By Julia Mericle
Managing Editor
The voting members of the Student Government Association (SGA) denied three proposed amendments out of 99 proposed amendments at an SGA meeting on Tuesday.
All amendments need a two-thirds majority to pass.
The first proposed amendment voted down the added Section 2.5 to the Article IX. The section read “The Executive Board shall create and appoint members to any Cabinet positions, Executive Committees, and Executive Offices.”
“I think this was the Senate’s way of making sure the Executive Board doesn’t have too much power, which is exactly the Senate’s job to notice and stop,” said Rose Brown, senior sports studies major and executive president of SGA.
The second proposed amendment that did not pass was the addition of a Section 5 to Article XII. The section read “The term of office for members of the Judicial Branch shall be for a maximum of four years. The term of office shall begin at the final SGA meeting of the fall semester in which the Judicial Branch member is nominated and confirmed and continue through the final SGA meeting of the fall semester of the justice’s graduating year, or four years, whichever occurs first.”
Brown said this proposed amendment had a lot of discussion, and the Senate considered a four-year term too long.
The final proposed amendment denied by the voting members of SGA regarded the addition of a Section 1.5 to Article XIV. The section follows Section 1, which read “The SGA shall declare an elective office vacant when:” and reads “An Officer or Senator is studying abroad.”
Brown said SGA did not expect this one to be voted down, but understands the thoughts of the Senate.
“I think this entire process has been an eye opening one if anything,” Brown said. “The executive board as well as the entire SGA now sees how important the constitution is and the repercussions of not following it and keeping up with it are.”
The judicial branch plans to focus specifically on the constitution, preventing any mistakes, such as those that occurred this semester, from happening again, Brown said.
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