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Eagle Guide Student Handbook - Coppin State University Homepage

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Any Senator or Officer who serves on the Rules Committee and who is named in an impeachment<br />

proceeding will be relieved of all responsibilities and duties of that committee until a decision has been<br />

reached. Any vacancies created as a result of this procedure will be temporarily filled.<br />

Section 7. Decisions of the Senate<br />

The decisions of the Senate will be considered final, pending the approval of the Vice President for<br />

<strong>Student</strong> Affairs.<br />

Section 8. Judgment<br />

Any judgment shall be no more than disqualification to hold any office in the undergraduate <strong>Student</strong><br />

Senate while attending <strong>Coppin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>. This shall not be construed to mean that, in certain<br />

cases, the evidence should not be forwarded to the <strong>University</strong> for consideration of further action. In all<br />

cases where an officer is convicted, the officer must refund, on a prorated basis from the time of the<br />

decision of the Rules Committee to impeach, the entire remaining stipend received for the office. If this<br />

sum is not refunded by the end of the said academic semester, a bill will be forwarded to the <strong>Coppin</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />

<strong>University</strong> Business Office and charged to the individual's account.<br />

Section 9. Impeachment Hearings<br />

All impeachment hearings shall be conducted in a speedy manner, so as not to interfere with the normal<br />

business of the <strong>Student</strong> Senate.<br />

Section 10. Proxy Votes<br />

Proxy votes shall not be accepted during an impeachment hearing.<br />

ARTICLE IX - Parliamentary Authority and Interpretation<br />

The rules contained in the current edition of Robert Rules of Order, Newly Revised, shall govern the<br />

Senate in all cases to which they are applicable and in which they are not inconsistent with this<br />

Constitution and any rules of order the Senate may adopt.<br />

ARTICLE X - Amendments to the Constitution<br />

Section 1. Amendment of Constitution<br />

Amendment to this Constitution may be proposed only by a two-thirds vote of the Senate or by petition of<br />

twenty percent of the full-time undergraduate student body at <strong>Coppin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>.<br />

Section 2. The Text of Proposed Amendments<br />

The text of the proposed amendments to the Constitution shall be forwarded to the <strong>University</strong>'s official<br />

mailing address of each full-time student attending <strong>Coppin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong> at least two weeks before the<br />

publicized general referendum by the Election Committee.<br />

Section 3. Ratification of Amendments<br />

Amendments of this Constitution shall be ratified by a majority of students voting in a general<br />

referendum.<br />

ARTICLE XI - Section 1<br />

A. This Constitution shall be considered enacted if approved by two-thirds majority vote of those<br />

students voting in a <strong>University</strong>-wide referendum.<br />

B. When the Constitution is approved, the Director of <strong>Student</strong> Activities shall determine the<br />

schedule of enacting the components of this Constitution. All parts of the Constitution must be<br />

enacted by October 1, 1986.<br />

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