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Bylaws (Iowa)

(g) Filing. The petition must be filed with the Imperial Recorder at least 90 days prior to the annual Imperial Session of Shriners Interna- tional, and notice of the petition must be published in the official call for the session. Unless the petition is filed and published as herein provided, it must lie over until the next annual Imperial Session of Shriners Interna- tional. Supplemental lists of names may be added to the petition for dis- pensation providing they are filed with the Imperial Recorder at least 60 days prior to the annual Imperial Session of Shriners International. Amend. 1980, 1984 (h) Subsequent Application. When a petition for a dispensation be- comes void, no further petition may be issued until the expiration of one year thereafter. If a second or further petition for a dispensation becomes void, no further petition may be issued until the expiration of two years thereafter. Amend. 1981 § 329.5 Action By Shriners International. (a) Dispensation. (1) When the petition for dispensation is received by the Imperial Recorder, he must notify the temples which might reasonably be affected, at least 30 days prior to the Imperial Session of Shriners International, giving full information in regard to the petition, in order that objections to the granting of the dispensation may be presented to Shriners International. (2) Every report of the Committee on Dispensations and Charters which recommends the granting of a dispensation for a new temple must contain a specific recommendation as to the disposition of the assets and liabilities of the affected clubs and appendant and affiliated entities in the territorial jurisdiction of the new temple. The report must also contain a specific designation of the territorial jurisdiction of the new temple and designate a temple under whose supervision the temple under dispensation shall remain during the period of dispensation. This jurisdiction is determined on recommendations of the Committee on Dispensations and Charters and the Committee on Jurisdictional Lines, acting jointly, after affording all affected temples an opportunity to be heard on the matter at a joint meeting of the committees. Amend. 1989, 2007 (b) Charter. (1) A charter may not be granted to any temple under dispensation until it has been under dispensation for a period of at least the time elapsing between 2 annual Imperial Sessions of Shriners International. Amend. 1974, 1984 (2) If the temple under dispensation has provided itself with a proper place of meeting and the necessary paraphernalia for

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