Missouri Laws 172.035 – Student representative to board of curators — appointment, powers, duties, ..
1. The governor shall, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint a student representative to the board of curators of the University of Missouri, who shall attend all meetings and participate in all deliberations of the board. Such student representative shall not have the right to vote on any matter before the board.
2. Such student representative shall be a full-time student at the university as defined by the board, selected from a panel of three names submitted to the governor by the student government presidents of the campuses of the university, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the state of Missouri. No person may be appointed who is not actually enrolled during the term of such person’s appointment as a student at the University of Missouri.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 172.035
- Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- United States: includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
3. The term of the student representative shall be two years, except that the person first appointed shall serve until January 1, 1986.
4. If a vacancy occurs for any reason in the position of student representative, the governor shall appoint a replacement who meets the qualifications set forth in subsection 2 of this section and who shall serve until the student representative’s successor is appointed and qualified.
5. If the student representative ceases to be a student at the University of Missouri, or a resident of the state of Missouri, or fails to follow the board’s attendance policy, the student representative’s position shall at once become vacant, unless such absence is caused by sickness or some accident preventing such representative’s arrival at the time and place appointed for the meeting.
6. The student representative shall receive the same reimbursement for expenses as other members of the board of curators receive pursuant to section 172.040.
7. Appointments made under this section shall be made in rotation from each of the four campuses of the University of Missouri, beginning with a student from the Columbia campus, next from the Rolla campus, next from the Kansas City campus, and then from the St. Louis campus.
8. Unless alternative arrangements for payment have been made and agreed to by the student and the university, the student representative shall have paid all student and tuition fees due prior to such appointment and shall pay all future student and tuition fees during the term of office when such fees are due.