Passed Senate 9-16-10
President Batts used his
SGA Bill 02-10-F
power of line item veto
A bill to remove Article VII, Section 2: A from the Senate By-Laws
to veto Section 1
Whereas:
Article VII, Section 2 already punishes senators for missing events they signed up for by
docking their senate hours as many hours as they would have earned by actually working
the event.
Whereas:
Article VII, Section 3 states that senators who do not complete their senate hours will be
up for impeachment.
Whereas:
Senators who repeatedly miss events they signed up for would have a plethora of senate
hours to complete due to Article VII, Section 2 and would not likely meet the
requirements of Article VII, Section 1 due to Article VII, Section 3. Therefore, Article
VII, Section 2: A would be a repetitive punishment.
Whereas:
If a senator were to miss three (3) or more events that they signed up for, but still manage
to earn all twelve (12) of their senate hours by the end of the semester, they would have
done more than twelve (12) hours of work for the Student Government; thus a gain for
the Student Government for allowing the senator a chance to redeem themselves before
the end of the semester when they would otherwise face impeachment anyways by
Article VII, Section 3 if they did not complete their hours.
THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED BY THE 73nd CONGRESS OF THE STUDENT
GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY THAT:
Section 1:
Article VII, Section 2: A be removed from the Student Government Association of
Middle Tennessee State University’s Senate By-Laws.
Section 2:
Upon approval from the senate this bill will go into effect immediately.
Sponsored by:
Senator Curtis
Senator Brewer
Senator Izaguirre
Senator Reed
Senator Richardson
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Speaker of the Senate
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SGA President
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VP of Student Affairs