96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB3713


 
Introduced 2/11/2010, by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		





 








110 ILCS 310/1
  from Ch. 144, par. 41








     Amends the University of Illinois Trustees Act. Provides that one of the 9 members of the Board of Trustees appointed by the Governor must be involved in agricultural pursuits. Effective immediately.
  















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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 University of Illinois Trustees Act is 
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amended  by changing Section 1 as follows:
 



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    (110 ILCS 310/1)  (from Ch. 144, par. 41)



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    Sec. 1. 
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois 
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shall consist
of the Governor and at least 12 trustees. Nine 
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trustees shall be
appointed by the Governor, by and with the 
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advice and consent of
the Senate. The other trustees shall be 
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students, of whom one student shall
be selected from each 
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University campus.

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    Each student trustee shall serve a term of one year, 
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beginning on July 1 or
on the date of his or her selection, 
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whichever is later, and expiring on the
next succeeding June 
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30.

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    Each trustee shall have all of the privileges of 
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membership, except that only
one student trustee shall have the 
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right to cast a legally binding vote.  The
Governor shall 
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designate which one of the student trustees shall possess, for

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his or her entire term, the right to cast a legally binding 
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vote.  Each student
trustee who does not possess the right to 
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cast a legally binding vote shall
have the right to cast an 
 


 






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advisory vote and the right to make and second
motions and to 
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attend executive sessions.

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    Each trustee shall be governed by the same conflict of 
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interest standards.
Pursuant to those standards, it shall not 
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be a conflict of interest for a
student trustee to vote on 
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matters pertaining to students generally, such as
tuition and 
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fees. However, it shall be a conflict of interest for a student

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trustee to vote on
faculty member
tenure or promotion.
Student 
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trustees shall be chosen by campus-wide
student election, and 
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the
student trustee designated by the Governor to
possess a 
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legally binding vote shall be
one of the students selected by 
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this method.  A student trustee who does not
possess a legally 
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binding vote on a
measure at a meeting of the
Board or any of 
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its committees shall not be considered a trustee
for the 
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purpose
of determining whether a quorum is present at the time 
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that measure is voted
upon.   To be eligible for selection as a

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student trustee
and
to be eligible to remain as a voting or 
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nonvoting student trustee,
a student trustee must be a resident 
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of this State,
must have and maintain a
grade point average 
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that is equivalent to at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale, and must
be a 
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full time student enrolled at all times during his or her term 
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of office
except
 for that part of the term which follows
the 
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completion of the last full regular semester of an academic 
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year and
precedes the first full regular semester of the 
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succeeding academic year at the
University (sometimes commonly 
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referred to as the summer
session or summer
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voting or nonvoting student trustee
fails to
continue to meet 
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or maintain the residency, minimum grade point average, or

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enrollment requirement established by this Section, his
or her 
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membership on the Board shall be deemed to have terminated by 
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operation
of law.

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    If a voting student trustee resigns or otherwise ceases to 
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serve on the
Board, the Governor shall, within 30 days, 
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designate one of the remaining
student trustees to possess the 
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right to cast a legally binding vote
for the remainder of his 
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or her term.  If a nonvoting student trustee resigns
or

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otherwise ceases to serve on the Board, the chief executive of 
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the
student government from that campus shall, within 30 days, 
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select
a new nonvoting student trustee to serve for the 
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remainder of the term.

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    No more than 5 of the 9 appointed trustees
shall be 
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affiliated
with the same political party. One of the 9 members 
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of the Board of Trustees appointed by the Governor must be 
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involved in agricultural pursuits.
Each trustee appointed by 
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the Governor must be a resident of this State.  A
failure to 
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meet
or maintain this residency requirement constitutes a 
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resignation from and
creates a
vacancy in the Board.
The term 
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of office of each appointed trustee
shall be 6 years from the 
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third Monday in January of each odd numbered year.
The regular 
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terms of office of the
appointed trustees shall be staggered so 
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that 3 terms expire in each
odd-numbered year.

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unexpired term
in the same manner as
original appointments.  If 
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a vacancy in membership occurs at a time when the
Senate is not 
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in session, the Governor shall make temporary appointments 
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until
the next meeting of the Senate, when he shall appoint 
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persons to fill such
memberships for the remainder of their 
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respective terms.  If the Senate is not
in session when 
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appointments for a full term are made, appointments shall be

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made as in the case of vacancies.

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    No action of the board shall be invalidated by reason of 
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any vacancies on
the board, or by reason of any failure to 
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select student trustees.

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

 
 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.