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Bar Association governors pull bylaw amendment from consent calendar, approve license‑fee exemption after procedural debate
Summary
The Bar Association Board of Governors removed a bylaw amendment on a license fee exemption from the consent calendar for discussion, debated whether bylaw changes should require two readings, and then voted unanimously to approve the amendment on its second reading.
The Bar Association Board of Governors on Oct. 19 removed a proposed bylaw amendment on a license fee exemption from the consent calendar for discussion and then voted unanimously to adopt the change on its second reading.
The board’s executive leadership first honored a request to take the amendment off the consent calendar so the full board could discuss procedure. Executive Director Nivet told governors that the amendment originated with the Budget and Audit Committee, not the Governance Committee: “this came from the budget and audit committee, not the governance committee,” she said, adding it had been discussed at the board’s July meeting.
Governors debated…
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