diff --git "a/data/300-Codes-Amended-Summer-2023.txt" "b/data/300-Codes-Amended-Summer-2023.txt" new file mode 100644--- /dev/null +++ "b/data/300-Codes-Amended-Summer-2023.txt" @@ -0,0 +1,2431 @@ + +TITLE III - STUDENT BODY STATUTES +THE LEGISLATIVE + + +TABLE OF CONTENTS: +CHAPTER 300 - LEGISLATIVE ARCHIVES ACT +CHAPTER 301 - CODING SYSTEM +CHAPTER 302 - LEGISLATION +CHAPTER 303 - ONLINE RECORDS +CHAPTER 304 - VIRTUAL MEETINGS +CHAPTER 305 - CENSURING OF SG OFFICIALS ACT +CHAPTER 306 - IMPEACHMENT AND REMOVAL OF OFFICERS ACT +CHAPTER 307 - SG OFFICIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND REMOVAL ACT +CHAPTER 308 - STUDENT SENATE INQUIRY POWERS +CHAPTER 309 - SUBSTANTIVE PROVISIONS - UF STUDENT SENATE +CHAPTER 311 - ACT ESTABLISHING SENATE OFFICES +CHAPTER 315 - STUDENT SENATE COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITY +CHAPTER 322 - APPORTIONMENT +CHAPTER 323 - SENATE ATTENDANCE +CHAPTER 324 - STUDENT SENATOR ACCOUNTABILITY ACT +CHAPTER 330 - EXPULSION FROM THE STUDENT SENATE +CHAPTER 340 - VACANCY REPLACEMENTS +CHAPTER 381 - JOHN MICHAEL STRATTON MEMORIAL AWARD +CHAPTER 382 - PAUL CLARK MEMORIAL AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SENATE +COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON + +CHAPTER 300 LEGISLATIVE ARCHIVES ACT (Origin Unknown; 81-112, 84-151, 89-131, +94-114, 98-100, 99-101, 2004-116, 2007-143, 2012-100, 2012-112, 2015-109) + +300.1 +The Student Government Legislative Archives shall consist of all official +enactments of the Student Senate, including, but not limited to, laws, +authorizations, resolutions, by-laws, proposed constitutional amendments, +charters, and rules of procedure. The Archives shall also consist of all +correspondence, speeches, reports, documents, and tapes pertaining to said +enactments or to other Senate business, including veto message from the Student +Body President or Student Body Treasurer and correspondence evidencing any +official action by the University Administration which affects Student Body Law. + +300.2 +The Archives shall be permanently bound into one or more volumes prior to + + +March 31st of each year by the Senate Secretary who shall have compiled + + +for such purpose all the legislative enactments of the proceeding calendar year + + +and all records and papers pertaining thereto. There shall be at least five (5) + + +copies of each annual compilation bound and distributed as follows: Senate + + +Archives (which shall receive the set containing the original papers, if any), +Student Body President, Supreme Court, Division of Student Affairs, and +University Archives. + +300.3 +The Archives shall also contain the volumes of the Amended Student Body + + +Budgets as described herein, compiled by fiscal year and other documents and + + +papers as provided by law + +300.4 +Within sixty (60) days following the end of each fiscal year the Student Body +Budget codification for the fiscal year just ended, provided for by law, shall be +permanently bound into one or more clothbound volumes and placed in the +Archives. No duplicates of these codes are required to be made if deemed +appropriate. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +CHAPTER 301 CODING SYSTEM (72-189, 81-112, 94-114, 98-100, 99-114, 2008-126, 2015- +109, 2022-108) + +301.1 +All proposals, regardless of their nature, on which formal action by the Student +Senate is desired shall be labeled Senate Bills and numbered sequentially as +received by the Senate Secretary with a prefix indicating the four digits of the +calendar year. The use of the term “proposals” shall include, but not be limited to, +bills proposing laws, authorizations, resolutions, constitutional amendments, rules +of procedure, and any formal motion desired in writing. The sequential bill +numbering shall begin with “1000.” For example, Student Senate Bill 2000-1008 +would be the 9th proposal of calendar year 2000. + +301.2 All enacted laws, authorizations, resolutions, and proposed constitutional +amendments shall be labeled with the names of the sponsor(s) and/or Author(s) of + +the said bill and individually designated according to the following scheme: + +1. +All laws shall be entitled Student Body Laws and be designated by the +four digits of the calendar year followed by a hyphen and the +chronological order of the enactment, beginning with "100". For example, +Student Body Law 2001-138 would be the 39th law enacted during the +calendar year 2001. + +2. +All authorizations shall be entitled Student Body Authorizations and be +designated in the same manner as laws. For example, Student Body +Authorization 2002-129 would be the 30th authorization enacted in the +calendar year 2002. + +3. +All resolutions and proposed constitutional amendments shall be entitled +Student Body Resolutions and be designated in the same manner as laws. +For example, Student Body Resolution 2003-1054 would be the 55th +resolution enacted during the calendar year 2003. + +301.3 The Senate Secretary shall maintain accurate, current records on each + proposal and its number, date acted upon, its Student Senate-approved +amendments or alterations, and its disposition. + +CHAPTER 302 LEGISLATION (98-124, 2000-136, 2015-109) + +302.1 +In accordance with the Student Body Constitution Article III, Section 8(a), no +Student Body Law shall be passed without being read and passed by majority vote +at two meetings of the Student Senate. + +302.2 +No second reading of a bill shall be considered within twenty-four (24) hours of the +start of the meeting at which first passage occurred, except for the provisions of +Chapter 302.25. + +302.25 Second readings may be considered with less than a twenty-four (24) hour interim +provided that the meeting at which it is to be considered is called by a 4/5 vote of +the Student Senators present at the previous meeting. Second readings of any +Activity and Service Fee, Organizational, or Special Events budget may not be +overridden in this manner in accordance with Chapter 821.41. + +CHAPTER 303 ONLINE RECORDS (2010-106, 2015-109) + +303.1 + Voting, Attendance, and Minutes Records Placed Online. The Senate President +shall ensure that the public voting records of Student Senators for all votes on the +main question of bills, resolutions, nominations, and appointments are placed +online, and that the attendance records of all Student Senators are placed online. +Additionally, Senate Secretaries will ensure that Meeting Minute records are +placed online. These records shall be posted online within one week of their +creation. A link to the page containing these records shall be placed on the +“Legislative” page of the Student Government website. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +CHAPTER 304 VIRTUAL MEETINGS (2020-1042) + +304.1 +The Student Senate and the committees of the Student Senate may only conduct +virtual meetings in the event of a federal, state, or local state of emergency as +determined by the University of Florida administration impacting the Student +Senate’s ability to meet in-person. + +304.2 +Virtual meetings will be conducted in a manner consistent with Student Body +Law. + +CHAPTER 305 CENSURING OF SG OFFICIALS ACT (2001-139, 2004-116, 2006-116, 2007- +143, 2008-127, 2011-103, 2015-109, 2016-106) + +305.1 +“Censure is defined as a resolution passed by the Student Senate in lieu of +impeachment. In effect, “censure” is a written reprimand given to an official whose +actions may have warranted impeachment, but the Student Senate felt impeachment +was unnecessary. + +305.2 +Offenses warranting censure include, but are not limited to, the following acts + + +committed while in office: + +1. Misfeasance +2. Malfeasance +3. Nonfeasance +4. Abuse of power + +305.3 +The following positions are subject to censure: + +1. Student Body President +2. Student Body Vice President +3. Student Body Treasurer +4. Assistant Treasurers +5. Executive Cabinet Directors +6. Executive Cabinet Chairpersons +7. Executive Secretaries +8. Executive Agency Heads +9. Supervisor of Elections +10. Supreme Court Chief Justice +11. Supreme Court Associate Justices +12. Commissioners of the Constitution Revision Commission +13. Student Senators + +305.4 The day any five Student Senators sponsor a censure resolution is considered +“filing day.” At that time, a copy of the censure resolution should be given to the + +Senate Secretary, the appropriate Senate committees, and the person concerned in +the censure resolution. + +305.5 +The Judiciary and Rules and Ethics Committees must hold at least one joint public +hearing within five (5) school days of the filing day. Within the rules of those +committees, and at the discretion of a majority vote of those committees, the +resolution may be passed to the full Student Senate with the committees’ opinion +on the matter raised by the censure resolution. + + +305.6 +At the regularly scheduled Student Senate meeting immediately following such a +hearing, the Student Senate must take up the resolution for consideration. The +person who is being considered for censure has a right to appear before the Student +Senate. + +305.7 +The full Student Senate adopts a censure resolution upon a two-thirds (2/3) vote of +the Student Senators present and voting. If, after adoption of the censure, the issues +considered in the censure are not resolved, the Student Senate has the option to +consider impeachment, pursuant to Chapter 306 of the Student Body Statutes. + + +305.8 +The Student Senate may provide, in its rules and procedures, for the censure of its +own members. + + +CHAPTER 306 IMPEACHMENT AND REMOVAL OF OFFICERS ACT (76-228, 77-102, 81- +112, 89-130, 94-114, 95-106, 96-115, 98-127, 2000-120, 2001-141, 2004-116, 2006-116, 2007- +143, 2008-127, 2011-103, 2015-109) + +306.1 +The following terms and phrases used in this chapter shall be defined as follows: + +1. +“Impeached” means the formal adoption of Articles of Impeachment by the +Impeachment Body. + + +2. +“Impeachable Offense” means the conduct to which a person may be +impeached. Impeachable offenses are limited to acts committed while in +office under the following grounds: + +a. +Misfeasance +b. +Malfeasance +c. +Nonfeasance +d. +Abuse of power +e. +Conviction of a criminal offense. + + +3. +“Impeachment Resolution” means the statement filed by the requisite +number of Student Senators that accuses a person of an impeachable +offense. + + +4. +“Articles of Impeachment” means those sections of the impeachment +resolution that have been adopted by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the +membership of the Impeachment Body. + +5. +“Entire Seated Membership” means the total authorized number of Student +Senators in the Student Senate class minus the number of vacancies. + +6. +“Impeachment Body” means the Student Senate class, either the Fall or +Spring election and appointed Student Senators that has served the greater +amount of time on the filing date of an impeachment resolution. The Senate +President shall preside over the Impeachment Body and may vote if the +Senate President is a member of that Student Senate class. + + +7. +“Trial Body” means the Student Senate class that has the least amount of +time on the filing date of an impeachment resolution. The Supreme Court +Chief Justice shall preside, unless a member of the judiciary is impeached, +whereupon the Senate President Pro-Tempore shall preside. In such a +circumstance, the Pro-Tempore may not be a part of the Impeachment Body. +The presiding officer shall have no vote. + + +8. +“Conviction of Impeachment” means those sections of the Articles of +Impeachment adopted by a two-thirds vote of the membership of Trial +Body. An officer convicted of impeachment shall be immediately removed +from office. Conviction of Impeachment does not change the person’s civil +or criminal liability. + + +9. +“Disqualification from future office” means a separate vote of the Trial + +Body to prevent the person convicted of impeachment from holding any +future Student Government