The Constitution of the Associated Students of Colorado State University

Section 101 - Establishment Clause

1. The name of this organization shall be the Associated Students of Colorado State University, hereinafter referred to as ASCSU.

Section 102 - Bylaws Clause

1. This Constitution shall be supplemented by the bylaws of the ASCSU Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches, and the additional constitutions and bylaws of other ASCSU associated clubs and organizations; each of these shall have the authority to adopt such bylaws.
2. None of these documents shall supersede the provisions of this Constitution.

Section 103 - Membership Clause

1. Each individual taking at least one credit or is a candidate for a doctoral degree at Colorado State University shall be considered a member of ASCSU, provided that all fees have been paid that are required by their level of enrollment.
2. Every member of ASCSU is entitled to all the rights and privileges outlined by this Constitution as per their role in the organization.
3. No member of ASCSU shall hold a position in more than one of the three branches (Executive, Judicial and Legislative) of ASCSU except those serving in ex officio status.
   1. Senators or Associate Senators may serve as a Chair of an Committee or in an additional leadership role within Senate, excluding Speaker of the Senate, Speaker Pro Tempore, and Parliamentarian, but cannot serve in more than one of these capacities.

Section 104 - Officials' Clause

1. Any member of the three branches or Special Committees of ASCSU shall be considered officials of ASCSU.
   1. College Council officers and officials are not considered officials of ASCSU.
2. All officials of ASCSU shall be responsible for the duties specified in the job description for their office.
3. No office shall exist without an accompanying job description.
   1. Intra-branch and inter-branch unpaid officers, such as vice- chairs, do not require a job description.
4. Job descriptions shall be created or changed only by the action of a bill passed by the Senate.
   1. If a job description does not exist for an office, that office holder shall make all due effort to produce a job description bill to be submitted to Senate within a reasonable amount of time.
   2. A job description must be in effect in order for salary to be accrued.
5. All officials of ASCSU shall be ultimately accountable to the Constitution of ASCSU and the students of Colorado State University, the CSU Code of Conduct, and the students of Colorado State University.

Section 105 - Graduate Clause

1. All references to Graduate School shall apply to students enrolled at the graduate level and to students enrolled in the Professional Veterinary Medicine Program.

Section 106 - Diversity and Inclusion

1. The Land Acknowledgement will be read at the beginning of every official ASCSU meeting.
   1. The speaker of the Land Acknowledgement will be designated 48 hours in advance by the Chair of the meeting. If no speaker is designated, the Speaker of the Senate shall read or present the land acknowledgement.
2. ASCSU shall be accessible to everyone during all official meetings and ASCSU hosted events.
   1. All ASCSU planned and hosted events shall be accessible to all students, and therefore, must have or provide the following if applicable but shall not be limited to this list in ASCSU's requirements of access as this is not an exhaustive list of all of the potential needs of disabled students:
      1. Requests for accessibility sent to event coordinators, whether via official request forms or via another route, shall be handled with both discretion and at the utmost priority of all event coordinators and shall be permitted to be requested anonymously.
      2. Firm and stable, non-slip, and even walkway access (including but not limited to portable accessibility walkway products) to all parts of the event to ensure full participation for those needing this access.
      3. Chairs designated for people with disabilities, with ample space for wheelchairs and other mobility related assistive technology to fit between rows and in various locations.
      4. Ear plugs, if applicable to the event (i.e., concerts, loud spaces created by the event).
      5. Easy and marked access to ramps where stairs and other terrain may prevent participants and attendees from full participation up to the standards of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
      6. Access to shade, both with and without chairs, and with a view of the event (if a view is applicable).
      7. Access to any standard interpreters, with the ability to request such accommodations published and advertised to all students at least 14 days prior to the event in order to have ample time to accommodate requests. (Should an event be planned in under 14 days prior to that event occurring, the information of how to request an accommodation and/or who is planning the event must be made available as soon as it is known.)
      8. Access to free and accessible water if any food or drink is catered or dispersed at the event.
      9. Access to any additional reasonable accommodations for the event, with the ability to request such accommodations published and advertised to all students at least 14 days prior to the event in order to have ample time to accommodate requests. (Should an event be planned in under 14 days prior to that event occurring, the information of how to request an accommodation and/or who is planning the event must be made available as soon as it is known.)
      10. As per the Americans with Disabilities Act, all events, regardless of type, location, or the wants of the event coordinators, must permit service animals to all locations accessed by the public.
      Any concerns about the reasonableness of a requested accommodation may be interfaced with the Student Disability Center, but all ASCSU event accommodations are ASCSU's sole duty to provide to the best of their ability. Only the Student Disability Center can decide that a requested accommodation outside of this list is an unreasonable accommodation and need not be provided.
   2. An ASCSU planned and hosted event shall be defined as any event where an ASCSU official acting in their official capacity, excluding College Councils, aids in the planning, coordination, or facilitation of an event, OR any event where funding is allocated from any ASCSU branch to fund an event, excluding funding allocations from BSOF to a Registered Student Organization.
   3. All agendas, documents, presentations, committee edits and combined documents, or anything otherwise expected to be presented for meetings must be sent out the minimum hours in advance delineated by the meeting time to all participants or potential participants. Additional, supplemental emails of the exact same content are encouraged to ensure access.
      1. Senate and Executive Cabinet: All documents must be sent through, at a minimum, the ASCSU weekly email emailing list that goes to all members as well as all constituents.
         1. Committee Edit Exceptions: All edits made to legislation previously sent through the ASCSU weekly email emailing list may be sent no less than 24 hours prior to a meeting of the senate. By the discretion of the chair, should these edits be considered substantial or significantly change language or actions of the legislation, the legislation may be postponed until the next senate meeting to ensure transparency and communication regarding the contents of the edits.
      2. Committees: All agendas and meeting materials for committees, as described in Article VI of the ASCSU constitution, must be sent to all committee members at minimum, 8 hours before the meeting's start via an official form of communication (i.e. Microsoft Teams, Outlook). Should the committee have gallery guests, the meeting materials must be easily communicable to the guest via an official form of communication.
      3. Small Group Meetings: Small Group Meetings are defined as interpersonal and often informal meetings of individuals. These meetings may occur within a single branch or between multiple branches. This includes but is not limited to Senate onboarding meetings, individual Executive department team meetings, and initiative collaboration efforts. Ideally, these Small Group Meetings should not exceed 10 individuals, however this number is a suggestion and up for interpretation. For Small Group Meetings, only the attending members must be sent all documents ahead of time via an official form of communication.
      4. Supreme Court Opinions: The rendering of an ASCSU Supreme Court Opinion is nuanced and has exceptions.
         1. Presentation of opinions in senate meetings are exempt from the 48-hour rule. All opinions shall be presented on the screen and read in their entirety on the first reading and shall be brought back up one regularly scheduled Senate Session following the initial reading to allow for additional questions on the opinion.
         2. All requests for briefs of an in-process hearing shall be sent to the ASCSU weekly email mailing list at least one (1) week prior to the conclusion of the briefing period.
      5. Any failure to send documents through the appropriate outlet shall require the document or topic to be pushed to the next meeting in which the accessibility measures have been followed.
         1. In the case of an emergency need to present a document that was not sent out ahead of time, the document or topic must both be presented to the body and read in its entirety.
      6. The agenda as it is being built by the Legislative Cabinet does not need to be sent out ahead of time as it is being built during the meeting.
   4. When any document is presented to the Senate body during any reading and is displayed on the monitors, the margins of the document, the font size, and the color contrast of the document will be accessible to allow for all members of the body to clearly read.
   5. All speakers in large open meetings must use provided microphones to allow adequate sound quality for all members and guests to participate.
      1. Should someone be unable to access a microphone, they shall either be permitted to enter restricted areas to access one or shall be offered a handheld microphone.
   6. Accommodation requests from members of the student body will be accepted throughout the year with a submission of an accommodation letter from the Student Disability Center to the Speaker of the Senate, an ASCSU advisor, or another member of the Legislative Cabinet. That designee shall then be required to implement all accommodations within one (1) regularly scheduled Senate Session.
      1. Accommodation requests that have been filed through this process and have been deemed reasonable by the Student Disability Center must be observed by the entire body.
      2. Accommodation requests cannot be taken away once granted but must be renewed at the first session of each new Senate (or the first session a member participates in) to remain in effect.
   7. All open meetings of ASCSU shall be held in a hybrid format, allowing for in-person and virtual participation.
      1. All microphones, and speakers shall be placed near an in-room speaker to ensure all participants are able to hear the content of the meeting.
3. There shall be mandated inclusivity trainings and conferences which shall include Sexual Harassment training and Diversity and Inclusion training, as well as any other trainings the Speaker of the Senate, Chief Justice, or President deem necessary for their branch.

