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May 21, ] Proposed Constitutional Amendments Page2 -0 consideration of the board of directors and shall limit expenditures to the total budget approved by the board of directors. He The executive director shall submit to the board of directors and to the membership an annual report of League affairs, services and finances which shall be published in the Leagues official publication. He The executive director shall have charge of the League records, accounts and propertyT, He shall cause an official record of all meetings of the League to be madeT He and shall act as treasurer and handle all League funds. The executive director and employees designated by hie the executive director shall post a corporate surety bond at League expense. The accounts and finances of the League shall be post -audited each year by a public accountant selected by the board of directors. Section 9. A special committee shall be appointed by the president every three years to study League dues and League services, commencing with the appointment of such a committee in the fall of 1983. Additionally, special committees may be authorized by the board of directors for the purpose of studying municipal problems, conducting schools, making legislative recommendations or other appropriate League service. The chairmen of each such committee appointed by the president shall, on the completion of his the committee's work, make a report to the board of directors, convention or legislative conference in such form as the executive director may request. ARTICLE VI LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE I Section 1. Except as otherwise provided in this article, no official commitment shall be made by the League on any proposed state or federal legislative matter unless it is approved by the legislative committee and is further approved by a two-thirds favorable vote of the delegates present and voting at the annual business meeting or at the regular or a special legislative conference to which all the member municipalities are invited; but no proposal shall be made part of the League legislative program under this section or section 2 if the municipalities voting against it include all the cities of any one class and if such proposal is by its terms applicable to such class of municipalities. The vote on any legislative matter shall be by acclamation; but at any time before the result of the vote is announced, the presider eheirmen may, and shall, if requested to do so by ten or more delegates present, submit the question under consideration to a vote by municipality, in which case each member municipality represented shall have one vote. Section 4. A legislative committee shall be created prior to each session of the legislature to consist of the chairmens of any special committees studying legislative matters and the members of the board of directors. 2. New members to pay (building) assessments as well as dues (conforming the constitution to current practice.) ARTICLE III FEES AND DUES Section 1. Any municipality in Minnesota desiring to become a member of this League may do so upon signifying a desire to do so and paying of the annual duesT and any outstanding assessment.