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Bylaws of the Minnesota Section American Society of Civil Engineers

ARTICLE I-Fiscal Year
Section 1. The Section shall conduct its operations, including terms of office, and other business on a fiscal year basis starting on October 1 of each year and ending September 30 of the following year.

ARTICLE II-Section Dues
Section 1. Annual Section dues shall cover the period of the fiscal year and shall become payable upon receipt of a statement issued by the Treasurer or the Society to all Assigned Members of the Section.

Section 2. There shall be no Section dues charged to persons who have been officially designated as Life Members of the Society.

ARTICLE III-Nomination and Election of Officers
Section 1. The Nominating Committee shall consist of the retiring President, the President Elect, the Vice President of Information Services, and such other members as may be appointed by the Section Board.

Section 2. The Nominating Committee shall choose one or more candidates for election to each of the offices prescribed in the Constitution and obtain the consent of the nominees to serve if elected. Additional candidates may be nominated by written petition containing signatures of at least ten Subscribing Members and the consent of the nominee to serve if elected.

Section 3. The names of all nominees, whether selected by the Nominating Committee or by written petition, shall be submitted to the Section Board at least 60 days before the end of the Section fiscal year.

Section 4. The Secretary shall mail a letter ballot, containing the names of all nominees and space for a write-in-vote for another candidate for each office to each Subscribing Member not less than 20 days prior to the end of the Section fiscal year.

Section 5. All ballots returned to the Secretary prior to the end of the Section fiscal year shall be counted by three tellers appointed by the Section Board. The tellers shall report the results of the election to the Section Board prior to the Annual Meeting. The candidate receiving the greatest number of votes for each office shall be declared elected. In the event of a tie vote between nominees receiving the greatest number of votes for any office, the newly elected Section Board shall declare one of the tied nominees elected.

ARTICLE IV-Section Committees
Section 1. Section Committees to assist the Section Board or serve Section Members shall be established by the Section Board.

Section 2. Each committee shall consist of a Chairperson and not less than two other members.

Section 3. The Section Board may inactivate Section Committees when the Committee function is no longer required, the Committee is inactive or has very limited activity, or the Section Board assumes responsibility for the Committee s activities.

ARTICLE V-Section Meetings and Section Board Meetings
Section 1. Notice of each Section Meeting shall be sent to each Subscribing Member of the Section prior to the meeting date.

Section 2. Meetings of the Section Board shall be held from time to time at the discretion of the President, or by a majority decision of the Section Board, to conduct such business as properly comes under its authority.

Section 3. The Section Board may only conduct Section business if a quorum is present. A quorum is 40 percent of the Section Board Members.

ARTICLE VI-Bylaw Amendments
Section 1. These Bylaws may be amended only by the following procedure:

(a) A proposed amendment(s) to these Bylaws must be submitted to the Section Board in a written petition signed by not less than 15 Subscribing Members of the Section or such petition may be originated by the Section Board.

(b) The Secretary shall prepare ballots presenting the proposed amendment(s) and distribute the ballots by mail to all Subscribing Members of the Section. All ballots returned within 60 days following their distribution shall be counted by three tellers appointed by the Section Board. Tellers shall promptly report the results of the amendment ballot to the Section Board.

(c) To be adopted, the proposed amendment(s) shall receive an affirmative vote from a majority of the Subscribing Members voting either affirmatively or negatively on the proposed amendment(s).

Constitution of the Minnesota Section American Society of Civil Engineers

(As Amended September 22, 1992)

ARTICLE I - Name, and Objective
Section 1. The name of this organization shall be the Minnesota Section American Society of Civil Engineers (hereinafter Section).

Section 2. The objective of the Section shall be the advancement of the science and profession of engineering, in a manner consistent with the objectives of the American Society of Civil Engineers (hereinafter Society).