Section 107 - Ratification Clause

1. All appointments to ASCSU Executive and Judicial positions shall be required to go through the Senate Ratification Process as defined by Article II, Section 202 (a) (iii) of this constitution with the exception of Administrative support positions such as the ASCSU Administrative Assistant and Front Desk Staff, which shall be considered non-ratified positions.

Section 108 - Oath of Office and Oath of Truth

1. All officials of the Senate branch, Executive branch, Judicial branch, and Special Committees, before entering their respective offices, take and subscribe to the following affirmation as administered by a Justice of the Supreme Court or by the Speaker of the Senate, if during an ASCSU Senate meeting;

   "I, (state your name), do solemnly swear to defend and uphold the rules and regulations set forth by the Constitution of the Associated Students of Colorado State University and will rightfully perform the duties of my office to the best of my ability.”

2. All people testifying as a witness, complainant, or respondent, or standing for questioning during a hearing, shall subscribe to the following affirmation as administered by a Justice of the Supreme Court;

   "I, (state your name), swear by the almighty Constitution, the Senate, and students of Colorado State University, that I shall tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.”

Section 201 - Establishment and Meetings Clause

1. There shall be an ASCSU Senate, which shall facilitate student activities both financial and communal at Colorado State University within the limits placed upon it by this Constitution.
2. The Senate shall further act as a liaison to any faculty or administrative bodies of Colorado State University and to any other organized bodies whose actions have a bearing upon the members of ASCSU, thus the students of Colorado State University.
3. The Senate shall meet weekly, unless a week of emergency is declared by vote of the Senate Magistrates as outlined in the Senate Legislative Cabinet Bylaws, during fall and spring semester except during the weeks of final examinations and University vacation periods.
4. Special meetings shall be called with at least 48 hours' notice by the President of ASCSU, the Speaker of the Senate, or upon majority vote of the members of the Senate.
5. All weekly meetings of the full Senate shall be open to the public.

Section 202 - Powers Clause

1. The Senate shall have the power:
   1. To initiate and enact any legislation necessary and proper under this Constitution.
   2. To delegate its authority as it deems fit.
   3. To examine, approve, and deny all appointments to anybody of which it has delegated authority as well as the standing officials in the Executive, and Supreme Court Justices; known as the Senate Ratification Process.
   4. To affiliate ASCSU with any inter-collegiate or intra-collegiate organizations.
   5. To call for special elections subject to veto.
   6. To oversee and manage Senate affairs as they deem proper.
   7. To recommend for removal any advisor to ASCSU or recommend the reinstatement of an advisor.
   8. To pass general orders binding on the executive branch but subject to veto.

Section 203 - The Body of the Senate

1. Senators shall be elected by a plurality vote of the members voting for that college at the general election, with one Senator from each academic college for every 750 members of ASCSU, or minor portion (150) thereof in that college, provided that every college has at least two Senators.
2. The Graduate School shall be represented in the same manner.
3. The Student Diversity Programs and Services Offices and the Adult Learner and Veteran Service Office and the Office of International Programs and the AAC First-Generation Student Collective Board shall be represented with two Senators per office and shall be appointed to office at the discretion of that office.
4. The Multi-Faith and Belief Student Council shall be represented by two Senators, appointed by the Council.
5. Senators shall be allowed to pursue only one Senate seat.
6. If pursuing a seat to represent a college as a member or one anticipating membership of that college, they shall be elected by the members of that college during the general elections or by approval of their college council at any other time during the year.
7. These Senators must be members of the respective body that they represent by the first Senate session of the fall semester.
8. The term of office for Senators shall begin with their being sworn in at a Senate session and will last until the new Senate is seated.
9. If any constituency, as outlined in Article II, Section 203, Subsections A, B, C, and/or D ceases to function/exist, its delegation shall move to become At-Large Senators or Associate Senators, whichever is applicable, for the remainder of their designated term.
1. At-Large Senators and Associate Senators will serve on a self-regulating committee consisting of the totality of At-Large representatives, functioning as a collaborative body akin to preexisting constituent councils (e.g., College Councils). Both the committee and its members will be overseen by the ASCSU Advisor(s).

Section 204 - Associate Senators

1. Associate Senators shall be elected by their respective College Council, Student Diversity Programs and Services Offices, the Adult Learner and Veteran Service Office, the Office of International Programs, the AAC, First-Generation Student Collective Board, and the Multi-Faith and Belief Student Council.
2. There shall be no more than two Associate Senators for each college Senator.
3. Associate Senators must be a member of the college that they represent.
4. The SDPS, ALVS, International Programs offices, the Multi-Faith and Belief Student Council, and the AAC First-Generation Student Collective Board will be provided with no more than two Associate Senators.

Section 205 - Vacancy

1. Whenever a vacancy in the Senate shall occur, the appropriate College Council, office or advisory board shall be notified and shall have the power to appoint or elect both Senators and Associate Senators to represent that college or office, if the vacancy occurs when an election is not active.
2. The Senate leadership shall solicit representatives from colleges lacking a council.
3. In the event of the vacancy of a Senate Officer position, no more than three [3] regularly scheduled Senate Sessions shall elapse before a special election shall be held for such a Senate Officer position. In the event that the third session of the time limit is canceled due to extreme circumstances, the election shall be held as the first item of business in the very next session of the Senate.
   1. The remaining Senate Officers shall take all necessary actions to advertise the nature of this special election to the members of the Associated Students of Colorado State University.
   2. In the event that the Senate fails to follow the herein defined requirement, no actions taken by the Senate shall be considered binding until the Senate holds this election.
   3. The processes of Special Elections shall be determined by Senate Leadership, in conjunction with the Senate Bylaws, or sooner if the Senate body, by a 2/3rds majority, recognizes greater urgency.

