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Public Act 90-0630

HB2364 Enrolled                                LRB9007309THpk

    AN ACT relating to membership on the governing boards  of
public universities.

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

    Section 5.  The University of Illinois  Trustees  Act  is
amended by changing Section 1 as follows:

    (110 ILCS 310/1) (from Ch. 144, par. 41)
    Sec.  1.   The  Board  of  Trustees  of the University of
Illinois  shall  consist  of  9  trustees  appointed  by  the
Governor, by and with the advice and consent of  the  Senate,
the  Governor,  and, until July 1, 2001, one voting nonvoting
student member designated by the Governor from one campus  of
the  University  and  one  nonvoting student member from each
campus of  the  University  not  represented  by  the  voting
student  member.   The  Governor  shall  designate one of the
student members serving on the Board on the effective date of
this amendatory Act of 1997 to serve as  the  voting  student
member for the remainder of that student's term on the Board.
Beginning  on  July  1,  2001,  and  thereafter,  the student
members of the Board shall  all  be  nonvoting  members,  one
selected from each campus of the University of Illinois.
    Each  nonvoting  student member shall serve a term of one
year, beginning on July 1 of each year or on the date of  his
or  her  selection,  whichever  is later, and expiring on the
next succeeding June 30.  The student members shall have  all
of  the privileges of membership, including the right to make
and second motions and to attend executive   sessions,  other
than  the  right  to vote, except that until July 1, 2001 the
student member designated  by  the  Governor  as  the  voting
student  member  shall  have  the  right to vote on all Board
matters  except  those  involving  faculty  tenure,   faculty
promotion  or  any  issue  on  which the student member has a
direct conflict of interest.  The method of  selecting  these
student  members  shall  be determined by campus-wide student
referendum, and any student designated by the Governor to  be
a voting student member shall be one of the students selected
by this method.  A student member who is not entitled to vote
on  a  measure  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  or any of its
committees shall not be considered a member for  the  purpose
of  determining  whether a quorum is present at the time that
measure is voted upon.  Nonvoting student members  shall  not
be considered members for the purpose of determining a quorum
at  any meeting of the Board or any of its committees.  To be
eligible for selection as a student member and to be eligible
to remain as a voting or  nonvoting  student  member  of  the
Board,  a  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 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 voting or nonvoting 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.
    The term of each elected trustee who is in office on  the
effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995 shall terminate
on  the  second  Monday in January, 1996, or when a quorum of
the trustees initially to be appointed under this  amendatory
Act  of  1995  is  appointed  and  qualified,  whichever last
occurs.
    No more than 5 of the 9 trustees members appointed by the
Governor shall be affiliated with the same  political  party.
The term of office of each appointed trustee shall be 6 years
from  the  third Monday in January of each odd numbered year,
except that of the 9  trustees  initially  appointed  by  the
Governor, 3 shall be appointed for terms that commence on the
date  of their appointment and expire on the second Monday in
January, 1997; 3 shall be appointed for terms  that  commence
on  the  date  of  their appointment and expire on the second
Monday in January, 1999; and 3 shall be appointed  for  terms
that  commence on the date of their appointment and expire on
the second Monday in January, 2001.  Upon expiration  of  the
terms  of  the  members  initially appointed by the Governor,
their respective successors shall be appointed for terms of 6
years from the second Monday in January of each odd  numbered
year  and until their respective successors are appointed and
qualified.
    Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term  in  the
same  manner  as  original  appointments.   If  a  vacancy in
membership occurs at  a  time  when  the  Senate  is  not  in
session, the Governor shall make temporary appointments until
the next meeting of the Senate, when he shall appoint persons
to   fill   such  memberships  for  the  remainder  of  their
respective terms.  If the  Senate  is  not  in  session  when
appointments  for a full term are made, appointments shall be
made as in the case of vacancies.
    No action of the board shall be invalidated by reason  of
any  vacancies  on  the board, or by reason of any failure to
select nonvoting student members.
(Source: P.A. 89-4,  eff.  7-1-95  (eff.  date  changed  from
1-1-96 by P.A. 89-24); 89-5, eff. 1-1-96.)

