[ Search ] [ Legislation ]
[ Home ] [ Back ] [ Bottom ]
| [ Introduced ] | [ Engrossed ] |
91_HB1523ham001
LRB9103041NTsbam
1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1523
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 1523 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT to amend the Governors State University Law by
5 changing Section 15-15."; and
6 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
7 following:
8 "Section 5. The Governors State University Law is
9 amended by changing Section 15-15 as follows:
10 (110 ILCS 670/15-15)
11 Sec. 15-15. Membership; terms; vacancies. The Board
12 shall consist of 7 voting members appointed by the Governor
13 by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and, until
14 July 1, 2001, one voting member who is a student at Governors
15 State University. The student member serving on the Board on
16 the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 shall be a
17 voting student member for the remainder of his or her term on
18 the Board. Beginning on July 1, 2001, and thereafter, the
19 student member of the Board shall be a nonvoting member. The
20 method of selecting the student member shall continue to be
21 determined by a campus-wide student referendum. The student
22 member shall serve a term of one year beginning on July 1 of
-2- LRB9103041NTsbam
1 each year, except that the student member initially selected
2 shall serve a term beginning on the date of his or her
3 selection and expiring on the next succeeding June 30. To be
4 eligible for selection as a student member and to be eligible
5 to remain as a student member of the Board, the student
6 member must be a resident of this State, must have and
7 maintain a grade point average that is equivalent to at least
8 2.5 on a 4.0 scale, and must be a full time student enrolled
9 at all times during his or her term of office except for that
10 part of the term which follows the completion of the last
11 full regular semester of an academic year and precedes the
12 first full regular semester of the succeeding academic year
13 at the university (sometimes commonly referred to as the
14 spring/summer semester). If a student member serving on the
15 Board fails to continue to meet or maintain the residency,
16 minimum grade point average, or enrollment requirement
17 established by this Section, his or her membership on the
18 Board shall be deemed to have terminated by operation of law.
19 Of the members first appointed by the Governor, 4 shall be
20 appointed for terms to expire on the third Monday in January,
21 1999, and 3 shall be appointed for terms to expire on the
22 third Monday in January, 2001. If the Senate is not in
23 session on the effective date of this Article, or if a
24 vacancy in an appointive membership occurs at a time when the
25 Senate is not in session, the Governor shall make temporary
26 appointments until the next meeting of the Senate when he
27 shall nominate persons to fill such memberships for the
28 remainder of their respective terms. No more than 4 of the
29 members appointed by the Governor shall be affiliated with
30 the same political party. Upon the expiration of the terms of
31 members appointed by the Governor, their respective
32 successors shall be appointed for terms of 6 years from the
33 third Monday in January of each odd-numbered year. Any
34 members appointed to the Board shall continue to serve in
-3- LRB9103041NTsbam
1 such capacity until their successors are appointed and
2 qualified.
3 (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-630, eff. 7-24-98;
4 90-814, eff. 2-4-99.)
5 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6 becoming law.".