Public Act 095-0158
Public Act 0158 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Public Act 095-0158
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| HB2194 Enrolled |
LRB095 01249 NHT 21251 b |
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| AN ACT concerning education.
| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | represented in the General Assembly:
| Section 5. The Southern Illinois University Management Act | is amended by changing Section 8 as follows:
| (110 ILCS 520/8) (from Ch. 144, par. 658)
| Sec. 8. Powers and Duties of the Board. The Board shall | have power and
it shall be its duty:
| 1. To make rules, regulations and by-laws, not | inconsistent with
law, for the government and management of | Southern Illinois University
and its branches;
| 2. To employ, and, for good cause, to remove a | president of Southern
Illinois University, and all | necessary deans, professors, associate
professors, | assistant professors, instructors, and other educational | and
administrative assistants, and all other necessary | employees, and
contract with them upon matters relating to | tenure, salaries and
retirement benefits in accordance | with the State Universities Civil Service
Act; the Board | shall, upon the written request of an employee of Southern
| Illinois University, withhold from the compensation of | that employee any
dues, payments or contributions payable | by such employee to any labor
organization as defined in |
| the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act.
Under such | arrangement, an amount shall be withheld from each regular
| payroll period which is equal to the pro rata share of the | annual dues plus
any payments or contributions, and the | Board shall transmit such withholdings
to the specified | labor organization within 10 working days from the time
of | the withholding. Whenever the Board establishes a search | committee to
fill the position of president of Southern | Illinois University, there shall
be minority | representation, including women, on that search committee;
| 3. To prescribe the course of study to be followed, and | textbooks
and apparatus to be used at Southern Illinois | University;
| 4. To issue upon the recommendation of the faculty, | diplomas to such
persons as have satisfactorily completed | the required studies of
Southern Illinois University, and | confer such professional and literary
degrees as are | usually conferred by other institutions of like character
| for similar or equivalent courses of study, or such as the | Board may
deem appropriate;
| 5. To examine into the conditions, management, and | administration of
Southern Illinois University, to provide | the requisite buildings,
apparatus, equipment and | auxiliary enterprises, and to fix and collect
| matriculation fees; tuition fees; fees for student | activities; fees for
student facilities such as student |
| union buildings or field houses or
stadium or other | recreational facilities; student welfare fees;
laboratory | fees and similar fees for supplies and material;
| 6. To succeed to and to administer all trusts, trust | property, and
gifts now or hereafter belonging or | pertaining to Southern Illinois
University;
| 7. To accept endowments of professorships or | departments in the
University from any person who may | proffer them and, at regular
meetings, to prescribe rules | and regulations in relation to endowments
and declare on | what general principles they may be accepted;
| 8. To enter into contracts with the Federal government | for providing
courses of instruction and other services at | Southern Illinois
University for persons serving in or with | the military or naval forces
of the United States, and to | provide such courses of instruction and
other services;
| 9. To provide for the receipt and expenditures of | Federal funds,
paid to the Southern Illinois University by | the Federal government for
instruction and other services | for persons serving in or with the
military or naval forces | of the United States and to provide for audits
of such | funds;
| 10. To appoint, subject to the applicable civil service | law, persons
to be members of the Southern Illinois | University Police Department.
Members of the Police | Department shall be conservators of the peace and
as such |
| have all powers possessed by policemen in cities, and | sheriffs,
including the power to make arrests on view or | warrants of violations of
state statutes, university rules | and regulations and city or county
ordinances, except that | they may exercise such powers only within
counties wherein | the university and any of its branches or properties
are | located when such is required for the protection of | university
properties and interests, and its students and | personnel, and otherwise,
within such counties, when | requested by appropriate State
or local law enforcement | officials. However, such officers shall have no
power to | serve and execute civil processes.
| The Board must authorize to each member of the Southern | Illinois University
Police
Department
and to any other | employee of Southern Illinois University exercising the | powers
of a peace officer
a distinct badge
that, on its | face, (i) clearly states that the badge is authorized by | Southern
Illinois
University and
(ii) contains a unique | identifying number. No other badge shall be authorized
by | Southern Illinois University.
| (10.5) To conduct health care programs in furtherance | of its teaching, research, and public service functions, | which shall include without limitation patient and | ancillary facilities, institutes, clinics, or offices | owned, leased, or purchased through an equity interest by | the Board or its appointed designee to carry out such |
| activities in the course of or in support of the Board's | academic, clinical, and public service responsibilities.
| 11. To administer a plan or plans established by the | clinical faculty
of the School of Medicine for the billing, | collection and disbursement of
charges made by individual | faculty members for professional services performed
by | them in the course of or in support of the faculty's
their | academic responsibilities,
provided that such plan has | been first approved by Board action. All such
collections | shall be deposited into a special fund or funds | administered
by the Board from which disbursements may be | made according to the provisions
of said plan. The | reasonable costs incurred, by the University, | administering
the billing, collection and disbursement | provisions of a plan shall have
first priority for payment | before distribution or disbursement for any other
purpose. | Audited financial statements of the plan or plans must be | provided
Charges established pursuant to this plan must be | itemized in any
billing and any amounts collected which are | not used to off-set the cost
of operating or maintaining | the activity which generated the funds collected,
must be | accounted for separately. This accounting must clearly | show the
use and application made of the funds and the | Board shall report such
accountings for the previous fiscal | year to the Legislative Audit
Commission annually by | December 31 of each fiscal year.
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| The Board of Trustees may own, operate, or govern, by | or through the School
of Medicine, a managed care community | network established under subsection
(b)
of Section 5-11 of | the Illinois Public Aid Code.
| 12. The Board of Trustees may, directly or in | cooperation with other
institutions of higher education, | acquire by purchase or lease or
otherwise, and construct, | enlarge, improve, equip, complete, operate,
control and | manage medical research and high technology parks, | together
with the necessary lands, buildings, facilities, | equipment, and personal
property therefor, to encourage | and facilitate (a) the location and
development of business | and industry in the State of Illinois, and (b) the
| increased application and development of technology and | (c) the improvement
and development of the State's economy. | The Board of Trustees may lease to
nonprofit corporations | all or any part of the land, buildings, facilities,
| equipment or other property included in a medical research | and high
technology park upon such terms and conditions as | the Board of Trustees may
deem advisable and enter into any | contract or agreement with such nonprofit
corporations as | may be necessary or suitable for the construction,
| financing, operation and maintenance and management of any | such park; and
may lease to any person, firm, partnership | or corporation, either public or
private, any part or all | of the land, building, facilities, equipment or
other |
| property of such park for such purposes and upon such
| rentals, terms and conditions as the Board of Trustees may | deem advisable; and
may finance all or part of the cost of | any such park, including the purchase,
lease, | construction, reconstruction, improvement, remodeling, | addition to,
and extension and maintenance of all or part | of such high technology park,
and all equipment and | furnishings, by legislative appropriations, government
| grants, contracts, private gifts, loans, receipts from the | operation of
such high technology park, rentals and similar | receipts; and may make its
other facilities and services | available to tenants or other occupants of
any such park at | rates which are reasonable and appropriate.
| The powers of the Board as herein designated are subject to | the Board
of Higher Education Act.
| (Source: P.A. 91-883, eff. 1-1-01; 92-370, eff. 8-15-01.)
| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | becoming law.
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Effective Date: 8/14/2007
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