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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 939
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR BERNSKOETTER.
4764S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal sections 174.300, 174.332, 174.450, 174.453, 174.610, 175.020, and 178.632, RSMo,
and to enact in lieu thereof seven new sections relating to higher education governing
bodies.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Sections 174.300, 174.332, 174.450, 174.453, 1
174.610, 175.020, and 178.632, RSMo, are repealed and seven new 2
sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 3
174.300, 174.332, 174.450, 174.453, 174.610, 175.020, and 4
178.632, to read as follows:5
174.300. 1. Prior to October 17, 1978, the governor 1
shall, with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint a 2
six-member board of regents to assume the general control 3
and management of Harris-Stowe College. The members of the 4
board shall serve for terms of six years each, except for 5
the members first appointed, two of whom shall serve two- 6
year terms, two of whom shall serve four-year terms, and two 7
of whom shall serve six-year terms. Not more than three of 8
the regents shall be affiliated with any one political party 9
or reside in a city not within a county. 10
2. On and after August 28, 2005, Harris-Stowe State 11
College shall be known as Harris-Stowe State University, and 12
the provisions contained in subsection 1 of this section 13
shall continue to apply to the institution. 14
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174.332. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1
174.050 to the contrary, the board of regents of Northwest 2
Missouri State University shall be composed of nine members, 3
eight of whom shall be voting members and one who shall be a 4
nonvoting member. Not more than four voting members shall 5
belong to any one political party[. Not more than two 6
voting members shall be residents of the same county. The 7
appointed members of the board serving on August 28, 2008, 8
shall continue to serve until the expiration of the terms 9
for which the appointed members were appointed and until 10
such time a successor is duly appointed. 11
2. The board of regents shall be appointed as follows: 12
(1) Six voting members shall be residents of the 13
university's historic statutory service region, provided at 14
least one member shall be a resident of Nodaway County. For 15
the sole purpose of determining the composition of the board 16
of regents, the university's historic statutory service 17
region shall consist of the counties of Atchison, Andrew, 18
Caldwell, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, 19
Grundy, Harrison, Holt, Livingston, Mercer, Nodaway, Ray, 20
and Worth; 21
(2) Two voting members shall be residents of a county 22
in the state that is outside the university's historic 23
statutory service region, as described in subdivision (1) of 24
this subsection, provided these two members shall not be 25
appointed from the same congressional district; and 26
(3)] or reside in a county with more than nineteen 27
thousand but fewer than twenty-two thousand inhabitants and 28
with a county seat with more than ten thousand but fewer 29
than thirteen thousand inhabitants. One nonvoting member 30
shall be a full-time student of the university, a United 31
States citizen, and a resident of Missouri. 32
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[3.] 2. A majority of the voting members of the board 33
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; 34
however, no appropriation of money nor any contract that 35
shall require any appropriation or disbursement of money 36
shall be made, nor teacher employed or dismissed, unless a 37
majority of the voting members of the board vote for the 38
same. 39
[4.] 3. Except as specifically provided in this 40
section, the appointments and terms of office for the voting 41
and nonvoting members of the board, and all other duties and 42
responsibilities of the board, shall comply with the 43
provisions of state law regarding boards of regents. 44
174.450. 1. Except as provided in subsections 2, [6] 1
3, and [7] 4 of this section, the governing board of the 2
University of Central Missouri, Missouri State University, 3
Missouri Southern State University, Missouri Western State 4
University, and of each other public institution of higher 5
education which, through the procedures established in 6
subdivision (8) or (9) of section 173.030, is charged with a 7
statewide mission shall be a board of governors consisting 8
of eight members, composed of seven voting members and one 9
nonvoting member as provided in sections 174.453 and 10
174.455, who shall be appointed by the governor of Missouri, 11
by and with the advice and consent of the senate. No person 12
shall be appointed a voting member who is not a citizen of 13
the United States and who has not been a resident of the 14
state of Missouri for at least two years immediately prior 15
to such appointment. Not more than four voting members 16
shall belong to any one political party. The appointed 17
members of the board of regents serving on the date of the 18
statutory mission change shall become members of the board 19
of governors on the effective date of the statutory mission 20
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change and serve until the expiration of the terms for which 21
