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Article II: Council Print E-mail
Tuesday, 06 November 2007 15:37
  1. The legislative powers of the ASEWU shall be vested in the ASEWU Council and shall not be transferred.
  2. The purpose of the ASEWU Council is to receive and respond to student concerns. The ASEWU Council has the authority to create legislation that will enable them to perform their procedural duties. The ASEWU Council has the responsibility to inform and promote opportunities for student expression without violating the EWU Student Conduct Code or any local, state or federal laws.
  3. Membership
    1. The ASEWU Council shall consist of nine (9), elected ASEWU Representatives, the ASEWU President, the ASEWU Executive Vice President, and the ASEWU Finance Vice President. The voting membership of the ASEWU Council shall consist of the ASEWU Executive Vice President and nine (9) ASEWU Representatives. The Executive Vice President may only vote in the event of a tie.
    2. No person shall hold more than one (1) elected position on the ASEWU Council or serve simultaneously on the ASEWU Superior Court.
    3. The ASEWU President and ASEWU Finance Vice President shall have all ASEWU Council membership rights except for that of voting.
  4. Meetings
    1. The ASEWU Council shall meet no less than six (6) times during each quarter (excluding summer quarter), and special meetings may be called by the ASEWU Executive Vice President, by a simple majority of the ASEWU Representatives, or by a presentation of a petition to the ASEWU Council signed by five percent (5%) of the ASEWU.
    2. For procedures not covered by the ASEWU Constitution, bylaws, and standing rules, the latest edition of Robert’s Rules of Order, Newly Revised, shall govern.
    3. All meetings shall be open to the public. A record shall be kept of the votes taken therein, and copies of the minutes shall be available to any member of the university community upon request.
      1. Quorum: The ASEWU Council meeting shall have quorum consisting of a majority of the ASEWU Representatives.
      2. Proxy Voting: There shall be no proxy voting.
  5. Legislation
    All legislation shall include the name of the sponsor(s); date of introduction; committee referred to (if any); disposition and date of disposition; signature of the ASEWU Executive Vice President and the ASEWU President, or override of their veto by the ASEWU Council; and shall continue in effect until five (5) years from the last date of signature, an override, or until rescinded.
  6. ASEWU Council Powers and Duties
    The ASEWU Council shall have the following policies and duties:
    1. The ASEWU Council shall enforce this constitution.
    2. The ASEWU Council shall serve as the official representative of the ASEWU.
    3. The ASEWU Council shall enact any and all legislation necessary to ensure that its policies are enforced.
    4. The budgeting authority of the ASEWU Council shall be vested in the ASEWU Council and shall not be transferred.
      1. The budget shall include all funds, revenues, and reserves; shall be divided into programs, subprograms, and objects of expense and shall include supporting data; shall indicate as to each program, subprogram, or object of expense the actual expenditures of the preceding year; and shall include any proposed capital improvement program for the next six (6) fiscal years.
      2. Regular budgets shall be those budgets adopted during spring quarter for the following fiscal year. Supplemental budgets shall be all other budget requests made throughout the year. Copies of the budgets shall be delivered to each member of the ASEWU Council and made available to any member of the university community upon request.
      3. Unless otherwise provided by the appropriate legislation, all unexpended and unencumbered appropriations in the current expense appropriation legislation shall lapse at the end of the fiscal year. An appropriation in the capital budget appropriation legislation shall lapse when the project has been completed or abandoned or when no expenditure or encumbrance has been made for three (3) years.
      4. Any expenditure in excess of an appropriation shall be null and void, and any official, agent, or employee knowingly responsible shall be personally liable to anyone damaged by this action, providing the ASEWU Council permits the ASEWU to enter into contracts requiring the payment of funds from appropriation of subsequent fiscal years.
      5. The ASEWU Council shall publish an annual financial statement summarizing the regular ASEWU budget.
      6. The ASEWU Council may request an annual audit, provided it budgets for the same.
    5. By a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the ASEWU Council, the ASEWU Council may override a veto by the ASEWU President.
