Article I – Membership
Section 1. The student body of CMU shall be composed of all
full or part-time students enrolled in the University as defined by the
dean of the college except university staff members who do not pay the
Student Government Association (SGA) fee. All members of the student
body shall have the rights, privileges, and benefits given in this
constitution.
Section 2. All members if the student body shall be allowed
suffrage. All shall be eligible to be elected to, to be appointed to, or
to hold any office or position in the SGA except those on academic or
social probation. No student may simultaneously serve on both the
legislative and judicial branches.
Section 3. A student activity fee shall be collected by the
university for the SGA at the beginning of each semester. The amount of
the fee shall be determined by the number of credit hours an individual
student is enrolled in at the beginning of the semester as follows:
Enrolled Hours Fee
10 or more $70.00
9 or less $6.00 per hour
Section 4. Faculty and staff of CMU shall have the right to waive
the student activities fee at their discretion. If waived, the
faculty/staff member will waive all rights and privileges as a member of
the CMU student body in the constitution. Each member of the SGA Senate
shall have full reimbursement of the student activities fee at the end
of the semester, given that he/she has served on the senate for the
whole semester for which he/she is being reimbursed.
Section 5. The student activities fee may be changed at any time
by a majority vote in the legislature, a majority vote of the students
voting in the referendum, and with the consent of the president of the
university. Implementation of any change must be institutionalized in
the following fall semester.
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