SUUSA - Southern Utah University Student Association
Clubs & Student Involvement
Rules of Order
- Before the beginning of an Assembly session there shall be an open forum of twenty minutes, except in cases wherein open forum is extended by a motion and a “second,” wherein anyone may address the Assembly upon recognition by the President of the Assembly.
- Each speaker in open forum shall have four minutes; the first two minutes shall be free from interruption.
- Upon request from the President of the Assembly, the Administrative Assistant shall read the short title of old business.
- Upon the initial reading by the Administrative Assistant and a “second,” the President of the Assembly shall recognize the sponsor of the bill/resolution for a four minute proponent speech; the first two minutes shall be free from interruption.
- Questions directed to a speaker or a member of the Assembly shall be addressed to the Chair, shall be treated as privileged motion, and are granted under the sole discretion of the President of the Assembly.
- Any time yielded for any purpose—for point of information, or to another member of the Assembly—shall be counted off of the speaker’s time.
- Upon the conclusion of the proponent speech, the President of the Assembly shall entertain questions directed to the investigative committee.
- Upon the conclusion of questions, the President of the Assembly shall entertain a motion to circle and post the said bill for the period of at least one week for investigation. It shall not be necessary for a resolution to be circled and posted.
- Upon passage of the motion to circle and post the said bill/resolution, the President of the Assembly shall refer the said bill/resolution to an investigation committee, consisting of at least three Delegates, none of which shall be the sponsor of the bill/resolution.
- Upon request of the President of the Assembly, following the period of circling and posting, the Administrative Assistant shall read the short title of the bill/resolution. The investigation committee shall then have four minutes to present their reports.
- Upon completion of the investigation committee’s report, successive speeches shall alternate between proponent and opponent time. Said speeches shall last no longer than two minutes each.
- Debate on any bill/resolution shall be limited to twenty minutes, except in cases wherein debate is extended. At the conclusion of debate, the bill/resolution shall be called to question.
- Debatable subsidiary motions shall alternate between proponent and opponent speech time. Said speeches shall last no longer than 1 minute each and shall be limited to a total of four minutes, except in cases wherein debate is extended.
- Any time a bill/resolution is changed more than 10% of the original note, a copy of the revised version of the amendment must be provided.
- Upon completion of the Assembly session, the sponsor(s) of the bill/resolution must provide: a financial form to the treasurer and information of the passage of the bill / resolution to those whom it may affect.
- All profane or obscene language shall be ruled out of order, shall be censured, and the President of the Assembly may remove the speaker of such language.
- Robert’s Rules of Order shall be followed during all official sessions; however these Rules of Order shall supercede Robert’s Rules of Order in all cases. A Parliamentarian as elected by the Assembly shall have the final say in cases of dispute regarding all Rules of Order.
- All Rules of Order may be suspended by a 2/3 majority vote, however bills/resolutions must be officially passed under the Rules of Order. Once the rules have been reinstated, business must resume where it left before the Rules of Order where suspended.
- These Rules of Order may be amended during any official session by a motion, a “second,” and pass with a 2/3 majority vote.
