Bill Text: IL SB0648 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Northern Illinois University Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning membership on the Board of Trustees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-08-15 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB0648 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB0648-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 SB0648 Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
110 ILCS 685/30-15
Amends the Northern Illinois University Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning membership on the Board of Trustees.
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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 30-15 as follows:
(110 ILCS 685/30-15)
Sec. 30-15. Membership; terms; vacancies. The The Board
shall consist of 7 voting members appointed by the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and one voting
member who is a student at Northern Illinois University. The
student member shall be chosen by a campus-wide student
election. 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

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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. 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, their respective successors
shall be appointed 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.

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(Source: P.A. 91-778, eff. 1-1-01; 91-798, eff. 7-9-00; 92-16,
eff. 6-28-01.)