Governing Board; manner of appointment.
Section 5
SEC. 5. Governing Board; manner of appointment.—The government of the Bicol University is vested in a Board of Regents which shall be composed of nine members, six of whom are regular members and three are ex-officio members. The regular members must be Filipino citizens and residents of the Philippines, two of whom shall be known educators in or from the Bicol Region, two shall be successful businessmen or industrialists or professionals of the Region who have shown and are showing interest in the cause of education in the region, and two shall be successful alumni of any of the school or college to be incorporated with and integrated into the University upon recommendation of their respective alumni association, and who will be replaced in due time, when available, by successful alumni of the University and upon recommendation by their alumni association when this shall have been organized. The three ex-officio members shall be the Secretary of Education, who shall be the ex-officio Chairman of the Board, the Chairman of the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. The regular members of the Board of Regents who shall serve a term of four years, shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines, with the consent of the Commission on Appointments. Of the six regular members of the Board of Regents to be first appointed as above provided, the President of the Philippines shall designate two to serve for two years, two to serve for three years and two to serve for four years. In the absence or inability of the Secretary of Education or when the position is vacant, the other members of the Board shall elect from among themselves a temporary chairman who shall act as Chairman. In case of a vacancy in the regular membership of the Board, the President of the Philippines shall, with the consent of the Commission on Appointments, appoint a new member to serve for the unexpired term only. No person in the employ of the University or any other educational institution in the Region in any rapacity whatsoever, whether as dean, professor, instructor, lecturer or otherwise, shall be eligible for membership in the Board. The regular members of the Board of Regents shall each receive for every board meeting attended a per diem of one hundred pesos: Provided, That in no case shall the total amount received by each exceed the sum of three hundred pesos for any one month. Besides the per diem, they, together with the ex-officio members shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in attendance upon meetings of the Board or upon performing other official business authorized by resolution of the Board.