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Colorado Revised Statutes Title 23. Postsecondary Education § 23-40-104. Board of trustees

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1)(a) There is hereby established the board of trustees for the university of northern Colorado, which shall consist of nine members and shall be the governing authority for the university of northern Colorado. The board created by this subsection (1) shall be and is hereby declared to be a body corporate and, as such and by the names designated in this section, may hold property for the use of the university which it governs, be a party to all suits and contracts, and do all things lawfully appertaining to such university in like manner as municipal corporations of this state. The trustees of the board created by this section and their successors shall have perpetual succession, shall have a seal, may make bylaws and regulations for the well-ordering and government of the university within their jurisdiction, and may conduct the business of said university in a manner not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this state. Staff support for said board of trustees shall be provided by the staff of the university of northern Colorado.

(b)(I) The governor shall appoint, with the consent of the senate, seven members of the board of trustees created by this subsection (1).

(II) Members appointed by the governor shall serve terms of up to four years, expiring on December 31 of the third calendar year following the calendar year in which the member is appointed; except that the terms shall be staggered so that no more than two members' terms expire in the same year.

(III) Repealed by Laws 2022, Ch. 2 (S.B. 22-013), § 45, eff. Feb. 25, 2022.

(IV) Repealed by Laws 2022, Ch. 2 (S.B. 22-013), § 45, eff. Feb. 25, 2022.

(V) Of the seven members appointed by the governor, no more than four members shall be from the same political party.

(VI) The eighth office shall be filled by an elected member of the student body who is a full-time junior or senior student at the university of northern Colorado. The term of said elected office shall be one year, beginning July 1. The elected student office shall be advisory, without the right to vote. The elected student member of the board shall have resided in the state of Colorado not less than three years prior to his or her election. For purposes of this paragraph (b), “full-time student” means the equivalent of the definition of “full-time equivalent student” used by the joint budget committee of the general assembly. The ninth office shall be filled by an elected member of the faculty at large elected by other members of the faculty at large for a term of one year, beginning July 1, and such office shall be advisory, without the right to vote.

(VII) All vacancies in the office of any member appointed by the governor shall be filled by appointment by the governor for the unexpired term, and any vacancy in either of the elected offices on the board shall be filled by reelection for the unexpired term.

(VIII) Each trustee shall take an oath or affirmation in accordance with section 24-12-101.

(c) Repealed by Laws 1983, H.B.1105, § 1, eff. March 22, 1983.

(2) Repealed by Laws 2003, Ch. 82, § 19, eff. July 1, 2003.

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