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PRINTER'S NO. 2090
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1348
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY DINNIMAN, FARNESE, SCHWANK, MENSCH, ARNOLD,
PITTMAN, STREET AND MUTH, OCTOBER 19, 2020
REFERRED TO EDUCATION, OCTOBER 19, 2020
AN ACT
Amending the act of July 7, 1972 (P.L.743, No. 176), entitled
"An act providing for the establishment and operation of
Lincoln University as an instrumentality of the Commonwealth
to serve as a State-related institution in the higher
education system of the Commonwealth; providing for change of
name; providing for the composition of the board of trustees;
terms of trustees, and the power and duties of such trustees;
providing for preference to Pennsylvania residents in
tuition; authorizing appropriations in amounts to be fixed
annually by the General Assembly; providing for the auditing
of accounts of expenditures from said appropriations;
providing for public support and capital improvements;
authorizing the issuance of bonds exempt from taxation within
the Commonwealth; requiring the President to make an annual
report of the operations of Lincoln University," further
providing for board of trustees, composition, Commonwealth
trustees and terms.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4(b) of the act of July 7, 1972 (P.L.743,
No.176), known as the Lincoln University-Commonwealth Act, is
amended to read:
Section 4. Board of Trustees; Composition, Commonwealth
Trustees; Terms.--* * *
(b) The following apply:
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(1) Twelve of the trustees shall be designated Commonwealth
trustees, four appointed by the Governor, with the advice and
consent of two-thirds of all of the members of the Senate, four
by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and four by the
Speaker of the House of Representatives. One appointment shall
be made by each of the appointing authorities for a term of four
years, one for a term of three years, one for a term of two
years, and one for a term of one year commencing with the date
when the charter becomes effective, and annually thereafter one
appointment shall be made by each of the three Commonwealth
appointing authorities for a term of four years.
(2) All Commonwealth-nominated trustees shall be seated and
allowed to vote not later than the next scheduled or unscheduled
meeting of the board of trustees.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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