Bill Text: IL SB0448 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Amends the Fire Sprinkler Dormitory Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title of the Act.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-25 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0400 [SB0448 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB0448-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Amends the Fire Sprinkler Dormitory Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title of the Act.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-25 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0400 [SB0448 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB0448-Engrossed.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,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Southern Illinois University Management Act | ||||||
5 | is amended by changing Section 8 as follows:
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6 | (110 ILCS 520/8) (from Ch. 144, par. 658) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 8. Powers and Duties of the Board. The Board shall | ||||||
8 | have power and
it shall be its duty: | ||||||
9 | 1. To make rules, regulations and by-laws, not | ||||||
10 | inconsistent with
law, for the government and management of | ||||||
11 | Southern Illinois University
and its branches. | ||||||
12 | 2. To employ, and, for good cause, to remove a | ||||||
13 | president of Southern
Illinois University, and all | ||||||
14 | necessary deans, professors, associate
professors, | ||||||
15 | assistant professors, instructors, and other educational | ||||||
16 | and
administrative assistants, and all other necessary | ||||||
17 | employees, and
contract with them upon matters relating to | ||||||
18 | tenure, salaries and
retirement benefits in accordance | ||||||
19 | with the State Universities Civil Service
Act; the Board | ||||||
20 | shall, upon the written request of an employee of Southern
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21 | Illinois University, withhold from the compensation of | ||||||
22 | that employee any
dues, payments or contributions payable | ||||||
23 | by such employee to any labor
organization as defined in |
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1 | the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act.
Under such | ||||||
2 | arrangement, an amount shall be withheld from each regular
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3 | payroll period which is equal to the pro rata share of the | ||||||
4 | annual dues plus
any payments or contributions, and the | ||||||
5 | Board shall transmit such withholdings
to the specified | ||||||
6 | labor organization within 10 working days from the time
of | ||||||
7 | the withholding. Whenever the Board establishes a search | ||||||
8 | committee to
fill the position of president of Southern | ||||||
9 | Illinois University, there shall
be minority | ||||||
10 | representation, including women, on that search committee. | ||||||
11 | 3. To prescribe the course of study to be followed, and | ||||||
12 | textbooks
and apparatus to be used at Southern Illinois | ||||||
13 | University. | ||||||
14 | 4. To issue upon the recommendation of the faculty, | ||||||
15 | diplomas to such
persons as have satisfactorily completed | ||||||
16 | the required studies of
Southern Illinois University, and | ||||||
17 | confer such professional and literary
degrees as are | ||||||
18 | usually conferred by other institutions of like character
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19 | for similar or equivalent courses of study, or such as the | ||||||
20 | Board may
deem appropriate. | ||||||
21 | 5. To examine into the conditions, management, and | ||||||
22 | administration of
Southern Illinois University, to provide | ||||||
23 | the requisite buildings,
apparatus, equipment and | ||||||
24 | auxiliary enterprises, and to fix and collect
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25 | matriculation fees; tuition fees; fees for student | ||||||
26 | activities; fees for
student facilities such as student |
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1 | union buildings or field houses or
stadium or other | ||||||
2 | recreational facilities; student welfare fees;
laboratory | ||||||
3 | fees and similar fees for supplies and material. | ||||||
4 | 6. To succeed to and to administer all trusts, trust | ||||||
5 | property, and
gifts now or hereafter belonging or | ||||||
6 | pertaining to Southern Illinois
University. | ||||||
7 | 7. To accept endowments of professorships or | ||||||
8 | departments in the
University from any person who may | ||||||
9 | proffer them and, at regular
meetings, to prescribe rules | ||||||
10 | and regulations in relation to endowments
and declare on | ||||||
11 | what general principles they may be accepted. | ||||||
12 | 8. To enter into contracts with the Federal government | ||||||
13 | for providing
courses of instruction and other services at | ||||||
14 | Southern Illinois
University for persons serving in or with | ||||||
15 | the military or naval forces
of the United States, and to | ||||||
16 | provide such courses of instruction and
other services. | ||||||
17 | 9. To provide for the receipt and expenditures of | ||||||
18 | Federal funds,
paid to the Southern Illinois University by | ||||||
19 | the Federal government for
instruction and other services | ||||||
20 | for persons serving in or with the
military or naval forces | ||||||
21 | of the United States and to provide for audits
of such | ||||||
22 | funds. | ||||||
23 | 10. To appoint, subject to the applicable civil service | ||||||
24 | law, persons
to be members of the Southern Illinois | ||||||
25 | University Police Department.