position. A two-thirds vote of the membership +shall be required to disqualify a person from future office. + + +306.2 +The following positions shall be subject to impeachment: + + 1. Student Body President +2. Student Body Vice President +3. Student Body Treasurer +4. Assistant Treasurers +5. Executive Cabinet Chairpersons +6. Executive Cabinet Directors +7. Executive Secretaries +8. Executive Agency Heads +9. Supervisor of Elections +10. Supreme Court Chief Justice +11. Supreme Court Justices +12. Commissioners of the Constitution Revision Commission + +306.3 +The filing date of an impeachment resolution shall be deemed the day five Student +Senators co-file an impeachment resolution. The Student Senate, in its rules and +procedures, may designate a committee to review the resolution. The five Student +Senators must certify that they have given a copy of the impeachment resolution to +the person whose impeachment is being sought. + +306.4 +The person whose impeachment is being sought has a right to appear before the +Impeachment Body to present evidence and testimony. + +306.5 +Upon the adoption of an Article of Impeachment, the Impeachment Body shall +deliver to the person whose impeachment is being sought a copy of the Article of +Impeachment. + +306.55 +Upon the adoption of an Article of Impeachment, the person whose impeachment +is being sought shall automatically be suspended from office. + +306.6 +The Impeachment Trial in the Trial Body must begin no sooner than five school +days, but no later than ten school days from the adoption of the Articles of +Impeachment. Failure of the Trial Body to begin the Impeachment Trial shall +constitute a dismissal with prejudice the Articles of Impeachment and remove the +suspension from the officer. + +306.65 +The person whose conviction of impeachment is being sought shall be granted +equal time and shall be afforded the right to be heard, the right to present witnesses, +the right to offer evidence and the right to offer testimony. + +306.7 +If an Article of Impeachment is adopted by the Trial Body, the person shall be +deemed convicted of impeachment and removed from office. + +306.75 +The Trial Body must separately vote to prevent the person convicted of +impeachment from holding any future position within Student Government. A two- +thirds vote of the membership of the Trial Body shall be necessary to affect future +disqualification. + +306.8 If no Article of Impeachment is adopted by the Trial Body, the suspension shall + automatically be removed and the person shall resume office. + + +CHAPTER 307 SG OFFICIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND REMOVAL ACT (98-115, 2004- +116, 2007-104, 2008-131, 2015-109, 2020-1022, 2021-106) + +307.1 +The intent of this act is to comply with the provisions of Section 1004.26, Fla. +Statutes (2021), as mandated by the Florida Legislature. This act provides for the +removal from office of any elected or appointed Student Government official for +malfeasance, misfeasance, neglect of duty, incompetence, permanent inability to +perform official duties, or conviction of a felony. This act provides procedures for +the immediate suspension of the subject official upon conviction of a crime and +pending any appeal and provides for a temporary successor to assume the duties of +any suspended official. This act further provides a procedure to allow registered +students to petition for a referendum to remove the subject official from office. + +307.2 +As found in this chapter (and as applied in Chapter. 213) the following definitions +will apply: + + 1. “Circulator” means an individual seeking to recall a SG official from office + and who solicits, supervises or otherwise procures student signatures in + support of a recall referendum of the affected officer. + + 2. “Constituency” means the people who are represented by a SG official and + are eligible to vote for such an official in general SG elections. (The + Student Body President’s constituency, for example, would include the + entire student body while a Student Senator’s constituency would typically + include students enrolled in a particular college or designated living area.) + + 3. “Constituent” means a registered student who is a member of an SG + official’s constituency. + + 4. “Conviction” means a determination of guilt resulting from a plea (whether + guilty or nolo contendere) or trial, regardless of whether imposition of + sentence was suspended. + + 5. “Civilly Liable” means when a court of competent jurisdiction enters final + judgment against a person in a civil action. + + 6. “Majority” means half of the members voting plus one. + + 7. “Entire seated membership” means the total number of members of the + Student Senate, vacant seats notwithstanding, at the time that body takes + action on an item before it. For example, if a Student Senate has eighty + total seats, but only seventy are currently filled by Student Senators, then + the entire seated membership for that body at that time would be seventy. + + 8. “Present and voting” means the total number of members of the Student + Senate present in the Senate Chambers at the time of the vote. + + 9. “Ex post facto” means a law, act, rule or procedure passed after the + occurrence of a fact or commission of an act, which retrospectively + changes the legal consequences or relations of such fact or deed, See + Black’s Law Dictionary. + + 10. “Incompetence” means the lack of ability, qualifications or fitness to + + discharge a required duty. + + 11. “Misfeasance” is not doing a lawful act in a proper manner, omitting to do it + as it should be done, as per Black’s Law Dictionary. + + 12. “Malfeasance” is defined as doing an act that is wholly wrongful, as per + Black’s Law Dictionary. + + 13. “Nonfeasance” is defined a total neglect of duty, as per Black’s Law + Dictionary. + + 14. “Moral Turpitude” means an act or behavior which involves: a) inherent + baseness or depravity with private social relations or duties owed by + individual to individual or by individual to society; or b) anything done + contrary to justice, honesty, principle or good morals. + + 15. “Recall referendum” means a ballot measure to put to a constituency + affected. This shall be in the form of a petition, signed by a requisite + number of constituents and in a form prescribed by Student Body Law, that + seeks to recommend to Student Government the removal of a Student + Government official from office who has been convicted of any criminal + offense, or who has been found civilly liable for an act of moral turpitude, + after all available appeals have been exercised, waived or have expired. + + 16. “Registered student” means a person admitted to the university who is + enrolled in at least one credit hour during the current academic term, is in + good standing with the university, and has paid their Activity and Service + Fees, or had their fees deferred by the university, for the current academic + term. + + 17. “Student Government (SG) Official” means any student holding an elected + or appointed position in UF Student Government. Such positions include, + but are not limited to, Student Body President, Vice President, Student + Senators, Executive Agency Heads, and Executive Cabinet Directors, + Members of the Judicial Branch, and all other offices that have control over + any Activity & Service Fees. + +307.3 +REMOVAL FROM OFFICE + +307.31 +Any SG official who is convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction of any +criminal offense is subject to removal from office by impeachment by the Student +Senate under the process established by the Student Government Constitution +provided that all available rights of judicial appeal have been exercised, waived or +have expired. + +307.32 +Any SG official is subject to removal from office for malfeasance, misfeasance, +neglect of duty nonfeasance, incompetence, permanent inability to perform official +duties, or conviction of a felony by either impeachment by the Student Senate under +the process established by the Student Government Constitution or by a recall +referendum as enumerated in section 307.2. + +307.321 +No SG official may be subject to removal for conviction of a felony if said +conviction antedated the official’s matriculation at the University of Florida or the +passage of 240.136, Fla. Statutes (1998). + + +307.33 +Any SG official who is found civilly liable for an act of moral turpitude committed +after July 1, 1998, is subject to removal from office by impeachment by the Student +Senate under the process established by the Student Government Constitution +provided that all available rights of judicial appeal have been exercised, waived or +have expired. + +307.4 +SUSPENSION FROM OFFICE & TEMPORARY SUCCESSION + +307.41 +Any SG official may be immediately suspended from office if they are convicted +or found civilly liable pursuant to section 307.31, 307.32, or 307.33, +notwithstanding any potential or pending appeal from said conviction or civil +finding, by the Student Body President, or in case the affected officer is the Student +Body President, by the Student Senate, based upon the best interests of the student +body. + +307.411 +Prior to any suspension, the affected SG official shall be given an opportunity to + Present their case for why it is not in the best interests of the student body, as + enumerated in 307.44, that they be suspended to the Student Body President, or + + +in the case the officer is the Student Body President, to the Student Senate. Prior + + +to this presentation, the prosecuted official shall be presented with the names of + + +any witnesses who will (have) appear(ed) in support of suspension. Further, any + + +supportive evidentiary documents shall be turned over in a reasonable time prior + + +to the presentation. Case presentation shall be of a reasonable duration. + +307.42 +Should the Student Body President, based upon the best interests of the student + + +Body, elect to suspend an SG official pursuant to the terms of this chapter, the + + +Student Body President will notify the affected officer and the Student Senate, in + + +writing, of the suspension and the grounds thereof. The suspension will take effect + + +immediately, should there not be an appeal as stated in 307.45, and remain in + + +effect until revoked by the Student Body President or until the conviction or civil + + +finding is reversed, vacated, or set aside by the appropriate administrative body, at + + +which point the affected official will immediately be reinstated to their SG + + +office. + +307.43 +Should the Student Body President be convicted or found civilly liable pursuant to +307.31 or 307.32, notwithstanding any potential or pending appeal from said +conviction or civil finding, the Student Senate may, based upon the best interests +of the student body, elect to immediately suspend the Student Body President +from office by no less than a three-fourths vote of the entire seated membership of +said body. The Senate President will notify the Student Body President and the +University of Florida President, in writing, if the Student Body President is +suspended from office pursuant to this chapter. The suspension of the Student +Body President will take effect immediately and remain in effect until revoked by +the Student Senate, the University of Florida President, or until the predicate +conviction or civil finding is reversed, vacated or the Student Body President is +otherwise cleared of wrongdoing in the predicate criminal or civil matter, at +which point the affected official will be immediately reinstated their office. + +307.44 +Standards for determining the “best interests of the student body” should include +but are not limited to the following, whether the conduct: + +1. will diminish their ability to effectively carry out the duties and obligations +of the elected office; or + + +2. will result in a loss of confidence by their elected colleagues within SG in +their ability to be an effective voice for