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APIL board adopts sweeping bylaw changes, adds electronic participation and regular audits
Summary
The Association of Pacific Island Legislatures Board of Directors voted Oct. 27, 2025, to adopt a set of bylaw amendments that add electronic participation, mandate a periodic audit of APIL finances and revise membership and officer expense rules.
The Association of Pacific Island Legislatures' board voted Oct. 27 to adopt revisions to its bylaws covering electronic participation, audits and membership procedures.
The package, presented to the board by Senator Jude Hausschneider, chair of the Ad Hoc Committee on Bylaws, includes a new explicit allowance for directors to "appear, participate, and vote in person or electronically in a meeting using a telephone, video, Internet, or other electronic means," and adds a requirement that "the finances of the Association and all subunits shall be audited every 3 years." The committee report also introduced new language addressing inactive members and…
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