Bill Text: IL HB3390 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Northern Illinois University Law. Provides that meetings of the Board of Trustees shall be held at least once each quarter on the campus of Northern Illinois University at DeKalb, Illinois or on any other University-owned campus (instead of University-owned property) located in this State.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3390 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB3390-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB3390 Introduced , by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
110 ILCS 685/30-25
Amends the Northern Illinois University Law. Provides that meetings of the Board of Trustees shall be held at least once each quarter on the campus of Northern Illinois University at DeKalb, Illinois or on any other University-owned campus (instead of University-owned property) located in this State.
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A BILL FOR
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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 Northern Illinois University Law is amended
by changing Section 30-25 as follows:
(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 campus
property located in the State. At all regular meetings of the
Board, a majority of its members shall constitute a quorum. The
student member shall have all of the privileges of membership,
including the right to make and second motions, to attend
executive sessions, and 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

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whether a quorum is present at the time that measure is voted
upon. 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 student member.
Special meetings of the Board may be called by the chairman
of the Board or by any 3 members of the Board.
At each regular and special meeting that is open to the
public, members of the public and employees of the University
shall be afforded time, subject to reasonable constraints, to
make comments to or ask questions of the Board.
(Source: P.A. 91-715, eff. 1-1-01; 91-778, eff. 1-1-01; 92-16,
6-28-01.)