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SEN-5-18 A Bill to Decrease Time for Previous Notice for Legislation

SPONSOR: Jake Tidwell, Off-Campus Senator (jtidwe14@vols.utk.edu)

DATE: 14 October 2018

 

Whereas, currently the deadline to submit bills is ten (10) days prior to the next regularly scheduled Undergraduate Student Senate meeting,

 

Whereas, this deadline currently falls on a Saturday at approximately 5:00 pm EST,

 

Whereas, having a deadline is not conducive to achieving the goal of every Student Senate session meeting: to produce legislation,

 

Be it hereby resolved, Gus’s Rules of Order be amended in the following ways:

 

Amend: “Presenters will submit bills and resolutions to the Senate Executive Committee at least ten days prior to the meeting at which the bill or resolution is to be presented”

 

To read: “Presenters will submit bills and resolutions to the Senate Executive Committee at least seven (7) days prior to the meeting at which the bill or resolution is to be presented.”

 

Amend: “Send legislation to the Senate Chair (sgasenate@utk.edu) at least ten days prior to Senate meeting.”

 

To read: “Send legislation to the Senate Chair (sgasenate@utk.edu) at least seven (7) days prior to Senate meeting.”

 

Amend: In order to submit a bill for consideration before the Senate, a Senator must submit the finished bill to the Senate Executive Committee ten days before the meeting at which it will be considered is convened. Additionally, the Senate Executive Committee is responsible for distributing the bill to the entire Student Senate one week before the meeting.”

 

To read: “In order to submit a bill for consideration before the Senate, a Senator must submit the finished bill to the Senate Executive Committee seven (7) days before the meeting at which it will be considered is convened. Additionally, the Senate Executive Committee is responsible for distributing the bill to the entire Student Senate, at minimum, five days before the meeting.”

 

Be it further resolved that the first amendment take place in Article II.

 

Be it further resolved that the second amendment take place in Article III, Step 1.

 

Be it further resolved that the third amendment take place in Article IV, 1. Previous Notice, subsection Action Required.