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4.02.6.2.2 Leadership Council and Legislative Council. The term of office for the Leadership Counciland Legislative Council shall be as follows: (Adopted: 11/1/07 effective 8/1/08)(a) Members shall serve a four-year term. Members are not eligible for immediate re-appointment;(b) A conference may remove its representative during a term;(c) The terms of office of Football Bowl Subdivision positions and Football Championship Subdivisionand Division I Subdivision positions shall expire on a staggered basis to provide for continuity.Members may be appointed for less than full terms; and(d) Members who serve more than one-half of a term shall be considered to have served a full term.4.02.6.3 Institution’s Membership in Different Subdivision. An institution’s representative to the Boardof Directors, Leadership Council and Legislative Council is eligible to serve on behalf of the multisport conferencein which the institution holds membership, even if the institution’s NCAA membership is in a differentsubdivision. (Adopted: 11/1/07 effective 8/1/08)4.1 Executive Committee. [*]4.1.1 Composition. [*] The Executive Committee shall consist of 20 members. The NCAA president andthe chairs of the Division I Leadership Council and the Division II and Division III Management Councils shallbe ex officio nonvoting members, except that the NCAA president is permitted to vote in the case of a tie amongthe voting members of the Executive Committee present and voting. The other 16 voting members of the ExecutiveCommittee shall include: (Adopted: 1/9/96 effective 8/1/97, Revised: 3/8/06, 11/1/07 effective 8/1/08)(a) Eight chancellors or presidents from the Division I Board of Directors from Football Bowl Subdivision institutions;(Revised: 3/8/06, 12/15/06)(b) Two chancellors or presidents from the Division I Board of Directors from Football Championship Subdivisioninstitutions; (Revised: 3/8/06, 12/15/06)(c) Two chancellors or presidents from the Division I Board of Directors from Division I Subdivision institutions;(Revised: 3/8/06, 12/15/06)(d) Two Division II chancellors or presidents from the Division II Presidents Council; and (Revised: 3/8/06)(e) Two Division III chancellors or presidents from the Division III Presidents Council. (Revised: 3/8/06)4.1.2 Duties and Responsibilities. [*] The Executive Committee shall: (Adopted: 1/9/96 effective 8/1/97)(a) Provide final approval and oversight of the Association’s budget;(b) Employ the NCAA president, who shall be administratively responsible to the Executive Committee and whoshall be authorized to employ such other persons as may be necessary to conduct efficiently the business ofthe Association; (Revised: 3/8/06)(c) Provide strategic planning for the Association as a whole;(d) Identify core issues that affect the Association as a whole;(e) Act on behalf of the Association by adopting and implementing policies to resolve core issues and otherAssociation-wide matters; (Revised: 1/12/08)(f) Initiate and settle litigation;(g) Convene at least one combined meeting per year of the three divisional presidential governing bodies;(h) Convene at least one same-site meeting per year of the Division I Legislative Council and the Division II andDivision III Management Councils;(i) Forward proposed amendments to Constitution 1 and 2 and other dominant legislation to the entire membershipfor a vote;(j) Call for a vote of the entire membership on the action of any division that it determines to be contrary tothe basic purposes, fundamental policies and general principles set forth in the Association’s constitution.This action may be overridden by the Association’s entire membership by a two-thirds majority vote of thoseinstitutions voting;(k) Call for an annual or special Convention of the Association;(l) Review and coordinate the catastrophic-injury and professional career insurance (disabling injury/illness)programs; and (Adopted: 8/5/99)(m) Compile the names of those individuals associated with intercollegiate athletics who died during the year immediatelypreceding the annual Convention. (Adopted: 11/1/01)4.1.3 Election/Term of Office. [*]4.1.3.1 Election. [*] Division I members of the Executive Committee shall be appointed by the Division IBoard of Directors. Divisions II and III members of the Executive Committee shall be appointed by the DivisionsII and III Presidents Councils, respectively. (Adopted: 1/9/96 effective 8/1/97)20