Section 206 - Senate Magistrates

1. The Senate shall be presided over by the ASCSU Speaker of the Senate.
2. The other magistrates (officers) of the Senate shall be the Speaker Pro Tempore, Parliamentarian, Recruitment and Retention Officer, and Chairs of the ASCSU Committees.
3. The newly elected Senate during their first official meeting shall elect a Speaker Pro Tempore, Parliamentarian, a Senate Recruitment and Retention Officer and four (4) ASCSU Committee Chairs; all officers shall be inaugurated at this session with the discretion of the presiding Magistrate.
4. The Magistrates shall be ultimately held accountable to the Senate.
5. The Speaker Pro Tempore shall preside over the Senate in the absence of the Speaker. In the absence of both the Speaker and the Speaker Pro Tempore, the Parliamentarian shall preside over the Senate. Further presiding officers shall be codified in the Senate bylaws.

Section 207 - Rules of the Senate

1. The Senate shall establish its own rules of procedure.
2. Two-thirds of the voting membership of the Senate shall constitute a quorum.
   1. While the Senate can meet without quorum, no action made by the Senate shall be binding without quorum.
3. Any vote of the ASCSU Senate shall be considered with present voting membership excluding abstentions, so long as quorum is present.
   1. A tie in the vote of the Senate shall only be broken by the presiding Speaker.
4. Bylaws of the Senate shall contain job descriptions of Senators, Associate Senators, and Senate Magistrates.
   1. The incoming Speaker of the Senate shall write the job descriptions of Senators, Associate Senators, and Senate Magistrates.
5. The Senate bylaws shall be approved at the third fall session of the Senate and shall be the first resolution of the new Senate.

Section 208 - Special Legislation of the Senate

1. Legislative Resignation of a Magistrate
   1. A bill may be brought to the floor to remove the Speaker of the Senate, Speaker Pro Tempore, Parliamentarian, Senate Recruitment and Retention Officer, or Committee chairs. If the bill involves the Speaker Pro Tempore, the Parliamentarian shall preside. Legislative Resignation from office shall be by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the ASCSU Senate.
   2. If someone or an official of ASCSU is deemed incapable of performing their duties, they may be removed from duty from the duration of the meeting at most; by a majority vote of the body.
2. Veto
   1. When a bill is to be returned to the Senate with the President's veto, the bill shall appear on the next regularly scheduled session of the Senate's agenda under old business with the word "vetoed” next to the bill number.
   2. The Senate may override the stated veto with a two-thirds majority vote.
   3. Any bills passed on the final session of Senate must be signed or vetoed by the President within one week of passage. This will allow sufficient time for Senate to call an emergency session to consider a veto override.
   4. All legislation pending before the Senate not acted upon prior to the inauguration of the next Senate is defeated.
3. Legislation at Large
   1. Members of ASCSU may call for a special bill to be brought to the floor of the Senate by presentation of the Speaker of the Senate of a petition containing the signatures of not less than 1% of the total membership.
   2. This bill shall not call for referendum or Constitutional amendment.
4. Leges (Lex) (Bills and Resolutions)
   1. In cases where the subject of legislation would require both a bill and resolution, that subject may be presented in the form of a 'Lex'.
   2. Leges shall be subject to the procedural rules most appropriate to that of the subject.

Section 209 - Rights and Duties Clause of the Senate

1. Senators have the rights of debate and voting.
2. Associate Senators and Senate Officer positions only have the rights of debate.
3. Officials of the Cabinet and the Supreme Court shall sit as ex officio members of Senate. They shall be granted rights of debate, but shall hold no voting rights.
4. All members with speaking rights, including ex officio members, must take training on how to abide by parliamentary procedure before they are granted speaking rights or ex officio status. The training is up to the discretion of the Speaker of the Senate or by the request of at least two ASCSU Senate Committee Chairs.
5. Senators shall be responsible to their constituents and shall seek advisement on a regular basis from the appropriate representative body of the college from which the Senator is elected.
6. Senators, however, are not bound by the advisement of their respective councils. Senators retain the authority to cast all votes, as they deem fit and proper in accordance with the knowledge they have and the dictates of their conscience.
7. Senators and Associate Senators shall report to the Senate the subsequent proceedings of their respective council. If no council exists, Senators and Associate Senators shall transition to At-Large Senators or Associate Senators, as outlined in Article II, Section 203, Subsection I, Subsubsection i, and collaborate with Legislative Cabinet and ASCSU leadership to establish one.
8. All Senators and Magistrates have the right to all public documents of ASCSU.

Section 210 - Emergency Session

1. In the event a Senate Session must be held outside of the regularly scheduled Senate Sessions, the Legislative Cabinet may call for an "Emergency Session".
   1. These Sessions must be called with a majority vote of the Legislative Cabinet and must notify all members and constituents through the ASCSU weekly email emailing list at least 72 hours in advance.
   2. The Legislative Cabinet may veto a request for an Emergency Session, with a majority vote, within 24 business hours of the request to call an Emergency Session.
2. Should the head of a branch call for an Emergency Session they shall notify the Legislative Cabinet a minimum of 96 hours before the session needs to be held, allowing for the 24-business hours veto timeline, and the 72-hour announcement notification of the session.
   1. Should a member of another branch request the Emergency Session, the vote of the Legislative Cabinet shall be held within one (1) week of the request, and shall be held within fourteen (14) days of the written or dated request.
3. An Emergency Session will consist of all available Senators.
4. Emergency Sessions will have a limited quorum dependent on the quorum of a typical Senate Session.
   1. The quorum of an Emergency Session shall be 18. % But there must be a minimum of at least five Senators or Associate Senators filling in for Senators, a Chair of an Internal Committee, and the Speaker of the Senate or another member of the Legislative Cabinet filling in as the Chair of the Session.
5. Emergency Sessions shall have an agenda, just as any other Senate Session, but may have a limited agenda to focus on the topics requiring the call of the session.
6. Emergency Sessions shall have the same power over ratification or the passing of legislation and documents but still requires all the same requirements for such passages.
7. Emergency Sessions will be held to all of the responsibilities of a regularly convening Senate including but not limited to, utilizing a clerk to take minutes and attendance, communication about the Emergency Session to all members and constituents, and all accessibility measures.

Section 301 - Establishment Clause

1. The Executive power of ASCSU shall be vested in the Executive, which shall consist of the President, Vice President, Chiefs of Staff, and the Cabinet of standing Directors.
2. The President and Vice President shall be sworn in during the last session of the Senate, which precedes the term of office they are to serve; actual term of office shall begin the first business day in June, running through the last business day of May.

Section 302 - Powers Clause

1. The Executive Branch shall have the power;
   1. To direct the affairs of the Executive branch and such duties.
   2. To put on events for the student body as they see fit.
   3. To launch negotiations over matters within the University as they see fit.
   4. To direct the Student Fee Review Board.
2. The President and Vice-President shall have the power;
   1. To bring legislation to the Senate without the need of standard requirements, given that the legislation has been in collaboration with at least one of the Chiefs of Staff or at least one Director.
   2. To create or nullify departments at the beginning of their term, excluding those written in this Constitution.
3. The Executive Branch shall determine its rules of procedure and bylaws on an annual basis and shall make such rules open to the public.
   1. These rules shall be completed and presented to the Senate.
   2. The Executive branch shall legislate its own internal policy.

