HB 64

Under existing law, the membership of the Board of Trustees for the University of North Alabama does not include the office of the State Superintendent of Education and includes one at-large member who may be from within or without the state

This bill would make a technical correction to remove a reference to the State Superintendent of Education in the law establishing the membership of the board as a body corporate under the name of the university

This bill would also add an additional at-large member, who may be from within or without the state, to the board

To amend Section 16-51-1 and Section 16-51-3, as amended by Act 2018-144, 2018 Regular Session, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the University of North Alabama; to make a technical correction reflecting the removal of the office of the State Superintendent of Education from membership on the board; and to add an additional at-large member, from within or without the state, to the board.

Section 1

Section 16-51-1 and Section 16-51-3, as amended by Act 2018-144, 2018 Regular Session, of the Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows:

§16-51-1.

The Governor and the State Superintendent of Education, by virtue of their respective offices the office, and the trustees appointed from the several congressional districts of the state, pursuant to Section 16-51-3, and their successors in office, are constituted a body corporate under the name of the University of North Alabama.

§16-51-3.

(a) There is created a Board of Trustees for the University of North Alabama, the state educational institution at Florence, Alabama. The board of trustees shall consist of all of the following:

(1) Six members who are residents of the fourth and fifth congressional districts, as those districts were constituted on January 1, 2018, at least two of whom shall be residents of the county in which the institution is located.

(2) Three members from the state at large.

(3) One Two at-large member members from within or outside of the state.

(4) The Governor, who shall be ex officio president of the board.

(b) The trustees shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and, except for the first trustees appointed, shall hold office for a term of 12 years, until 2015, and until their successors shall be appointed and qualified. The Governor shall coordinate his or her appointments so that diversity of gender, race, and geographical areas is reflective of the makeup of this state. Beginning in 2015, the board shall be divided into three groups, so that reappointments may be made each two years. In 2015, three members shall be appointed for terms of two years, and three members shall be appointed for terms of four years, and three members shall be appointed for terms of six years. The initial term of the at-large member members appointed pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection (a) shall be six years. Thereafter, all successor members shall be appointed for six-year terms. A trustee may be reappointed to additional terms.

(c) No trustee shall receive any pay or emolument other than his or her actual expenses incurred in the discharge of his or her duties as such. No employee of the university shall be eligible to serve on its board of trustees."

Section 2

This act shall become effective on the first day of the third month following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.