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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 Public Community College Act is amended  by  | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 3-8 as follows:
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| 6 |     (110 ILCS 805/3-8)  (from Ch. 122, par. 103-8)
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| 7 |     Sec. 3-8. Following each election and canvass, the new  | ||||||
| 8 | board shall
hold its organizational meeting on or before the  | ||||||
| 9 | 28th day after the election,
except that in 1999, 2001, and  | ||||||
| 10 | 2003 (except District #522) the board shall
organize within 14  | ||||||
| 11 | days
after the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November  | ||||||
| 12 | in each of those 3
years.  In 2003 in District #522, the new  | ||||||
| 13 | board shall hold its organizational
meeting on or before the  | ||||||
| 14 | 14th day after the consolidated election.
If the election is  | ||||||
| 15 | the initial election ordered by the regional superintendent,
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| 16 | the organizational meeting shall be convened by the regional  | ||||||
| 17 | superintendent,
who shall preside over the meeting until the  | ||||||
| 18 | election for chairman, vice
chairman and secretary of board is  | ||||||
| 19 | completed. At all other organizational
meetings, the chairman  | ||||||
| 20 | of the board, or, in his or her absence, the president
of the  | ||||||
| 21 | community college or acting chief executive officer of the  | ||||||
| 22 | college shall
convene the new board, and conduct the election  | ||||||
| 23 | for chairman, vice chairman and
secretary.  The board shall then  | ||||||
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| 1 | proceed with its organization under the newly
elected board  | ||||||
| 2 | officers, and shall fix a time and place for its regular
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| 3 | meetings.  It shall then
than enter upon the discharge of its  | ||||||
| 4 | duties.  Public notice of the schedule of regular meetings for  | ||||||
| 5 | the next calendar year, as set at the organizational meeting,  | ||||||
| 6 | must be given at the beginning of that calendar year. The terms  | ||||||
| 7 | of
board office shall be 2 years, except that the board by  | ||||||
| 8 | resolution may
establish a policy for the terms of office to be  | ||||||
| 9 | one year, and provide for the
election of officers for the  | ||||||
| 10 | remaining one year period.
Terms of members are subject to  | ||||||
| 11 | Section 2A-54 of the Election Code.
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| 12 |     Special meetings of the board may be called by the chairman  | ||||||
| 13 | or by any
3 members of the board by giving notice thereof in  | ||||||
| 14 | writing stating the
time, place and purpose of the meeting.  | ||||||
| 15 | Such notice may be served by
mail 48 hours before the meeting  | ||||||
| 16 | or by personal service 24 hours before
the meeting.
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| 17 |     At each regular and special meeting which is open to the  | ||||||
| 18 | public,
members of the public and employees of the community  | ||||||
| 19 | college district shall
be afforded time, subject to reasonable  | ||||||
| 20 | constraints, to comment to or ask
questions of the board.
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| 21 | (Source: P.A. 92-1, eff. 3-30-01; 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
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| 22 |     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,  | ||||||
| 23 | 2007.
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