Passed in Senate 10-14-10, 24 in
favour, 14 opposed, 6 abstained
SGA Bill 12-10-F
A bill to amend the SGA Bylaws, relative to requiring that the SGA publish a Senate-approved budget
summary on the SGA website;
Whereas:
the SGA should promote transparency in order to maintain student trust;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE 73RD CONGRESS OF THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT
ASSOCIATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY THAT:
Section 1:
This bill may be referred to as the “Student Right to Know Act”;
Section 2:
Article XIV titled “Enactment” shall be redesignated as Article XV.
Section 3:
A new Article XIV and new section therein shall be added to the SGA bylaws to be titled
“Budgets”; this new section 1 is to be titled the “Student Right to Know Act”, which shall read
as follows:
Section 1: Student Right to Know Act. There shall be published on the SGA website, in
Portable Document Format (PDF), a Senate-approved budget summary, detailing all SGA
expenditures, revenues, and expenses; this document shall be published no later than
sixty-five (65) calendar days into every fall and spring semester.
Section 4:
This bill shall become law with immediate effect, the public welfare requiring it.
Section 5:
The President of the SGA is responsible for publishing this PDF file to the website.
Sponsored by:
Senator Burks
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Speaker of the Senate
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SGA President
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VP of Student Affairs