2021Bylaws

Bylaws (Iowa)

bylaws, together with any amendments thereto, shall be filed with the Impe- rial Recorder. Associations of temples are subject to regulation by Shriners International. (Certificate at page 189 [Form #12A] must accompany application for approval of bylaws.) (f) Meetings. An association of temples shall receive the prior writ- ten authorization of the Imperial Potentate for the dates and places of its meetings. When a written request for a meeting date or place is received, the Imperial Potentate, after consultation with the Imperial officer who will be Imperial Potentate during the meeting according to normal pro- gression, shall respond in writing no later than three years prior to the re- quested meeting date or ninety days from the date the written request is received, whichever is later. Failure to respond in a timely manner shall be deemed to be approval of the requested date or place. Amend. 1972, 1980, 1984, 1992, 2000 (g) Dispensations and Charters Committee. If the Dispensations and Charters Committee finds a proposed change in the membership of an association of temples to be in the best interests of the Order, it may approve the proposal and report to Shriners International of the change in membership and the amendment of the charter of the association. Add. 2017 § 209.2 Associations of Units. (a) Organization. No association of units, unless appended to a Shrine Association of Temples, shall be organized without the express written permission of the board of directors. (Certificate at page 193 [Form #15] must accompany request for approval of bylaws.) (b) Bylaws. (1) The bylaws of an association of units shall be effective only after having been approved by the Imperial Potentate; and, likewise, amend- ments thereto shall be effective only after his approval. (2) The bylaws of any association of units which is appendant to an association of temples, and any amendments to such bylaws, shall be submitted to the president of the association of temples for his approval before being filed with the Imperial Potentate. (Certificate at page 193 [Form #15] should accompany (1). The certificate at page 188 [Form #12] should accompany (2).) (c) Regulation. Every association of units is subject to regulation by Shriners International, any association of temples to which it is ap- pendant, and the potentates of the temples in the jurisdictions of which it meets from time to time. (d) Imperial Potentate Authority. For violation of Shrine law or for other cause, the Imperial Potentate may arrest the charter and suspend the activities of any association of units.

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