    Section  10.  The Southern Illinois University Management
Act is amended by changing Sections 2 and 5 as follows:
    (110 ILCS 520/2) (from Ch. 144, par. 652)
    Sec. 2. The Board shall consist of 7 members appointed by
the Governor, by and with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the
Senate,  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction, or his
chief  assistant  for  liaison  with  higher  education  when
designated to serve in his place, ex-officio, and, until July
1, 2001, one voting student member designated by the Governor
from one campus of the University and one  nonvoting  student
member  from  the campus of the University not represented by
the voting student member.  The Governor shall designate  one
of  the student members serving on the Board on the effective
date of this amendatory Act of  1997 to serve as  the  voting
student  member  for  the remainder of that student's term on
the Board.  Beginning on July 1, 2001, and thereafter, the  2
student  members  of  the Board shall be nonvoting members, 2
nonvoting  student  members  each  to  be  selected  by   the
respective   campuses  of  Southern  Illinois  University  at
Carbondale and Edwardsville.  The method of  selecting  these
student  members  shall  be determined by campus-wide student
referendum, and any student designated by the Governor to  be
a voting student member shall be one of the students selected
by this method.  The student members shall serve terms of one
year  beginning  on  July  1  of  each  year, except that the
student  members  initially  selected  shall  serve  a   term
beginning  on  the date of such selection and expiring on the
next succeeding June 30. To be eligible for  selection  as  a
student  member  and  to be eligible to remain as a voting or
nonvoting student member of the Board, a 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 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 voting or nonvoting  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. No more than 4 of the members
appointed  by  the Governor shall be affiliated with the same
political party. Upon the expiration of the terms of  members
appointed  by the Governor, their respective successors shall
be appointed for terms of 6 years from the  third  Monday  in
January  of each odd-numbered year and until their respective
successors are appointed for like terms. If the Senate is not
in session appointments shall be  made  as  in  the  case  of
vacancies.
(Source: P.A. 78-822.)

    (110 ILCS 520/5) (from Ch. 144, par. 655)
    Sec.  5.   Members  of  the Board shall elect annually by
secret ballot from their own  number  a  chairman  who  shall
preside over meetings of the Board and a secretary.
    Meetings  of  the  Board shall be held at least once each
quarter on a campus of Southern Illinois University.  At  all
regular  meetings of the Board, a majority of its voting four
members shall constitute  a  quorum.  The  nonvoting  student
members  shall  have  all  of  the  privileges of membership,
including the right to make and second motions and to  attend
executive sessions, other than the right to vote, except that
until  July  1,  2001  the  student  member designated by the
Governor as the voting student member shall have the right to
vote on all Board  matters  except  those  involving  faculty
tenure,  faculty  promotion or any issue on which the student
member has a direct conflict of interest.  A  student  member
who is not entitled to vote on a measure at a meeting  of the
Board  or  any  of  its  committees shall not be considered a
member for the purpose of determining  whether  a  quorum  is
present  at  the  time  that measure is voted upon., but they
shall  not  be  considered  members  for   the   purpose   of
determining  a  quorum at any meeting of  the Board or any of
its committees.  No action of the Board shall be  invalidated
by  reason of any vacancies on the Board, or by reason of any
failure to select a nonvoting student member.
    Special meetings of  the  Board  may  be  called  by  the
chairman of the Board or by any 3 members of the Board.
(Source: P.A. 80-730.)

    Section  15.  The Chicago State University Law is amended
by changing Sections 5-15 and 5-25 as follows:

