Full Text of HB1255 095th General Assembly
HB1255 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB1255
Introduced 2/15/2007, by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Makes a technical change
in a Section concerning the Illinois Student Assistance Commission.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is | 5 |
| amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 947/15)
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| Sec. 15. Illinois Student Assistance Commission.
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| (a) There is established
the Illinois Student Assistance | 9 |
| Commission,
consisting of 10 persons to be appointed by the
the | 10 |
| Governor with the
advice and
consent of the Senate. The | 11 |
| membership of the Commission shall consist of one
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| representative of the institutions of higher learning
operated | 13 |
| by the State; one representative of the private institutions of
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| higher learning located in the State; one representative of the | 15 |
| public
community colleges located in the State; one | 16 |
| representative of the public
high schools located in the State; | 17 |
| 5 citizens of the State chosen for
their knowledge of and | 18 |
| interest in higher education, but not employed
by, | 19 |
| professionally affiliated with, or members of the governing | 20 |
| boards
of any institution of higher learning located in the | 21 |
| State, and one
student member selected from nominations | 22 |
| submitted to the Governor by
multi-campus student | 23 |
| organizations, including but not limited to, the Illinois
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| Student Association, the Organization of Community College | 2 |
| Students, the
recognized advisory committee of students of the | 3 |
| Board of Higher Education, and
the recognized advisory | 4 |
| committee of students of the Federation of Independent
Illinois | 5 |
| Colleges and Universities. The Governor shall designate one | 6 |
| member,
other than the student member, as chairman. Each member | 7 |
| of the Commission,
including the student member, shall serve | 8 |
| without compensation, but shall be
reimbursed for expenses | 9 |
| necessarily incurred in performing his or her duties
under this | 10 |
| Act. Subject to a requirement that Commission members in office
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| on the
effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995 may serve | 12 |
| the full term to
which they were appointed, the appointment of | 13 |
| Commission members to terms that
commence on or after that | 14 |
| effective date shall be made in a manner that gives
effect at | 15 |
| the earliest possible time to the change that is required by | 16 |
| this
amendatory Act in the representative
composition of the | 17 |
| Commission's membership. | 18 |
| (b) The term of office of each member, other than the | 19 |
| student
member, is 6 years from July 1 of the year of | 20 |
| appointment, and until his
successor is appointed and | 21 |
| qualified. If a member's tenure of office,
other than that of | 22 |
| the student member, is terminated for any reason
before his or | 23 |
| her term has expired, the Governor shall fill the vacancy by | 24 |
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appointment of a person who has the same representative | 25 |
| status as the
person whose term has been so terminated, and the | 26 |
| new appointee shall
hold office only for the remainder of that |
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| term and until a successor
is appointed and qualified.
The term | 2 |
| of the student member shall be for 2 years from July 1 of each
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| odd-numbered year. If the tenure of the student member is | 4 |
| terminated for any
reason, the vacancy shall be filled in the | 5 |
| same manner as heretofore provided
for a regular term of office | 6 |
| appointment of the student member. The new
student appointee | 7 |
| shall hold office only for the remainder of that term. No
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| student member may receive a scholarship or grant pursuant to | 9 |
| this Act during
his or her term of office with the Commission.
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| (c) In accordance with the provisions of the State | 11 |
| Universities Civil
Service Act, the Commission shall employ a | 12 |
| professionally qualified person as
the Executive Director of | 13 |
| the Commission, and such other employees as may be
necessary to | 14 |
| effectuate the purposes of this Act.
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| (d) The Commission shall meet at least once in each fiscal | 16 |
| year, and
may meet at other times which the Chairman may | 17 |
| designate by giving at
least 10 days' written notice to each | 18 |
| member.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-419, eff. 6-1-96.)
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