representing their constituents; or + +3. arose from the SG official’s involvement or participation in SG activities; or + +4. was of such a nature as to create a reasonable fear that the conduct could be +repeated during the SG official’s term. + +307.45 +Prior to any suspension taking place, the affected SG official shall be entitled to an +appeal to the Dean of Students. Appeals shall only be for the following reasons: + +1. The requirements of the suspension process were materially violated and +such violation of the requirements resulted in prejudice to the SG official; +or + +2. The determination that the SG official was convicted of a criminal violation +or found civilly liable for an act of moral turpitude was incorrect. + +307.46 +During the period of the suspension, the suspended official will not perform any +official act, duty or function or receive any pay, allowance, emolument or privilege +of office. + +307.461 +The individual assuming the office and duties of the suspended official shall have +the full authority of the office being assumed and shall receive any pay, allowance, +emolument or privilege of the office assumed. + +307.47 +The suspension of such official pursuant to 307.42 and 307.43 creates a temporary +vacancy in such office during the suspension. Any temporary vacancy in office +created by suspension of an official under the provisions of this section will be filled +by a temporary appointment to such office for the period of the suspension. Such +temporary appointment must be made in the same manner and by the same authority +by which a permanent vacancy in such office is filled as provided by Student Body +Law. If no provision for filling a permanent vacancy in such office is provided by +Student Body Law, the temporary replacement will be named by the Student Body +President. + +307.48 +If the suspended official’s predicate conviction or civil finding is reversed, vacated +or the official is otherwise cleared of wrongdoing in the predicate matter, the +Student Body President or Student Senate will forthwith revoke the suspension and +restore such official to office, and the official will be entitled to and be paid full +back pay and such other emoluments or allowances to which they would have been +entitled for the full time period of the suspension. If, during the suspension, the +term of office of the official expires and a successor is either appointed or elected, +such back pay, emoluments or allowances will only be paid for the duration of the +term of office during which the official was suspended under the provisions of this +chapter, and they will not be reinstated. + +307.5 +REFERENDUM & RECALL + + +307.51 +Any registered student may petition for a recall referendum to recommend the +removal of any SG official from office, subject to the provision of 307.32. The +petitioning student(s) must be constituents of the SG official whose removal is +sought. + + +307.52 +A petition to recommend to Student Government the removal of any SG official +must comply with the following: + +1. +A petition must be prepared naming the SG official sought to be recalled +and containing a statement of grounds for recall in not more than 300 words +limited solely to the grounds specified in 307.32. If more than one SG +official is sought to be recalled, a separate recall petition must be prepared +for each SG official sought to be recalled. + +2. +Registered students who are making the charges contained in the statement +of grounds for recall will be designated as the “committee”. If the official +whose removal is sought holds an elected office, the committee must be +made up of the official’s constituents. A complete list of the members of the +committee must accompany the petition. A specific person must be +designated in the petition as chair of the committee to act for the committee. + +3. +The committee must confirm initial interests in proceeding with the recall +process. The committee chair must submit conforming interest petitions to +the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court equal to two percent (2%) of the +total number of registered constituents at the time of the general election +which elected the SG official whose removal is sought or five hundred (500) +currently registered constituents, whichever is less. The interests petitions +shall contain the statement of grounds for recall specified in 307.52(1) and +be accompanied by the names, original signature (in ink), and student +identification number. Signatures collected in excess of the lesser number +shall not carry over to the petition drive. + + + a. Once the Chief Justice has determined a sufficient number of + + facially valid electors exist to initiate a recall petition drive, the + + Chancellor shall present upon the SG official whose removal is + + sought a copy of the petition and request that that official prepare a + + defensive statement not to exceed 300 words. The SG official shall + + have no more than five (5) business days to draft the defensive + + statement and certify the same back to the Chief Justice. Delivery + + of the conforming interest petitions to the Chief Justice shall be + + deemed the “filing date” under Florida Statute 1004.26. + + + + b. Once the Chief Justice receives the defensive statement or the five + +(5) business days granted under subsection (1) above expire without +submission of a defensive statement, whichever is earlier, the Chief +Justice shall instruct the Supervisor of Elections to create the official +recall petition. The official recall petition shall include: + +1. +The recall statement and defensive statement (if submitted), +together on the same page in the same font and type size. + + +2. +A separate line for each of the following for the elector’s +information: printed name, student identification number +and original signature of the elector. + + +3. +A separate line for the circulator to affirm the requirements +of 307.52(5) were followed. + + + +4. +Each petition must contain a requisite number of spaces for +at least ten (10) electors to provide their information and +signatures. + + c. Once created, the Supervisor shall forthwith deliver to the + committee chair an official copy of the recall petition. + +d. Only the petition created by the Supervisor of Elections and true + and correct copies of the same shall be deemed official petitions. + +e. The Supervisor of Elections shall provide the committee chair as + many copies of the official petition as necessary. + +f. The committee shall have twenty-five (25) days from the date it + receives the official petition to collect the remaining + endorsements from the electors. + + 4. The petitions must be signed and completed accordingly: + + +a. +For constituencies represented by more than one (1) Student +Senator, the petitions must be signed and completed by no less than +twenty-five Percent (25%) of the total number of registered +constituents at the time of the general election which elected the +SG official whose removal is sought divided by the number of +Student Senators representing that said constituency. All currently +enrolled students in said constituency shall be entitled to sign a +petition. + + +b. +For constituencies represented by one (1) senator, the petitions +must be signed and completed by no less than twenty-five percent +(25%) of the total number of registered constituents at the time of +the general election which elected the SG official whose removal +is sought. All currently enrolled students in said constituency shall +be entitled to sign a petition. + + +c. +For elected and appointed SG officials who represent the entire +student body, including but not limited to, the Student Body +President, Student Body Vice President, Student Body Treasurer, +Cabinet, and Agency heads, the petition must be signed and +completed by no less than five percent (5%) of the number of +currently enrolled students at the university at the time in which the +removal is sought. + + 5. Each constituent signing an individual petition must sign their name + in ink or indelible pencil as it is registered with the University Registrar + and must state on the petition their constituency and student + identification number. Each petition must also contain an oath, to be + executed by the circulator thereof, verifying the fact that all signatures + appearing thereon are genuine signatures of the students they purport to + be, and that all the petitions were signed in the presence of a circulator on + the date indicated. + + 6. The petitions must be filed with the Supreme Court Chief Justice and + + Supervisor of Elections who must, within a period of not more than five + (5) business days after the petitions are submitted, certify whether the + petitions meet the requirements for number and validity of signatures. + + 7. If it is determined that the petitions do not contain the required signatures, + + + + the Supervisor shall inform the Chief Justice who will so certify to the + Student Body President and the Student Senate and file the petition + without taking any further action, and the matter will be at an end. No + additional petitions may be added, and the petitions must not be used in + other proceeding. + + 8. Any student constituent who signed in the original two percent (2%) or + 500 signatures presented with the original copy of the petition which was + turned in to the Chief Justice will have the right to demand in writing that + their name be stricken from the petition. A written demand signed by + the constituent must be filed with the Chief Justice or Supervisor, and + upon receipt of the demand, either must strike the name of the constituent + from the petition and place their initials to the side of the signature + stricken. However, no signature may be stricken after the Chief Justice + has delivered the signed copies of the “Petition” and “Defense” to the + Supervisor for counting. + + 9. If the Supervisor determines that the petitions, minus those requesting + their names be removed, contain the required twenty-five percent (25%) + of signatures, a recall referendum is authorized pursuant to this section. + The Supervisor shall certify the number of signatures obtained and that + the number of signatures necessary for a recall election has been achieved + to the Chief Justice who will immediately inform the Student Body + President and the Student Senate who will proceed with conducting a + recall election according to the format specified herein. + +307.53 RESIGNATION IN LIEU OF RECALL + +307.531 If the SG official whose recall from office is sought files, with the Chief Justice, +their written resignation, the Chief Justice will at once notify the Student Body +President and the Student Senate, and the resignation will be irrevocable. A +permanent successor will assume the vacated office as provided by the Student +Body Law. If no provision for filling a permanent vacancy in such office is provided +by student body law, the permanent vacancy will be filled by the appointment of +the Student Body President, or in case of a vacancy in the office of the Student +Body President, by the Student Body Vice President who will immediately succeed +to the Student Body Presidency. + +307.532 +Any SG official who resigns under 307.61 may not be appointed to the office that + + +they vacated. + +307.6 RECALL REFERENDUM + +307.61 In the absence of a resignation, the Elections Commission Chair in consultation +with the Supervisor of Elections will fix a day for holding a recall election for the +removal of any affected SG official not resigning. Any such election must be held + +not less than 10 days or more than 25 days after the Supervisor has certified that +the requisite number of signatures on the “Recall Petition” have been collected +pursuant to the terms of this chapter. + +307.611 +The referendum must be held no later than 60 days after the filing date as required +by 1004.26, Fla. Statutes (2006). + +307.62 The ballots at the recall election must conform to the