such members were appointed. The board of regents of any 22
such institution shall be abolished on the effective date of 23
the statutory mission change, as prescribed in subdivision 24
(8) or (9) of section 173.030. 25
2. The governing board of Missouri State University, a 26
public institution of higher education charged with a 27
statewide mission in public affairs, shall be a board of 28
governors of ten members, composed of nine voting members 29
and one nonvoting member, who shall be appointed by the 30
governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate. 31
The nonvoting member shall be a student selected in the same 32
manner as prescribed in section 174.055. [At least one but 33
no more than two voting members shall be appointed to the 34
board from each congressional district, and] Every member of 35
the board shall be a citizen of the United States, and a 36
resident of this state for at least two years prior to the 37
member's appointment. No more than five voting members 38
shall belong to any one political party. No more than four 39
voting members shall reside in a county with more than two 40
hundred sixty thousand but fewer than three hundred thousand 41
inhabitants. The term of office of the governors shall be 42
six years, except as provided in this subsection. The term 43
of office for those appointed hereafter shall end January 44
first in years ending in an odd number. 45
3. [If a voting member of the board of governors of 46
Missouri State University is found by unanimous vote of the 47
other governors to have moved such governor's residence from 48
the district from which such governor was appointed, then 49
the office of such governor shall be forfeited and 50
considered vacant. 51
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4. Should the total number of Missouri congressional 52
districts be altered, all members of the board of governors 53
of Missouri State University shall be allowed to serve the 54
remainder of the term for which such members were appointed. 55
5. Should the boundaries of any congressional 56
districts be altered in a manner that displaces a member of 57
the board of governors of Missouri State University from the 58
congressional district from which the member was appointed, 59
the member shall be allowed to serve the remainder of the 60
term for which the member was appointed. 61
6.] The governing board of Missouri Southern State 62
University shall be a board of governors consisting of nine 63
members, composed of eight voting members and one nonvoting 64
member as provided in sections 174.453 and 174.455, who 65
shall be appointed by the governor of Missouri, by and with 66
the advice and consent of the senate. No person shall be 67
appointed a voting member who is not a citizen of the United 68
States and who has not been a resident of the state of 69
Missouri for at least two years immediately prior to such 70
appointment. Not more than four voting members shall belong 71
to any one political party or reside in a county with more 72
than one hundred twenty thousand but fewer than one hundred 73
fifty thousand inhabitants. 74
[7.] 4. The governing board of Northwest Missouri 75
State University shall be a board of regents as provided in 76
section 174.332. 77
5. Not more than three voting members of the governing 78
board of the University of Central Missouri shall reside in 79
a county with more than fifty thousand but fewer than sixty 80
thousand inhabitants and with a county seat with more than 81
seventeen thousand but fewer than twenty-one thousand 82
inhabitants. 83
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174.453. 1. Except as provided in section 174.450 and 1
in [subsection] subsections 4, 5, and 6 of this section, the 2
board of governors shall be appointed as follows: 3
(1) Five voting members shall be selected from the 4
counties comprising the institution's historic statutory 5
service region as described in section 174.010, except that 6
no more than two members shall be appointed from any one 7
county with a population of less than two hundred thousand 8
inhabitants; 9
(2) Two voting members shall be selected from any of 10
the counties in the state which are outside of the 11
institution's historic service region; and 12
(3) One nonvoting member who is a student shall be 13
selected in the same manner as prescribed in section 174.055. 14
2. The term of service of the governors shall be as 15
follows: 16
(1) The voting members shall be appointed for terms of 17
six years; and 18
(2) The nonvoting student member shall serve a two- 19
year term. 20
3. Members of any board of governors selected pursuant 21
to this section and in office on May 13, 1999, shall serve 22
the remainder of their unexpired terms. 23
4. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of 24
this section, the board of governors of Missouri Southern 25
State University shall be appointed as follows: 26
(1) [Six voting members shall be selected from any of 27
the following counties: Barton, Jasper, Newton, McDonald, 28
Dade, Lawrence, and Barry provided that no more than three 29
of these six members shall be appointed from any one county; 30
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(2) Two voting members shall be selected from any of 31
the counties in the state which are outside of the counties 32
articulated in subdivision (1) of this subsection; 33
