Sec. 6. (a) There is established a screening committee of the University of Southern Indiana to nominate the alumnus member of the board of trustees.

     (b) The screening committee consists of five (5) members appointed by the executive body of the university alumni association designated by the board of trustees.

     (c) Within seventy-five (75) days after the date that a vacancy occurs on the board of trustees for the alumnus member, the screening committee shall submit a list of at least three (3) names of eligible individuals to a person designated by the board of trustees.

     (d) When the names are received by the person designated by the board of trustees, the designated person shall submit the names to the governor.

     (e) The governor shall appoint the alumnus member of the board of trustees from the list of names submitted under subsection (d). However, if the governor does not receive the names of at least three (3) eligible individuals under subsection (d) within ninety (90) days after the alumnus member vacancy on the board occurs, the governor may appoint any individual who is otherwise eligible under this chapter to serve as the alumnus member of the board of trustees.

[Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 20-12-64-9.]

As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.265.