Section 303 - The President

1. The President of ASCSU shall be the Chief Executive of the Associated Students and shall be responsible for carrying out the duties and responsibilities of that office as determined by this Constitution.
2. The President shall sign all bills enacted by the Senate or shall return them to the Senate with the President's veto within two regularly scheduled sessions of Senate of the passage of the bill.
   1. If the President does not sign or veto a bill enacted by the Senate within two weeks of time, then the bill shall be considered vetoed.
3. The President shall act as the official ASCSU representative to the Board of Governors of the Colorado State University System.
4. The President shall act as liaison to the Colorado State faculty and administration, the state legislature, the governor's office, and the Congress of the United States.
5. The President shall prepare an Executive budget, which shall be submitted to the Senate for deliberation and apportionment, with no more than 22% of the total budgeted expenditures allocated for salaries, excluding the ASCSU Administrative Assistant and any non-ratified positions, as defined by Article I, Section 107 (B).
6. The President shall negotiate and act as signatory for all contractual agreements relating to ASCSU.
   1. Throughout negotiations, the President will keep the Senate updated on progress and will receive input from the Senate.
   2. The President will present to the Senate and in the weekly email, for the purpose of discussion, any contract that they sign.
7. The President shall coordinate and supervise the work of the Executive.
8. The incoming ASCSU President shall present the ASCSU Budget to the Board for Student Organization Funding prior to its presentation to Senate.

Section 304 - The Vice-President

1. The Vice President shall chair the Student Fee Review Board.
2. The Vice President shall be responsible for maintaining the ASCSU office complex and coordinating ASCSU services.
3. The Vice President shall report to and be supervised by the President.

Section 305 - The Cabinet

1. There shall be a Department of Finance.
2. The President shall appoint an Executive Cabinet including a Director of Finance who will oversee the financial workings of ASCSU and chair the Board for Student Organization Funding and one Controller who will oversee and maintain the ASCSU Executive budget.
3. All other departments or offices shall be subject to the Presidential power to create or destroy such departments or offices.

Section 306 - Vacancy & Succession

1. In the case of the President's inability to continue in office or temporary absences, the Vice President shall serve as President.
   1. If the Vice-President declines the ascension the Presidency shall defer to the Speaker of the Senate.
2. The Vice President, acting as President, shall appoint a new Vice President who shall be ratified by the Senate.
3. If both the President and the Vice President cannot fulfill their term, the Speaker of the Senate shall become President and shall appoint a new Vice President to be ratified by the Senate, and the Speaker Pro Tempore shall become the Speaker of the Senate and thus direct the election of a new Speaker Pro Tempore.
   1. If the Speaker of the Senate declines the ascension the Presidency shall defer to the Director of Finance.
4. If the President and Vice President cannot serve and there is no Speaker of the Senate, the Director of Finance shall become President and they shall appoint a Vice President to be ratified by the Senate.
   1. If the Director of Finance declines the ascension the Presidency shall be filled by an election in the Senate.
5. If the Vice President cannot serve, the President shall appoint a new Vice President to be ratified by Senate.
6. An individual shall have the sole power to determine inability to serve, except in the case of negligence.
7. In the event of temporary absences extending beyond five working days, the President or Vice President shall notify both the Director of Finance and the Speaker of the Senate prior to departure and subsequent to return.
   1. Salary shall not be accrued during such absences.
   2. This does not apply to University vacation periods, illness, emergency, or absence due to normal carrying out of Executive duties.

Section 401 - Establishment Clause

1. The Judicial power of ASCSU shall be vested in the Supreme Court.

Section 402 - Powers Clause

1. The Supreme Court shall have the power;
   1. To interpret, uphold, and enforce the ASCSU Constitution.
   2. To defend, uphold, and enforce CSU Principles of Community, especially in relation to diversity and inclusion.
   3. To interpret, uphold, and enforce the acts of the Senate and of all ASCSU administrative boards, and actions of students by virtue of all offices held under this Constitution.
   4. To recommend for removal any advisor to ASCSU or recommend the reinstatement of an advisor.
   5. To maintain and amend the ASCSU Code of Ethics in accordance with this Constitution.
2. The Court shall have, but not be limited to, the power to hear disputes between student organizations and recognized clubs, including the ASCSU governmental bodies.
3. ASCSU Supreme Court Justices shall serve as members of the All University Hearing Board in accordance with Supreme Court bylaws, the Student Conduct Code, and the procedures of the All University Hearing Board.
4. The Supreme Court shall determine its rules of procedure and bylaws on an annual basis and shall make such rules open to the public.
   1. These rules shall be completed and presented to the Senate.
   2. The Court shall legislate its own internal policy.

Section 403 - The Court

1. The ASCSU Supreme Court shall be comprised of seven (7) members of ASCSU, which include one (1) Chief Justice, one (1) Deputy Chief Justice, and five (5) Associate Justices.
2. The Chief Justice shall be nominated by the outgoing ASCSU President within the two weeks following the ASCSU elections and approved with a majority vote of the ASCSU Senate during the preceding academic year for which they will serve.
3. The Chief Justice shall serve a one-year term beginning on June 1st of the year of their appointment until May 31st one year later.
4. The Chief Justice shall be responsible for the supervision of court business.
5. The ASCSU Supreme Court shall also be assisted by additional Judicial Officers as defined in this Constitution, or as defined in its bylaws and approved by the ASCSU Senate.
6. The Deputy Chief Justice shall be nominated by the ASCSU President with the advice of the Chief Justice within the first two weeks of the Fall Semester and shall be approved with a majority vote of the ASCSU Senate.
7. The Deputy Chief Justice shall serve a one-year term beginning on the day of their approval until May 31st of the spring semester for the academic year they are appointed.
8. The Deputy Chief Justice shall be responsible for assisting the Chief Justice with the supervision of court business.
9. Upon ASCSU Presidential nomination the Associate Justice(s) shall be approved with a majority vote of the ASCSU Senate.
10. Associate Justices shall serve a two-year term in the form of four semesters (Fall or Spring) beginning on the day of their approval until the end of the fourth semester serving.
11. Other Judicial Officers shall serve a one-year term beginning on the day of their approval until the end of the spring semester of the academic year they are appointed.
12. Upon vacancy, an applicant for a Justice position shall be nominated by the ASCSU President, applicants for a Judicial Officer position shall be nominated by the Chief Justice, and all applicants must be approved with a majority vote of the ASCSU Senate to fill the position.

Section 404 - Jurisdiction

1. Appellate jurisdiction will be retained by the ASCSU Supreme Court when they are the original hearing body of a case.
2. Members of the ASCSU Supreme Court that participate in the original case shall not be included in the appeals hearing.
3. All decisions of the Court shall be binding on all affected parties, elected officials, and appointees.
4. The Court shall actively pursue the compliance of its rulings by all parties.
5. Failure of any party to comply with the Court's decisions shall result in the initiation of disciplinary actions on behalf of the Supreme Court.
6. The Court shall work closely with the proper administrative officers of the University if necessary.
7. Records of all internal sessions of the ASCSU Supreme Court shall be open at the discretion of the Chief Justice.
8. The Supreme Court shall not accept a case with the same individual or organization representing both sides of a case (i.e., acting as both plaintiff and defendant).
9. An organization may not file a case against itself, although an individual or individuals within an organization may file against the organization as a whole.
10. In cases involving the branches of ASCSU, the top official of that branch, if he or she chooses to do so, may represent that branch.

Section 405 - Code of Ethics

1. The Associated Students of Colorado State University Code of Ethics shall be the governing ethics code of the organization.
2. The Code of Ethics may be amended by a bill submitted to the Senate and passed by a three-fourths (3/4) majority vote.
3. A justice of the Supreme Court shall have the power to submit legislation to change the Code of Ethics without any sponsorship requirement to get to the floor.

