Public Act 099-0198
 
HB3897 EnrolledLRB099 02684 NHT 22691 b

    AN ACT concerning education.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is
amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
 
    (110 ILCS 947/15)
    Sec. 15. Illinois Student Assistance Commission.
    (a) There is established the Illinois Student Assistance
Commission, consisting of 10 persons to be appointed by the
Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. The
membership of the Commission shall consist of one
representative of the institutions of higher learning operated
by the State; one representative of the private institutions of
higher learning located in the State; one representative of the
public community colleges located in the State; one
representative of the public high schools located in the State;
5 citizens of the State chosen for their knowledge of and
interest in higher education, but not employed by,
professionally affiliated with, or members of the governing
boards of any institution of higher learning located in the
State, and one student member selected from nominations
submitted to the Governor by multi-campus student
organizations, including but not limited to, the recognized
advisory committee of students of the Illinois Community
College Board Illinois Student Association, the Organization
of Community College Students, the recognized advisory
committee of students of the Board of Higher Education, and the
recognized advisory committee of students of the Federation of
Independent Illinois Colleges and Universities. The Governor
shall designate one member, other than the student member, as
chairman. Each member of the Commission, including the student
member, shall serve without compensation, but shall be
reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred in performing his
or her duties under this Act. Subject to a requirement that
Commission members in office on the effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1995 may serve the full term to which they
were appointed, the appointment of Commission members to terms
that commence on or after that effective date shall be made in
a manner that gives effect at the earliest possible time to the
change that is required by this amendatory Act in the
representative composition of the Commission's membership.
    (b) The term of office of each member, other than the
student member, is 6 years from July 1 of the year of
appointment, and until his successor is appointed and
qualified. If a member's tenure of office, other than that of
the student member, is terminated for any reason before his or
her term has expired, the Governor shall fill the vacancy by
the appointment of a person who has the same representative
status as the person whose term has been so terminated, and the
new appointee shall hold office only for the remainder of that
term and until a successor is appointed and qualified. The term
of the student member shall be for 2 years from July 1 of each
odd-numbered year. If the tenure of the student member is
terminated for any reason, the vacancy shall be filled in the
same manner as heretofore provided for a regular term of office
appointment of the student member. The new student appointee
shall hold office only for the remainder of that term. A
student appointee's status on the Commission may not be
considered in determining his or her eligibility for programs
administered by the Commission No student member may receive a
scholarship or grant pursuant to this Act during his or her
term of office with the Commission.
    (c) In accordance with the provisions of the State
Universities Civil Service Act, the Commission shall employ a
professionally qualified person as the Executive Director of
the Commission, and such other employees as may be necessary to
effectuate the purposes of this Act.
    (d) The Commission shall meet at least once in each fiscal
year, and may meet at other times which the Chairman may
designate by giving at least 10 days' written notice to each
member.
(Source: P.A. 89-419, eff. 6-1-96.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.