Public Act 93-0628

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    AN ACT relating to higher education.

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

    Section  5.   The Northeastern Illinois University Law is
amended by changing Section 25-15 as follows:

    (110 ILCS 680/25-15)
    Sec. 25-15.  Membership;  terms;  vacancies.   The  Board
shall  consist  of 9 voting members who are residents of this
State and are appointed by the  Governor,  by  and  with  the
advice  and  consent of the Senate, and one voting member who
is  a  student  at  Northeastern  Illinois  University.   The
student member shall be elected by a campus-wide election  of
all  students  of  the  University.  The student member shall
serve a term of one year beginning on July 1  of  each  year,
except  that the student member initially selected under this
amendatory Act of the 91st General  Assembly  shall  serve  a
term  beginning  on  the  date  of  his  or her selection and
expiring on the next succeeding June 30.   A  student  member
may  serve  only for one term.  To be eligible to remain as a
student member of the Board, the student  member  must  be  a
resident  of this State, must have and maintain a grade point
average that is equivalent to at least 2.5 on  a  4.0  scale,
and must be a full time undergraduate student enrolled at all
times  during  his or her term of office except for that part
of the term which follows the completion  of  the  last  full
regular  semester  of an academic year and precedes the first
full regular semester of the succeeding academic year at  the
university  (sometimes  commonly  referred  to  as the summer
session or summer school).  If a student  member  serving  on
the   Board  fails  to  continue  to  meet  or  maintain  the
residency,  minimum  grade  point  average,   or   enrollment
requirement   established   by   this  Section,  his  or  her
membership on the Board shall be deemed to have terminated by
operation of law.  If any member of the  Board  appointed  by
the  Governor  fails  to  continue  to  meet  or maintain the
residency requirement established by this Section, he or  she
shall   resign   membership  on  the  Board  within  30  days
thereafter and, failing submission of this  resignation,  his
or  her  membership  on  the  Board  shall  be deemed to have
terminated  by  operation  of  law.   Of  the  members  first
appointed by the Governor, 4 shall be appointed for terms  to
expire  on  the third Monday in January, 1999 and until their
successors are  appointed  and  qualified,  and  3  shall  be
appointed for terms to expire on the third Monday in January,
2001  and until their successors are appointed and qualified.
The 2 additional members appointed by the  Governor,  by  and
with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Senate,  under this
amendatory Act of the 91st General  Assembly,  shall  not  be
from  the  same  political  party  and shall be appointed for
terms to expire on the third  Monday  in  January,  2003  and
until  their  successors  are  appointed  and qualified.  Any
vacancy in membership existing on January 1,  1999  shall  be
filled  by  appointment  by the Governor, with the advice and
consent of the Senate, for a term  to  expire  on  the  third
Monday  in January, 2003.  If the Senate is not in session on
the effective date of this Article, or if  a  vacancy  in  an
appointive membership occurs at a time when the Senate is not
in session, the Governor shall make temporary appointments to
fill  the vacancy.  Members with these temporary appointments
shall be deemed qualified to serve upon appointment and shall
continue to serve until the next meeting of the  Senate  when
the  Governor shall appoint persons to fill such memberships,
by and with the advice and consent of  the  Senate,  for  the
remainder  of  their respective terms.  No more than 5 of the
members appointed by the Governor shall  be  affiliated  with
the  same  political  party.   Each  member  appointed by the
Governor must be a resident of this State.  A failure to meet
or  maintain  this  residency   requirement   constitutes   a
resignation  from  and  creates a vacancy in the Board.  Upon
the expiration of the  terms  of  members  appointed  by  the
Governor   for   other  than  temporary  appointments,  their
respective successors shall be appointed,  by  and  with  the
advice  and  consent of the Senate, for terms of 6 years from
the third Monday in January of each odd-numbered year.    Any
members  appointed  to  the  Board shall continue to serve in
such  capacity  until  their  successors  are  appointed  and
qualified.
(Source: P.A. 91-565,  eff.  8-14-99;  91-778,  eff.  1-1-01;
91-798, eff. 7-9-00; 92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)

    Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.