THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT CONGRESS

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1 THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION Session XCI General Body Meeting 7:00 pm, Tuesday April 1, 2014 Adams Hall 150 Session XCI Roll Call - Flag Salute Approval of Minutes Bourland sec Sample Chair s Report- I m stuck on the side of the road Vice Chair s Report- Go vote in the elections Big event group should have gotten an Secretary s Report- I ve only gotten a few constituent service reports Committee Reports- AA CA- 2 piece of legislation received a rec of no rec and one was tabled till next week EA- rec of do pass on one piece of legislation regarding a mass transit system P&P- did not meet quorum but did have a piece of legislation to see PR- did not meet WAM- emergency allocation #12 (do pass), 7 hours of deliberation for primary funding, to be seen next Tuesday. Primary funding is posted online under the funding tab. Union catering this coming Sunday and last round of emergency funding Liaison Reports Special Orders Student Concerns Old Business Items to Be Considered An Act Updating the Bylaws 2.0 (Aragon)(No rec-conad) Byron sec Bourland Sample: Legislative forum run by vice-chair to collaborate on legislation Aragon: Constituent service changed to mandate one office hour bi-weekly, encourage members to author legislation. Byron: New per month constituency service tasks, encourage involvement from constituents Carlough: Does constituency service exemption for authoring bill include coauthor? Aragon: Must be author Carlough: Excluded from all constituency service requirements? Aragon: Yes Carlough: When WAM and ConAd are excused as per current bylaws requirements will this now be for the whole month? Aragon: That will continue to be at the discretion of secretary Shetley: If WAM meets for seven hours can they be excused for more than one month?

2 Byron: No because we encourage representatives to be fully active members of this body. Debate called by Carlough Tabled to next week due to quorum Carlough s Bylaws Act (Carlough)(No rec-conad) Tabled to next week due to quorum Resolution Regarding the Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act (Epting)(Do pass-exec) Tabled to next week due to quorum Concurring Resolution Requesting a Railway Transportation System (Cramm) (Do pass-ea) Tabled to next week due to quorum Emergency Allocation #12 (Naqvi) (Do pass-wam) Shetley sec Bourland Naqvi: this is the 12 th emergency allocation, power lifting interviewed and student film production club also interviewed. Berry: bad math friendly amendment Naqvi: yes I accept the friendly amendment Carlough: how many people are on the power lifting team? Naqvi: they have about 9 Carlough: does the power lifting team have both girls and boys? Naqvi: not quite sure Passed by roll call vote, New Business Follow-Up Reports Carlough: referendum is on the election ballot so please vote Sample: survey went beautifully, 469 people took the survey and most agreed that having multiple tests is bad for grades. Items for Future Agenda Shetley: resolution supporting UAV use at the university for personal use (PP); primary funding 2014 (WAM), administration primary funding (WAM) Hinds: resolution expressing condolences (exec) Pae: an act establishing a survey regarding Korean classes (PP) Sample: more candy resolution (exec, PP) Announcements and Comments Carlough: I only called quorum because I feel like the majority of our body should be here to vote on bills. Shetley: go vote Final Roll Call Aragon- move to suspend the rules and skip final roll call. Chair: John Montgomery Vice-Chair: Taylor Petersen Secretary: Lauren Aragon

3 THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION CONGRESSIONAL SESSION XCI April 1, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO AS INTRODUCED An act amending the Student Congress Bylaws; providing short title; providing for codification; and providing an effective date. BE IT ENACTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION: Section 1: Section 2: Section 3: Section 4: This act shall be known and may be cited as the An Act Updating the Bylaws 2.0 Act of For the purpose of this Act, deletions shall be indicated with a strikethrough and additions indicated with an underline. AMENDATORY The SGA Undergraduate Student Congress Bylaws enclosed herein are amended as indicated. This act shall become effective at the start of Session 92 of the Undergraduate Student Congress. Author(s): Co-Author(s): Lauren Aragon, Undergraduate Student Congress Secretary Alex Byron, External Affairs Committee Chair Emily Sample, Undergraduate Student Congress Representative Submitted on a Motion by: Action taken by Congress: Verified by Chair of Congress: Date:

4 THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION CONGRESSIONAL SESSION XCI April 1, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO AS INTRODUCED An act amending the Student Congress Bylaws; providing short title; providing for codification; and providing an effective date. BE IT ENACTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION: Section 1: This act shall be known and may be cited as the Carlough s Bylaws Act of Section 2: For the purpose of this Act, deletions shall be indicated with a strikethrough and additions indicated with an underline. Section 3: AMENDATORY The SGA Undergraduate Student Congress Bylaws enclosed herein are amended as indicated. Section 4: This act shall become effective at the start of Session 92 of the Undergraduate Student Congress. Author(s): Andrew Carlough, College of Business Representative Co-Author(s): Co-Sponsor(s): John Montgomery, Chair of Undergraduate Student Congress Submitted on a Motion by: Action taken by Congress: Verified by Chair of Congress: Date:

5 THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION CONGRESSIONAL SESSION XCI April 1, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION NO AS INTRODUCED A Congressional Resolution Supporting the Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act; and directing distribution. WHEREAS: WHEREAS: WHEREAS: WHEREAS: The Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act eliminates a distinction in existing tax law that would result in allowing tax-exempt charitable and educational organizations to make grants to non-university owned not-for-profit student housing entities that provide collegiate student housing; and The Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act would make college more affordable at no cost to taxpayers by offering a housing alternative less expensive than University housing; and The Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act results in safer student housing by encouraging charitable contributions to collegiate housing for installation of life saving equipment such as fire sprinklers, smoke detectors, and alarm systems; and Approximately 1,400 University of Oklahoma students live in non-university-owned notfor-profit housing during a collegiate year; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION : Section 1: Section 2: That all members of the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate support the Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act. Copies of this resolution shall be distributed to: The Honorable, Thomas Allen Coburn, United States Senator from Oklahoma The Honorable, James Mountain Inhofe, United States Senator from Oklahoma The Honorable, James Frederick Bridenstine, United States Representative from Oklahoma The Honorable, Markwayne Mullin, United States Representative from Oklahoma

6 The Honorable, Frank Lucas, United States Representative from Oklahoma The Honorable, James Paul Lankford, United States Representative from Oklahoma The Honorable, Thomas Jeffery Cole, United States Representative from Oklahoma Author(s): Matt Epting, Director of Communications, University of Oklahoma Student Government Association Co-Author(s): John Montgomery, Chair, SGA Undergraduate Student Congress Will Berry, Congressional Administration Chair, SGA Undergraduate Student Congress Submitted on a Motion by: Action taken by the Undergraduate Student Congress: Verified by Chair: Date:

7 THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION CONGRESSIONAL SESSION XCI April 1, 2014 GRADUATE STUDENT SENATE SENATE SESSION GX-XX CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO AS INTRODUCED A Concurring Resolution requesting the state of Oklahoma to build a railway transportation system from Norman, Oklahoma to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and directing distribution. A railway transportation system would help fuel the downtown Oklahoma City economy through providing a more efficient and effective means of transportation for the thriving university populace of Norman; Through providing alternative means of transportation to the downtown metro area, the dense traffic on I-35 would be decreased, Less traffic on the interstate system would allow for better and easier interstate commerce coming through the major interstates of Oklahoma City; Less traffic on the interstates would cause less pollution allowing a more environmentally friendly form of transportation to Oklahoma City; A railway mass transportation from Norman to Oklahoma City would lay the ground work for further integration of the Oklahoma City area through further development to other surrounding suburbs; A better connection between the suburbs and the downtown Oklahoma City area would bring the expansive space of the Oklahoma City metro area closer economic linkage; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE AND THE GRADUATE STUDENT SENATE CONCURRING THEREIN THAT: Section 1: Section 2: The student body of the University of Oklahoma requests the Oklahoma Department of Transportation to implement a mass transportation railway system from Norman to Downtown Oklahoma City; to help decrease traffic on the interstates and to provide a more environmentally friendly means to commute to the Oklahoma City downtown area. Copies of this resolution will be sent to: Mary Fallin, Governor of Oklahoma David Boren, University President

8 Moore City Council Norman City Council Oklahoma City Council Mick Cornett, Oklahoma City Mayor Mike Patterson, Director of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation Gary Stanislawski, Chair of the Senate committee on transportation Charlie Joiner, Chair of the House committee on transportation Glenn Lewis, Mayor of Moore, Oklahoma Cindy Rosenthal, Mayor of Norman, Oklahoma Authors: Matthew Cramm, Representative of Social Science Co-Sponsor: Submitted on a Motion by: Action taken by the Undergraduate Student Congress: Verified by Chair: Date: Submitted on a motion by: Action taken by Senate: Verified by Chair: Date: Approved by SGA President: Date:

9 THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO SENATE BILL NO. GXXX-XX CONGRESSIONAL SESSION XCI April 1, 2014 GRADUATE STUDENT SENATE SENATE SESSION GX-XX AS INTRODUCED An act relating to appropriations; providing for short title; stating purpose; appropriating emergency funding for the process; stating appropriation guidelines; establishing expiration deadline; directing transfer of unused funds by deadline; and providing an effective date. BE IT ENACTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION: Section 1: This act shall be known and may be cited as the Emergency Allocation #12 Act of Section 2: Section 3: PURPOSE. The purpose of this act is to appropriate the funds of the University of Oklahoma Student Government Association to the organizations mentioned within. APPROPRIATION. The following amounts are hereby allocated to: Name of Organization Total Allocatio n P/E/A Capital Investmen ts Office and General Expenses Powerlifting $ $ $0.00 $0.00 Student Film Production Club $ $ $0.00 $0.00 Totals: $ $ $0.00 $0.00 Section 4: All guidelines and provisions in the Comprehensive SGA Financial Responsibilities Act shall apply to all funds appropriated in this act. Section 5: This fiscal year for the account listed in these sections shall end May 2, 2014 Section 6: All unspent money remaining in the accounts listed in Section 3 shall revert to the SGA General Account after May 2, 2014, and the remaining appropriations shall be canceled. Section 7: This act shall become effective when passed in accordance with the SGA Constitution.

10 Author: Representative Ozair Naqvi, SGA Budget Chairman Co-Author (s): SGA Budgetary Committee Submitted on a Motion by: Representative Bourland, second Representative Byron Action taken by Student Congress: Passed by roll call vote, Verified by Chair of Student Congress: Date: Submitted on a motion by: Action taken by Senate: Verified by Chair of Senate: Approved by SGA President: Date: Date: Session Constituent Service General 4/1 Aragon, Lauren y x x Berry, Will y x x Bevil, Josh y x x Bourland, Connor y x x Brown, Colby x abs Byron, Alexandra y x x Carlough, Andrew y x x Cramm, Matthew y x x Edwards, Audra ex Frantz, Frank abs Gomez, Andres y x x Harb, Ahmad y x Harris, Clayton abs abs Hawkins, Mollie abs abs Herrian, Travis y abs x Hinds, Brody y x x Howland, Kearsten abs abs Ikpa, Blessing abs abs Kooken, Scott y x x Molina, Luis y x x Montgomery, John x ex Naqvi, Ozair y x x

11 Pae, Daniel y x x Palma, Ricardo abs Petersen, Taylor x x Przebinda, Anna abs ex Rainwater, Cody y abs x Rice, Alissa abs ex Ross, Stephen x abs Sample, Emily y x x Sandoval, Alma x abs Schofield, Brian abs abs Scott, Jessica x ex Searcey, Patrick x abs Shetley, Brock y x x Siddique, Adam y x x Sluss, Tyler abs ex Vavouyios, Alexander abs abs Wolf, Jessica abs abs Wood, Caleb y x Attending Excused Not Completed (CS)