ASSU Documentation

All original main motions, except those having to do with the appointment of members of an Association legislative body and Association Officers and those dealing with the rules of procedure or administration of the Association legislative bodies, shall be in the form of a bill, resolution, or order.

All legislation for referral to a Committee shall be in the form of a bill, resolution, or order.

A bill consists of zero or more inducement paragraphs as follows: “WHEREAS,…;”, followed by a single enactment clause followed by the legislation to be enacted as follows: “Be it enacted by the Undergraduate Senate that…”

All actions taken with respect to the allocation of the handling of money shall be in the form of a bill.

All bills and orders shall designate the appropriate officers and/or offices to discharge the specific provisions of the bill.

A resolution consists of zero or more inducement paragraphs as follows: “Whereas,…;”, followed by one or more enactment paragraphs as follows: “Be it resolved by the Legislative Bodies of the Association that…;”, except the last enactment paragraph, which ends with a period(.). Inducement paragraphs may be connected by the word “and”, and the last inducement paragraph and the first enactment paragraph may be connected by the word “therefore”, and enactment paragraphs may be connected by the word “and”.

An order consists of zero or more inducement paragraphs as follows: “Whereas…;”, followed by one or more enactment paragraphs as follows: “Be it ordered by the Legislative Bodies of the Association that…;”, except that the last enactment paragraph, which ends with a period (.). Inducement paragraphs may be connected by the word “and”, the last inducement paragraph and the first enactment paragraph may be connected by the word “therefore”, and enactment paragraphs may be connected by the word “and”.