§ 6310. Community college regions - administration and finance. 1.\nEach community college region and community college sponsored by such\nregion shall be administered by a single board of trustees of fourteen\nmembers, thirteen of whom shall be appointed for terms of seven years,\nas set forth in this subdivision, and one member elected as herein\nprovided, except that initial appointments shall be made for terms of\none to nine years respectively. Seven members shall be appointed by the\nlocal legislative bodies or boards of those counties eligible to appoint\nmembers to the community college regional board of trustees. The seven\nlocally appointed members of such board may include one member from the\nlocal legislative body or board of each county eligible to appoint\nmembers to the community college regional board of trustees. Membership\nin a community college regional board of trustees shall be apportioned\namong the counties participating in such board in accordance with the\nnumber of full-time equivalent students attending a community college\nsponsored by such regional board who are residents of the respective\nparticipating counties, and in accordance with such further regulations\nas may be prescribed by the state university trustees. Six members shall\nbe appointed by the governor and one member elected by and from among\nthe students of the college who shall serve as a member of the board for\na one-year term, provided, however, that the term of the student member\nfirst elected shall be nine months commencing October first, nineteen\nhundred eighty-four. The student member shall be afforded the same\nparliamentary privileges as are conferred upon members, including but\nnot limited to the right to make and second motions and to place items\non the agenda. Such student member shall be subject to every provision\nof any general, special or local law, ordinance, charter, code, rule or\nregulation applying to the members of such board with respect to the\ndischarge of their duties including, but not limited to, those\nprovisions setting forth codes of ethics, disclosure requirements and\nprohibiting business and professional activities. The election of the\nstudent member shall be conducted in accordance with rules and\nregulations promulgated by the respective representative campus student\nassociation in accordance with guidelines established by the state\nuniversity trustees. In the event that the student member ceases to be a\nstudent at the institution, he shall be required to resign. The\ngovernor's initial appointments shall be as follows: (a) two individuals\nshall be appointed for terms of two and four years respectively; (b) two\nindividuals for terms of six years and two individuals for terms of\neight years. Appointments by local authorities shall be as follows: (a)\nthree individuals for terms of one, three and five years, respectively;\n(b) two individuals for terms of seven years, and two individuals for\nterms of nine years. Vacancies shall be filled for unexpired terms in\nthe same manner as original selections by the authority responsible for\nthe original selection. The board shall select its own chairman from\namong its voting membership. Trustees shall receive no compensation for\ntheir services but shall be reimbursed for their expenses actually and\nnecessarily incurred by them in the performance of their duties under\nthis article. Members initially appointed or elected under this\nsubdivision to any community college regional board of trustees\nhereafter established shall take office immediately upon their selection\nand qualification, but for purposes of determining the expiration of\ntheir respective terms and the commencement of the terms of their\nsuccessors, the term of office of each such initial member shall be\ndeemed to have commenced on the first day of July of the year in which\nsuch college was established. The terms of office of all members of\ncommunity college regional boards
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