HB-5650, As Passed House, February 23, 2010

HOUSE BILL No. 5650

December 8, 2009, Introduced by Reps. Segal, Robert Jones, Schuitmaker, Lori, Bolger and DeShazor and referred to the Committee on Education.

     A bill to amend an act of the Territorial Laws, p. 1131, vol.

III, approved April 22, 1833, entitled

"An act to establish Kalamazoo college and to prescribe its powers

and duties,"

by amending section 3 (MCL 390.753), as amended by 1985 PA 203.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 3. (1) (a) The board of trustees may, by a resolution

adopted by 2/3 of its members, fix the number of members to

constitute the board. However, the number of trustees constituting

the board of trustees shall be not less than at least 15 nor and

not more than 54. in number and 15% or more of the trustees shall

be members in good standing of Baptist churches affiliated with the

American Baptist churches, U.S.A. Nine trustees shall constitute a

quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the board.

At the first meeting of the board, the trustees shall divide

themselves into 3 classes of 1/3 of the whole number of each as

nearly as possible. The term of office of the first class shall

terminate at the expiration of the first year; of the second class

shall terminate at the end of the second year; and of the third

class shall terminate at the end of the third year, so that 1/3 of

the number of trustees shall be are chosen by the board annually by

ballot.

(2) (b) The board may elect any number of nonvoting honorary

trustees. without limit as to number. Honorary trustees shall not

be are not included in the number of trustees constituting the

board of trustees.