Members of the Police | ||||||
26 | Department shall be conservators of the peace and
as such |
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1 | have all powers possessed by policemen in cities, and | ||||||
2 | sheriffs,
including the power to make arrests on view or | ||||||
3 | warrants of violations of
state statutes, university rules | ||||||
4 | and regulations and city or county
ordinances, except that | ||||||
5 | they may exercise such powers only within
counties wherein | ||||||
6 | the university and any of its branches or properties
are | ||||||
7 | located when such is required for the protection of | ||||||
8 | university
properties and interests, and its students and | ||||||
9 | personnel, and otherwise,
within such counties, when | ||||||
10 | requested by appropriate State
or local law enforcement | ||||||
11 | officials. However, such officers shall have no
power to | ||||||
12 | serve and execute civil processes. | ||||||
13 | The Board must authorize to each member of the Southern | ||||||
14 | Illinois University
Police
Department
and to any other | ||||||
15 | employee of Southern Illinois University exercising the | ||||||
16 | powers
of a peace officer
a distinct badge
that, on its | ||||||
17 | face, (i) clearly states that the badge is authorized by | ||||||
18 | Southern
Illinois
University and
(ii) contains a unique | ||||||
19 | identifying number. No other badge shall be authorized
by | ||||||
20 | Southern Illinois University. | ||||||
21 | 10.5.
To conduct health care programs in furtherance of | ||||||
22 | its teaching, research, and public service functions, | ||||||
23 | which shall include without limitation patient and | ||||||
24 | ancillary facilities, institutes, clinics, or offices | ||||||
25 | owned, leased, or purchased through an equity interest by | ||||||
26 | the Board or its appointed designee to carry out such |
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1 | activities in the course of or in support of the Board's | ||||||
2 | academic, clinical, and public service responsibilities.
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3 | 11. To administer a plan or plans established by the | ||||||
4 | clinical faculty
of the School of Medicine or the School of | ||||||
5 | Dental Medicine for the billing, collection and | ||||||
6 | disbursement of
charges for services performed
in the | ||||||
7 | course of or in support of the faculty's academic | ||||||
8 | responsibilities,
provided that such plan has been first | ||||||
9 | approved by Board action. All such
collections shall be | ||||||
10 | deposited into a special fund or funds administered
by the | ||||||
11 | Board from which disbursements may be made according to the | ||||||
12 | provisions
of said plan. The reasonable costs incurred, by | ||||||
13 | the University, administering
the billing, collection and | ||||||
14 | disbursement provisions of a plan shall have
first priority | ||||||
15 | for payment before distribution or disbursement for any | ||||||
16 | other
purpose. Audited financial statements of the plan or | ||||||
17 | plans must be provided to the Legislative Audit
Commission | ||||||
18 | annually. | ||||||
19 | The Board of Trustees may own, operate, or govern, by | ||||||
20 | or through the School
of Medicine, a managed care community | ||||||
21 | network established under subsection
(b)
of Section 5-11 of | ||||||
22 | the Illinois Public Aid Code. | ||||||
23 | 12. The Board of Trustees may, directly or in | ||||||
24 | cooperation with other
institutions of higher education, | ||||||
25 | acquire by purchase or lease or
otherwise, and construct, | ||||||
26 | enlarge, improve, equip, complete, operate,
control and |
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1 | manage medical research and high technology parks, | ||||||
2 | together
with the necessary lands, buildings, facilities, | ||||||
3 | equipment, and personal
property therefor, to encourage | ||||||
4 | and facilitate (a) the location and
development of business | ||||||
5 | and industry in the State of Illinois, and (b) the
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6 | increased application and development of technology and | ||||||
7 | (c) the improvement
and development of the State's economy. | ||||||
8 | The Board of Trustees may lease to
nonprofit corporations | ||||||
9 | all or any part of the land, buildings, facilities,
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10 | equipment or other property included in a medical research | ||||||
11 | and high
technology park upon such terms and conditions as | ||||||
12 | the Board of Trustees may
deem advisable and enter into any | ||||||
13 | contract or agreement with such nonprofit
corporations as | ||||||
14 | may be necessary or suitable for the construction,
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15 | financing, operation and maintenance and management of any | ||||||
16 | such park; and
may lease to any person, firm, partnership | ||||||
17 | or corporation, either public or
private, any part or all | ||||||
18 | of the land, building, facilities, equipment or
other | ||||||
19 | property of such park for such purposes and upon such
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20 | rentals, terms and conditions as the Board of Trustees may | ||||||
21 | deem advisable; and
may finance all or part of the cost of | ||||||
22 | any such park, including the purchase,
lease, | ||||||
23 | construction, reconstruction, improvement, remodeling, | ||||||
24 | addition to,
and extension and maintenance of all or part | ||||||
25 | of such high technology park,
and all equipment and | ||||||
26 | furnishings, by legislative appropriations, government
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1 | grants, contracts, private gifts, loans, receipts from the | ||||||
2 | operation of
such high technology park, rentals and similar | ||||||
3 | receipts; and may make its
other facilities and services | ||||||
4 | available to tenants or other occupants of
any such park at | ||||||
5 | rates which are reasonable and appropriate. | ||||||
6 | 13. To borrow money, as necessary, from time to time in | ||||||
7 | anticipation of receiving tuition, payments from the State | ||||||
