote on
all Board matters except those involving faculty | 8 | | tenure, faculty promotion or
any issue on which the student | 9 | | member has a direct conflict of interest . For the purposes of | 10 | | this Section, a student member shall not be deemed to have a | 11 | | direct conflict of interest in and may vote on any item | 12 | | involving the employment or compensation of the Chancellor at | 13 | | any campus or the President of the University or the election | 14 | | of officers. A
student member who is not entitled to vote on a | 15 | | measure at a meeting
of the Board or any of its committees | 16 | | shall not be considered a member for the
purpose of determining | 17 | | whether a quorum is present at the time that measure is
voted | 18 | | upon. No action of
the Board shall be invalidated by reason of | 19 | | any vacancies on the Board,
or by reason of any failure to | 20 | | select a student member.
| 21 | | Special meetings of the Board may be called by the chairman | 22 | | of the Board
or by any 3 members of the Board.
| 23 | | At each regular and special meeting that is open to the | 24 | | public, members of
the public and employees of the University | 25 | | shall be afforded time, subject to
reasonable constraints, to | 26 | | make comments to or ask questions of the Board.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 99-734, eff. 8-5-16.)
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