Text of proposed new ASUO constitution
PETITION TO PLACE A
CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MENT
ON THE GENERAL ELECTION
BALLOT
SUMMARY OF CHANGES
MADE:
1. The ASUO Senate is
abolished.
2. An Incidental Fees com
mittee is established (tem
porarily) to allocate, with the
Executive, the Incidental Fee for
the 1973-74 Fiscal Year.
3. A special committee is ap
pointed by the ASUO President to
begin immediate negotiations
with the faculty and ad
ministration of the University,
and with the State Board of
Higher Education, with the
purpose of designing, and im
plementing, a system of
University governance involving
both students and faculty in a
single legislative body.
4. The new Constitution self
destructs on June 15, 1974.
(Please be sure to read the full
text of the revised Constitution,
available in the ASUO Vice
President’s office.)
WE, THE UNDERSIGNED
MEMBERS OF THE
ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF
THE UNIVERSITY OF
OREGON, having seen and
understood the proposed
amendments to the present
ASUO Constitution, do petition
that the following be placed on
the general election ballot:
CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MENT
That Articles III through XH,
inclusive, of the present ASUO
Constitution, be deleted and
replaced by Revised Articles III
through XIII, the intent of which
is summarized below:
1. The ASUO Senate is
abolished.
2. An Incidental Fees com
mittee is established (tem
porarily) to allocate, with the
Executive, the Incidental Fee for
the 1973-74 Fiscal Year.
3. A special committee is ap
pointed by the ASUO President to
begin immediate negotiations
with the faculty and ad
ministration of the University,
and with the State Board of
Higher Education, with the
purpose of designing, and im
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plementing, a system of
University governance involving
both students and faculty in a
single legislative body.
4. The new Constitution self
destructs on June 15, 1974.
The full text of the Revised Ar
ticles is available in the Office of
the Vice-President.
PLEASE CHECK ONE
POSITION
— I approve this amendment.
— I do not approve this
amendment.
PROPOSED
REVISED
ASUO CONSTITUTION
(As amended, February, 1973)
ARTICLE I — Name
This organization shall be
known as the Associated Students
of the University of Oregon.
ARTICLE II — Membership
Section I. The Membership of
this Association shall consist of
all students registered in the
University of Oregon, Eugene,
Oregon who have paid the
Student Incidental Fee.
Section II. Student mem
bership of any of the particular
classes shall be determined by
the academic rules of the
University of Oregon.
ARTICLE III — Officers
Section I. The Elective
Executive Officers. The elective
executive officers of this
association shall be a president
and a vice president.
Section II. The Incidental Fee
Committee. There shall be 5
elected incidental fee officers of
this Association.
Section III. The Constitutional
Committee. The Constitutional
Committee shall be composed of
a Law School student advisor
chosen by the ASUO President
and four other members to be
chosen by the ASUO President.
ARTICLE IV — Qualifications of
Officers.
Section I. Any member of this
Association shall be eligible for
election to the office of President,
Vice-President, and members of
the Incidental Fee Committee.
Section II. Any member of this
Association may hold elective or
appointed office under this
constitution.
Section III. No member of this
Association may hold more than
one elective office under this
Constitution or any other elective
or appointed position in
organizations included under the
ASUO budget.
ARTICLE V — Duties of the
President
Section I. She or he shall
nominate to the president of the
University members to student
faculty committees, appoint
members to executive, ad
ministrative, and ASUO student
committees, and all other ap
pointments to positions she or he
deems necessary.
Section II. She or he shall
submit to the Incidental Fee
Committee an estimate of the
ASUO budget for the coming
year. She or he shall also submit
with the proposed ASUO budget,
an accounting of ASUO ex
penditures for the current year.
The date of submission of the
ASUO budget shall be set by the
President and subject to the
approval of the Incidental Fee
Committee. Approval of the
ASUO budget shall require a
majority of Incidental Fee
Committee members.
Section III. The president shall
hold veto power over any or all of
the allocations of the Incidental
Fee Committee.
ARTICLE VI — Duties of the
Vice-President
Section I. She or he shall
assume all duties pertaining to
the office of president in the
president’s absence and all other
duties as delegated to her or him
by the president of the
Association.
ARTICLE VII — The Incidental
Fee Committee
Section I. Duties and Powers
Clause 1. It shall act on
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matters relating only to the
allocation, appropriation, and
disbursement of incidental fees.
Clause 2. It shall determine
incidental fee allocations, upon
receiving budgetary recom
mendations from the ASUO
President.
Clause 3. By a vote of four out
of five of its members, the
committee may override any
veto of the ASUO President
relating to incidental fees.
Section II. The committee shall
organize from its membership
and elect a presiding officer who
shall be responsible for calling
and presiding over meetings. The
committee shall determine its
own rules for procedure.
ARTICLE VIII — The Con
stitutional Committee
Section I. Any member or
administrative body of this
Association may refer any
question on which it desires an
opinion as to the correct judicial
construction or interpretation of
any part of this Constitution.
Section II. The committee shall
have supreme and final authority
on all question of interpretation
of this Constitution.
Section III. Ex post facto
rulings mi any passage contained
in this Constitution are
prohibited.
ARTICLE IX — Elections
Section I. Election Dates.
Clause 1. Hie Vice-President
of the ASUO, or in her or his
absence, the President of the
ASUO, shall be responsible for
the ASUO General Elections.
Clause 2. General elections
shall be preceded by primary
elections.
Section II. Election
Procedures. There shall be at
least one general election each
year, that to be held in Spring
term. Those to be elected Spring
term will be ASUO President and
Vice-President; delegates to
IUS; OSPIRG; and Members of
the Incidental Fees Committee.
Section III. Class Elections.
Each undergraduate academic
class shall elect a president and
vice-president.
Clause 1. The freshman clasB
president and vice-president
shall serve officially from the
times of elections Fall term until
the end of Spring term of the
same academic year.
Clause 2. The sophomore,
junior, and senior presidents and
vice-presidents shall serve of
ficially from the end of Spring
term until the end of Spring term
the same academic year.
Section IV.Qualifications for
Voting. Any member of the
Association is eligible to vote for
candidates seeking election for
ASUO President and Vice
President (on one ticket); and for
members of the Incidental Fee
Committee (running separately
for five at-large positions).
Section V. Replacement.
Clause 1. The vacancy of any
office elected under thin Con
stitution shall be filled during the
next ASUO election provided said
vacancy occurs two weeks prior
to the general election date. The
sole exception to this shall be the
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