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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, May 7, 1968
ASC legislation process is easy
By Sandy Zahradnik Kansan Staff Reporter
Giving birth to a piece of All Student Council (ASC) legislation is a fairly painless ordeal.
According to Don Chubb, Topeka senior and chairman of the ASC legislative branch, introducing resolutions, bills or amendments to the ASC requires little of the red tape which is often associated with such legislative action.
A resolution is a temporary action which is generally used to express an opinion of the Council, Chubb explained. "It's an appeal for action on something we (the ASC) don't have the authority to do ourselves," he said.
"I'd say about nine-tenths of the work of the legislative branch is done through resolutions," Chubb said.
Students can present petitions
Any council member can introduce a resolution at any time, Chubb said, and any student can bring petitions or resolutions before the Council for consideration by merely asking his district representative to introduce them.
A resolution is automatically tabled for one week unless the council votes to take action on it that evening. If it does, then the student proposing the resolution may take the floor first and discuss his reasons for such legislation.
A majority vote of the council in favor of the resolution will pass it, but the ASC chairman can refuse to accept it if he feels it is unconstitutional according to the ASC constitution. The council can override the chairman's decision, and the matter is then taken to the student court for final decision on constitutionality.
The ASC meets on every other Tuesday evening, and the secretary takes resolutions which have been passed to the chancellor's office on Wednesday morning. A resolution does not require the chancellor's approval, but, because most resolutions are directed to the administration, they are presented to him to look over.
Bills set up committees The main difference between a resolution and a bill, Chubb explained, is that a resolution is in effect only during the term of
COSA left out in Monday's UDK
The Kansan inadvertently left the student on committee affairs (COSA), a chancellor's committee, out of its special section Monday which listed committees KU students can use as channels for change.
The function of COSA is to advise the chancellor on matters pertaining to student affairs, suggest positive reforms of regulations governing students and approve or disapprove proposals which affect students. COSA originated the two-week final proposal which was adopted by KU last year and was instrumental in getting more liberal women's closing hours.
There are 3 faculty members on COSA—the dean of student affairs, the dean of women and the dean of men. These members are appointed by the chancellor. In addition to the three faculty members and the eight students, the committee also consists of the director of the student union, the director of the student health service, the director of the guidance bureau and the registrar.
COSA consists of eight student members, including the president and vice-president of the student body. The president appoints the other six students.
the council which passed it, while a bill is in effect until a later council repeals it.
Changes proposed by students or faculty on the function or structure of the committee would begin in the committee. The chancellor would be the first person who would approve the change and he would also be the final authority in approving the change.
Bills, which usually set up committees, may be introduced in the same manner as resolutions, and are automatically tabled for one week.
During this week, the bill in question is referred to the Committee on Committees which votes on it. This committee gives its opinion of the legislation and its reasons for the opinion. The committee may choose to amend the bill and then bring it back before the council for a vote.
After a bill is approved by a council major, it must be approved by the student body president within 12 days.
If the president vetoes it, the bill may be passed over his veto by a two-thirds vote of the council.
If the president signs the bill, it then goes to Chancellor Wescoe for his approval, and becomes effective immediately upon his approval.
The entire student body votes on an amendment to the ASC constitution.
An amendment may be introduced by any member of the council, but if it is, a two-thirds vote of the council is required to get the amendment on the ballot.
If introduced to the council by a referendum—a petition—from the students, an amendment is automatically placed on the ballot in the next election.
If passed by the student body, no one has the power to veto an amendment. Chubb said.
Students can petition
According to its constitution, if the ASC receives a petition signed by 20 per cent or more of the members of the Associated Students of KU indicating that these students desire that a certain statute or section of a statute be submitted to a vote by the student body, the ASC must prescribe a time and a manner for such voting not more than three weeks after
receipt of the petition of referendum.
the student body, these statutes are no longer considered laws and no new statute incorporating the specific provisions which were invalidated in such referendum vote can be introduced in the ASC.
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