093_SB0558
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1 AN ACT regarding higher education.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Northern Illinois University Law is
5 amended by changing Section 30-15 as follows:
6 (110 ILCS 685/30-15)
7 Sec. 30-15. Membership; terms; vacancies. The Board
8 shall consist of 7 voting members appointed by the Governor,
9 by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and one
10 voting member who is a student at Northern Illinois
11 University. The student member shall be chosen by a
12 campus-wide student election. The student member shall serve
13 a term of one year beginning on July 1 of each year, except
14 that the student member initially selected shall serve a term
15 beginning on the date of his or her selection and expiring on
16 the next succeeding June 30. To be eligible to remain as a
17 student member of the Board, the student member must be a
18 resident of Illinois this State, must have and maintain a
19 grade point average that is equivalent to at least 2.5 on a
20 4.0 scale, and must be a full time student enrolled at all
21 times during his or her term of office except for that part
22 of the term which follows the completion of the last full
23 regular semester of an academic year and precedes the first
24 full regular semester of the succeeding academic year at the
25 university (sometimes commonly referred to as the summer
26 session or summer school). If a student member serving on
27 the Board fails to continue to meet or maintain the
28 residency, minimum grade point average, or enrollment
29 requirement established by this Section, his or her
30 membership on the Board shall be deemed to have terminated by
31 operation of law. Of the members first appointed by the
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1 Governor, 4 shall be appointed for terms to expire on the
2 third Monday in January, 1999, and 3 shall be appointed for
3 terms to expire on the third Monday in January, 2001. If the
4 Senate is not in session on the effective date of this
5 Article, or if a vacancy in an appointive membership occurs
6 at a time when the Senate is not in session, the Governor
7 shall make temporary appointments until the next meeting of
8 the Senate when he shall nominate persons to fill such
9 memberships for the remainder of their respective terms. No
10 more than 4 of the members appointed by the Governor shall be
11 affiliated with the same political party. Each member
12 appointed by the Governor must be a resident of this State.
13 A failure to meet or maintain this residency requirement
14 constitutes a resignation from and creates a vacancy in the
15 Board. Upon the expiration of the terms of members appointed
16 by the Governor, their respective successors shall be
17 appointed for terms of 6 years from the third Monday in
18 January of each odd-numbered year. Any members appointed to
19 the Board shall continue to serve in such capacity until
20 their successors are appointed and qualified.
21 (Source: P.A. 91-778, eff. 1-1-01; 91-798, eff. 7-9-00;
22 92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)