BY LAWS
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
SECTION
OF DISTRICT VI

OF THE
INSTITUTE OF TRAFFIC ENGINEERS

Approved Unanimously
by Membership - April 1, 1997

ARTICLE I - MEMBERSHIP

Section 1.1 - Membership of the Section shall consist of those Institute Members and Local Section Affiliates as specified in the Charter of the Section.

Section 1.2 - All Members (Institute Members and Affiliate Members) shall enjoy the privileges of membership including the right to vote and hold elective office, however no more then 2/3 of the elected offices shall be occupied at any one time by International Affiliate or Local Section Affiliate members.

Section 1.3 - Membership in the Section (for other than Local Section Affiliates) shall be granted upon request and payment of any dues.

Section 1.4 - Persons in the area who fall into one of the following classifications may be affiliated with the section as Local Section Affiliates:

• Not eligible to be members of the Institute but who are accumulating experience toward Institute membership.
  
• Are in sub-professional work in transportation and traffic engineering.
  
• Students in a recognized engineering school.
  
• Professionally engaged in related fields.
  
• In a position to work with and assist transportation and traffic engineers by virtue of official positions or commercial employment.
  

Section 1.5 - All applications for Local Section Affiliate, except by engineering students, shall be recommended by a current section Institute member. All applications for Local Section Affiliate by a student shall be certified by a faculty member of the engineering school attended by the applicant.

Section 1.6 - The Section Board of Directors shall process the applications for any type of Local Section Affiliate.

Section 1.7 - Election of Local Section Affiliates shall be by vote of the Board of Direction of the Section. An affirmative vote by a majority shall be required for election.

ARTICLE II - RESIGNATION AND EXPULSION

Section 2.1 - Any Institute Member or Affiliate may resign from the Section by written communication to the Board of Direction of the Section.

Section 2.2 - Any Local Section Affiliate whose section dues are more than one year in arrears may be dropped from section affiliation by the Board of Direction, and the unpaid dues become an obligation to be paid before the delinquent member can be restored to good standing in the Section.

Section 2.3 - Any Institute Member whose Institute membership has been forfeited shall also forfeit his membership in the Section, and will be eligible to reapply for membership in the Section only if he is reinstated to membership in the Institute. Any member of the Institute who is placed on inactive status by the Institute Board of Direction shall also be placed on inactive status by the Section.

Section 2.4 - The Board of Direction shall annually review the qualifications of Local Section Affiliates. As soon as any Local Section Affiliate meets minimum qualifications for Institute Membership, he shall be encouraged to apply for Institute Membership.

Section 2.5 - Any member who advertises, uses or attempts to use his identification with the Section in any manner whatsoever with intent to derive personal gain therefrom shall forfeit his affiliation with the Section.

Section 2.6

1. The Board of Directors of the Section shall consider the expulsion of any Local Section member (1) upon sufficient information coming to its attention which would warrant such action, or (2) upon the written request of five or more members, that, for the cause set forth, a person identified as a Section member be expelled. The Section shall thereupon follow the procedure set forth in the Institute by-laws.
   
2. In the event charges are brought against a member or an affiliate of the Institute, the Section Board of Direction shall immediately refer the matter to the District Institute Board of Direction for handling as provided in the Institute by-laws.

ARTICLE III - FEES, DUES AND ASSESSMENTS

Section 3.1 - Entrance fees and annual section dues shall be as follows:

Section 3.2 - Annual dues shall be payable at the beginning of the calendar year. Dues and any required entrance fees of Local Section Affiliates shall be payable on election, with dues prorated to the number of quarters remaining in the fiscal year. Any Local Section Member who joins the Section during the last quarter and elects to pay a full year's dues, shall automatically have his dues considered paid for the following year.

Institute Member and International Affiliate local section dues shall be collected by the International Institute, at the time the international dues are collected, and returned to the local section. Local Section Affiliate dues shall be collected by the local section secretary - treasurer.

Section 3.3 - If a member's dues become more than one year in arrears, action as provided in Article II shall be taken by the Section Board of Direction. The Board may, for a cause deemed sufficient, extend the time for payment and for the application of the penalties.

Section 3.4 - Special assessments may be made by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members on a mail ballot.

ARTICLE IV - NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF OFFICERS

Section 4.1 - Officers of the Section shall include: A President, a vice-president, and a Secretary-Treasurer who together with the immediate Past President, the Membership Chair and the Technical Chair shall constitute the Board of direction of the Section. Officers shall be elected annually, to assume office on the date of the District 6 Annual Meeting.

Section 4.2 - No member shall occupy the same elective office for more than two consecutive terms.

Section 4.3 - In the event of a vacancy occurring in the office of President, the unexpired term shall be filled by the vice-president. In the event of a vacancy occurring in any other office on the Board of Direction, the remaining members of the Section Board of Direction shall elect a member to fill the unexpired term.

Section 4.4 - The Nominating Committee shall nominate one or more qualified Candidates for each office. Consent to hold office must be received from each person nominated. The Nominating Committee shall transmit its list of nominees to the Secretary-Treasurer not later than March 15.

Section 4.5 - Not later than June 1, the Secretary-Treasurer shall send to each eligible voter a final ballot, listing the candidates nominated for Officers, and the candidate receiving the highest number of votes for each office shall be declared elected. In case of a tie vote, the new Board of direction of the Section at its first meeting shall choose between the candidates.

ARTICLE V - MEETINGS

Section 5.1 - Regular meetings of the Section shall be held as determined by the Board of Direction, but not less than one meeting a year shall be held. The section officers may call a special meeting when conditions justify. No action affecting the Section shall be taken at any special meeting unless at least fourteen days' written notice concerning the matter has been sent to all members.

ARTICLE VI - GOVERNMENT

Section 6.1 - The President shall preside at meetings of the section provided, however, that when the President is unable to do so, the Vice-president shall preside at meetings and discharge the duties of the President.

Section 6.2 - The President shall be an ex-officio member of all committees, except the Nominating Committee.

Section 6.3 - The President shall appoint the chairman and members of standing committees and such special committees as may be desirable. Standing Committees may include but not be limited to: Membership, Technical, and Editorial.

ARTICLE VII - VOTING AND VOTING ELIGIBILITY

Section 7.1 - Voting for officers, for amendments to these By-laws, for petitions to amend the Charter, and for other matters which affect the relationship of the Section to the Institute Shall be by secret ballot.

ARTICLE VIII - LOCAL AREA

Section 8.1 - Members of this Section residing in the same general geographical area may organize as a subsection of the Section, subject to the approval of the Board of Direction.

ARTICLE IX - AMENDMENTS

Section 9.1 - Proposals to amend these By-laws or to petition amendments to the charter may be by resolution of the Board of Direction of the Section or by written petition signed by at least five (5) voting members.

Section 9.2 - Proposed amendments to these by-laws shall be submitted by letter to the membership qualified to vote and shall be on the order of business of the next regular meeting occurring not less than thirty days subsequently. Such amendments may be amended by majority vote of the meeting in any manner pertinent to the original amendment. The amendments, as originally proposed or as amended at this meeting shall be submitted to the membership within thirty days of the meeting and canvassed within sixty days following such submission by the Secretary-Treasurer.

Section 9.3 - An affirmative vote of two-thirds of all ballots cast shall be necessary to the adoption of any amendments to the by-laws, provided the total number of voters shall not be less than a majority of the membership eligible to vote.

Section 9.4 - Amendments to the by-laws so adopted shall take effect when approved by District 6 of the Institute of Transportation Engineers, as provided in the Charter.