1 2 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION 3 4 Committee: Code-of-Laws Review Committee Principal Author: Malik McMullin 5 Bill No: 005 02/23/2015 Delegation: Senate 6 7 An Act to Amend Chapter 303 of the Student Government Association Code-of-Laws 8 9 10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Preamble: WHEREAS, the Student Government Association seeks to modernize its operating structure by updating its Code of Laws. WHEREAS, the Student Government Association seeks to clarify the attendance rules for senators. Section 1: Chapter 303.1 shall be amended to read: “Senators are allowed up to two excused absences and one unexcused absence, unless otherwise allowed by the Rules Committee. More than the allowed absences shall result in in the removal of the senator in violation from his or her seat in the senate, or suspension of his or her stipend for that semester. It is the responsibility of the Rules Committee to levy the penalty.” 22 23 24 Section 2: Chapter 303.1.2 shall be removed as it has been included under the change made to chapter 303.1. 25 26 Section 3: This act shall take effect March 17, 2015