Full Text of HB6909 93rd General Assembly
HB6909 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004 HB6909
Introduced 02/09/04, by Richard P. Myers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Western Illinois University Law. Makes a technical change in a
Section concerning the powers and duties of the Board of Trustees.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT relating to higher 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 Western Illinois University Law is amended | 5 |
| by changing
Section 35-45 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 690/35-45)
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| Sec. 35-45. Powers and duties. The Board also shall have | 8 |
| the power and
it shall be its duty:
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| (1) To make rules, regulations and bylaws, not inconsistent | 10 |
| with
law, for the government and management of Western Illinois | 11 |
| University
and its branches;
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| (2) To employ, and, for good cause, to remove a President | 13 |
| of Western
Illinois University, and all necessary deans, | 14 |
| professors, associate
professors, assistant professors, | 15 |
| instructors, other educational and
administrative assistants, | 16 |
| and all other necessary employees, and to prescribe
their | 17 |
| duties and contract with them upon matters relating to tenure, | 18 |
| salaries
and retirement benefits in accordance with
the State | 19 |
| Universities Civil Service Act. Whenever the Board establishes | 20 |
| a
search committee to fill the position of President of Western | 21 |
| Illinois
University, there shall be minority representation, | 22 |
| including women, on that
search committee. The Board shall, | 23 |
| upon the written request
of an employee of Western Illinois | 24 |
| University, withhold from the compensation
of that employee any | 25 |
| dues, payments or contributions payable by such employee
to any | 26 |
| labor organization as defined in the Illinois Educational Labor
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| Relations
Act. Under such arrangement, an amount shall be | 28 |
| withheld from each regular
payroll period which is equal to the | 29 |
| pro rata share of the annual dues plus
any payments or | 30 |
| contributions, and the Board shall transmit such withholdings
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| to the specified labor organization within 10 working days from | 32 |
| the time
of the withholding;
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| (3) To prescribe the courses of study to be followed, and | 2 |
| textbooks
and apparatus to be used at Western Illinois | 3 |
| University;
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| (4) To issue upon the recommendation of the faculty, | 5 |
| diplomas to such
persons as have satisfactorily completed the | 6 |
| required studies of
Western Illinois University, and confer | 7 |
| such professional and literary
degrees as are usually conferred | 8 |
| by other institutions of like character
for similar or | 9 |
| equivalent courses of study, or such as the Board may
deem | 10 |
| appropriate;
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| (5) To examine into the conditions, management, and | 12 |
| administration of
Western Illinois University, to provide the | 13 |
| requisite buildings,
apparatus, equipment and auxiliary | 14 |
| enterprises, and to fix and collect
matriculation fees; tuition | 15 |
| fees; fees for student activities; fees for
student facilities | 16 |
| such as student union buildings or field houses or
stadia or | 17 |
| other recreational facilities; student welfare fees;
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| laboratory fees; and similar fees for supplies and materials.
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| The expense of the building, improving, repairing and supplying | 20 |
| fuel and
furniture and the necessary appliances and apparatus | 21 |
| for conducting Western
Illinois
University, the reimbursed | 22 |
| expenses of members of the Board, and the
salaries or | 23 |
| compensation of the President, assistants, agents and other
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| employees of Western Illinois University, shall be a charge | 25 |
| upon the State
Treasury. All
other expenses shall be chargeable | 26 |
| against students, and the Board shall
regulate the charges | 27 |
| accordingly;
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| (6) To succeed to and to administer all trusts, trust | 29 |
| property, and
gifts now or hereafter belonging or pertaining to | 30 |
| Western Illinois
University;
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| (7) To accept endowments of professorships or departments | 32 |
| in Western
Illinois University from any person who may proffer | 33 |
| them and, at regular
meetings, to prescribe rules and | 34 |
| regulations in relation to endowments
and declare on what | 35 |
| general principles they may be accepted;
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| (8) To enter into contracts with the Federal government for |
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| providing
courses of instruction and other services at Western | 2 |
| Illinois
University for persons serving in or with the military | 3 |
| or naval forces
of the United States, and to provide such | 4 |
| courses of instruction and
other services;
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| (9) To contract with respect to the Cooperative Computer | 6 |
| Center to obtain
services related to electronic data | 7 |
| processing;
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| (10) To provide for the receipt and expenditures of Federal | 9 |
| funds
paid to Western Illinois University by the Federal | 10 |
| government for
instruction and other services for persons | 11 |
| serving in or with the
military or naval forces of the United | 12 |
| States, and to provide for audits
of such funds;
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| (11) To appoint, subject to the applicable civil service | 14 |
| law, persons
to be members of the Western Illinois University | 15 |
| Police Department.
