2006 Ohio Revised Code - 3361.01. Creation of university of Cincinnati; board of trustees.

§ 3361.01. Creation of university of Cincinnati; board of trustees.
 

(A)  There is hereby created a state university to be known as the "university of Cincinnati." The government of the university of Cincinnati is vested in a board of eleven trustees who shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Two of the trustees shall be students at the university of Cincinnati, and their selection and terms shall be in accordance with division (B) of this section. The terms of the first nine members of the board of trustees shall commence upon the effective date of the transfer of assets of the state-affiliated university of Cincinnati to the university of Cincinnati hereby created. One of such trustees shall be appointed for a term ending on the first day of January occurring at least twelve months after such date of transfer, and each of the other trustees shall be appointed for respective terms ending on each succeeding first day of January, so that one term will expire on each first day of January after expiration of the shortest term. Except for the two student trustees, each successor trustee shall be appointed for a term ending on the first day of January, nine years from the expiration date of the term the trustee succeeds, except that any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall be appointed to serve only for the unexpired term. 
 

Any trustee shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the trustee's term until the trustee's successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. 
 

No person who has served a full nine-year term or longer or more than six years of such a term shall be eligible to reappointment until a period of four years has elapsed since the last day of the term for which the person previously served. 
 

The trustees shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be paid their reasonable necessary expenses while engaged in the discharge of their official duties. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum. 

(B)  The student members of the board of trustees of the university of Cincinnati have no voting power on the board. Student members shall not be considered as members of the board in determining whether a quorum is present. Student members shall not be entitled to attend executive sessions of the board. The student members of the board shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, from a group of five candidates selected pursuant to a procedure adopted by the university's student governments and approved by the university's board of trustees. The initial term of office of one of the student members shall commence on May 14, 1988 and shall expire on May 13, 1989, and the initial term of office of the other student member shall commence on May 14, 1988 and expire on May 13, 1990. Thereafter, terms of office of student members shall be for two years, each term ending on the same day of the same month of the year as the term it succeeds. In the event that a student cannot fulfill a two-year term, a replacement shall be selected to fill the unexpired term in the same manner used to make the original selection. 
 

HISTORY: 136 v H 744 (Eff 4-8-76); 138 v H 204 (Eff 7-30-79); 142 v H 34. Eff 7-26-88; 150 v H 95, § 1, eff. 9-26-03; 150 v S 224, § 1, eff. 3-31-05.
 

The effective date is set by section 179 of H.B. 95 (150 v  - ). 

 

Effect of Amendments

150 v S 224, effective March 31, 2005, in the third paragraph of (A), added "until a period of four years has elapsed since the last day of the term for which the person previously served" to the end. 

H.B. 95, Acts 2003, effective September 26, 2003, in the third paragraph of (A), deleted the last sentence, which read: "No person is eligible for appointment to the board of trustees for a full nine-year term who is not at the time of appointment a resident of the city of Cincinnati, unless at the time of such appointment there are at least five members of the board who are not students and who are residents of the city of Cincinnati"; and made gender neutral changes.