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Article III: Executive Print E-mail
Tuesday, 06 November 2007 16:24
  1. The executive powers of the ASEWU President, Executive Vice President and the Finance Vice President shall be vested in the ASEWU executives and may not be transferred.
  2. The purpose of the ASEWU Executives is to act in a manner that is in the best interest of the ASEWU.  The executives shall have the responsibility of executing approved ASEWU Council legislation, ASEWU Superior Court decisions and its cabinet.
  3. Membership
    1. The ASEWU President, Executive Vice President, and Finance Vice President shall compose the ASEWU Executive branch of student government.
    2. The ASEWU Executives shall be members of the ASEWU Council and shall have all the rights and responsibilities of an ASEWU Representative (see Article II, Sections IV, V, and VI). However, the ASEWU President and Finance Vice President shall not have voting rights.
    3. No ASEWU Executive shall simultaneously hold an ASEWU Representative position or seat on the ASEWU Superior Court.
  4. ASEWU President
    1. The ASEWU President, serving as an ASEWU Council member, shall act as the chief executive officer and representative spokesperson on behalf of the ASEWU Council.
    2. The ASEWU President shall be responsible for executing ASEWU Council and judicial decisions.
    3. The ASEWU President may veto any legislative bill, supplemental budget passed by the ASEWU Council within five (5) working days of passage, or any decisions that the ASEWU Council has voted upon regarding executive appointments.
    4. The ASEWU President must sign or veto all legislation within five (5) working days of its passage.
    5. The ASEWU President may create cabinet positions and appoint cabinet officers with the advice of the ASEWU Council, who shall serve at their discretion, provided it budgets for the same.  Should the ASEWU President leave office before expiration of term, these cabinet officers will serve for the remainder of the quarter in which the President leaves office.  At this time, the replacement for the position of ASEWU President may appoint/reappoint cabinet officers, with the advice and consent of the ASEWU Council.
    6. The ASEWU President shall make appointments in an expeditious manner, with the advice and consent of the ASEWU Council.
    7. The ASEWU President or their designee shall supervise all ASEWU elections and shall be responsible for validating all positions.
  5. ASEWU Executive Vice President
    1. The ASEWU Executive Vice President shall chair the ASEWU Council.
    2. The ASEWU Executive Vice President shall prepare the agenda for and chair meetings of the ASEWU Council; shall call meetings of the ASEWU Council to order; shall prepare a schedule of all regular meetings for fall, winter, and spring quarters with the advice and consent of the ASEWU Council.
    3. The ASEWU Executive Vice President shall appoint a Council clerk, with the advice and consent of the ASEWU Council.
    4. The ASEWU Executive Vice President shall be responsible for all administrative matters of the ASEWU Council.
    5. The ASEWU Executive Vice President shall have voting rights in Council for the purpose of breaking a tie between the Representative members, when necessary.
    6. The ASEWU Executive Vice President shall assume the duties of the ASEWU President during the president's absence or disability.
    7. The ASEWU Executive Vice President shall assume other duties as delegated by the ASEWU President.
  6. ASEWU Finance Vice President
    1. The ASEWU Finance Vice President shall be a member of the ASEWU Council.
    2. ASEWU Finance Vice President shall be responsible for the management of all ASEWU money and properties.
    3. ASEWU Finance Vice President shall supervise all expenditures of ASEWU funds.
    4. ASEWU Finance Vice President shall be a voting member and chair the finance committee of the ASEWU Council.
    5. ASEWU Finance Vice President shall present to the ASEWU Council a detailed financial statement each month summarizing ASEWU funds for that month.
    6. ASEWU Finance Vice President shall publish an annual budget book summarizing the upcoming year's budget requests and recommendations as well as budget requests and the budgeted amounts for the past five (5) years.
    7. ASEWU Finance Vice President shall assume other duties delegated by the ASEWU President.
  7. Salaries
    1. The ASEWU President shall receive a quarterly salary not to exceed the quarterly cost of in-state undergraduate tuition, double occupancy room and board, and five hundred dollars ($500).
    2. The ASEWU Executive Vice President and the ASEWU Finance Vice President shall receive a quarterly salary not to exceed the quarterly cost of in-state undergraduate tuition, double occupancy room and board, and three hundred dollars ($300).
  8. Terms
    1. The terms of the ASEWU President, Executive Vice President, and Finance Vice President shall be for one (1) year, taking office the last day of spring quarter.
  9. Vacancies
    1. In the case of a vacancy in the ASEWU President, the ASEWU Executive Vice President shall assume the office of the ASEWU President to serve with full authority and power for the remainder of the unexpired term.
    2. In the case of vacancy in the office of the ASEWU Executive Vice President, the ASEWU Speaker Pro Tem shall assume the office of the ASEWU Executive Vice President to serve with full authority and power for the remainder of the unexpired term.  Should a Speaker Pro Tem not be selected at the time, the senior ASEWU Representative (time in office determined) shall serve.  Should this scenario not work, then the lowest numbered (i.e. Position #1, then Position #2, etc.) ASEWU Representative will serve in the interim until a replacement for the Executive Vice President and Speaker Pro Tem positions are voted upon by the ASEWU Council.  This action will be in accordance with Article II, Section VI, letter K of this constitution.
    3. In the case of a vacancy in the office of the ASEWU Finance Vice President, the ASEWU President shall appoint, with a three-fourths (¾) vote approval by the ASEWU Council, an ASEWU member to assume the office of ASEWU Finance Vice President to serve with full authority and power for the remainder of the unexpired term.
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