    (110 ILCS 660/5-15)
    Sec.  5-15.  Membership;  terms;  vacancies.   The  Board
shall consist of 7 voting members appointed by  the  Governor
by  and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and, until
July 1, 2001, one voting nonvoting member who is a student at
Chicago State University.  The student member serving on  the
Board  on  the  effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997
shall be a voting student member for the remainder of his  or
her  term  on  the  Board.    Beginning  on July 1, 2001, and
thereafter, the student  member  of  the  Board  shall  be  a
nonvoting  member. The method of selecting the student member
shall continue to be  determined  by  a  campus-wide  student
referendum. The student member shall serve a term of one year
beginning  on  July  1  of each year, except that the student
member initially selected shall serve a term beginning on the
date of his  or  her  selection  and  expiring  on  the  next
succeeding June 30. To be eligible for selection as a student
member  and  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 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.  Of  the  members  first
appointed by the Governor, 4 shall be appointed for terms  to
expire  on  the third Monday in January, 1999, and 3 shall be
appointed for terms to expire on the third Monday in January,
2001.  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 until the next
meeting of the Senate when he shall nominate persons to  fill
such memberships for the remainder of their respective terms.
No more than 4 of the members appointed by the Governor shall
be  affiliated  with  the  same  political  party.  Upon  the
expiration of the terms of members appointed by the Governor,
their respective successors shall be appointed for terms of 6
years  from  the third Monday in January of each odd-numbered
year and until their respective successors are appointed  for
like terms.
(Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)

    (110 ILCS 660/5-25)
    Sec.  5-25.  Officers;  meetings.   Members  of the Board
shall elect annually by secret ballot from their own number a
chairman who shall preside over meetings of the Board  and  a
secretary.
    Meetings  of  the  Board shall be held at least once each
quarter on the campus of Chicago State University at Chicago,
Illinois. At all regular meetings of the Board, a majority of
its 4  members  shall  constitute  a  quorum.  The  nonvoting
student   member   shall   have  all  of  the  privileges  of
membership, including the right to make and  second  motions,
and  to  attend  executive  sessions,  and until July 1, 2001
other than the right to vote  on  all  Board  matters  except
those  involving  faculty  tenure,  faculty  promotion or any
issue on which the student member has a  direct  conflict  of
interest.  Unless the student member is entitled to vote on a
measure  at  a meeting of the Board or any of its committees,
he or she shall not be considered a member for the purpose of
determining whether a quorum is  present  at  the  time  that
measure  is  voted upon., but the student member shall not be
considered a member for purposes of determining a  quorum  at
any  meeting of the Board or any of its committees. No action
of the Board shall be invalidated by reason of any  vacancies
on  the  Board  or  by  reason  of  any  failure  to select a
nonvoting student member.
    Special meetings of  the  Board  may  be  called  by  the
chairman of the Board or by any 3 members of the Board.
(Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)

    Section  20.  The  Eastern  Illinois  University  Law  is
amended by changing Sections 10-15 and 10-25 as follows:

    (110 ILCS 665/10-15)
    Sec.  10-15.  Membership;  terms;  vacancies.   The Board
shall consist of 7 voting members appointed by  the  Governor
by  and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and, until
July 1, 2001, one voting nonvoting member who is a student at
Eastern Illinois University.  The student member  serving  on
the  Board  on  the  effective date of this amendatory Act of
1997 shall be a voting student member for  the  remainder  of
his or her term on the Board.  Beginning on July 1, 2001, and
thereafter,  the  student  member  of  the  Board  shall be a
nonvoting member. The method of selecting the student  member
shall  continue  to  be  determined  by a campus-wide student
referendum. The student member shall serve a term of one year
beginning on July 1 of each year,  except  that  the  student
member initially selected shall serve a term beginning on the
date  of  his  or  her  selection  and  expiring  on the next
succeeding June 30. To be eligible for selection as a student
member and 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 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.  Of  the  members  first
appointed by the Governor, 4 shall be appointed for terms  to
expire  on  the third Monday in January, 1999, and 3 shall be
appointed for terms to expire on the third Monday in January,
2001.  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 until the next
meeting of the Senate when he shall nominate persons to  fill
such memberships for the remainder of their respective terms.
No more than 4 of the members appointed by the Governor shall
be  affiliated  with  the  same  political  party.  Upon  the
expiration of the terms of members appointed by the Governor,
their respective successors shall be appointed for terms of 6
years  from  the third Monday in January of each odd-numbered
year and until their respective successors are appointed  for
like terms.
(Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)

