2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 110 - HIGHER EDUCATION › 110 ILCS 310/ - University of Illinois Trustees Act.

(110 ILCS 310/0.01) (from Ch. 144, par. 40m)
Sec. 0.01. 
		Short title. 
		This Act may be cited as the
University of Illinois Trustees Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
(110 ILCS 310/1) (from Ch. 144, par. 41)
Sec. 1. 
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois shall consist
of the Governor and at least 12 trustees. Nine trustees shall be
appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate. The other trustees shall be students, of whom one student shall
be selected from each University campus.
Each student trustee shall serve a term of one year, beginning on July 1 or
on the date of his or her selection, whichever is later, and expiring on the
next succeeding June 30.
Each trustee shall have all of the privileges of membership, except that only
one student trustee shall have the right to cast a legally binding vote.  The
Governor shall designate which one of the student trustees shall possess, for
his or her entire term, the right to cast a legally binding vote.  Each student
trustee who does not possess the right to cast a legally binding vote shall
have the right to cast an advisory vote and the right to make and second
motions and to attend executive sessions.
Each trustee shall be governed by the same conflict of interest standards.
Pursuant to those standards, it shall not be a conflict of interest for a
student trustee to vote on matters pertaining to students generally, such as
tuition and fees. However, it shall be a conflict of interest for a student
trustee to vote on
faculty member
tenure or promotion. For the purposes of this Section, a student member shall not be deemed to have a direct conflict of interest in and may vote on any item involving the employment or compensation of the Chancellor at any campus or the President of the University or the election of officers.
Student trustees shall be chosen by campus-wide
student election, and the
student trustee designated by the Governor to
possess a legally binding vote shall be
one of the students selected by this method.  A student trustee who does not
possess a legally binding vote on a
measure at a meeting of the
Board or any of its committees shall not be considered a trustee
for the purpose
of determining whether a quorum is present at the time that measure is voted
upon.   To be eligible for selection as a
student trustee
and
to be eligible to remain as a voting or nonvoting student trustee,
a student trustee must be a resident of this State,
must have and maintain a
grade point average that is equivalent to at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale, and must
be a full time student enrolled at all times during his or her term of office
except
 for that part of the term which follows
the completion of the last full regular semester of an academic year and
precedes the first full regular semester of the succeeding academic year at the
University (sometimes commonly referred to as the summer
session or summer
school).  If a voting or nonvoting student trustee
fails to
continue to meet or maintain the residency, minimum grade point average, or
enrollment requirement established by this Section, his
or her membership on the Board shall be deemed to have terminated by operation
of law. The University may not use residency for tuition purposes as a factor in making the determination that a student is or is not a resident of this State. In order to determine residency for a student trustee, the student must provide evidence of the student's Illinois domicile for at least the previous 6 months and at least one of the following:
(1)  evidence of the student's current, valid     Illinois driver's license or Illinois Identification Card; or
(2)  evidence of the student's valid Illinois voter     registration. Evidence of residency in this State for student trustees and candidates for student trustees under this Section does not apply to residency requirements for tuition purposes.
If a voting student trustee resigns or otherwise ceases to serve on the
Board, the Governor shall, within 30 days, designate one of the remaining
student trustees to possess the right to cast a legally binding vote
for the remainder of his or her term.  If a nonvoting student trustee resigns
or
otherwise ceases to serve on the Board, the chief executive of the
student government from that campus shall, within 30 days, select
a new nonvoting student trustee to serve for the remainder of the term.
No more than 5 of the 9 appointed trustees
shall be affiliated
with the same political party.
Each trustee appointed by the Governor must be a resident of this State.  A
failure to meet
or maintain this residency requirement constitutes a resignation from and
creates a
vacancy in the Board.
The term of office of each appointed trustee
shall be 6 years from the third Monday in January of each odd numbered year.
The regular terms of office of the
appointed trustees shall be staggered so that 3 terms expire in each
odd-numbered year.
Vacancies for appointed trustees shall be filled for the unexpired term
in the same manner as
original appointments.  If a vacancy in membership occurs at a time when the
Senate is not in session, the Governor shall make temporary appointments until
the next meeting of the Senate, when he shall appoint persons to fill such
memberships for the remainder of their respective terms.  If the Senate is not
in session when appointments for a full term are made, appointments shall be
made as in the case of vacancies.
No action of the board shall be invalidated by reason of any vacancies on
the board, or by reason of any failure to select student trustees.
(Source: P.A. 101-300, eff. 1-1-20.)
(110 ILCS 310/2) (from Ch. 144, par. 42)
Sec. 2. 
		(Repealed).
(Source: Repealed by P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96.)
(110 ILCS 310/3) (from Ch. 144, par. 43)
Sec. 3. 
		
		No member of such board shall hold or be employed in or appointed to any
office or place under the authority of the board of which he is a member,
nor shall any member of said board be directly or indirectly interested in
any contract to be made by said board for any purpose whatever. This
section does not prohibit the student members of the board of trustees from
maintaining normal and official status as enrolled students or normal
student employment at the University of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 78-822.)
(110 ILCS 310/4) (from Ch. 144, par. 44)
Sec. 4. 
		
		The fiscal year of the said University is hereby declared and
required to terminate on the 30th day of June in each year, and
all reports of the University, except catalogues and circulars, shall be
addressed to the governor, and the annual reports shall contain a full
account of the financial and other transactions of the University to the
close of the fiscal year, as aforesaid, together with a full statement of
the then condition of the endowment fund, and shall be presented to the
governor on or before the 15th day of October in each year: Provided,
that no less number of said reports be published annually than is now
authorized by law.
(Source: P.A. 86-1189.)
(110 ILCS 310/5) (from Ch. 144, par. 45)
Sec. 5. 
		
		The trustees of the said University shall elect, annually, from
their own number, a president; and no money shall be drawn from
the treasury of the University, except by order of the board of trustees, on
the warrant of the president of
the said board, countersigned by the recording secretary.
(Source: P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96.)
(110 ILCS 310/6) (from Ch. 144, par. 46)
Sec. 6. 
		
		The said University shall offer instruction in such branches of
learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, and as are
adapted to promote a liberal and practical education in the several
pursuits and professions of life, without excluding other scientific and
classical studies, and including military tactics.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 3092.)
(110 ILCS 310/7) (from Ch. 144, par. 47)
Sec. 7. 
		
		The treasurer of the said University, and the said board, are
hereby required in the future to invest the principal of the funds arising
from the endowment granted by the United States, in interest-bearing bonds
of the United States, or of this State, or in good county or school
district bonds of this State. They are hereby prohibited from changing the
securities in which said fund may be invested, except for reinvestment in
interest-bearing bonds of the class and character specified above in this
section.
(Source: Laws 1877, p. 215.)
(110 ILCS 310/8) (from Ch. 144, par. 47a)
Sec. 8. 
		
		If the Board of Trustees has provided access to any of the campuses
under its jurisdiction to persons or groups whose purpose is to make students
aware of educational or occupational options, the board shall provide, on
an equal basis, access to the official recruiting representatives of the
armed forces of Illinois and the United States for the purpose of informing
students of educational and career opportunities available to them in the
military.  The board is not required to give greater notice regarding the
right of access to recruiting representatives than is given to other persons
and groups.
(Source: P.A. 82-161.)