Article IV.Sec. XI

SECTION XI. Transition Procedures

a) The new Senate refers to the session of the Student Senate that will assume office before the end of the spring semester in question.  The term old Senate refers to the session of the Student Senate that will end at the spring semester in question. 

b) A senate shall enter a lame duck session immediately after the election of new executives.

c) No legislation can be amended in the lame duck session; this also includes the senate bylaws and the constitution. 

d) All legislation passed at the last sitting of the old senate shall be subject to ratification of the new senate before it shall have the force of law.

e) After spring elections, the new senate shall have two (2) meetings prior to the end of the spring semester.

1. The old senate president, president pro-tempore and chair of the rules and administration committee of the old senate, shall cause the new President and Senate President to be properly briefed about the rules of transition, and senate by-laws guiding  appointments.
2. The Senate President of the old Senate in consultation with the President of the new senate shall arrange the first meeting of the new Senate.  The former Senate President shall hand-over notes from their office to the officers of the new Senate.  
3. He/She shall cause to be delivered to the officers of the new senate hand-over notes from their predecessors in office.  
4. The second meeting shall coincide with the final meeting of the old Senate, which must occur before the beginning of the final examination period of the spring semester.  During this meeting the session of the old Senate shall end, and the new session of the new Senate will begin.  Both senates shall sit together.

f) Before the new fall session begins, the existing leadership of the new Senate must meet to appoint at least three of the ex-officio members of the senate.

g) After the spring election results are announced the old Senate cannot approve nominees to appointed positions.

h) When the Senate President of the new Senate gains the chair, the Senate session ends and the new senate session begins.  A motion to adjourn is out of order until the Senate session begins, and the meeting cannot end until the new session has begun.

i) The new senate can meet extempore during the summer semester, but their decisions shall be advisory, shall have the weight of law if it is ratified at the beginning of the fall session.

j) The Student Government Association President or Vice President may conduct summer meetings.
No new senator shall resume office hours, attend senate meetings or sittings or carry out activities related with the office of a senator, if he/she does not undergo a compulsory period of orientation by the new Senate President.