    (110 ILCS 665/10-25)
    Sec.  10-25.  Officers;  meetings.   Members of the Board
shall elect annually by secret ballot from their own number a
chairman who shall preside over meetings of the Board  and  a
secretary.
    Meetings  of  the  Board shall be held at least once each
quarter on the  campus  of  Eastern  Illinois  University  at
Charleston, Illinois. At all regular meetings of the Board, a
majority  of  its  4  members  shall constitute a quorum. The
nonvoting student member shall have all of the privileges  of
membership,  including  the right to make and second motions,
and to attend executive sessions,  and  until  July  1,  2001
other  than  the  right  to  vote on all Board matters except
those involving faculty  tenure,  faculty  promotion  or  any
issue  on  which  the student member has a direct conflict of
interest.  Unless the student member is entitled to vote on a
measure at a  meeting of the Board or any of its  committees,
he or she shall not be considered a member for the purpose of
determining  whether  a  quorum  is  present at the time that
measure is voted upon., but the student member shall  not  be
considered  a  member for purposes of determining a quorum at
any meeting of the Board or any of its committees.  No action
of the Board shall be invalidated by reason of any  vacancies
on  the  Board  or  by  reason  of  any  failure  to select a
nonvoting student member.
    Special meetings of  the  Board  may  be  called  by  the
chairman of the Board or by any 3 members of the Board.
(Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)

    Section   25.  The  Governors  State  University  Law  is
amended by changing Sections 15-15 and 15-25 as follows:

    (110 ILCS 670/15-15)
    Sec. 15-15.  Membership;  terms;  vacancies.   The  Board
shall  consist  of 7 voting members appointed by the Governor
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and,  until
July 1, 2001, one voting nonvoting member who is a student at
Governors  State  University.   The student member serving on
the Board on the effective date of  this  amendatory  Act  of
1997  shall  be  a voting student member for the remainder of
his or her term on the Board.  Beginning on July 1, 2001, and
thereafter, the student  member  of  the  Board  shall  be  a
nonvoting  member. The method of selecting the student member
shall continue to be  determined  by  a  campus-wide  student
referendum.    The  student  member shall serve a term of one
year beginning on July  1  of  each  year,  except  that  the
student   member   initially  selected  shall  serve  a  term
beginning on the date of his or her selection and expiring on
the next succeeding June 30. To be eligible for selection  as
a  student  member  and 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  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 spring/summer  semester).   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.  Of  the  members   first
appointed  by the Governor, 4 shall be appointed for terms to
expire on the third Monday in January, 1999, and 3  shall  be
appointed for terms to expire on the third Monday in January,
2001.   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  until  the  next
meeting  of the Senate when he shall nominate persons to fill
such memberships for the remainder of their respective terms.
No more than 4 of the members appointed by the Governor shall
be  affiliated  with  the  same  political  party.  Upon  the
expiration of the terms of members appointed by the Governor,
their respective successors shall be appointed for terms of 6
years from the third Monday in January of  each  odd-numbered
year  and until their respective successors are appointed for
like terms.
(Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)

    (110 ILCS 670/15-25)
    Sec. 15-25.  Officers; meetings.  Members  of  the  Board
shall elect annually by secret ballot from their own number a
chairman  who  shall preside over meetings of the Board and a
secretary.
    Meetings of the Board shall be held at  least  once  each
quarter  on  the  campus  of  Governors  State  University at
University Park, Illinois. At all  regular  meetings  of  the
Board, a majority of its 4 members shall constitute a quorum.
The nonvoting student member shall have all of the privileges
of  membership,  including  the  right  to  make  and  second
motions,  and to attend executive sessions, and until July 1,
2001 other than the right to vote on all Board matters except
those involving faculty  tenure,  faculty  promotion  or  any
issue  on  which  the student member has a direct conflict of
interest.  Unless the student member is entitled to vote on a
measure at a meeting of the Board or any of  its  committees,
he or she shall not be considered a member for the purpose of
determining  whether  a  quorum  is  present at the time that
measure is voted upon., but the student member shall  not  be
considered  a  member for purposes of determining a quorum at
any meeting of the Board or any of its committees.  No action
of the Board shall be invalidated by reason of any  vacancies
on  the  Board  or  by  reason  of  any  failure  to select a
nonvoting student member.
    Special meetings of  the  Board  may  be  called  by  the
chairman of the Board or by any 3 members of the Board.
(Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 89-552, eff. 7-26-96.)

