Constitutional Amendments

USG Elections 2023

PASSED A Resolution to Amend the Constitution to Enforce the Procedural Manual

  1. Amendment of Article III. Section 6. via the addition of clause 9, “shall abide by all other responsibilities and procedures as outlined in the ‘Executive Council Policy’ section of the USG Procedural Manual”

  2. Amendment of Article IV. Section 6. via the addition of clause 8, “shall abide by all other responsibilities and procedures as outlined in the ‘Senate Policy’ section of the USG Procedural Manual”.

PASSED Budget Grant Committee Name Change

  1. Replace all mentions of “ Budget Standing Committee” to “Budget Grant Committee”. 

  2. Article IV, Section 9.2.d.i of The Constitution of the Undergraduate Student Government at Stony Brook University, Inc. be amended via addition/insertion of the following as “Article IV, Section 9.2.d.i”:

    • Budget Grant

PASSED SAF Amount Referendum Changes

  1. Article XI Section 3 of The Constitution of the Undergraduate Student Government at Stony Brook University, Inc. be amended to “Undergraduate Student Activity Fee Amount Referendum”

  2. Article XI, Section 3.1 of The Constitution of the Undergraduate Student Government at Stony Brook University, Inc. be amended via substitution of “determine” with “approve”

  3. Article XI, Section 3.3 of The Constitution of the Undergraduate Student Government at Stony Brook University, Inc. be amended via removal of “, or removed from,” removal of the duplicate word “with” and amendment of “15 percent” to “10 percent”

  4. Article XI, Section 3.4 of The Constitution of the Undergraduate Student Government at Stony Brook University, Inc. be amended via substitution of the following

    • Shall be approved by a majority of the votes cast during an election for said Undergraduate Student Activity Fee Amount Referendum within sixty days of being on the ballot, in the event that a new Student Activity Fee amount is proposed.

  5. This resolution shall amend Article XI Section 3.4 of The Constitution of the Undergraduate Student Government at Stony Brook University, Inc. through adding the following as Article XI Section 3.4.a:

    • USG has the right to temporarily suspend part or all of the Student Activity Fee in the event of unforeseen emergency circumstances by a two-thirds majority vote of the filled seats of the voting membership of both the Senate and the Executive Council

  6. Article XI, Section 3.5 of The Constitution of the Undergraduate Student Government at Stony Brook University, Inc. be removed

PASSED The USG Academic Affairs Amendment

  1. Article III Section 2 part 1d  of The Constitution of the Undergraduate Student Government at Stony Brook University, Inc. be amended via substitution of “VP of Academic Affairs” with “VP of University Affairs”

  2. Article III Section 3 part 1 of The Constitution of the Undergraduate Student Government at Stony Brook University, Inc. be amended via substitution of “Academic Affairs” with “University Affairs”

  3. Article III Section 3 part 1d of The Constitution of the Undergraduate Student Government at Stony Brook University, Inc. be amended via substitution of “VP of Academic Affairs” with “VP of University Affairs”

  4. Article III Section 3 part 2 of The Constitution of the Undergraduate Student Government at Stony Brook University, Inc. be amended via substitution of “VP of Academic Affairs” with “VP of University Affairs”

  5. Article III Section 7  part 4 of The Constitution of the Undergraduate Student Government at Stony Brook University, Inc. be amended via substitution of “Vice President of Academic Affairs” with “Vice President of University Affairs”

PASSED Chair of Events Management

Article VI, Section 3.4.b of The Constitution of the Undergraduate Student Government at Stony Brook University, Inc. be removed.