Section 501 - Establishment Clause

1. Each college of Colorado State University, including the Graduate School and Intra-University Program, shall have a College Council or similar organization to represent the particular interests and concerns of students within each college.
2. Each College Council shall consist of selected representatives who shall be students within that college.
3. The official College Councils shall be considered bodies of ASCSU and subject in all matters to ASCSU constitutional, legislative and Judicial oversight.

Section 502 - Powers Clause

1. College Councils shall hold the power to conduct independent programing.
   1. ASCSU shall not interfere with the internal finances of College Councils other than ASCSU allocated funding per Board for student funding rules.
2. College Councils shall hold the right to apply for funding from ASCSU.
3. College Councils shall hold the right to appoint Senators and Associate Senators as pertained by their bylaws and in adherence with the clauses of this Constitution.

Section 503 - College Councils

1. Each College Council shall be headed by the 'President' of their respective college.
2. Each College Council shall have the right to bylaws in compliance of self-governance.

Section 601 - Establishment Clause

1. Each student at Colorado State University shall be members of the At-Large Student Representative Council, which shall represent the interests of students at large as well as aim to align with the particular interests of each representative's former constituency.
2. The At-Large Student Representative Council shall consist of selected representatives who are students of Colorado State University and were previously appointed to a constituency that has ceased to function or exist until the end of their designated term.
3. The At-Large Student Representative Council shall be considered a body of ASCSU and subject in all matters to ASCSU constitutional, Legislative and Judicial oversight.

Section 602 - At-Large Student Representative Council

1. The At-Large Student Representative Council shall be headed by a designated 'Chair' of the Council.
2. The At-Large Student Representative Council shall have the right to create bylaws in compliance of self-governance that shall be stored for future use by the ASCSU Senate Parliamentarian in accordance with the processes outlined in Lex 5408.

Section 701 - Establishment Clause

1. Special Committees shall be bodies not a part of any ASCSU branch.
2. The goal of Special Committees shall be to bind branches of ASCSU or act as uniting bodies that would bring together aspects of ASCSU that would not otherwise be brought together.

Section 702 - Caucus Clause

1. A caucus shall be a special committee as defined in Article VI section 601.
2. The purpose of a caucus shall be to address pertinent issues on campus in an open forum format to encourage cooperation between ASCSU and the student population
3. A caucus shall write their own bylaws.
   1. The legislative and judicial branch shall have the right to review these bylaws to ensure that they are in accordance with superseding governing documents.
4. A new caucus shall be formed through a bill passed in the Senate
   1. It must be co-authored by at least one member of ASCSU
5. Once ratified by the Senate, a caucus becomes a permanent entity
   1. A caucus end date can be stipulated by the legislation which created the caucus originally.
6. If the time in the bill is indefinite, a caucus must be renewed every academic year with the Senate.
   1. Renewal of a caucus requires three people, one of which must be a member of ASCSU, and must be ratified by the Senate with a simple majority vote.

Section 703 - Legislative Strategy Advisory Board (LSAB)

1. The Legislative Strategy Advisory Board shall be an inter-branch committee with the purpose of setting a cohesive governmental policy stance on the behalf of ASCSU.
2. The chair(s) of the Legislative Strategy Advisory Board shall be the Executive director(s) and/or officer(s) of the department within ASCSU that directly works with the local, state, and federal governments (i.e. the "State and Local Policy Department”).
   1. In the case that there are more than one director or officer in said department, the directors and officers shall co-chair this board.
   2. The chief legislative officer as stated above shall have the power of refusal defined by the Legislative Strategy Advisory Boards bylaws.
3. Voting members shall consist of the ASCSU President or their designee, the ASCSU Speaker of the Senate or their designee, three members of the ASCSU Executive Branch via appointment, and three members of ASCSU Legislative Branch via appointment.
4. Executive Branch appointments shall be made by the ASCSU President and shall be ratified by the ASCSU Senate.
5. Senate Branch appointments shall be elected from the ASCSU Senate.
6. Both branches must have their representatives nominated and ratified by the third week of the semester.
7. The Legislative Strategy Advisory Board shall define their own bylaws to be ratified by the Senate through a bill no more than four weeks after the first meeting of the committee.
   1. Any change to the previous Legislative Strategy Advisory Board bylaws must be presented to and passed by the Senate by a two-thirds (2/3) vote.
   2. If such a vote fails, then the Legislative Strategy Advisory Board is dissolved until the conclusion of the current sitting administration.

Section 704 - Special Finance Committees

1. The Board of Student Organizational Funding shall be considered a Special Committee and defined in Article X.
2. The Student Fee Review Board shall be considered a Special Committee and defined in Article X.

Section 705 - A Voting Caucus

1. A voting caucus shall take the form of a normal caucus, but shall be given the ability to appoint two Senators and four Associate Senators to represent their interests and needs in the Senate body. These Senators will be appointed by the caucus as a whole; this process will take place on the first official meeting of the caucus. The appointed Senators and Associate Senators will be sworn in by a justice of the Supreme Court or by the Speaker of the Senate.
2. This voting caucus will represent the needs, interests, goals, etc. of a specific constituency outlined in the initial application and bylaws of said voting caucus.
3. Voting caucuses will have their own bylaws.
4. Senators and Associate Senators representing the voting caucus will, to the best of their ability, represent the constituencies and interests/goals of said constituencies that are established by the voting caucus.
5. Senators and Associate Senators chosen to represent a voting caucus will be ratified by the Senate in a majority vote.
6. Voting caucuses will be established through a lex presented and passed by a majority vote through the Senate. This lex will contain the bylaws of the Voting Caucus, the constituency they plan on representing, and the goals/action-items they will pursue as a caucus. Furthermore, this lex will require a change to the bylaws of the active Senate during which they are applying, detailing the constituency they are representing. After a lex establishing a voting caucus is passed, the constituency the caucus is representing will be added to the bylaws of its respective Senate.
7. Voting caucuses will meet a minimum of twice per month.
8. Voting caucuses will be chaired by one or both of the appointed Senators who represent that voting caucus.
9. A constituency who wishes to be represented by a voting caucus must either be a) a member of the At-Large Representative Council, or b) have had a constituency outlined in Article 2, Section 203, Subsections A, B, C, and D of the ASCSU Constitution that has since been dissolved.
10. A voting caucus will report to an advisor who will operate as another measure of accountability.

Section 801 - Grounds for Impeachment; Investigation; Interim Measures

1. An ASCSU Official will be impeached and removed from office for the following reasons:
   1. A serious violation of the Student Conduct Code, as determined by the Student Resolution Center.
   2. A serious violation of University policy, as determined by the Office of Equal Opportunity.
2. The Student Resolution Center or the Office of Equal Opportunity, as the case may be, will give priority to and expedite an investigation into whether an ASCSU Official has committed a violation of the Student Conduct Code or University policy.
3. During an investigation, either the Student Resolution Center or the Office of Equal Opportunity may implement interim measures, as needed, on a case-by-case basis in accordance with University policy. Interim measures may be implemented for various reasons, such as minimizing the impact on the parties involved, and the measures to be taken depend upon the pertinent facts.

Section 802 - Consequence

1. An Official who is removed in accordance with the Impeachment process of Section 701 may not hold any ASCSU office for a period of at least one year following such impeachment removal.

