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Chairperson of governing authority
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75. The Act of 1997 is amended by the substitution of the following section for section 17:
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“17. (1) The first meeting of a governing authority of a university shall be chaired by an external member of the governing authority who is appointed by a majority vote of the members to be an interim chairperson of the governing authority until the appointment of a chairperson under subsection (2).
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(2) A governing authority shall, at the first meeting of the governing authority, appoint an external member of the governing authority to be the chairperson of the governing authority by a majority vote of not less than two-thirds of its members.
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(3) A person shall cease to be chairperson of a governing authority if he or she ceases to be an external member of the governing authority.”.
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