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OPA Resolutions
Proposed resolutions shall be presented to the Resolutions and Bylaws committee not later than sixty-five (65) days prior to the Annual Meeting. The results of the committee’s deliberations shall be communicated to the local association presidents, past presidents of the Association, and members of the Board of Trustees for the Association, not later than thirty (30) days prior to the Annual Meeting of the Association. A resolution submitted later than this sixty-five (65) day deadline may be considered by the House of Delegates only with the 2/3 approval of this committee in attendance at the Annual Meeting. Such proposed resolutions shall be presented to this committee no later than the close of business of the first day of the Annual Meeting if the meeting is scheduled for more than one day, and no later than noon if the meeting is scheduled for one day only. This committee shall present a report to the House of Delegates at the Annual Meeting.
The Executive Director shall cause notice of all proposed amendments to these Bylaws to be given to the members of the Association not later than thirty (30) days before the Annual Meeting of the Association. Such notice may be waived by an action approved by a three-fourths (3/4) vote of the House of Delegates acting at a meeting. The notice shall contain the entire text of the proposal. The Chair of the Resolutions and Bylaws Committee shall prepare a synopsis of the proposed amendments to accompany the text.
Any amendment to the Bylaws shall be approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Delegates present and voting at a meeting of the House of Delegates.