Section 901 - Establishment Clause

1. ASCSU shall conduct the general election of its President, Vice President, Speaker of the Senate, and Senators during the first three days of the third week after Spring Break.
2. All elections shall be administered by the Judicial Branch of ASCSU.

Section 902 - Candidates

1. The President, and Vice President shall be elected on a single ticket. The Speaker of the Senate shall run their own separate ticket.
2. The President, Vice President, Speaker of the Senate, and all members of the Executive Cabinet shall serve their term of office in accordance with this Constitution.
3. The number of Senators to be elected from each college shall be determined in accordance with Article II of this Constitution, using the average of the official enrollment count for the spring semester as provided by the Registrar's Office. This enrollment count shall include students who are dual majoring in different colleges and graduate students.
4. Senators shall be elected individually, using the Coombs Rule in accordance with the number of their respective College's seats, and shall take office in accordance with Article II of this Constitution.
5. All candidates for the office of President, Vice-President, and Speaker of the Senate shall be members of ASCSU, with a minimum Colorado State University cumulative grade point average of 2.25.
6. All candidates for the office of Senator shall be members of ASCSU, with a minimum Colorado State University cumulative grade point average of 2.00.
7. Any student without a Colorado State University grade point average, such as a new student or a recent transfer student, need not meet the grade point average threshold.
8. All Candidates for Speaker of the Senate must be presented by the Elections Manager for the Vote of Confidence to the Senate in an official and regularly scheduled Senate Session up to three weeks before the start of campaigning. All write-in candidates must receive the Vote of Confidence by the next regularly scheduled Senate Session, even if that session is after the voting period closes.
   1. A vote of confidence shall be passed if each individual candidate receives, at a minimum, a one-third (1/3) vote.
      1. Abstention shall not be counted in the vote of confidence and the candidates shall not vote, even for other candidates, even if they otherwise are a voting member.
   2. The Vote of Confidence for the Speaker of the Senate is a separate vote of each individual candidate that the Senate has confidence in their ability to run the Senate. Failing the Vote of Confidence indicates that the Senate does not believe in the candidate's ability to run the Senate. In the elections, the student body shall be the sole determinant of which candidate becomes Speaker of the Senate.
   3. The Speaker's vote of confidence is to determine the Senate's confidence in the Speaker's ability to run the Senate effectively.
      1. Each candidate for the Speaker of the Senate shall have an equal presentation time delineated by the Senate Bylaws followed by the typical "Question and Answer" period and a "Discussion and Debate" period.
      2. During the “Discussion and Debate" period, all discussion shall be relevant to the discussions of the individual candidate's presentation and "Question and Answer" times. This shall include discussions of the candidate's relevant competencies such as effectiveness, knowledge, impartiality, or ability to be so, knowledge or intent to gain knowledge, relevant experience, previously demonstrated ability to follow the governing documents including but not limited to the use of Ad Hominem attacks, or responsibilities related to the position of the Speaker of the Senate .
         1. This cannot include things such as voting history, political affiliation, and all around the individual's personal voting choices in the official election ballots.
         2. Ad Hominem attacks can only be discussed if the candidate's speaking rights have ever been revoked due to Ad Hominem attacks.
   4. Should a candidate fail the Vote of Confidence, they shall be ineligible to be on the ballot or to win the election for the Speaker of the Senate. They can, however, win any other ticket should they choose to run and fairly win after the scheduled vote has been put to the entire Colorado State University student body.
9. Only the Supreme Court shall have the ability to overturn the Vote of Confidence through their rules of appeal in the Supreme Court Bylaws.
10. All votes for the Speaker's Vote of Confidence shall be held through a secret ballot vote. All hard copies of the ballots, including a written account of the virtual votes, shall be kept anonymously for the duration of the elections period and for one (1) month following the closing of the voting period, and permanently in a virtual format in the ASCSU archive.

Section 903 - Elections Manager

1. All ASCSU elections shall be organized and executed by the Elections Manager.
2. The Judicial Branch shall select an impartial and unbiased member of ASCSU to serve as the Elections Manager.
3. The Elections Manager shall not be eligible to hold a position in the Executive or Judicial branches the following school year, with the exception of the Elections Manager position.
4. The Chief Justice shall present this nominee to the Senate for ratification no later than the week immediately prior to Fall Break, and the candidate shall be ratified by a majority vote of the ASCSU Senate.
5. If the Chief Justice and the Judicial Branch cannot find a willing Elections Manager by Fall Break, he or she must go before Senate to ask permission to extend the time period to winter break and/ or extend eligibility requirements.
6. In doing so, the Chief Justice must demonstrate by written record a thorough attempt to find a willing and eligible Elections Manager.
7. Whoever nominates the Elections Manager is ineligible to be an elected official the following school year, with the exception of the Elections Manager position.
8. The Elections Manager, once ratified, shall be a member of the Judicial Branch and shall serve as an ex officio member of Senate and the Cabinet.
9. The Elections Manager shall not be eligible to run for any elected office.

Section 904 - Election Committee

1. All ASCSU elections shall be overseen by the Elections Manager and the Elections Committee.
2. The Elections Committee shall consist of at least eight (8) members and no more than twelve (12) members.
3. The Elections Manager shall select these impartial and unbiased members of ASCSU to serve on the Elections Committee. Should it be determined that one of these members are biased, the Elections Manger may ask them to resign.
4. The Elections Manager shall present these nominees to the Senate for ratification prior to Spring Break the candidates shall be ratified by a majority vote of the ASCSU Senate.
5. Members of the Elections Committee shall not be eligible to run for any elected office.
6. The Elections Committee may be assisted by additional non-voting officers (Judicial Officials) as ratified by the ASCSU Senate.

Section 905 - Interregnum

1. If the newly elected President and Vice President resign from their positions prior to being sworn into office, the President and Vice President ticket with the next highest number of votes shall assume the position of President and Vice President.
2. If no other President and Vice President tickets exist, the Speaker of the Senate ticket with the highest votes shall take on the office of the President.
3. If the newly elected Speaker of the Senate ticket resigns prior to being sworn into office, the Speaker of the Senate ticket with the next highest votes shall assume the responsibilities and office of the Speaker of the Senate.
4. If no other Speaker of the Senate Tickets exist, the Senate shall elect a Speaker of the Senate.

Section 906 - Referenda and Code

1. Referenda shall not deal with any aspect of student fees.
2. ASCSU shall conduct all elections and referenda in accordance with the ASCSU Referenda and Elections Code.
3. The ASCSU Referenda and Elections Code shall govern all aspects of elections and referenda not explicitly covered by this Constitution, including the execution of an election, the operation of the Elections Committee, and the responsibilities of the Elections Manager and Elections Committee members.
4. The ASCSU Referenda and Elections Code shall remain in effect at all times, and shall not require yearly re-adoption.
5. The ASCSU Referenda and Elections Code may only be amended by a Senate bill specifically delineating all proposed amendments.
6. The Senate may pass such a bill with a majority vote of the ASCSU Senate until six weeks prior to Spring Break.
7. A two-thirds vote of the ASCSU Senate shall be required to pass such a bill beginning six weeks prior to Spring Break.
8. A three-quarters vote of the ASCSU Senate shall be required to pass such a bill during the second week prior to Spring Break.
9. Legislation amending the ASCSU Referenda and Elections code voted upon or brought to the Senate the week prior to Spring Break or during the election period shall require a 5/6th vote of the Senate to pass.
10. At the conclusion of the elections period, such a bill may be passed by a majority vote of the ASCSU Senate.
11. A bill to amend the ASCSU Referenda and Elections Code shall take effect upon signature of the President or veto override.

