Bill Text: IL HB4792 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning establishment of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-08 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4792 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB4792-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
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| 6 | (110 ILCS 947/15)
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| 7 | Sec. 15. Illinois Student Assistance Commission.
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| 8 | (a) There is established the the Illinois Student | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Assistance Commission,
consisting of 10 persons to be appointed | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | by the Governor with the
advice and
consent of the Senate. The | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | membership of the Commission shall consist of one
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| 12 | representative of the institutions of higher learning
operated | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | by the State; one representative of the private institutions of
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| 14 | higher learning located in the State; one representative of the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | public
community colleges located in the State; one | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | representative of the public
high schools located in the State; | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | 5 citizens of the State chosen for
their knowledge of and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | interest in higher education, but not employed
by, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | professionally affiliated with, or members of the governing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | boards
of any institution of higher learning located in the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | State, and one
student member selected from nominations | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | submitted to the Governor by
multi-campus student | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | organizations, including but not limited to, the recognized | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | advisory committee of students of the Illinois Community | ||||||
| 2 | College Board, the
recognized advisory committee of students of | ||||||
| 3 | the Board of Higher Education, and
the recognized advisory | ||||||
| 4 | committee of students of the Federation of Independent
Illinois | ||||||
| 5 | Colleges and Universities. The Governor shall designate one | ||||||
| 6 | member,
other than the student member, as chairman. Each member | ||||||
| 7 | of the Commission,
including the student member, shall serve | ||||||
| 8 | without compensation, but shall be
reimbursed for expenses | ||||||
| 9 | necessarily incurred in performing his or her duties
under this | ||||||
| 10 | Act. Subject to a requirement that Commission members in office
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| 11 | on the
effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995 may serve | ||||||
| 12 | the full term to
which they were appointed, the appointment of | ||||||
| 13 | Commission members to terms that
commence on or after that | ||||||
| 14 | effective date shall be made in a manner that gives
effect at | ||||||
| 15 | the earliest possible time to the change that is required by | ||||||
| 16 | this
amendatory Act in the representative
composition of the | ||||||
| 17 | Commission's membership.
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| 18 | (b) The term of office of each member, other than the | ||||||
| 19 | student
member, is 6 years from July 1 of the year of | ||||||
| 20 | appointment, and until his
successor is appointed and | ||||||
| 21 | qualified. If a member's tenure of office,
other than that of | ||||||
| 22 | the student member, is terminated for any reason
before his or | ||||||
| 23 | her term has expired, the Governor shall fill the vacancy by | ||||||
| 24 | the
appointment of a person who has the same representative | ||||||
| 25 | status as the
person whose term has been so terminated, and the | ||||||
| 26 | new appointee shall
hold office only for the remainder of that | ||||||
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| 1 | term and until a successor
is appointed and qualified.
The term | ||||||
| 2 | of the student member shall be for 2 years from July 1 of each
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| 3 | odd-numbered year. If the tenure of the student member is | ||||||
| 4 | terminated for any
reason, the vacancy shall be filled in the | ||||||
| 5 | same manner as heretofore provided
for a regular term of office | ||||||
| 6 | appointment of the student member. The new
student appointee | ||||||
| 7 | shall hold office only for the remainder of that term. A | ||||||
| 8 | student appointee's status on the Commission may not be | ||||||
| 9 | considered in determining his or her eligibility for programs | ||||||
| 10 | administered by the Commission.
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| 11 | (c) In accordance with the provisions of the State | ||||||
| 12 | Universities Civil
Service Act, the Commission shall employ a | ||||||
| 13 | professionally qualified person as
the Executive Director of | ||||||
| 14 | the Commission, and such other employees as may be
necessary to | ||||||
| 15 | effectuate the purposes of this Act.
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| 16 | (d) The Commission shall meet at least once in each fiscal | ||||||
| 17 | year, and
may meet at other times which the Chairman may | ||||||
| 18 | designate by giving at
least 10 days' written notice to each | ||||||
| 19 | member.
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| 20 | (Source: P.A. 99-198, eff. 7-30-15.)
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