THE MANUAL OF THE IRVINE DIVISION OF THE ACADEMIC SENATE
CHAPTER III: Organization
Section 5: Standing Committees
125. Rules and Jurisdiction, Committee on (Am 5 Jun 03)
(A) Membership
The Committee on Rules and Jurisdiction shall consist of five Division members. The Registrar shall be an ex officio non-voting member.
(B) Duties
The duties of this Committee shall be:
(1) Publish and edit the Manual of the Irvine Division of the Academic Senate when necessary, under the guidance of the University Committee on Rules and Jurisdiction.
(2) Review legislation to be presented for action to the Divisional Senate Assembly by agencies or members of the Division to verify and to ensure the conformity of such proposed legislation with the format and content of the Code of the Academic Senate.
(3) Advise the Chair of the Division as to whether proposed legislation is solely of Divisional concern.
(4) Make editorial and conforming non-substantive changes in the Divisional Manual.
(5) Advise the Division, its Officers, Committees, Faculties, and members in all matters of organization, jurisdiction, and interpretation of legislation of the Academic Senate and its agencies.
(6) Issue, upon a formal request from a member of the Division, legislative rulings interpreting the Code of the Irvine Division of the Academic Senate [defined in IBL 175). Such rulings shall have the status of legislation until modified by legislative or Regental action. Rulings of the Committee in these matters must be published in the call for the first regular Divisional Senate Assembly meeting next following the Committee's decision, and all rulings of the Committee on Rules and Jurisdiction not superseded by legislative or Regental action shall appear in an Appendix of the Divisional Manual. (EC 17 Jul 06)
(7) Instruct the Registrar on behalf of the Division with respect to disposition of the Registrar's responsibilities in administering the Regulations of the Academic Senate and its agencies. (Am 13 Nov 75; renumbered Aug 1987)
(8) Hear an appeal which contends that a committee has acted contrary to the Code of the Academic Senate [defined in SBL 80]. Such appeal shall be submitted in writing by no fewer than ten (10) initiators of the appeal (SBL 206B), without limitation of time, to the Divisional Committee on Rules and Jurisdiction, which shall hear both sides, orally or in writing or both, before reaching a decision. The Committee on Rules and Jurisdiction shall report its findings to a meeting of the Division and to the University Committee on Rules and Jurisdiction. Either the plaintiffs or the defendants may then ask the latter committee to consider the issue. A decision of the University Committee on Rules and Jurisdiction, if rendered, shall be final. If that Committee decides not to hear the issue, the decision of the Divisional Committee on Rules and Jurisdiction shall stand. (Am 9 Jun 94) (EC 17 Jul 06)
(9) Maintain liaison with the University Committee on Rules and Jurisdiction.