Section 1001 - Establishment Clause

1. Final responsibility to the Board of Governors and authority for student fee policy shall be vested in the President, Student Fee Review Board, Board for Student Organization Funding, and the Senate of ASCSU.

Section 1002 - Regulation

1. Funds may be transferred between ASCSU departments by the President, only with the approval of Senate in the form of a Supplemental Funding Bill that shall be written and presented by the President and/or their designee.
   1. Multiple transfers may be presented in one Bill.
   2. The Senate may vote to approve the reallocation of funds with a simple majority vote.
2. No branch of ASCSU may commit to distribute funds unless proper funding is available at the time of commitment.
3. All unbudgeted funds from the ASCSU Fee, from either the initial budgeting, roll-over funds, or any other source of unbudgeted revenue, shall be immediately transferred to the Senate Discretionary Fund by the Director of Finance and the Controller.
   1. Specifically, the “Discretionary” line item.
   2. This transfer shall be exempt from the Supplemental Funding Bill requirement.
   3. The entire Senate shall immediately be notified of the transfer.
4. All student fee policies and expenditures shall comply with federal and state laws as well as University policy as set forth by the Board of Governors.

Section 1003 - ASCSU Fee

1. ASCSU shall receive from assessed student fees a specified amount of money each year for the full or partial support of student activities that are permissible under this Constitution (the "ASCSU Fee").
2. Once approved by the Senate, the money designated for allocation to student organizations shall be neither allocated nor diminished except by an action of the Board for Student Organization Funding and the Senate.
3. The ASCSU Board for Student Organization Funding shall have responsibility and authority for allocating such funds in a viewpoint neutral manner.

Section 1004 - Board of Student Organizational Funding

1. The Board for Student Organization Funding shall be comprised of the following: The Executive Director of Finance, who shall serve as the Chair, appointed by the President of ASCSU; one Executive representative, appointed by the President from within Cabinet; five ASCSU members drawn from the ranks of Senators, Associate Senators, and Senate officers; The Chief Justice, Deputy Chief Justice, and Associate Justices; and four members who shall not hold other positions in ASCSU (at-large members), appointed by the Executive Director of Finance with Senate approval.
   1. Upon a vacancy in membership of a Senate member the Senate shall appoint a new member.
   2. Upon a vacancy in the membership of an Executive or at- large member the Chair shall appoint a new member.
   3. Senate shall have the ability to call for legislative resignation of any Board for Student Organization Funding member following the procedures set forth in this constitution.
2. The Executive Director of Finance shall have the responsibility of carrying out the decisions of the Board for Student Organization Funding and shall monitor all aspects of the President's budget.
3. The incoming ASCSU President shall present the ASCSU Budget to the Board for Student Organization Funding prior to its presentation to Senate as defined by Article III.

Section 1005 - BSOF Powers

1. The Board for Student Organization Funding shall have the power to establish its own bylaws, rules of order, rules of procedure, and fiscal rules as the members deem necessary, provided that all allocations of the ASCSU Fee shall be done in a viewpoint neutral manner.
   1. Senate must approve any bylaws and fiscal rules passed by the Board for Student Organization Funding through a bill.
2. The Board for Student Organization Funding may approve allocations, not to exceed $14,000 for any one eligible organization.
   1. If a specific request exceeds $14,000, it must be ratified by the Senate through a Bill following the Board's recommendation.
   2. Funding requests presented to Senate must be accompanied by an itemized budget.
   3. Any request brought forth in the form of a Bill to ratify Board for student funding allocations must be approved by the Senate in a viewpoint neutral manner.
3. Any decision made by the Board for Student Organization Funding may be appealed to the Senate in the form of a Bill in compliance with Senate Bylaws.
   1. Appeals may be made only in the event that rules of procedure were not followed. The Board for Student Organization Funding shall be bound to implement Senate's decision.

Section 1006 - Student Fee Review Board

1. The ASCSU Vice President shall chair the Student Fee Review Board.
2. All additional members shall be appointed in accordance with the Student Fee Review Board Bylaws.
3. All members of the Student Fee Review Board shall be confirmed by a plurality vote of the Senate.
4. Senate shall have the ability to call for legislative resignation of any Student Fee Review Board member.

Section 1007 - SFRB Powers

1. The Student Fee Review Board shall have the power to establish its own Bylaws, rules of order, plan of procedure and fiscal rules as its members deem necessary.
   1. Senate must vote to approve the Bylaws and plan of procedure of the Student Fee Review Board through a bill.
   2. If new Bylaws or plan of procedure cannot be passed the Student Fee Review Board will operate under the last approved Bylaws and plan of procedure approved by the ASCSU Senate.
   3. All changes to the Bylaws must be clearly presented to the ASCSU Senate.
2. The Student Fee Review Board shall review and make recommendations as to all student fees and increases thereto within inflation.
3. The Student Fee Review Board may also recommend new fees to be pledged as revenue to repay bond financing and, fee increases above inflation, fee decreases, and the elimination of fees.
4. At the end of the spring semester the Student Fee Review Board shall present the final approved recommended fee package to the ASCSU Senate.
   1. The ASCSU Senate shall hold a vote of confidence that the SFRB Bylaws approved by Senate in the fall were substantially followed.
   2. A Senate majority no-confidence vote may be appealed by the Chair of the SFRB to the Supreme Court, and the Court's decision shall be final.
   3. If the no confidence vote is upheld, then the fee package shall go to the Senate for the fee package to be determined by legislation.

Section 1101 - Meetings Clause

1. All meetings of Senate, Cabinet, and all ASCSU committees shall be open to the public. Meetings of the Supreme Court shall be open to the public at the discretion of the Chief Justice.

Section 1102 - Documents Clause

1. All Documents of ASCSU shall have a header stating the date that the document became active and shall state the appropriate branch via seal or written language.
   1. Documents shall state in the header if they are not to be removed from the Active Statutes of ASCSU.
   2. Trans branch or Special Committee documents shall not list a branch and instead shall have the official ASCSU logo in the header.
   3. Senate legislation shall follow the template released by Legislative Cabinet.
   4. This Constitution shall not require a header.
2. All documents submitted for action from all branches including but not limited to, Bills, Resolutions, Leges, Financial Documents, Controller Book, E-mail records, shall be open and accessible by all members of ASCSU.
3. All documents shall be accessible through the front desk or the department or branch relevant to the document at hand.
4. An individual shall not be required to reveal the purpose of their document request.

Section 1103 - Legal Tender

1. Only documents defined within this constitution or its subsidiary documents, and in active effect, shall be legal tender of ASCSU.
   1. All other documents not legally valid through this constitution or its subsidiary documents shall not be of active effect or of legal tender for the governance of this organization.