following: With respect to +each person whose removal is sought, the question shall be submitted: + +“Should ______ be removed from the office of ______ by recall?” + +Immediately following each question there shall be printed on the ballots +the two propositions in the order here set forth: + +_____ (Name of SG Official) should be removed from office. + +_____ (Name of SG Official) should not be removed from office. + +307.63 Immediately to the side of each of the propositions will be placed a square or a line +on which the electors, by making a cross mark (X), may vote either of the +propositions. Voting machines or electronic or electro mechanical equipment which +indicate each voter’s choice clearly and succinctly may also be used. + +307.64 The Supervisor of Elections will submit a plan for conducting the recall +referendum, following the same processes and procedures used for any regular SG +election as described in Student Body Law and pursuant to this chapter, to the +Student Senate for approval by resolution. + +307.65 Following approval, the Supervisor of Elections will publicly announce the recall +referendum and the details thereof. + +307.66 Following the recall referendum held on the one day specified by the Elections +Commission Chair, according to 307.1, and the plan submitted by the Supervisor +of Elections and approved by the Student Senate, according to 307.74, the +Supervisor of Elections will certify the results of the recall referendum to the +official sought to be recalled, the Student Body President, the Chief Justice of the +Supreme Court and the Student Senate post haste. + +307.67 If a majority of students voting in the recall referendum recommend the recall of +the named SG official from office, the Student Senate must vote to accept or reject +the recall results. If the recall results are accepted by majority vote of the Student +Senate, then the named SG official will be immediately and permanently removed +from office. The Senate President will notify the removed SG official, the Student +Body President, and University of Florida President, in writing, of such removal. + +307.671 +Criteria to be used for the Student Senate in deciding whether to accept or reject +the recall election vote totals shall be limited to: + +1. +Accuracy of the count. + + +2. +Validity of the count + +3. +Electoral or election staff fraud or impropriety + +4. +A material obstruction to the electoral process. + +307.7 +APPEALS PROCEDURES + +307.71 +Any elected or appointed officer of the student government who has been +disciplined, suspended, or removed from office shall have the right to directly +appeal such decision to the Vice President of Student Affairs or other senior +university administrator designated to hear such appeals. + +307.711 +This procedure shall not condition the exercise of such right on the consideration +or decision of any student panel, including but not limited to the Student Supreme +Court or the Elections Commission. + +307.72 +All appeals must be in writing and submitted to the appropriate office within five +(5) business days from the date of the decision made by the Student Government. + +307.73 +Except as required to explain the basis of new information, appeals are limited to +a review of the verbatim records and supporting documents. The basis for filing +an appeal is limited to one or more of the following grounds: + +1. The student’s rights were violated in the initial process in a manner which +materially affected the outcome of the case. + +2. New relevant material or information has been provided that could be +sufficient to alter a decision, and was unknown by the person making the +appeal at the time of the decision. + +3. The sanction(s) imposed were not appropriate for the violation. + +307.74 +The decision on an appeal should be made and communicated in correspondence +within a reasonable period of time. The decision of the appeal authority is the +final decision of the University and no further appeals within the University are +allowed. + +307.741 If the appeal is granted, the appeal authority may modify the sanction(s) imposed + +or decision(s) made. + +307.742 If the appeal is not granted, the sanction(s) or decision(s) made by the Student + Government shall go into immediate effect. + +307.8 +OFFENSES + +307.81 +No student will impersonate another, purposely write their name or constituency in +the signing of any petition for recall or forge any name thereto, or sign any paper +with knowledge that they are not a constituent of the SG official whose removal + +from office is sought. + +307.82 +No expenditures for campaigning for or against an official being recalled will be +made until the date on which the recall referendum is to be held is publicly +announced. Violations of this section will be considered as offenses against the +student body and student conduct offense against the university, and violators will +be penalized according to established Student Government and University of +Florida procedures. No person will employ or pay another to accept employment +or payment for circulating a recall petition. + +307.83 +No student or group of students shall conspire to defame or otherwise accuse any +SG official of an offense for which the student or students know to be false. + +307.84 +No student or group of students shall maliciously initiate proceedings for a recall +referendum when no reasonable cause exists to substantiate the grounds being +claimed. Violations of this section and 307.83 will be considered as offenses against +the student body and student conduct offense against the university, and violators +will be penalized according to established Student Government and University of +Florida procedures. + +307.85 This act shall not be ex post facto in its application. For the purposes of this act, the +same limitations applied to the state governments by Article I, Section 10 of the +U.S. Constitution, as well as the State of Florida specifically by Article I, Section +10 of the Florida Constitution, shall apply to Student Government. + +CHAPTER 308 STUDENT SENATE INQUIRY POWERS (98-100, 2000-136, 2015-109) + +308.1 +Intent: The Student Senate, acting on its authority granted by Article III, Section + + +6(1) and Section 6(n) of the Student Body Constitution, enacts the Student Senate +Inquiry Powers Act to clarify the Student Senate’s over-sight authority related to +subpoena powers, administration of oaths, and general investigations. + +308.2 The following terms and phrases, as used in this chapter, shall be defined as + +follows: + +1. +“Contempt of Senate” shall be defined as the intentional failure of any + Student Body Officers, Student Body Officials, Student Senators, or + Officers of Organizations to comply with a Subpoena and/or Subpoena + Duces Tecum. Contempt of Senate shall be non-punitive other than as + + provided for in this chapter and shall not be construed to indicate guilt in + any court of law. + +2. +“Subpoena” refers to a written instrument served via certified mail or by + + hand delivery which compels the attendance and/or testimony of any + person covered under this chapter. + + +3. +“Subpoena Duces Tecum” refers to a written instrument served via + certified mail or by hand delivery which compels any person covered + under this chapter to deliver reports, documents, books, electronic + recordings, audio recordings, video recordings, or any other like items. + +4. +“Oath” shall refer to a sworn affirmation administered by any person + authorized by law to administer oaths. An oath compels all responses to + inquiries to be truthful regardless of the form of communication + including, but not limited to written or verbal communication. + +5. +“Student Body Officers” refers to those persons elected to represent +the interests of the Student Body, including those listed in 200.42 as well +as the Student Body Treasurer. “Student Senators” shall be considered +separately. + +6. +“Student Body Officials” refers to all persons appointed to their role in +Student Government. + +7. +“Officer of an Organization” refers to any officer of an organization that + + receives funding from Student Government, excluding members of + Student Government. + + +8. +“Student Senator” refers to all currently elected or appointed Student +Senators, including Summer Replacements. + + + + + 9. “Entire Seated Membership” shall be defined as the + total authorized number of Student Senators minus the number of vacant + seats. + + + 10. +“Perjury” shall be defined as intentionally misstating facts with the intent + to deceive others. + + 11. +“Constructive Notice” shall be effectuated by the sending through certified +mail on two separate occasions of subpoenas to the home address, faculty +advisor, and organization address, if one exists, of the party to be +subpoenaed. + + 12. “Answering” a subpoena or subpoena duces tecum consists of attending + the hearing or session subpoenaed to, and providing all of the information + requested. + +308.3 +If actual or constructive notice has been properly effectuated, the Student Senate +may, with a three-fifths (3/5) vote of the total membership of the Student Senate, +find Student Body Officers, Student Body Officials, Student Senators, and Officers +of Organizations in Contempt of Senate for failure to answer a subpoena or comply +with a subpoena duces tecum before the Student Senate or any Committee thereof +or perjury. + + +1. +In the case of Student Body Officers, being found in Contempt of Senate +may serve as grounds for impeachment for failure to discharge the duties of +the office, at the Student Senate’s discretion. + + +2. +In the case of Student Body Officials, being found in Contempt of Senate +displays the Student Senate’s displeasure of said official and may serve as +a request from the Student Senate to the appropriate branch head or body +for the immediate removal of said official, at the Student Senate’s +discretion. + + +3. +In the case of Student Senators, being found in Contempt of Senate may +serve as grounds for censure, removal from committees, and/or expulsion, +at the Student Senate’s discretion. + + +4. +In the case of Officers of Organizations, being found in Contempt of Senate +shall result in the immediate suspension from office until such time as that +officer answers the subpoena or subpoena duces tecum. The officer shall +remain ineligible to hold any office with Student Government funded +organization while in Contempt of Senate. + + +a. +If the suspension of an officer prevents that organization from its +effective +functioning, +the +organization, +deferring +to +its +Constitutional succession, if one exists, may authorize another +member to act in the capacity of the suspended officer until the +suspended officer ceases to be in Contempt of Senate. + +b. +The suspended officer shall immediately resume office upon being +removed from Contempt of Senate by a majority vote of the entire + +seated membership of the Student Senate. + +308.31 +Except for failure to answer a subpoena or a subpoena duces tecum before the +Student Senate or any Committee thereof or perjury, no Student Body Officer, +Student Body Official, Student Senator, or Officer of an Organization may be found +in Contempt of Senate. + +308.4 +The Senate President or the Chairperson of the Rules and Ethics Committee may +serve subpoenas and/or subpoenas duces tecum on Student Body Officers, Student +Body Officials, Student Senators, and Officers of Organizations. + +308.5 +The Rules and Ethics Committee may, by a majority vote of those present and +voting, nullify any subpoena and/or subpoena duces tecum issued by the Committee +chairperson. + +308.51 +The Student Senate may, by a majority vote of those present and voting, nullify any +subpoena and/or subpoena duces tecum issued by the Senate President. + +308.6 +The chairperson or chairperson’s designee of the Rules and Ethics Committee +and/or the Senate President or the President’s designee may administer oaths to +Student Body