Public Act 101-0175
 
HB2239 EnrolledLRB101 07411 AXK 52451 b


  
    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 Sections 2, 4, 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 2 one voting student 
members, one member
designated by the Governor from each 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 to serve as the voting student 
member.  Each student
member shall be chosen by the respective 
campuses of Southern Illinois
University at Carbondale and 
Edwardsville.  The method of choosing these
student members 
shall be by campus-wide student election, and any student

designated by the Governor to be a voting student member shall 
be one of the
students chosen 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 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.  
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 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. 91-778, eff. 1-1-01; 91-798, eff. 7-9-00; 92-16, 
eff.
6-28-01.)

 


    (110 ILCS 520/4)  (from Ch. 144, par. 654)





    Sec. 4. Members of the Board shall serve without 
compensation but
shall be entitled to reasonable amounts for 
expenses necessarily incurred
in the performance of their 
duties.  Such expenses incurred by any non-voting
student member 
may, at the discretion of the Chairman of the Board, be 
provided
for by advance payment to such member, who shall 
account therefor to the
Board immediately after each meeting.

    No member of the Board shall hold or be employed in or 
appointed
to any office or place under the authority of the 
Board, nor shall
any member of the Board be directly or 
indirectly
interested in any contract made by the Board, nor 
shall
he be an employee of the State Government.  This section

does not prohibit the student members of the Board from 
maintaining
normal and official status as enrolled students or 
normal student
employment at Southern Illinois University.

(Source: P.A. 93-1096, eff. 1-1-06.)

 



    (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 members 
shall constitute a quorum. Each  The student member members

shall have all of the privileges of membership, including the 
right to make and
second motions and to attend executive 
sessions and , other than the right to vote,
except that 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. 
For the purposes of this Section, a student member shall not be 
deemed to have a direct conflict of interest in and may vote on 
any item involving the employment or compensation of the 
Chancellor at any campus or the President of the University or 
the election of officers.  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.  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. 99-734, eff. 8-5-16.)