Bill Text: MI SJRP | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Higher education; governing boards; governance of state universities; make subject to statutory limitations. Amends secs. 5 & 6, art. VIII of the state constitution.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-28 - Referred To Committee On Elections And Government Reform [SJRP Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-SJRP-Introduced.html
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION P
February 28, 2018, Introduced by Senator COLBECK and referred to the Committee on Elections and Government Reform.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, by amending sections 5 and 6 of article VIII,
to provide that the governance of state public universities by
their governing boards is subject to statutory limitations.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, to provide that the governance of state
public universities by their governing boards is subject to
statutory limitations, is proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the
people of the state:
ARTICLE VIII
Sec. 5. The regents of the University of Michigan and their
successors in office shall constitute a body corporate known as the
Regents of the University of Michigan; the trustees of Michigan
State University and their successors in office shall constitute a
body corporate known as the Board of Trustees of Michigan State
University; the governors of Wayne State University and their
successors in office shall constitute a body corporate known as the
Board
of Governors of Wayne State University. Each Except as
otherwise provided by law, each board shall have general
supervision of its institution and the control and direction of all
expenditures from the institution's funds. Each board shall, as
often as necessary, elect a president of the institution under its
supervision.
He The president shall be the principal executive
officer of the institution, be ex-officio a member of the board
without the right to vote and preside at meetings of the board. The
board of each institution shall consist of eight members who shall
hold office for terms of eight years and who shall be elected as
provided by law. The governor shall fill board vacancies by
appointment. Each appointee shall hold office until a successor has
been nominated and elected as provided by law.
Sec. 6. Other institutions of higher education established by
law having authority to grant baccalaureate degrees shall each be
governed
by a board of control which shall be a body corporate. The
Except as otherwise provided by law, the board shall have general
supervision of the institution and the control and direction of all
expenditures from the institution's funds. It shall, as often as
necessary, elect a president of the institution under its
supervision.
He The president shall be the principal executive
officer of the institution and be ex-officio a member of the board
without the right to vote. The board may elect one of its members,
or may designate the president, to preside at board meetings. Each
board of control shall consist of eight members who shall hold
office for terms of eight years, not more than two of which shall
expire in the same year, and who shall be appointed by the governor
by and with the advice and consent of the senate. Vacancies shall
be filled in like manner.
Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be
submitted to the people of the state at the next general election
in the manner provided by law.