ARTICLE II – Membership
Section 1. All members of the Society of all grades, whose addresses are within the boundaries of the Section, as defined by the Society, shall be Assigned Members of the Section. All Assigned Members of the Section, subscribing to the Constitution and Bylaws of the Section, as evidenced by the payment of current Section dues, and all Assigned Members of the Section who are Life Members of the Society shall be Subscribing Members of the Section.

Section 2. Only Subscribing Members of the Section shall have the right to vote, to hold office, or to represent the Section officially.

ARTICLE III-Section Dues
Section 1. There shall be no entrance fee.

Section 2. Annual Section dues for each Assigned Member shall be determined by the Section Board of Directors.

ARTICLE IV-Officers
Section 1. The Section Officers shall be a President, a President-Elect, a Vice-President-Information Services, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and two Directors, all of whom, together with the latest Section Past-President, shall constitute the Section Board of Directors (herein after Section Board) in which the governing of the Section shall be vested.

Section 2. Section Officers, except the President, shall be elected annually. The terms of the office shall be as follows:

   President: One year following one year as President-Elect.
   President-Elect: One year to be followed by one year as President.
   Other officers: One year.

Terms shall begin on the first day of the Section fiscal year and shall continue until the successors take office. The procedure for the election of officers shall be as stated in the Bylaws. Only Subscribing Members of the Section shall be eligible for election to office. The duties of the officers shall be those usual for each office.

Section 3. A vacancy in the offices of President and President-Elect shall be filled by the President-Elect and Vice President Information Services, respectively. Other vacancies shall be filled for the duration of the unexpired term by appointment by the Section Board.

ARTICLE V-Meetings
Section 1. The Annual Meeting shall be held during the first month of the fiscal year of the Section, as stated in the Bylaws, and at such place as the Section Board shall designate. Other meetings shall be called at the discretion of the Section Board, or by the President upon the written request of not less than ten Subscribing Members of the Section.

ARTICLE VI-Branches
Section 1. Branches of the Section may be created in accordance with the following requirements:

(a) Those persons proposing a new branch shall demonstrate in writing how it will be of advantage to members in the Section to have such a branch.

(b) A proposed branch area shall contain not less than 30 Assigned Members.

(c) A proposed branch shall have distinct boundaries as stated in the petition for its establishment.

(d) A proposed branch shall be approved by the Society.

ARTICLE VII-Constitution Amendments
Section 1. This Constitution may be amended only by the following procedures:

(a) A proposed amendment(s) of this Constitution must be submitted to the Section Board in a written petition signed by not less than 15 Subscribing Members of the Section.

(b) The Secretary shall prepare ballots presenting the proposed amendment(s) and distribute the ballots by mail to all the Subscribing Members of the Section. All ballots returned within 60 days following their distribution shall be counted by three tellers appointed by the Section Board. Tellers shall promptly report the results of the amendment ballot to the Section Board.

(c) To be adopted, the amendment(s) shall receive an affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the Subscribing Members voting either affirmatively or negatively on the proposed amendment(s).

(d) The proposed amendment(s) shall be approved by the Society before becoming effective.

ARTICLE VIII-Bylaws
Section 1. The Section shall adopt Bylaws consistent with this Constitution which may be required or desirable for the guidance of its officers and members.

ARTICLE IX-Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 1. No part of the net earnings of the Section shall inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual and no substantial part of the activities of the Section shall be carrying on propaganda, and the Section shall not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office.

Section 2. Upon dissolution of the Section, the assets remaining after the payment of the debts of the Section shall be distributed to such corporation, community chest, fund, or foundation, organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing, for public safety, literary or educational purposes, or for the prevention of cruelty to children or animals, which would then qualify under the provisions of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, as they now exist or as they may hereafter be amended, as the Section Board shall have designated and in the absence of such designation they shall be conveyed to the Society.

The Minnesota Section is part of ASCE Region 3

ASCE’s Geographic Services Department (GSD) provides overall support to the leadership of ASCE Regions, Sections, Branches, and Younger Member Groups.

This section has no additional branches