    6. The ASEWU Council shall be responsible for its own organization in the establishment and election of subcommittees and their membership. No ASEWU Council subcommittee having legislation referred to it shall have the authority to delay presentation to the full ASEWU Council for more than two (2) meetings without the permission of the sponsor.
    7. The ASEWU Council shall be responsible for the employment of those employees it deems necessary to assist the ASEWU Council in the exercise of their duties and powers, provided it budgets for the same. The appointment for such employment, presented by the ASEWU Executive Vice President, shall receive the advice and consent of the ASEWU Council.
    8. Committees: The ASEWU Council shall be responsible for student representation on all university committees, all councils of the academic senate and their subcommittees, and all ASEWU committees and their subcommittees.
      1. Appointment to such committees, presented by the ASEWU President, shall receive the advice and consent of the ASEWU Council.
      2. Students appointed to these committees shall serve at the discretion of the ASEWU Council.
      3. All student appointments to these committees shall serve until the last day of spring quarter, unless otherwise specified in the individual committee.
      4. Committees or committee chairpersons shall submit to the ASEWU a report and/or a copy of all agendas and minutes, when available.
      5. The ASEWU Council shall publish an ASEWU committee report stating the membership, eligibility, purpose, and duties of all committees with student representation.
    9. Election returns: The ASEWU Council shall approve all of the ASEWU election returns and of the qualifications of its membership as prescribed in Article V of this constitution.
    10. ASEWU Representative or Executive positions shall be declared vacant:
      1. When an ASEWU Representative or Executive misses three (3) full, regularly scheduled, consecutive meetings in one quarter, or a total of four (4) regularly scheduled meetings during a quarter. Exceptions may be made with the consent of a majority vote in Council.
      2. When an ASEWU Representative or Executive violates academic qualifications as described in Article V, Section II of this constitution.
      3. Upon the incumbent's death, resignation, recall, or withdrawal from membership in ASEWU (excluding summer quarter).
      4. By declaration of nonperformance of duties stated in this constitution by the ASEWU Superior Court.
    11. Speaker Pro Tem: The ASEWU Council shall elect an ASEWU Representative member to the position of Speaker Pro Tem at the first or second meeting of each quarter. The Speaker Pro Tem shall serve one (1) quarter with any vacancies in the Speaker Pro Tem's office being filled in the same manner as stated previously and shall serve for the balance of the unexpired term.
  7. Salaries
    Elected and appointed members of the ASEWU shall be paid on the following basis.
    1. ASEWU Council Representatives shall receive a quarterly salary not to exceed the in-state undergraduate tuition.
    2. The ASEWU Council clerk and other ASEWU Council employees shall receive a quarterly salary not to exceed two-thirds (2/3) of that of the ASEWU Executive Vice President or the ASEWU Finance Vice President.
    3. ASEWU cabinet members may receive a quarterly salary not to exceed the cost of in-state undergraduate tuition, provided it budgets for the same.
  8. Terms
    1. The terms for the ASEWU Council shall be for one (1) year and take office the last day of school in spring quarter.
    2. All ASEWU Council appointments and cabinet members shall resign their position at the end of the presidency under which they were appointed.
  9. Vacancies
    1. The positions of ASEWU Council members, ASEWU President, ASEWU Executive Vice President, ASEWU Finance Vice President shall become vacant upon the incumbent's death, resignation, recall, withdrawal from membership in ASEWU (excluding summer quarter for the ASEWU Executive Vice President, ASEWU Finance Vice President, and ASEWU Council members), or declaration of nonperformance of duties stated in the ASEWU Constitution by the ASEWU Superior Court.
    2. In the case of a vacancy of a ASEWU Council position, the ASEWU President shall appoint a member of ASEWU to fill the vacant position with a three fourths (¾) vote approval by the ASEWU Council. The appointee shall take office immediately upon approval of the ASEWU Council, and shall serve with full authority and power for the remainder of the unexpired term.
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