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      HOUSE BILL 11-1017
      
      
      BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Duran, Court, Ferrandino, Fields, Labuda,
      Massey, Pabon, Pace, Priola, Ramirez, Schafer S., Solano, Summers, Todd,
      Vigil, Williams A.;
      also SENATOR(S) Steadman, Williams S.
      
      
      Concerning the manner in which a member of an advisory
           committee of the board of directors of the Auraria higher
           education center is replaced.
       
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  23-70-102 (1) (c), Colorado Revised Statutes, is
      amended to read:
      
           23-70-102.  Auraria board - membership - terms - oaths - voting. 
      (1)  Effective July 1, 1989, there is hereby created a new board of directors
      of the Auraria higher education center, referred to in this article as the
      "Auraria board", which shall consist of nine members and two ex officio
      nonvoting members.  The members of the Auraria board shall be chosen in
      the following manner:
      
           (c) (I)  An advisory committee of six members who are full-time
      students shall be elected, two from each of the student bodies of each of the
      three institutions governed by the Auraria board, and it shall elect one of its
      members to fill one office on the Auraria board to serve for one term
      beginning July 1.  Said elected office shall be advisory, without the right to
      vote.  The elected member of the board shall have resided in the state of
      Colorado not less than three years prior to his or her election.
      
           (II)  Repealed.
      
           (III)  In the event of death, resignation, or inability or
      refusal to act of any such elected member of the student advisory
      committee, the student governing body of the institution with the
      vacancy shall appoint a full-time student from that institution
      to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the term.
      
           SECTION 2.  23-70-102 (1) (d), Colorado Revised Statutes, is
      amended to read:
      
           23-70-102.  Auraria board - membership - terms - oaths - voting. 
      (1)  Effective July 1, 1989, there is hereby created a new board of directors
      of the Auraria higher education center, referred to in this article as the
      "Auraria board", which shall consist of nine members and two ex officio
      nonvoting members.  The members of the Auraria board shall be chosen in
      the following manner:
      
           (d) (I)  An advisory committee of six members who are full-time
      faculty members shall be elected, two from each of the faculties of each of
      the three institutions governed by the Auraria board, and it shall elect one
      of its members to fill the remaining office on the Auraria board to serve for
      one-year terms beginning each July 1.  The committee shall select such a
      member from the same institution only once in the same three-year period. 
      Said elected office shall be advisory, without the right to vote.  The elected
      member of the board shall have resided in the state of Colorado not less
      than three years prior to his or her election.
      
           (II)  Repealed.
      
           (III)  In the event of death, resignation, or inability or
      refusal to act of any such elected member of the faculty advisory
      committee, the faculty governing body of the institution with the
      vacancy shall appoint a full-time faculty member from that
      institution to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the term.
      
           SECTION 3.  Safety clause.  The general assembly hereby finds,
      determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
      preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.
      
      
      
      
      ________________________________________________________
      Frank McNulty                      Brandon C. Shaffer
      SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE                     PRESIDENT OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE
      
      
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      Marilyn Eddins                      Cindi L. Markwell
      CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE                 SECRETARY OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE
      
      
      
      
                  APPROVED________________________________________
      
      
      
      
      
                                    _________________________________________
                                    John W. Hickenlooper
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO