Section 1

ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING

A.	Admission to the meeting shall be confirmed by the Operations Committee.
B.	Regular and honorary members shall be admitted to the meeting. Each member in attendance shall have one (1) vote.
C.	The annual business meeting shall occur prior to July lst but no earlier than the month of April.
	(Amended 5/26/10)

Section 2

AMENDMENTS

A.	All approved amendments shall go into effect on July lst following the Annual Business Meeting unless voted to take effect at a later date.
B.	Procedures for Amendments:

	1.	All proposed amendments shall be submitted to Constitution and Bylaws Revision and Resolutions Committee at least ninety (90) days prior to the Annual Business Meeting.
	2.	Constitution and Bylaws Revision and Resolutions Committee shall submit the amendments and their recommendations through the Secretary to the Executive Committee at least sixty (60) days prior to the Annual Business Meeting.
	3.	The Executive Committee shall present the proposed amendments and their recommendations at the Annual Business Meeting for membership approval.
	4.	Failure to comply with the time limits precludes consideration of the proposed amendments at the Annual Business Meeting unless overruled by a three-fourths vote of members present, ignoring abstentions.
	5.	These Bylaws may be amended at the Annual Business Meeting by a two-thirds vote cast by members present, ignoring abstentions.
	6.	Renumbering of the Bylaws articles and sections to reflect changes will be automatic. (Rev. 6/98)
	7.	Updating of State department and agency names will be done automatically. (Added 6/00)

Section 1

RESOLUTIONS

A.	All resolutions, to be acted on at the Annual Business Meeting, shall be submitted to the Constitution and Bylaws Revision and Resolutions Committee at least thirty (30) days prior to the first day of the Annual Conference.
B.	Exceptions to the thirty (30) day rule shall be permitted providing majority consent is obtained from the members present on the conference floor.
C.	Any resolution to be acted on at the Annual Business Meeting shall require a majority of votes cast, ignoring abstentions.