GB 82, Senate President Qualifications Act

Senate President Qualifications Act

GB 82, 82nd Session

Version Info:

2-21-2003, as initially introduced: HTML

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Basic Information:

Primary Sponsor(s):

Fabricius

Current Status:

Not Adopted by Senate

Report(s):

None

Long Title:

AN ACT TO PREVENT THE ELECTION QUALIFICATIONS FOR STUDENT SENATE PRESIDENT FROM PROHIBITING THE CANDIDACY OF STUDENTS WHO ENTERED THE SENATE AS FIRST-YEAR APPOINTEES

Summary of Purpose:

Modifies the qualifications for election as Student Senate President so that first-year appointees are guaranteed eligibility.

Consideration History:

3-5-2003 Senate:

First Reading
Fast Tracked
Defeated by roll call vote

Online Text

(as of 2-21-2003, as initially introduced)

GOVERNMENT BILL 82

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

An act to prevent the election qualifications for Student Senate President from prohibiting the candidacy of students who entered the Senate as first-year appointees

Short Title: Senate President Qualifications Act (Public)

Sponsored by: Senator Fabricius

First Reading: March 5, 2003 Version Date: February 21, 2003

Referred to: __________________________________________________________.

WHEREAS, current elections law requires that candidates for the office of Student Senate President meet the qualifications for that office by the date of books close; and,

WHEREAS, enforcing the qualifications as of books close prevents students would be qualified on the day of elections from seeking office; and,

WHEREAS, the modern timeline for selection of representatives for first-year graduate and undergraduate students has transformed election qualifications intended to prevent late-term appointees from seeking the senate presidency into qualifications that bar first-year students from the senate presidency; and,

WHEREAS, all students who serve as much of a Senate session as students of their classification are statutorily able to have earned the right to participate fully in the leadership of the Student Senate; and,

WHEREAS, the student body deserves the right to choose their Senate President from all students of willing ability; now, therefore be it

ENACTED, by the North Carolina State University Student Senate that:

Section 1. Student Body Statutes §7-1.9. Qualifications for Student Senate President Candidates. shall be amended by striking:

Candidates shall have served at least a majority of the scheduled Student Senate meetings in any given year by the close of filing.

and inserting:

Candidates shall have served or be projected to serve at least a majority of the scheduled Student Senate meetings in any given year by the date of elections. At no point shall this statute be interpreted to bar the candidacy of any student who entered any given session of the Student Senate on the earliest date possible for a student in their college and/or classification.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon enrollment.

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