Members of the Police Department shall be | 16 |
| conservators of the peace and
as such have all powers possessed | 17 |
| by policemen in cities, and sheriffs,
including the power to | 18 |
| make arrests on view or warrants of violations of
State | 19 |
| statutes, University rules and regulations and city or county
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| ordinances, except that they may exercise such powers only | 21 |
| within
counties wherein Western Illinois University and any of | 22 |
| its branches or
properties
are located when such is required | 23 |
| for the protection of University
properties and interests, and | 24 |
| its students and personnel, and otherwise,
within such | 25 |
| counties, when requested by appropriate State
or local law | 26 |
| enforcement officials. However, such officers shall have no
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| power to serve and execute civil processes.
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| The Board must authorize to each member of the Western | 29 |
| Illinois University
Police
Department
and to any other employee | 30 |
| of Western Illinois University exercising the powers
of a peace | 31 |
| officer
a distinct badge
that, on its face, (i) clearly states | 32 |
| that the badge is authorized by Western
Illinois
University and
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| (ii) contains a unique identifying number.
No other badge shall | 34 |
| be authorized by
Western Illinois University;
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| (12) The Board may, directly or in cooperation with other | 36 |
| institutions
of higher education, acquire by purchase or lease |
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| or otherwise, and construct,
enlarge, improve, equip, | 2 |
| complete, operate, control and manage research
and high | 3 |
| technology parks, together with the necessary lands, | 4 |
| buildings,
facilities, equipment, and personal property | 5 |
| therefor,
to encourage and facilitate (i) the location and | 6 |
| development of business
and industry in the State of Illinois, | 7 |
| and (ii) the increased application
and development of | 8 |
| technology, and (iii) the improvement and development of
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| State's economy. The Board may lease to nonprofit corporations
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| all or any part
of the land, buildings, facilities, equipment | 11 |
| or other property included
in a research and high technology | 12 |
| park upon such terms and conditions
as the Board may deem | 13 |
| advisable and enter into any contract or
agreement with such | 14 |
| nonprofit corporations as may be necessary or suitable
for the | 15 |
| construction, financing, operation and maintenance and | 16 |
| management
of any such park; and may lease to any person, firm, | 17 |
| partnership or
corporation,
either public or private, any part | 18 |
| or all of the land, building, facilities,
equipment or other | 19 |
| property of such park for such purposes and upon such
rentals, | 20 |
| terms and conditions as the Board may deem advisable; and
may | 21 |
| finance all or part of the cost of any such park, including the | 22 |
| purchase,
lease, construction, reconstruction, improvement, | 23 |
| remodeling, addition to,
and extension and maintenance of all | 24 |
| or part of such high technology park,
and all equipment and | 25 |
| furnishings, by legislative appropriations, government
grants, | 26 |
| contracts, private gifts, loans, receipts from the operation of
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| such high technology park, rentals and similar receipts; and | 28 |
| may make its
other facilities and services available to tenants | 29 |
| or other occupants of
any such park at rates which are | 30 |
| reasonable and appropriate.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-883, eff. 1-1-01.)
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