Constitutional Bylaws Amendment Collection of Fall 2014

LeTourneau University Student Senate

Cosponsored by Senator Vander Wiel and PPT Turner

A Collection of Amendments

Relating to the amending of the Constitutional Bylaws

Be it enacted by the LeTourneau University Student Senate

Short Title

Section A. This collection of amendments may be referred to as the "Constitutional Amendment Collection of Fall 2014"

Amendment

Section B. The following shall list the portion of the Constitutional Bylaws to be amended, and the amendments to the corresponding portions:

Article I

Budget

Section B

Automatic Allocations

1) LSM shall automatically receive 25% of the total amount of funds allocated to Student Government.

2) YAC shall automatically receive 25% of the total amount of funds allocated to Student Government.

Article II

Senate

Section B

Attendance

4) Committee Chairs may take attendance in all official committee meetings and report attendance to the President Pro Tempore.

Section D

1) Each Senator shall be a member of a committee for the first full two semesters of his/her tenure. A full semester of service shall be counted if the senator is elected by the election dates specified in the election procedures defined in the Senate Bylaws.

Section E

Senate Officers

1) Secretary

e) The Secretary shall willingly render time and services to the Vice President, Senate Officers, and Committee Chairs, for the purpose of coordinating and administrating business related to senate.

f) The Secretary shall be responsible for the maintenance and administration of official senate web pages or resources, as instructed by the Public Records Committee Chair.

Article III

Clubs and Organizations

Section B

Recognition

2) [Stricken]

Section C

Funding

1) All official clubs and organizations shall be required to submit a budget, explicitly following any requirements set forth by the Financial Appropriations Committee.

2) Senate reserves the right to deny, upon recommendation of the Financial Appropriations Committee Chair and by a majority vote, any official club or organization funding if the requirements set forth by the standing Financial Appropriations Committee are not met.

Article IV

Oath of Office

Section B

Administering the Oath of Office

1) The members of the Executive Cabinet must take the oath of office in chapel during the last month of the semester preceding their term of office.

2) The oath of office shall be administered to the Student Body President-elect by a member of the President’s Cabinet. The newly elected Student Body President shall administer the oath of office to the other newly elected members of the Executive Cabinet.

3)

b) [Stricken]

4) All newly elected senators must have the oath administered to them in a Student Senate General Assembly meeting by the Vice President.

Article V

General Election

Section E

Signatures

4) If there are less than two candidates who have obtained 25% of the signatures required, candidates who have not met the signature requirement may submit a written appeal to Senate. The candidate's appeal will be brought to the Senate General Assembly by the senator that represents them. If the candidate does not have a representative, the appeal may be brought to Senate by a senator of the candidates choosing. Upon a two thirds vote of approval by Senate, the candidate shall be allowed to continue running for executive cabinet.

5) If a candidate, who has previously held the office and is seeking reelection, and they are running an uncontested election, they may submit a written appeal to Senate. The candidate's appeal will be brought to the Senate General Assembly by the senator that represents them. If the candidate does not have a representative, the appeal may be brought to Senate by a senator of the candidates choosing. Upon a two thirds vote of approval by Senate, subsections one, two, and three of this section shall not apply to the candidate, thereby exempting them from the signature collection requirement.