    Section 30.  The Illinois State University Law is amended
by changing Sections 20-15 and 20-25 as follows:

    (110 ILCS 675/20-15)
    Sec.  20-15.  Membership;  terms;  vacancies.   The Board
shall consist of 7 voting members appointed by  the  Governor
by  and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and, until
July 1, 2001, one voting nonvoting member who is a student at
Illinois State University.  The student member serving on the
Board on the effective date of this amendatory  Act  of  1997
shall  be a voting student member for the remainder of his or
her term on the  Board.   Beginning  on  July  1,  2001,  and
thereafter,  the  student  member  of  the  Board  shall be a
nonvoting member. The method of selecting the student  member
shall  continue  to  be  determined  by a campus-wide student
referendum. The student member shall serve a term of one year
beginning on July 1 of each year,  except  that  the  student
member initially selected shall serve a term beginning on the
date  of  his  or  her  selection  and  expiring  on the next
succeeding June 30. 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 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.  Of  the  members  first
appointed by the Governor, 4 shall be appointed for terms  to
expire  on  the third Monday in January, 1999, and 3 shall be
appointed for terms to expire on the third Monday in January,
2001.  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 until the next
meeting of the Senate when he shall nominate persons to  fill
such memberships for the remainder of their respective terms.
No more than 4 of the members appointed by the Governor shall
be  affiliated  with  the  same  political  party.  Upon  the
expiration of the terms of members appointed by the Governor,
their respective successors shall be appointed for terms of 6
years  from  the third Monday in January of each odd-numbered
year and until their respective successors are appointed  for
like terms.
(Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)

    (110 ILCS 675/20-25)
    Sec.  20-25.  Officers;  meetings.   Members of the Board
shall elect annually by secret ballot from their own number a
chairman who shall preside over meetings of the Board  and  a
secretary.
    Meetings  of  the  Board shall be held at least once each
quarter on the campus of Illinois State University at Normal,
Illinois. At all regular meetings of the Board, a majority of
its 4  members  shall  constitute  a  quorum.  The  nonvoting
student   member   shall   have  all  of  the  privileges  of
membership, including the right to make and  second  motions,
and  to  attend  executive  sessions,  and until July 1, 2001
other than the right to vote  on  all  Board  matters  except
those    involving  faculty  tenure, faculty promotion or any
issue on which the student member has a  direct  conflict  of
interest.  Unless the student member is entitled to vote on a
measure  at  a meeting of the Board or any of its committees,
he or she shall not be considered a member for the purpose of
determining whether a quorum is  present  at  the  time  that
measure  is  voted upon., but the student member shall not be
considered a member for purposes of determining a  quorum  at
any meeting of the Board or any of its committees.  No action
of  the Board shall be invalidated by reason of any vacancies
on the Board  or  by  reason  of  any  failure  to  select  a
nonvoting student member.
    Special  meetings  of  the  Board  may  be  called by the
chairman of the Board or by any 3 members of the Board.
(Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
    Section 35.  The Northeastern Illinois University Law  is
amended by changing Sections 25-15 and 25-25 as follows:

    (110 ILCS 680/25-15)
    Sec.  25-15.  Membership;  terms;  vacancies.   The Board
shall consist of 7 voting members appointed by  the  Governor
by  and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and, until
July 1, 2001, one voting nonvoting member who is a student at
Northeastern Illinois University.  The student member serving
on the Board on the effective date of this amendatory Act  of
1997  shall  be  a voting student member for the remainder of
his or her term on the Board.  Beginning on July 1, 2001, and
thereafter, the student  member  of  the  Board  shall  be  a
nonvoting  member. The method of selecting the student member
shall continue to be  determined  by  a  campus-wide  student
referendum.    The  student  member shall serve a term of one
year beginning on July  1  of  each  year,  except  that  the
student   member   initially  selected  shall  serve  a  term
beginning on the date of his or her selection and expiring on
the next succeeding June 30. 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 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. Of  the  members  first  appointed  by  the
Governor,  4  shall  be  appointed for terms to expire on the
third Monday in January, 1999, and 3 shall be  appointed  for
terms to expire on the third Monday in January, 2001.  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 until the next  meeting  of
the  Senate  when  he  shall  nominate  persons  to fill such
memberships for the remainder of their respective  terms.  No
more than 4 of the members appointed by the Governor shall be
affiliated with the same political party. Upon the expiration
of  the  terms  of  members  appointed by the Governor, their
respective successors shall be appointed for terms of 6 years
from the third Monday in January of  each  odd-numbered  year
and  until their respective successors are appointed for like
terms.
(Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)

