2021Bylaws

Bylaws (Iowa)

emergency and an explanation of the details and effect of the proposal. (3) The proposal may be transmitted to the Representatives by regu- lar mail or electronically if any Representative has provided his elec- tronic address to the Imperial Recorder. (4) The ballot of each Representative must be returned to the Imperial Recorder within 30 days after it has been transmitted to the Representatives, and it may be done by regular mail or electronically to the address of the Imperial Recorder. (5) The proposal is adopted upon the affirmative vote of two- thirds of the Representatives who returned their ballots to the Imperial Recorder. Add. 2013 § 101.6 Revision. Within 30 days after each annual Imperial Session, the General Counsel shall prepare a revision of the articles or sections amended, deleted, or included, and appropriate annotations. He shall sub- mit them to the chairman of the Committee on Jurisprudence and Laws and the Imperial Potentate, who shall approve or disapprove the form of the revision and annotations within 10 days thereafter. The Imperial Recorder shall print the revision and annotations so they may be inserted in copies of these bylaws and distribute them as directed by the board of directors. § 101.7 Compliance with Shrine Law. A temple or Noble may not vio- late Shrine law. § 101.8 Offenses and Discipline of Temples. For violation of Shrine law, a temple may have its charter arrested, as provided in §206.5(a)(12), or revoked by Shriners International. § 101.9 Offenses and Discipline of Nobles. (a) Discipline. For violation of Shrine law or for conduct unbe- coming a Noble of the Order, a Noble may be suspended for a definite period of time or indefinitely or he may be expelled, as provided in §206.5(a)(11) and in Article 30 of Part III. Such discipline of a Noble by the Imperial Potentate does not preclude discipline by his temple for other offenses. (b) Time Limit. Any such action against a Noble must be initiated within two years of the date of the incident, within two years from the date the incident is or reasonably should have been discovered, or within one year from a final conviction for a criminal offense involving moral turpitude, whichever occurs later. Amend. 1985 § 101.10 Forms. The forms appended to these bylaws have been approved and shall be used wherever applicable unless officially changed by Shriners International.

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