Missouri § 174.450 - Board of governors to be appointed for certain public institutions of higher education, qualifications, terms.

§ 174.450. Board of governors to be appointed for certain public institutions of higher education, qualifications, terms.

1.  Except as provided in subsections 2, 3, and 4 of this section, the governing board of the University of Central Missouri, Missouri State University, Missouri Southern State University, Missouri Western State University, and of each other public institution of higher education which, through the procedures established in subdivision (8) or (9) of section 173.030, is charged with a statewide mission shall be a board of governors consisting of eight members, composed of seven voting members and one nonvoting member as provided in sections 174.453 and 174.455, who shall be appointed by the governor of Missouri, by and with the advice and consent of the senate.  No person shall be appointed a voting member who is not a citizen of the United States and who has not been a resident of the state of Missouri for at least two years immediately prior to such appointment.  Not more than four voting members shall belong to any one political party.  The appointed members of the board of regents serving on the date of the statutory mission change shall become members of the board of governors on the effective date of the statutory mission change and serve until the expiration of the terms for which such members were appointed.  The board of regents of any such institution shall be abolished on the effective date of the statutory mission change, as prescribed in subdivision (8) or (9) of section 173.030.

2.  The governing board of Missouri State University, a public institution of higher education charged with a statewide mission in public affairs, shall be a board of governors of ten members, composed of nine voting members and one nonvoting member, who shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate.  The nonvoting member shall be a student selected in the same manner as prescribed in section 174.055.  Of the nine voting members appointed to the board, no fewer than seven members shall each be residents of different congressional districts of this state; provided that no more than one member shall be appointed from any one congressional district.  In addition to the seven members appointed to represent different congressional districts, two members shall be appointed at-large and shall not be required to reside in a congressional district not otherwise represented on the board.  Every member of the board shall be a citizen of the United States, and a resident of this state for at least two years prior to the member's appointment.  No more than five voting members shall belong to any one political party.  The term of office of the governors shall be six years, except as provided in this subsection.  The term of office for those appointed hereafter shall end January first in years ending in an odd number.

3.  The governing board of Missouri Southern State University shall be a board of governors consisting of nine members, composed of eight voting members and one nonvoting member as provided in sections 174.453 and 174.455, who shall be appointed by the governor of Missouri, by and with the advice and consent of the senate.  No person shall be appointed a voting member who is not a citizen of the United States and who has not been a resident of the state of Missouri for at least two years immediately prior to such appointment.  Not more than four voting members shall belong to any one political party or reside in the county in which the institution's principal administrative office is located.

4.  The governing board of Northwest Missouri State University shall be a board of regents as provided in section 174.332.

5.  Not more than three voting members of the governing board of the University of Central Missouri shall reside in the county in which the institution's principal administrative office is located.

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(L. 1995 S.B. 340 § 1 subsec. 1, A.L. 1999 S.B. 218, A.L. 2003 S.B. 55, A.L. 2005 S.B. 98, A.L. 2006 S.B. 650, A.L. 2011 H.B. 174, A.L. 2012 H.B. 1042 merged with S.B. 563, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1389, A.L. 2021 H.B. 297, A.L. 2026 H.B. 2896)

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