Officers, Student Body Officials, Student Senators, and Officers of +Organizations. An oath or affirmation may only be administered in cases of +investigations. + +308.61 +The following shall be the oath administered by the authorized Student Senators: + +“Do you solemnly swear or affirm that the information you are about to give to this +body is the full and complete truth?” + + +CHAPTER 309 SUBSTANTIVE PROVISIONS - UF STUDENT SENATE (87-129, 90-151, 94- +113, 94-114, 98-100, 98-113, 98-119, 98-122, 2000-120, 2000-136, 2007-143, 2008-130, 2015- +101, 2015-109) + +309.1 +This title is adopted in compliance with Article III, Section 6 of the University of +Florida Student Body Constitution. + +309.11 +This title shall become effective by passage by the Student Senate and signed into +law by the Student Body President and the President of the University of Florida. + +309.2 +The University of Florida Student Senate shall meet during the following terms: + + +1. The Fall Semester shall be the period of time coinciding with Fall + Classes as defined in the official University of Florida calendar. + + +2. The Spring Semester shall be the period of time coinciding with + Spring Classes as defined in the official University of Florida + calendar. + +3. The Summer Term shall be the period of time coinciding with Summer + Classes as defined in the official University of Florida calendar. + +309.21 +The definition of a term, as in regards to attendance, shall be defined as follows: + + +1. The Fall Term shall be the period of time from the first meeting in +which the Fall Senators are sworn in until the final meeting before the +Spring Senators are sworn in. + + +2. The Spring Term shall be the period of time from the first meeting in + which the Spring Senators are sworn in until the final meeting + + before the Fall Senators are sworn in, excluding the Summer + Term. + + +3. The Summer Term shall be separated into two terms, one coinciding + with Summer A classes and one coinciding with Summer B classes. + +309.22 +Any Student Senator may appoint a temporary replacement, as follows: + + +1. Any Student Senator may appoint a temporary replacement for the + Summer Term as defined in 309.2 by submitting an eligible student’s + name to the Senate President Pro-Tempore two weeks prior to + the last regular Spring Semester meeting, or one week prior to the last + meeting of Summer A if the Student Senator requests a replacement +` solely for Summer B. This temporary replacement may serve only + during the Summer Term. + + +2. Any Student Senator, who is in the Innovation Academy program, may + appoint a temporary replacement for the Fall Semester as defined in + + 309.2 by submitting an eligible student’s name to the Student Senate + President Pro-Tempore two weeks prior to the last regular Summer + Term meeting. This temporary replacement may serve only during the + Fall Semester. A Student Senator, who is in the Innovation Academy + program, cannot appoint a temporary replacement for the Summer + Term. + +309.23 +The Summer Student Senate, consisting of those duly elected & appointed members +of the Student Senate attending the Summer Term shall retain and may exercise, +full legislative powers in the same manner as the normal Fall and Spring Senate +Terms. + +309.24 +Replacements must take at least one (1) credit over the course of the Summer C + +term (Innovation Academy students notwithstanding) in order to be considered + +eligible. + +309.3 +Student Senators-elect shall assume their seats at the first meeting of the Student +Senate following validation. + +309.4 +Offenses Against the Student Body pertaining to the Student Senate are listed as +follows: + +309.41 +A Student Senator who receives an unexcused absence from any duly notified +compelled Senate meeting shall be guilty of an Offense Against the Student Body. + +309.411 +The Rules and Ethics Committee shall recommend to the Senate whether the +absence should be excused or unexcused. The Student Senate shall make the +determination based on the committee recommendation. + +309.42 +Any Student Senator who votes for or attempts to vote for any other Student Senator +without the authorization of that Student Senator shall be guilty of an Offense +Against the Student Body. The Student Senator must be present in the Chambers at +the time of the vote. + +309.43 +Any student, other than a Student Senator, who votes for or attempts to vote for a +Student Senator shall be guilty of an Offense Against the Student Body. + +309.44 +Any student who forges and/or falsifies a voting record shall be guilty of an Offense +Against the Student Body. + + +CHAPTER 311 ACT ESTABLISHING SENATE OFFICES (72-201, 81-112, 94-114, 97-108, +98-100, 98-125, 2000-136, 2001-122, 2002-134, 2011-103, 2015-109, 2020-1054) + +311.1 +The following officers shall be elected by the Student Senate according to the Rules + +& Procedures of the Student Senate: + +1. +Senate President +2. +Senate President Pro Tempore +3. +Member-at-Large + +311.2 +The Senate Rules & Procedures may provide for the duties, privileges, and manner +of selection of other internal officers provided that they do not conflict with this +chapter of Student Body Law. + +311.3 +Standing committees shall be defined as the following: + +1. +Budget and Appropriations +2. +Judiciary +3. +Rules & Ethics +4. +Information and Communication +5. +Replacement and Agenda + +311.4 +In the case of a vacancy, whether temporary or permanent, in the office of the +Senate President, positional hierarchy shall be as follows: + +1. +Replacement and Agenda +2. Judiciary +3. +Budget and Appropriations +4. +Rules and Ethics +5. +Information and Communication +6. +A Student Senator elected from the general body + +311.5 There shall be a Senate President's Trophy, which shall be a simple plaque upon +which are named all the Student Senators who have served as President of the +Senate for at least one term. Also listed shall be the year or years during which each +President served. This plaque shall be permanently and prominently displayed in +the offices of the Student Senate. + +311.6 +There shall be s Senate President Pro Tempore’s Trophy, which shall be a simple + plaque upon which are named all the Student Senators who have served as + + +President Pro Tempore for at least one term. Also listed shall be the year, or years, + + +during which each President Pro Tempore served. This plaque shall be + + +permanently and prominently displayed in the offices of the Student Senate. + + +CHAPTER 315 STUDENT SENATE COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITY (88-135, 94-114, 98- +100, 98-119, 2002-135, 2004-127, 2007-143, 2015-109) + +315.1 +The standing committees of the Student Senate, as defined in Student Body Statute +311.1, shall follow all guidelines as set in the Senate Rules and Procedures. Senate +Rules and Procedures shall not overrule any guidelines enumerated herein or +elsewhere within Student Body Statutes. + +315.2 +The Senate Committee Chairpersons, or their designee, are required to record all +business of the committee each meeting. The recording shall be in written form and +published within three days following the meeting, and shall be referred to as +“the minutes”. + +315.3 +Minutes from each meeting shall include the name and title of presiding officer, +committee members present, committee members absent, and all motions and votes +taken. Any group, incident, hearing, nominee, candidate, or bill before the +committee shall be included in the minutes, along with the committee's action to +that business. + +315.4 +All committee minutes shall be compiled into one set, entitled "Senate Committee +Business", which must be made available upon reasonable request. + +315.5 +Failure to comply with guidelines set forth in this Chapter shall result in review of +the committee Chair by the Rules and Ethics Committee. The Rules and Ethics +Committee may recommend, to Student Senate, appropriate action to be taken +against the chairperson, including removal from the committee Chair position, with +a two-thirds (2/3) vote of Student Senators present and voting. + + +CHAPTER 322 APPORTIONMENT (67-107, 72-118, 72-172, 72-183, 75-184, 77-123, 79-127, +80-180,81-142, 82-147, 83-176, 84-104, 84-149, 87-150, 87-156, 87-164, 88-122, 89-122, 90-124, +90-149, 91-107, 91-131, 92-105, 92-129, 94-114, 94-115, 94-122, 95-121, 96-107, 96-130, 97- +134, 98-102, 98-118, 99-101, 99-123, 2000-133, 2001-129, 2002-147, 2004-127, 2004-128, 2005- +126, 2005-129, 2005-132, 2005-143, 2007-140, 2007-143, 2008-110, 2008-141, 2009-124, 2010- +114, 2011-124, 2011-125, 2012-112, 2013-113. 2014-116, 2014-117, 2015-109, 2016-118, 2016- +119, 2017-111, 2017-112, 2018-121, 2018-122, 2019-1092, 2019-1093, 2020-1022, 2020-1056, +2021-117, 2022-113). + +322.1 +The fifty (50) members of the Student Senate elected in the Fall elections shall +represent districts by residence. + +322.11 +Fall Student Senators must physically reside the majority of their time in the district +they seek to represent while attending the University of Florida at the time of their +election or appointment. + +322.12 +Fall Student Senators must continue to physically reside the majority of their time +in the district that they represent during their term of office, except as provided for +in Section 340.12 (2), S.B.S. + +322.13 +For the period of time between the end of the Spring semester and the beginning of +the Fall term, Student Senators may use the residence of their Spring semester to +determine their district of residence. + +322.2 +On-campus shall be defined as University of Florida residence halls and graduate +and family housing controlled by the Department of Housing and Residence Life. + +322.21 +All on-campus residents will elect Student Senators by districts based upon where +they physically reside while attending the University of Florida. On-campus +districts shall be apportioned as follows: + +Beaty Towers……………………………………………… 1 +Broward-Rawlings Area……………………………………1 +Graduate and Family Housing……………………………...1 +Graham Area………………………………………………..1 +Hume Area…………………………………………………. 1 + +Infinity Hall……………………………………………...….1 +Jennings Area……………………………………………… 1 +Keys Residential Complex .................................................... 1 +Lakeside Residential Complex…………...............................1 +Murphree Area................................................……………...1 + +Springs Residential Complex…….………………………... 1 +Tolbert Area………………………………………………. 1 +Yulee Area……………………....…………………………. 1 + + +322.3 +Off-campus shall be defined as all locations not included in residence areas listed +in Section 322.2, S.B.S. + + +322.31 +All off-campus residents will elect Senators in districts based upon where they +physically reside while attending the University of Florida. Off-campus districts +shall be apportioned as follows: + +District A: ZIP Codes 32601, 32609, 32614, and all other locations not included +within the ZIP codes listed below ......................................... 10 +District B: ZIP Codes 32603, 32605, 32606, 32653 ............. 8 +District C: ZIP Codes 32607 ................................................. 7 +District D: ZIP Codes 32608................................................. 12 + +322.311 +District A excludes ZIP codes in which students cannot physically reside, +including but not limited to 32604, 32610, and 32611. + +322.32 +Off-campus Student Senate seats shall be identified by a number designated after +each Fall election by alphabetical order, where the first letter is the district and the +last two digits form the seat number within each district (for example A-07). The +appointment or selection of replacement Student Senators shall not alter Student +Senate seat designations. This is for the purpose of identification and management. + +322.4 +The fifty (50) Spring Student Senators will be elected by the classification formed +into voting districts, with each college and independent school guaranteed at least +one Student Senator, remaining seats will be allocated by relative student +population of the college. The following designates the voting districts and the +number of seats each college will have: + +Fisher School of Accounting ................................................ 