Each committee shall seek factual information and the opinion of interested parties so as to provide the Senate with a complete report on matters within the committee s jurisdiction. B. Special Committees 1. The President of the Senate shall have the authority to create special ad hoc committees to deal with matters that do not fall within the jurisdiction of the standing committees. An amendment may be proposed by a member of the Faculty Senate or by a petition of 10 percent of the General Faculty and to be ratified must be subsequently approved by two-thirds of the Senate. Its purpose is to elucidate the above changes.
All underlined words are entirely new to the preamble and bylaws.
All use of italics and bold print is unique to the new version of the bylaws. Deletions Article I, Section C of the Bylaws. No one shall be eligible for immediate re-election, but a former Senator shall be eligible for election after an interval of at least one year has passed following the expiration of the prior term. Senators elected to fill unexpired terms shall be eligible for re-election only if one year or less remains in the term. Article I, Section E of the Bylaws.