    (110 ILCS 680/25-25)
    Sec. 25-25.  Officers; meetings.  Members  of  the  Board
shall elect annually by secret ballot from their own number a
chairman  who  shall preside over meetings of the Board and a
secretary.
    Meetings of the Board shall be held at  least  once  each
quarter  on the campus of Northeastern Illinois University at
Chicago, Illinois. At all regular meetings of  the  Board,  a
majority  of  its  4  members  shall constitute a quorum. The
nonvoting student member shall have all of the privileges  of
membership,  including  the right to make and second motions,
and to attend executive sessions,  and  until  July  1,  2001
other  than  the  right  to  vote on all Board matters except
those involving faculty  tenure,  faculty  promotion  or  any
issue  on  which  the student member has a direct conflict of
interest.  Unless the student member is entitled to vote on a
measure at a meeting of the Board or any of  its  committees,
he or she shall not be considered a member for the purpose of
determining  whether  a  quorum  is  present at the time that
measure is voted  upon., but the student member shall not  be
considered  a  member for purposes of determining a quorum at
any meeting of the Board or any of its committees.  No action
of the Board shall be invalidated by reason of any  vacancies
on  the  Board  or  by  reason  of  any  failure  to select a
nonvoting student member.
    Special meetings of  the  Board  may  be  called  by  the
chairman of the Board or by any 3 members of the Board.
(Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)

    Section  40.  The  Northern  Illinois  University  Law is
amended by changing Sections 30-15 and 30-25 as follows:

    (110 ILCS 685/30-15)
    Sec. 30-15.  Membership;  terms;  vacancies.   The  Board
shall  consist  of 7 voting members appointed by the Governor
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and,  until
July 1, 2001, one voting nonvoting member who is a student at
Northern  Illinois University.  The student member serving on
the Board on the effective date of  this  amendatory  Act  of
1997  shall  be  a voting student member for the remainder of
his or her term on the Board.  Beginning on July 1, 2001, and
thereafter, the student  member  of  the  Board  shall  be  a
nonvoting  member. The method of selecting the student member
shall continue to be  determined  by  a  campus-wide  student
referendum. The student member shall serve a term of one year
beginning  on  July  1  of each year, except that the student
member initially selected shall serve a term beginning on the
date of his  or  her  selection  and  expiring  on  the  next
succeeding  June  30.  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  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.  Of  the  members   first
appointed  by the Governor, 4 shall be appointed for terms to
expire on the third Monday in January, 1999, and 3  shall  be
appointed for terms to expire on the third Monday in January,
2001.   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  until  the  next
meeting  of the Senate when he shall nominate persons to fill
such memberships for the remainder of their respective terms.
No more than 4 of the members appointed by the Governor shall
be  affiliated  with  the  same  political  party.  Upon  the
expiration of the terms of members appointed by the Governor,
their respective successors shall be appointed for terms of 6
years from the third Monday in January of  each  odd-numbered
year  and until their respective successors are appointed for
like terms.
(Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)

