85-301 State colleges; official names; board of trustees; appointment; traveling expenses.
85-301. State colleges; official names; board of trustees; appointment; traveling expenses.The existing institutions known as the state colleges located at Chadron, Peru, and Wayne shall hereafter be known and designated as Chadron State College, Peru State College, and Wayne State College, respectively. The general government thereof shall be vested, under the direction of the Legislature, in a board of seven members, to be known as the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges, six of whom shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Legislature, two each for terms of two, four, and six years and two each biennium thereafter for terms of six years, and the Commissioner of Education shall be a member ex officio. The duties and powers of the board shall be prescribed by law, and the members thereof shall receive no compensation for the performance of their duties but may be reimbursed their actual expenses incurred therein, except that members of the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges shall not be entitled to reimbursement for mileage or other traveling expense as part of their actual expenses except on the basis provided for in sections 81-1174 to 81-1177. SourceLaws 1881, c. 78, sub. XIII, § 1, p. 372; R.S.1913, § 7057; Laws 1921, c. 67, § 1, p. 257; C.S.1922, § 6692; C.S.1929, § 85-301; Laws 1933, c. 96, § 25, p. 402; Laws 1941, c. 180, § 13, p. 708; C.S.Supp.,1941, § 85-301; R.S.1943, § 85-301; Laws 1949, c. 315, § 1, p. 1035; Laws 1963, c. 542, § 1, p. 1689; Laws 1969, c. 852, § 2, p. 3200; Laws 1988, LB 864, § 69; Laws 1989, LB 247, § 22. AnnotationsTerms of office are established for members of board. State ex rel. Johnson v. Hagemeister, 161 Neb. 475, 73 N.W.2d 625 (1955).