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| Public Act 100-0273 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by | ||||
changing Sections 3-7 and 3-10 as follows:
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(110 ILCS 805/3-7) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-7)
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Sec. 3-7. (a) The election of the members of the board of | ||||
trustees
shall be nonpartisan and shall be held at the time and | ||||
in the manner provided
in the general election law.
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(b) Unless otherwise provided in this Act, members shall be | ||||
elected to
serve 6
year terms. The term of members elected in | ||||
1985 and thereafter shall be from
the date the member is | ||||
officially determined to be elected to the board by
a canvass | ||||
conducted pursuant to the Election Code, to the date that the
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winner of the seat is officially determined by the canvass | ||||
conducted
pursuant to the Election Code the next time the seat | ||||
on the board is to be
filled by election.
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(c) Each member must on the date of his election be a | ||||
citizen of the
United
States, of the age of 18 years or over, | ||||
and a resident of the State and
the territory which on the date | ||||
of the election is included in the
community college district | ||||
for at least one year immediately preceding
his election.
In | ||||
Community College District No. 526,
each member elected at the | ||||
consolidated election in 2005 or thereafter must
also be a | ||
resident of the trustee
district he or she represents for at | ||
least one year immediately preceding
his or her election, | ||
except that in the first consolidated election for each
trustee | ||
district following reapportionment, a candidate for the board
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may be elected from any trustee district that contains a part | ||
of the
trustee district in which he or she resided at the time | ||
of the
reapportionment and may be reelected if a resident of | ||
the new trustee district
he
or she represents for one year | ||
prior to reelection.
In the event a person who is a member of a | ||
common school
board is elected or appointed to a board of | ||
trustees of a community college
district, that person shall be | ||
permitted to serve the remainder of his or
her term of office | ||
as a member of the common school board. Upon the
expiration of | ||
the common school board term, that person shall not be
eligible | ||
for election or appointment to a common school board during the
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term of office with the community college district board of | ||
trustees.
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(d) Whenever a vacancy occurs, the remaining members shall | ||
fill the
vacancy, and the person so appointed shall serve until | ||
a successor is
elected to serve the remainder of the unexpired | ||
term at the next regular election for board members and is | ||
certified in
accordance with Sections 22-17 and 22-18 of the | ||
Election Code. If the
remaining members fail so to act within | ||
60 days after the vacancy occurs,
the chairman of the State | ||
Board shall fill that vacancy, and the person so
appointed | ||
shall serve until a successor is elected to serve the remainder | ||
of the unexpired term at the next regular
election for board | ||
members and is certified in accordance with Sections
22-17 and | ||
22-18 of the Election Code. The person appointed to fill the
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vacancy shall have the same residential qualifications as his | ||
predecessor
in office was required to have. In either instance, | ||
if the vacancy occurs
with less than 4 months remaining before | ||
the next scheduled consolidated
election, and the term of | ||
office of the board member vacating the position
is not | ||
scheduled to expire at that election, then the term of the | ||
person so
appointed shall extend through that election and | ||
until the succeeding
consolidated election. If the term of | ||
office of the board
member vacating the position is scheduled | ||
to expire at the upcoming
consolidated election, the appointed | ||
member shall serve
only until a successor is elected and | ||
qualified at that election.
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(e) Members of the board shall serve without compensation | ||
but shall be
reimbursed for their reasonable expenses incurred | ||
in connection with
their service as members. Compensation, for | ||
purposes of this Section, means
any salary or other benefits | ||
not expressly authorized by this Act to be
provided or paid to, | ||
for or on behalf of members of the board. The board
of each | ||
community college district may adopt a policy providing for the
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issuance of bank credit cards, for use by any board member who | ||
requests the
same in writing and agrees to use the card only | ||
for the reasonable expenses
which he or she incurs in | ||
connection with his or her service as a board
member. Expenses | ||
charged to such credit cards shall be accounted for
separately | ||
and shall be submitted to the chief financial officer of the
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district for review prior to being reported to the board at its | ||
next
regular meeting.
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(f) Except in an election of the initial board for a new | ||
community
college
district created pursuant to Section 6-6.1, | ||
the ballot for the election of
members of the board for a | ||
community college district shall indicate the
length of term | ||
for each office to be filled. In the election of a board
for | ||
any community college district, the ballot shall not contain | ||
any
political party designation.
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(Source: P.A. 97-539, eff. 8-23-11.)
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(110 ILCS 805/3-10) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-10)
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Sec. 3-10.
The chairman shall preside at all meetings and | ||
shall perform
such duties as are imposed upon him by law or by | ||
action of the board. The
vice-chairman shall perform the duties | ||
of the chairman if there is a vacancy in the office of the | ||
chairman or in case of the chairman's absence or inability to | ||
act serve in the chairman's absence. If there is a vacancy in | ||
the office of the chairman and
vice-chairman or the chairman | ||
and vice-chairman are absent from any meeting or refuse to | ||
perform their
duties, a chairman pro tempore shall be appointed | ||
by the board from among
their number.
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The secretary shall perform the duties usually pertaining | ||
to his office.
If he is absent from any meeting or refuses to | ||
perform his duties, a member
of the board shall be appointed | ||
secretary pro tempore.
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(Source: Laws 1967, p. 1229.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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