Section 1104 - Statues of ASCSU

1. All documents of any active effect on ASCSU, excluding the Constitution itself, shall be part of the governing 'Statutes of ASCSU'.
2. The 'Statutes of ASCSU' shall be actively maintained by the Parliamentarian, another member of Senate leadership as designated by the Legislative Cabinet, a member from the Judicial branch as designated by the Chief Justice, and a member from the Executive branch as designated by the President.
   1. The Chief Justice and President may designate themselves.
3. The entire active 'Statutes of ASCSU' shall be accessible through the ASCSU Records website.
4. The umbrella of the ‘Statutes of ASCSU' is devised into 4 subdivisions; 'Statutes of the Senate', 'Statutes of the Executive', 'Statues of the Judicial', and 'Statutes of the Special Bodies'.
5. Statues of the Senate
   1. The Statutes of the Senate shall be all bills, resolutions, leges, general orders, and job descriptions in effect; and the bylaws of the Senate.
   2. All bills, resolutions, leges, and general orders passed by the current seated Senate, not amending a higher tiered document or a Statue of the Special Bodies, shall only be legal tender for the current ASCSU administration; unless specified by special circumstances by the Senate in the document at passage.
6. Statutes of the Executive
   1. The Statutes of the Executive shall be all bylaws, orders, job descriptions, and governing documents of the Executive Branch.
   2. The Statutes of the Executive shall only be legal tender for the current sitting Executive administration.
7. Statues of the Judicial
   1. The Statutes of the Judicial shall be all rulings, opinions, job descriptions, and bylaws of the Judicial Branch.
   2. Court rulings or opinions regarding wordage, procedure, or clarification on the Constitution or any set of active governing document are considered permanent legal tender for two (2) whole ASCSU administrative years.
   3. Such rulings or opinions stated in subsection (e), (ii), may be subject to court revision and new ruling after two (2) whole ASCSU administrative years if such rulings or opinions are used as evidence, argument, or appeal in any Court case.
   4. Court disciplinary rulings with action taken against a person(s) are permanent but shall be archived after the person(s) leaves office.
8. Statues of the Special Bodies
   1. The Statues of the Special Bodies shall be the bylaws of SFRB, BSOF, LSAB, and the ASCSU Referenda and Elections Code.
   2. These documents and their rules shall remain defined by this Constitution.
9. Any document no longer of active effect or of legal tender shall be removed from the active set of ‘Statutes of ASCSU' and appropriately archived.

Section 1105 - Archives Clause

1. All legislation passed or tabled, meeting agendas, meeting minutes, and other documents produced by the ASCSU Senate shall be submitted to the Archives and Special Collections Department of the Colorado State University Libraries for historical preservation by and through the ASCSU Administrative Assistant yearly on the first business day following the last meeting of the current Senate.
2. All meeting agendas, meeting minutes, and various documents produced by the ASCSU Executive Branch critical to their operation shall be submitted to the Archives and Special Collections Department of the Colorado State University Libraries for historical preservation by and through the ASCSU Administrative Assistant yearly on the first business day following the last day of the current Administration.
3. All meeting agendas, meeting minutes, and various documents produced by the ASCSU Judicial Branch critical to their operation, not defined as classified or private, shall be submitted to the Archives and Special Collections Department of the Colorado State University Libraries for historical preservation by and through the ASCSU Administrative Assistant yearly on the first business day following the last day of the current Administration.

Section 1201 - Legislative Amendment

1. A special bill to amend this Constitution may be brought to the floor of the Senate in the form of a standard bill or by the presentation to the Speaker of the Senate of a petition containing the signatures of not less than 5% of the members of ASCSU.
2. Amendment bills shall be publicized.
3. All proposed amendments must specifically delineate the exact changes being proposed.
4. Passage of this bill requires a two-thirds majority vote, of the ASCSU Senate on two successive Senate sessions.
5. The first vote shall take place no sooner than one week after the initial presentation of the bill.
6. Upon the two successive two-thirds votes of the Senate and Executive approval, this amendment shall become effective.
7. A three-fourths vote of the ASCSU Senate is required to override a Presidential veto of a constitutional amendment.

Section 1202 - Referendum

1. This Constitution may be amended at any time by a majority vote in a referendum with no less than 10% of the members of ASCSU voting.
2. Such an amendment shall be placed on a referendum by the Elections Manager upon receipt of a petition containing the signatures of not less than 10% of the members of ASCSU to that effect.

Section 1301 - Enactment Clause

1. Upon amendment, this Constitution shall be ratified by the majority vote of not less than 10% of the voting members of the Associated Students of Colorado State University by placement of the question "Do you vote to approve the Constitution of the Associated Students of Colorado State University?" at the end of the general election ballot.

Section 1302 - Supplemental Clause

1. All amendments to this Constitution made in accordance with Article XII, must be approved Elections Manager and Chief Justice prior to Spring Break for inclusion on the general election ballot.

Section 1303 - Consistency Clause

1. Upon successful ratification by the student body, the Chief Justice of the ASCSU Supreme Court shall verify that Article XIII, Section 1304 is updated with the correct date of ratification, which shall be the date in which voting concludes in the general election, as defined in Article IX, Section 901.

Section 1304 - Concurrence Clause

1. This Constitution renders all previous constitutions null and void, and was ratified in the above prescribed manner on 5 APRIL 2023.

Title I

The Students of Colorado State University shall have the right to self-governance including the right to recommend student fees and the right to participate in administration of those student fees; the right to fair, functional, accessible and productive representation by student government; the right to have their needs and concerns represented by ASCSU on any level; and the right to easily access student government representation and the right to lobby on the state level.

Title II

The Students of Colorado State University shall have the right to quality education, academic excellence, challenging curricula, excellence in teaching, and current, updated technology; the right to evaluate faculty and classes; the right to competent advisors and advising programs leading to efficient progression toward degree requirements; the right to timely access of current class grades; and the right to participate in extracurricular activities and programs which are enriching, entertaining, diverse, and enhance academic development will not be denied students of Colorado State University.

Title III

Every Colorado State University student has the right to be recognized as a community, state, and national and an international citizen; the right to be treated with respect and professionalism by all administrators, faculty, staff and fellow students; the right to freedom from discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, age, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, gender, disability, veterans status, political beliefs, handicap, creed, genetic information, or sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression.

Title IV

Colorado State University students may freely exercise their full rights as citizens without fear of University interference; the right to engage in discussion, to exchange thought and opinion, and to speak, write, or print freely; the right to join associations; the right to peaceful assembly and protest; the right to clearly stated rules, policies, regulations, and appeals processes; and the right to freedom from illegal searches and seizures.

Title V

The Students of Colorado State University shall have the right to a safe and functional physical environment including all buildings, parking areas, bikeways, and walkways; and the right to special needs accessibility shall not be infringed upon.

Title VI

The Students of Colorado State University shall have the right to clearly stated rules, policies, regulations, and appeals processes; and the right to fair and impartial treatment in instances of general and academic discipline, and academic evaluation shall not be denied any student.

Title VII

Colorado State University students shall have the right to appeal decisions affecting students and students' rights, and the right to fair and impartial treatment, and the right to due process in instances of general and academic discipline and academic evaluation.

Title VIII

The Students of Colorado State University shall have the right to quality lifestyle services to include housing, food services, health care, entertainment, and childcare.

Title IX

The right to privacy of student records will not be denied to any Student of Colorado State University.

Title X

All Students of Colorado State University have a right to fully exercise freedom of speech and freedom of press, and should not be subject to prior restraint or any other censorship by any administrator, regent, or governing board of Colorado State University; nor should any student be subject to disciplinary action solely on the basis of conduct that is speech or other communication that, when engaged in outside of campus, is protected from governmental restriction.