SRES 12-04 A Resolution to Amend the Constitution
Authorizing Perpetual Resolutions
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WHEREAS, The Constitution does not specify the tenure of a resolution;
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WHEREAS, This inhibits the ability of members of Student Government to engage in
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multi-year projects or endeavors via legislation; and
WHEREAS, Duplicitous legislation is an avoidable inefficiency by the passage of an
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amendment to the Student Government Constitution authorizing perpetual
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resolutions; therefore, be the Constitution of Student Government
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AMENDED, By the Student Government of Wright State University here
assembled, that: After Section 5.03, the following be added:
SECTION 5.04
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PASSED LEGISLATION
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a. Legislation duly passed by a majority of the Senate and
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affirmed by the President or duly passed by two-thirds of those
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Senators present and eligible to vote, both termed passed
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legislation, shall be published for dissemination to the campus
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community and those people for whom the resolution is
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relevant.
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b.
Passed legislation shall remain in effect until such time as it is
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annulled by a subsequent duly passed piece of legislation
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explicitly ending its tenure.
Introduced by Jonathan Maze, Spencer Brannon, Jeremy Keller, Matthew Harmon