(3)] Not more than three voting members shall be 34
selected who reside in a county with more than one hundred 35
twenty thousand but fewer than one hundred fifty thousand 36
inhabitants; and 37
(2) One nonvoting member who is a student shall be 38
selected in the same manner as prescribed in section 39
174.055[; and 40
(4) The provisions of subdivisions (1) and (2) of this 41
subsection shall only apply to board members first appointed 42
after August 28, 2004]. 43
5. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of 44
this section, the board of governors of Missouri Western 45
State University shall be composed of eight members 46
appointed as follows: 47
(1) Five voting members shall be selected from any of 48
the following counties: Buchanan, Platte, Clinton, Andrew, 49
and DeKalb ; 50
(2) One nonvoting member who is a student shall be 51
selected in the same manner as prescribed in section 52
174.055; and 53
(3) The provisions of subdivisions (1) and (2) of this 54
subsection shall only apply to board members first appointed 55
after August 28, 2005. 56
6. [(1)] Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 57
1 of this section to the contrary, the board of governors of 58
Southeast Missouri State University shall be appointed as 59
follows: 60
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(a) [Two voting members shall be selected from any of 61
the following counties: Butler, Dunklin, Mississippi, New 62
Madrid, Pemiscot, Scott, or Stoddard; 63
(b) Two voting members shall be selected from any of 64
the following counties: Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Madison, 65
Perry, Ste. Genevieve, or St. Francois; 66
(c) Two voting members shall be selected from any of 67
the following counties or areas: Franklin, Jefferson, 68
Lincoln, St. Charles, St. Louis, St. Louis City, or Warren; 69
(d) One voting member shall be selected from one of 70
the counties in the state; and 71
(e)] Seven voting members shall be selected, not more 72
than three of whom shall reside in a county with more than 73
eighty thousand but fewer than one hundred thousand 74
inhabitants and with a county seat with more than thirteen 75
thousand but fewer than seventeen thousand inhabitants; and 76
(b) One nonvoting member who is a student shall be 77
selected in the same manner as provided in section 174.055. 78
[(2) The provisions of paragraphs (a) to (c) of 79
subdivision (1) of this subsection shall only apply to board 80
members first appointed after August 28, 2021.] 81
174.610. The governing board of the Truman State 1
University shall be a board of governors consisting of ten 2
members, composed of seven voting members and three 3
nonvoting members as provided in section 174.620, who shall 4
be appointed by the governor of Missouri, by and with the 5
advice and consent of the senate. No person shall be 6
appointed a voting governor who is not a citizen of the 7
United States and who has not been a resident of the state 8
of Missouri for at least two years immediately prior to such 9
person's appointment. Not more than four voting governors 10
shall belong to any one political party. Not more than 11
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three voting governors shall reside in a county with more 12
than twenty-five thousand but fewer than thirty thousand 13
inhabitants and with a county seat with more than fourteen 14
thousand but fewer than twenty thousand inhabitants. The 15
appointed members of the board of regents serving on January 16
1, 1986, shall become members of the board of governors on 17
January 1, 1986, and serve until the expiration of the terms 18
for which they were appointed. 19
175.020. The board of curators of Lincoln University 1
of Missouri shall hereafter consist of nine members who 2
shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice 3
and consent of the senate. No person shall be appointed a 4
curator who shall not be a citizen of the United States and 5
who shall not have been a resident of the state of Missouri 6
two years next prior to his or her appointment. Not more 7
than five curators shall belong to any one political party, 8
and not more than four curators shall reside in a county 9
with more than seventy thousand but fewer than eighty 10
thousand inhabitants. 11
178.632. The governing board of State Technical 1
College of Missouri shall be a board of regents composed of 2
seven voting members and one nonvoting student member. Such 3
members shall be appointed by the governor with the advice 4
and consent of the senate after August 28, 1995, and after 5
the conditions of section 178.631 are satisfied. No person 6
shall be appointed to the board who is not a citizen of the 7
United States and who has not been a resident of the state 8
of Missouri for at least two years immediately prior to his 9
appointment. Not less than three voting members shall 10
belong to one of the two major political parties and not 11
less than three shall belong to the other major political 12
party. Not more than [two voting members shall reside in 13
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Osage County or other immediately contiguous counties] three 14
voting members shall reside in a county with more than 15
twelve thousand five hundred but fewer than fourteen 16
thousand inhabitants and with a county seat with more than 17
one thousand but fewer than two thousand inhabitants. 18
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