    (110 ILCS 685/30-25)
    Sec. 30-25.  Officers; meetings.  Members  of  the  Board
shall elect annually by secret ballot from their own number a
chairman  who  shall preside over meetings of the Board and a
secretary.
    Meetings of the Board shall be held at  least  once  each
quarter  on  the  campus  of  Northern Illinois University at
Dekalb, Illinois or on any  other  University-owned  property
located in the State. At all regular meetings of the Board, a
majority  of  its  4  members  shall constitute a quorum. The
nonvoting student member shall have all of the privileges  of
membership,  including  the right to make and second motions,
and to attend executive sessions,  and  until  July  1,  2001
other  than  the  right  to  vote on all Board matters except
those involving faculty  tenure,  faculty  promotion  or  any
issue  on  which  the student member has a direct conflict of
interest.  Unless the student member is entitled to vote on a
measure at a  meeting of the Board or any of its  committees,
he or she shall not be considered a member for the purpose of
determining  whether  a  quorum  is  present at the time that
measure is voted upon., but the student member shall  not  be
considered  a  member for purposes of determining a quorum at
any meeting of the Board or any of its committees.  No action
of the Board shall be invalidated by reason of any  vacancies
on  the  Board  or  by  reason  of  any  failure  to select a
nonvoting student member.
    Special meetings of  the  Board  may  be  called  by  the
chairman of the Board or by any 3 members of the Board.
(Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 89-552, eff. 7-26-96.)

    Section  45.  The  Western  Illinois  University  Law  is
amended by changing Sections 35-15 and 35-25 as follows:

    (110 ILCS 690/35-15)
    Sec.  35-15.  Membership;  terms;  vacancies.   The Board
shall consist of 7 voting members appointed by  the  Governor
by  and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and, until
July 1, 2001, one voting nonvoting member who is a student at
Western Illinois University.  The student member  serving  on
the  Board  on  the  effective date of this amendatory Act of
1997 shall be a voting student member for  the  remainder  of
his or her term on the Board.  Beginning on July 1, 2001, and
thereafter,    the  student  member  of  the Board shall be a
nonvoting member. The method of selecting the student  member
shall  continue  to  be  determined  by a campus-wide student
referendum. The student member shall serve a term of one year
beginning on July 1 of each year,  except  that  the  student
member initially selected shall serve a term beginning on the
date  of  his  or  her  selection  and  expiring  on the next
succeeding June 30. 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 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.  Of  the  members  first
appointed by the Governor, 4 shall be appointed for terms  to
expire  on  the third Monday in January, 1999, and 3 shall be
appointed for terms to expire on the third Monday in January,
2001.  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 until the next
meeting of the Senate when he shall nominate persons to  fill
such memberships for the remainder of their respective terms.
No more than 4 of the members appointed by the Governor shall
be  affiliated  with  the  same  political  party.  Upon  the
expiration of the terms of members appointed by the Governor,
their respective successors shall be appointed for terms of 6
years  from  the third Monday in January of each odd-numbered
year and until their respective successors are appointed  for
like terms.
(Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)

    (110 ILCS 690/35-25)
    Sec.  35-25.  Officers;  meetings.   Members of the Board
shall elect annually by secret ballot from their own number a
chairman who shall preside over meetings of the Board  and  a
secretary.
    Meetings  of  the  Board shall be held at least once each
quarter on the  campus  of  Western  Illinois  University  at
Macomb,  Illinois.  At  all  regular meetings of the Board, a
majority of its 4 members  shall  constitute  a  quorum.  The
nonvoting  student member shall have all of the privileges of
membership, including the right to make and  second  motions,
and  to  attend  executive  sessions,  and until July 1, 2001
other than the right to vote  on  all  Board  matters  except
those  involving  faculty  tenure,  faculty  promotion or any
issue on which the student member has a  direct  conflict  of
interest.  Unless the student member is entitled to vote on a
measure  at  a meeting of the Board or any of its committees,
he or she shall not be considered a member for the purpose of
determining whether a quorum is  present  at  the  time  that
measure  is  voted upon., but the student member shall not be
considered a member for purposes of determining a  quorum  at
any meeting of the Board or any of its committees.  No action
of  the Board shall be invalidated by reason of any vacancies
on the Board  or  by  reason  of  any  failure  to  select  a
nonvoting student member.
    Special  meetings  of  the  Board  may  be  called by the
chairman of the Board or by any 3 members of the Board.
(Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)

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

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