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Section E. Inauguration

1. Inauguration shall be held during the fifth to last or fourth to last week of the spring semester.

2. The exact date of inauguration shall be determined by executive order.

3. Inauguration shall signify the end of the term for all outgoing Senate members, all Government committee members, and all Executive Branch officers and cabinet officials. Inauguration shall signify the beginning of the term for incoming Senate members and Executive Branch officers.

Section F. Qualifications for Office

1. To hold or seek any seat, office, or appointment on any Government body students must be currently enrolled in at least one class at Iowa State University, have been enrolled for at least one semester prior to holding office, maintain a minimum grade point average of 2.0, and maintain representative attendance as determined by an act of the Senate.

2. No student shall hold or seek office who is not registered as a member of a population they are or would be elected to represent.

3. No student shall hold more than one legislative, executive, or judicial position, with the exception of committee memberships and offices of the Senate.

4. All members of the Government shall sign the following oath before assuming positions: “I solemnly swear or affirm to execute the duties of my position as prescribed in the Constitution and laws of the Government for the benefit of all students.”

Article VI. Student Fees Committee Representatives

1. The President, Vice President, Finance Director, and a Senator selected by the Senate shall serve as student representatives to Iowa State University’s Student Fees Committee as established by the Iowa Legislature.

2. Should the structure of the Student Fees Committee change, the Senate, through a Senate Bill, may impose temporary changes to this law until the next general election, when the question shall be put before the student body.

Article VII. Access to Information

1. All organized bodies of the Government shall follow the regulations and rules of the Iowa Open Meetings Open Records Act.

2. It is the responsibility of both the Senate and the President to ensure all Government records are accessible to all students through the most appropriate technological means available.

Article VIII. Powers of the Student Body

1. The students retain the right to amend this Constitution, overrule any and all Government actions, pass their own laws, remove any elected or appointed executive or legislative officer, senator, committee member, or justice, and directly represent their own opinions.

2. A petition signed by twenty percent of the students of Iowa State

University shall put forth any of the above questions to the student body in the form of a special election to be held within three school weeks.

3. A petition signed by twenty percent of a specific constituency can call for a recall election for any elected Government official of that constituency. Such an election shall be held within three school weeks.

4. The minimum petition shall include the proposed question and the printed names and signatures of those students supporting it. The Senate can establish through the Bylaws other acceptable means of petitioning.

Article IX. Ratification and Implementation

1. This Constitution shall become law effective Inauguration 1998 if approved by two-thirds of the Government Senate and approved by a majority of the students voting in a school wide special election.

2. Upon Inauguration 1998, all previous constitutions of Iowa State student body governments will be voided.

3. Upon Inauguration 1998, all Government of the Student Body Bylaws, except Articles Eight and Thirteen, will be voided. The remaining Bylaws will expire on the 15th day of September 1998.

4. The Articles of Cooperation between the Government of the Student Body and the Graduate Student Senate shall remain in effect under this Constitution. It is encouraged that both sides will review the Articles of Cooperation during the Fall 1998 semester to insure that they meet the needs of both GSB and GSS.

5. All current supreme court justices shall remain justices and be subject to this Constitution.

6. Upon Inauguration 1998, all executive orders and Senate legislation adopted prior to Inauguration 1996 shall be voided on the fifteenth of September 1998.

7. A bylaws committee shall be formed after Inauguration 1998 to draft new Bylaws for introduction at the first Senate session of fall semester 1998.

Two senators chosen by the Senate, the President and Vice President, and two at large student members chosen by the Senate will comprise the bylaws committee.

Referendum Question #2 (Yes/No)

(Note: If Referendum Question #1 Passes them this Referendum Question will be null and void.)

That the following amendment be made to the GSB Constitution in by striking

Article IV, Section 3, Subsection B, Subsubsection 1, and replacing it the following:

1. Resident Senators: for the purpose of representation in the Government, the following residence areas are recognized: Buchanan, IFC, Off-Campus,

Panhel, RCA, TRA, UDA, and USAC.