1 +Design, Construction, and Planning ................................…..1 +Agricultural and Life Sciences.............................................. 2 +M.E. Rinker School of Building Construction...................... 1 +Heavener School of Business................................................ 3 +Dentistry ................................................................................ 1 +Education .............................................................................. 1 +Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering ........................... 4 + +Arts ........................................................................................ 1 +Graduate Students ................................................................. 12 +Health and Human Performance ........................................... 1 +Public Health and Health Professions ................................... 1 + +Journalism and Communications .......................................... 1 +Levin College of Law ........................................................... 1 +Liberal Arts and Sciences ..................................................... 8 +Medicine ............................................................................... 1 +Nursing .................................................................................. 1 +Pharmacy............................................................................... 1 +Undergraduate Freshman Class ............................................ 2 +Undergraduate Sophomore Class .......................................... 5 +Veterinary Medicine………………………………………. 1 + +322.41 +A Senator must be enrolled in the college which they represent at the time of + +their election. + +322.42 +For the Summer Term, students may use their classification from the Spring +Semester of that current year for the purpose of applying for Summer +Undergraduate Freshman and Undergraduate Sophomore Student Senate Seats. + +322.5 +Reapportionment shall conform to Article III, Sections 2 and 3 of the Student Body +Constitution. + +322.51 +The Student Senate shall determine the proper apportionment with assistance from +the Supervisor of Elections and a printout of the student population according to +zip codes and the colleges by classification from the Registrar’s Office. + + +CHAPTER 323 SENATE ATTENDANCE (73-150, 74-133, 75-182, 76-204, 76-206, 76-245, 77- +118, 80-180, 81-112, 82-177, 82-122, 82-170, 83-111, 83-115, 88-133, 94-114, 97-108, 98-100, +98-119, 2000-146, 2002-128, 2002-159, 2004-127, 2005-123. 2006-125, 2007-144, 2008-118, +2008-129, 2011-117, 2012-102, 2014-111, 2015-109, 2020-1022, 2020-1042, 2020-1066) + +323.1 +Student Senators are required to attend Student Senate meetings. + +323.2 +A roll call shall be made at the beginning and end of each Student Senate meeting. +Absence from either a quorum call, roll call, or roll call vote shall constitute one +half (1/2) absence. Absence from both roll calls shall constitute one (1) absence, +provided that only one absence may be accumulated per meeting. + +323.3 +Upon accumulation of two (2) absences in the Fall or Spring term or one (1) absence +in the Summer A or Summer B term, a Student Senator shall receive an attendance +warning letter via e-mail. + +323.31 +Absences shall reset at the beginning of each new term. The Rules and Ethics +Committee may take action on absences from the previous term within one month +of the new term beginning provided the Student Senator has not been re-elected. + +323.32 +All Student Senators, whether elected or appointed, shall submit an affiliation form +to the Senate President or Senate Secretary by the third meeting after the Student +Senator's election or appointment, otherwise the seat may be declared vacant as +provided by the Rules and Procedures. + +323.33 +During the Summer A and Summer B terms, if a Student Senator accumulates two +(2) unexcused or three (3) combined absences (excused or unexcused) from the +Student Senate, it shall constitute resignation by non-attendance. During the Fall +and Spring terms, if a Student Senator accumulates three (3) unexcused or four (4) +combined absences (excused or unexcused) from the Student Senate, it shall +constitute resignation by non-attendance. + + +323.34 +Upon resignation by nonattendance of a Student Senator, the Rules and Ethics +Chairperson shall send a letter by email or standard post to notify the Student +Senator of their resignation. The Rules and Ethics Chairperson shall notify the +Senate President Pro-Tempore before the next regularly scheduled Student Senate +meeting. + +323.4 +The Rules and Ethics Committee shall hear appeals from this chapter. + +323.41 +If a Student Senator wishes to submit an appeal of their resignation by non- +attendance, the Student Senator must do so within seven (7) calendar days of +postmark to the Rules and Ethics Chairman via email or standard post. Provided +the Seat has not been filled, this deadline may be waived at the discretion of the +Rules and Ethics Committee only in extenuating circumstances. + + +323.42 +If a Student Senator appeals after having resigned by non-attendance, that Student +Senator may be reinstated and up to two (2) absences removed for good cause +shown, upon recommendation by two-thirds (2/3) of the Rules and Ethics +Committee and majority vote of the Student Senate, provided such Student Senator +has not been replaced in accordance with Chapter 340. + +323.43 +Failure to receive a warning letter after reaching two absences during the Fall or +Spring term or after reaching one absence in the Summer A or Summer B term shall +not be used as an acceptable argument in appeal. + +323.44 +Any newly elected Student Senator, whether elected for the first time or re-elected +to the Student Senate will begin the term of office with "zero" absences. + +323.45 +The following guidelines shall be used for unacceptable reasons for absences from +the regular Student Senate meetings. + +1. "Regular meetings of organizations, clubs, committees, etc." + +2. Studying or non-University of Florida sponsored review sessions. + +3. Out-of-town trips not pertaining to approved Student Senate, + Student Government, or University of Florida business, or trips + not properly documented for employment interviews (out-of- + town trips for reasons of unavoidable personal emergencies may + be approved). + +4. Regular employment schedules. + +5. Regularly scheduled classes. + +6. Graduate/Professional School entrance exam preparation courses. This + includes but is not limited to LSAT, GMAT, GRE, etc. preparation + courses. + +323.46 +Guidelines to be used for acceptable reasons for absences from the regular Student +Senate meetings shall include, but not be limited to: + + +1. Death in the family + + +2. Exam, with proper authority signature (This includes but is not limited + to professor, teaching assistant, and academic advisor.) + + +3. Illness + +4. Car accidents + +5. Acts of God + +6. Academic commitments, with proper documentation + +7. Religious holiday + + +323.47 +The Student Senate reserves the right to determine the validity of all excuses. + +323.48 +If a Student Senator believes that an absence should be recorded as excused, that +Student Senator must submit an excuse no later than seven (7) calendar days +following the absence. + +323.5 +Student Senators shall receive an attendance credit of one half-absence against past +or future absences, provided that such Student Senator has not accumulated the +number of absences that would constitute resignation by non-attendance: + + +1. +When the Student Senate meets more than one time per week and said +Student Senator is present at four (4) attendance roll calls during a week. +This shall not exceed one full credit per semester. + + +2. +The Rules and Ethics Committee shall deem a meeting or event deserving +of an attendance credit, and must be approved by the 2/3 vote of the Student +Senate no less than one week prior to the event or meeting. There will be +one half credit per event or meeting, not to exceed one full credit per +semester. + +323.6 +Once a Student Senator has accumulated enough absences to constitute resignation +by non-attendance, the Rules and Ethics Committee shall expunge one half-absence +from that Student Senator’s attendance record for every standing committee for +which that Student Senator has attended 80% of meetings held in that term prior to +that Student Senator’s last absence from a meeting of the Student Senate, even if +that Student Senator is not a member of that committee, so long as: + + +1. +In the Fall and Spring terms, that standing committee has met at least eight +times in that term prior to that Student Senator’s last absence from a meeting +of the Student Senate. + + +2. +In the summer terms, that standing committee has met at least three times +in that term prior to that Student Senator’s last absence from a meeting of +the Student Senate. + +323.61 +Only one half-absence may be expunged from a Student Senator’s attendance +record through this method per standing committee per term, with a maximum of +one absence being expunged from a Student Senator’s attendance record through +this method per term. + +323.7 +The Rules & Ethics Committee may recommend to the Student Senate to expunge +absences from a Student Senator’s record by a two-thirds (2/3) vote. + +323.8 +Absences, attendance credits, and waivers under this Chapter shall apply only +during the term in which they accumulate. + + + + +CHAPTER 324 STUDENT SENATOR ACCOUNTABILITY ACT (79-221, 81-155, 82-105, 82- +139, 82-164, 82-165, 83-102, 83-200, 84-139, 87-163, 88-117, 88-134, 89-117, 89-118, 89-130, +90-126, 91-118, 92-101, 92-143, 94-114, 95-102, 95-102, 96-116, 98-104, 98-120, 99-122, 2000- +146, 2000-154, 2002-143, 2002-158, 2003-122, 2004-122, 2005-118, 2005-140, 2006-112, 2006- +131, 2006-132, 2007-105, 2007-105, 2007-144, 2008-124, 2008-140, 2010-122, 2012-100, 2014- +100, 2014-11, 2015-109, 2019-114, 2020-100, 2020-1042, 2022-114, 2022-121, 2023-100) + +324.1 +The timeline for completing constituency requirements shall be as follows: + +1. There will be four (4) constituency periods coinciding with the four (4) + academic semesters: Fall, Spring, Summer A, and Summer B. + +2. Constituency periods shall be defined as follows: + +a. The Fall constituency period shall begin on the first day of + classes for the Fall academic semester and end on the date of the + last Student Senate meeting of the Fall academic semester. + +b. The Spring constituency period shall begin on the first day of + classes for the Spring academic semester and end on the date of + the last Student Senate meeting of the Spring academic semester. + +c. The Summer A constituency period shall begin on the first day of + classes for the Summer A academic semester and end on the date + of the final Student Senate meeting of the Summer A academic + semester. + +d. The Summer B constituency period shall begin on the first day of + classes for the Summer B academic semester and end on the date + of the final Student Senate meeting of the Summer B academic + semester. + +e. The constituency periods shall be enforced and announced each + term by the Rules and Ethics Committee. + +f. Newly elected Student Senators must complete all constituency + requirements for the constituency period in which they were + elected. + +324.2 +In order to fulfill constituency requirements, all Student Senators must complete +the following with proper documentation, as defined in 324.23: + +1. For Professional School Senators: + +a. +In the Fall and Spring, Professional School Senators can attend one +(1) meeting of an academic organization related to their respective +college or one (1) Student Government event, or complete (1) hour +of tabling per constituency period. Any combination of these +requirements will be acceptable, so long as a total of three (3) +requirements are completed. + +b. + In Summer A and Summer B, Professional School Senators must +complete any two of the requirements listed in 324.2(1)(a). + + + +2. For Graduate Senators: + +a. In the Fall and Spring, Graduate Senators can attend two (2) + Graduate student organization meetings or special events, or complete +one (1) hour of tabling per constituency period. Any combination of +these requirements will be acceptable, so long as a total of three (3) +requirements are completed. + +b. In Summer A and Summer B, Graduate Senators must complete + any two of the requirements listed in 324.2(2)(a). + +3. For College Senators: + +a. +In the Fall and Spring, College Senators must attend one (1) +meeting of an academic organization related to their respective +college or one (1) Student Government event, and one (1) Student +Government-funded event, and complete two (2) hours of tabling +per constituency period. + +b. +In Summer A and Summer B, College Senators must complete two +different requirements listed in 324.2(3)(a). + +4. For On-campus Senators: + +a. +In the Fall and Spring, On-campus Senators must attend one (1) +IRHA meeting or special event, one (1) respective Area +Government meeting or special event, and one (1) Student +Government event or Student Government-funded event, and +complete two (2) hours of tabling per constituency period. + +b. +In Summer A and Summer B, On-campus Senators must complete +two different requirements listed in 324.2(4)(a). + +5. For Family Housing Senator(s): + +a. In the Fall and Spring, Family Housing Senator(s) must attend + two (2) Mayors Council meetings or special events and one (1) + Student Government event or Student Government-funded event, +and complete two (2) hours of tabling per constituency period. + +b. In Summer A and Summer B, Family Housing Senator(s) must + complete two different requirements listed in 325.2(5)(a). + + +6. For District Senators: + +a. In the Fall and Spring, District Senators must attend one (1) City or +County Commission meeting, one (1) Student Government-funded +organization event (excluding IRHA), and one (1) Student +Government event, and complete two (2) hours of tabling per +constituency period. + +b. In Summer A and Summer B, District Senators must complete + two different requirements listed in 326.2(6)(a). + +7. For Freshman and Sophomore Senators: + + +a. In the Fall and Spring, Freshman and Sophomore Senators must +attend one (1) meeting of an academic organization related to their +respective college, one (1) Student Government event, and one (1) +Student Government-funded event, and complete two (2) hours of +tabling per constituency period. + +b. In Summer A and Summer B, Freshman and Sophomore + + Senators must complete two different requirements listed in + + 327.2(7)(a) + +324.21 +Legislative Intent: In 324.2(1)(a) and 324.2(2)(a), it is provided that Graduate + + +Senators and senators representing professional schools may complete any + + +combination of the listed requirements. Graduate Senators and senators + + +representing professional schools are the only senators who may fulfill + + +constituency requirements by completing two of the same requirements. The +distinction is made, because there may be insufficient opportunities available for +Graduate Senators and senators representing professional schools to fulfill each +requirement. + +324.22 +For the purpose of constituency requirements: + +1. Student Government-funded organizations are +those that receive funding through the Budget & Appropriations +Committee. + +2. ACCENT and SGP meetings or special events do not count toward the + fulfillment of constituency requirements. + +3. Senators can only attend one meeting or special event of a particular + organization per constituency period. + +4. An SG event is one hosted by, or in partnership with, either the Executive, + Legislative, or Judicial branches of Student Government. + +5. All events must be open to the public and may not be an exclusionary + meeting of an organization, such as, for example, one solely for executive + board members. + +6. The Senate Secretary can, upon request, provide a list of all Student + +Government-funded organizations. + +324.23 +Appropriate documentation for the fulfillment of constituency requirements shall + be as follows: + +1. Student Senators must fill out the constituency requirement form provided + by the Rules and Ethics Committee. + +2. The constituency requirement form shall be submitted no later than one + week following the meeting or special event or any other such + requirement. + +a. The Rules and Ethics Committee may review the completed + constituency requirements weekly at its regular meetings. + +324.24 +The Rules and Ethics Committee reserves the right to verify completion of + + +constituency requirements with the organization’s President or with + + + +representatives from the City and County Commission, as well as the +representatives from the organizational meetings. + +324.25 +Student Senators can coordinate, participate, and develop official Town Hall events +to cover one tabling constituency requirement if verified under the following +guidelines: +1. Town Hall events must accomplish one of the following purposes: +a. Provide an additional forum for constituents to reach out to +their Senators regarding issues, policies, and needs that pertain +to the focus of the Town Hall. +b. Allow for the Student Senator to share their legislative goals +and focuses within their tenure as a sitting Student Senator and +provide a moderated forum for questions and commentary from +constituencies. +2. Town halls must be moderated by the Rules and Ethics Committee +Chair. +a. In the event that the Chair is unable to moderate, another member +of the committee will moderate. +b. An additional member of the Rules and Ethics Committee may act +as a moderating assistant during online Town Halls. This assistant +will provide summarized captioning for the Town Hall as it occurs. +c. Powers and Duties of the Chair: +i. +Open and call each Town Hall to order. +ii. +Announce the sequence of the agenda. +iii. +Allow the Senator(s) hosting the Town Hall to address +agenda items before recognizing other speakers. All +speakers must be recognized by the chair. +iv. +Maintain the decorum of Town Halls. Following Rules and +Procedures I §5(B), the chair may issue warnings on the +basis of disruption. “Campaigning” as defined in 700.4, +will be considered disruptive behavior. Any disruptive +individual with over two warnings may be removed from +the Town Hall. +v. +Adjourn the Town Hall when the agenda is completed. +3. Student Senators must notify the Rules and Ethics Committee Chair +and Senate Secretary no later than 21 days in advance of the date of +the event, including the following information: +a. The location of the Town Hall. (i.e. Zoom Communications +Inc., Turlington Hall Classroom, etc.) +b. Proper documentation accounting for the official reservation +Town Hall location. +c. The date and time of the Town Hall. +d. The rationale behind developing this Town Hall. +e. An agenda for the Town Hall event. +4. The Rules and Ethics Committee must reserve the right to approve or +deny a request to be considered eligible for constituency. + +5. The Rules and Ethics Committee must notify the Senator who +submitted the Town Hall event request no later than 24 hours in +advance of their deliberation on the matter. +6. These events may cover only tabling constituency for a maximum of +two hours per constituency period. +7. If a Senator violates any of the aforementioned guidelines during the +Town Hall, constituency credit will not be awarded. + +324.3 +Replacement Student Senators shall complete constituency requirements as + follows: + +1. Student Senators appointed prior to the first meeting following the Fall or +Spring elections must complete all constituency requirements for that +period. + +2. At least one (1) constituency requirement will be removed from the total + constituency requirements of Student Senators appointed after the first two + meetings of the term. The deduction will be calculated by removing one + requirement for every two weeks after the first meeting of the term and + will be rounded down (i.e., if a Student Senator is appointed after three + +weeks, it will count as two weeks or if appointed after seven weeks it will + +count as six weeks.) + +3. Replacement Student Senators appointed in the Summer shall complete + constituency requirements as follows: + +a. All Student Senators appointed during or prior to the fourth week + + of the Summer A or Summer B term must complete all Summer + + constituency requirements. + +b. All Student Senators appointed after the fourth week of the + Summer A or Summer B period must complete one (1) point of + constituency, excluding Student Senators appointed on the final + Student Senate meeting of the period. + + +324.4 +Constituency requirements will be enforced by the Rules and Ethics Committee as + follows: + +1. The Rules and Ethics Committee shall hold a meeting following each + constituency period to determine each Student Senator’s compliance with + constituency requirements (see 324.2.) + +2. If the Rules and Ethics Committee should determine that a Student Senator +is not fully compliant with constituency requirements from the previous +term, that Student Senator shall be placed on probation according to the +following procedures: + +3. The Rules and Ethics Committee shall hold a meeting following each + constituency period to determine each Student Senator’s compliance with + constituency requirements (see 324.2.) + +4. If the Rules and Ethics Committee should determine that a Student Senator +is not fully compliant with the constituency requirements. + + +a. A majority vote of the Rules and Ethics Committee should + determine that a Student Senator is not fully compliant with her or + + his constituency requirements. + +b. Immediately following a determination of noncompliance, the +Rules and Ethics Chair and the Senate Secretary shall serve the +Student Senator, through standard post, placement in that + Student Senator’s mailbox, or an e-mail a notification of + + probationary status and the requirements thereof. + +c. A copy of this notification shall be on file in the office of the + Senate Secretary. + +5. All terms of probation must be sufficiently completed within the first + fifteen (15) school days of the first Student Senate meeting of the + subsequent constituency period within which the Student Senator is acting + in the role. + +6. The terms of probation shall be as follows: + +a. +Complete the remaining requirements for the constituency group +(see 324.2). which shall be in addition to, and not counted towards, +the statutorily prescribed constituency + requirements. + +b. Complete one additional event concurrent with the Student + Senator’s constituency group. + +7. If the Rules and Ethics Committee shall determine that a Student Senator +is not in compliance with the terms of probation after the constituency +probation period ends, that Student Senator shall be considered to have +failed probation. Failure of probation shall constitute resignation by non- +compliance. + + +8. Upon resignation by non-compliance of a Student Senator, the Rules and +Ethics Chairperson shall send a letter by email or standard post to notify the +Student Senator of their resignation. The Rules and Ethics Chairperson shall +notify the Senate President Pro-Tempore before the next regularly +scheduled Student Senate meeting. + +9. The Rules and Ethics Committee shall hear appeals from this chapter. + +10. If a Student Senator wishes to submit an appeal of their resignation by +noncompliance, the Student Senator must do so within seven (7) calendar +days of postmark to the Rules and Ethics Chairperson via email or standard +post. Provided the Seat has not