2021Bylaws

Bylaws (Iowa)

§ 328.3 Change in Jurisdictional Lines. (a) Application. Application for the establishment or change of juris- dictional lines must be filed with the Imperial Recorder at least sixty days prior to the Imperial Session of Shriners International at which it is to be submitted. Every such proposal shall be published with the notice of the Imperial Session. Amend. 1984 (b) Notification. The Imperial Recorder must notify the temples af- fected and give full information on the application so that objections to the change may be presented to Shriners International. (c) Refusal. If the application for the establishment or change of jurisdictional lines is refused by Shriners International, no further appli- cation may be made until the third annual Imperial Session of Shriners International thereafter. (d) Shriners International Declaration. By appropriate amendment to Part IV of these bylaws, Shriners International may declare concurrent jurisdiction or an equitable division of territory between all temples, if it appears for the best interests of the Order to do so. Amend. 1976 § 328.4 Initiation Waivers. (a) Restriction. A temple may not act upon a petition for initiation of anyone residing within the exclusive jurisdiction of another temple without first obtaining a waiver from that temple, except as provided in §328.6 (a)(2). If that temple refuses to grant a waiver, an appeal may be filed, as provided in §208.11 (b)(1). (b) Waiver. A temple may waive its jurisdiction and permit another temple to initiate a candidate residing within its jurisdiction. (1) Where the fee of the temple granting a waiver is greater than the fee of the temple requesting a waiver, the candidate must pay to the requesting temple a fee equivalent to that he would have paid to the temple granting the waiver. (2) The requesting temple then shall remit the difference in fee to the Imperial Recorder and that amount is paid over to the Hospitals. (c) Required Temples. Where 2 or more temples hold concurrent ju- risdiction over territory, a waiver from each is necessary to enable a peti- tioner of that jurisdiction to be created a Noble of a temple in any other jurisdiction. (d) Temple Action. The Potentate does not have the power to grant a waiver, but it is given only by authority and under the seal of the temple granting it. (e) Blanket. A temple may not grant a blanket waiver. (f) Request for a Waiver. When a shrine temple receives a request for a waiver of jurisdiction from another shrine temple to initiate a candidate, it will be incumbent on that shrine temple to act upon that waiver at their

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