To repeal section 175.021, RSMo 1994, and sections 172.035 and 174.055, RSMo Supp. 1996, relating to student representatives on the governing boards of certain institutions of higher education, and to enact in lieu thereof three new sections relating to the same subject.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:

     Section A. Section 175.021, RSMo 1994, and sections 172.035 and 174.055, RSMo Supp. 1996, are repealed and three new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 172.035, 174.055, and 175.021, to read as follows:

     172.035. 1. The governor shall, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint a student representative to the board of curators of the University of Missouri, who shall attend all meetings and participate in all deliberations of the board[, except any meeting, record or vote closed under the provisions of section 610.025, RSMo]. Such student representative shall not have the right to vote on any matter before the board.

     2. Such student representative shall be a full-time student at the university as defined by the board, selected from a panel of three names submitted to the governor by the student government presidents of the campuses of the university, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the state of Missouri. No person may be appointed who is not actually enrolled during the term of his appointment as a student at the University of Missouri.

     3. The term of the student representative shall be two years, except that the person first appointed shall serve until January 1, 1986.

     4. If a vacancy occurs for any reason in the position of student representative, the governor shall appoint a replacement who meets the qualifications set forth in subsection 2 of this section and who shall serve until his successor is appointed and qualified.

     5. If the student representative ceases to be a student at the University of Missouri, or a resident of the state of Missouri, or fails to follow the board's attendance policy, the student representative's position shall at once become vacant, unless his absence is caused by sickness or some accident preventing his arrival at the time and place appointed for the meeting.

     6. The student representative while attending meetings of the board shall receive his actual expenses which shall be paid out of the ordinary revenues of the university.

     7. Appointments made under this section shall be made in rotation from each of the four campuses of the University of Missouri, beginning with a student from the Columbia campus, next from the Rolla campus, next from the Kansas City campus, and then from the St. Louis campus.

     174.055. 1. The governor shall, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint a student representative to the board of regents of each educational institution referred to in section 174.020 who shall attend all meetings and participate in all deliberations of the board[, except any meeting, record or vote closed under the provisions of section 610.025, RSMo]. Such student representative shall not have the right to vote on any matter before the board.

     2. Such student representative shall be a full-time student at the institution as defined by the board, selected from a panel of three names submitted to the governor by the student government president, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the state of Missouri. No person may be appointed who is not actually enrolled during the term of his appointment as a student at the institution.

     3. The term of the student representative shall be two years, except that the person first appointed shall serve until January 1, 1986.

     4. If a vacancy occurs for any reason in the position of student representative, the governor shall appoint a replacement who meets the qualifications set forth in subsection 2 of this section and who shall serve until his successor is appointed and qualified.

     5. If the student representative ceases to be a student at the institution, or a resident of the state of Missouri, or fails to follow the board's attendance policy, the student representative's position shall at once become vacant, unless the student representative's absence is caused by sickness or some accident preventing the student representative's arrival at the time and place appointed for the meeting.

     6. The student representative shall receive no compensation or reimbursement for expenses.

     175.021. 1. The governor shall, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint a student representative to the board of curators of Lincoln University, who shall attend all meetings and participate in all deliberations of the board[, except any meeting, record or vote closed under the provisions of section 610.025, RSMo]. Such student representative shall not have the right to vote on any matter before the board.

     2. Such student representative shall be a full-time student at the university as defined by the board, selected from a panel of three names submitted to the governor by the student

government association of the university, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the state of Missouri. No person may be appointed who is not actually enrolled during the term of his appointment as a student at the university.

     3. The term of the student representative shall be two years, except that the person first appointed shall serve until January 1, 1989.

     4. If a vacancy occurs for any reason in the position of student representative, the governor shall appoint a replacement who meets the qualifications set forth in subsection 2 of this section and who shall serve until his successor is appointed and qualified.

     5. If the student representative ceases to be a student at the university, or a resident of the state of Missouri, or fails to attend any regularly called meeting of the board of which he has due notice, his position shall at once become vacant, unless his absence is caused by sickness or some accident preventing his arrival at the time and place appointed for the meeting.

     6. The student representative shall receive no compensation or reimbursement for expenses.

     7. The student representatives of all public colleges and universities shall have paid all student and tuition fees due prior to said appointments and shall pay all future student and tuition fees during the term of office when said fees are due.