The Representative Assembly or the Division has sole authority to establish standing and special committees of the Division. Standing committees shall be established, modified, or abolished only by amendment of these Bylaws. Special committees shall be established by an enabling act passed by a simple majority of the voting members of the Division present at a meeting of the Division or by a simple majority of the voting members of the Representative Assembly present at a meeting of the Representative Assembly. [Am 2/27/90, Rt 3/14/90; Am 5/23/95]
The area of competence of a standing committee of the Division shall be as set forth in these Bylaws. The area of competence of a special committee shall be as set forth in its enabling act. No special committee shall be established to perform any duty assigned by these Bylaws to a standing committee. Unless the contrary is specifically stated in these Bylaws or in the enabling act which established it, no committee of the Division as such shall have any duties or powers other than to advise anyone who seeks advice within its area of competence, and to report to the Office and to the Division at any Divisional meeting. As often as it desires, but no less than once per year, each committee shall report to the Representative Assembly any action it has taken or any advice it has given to anyone, except as noted in Bylaw 135 and in Bylaw 15(B)(7). [See SBL 40] [Am 5/25/76, Rt 6/9/76; Am 2/27/90, Rt 3/14/90; Am 5/23/95]
[SBLs 20, 40, 115] A Divisional committee shall normally report to the Representative Assembly or the Division, but shall have the right to report concurrently to the Assembly of the Senate. When a committee makes recommendations and renders advice to the Chancellor or other administrative officers, it shall report its recommendations to the Representative Assembly or the Division where such report is consistent with the original charge to the committee except advice concerning individual persons which is normally treated as confidential. If a committee desires advice concerning its action, or approval of it, the committee may consult the Division, the Representative Assembly, or the Senate Council. [Am 5/25/76; Am 2.27.90, Rt 3/14/90; Am 4/25/95]
Each standing committee shall present an annual report to the Division including a summary of its work during each academic year. These reports may be presented at either the last regular Representative Assembly or Division meeting of the reported academic year or the first regular Division meeting of the next academic year. [En 10/25/77; Am 2/27/90, Rt 3/14/90]
Each committee shall have the power to decide the contents of its own minutes. Each committee shall arrange to produce the reports of its proceedings described in Bylaw 130. To this end a committee may request a member of the Office staff to attend its meetings, keep minutes, and write brief digests of its proceedings. If the Chair of the Division determines that the Office is too busy to provide such assistance, the chair of the committee shall appoint a member of the committee to keep minutes and write the brief digests.
Any committee of the Division may ask any member of the Division for information, aid, or advice. Any member of the Division may, at his or her initiative, submit written information or advice to any committee of the Division, and may request to appear before the committee.
Except in the case of decisions on the merits of a particular case by the Committee on Privilege and Tenure or by the CEP Subcommittees on Grade Appeals, Subject-A Appeals, or Appeals for Students with Disabilities, any ten members of the Division may appeal a decision of a Divisional committee which has authority to take action not requiring subsequent approval by the Division. Except as provided in (B) below, such an appeal shall be filed within thirty calendar days of the decision's being reported to the Division and shall be submitted in writing to the Senate Council, which shall adjudicate the dispute. If the Senate Council is unable to adjudicate the dispute, it may submit the appeal to the Representative Assembly for adjudication. [Am 5/25/76, Rt 6/9/76; Am 2/27/90, Rt 3/14/90; Am 5/23/95; Am 6/10/97]
(B)
An appeal which contends that a committee has acted contrary to the Code of the Academic Senate [defined in SBL 80] shall be submitted in writing by the ten initiators of the appeal, without limitation of time, to the Divisional Committee on Rules and Jurisdiction, which shall hear both sides, orally or in writing or both, before reaching a decision. The Committee on Rules and Jurisdiction shall report its findings to a meeting of the Senate Council, the Representative Assembly or the Division and to the University Committee on Rules and Jurisdiction. Either the plaintiffs or the defendants may then ask the latter Committee to consider the issue. A decision of the University Committee on Rules and Jurisdiction, if rendered, shall be final. If that Committee decides not to hear the issue, the decision of the Divisional Committee on Rules and Jurisdiction shall stand. [Am 2/27/90, Rt 3/14/90; Am 5/23/95]
