Vermont S 136: An act relating to next steps toward implementing a wholesale importation program for prescription drugs from Canada

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S.136 1
Introduced by Senator Perchlik 2
Referred to Committee on 3
Date: 4
Subject: Education; postsecondary education; Vermont State Colleges 5
Corporation; University of Vermont; board of trustees; shared 6
governance 7
Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to add two 8
faculty or staff trustees to the boards of trustees of both the Vermont State 9
Colleges Corporation and the University of Vermont and State Agricultural 10
College. 11
An act relating to the governance of the Vermont State Colleges and the 12
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College 13
It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: 14
* * * Vermont State Colleges Corporation; Board of Trustees * * * 15
Sec. 1. 16 V.S.A. § 2172 is amended to read: 16
§ 2172. TRUSTEES; APPOINTMENT; VACANCIES 17
(a) The Corporation shall be governed by a board of 15 17 trustees who 18
shall be appointed or elected as follows: 19

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(1) Biennially, the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, 1
shall appoint trustees to serve for four-year terms expiring March 1 of the year 2
of the biennial session. Five trustees may be in office at one time under this 3
subdivision. In the event of any vacancy occurring between biennial sessions 4
in an office under this subdivision, the Governor, pursuant to 3 V.S.A. § 257, 5
shall fill the vacancy, and the term of a person so appointed shall expire on 6
March 1 in the year of the next following biennial session. 7
(2)(A) One trustee Two trustees shall be a student trustee trustees: 8
(i) who is a are matriculated student students at an educational 9
institution operated by the Vermont State Colleges Corporation; 10
(ii) who is are pursuing a degree program; and 11
(iii) who has have reached the age of majority. 12
(B) The student trustee trustees shall serve a one-year term terms 13
expiring on June 1. The student trustee trustees shall be appointed, and a 14
vacancy may be filled, from among those eligible students applying for the 15
position by the decision of those members of the steering committee of the 16
Vermont State Colleges Student Association who have been elected at large to 17
that committee by the students at their respective colleges. No student trustee 18
may serve more than two consecutive terms. 19
(3) Four trustees shall be legislative trustees who are members of the 20
General Assembly at the time of their election. Legislative trustees shall serve 21

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four-year terms expiring on March 1 of the second year of the biennial session, 1
and they shall be elected by joint assembly of the Legislature. Vacancies for 2
any cause shall be filled by the General Assembly at its earliest opportunity, 3
and the term of a person so appointed shall expire on March 1 of the next even 4
numbered year. 5
(4) Four trustees shall be elected by the Board of Trustees to four-year 6
terms expiring on March 1. Vacancies for any cause shall be filled by the 7
remaining members of the Board of Trustees, and the term of the person so 8
appointed shall expire on the next following March 1. 9
(5) One trustee shall be faculty or staff employed by the Vermont State 10
Colleges Corporation and elected by the faculty and staff to a four-year term 11
expiring on August 1. The faculty assembly or assemblies shall oversee all 12
trustee elections under this subdivision, which shall be open to all faculty and 13
staff. Vacancies for any cause shall be filled through an election, and the term 14
of the person so appointed shall expire on the next following August 1. 15
(b) Appointments by the Governor and, elections by the General Assembly, 16
and student appointments shall be made with consideration of the geographic 17
distribution of members to prevent an unfair focus on any single college or 18
campus. 19
(c) No trustee shall be a member of the Board of Trustees of the University 20
of Vermont. 21

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(d)(1) The Board of Trustees, after notice and a hearing, may remove a 1
trustee for incompetency, failure to discharge duties, malfeasance, illegal acts, 2
or other cases inimical to the welfare of the Corporation. 3
(2) Gubernatorial-appointed trustees shall serve at the pleasure of the 4
Governor pursuant to 3 V.S.A. § 2004. 5
(3) In the event of a vacancy occurring under this subsection, the 6
Governor or the Board appointing or electing authority of the vacant position, 7
as applicable, shall fill the vacancy pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. 8
Sec. 2. 16 V.S.A. § 2173 is amended to read: 9
§ 2173. BOARD OF TRUSTEES; ORGANIZATION 10
In addition to the 14 16 elected and appointed trustees, the Board of 11
Trustees shall include as a member the Governor of Vermont. A majority of 12
the trustees shall constitute a q