been filled, this deadline may be waived at +the discretion of the Rules and Ethics Committee only in extenuating +circumstances. + +11. If a Student Senator appeals after having resigned by non-compliance, that +Student Senator may be reinstated upon recommendation by two-thirds +(2/3) of the Rules and Ethics Committee and majority vote of the Student +Senate, provided such Student Senator has not been replaced in accordance +with Chapter 340. + +12. The Rules and Ethics Committee shall be responsible for posting an update +of the fulfillment of constituency requirements monthly and must + +communicate the status of constituency requirements to the Student Senate +at least once a month, during the weekly Rules and Ethics Chair report. + +13. If unforeseen circumstances arise, the Rules and Ethics Committee may + grant exceptions to these requirements as approved by a majority vote of + the members present and voting of the Student Senate. + +CHAPTER 330 EXPULSION FROM THE STUDENT SENATE (73-159, 76-245, 81-112, 84- +152 89-150, 90-151, 2001-125, 2007-117, 2015-109, 2023-58) + +330.1 +Any Student Senator may request expulsion of another Student Senator by filing + + +written charges with the Rules and Ethics Chairperson. + +330.11 +Any Student Senator may be subject to expulsion for failure to complete +constituency requirements. The procedure outlined in 324.3 shall be followed in +all cases of constituency requirement expulsion. + +330.2 +Upon receipt of written charges under Section 330.1, the Rules and Ethics + + +Committee shall investigate the charges. Investigation procedures shall be + + +established by the committee. If two-thirds (2/3) of the committee members feel + + +that the charges are well-founded and serious enough to warrant expulsion, the +matter shall be brought before the entire Student Senate. + +330.3 +The Rules and Ethics Committee must give the subject Student Senator + + +written notice of the charges at least seventy-two (72) hours prior to the Student + + +Senate meeting at which expulsion will be considered. + +330.4 +When the matter of expulsion is brought before the Student Senate, the charges +shall be announced, the committee’s evaluation given, and the subject Student +Senator shall be afforded a complete opportunity to reply to the charges. + +330.5 +No Student Senator shall be expelled from the Student Senate except upon the + +vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the membership. The subject Student Senator may +vote. + +330.6 +If a Student Senator is expelled in accordance with the foregoing procedures, the + + +expulsion shall be complete upon announcement of the vote, and the subject ex- + + +Student Senator shall not be permitted to participate further in Student Senate + + +activities. + +330.7 +If the subject Student Senator submits a resignation to the Senate President prior +to the matter being voted out of committee, the charges shall be dropped. + +330.71 +If the subject Student Senator submits a resignation to the Senate President after +the matter is voted out of committee, but before being considered by the Student +Senate as a whole, the matter shall be dropped. + +330.8 +If the committee fails to bring the matter before the Student Senate at the + + +second weekly meeting following receipt of written charges, the Student Senate +may place the matter on the following week’s agenda by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of +those present and voting. + +330.9 +A Student Senator who is duly expelled pursuant to this chapter, or who resigns +while charges pursuant to this chapter are pending, shall be ineligible for +appointment as a Student Senator. Such a Student Senator may regain eligibility if +later elected or re-elected to the Student Senate. + +CHAPTER 340 VACANCY REPLACEMENTS (Origin unknown; 68-132, 68-138, 72-108, 72- +166, 72-193, 73-221, 76-135, 76-201, 76-202, 77-206, 81-112, 82-101, 82-118, 81- +121, 82-166, 83-123, 84-134, 84-166, Fall Election 1985 Initiative passed 340.72, +86-155, 86-156, 87-138, 87-159, 90-133, 90-151, 91-119, 94-114, 94-122, 98-100, +98-114, 2000-136, 2001-138, 2005-126, 2006-101, 2007-118, 2008-138, 2015-109, +2020-1042, 2021-105) + +340.1 +A Student Senate seat shall be vacant when the incumbent Student Senator: + +1. +Fails to maintain the legal qualifications for office (SB Statutes 732.2) +except for Student Senators who, during the summer, are not enrolled and +instead invoke SB Statute 309.2. + +2. +Representing a living area fails to maintain residence in that living area, +except where non-residence is unavoidable due to the temporary closing of +that living area. + +3. +Representing a college or school transfers from that College or School; but +transferring from Undergraduate Freshman Class or Undergraduate +Sophomore Class shall not cause the seat to be vacated. (Article III, Section +2(b) + +4. +Submits a written resignation to the President of the Student Senate. + +5. +Is expelled from the Student Senate, in accordance with the provisions in +Chapter 330. + +6. +Fails to meet the constituency requirements in Chapter 324. + +7. +Fails to meet the attendance requirements in Chapter 323. + +8. +Fills or continues to hold an office in the Judicial or Executive branches of +Student Government in violation of Chapter 130. + +9. +Fails to register for summer course work at the University of Florida in +either Summer A, B, or C, or any combination thereof. + +340.11 +Definitions + +1. +Vacancy: A vacancy in the Student Senate shall occur upon the resignation, +removal, expulsion, or impeachment of a Student Senator or upon the +abandonment of the seat by the Student Senator. + + +2. +Replacement: Replacement of a Student Senator is the filling of a vacated +Student Senate seat. + +340.12 +Exceptions shall be provided for in the Senate Rules & Procedures. + +340.2 +For all Student Senate seats vacated under the provisions of 340.1, the + + +Replacement and Agenda Committee shall be responsible for declaring such seats +vacant at one (1) consecutive regular meeting of the Student Senate before a +recommendation may be made by the R&A Committee. + +340.21 +Vacant seats shall be advertised in conspicuous locations by the Information and + + +Communication Committee, as per the Senate Rules and Procedures. + + +340.3 +No person shall serve through the next regular election as a + +replacement Student Senator, unless said Student Senator has qualified for +candidacy in a Student Government election during the intervening time period +preceding the Student Senator’s application for consecutive replacement seat. + +340.4 +A sitting Student Senator may not be nominated to fill a vacant seat without + + +resignation of the current seat. + +340.5 +Any person previously elected or appointed to fill a Student Senate seat may not +be nominated to a vacant seat prior to the conclusion of that person’s latest elected +or appointed term of office, unless the vacant seat is of the same class (Fall or +Spring) of Student Senate seats as the seat last held by the person seeking +nomination. This does not apply to Summer Replacement Student Senators as +described in 309.22. + +340.6 +Nominees must be confirmed by a majority vote of the Student Senate at a regular + + +Meeting, and shall assume all rights and duties of office immediately upon such + + +approval. + +340.7 +Vacancies which occur during the Summer Term will be filled in accordance with + + +this Chapter and Chapter 322, except for provisions in Chapter 340.2. + +340.8 +If, at any time, a number of vacancies occur simultaneously such that quorum + + +would be unattainable to approve vacancy replacements, within a reasonable +period of time after accumulation of said total vacancies, the Senate President +shall announce that a joint meeting of the Student Senate Executive Committee +and the Replacement and Agenda Committee will be convened no earlier than +four (4) and no more than ten (10) calendar days succeeding said announcement, +for the purpose of interviewing and appointing replacements for said Student +Senate seat vacancies until enough vacancies are filled so that quorum is +attainable. + +340.81 +Quorum for the joint meeting pursuant to 340.8 shall be a majority of the +combined membership for the Replacement & Agenda Committee and the Senate +Executive Committee – duplicate members notwithstanding. + +340.82 +The Information and Communication Committee shall be responsible for actively +publicizing the situation listed and procedures pursuant to this Chapter. + +340.83 +At the joint meeting of the Student Senate Executive Committee and the + + +Replacement and Agenda Committee, the Senate President Pro-Tempore shall + + +preside and shall direct interview and appointment procedures. + +340.84 +Upon publication of the situation set forth in 340.8 and of all Student Senate seat +vacancies in the conspicuous locations listed in the Senate Rules and Procedures, +and upon consideration of applicants, the joint meeting of the Student Senate +Executive Board and the Replacement and Agenda Committee under 340.8 shall +make appointments to fill Student Senate seat vacancies. Said appointments shall take +effect immediately upon notification of appointees and proper public notice of +appointment. + + +CHAPTER 381 JOHN MICHAEL STRATTON MEMORIAL AWARD (1/66) (63-131, 72-194, +81-112, 94-114, 2000-117, 2008-136, 2015-109, 2020-1022) + +381.1 +The University of Florida Student Senate does hereby establish the John Michael + + +Stratton Memorial Award, which shall be presented to outstanding members of +the Student Senate in recognition of service and leadership as exhibited through +the Student Senate. If there are insufficient funds, the Spring award shall take +precedence. + +381.2 +The award shall consist of a permanent plaque which shall be displayed in the + + +Student Government office. Each year, the recipients’ names shall be engraved on +the permanent plaque. In addition, the recipients shall be presented with a smaller +plaque which be theirs to keep. + +381.3 +There shall be two recipients of this award annually. One recipient will be elected + +by majority vote of the Student Senate in the last meeting before the validation of +the Fall Election. The second will similarly be elected in the last meeting before +the validation of votes of the Spring Election. + +381.31 +The recipient shall be announced each year at the Student Government award +ceremony or banquet by the Student Senate officer who presided over their +selection. + +381.4 +The annual expenses for engraving and presentation of this award shall be +included in the Student Government Administration Budget. + + +CHAPTER 382 PAUL CLARK MEMORIAL AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SENATE +COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON (69-123, 84-154, 97-108, 2000-117, 2004-127, 2008-136, +2015-109, 2020-1022) + +382.1 +The University of Florida Student Senate does hereby establish the Paul Clark + + +Memorial Award, which shall be presented to the Outstanding Committee + + +Chairperson of the Student Senate. + +382.2 +The award shall consist of a permanent plaque which shall be displayed in the + + +Student Government office. Each year, the recipients’ names shall be engraved on +the permanent plaque. In addition, the recipients shall be presented with a smaller +plaque which will be theirs to keep. + +382.3 +There shall be two recipients of this award annually. One recipient will be elected + +by majority vote of the Student Senate in the last meeting before the validation of +the Fall Election. The second will similarly be elected in the last meeting before +the validation of votes of the Spring Election. + +382.31 +The recipient shall be announced each year at the Student Government award +ceremony or banquet by the Student Senate officer who presided over their +selection. + +382.4 +The annual expenses for engraving and presentation of this award shall be + + +included in the Student Government Administration budget. + +