Organization Code of Laws Changes
Here is a summary of the changes to be presented Monday night:
Chapter 300:
-O-board must publish a list of every organization and their status to the student senate at the end of each semester. (This forces O-board to remain up-to-date on organizations’ status, and also makes it clear to organizations).
Chapter 500 (Definition Name-Changes) (These are to make definitions clearer for future organizations).
-Definition Change from “Permanently Chartered” to “Chartered”
-Change from “Probationary Chartered” to “Provisional”
-Change from “Temporarily Inactive” to “Probationary”
-Change from “Permanently Inactive” to “Inactive”
Chapter 500.2:
-The annual requirements for orgs to remain active are now listed.
-Organizations must now submit a tax ID number, and both the advisor and either the president or treasurer must co-sign on banking issues. (This prevents the embezzling of funds).
Chapter 501.9
-The bill presented to Senate must read exactly as is written in the Constitution. (In the handbook, the number of words for a purpose statement will be capped at 300. This prevents excessively long purposes, and prevents an organization from being misrepresented from cutting-and-pasting).
Chapter 600
-Schools councils are not registered organizations and cannot apply for O-funds.
Chapter 810:
-Increase in the o-fund from $3,000/year to $15,000/year. Organizations may apply for 5% of the fund at any O-board meeting, or up to 40% of the fund at the O-fund hearing which will take place once each semseter.
-The O-fund can be expanded through a program expansion request through the Treasurer of SGA.