2021Bylaws

Bylaws (Iowa)

next stated meeting. Failure to do as such will automatically grant such waiver to the requesting shrine temple. Add. 2015 § 328.5 Another Temple May Initiate. (a) Courtesy. A temple may request, under seal, another temple to initiate an elected candidate as a favor to the requesting temple. (b) Certification. The temple initiating the candidate must certify that fact, under seal, to the temple in which the candidate was elected. (c) Recording. The temple which elected the candidate enters this of- ficial communication upon its record, places his name upon its member- ship list and he then becomes a member of that temple. § 328.6 Where Petitioner May Apply. (a) Temple. A petitioner may apply for membership: (1) To the temple in whose jurisdiction he has been an actual resi- dent for at least six months; or (2) To the temple nearest his actual place of residence; or (3) To any other temple, provided he has a waiver from the temple in whose jurisdiction he is an actual resident. Amend. 1996. (b) Elected Petitioner. A temple retains jurisdiction over an elected petitioner until his initiation, but no longer than one year, even though he subsequently moves from its territorial jurisdiction. (c) Election Expiration. A petitioner must present himself for initia- tion within one year after his election; thereafter, his petition and election are void. (d) Notification of Rejection. Temples in concurrent jurisdic- tion must notify each other of the names and addresses of all petitioners rejected or to whom objections have been made, residing in the territory of concurrent jurisdiction. § 328.7 Affiliation by Demit. The holder of a demit from a temple is governed by the following: (a) Residence. He may affiliate with a temple within the jurisdiction of which he is and for at least 6 months has been an actual resident, or to the temple nearest his actual place of residence, and may be accepted only under the provisions of §323.5. Amend. 2015 (b) Consent In Concurrent Jurisdiction. If he resides in concurrent jurisdiction, he cannot demit from one temple and affiliate with another temple holding the same jurisdiction without the consent of the temple granting the demit. (c) Open Jurisdiction. He may affiliate with any temple if the tem- ple, within whose jurisdiction he has been an actual resident for the pre- ceding 6 months, grants a waiver. If that temple refuses to grant a waiver,

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