8 | of Illinois, or other revenues or receipts of the | ||||||
9 | University, also known as anticipated moneys. The | ||||||
10 | borrowing limit shall be capped at 100% of the total amount | ||||||
11 | of payroll and other expense vouchers submitted and payable | ||||||
12 | to the University for fiscal year 2010 expenses, but unpaid | ||||||
13 | by the State Comptroller's office. Prior to borrowing any | ||||||
14 | funds, the University shall request from the Comptroller's | ||||||
15 | office a verification of the borrowing limit and shall | ||||||
16 | include the estimated date on which such borrowing shall | ||||||
17 | occur. The borrowing limit cap shall be verified by the | ||||||
18 | State Comptroller's office not prior to 45 days before any | ||||||
19 | estimated date for executing any promissory note or line of | ||||||
20 | credit established under this item 13. The principal amount | ||||||
21 | borrowed under a promissory note or line of credit shall | ||||||
22 | not exceed 75% of the borrowing limit. Within 15 days after | ||||||
23 | borrowing funds under any promissory note or line of credit | ||||||
24 | established under this item 13, the University shall submit | ||||||
25 | to the Governor's Office of Management and Budget, the | ||||||
26 | Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority |
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1 | Leader of the House of Representatives, the President of | ||||||
2 | the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the Senate an | ||||||
3 | Emergency Short Term Cash Management Plan. The Emergency | ||||||
4 | Short Term Cash Management Plan shall outline the amount | ||||||
5 | borrowed, the terms for repayment, the amount of | ||||||
6 | outstanding State vouchers as verified by the State | ||||||
7 | Comptroller's office, and the University's plan for | ||||||
8 | expenditure of any borrowed funds, including, but not | ||||||
9 | limited to, a detailed plan to meet payroll obligations to | ||||||
10 | include collective bargaining employees, civil service | ||||||
11 | employees, and academic, research, and health care | ||||||
12 | personnel. The establishment of any promissory note or line | ||||||
13 | of credit established under this item 13 must be finalized | ||||||
14 | within 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory | ||||||
15 | Act of the 96th General Assembly. The borrowed moneys shall | ||||||
16 | be applied to the purposes of paying salaries and other | ||||||
17 | expenses lawfully authorized in the University's State | ||||||
18 | appropriation and unpaid by the State Comptroller. Any line | ||||||
19 | of credit established under this item 13 shall be paid in | ||||||
20 | full one year after creation or within 10 days after the | ||||||
21 | date the University receives reimbursement from the State | ||||||
22 | for all submitted fiscal year 2010 vouchers, whichever is | ||||||
23 | earlier. Any promissory note established under this item 13 | ||||||
24 | shall be repaid within one year after issuance of the note. | ||||||
25 | The Chairman, Comptroller, or Treasurer of the Board shall | ||||||
26 | execute a promissory note or similar debt instrument to |
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1 | evidence the indebtedness incurred by the borrowing. In | ||||||
2 | connection with a borrowing, the Board may establish a line | ||||||
3 | of credit with a financial institution, investment bank, or | ||||||
4 | broker/dealer.
The obligation to make the payments due | ||||||
5 | under any promissory note or line of credit established | ||||||
6 | under this item 13 shall be a lawful obligation of the | ||||||
7 | University payable from the anticipated moneys. Any | ||||||
8 | borrowing under this item 13 shall not constitute a debt, | ||||||
9 | legal or moral, of the State and shall not be enforceable | ||||||
10 | against the State. The promissory note or line of credit | ||||||
11 | shall be authorized by a resolution passed by the Board and | ||||||
12 | shall be valid whether or not a budgeted item with respect | ||||||
13 | to that resolution is included in any annual or | ||||||
14 | supplemental budget adopted by the Board. The resolution | ||||||
15 | shall set forth facts demonstrating the need for the | ||||||
16 | borrowing, state an amount that the amount to be borrowed | ||||||
17 | will not exceed, and establish a maximum interest rate | ||||||
18 | limit not to exceed the maximum rate authorized by the Bond | ||||||
19 | Authorization Act or 9%, whichever is less. The resolution | ||||||
20 | may direct the Comptroller or Treasurer of the Board to | ||||||
21 | make arrangements to set apart and hold the portion of the | ||||||
22 | anticipated moneys, as received, that shall be used to | ||||||
23 | repay the borrowing, subject to any prior pledges or | ||||||
24 | restrictions with respect to the anticipated moneys. The | ||||||
25 | resolution may also authorize the Treasurer of the Board to | ||||||
26 | make partial repayments of the borrowing as the anticipated |
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1 | moneys become available and may contain any other terms, | ||||||
2 | restrictions, or limitations not inconsistent with the | ||||||
3 | powers of the Board. | ||||||
4 | For the purposes of this item 13, "financial | ||||||
5 | institution" means any bank subject to the Illinois Banking | ||||||
6 | Act, any savings and loan association subject to the | ||||||
7 | Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985, and any federally | ||||||
8 | chartered commercial bank or savings and loan association | ||||||
9 | or government-sponsored enterprise organized and operated | ||||||
10 | in this State pursuant to the laws of the United States. | ||||||
11 | The powers of the Board as herein designated are subject to | ||||||
12 | the Board
of Higher Education Act. | ||||||
13 | (Source: P.A. 96-909, eff. 6-8-10; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)
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14 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
15 | becoming law.
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