SGA Constitution Article VIII: Amendments

The Constitution of the Student Government Association may be amended in the following manner:

8.1 By referendum, with a majority vote of the members of the Student Government Association.

8.2 A referendum will be held on a proposed amendment to the Constitution.

8.2.1 If proposed in the Student Senate and two thirds (2/3) of the total voting membership Student Senate is in favor of the amendment being brought before the Student Government Association for a vote.

8.2.2 By petition of members of the Student Government Association. The number of members required on the petition must equal or be greater than thirty (30) percent of the total number of ballots cast in the last general election.

8.2.3 By two-thirds (2/3) vote of the total voting membership of the Student Senate if proposed by an external entity outside the Student Senate.

8.3 Any proposed amendment, together with parts of the Constitution affected, should be published in the Prairie View A&M University Student Newspaper at least one week prior to the election.

8.4 All approved amendments will be appended to the original Constitution.