THE MANUAL OF THE IRVINE DIVISION OF THE ACADEMIC SENATE
CHAPTER III: Organization
Section 2: Divisional Senate Assembly
28. Responsibilities and Functions (Am 5 Jun 03)
(A) Duties
The Divisional Senate Assembly shall have the duty and is hereby empowered to act on behalf of the Irvine Division in the transaction of all business not specifically delegated to other agencies of the Division, except as limited below:
(1) Effective Date of Legislation
Bylaws and Regulations enacted by the Divisional Senate Assembly become effective thirty (30) days after the distribution of the minutes of the meeting at which they were enacted, unless an alternate date of implementation is approved by two-thirds of the Divisional Senate Assembly.
(2) Ballot
By consent of a majority of the Divisional Senate Assembly members present, or upon petition of seven (7) percent of the Senate membership submitted within ten (10) days after the date of distributing the minutes of the meeting at which a specific action was taken by the Divisional Senate Assembly, a mail ballot of the Division members must be conducted to endorse or reject the action in question. (See IBL 190 and IBL 195.)