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ARTICLE IV

Executive Board

Sec. 1. The duties of the Executive Board are outlined in Article XVII of the IBEW Constitution and these bylaws.

Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the Executive Board to investigate all applications for membership and submit its report to the Local Union for action in accordance with Article XX of the IBEW Constitution. The preceding sentence shall not apply to apprentices as covered elsewhere in these bylaws. The Executive Board shall also investigate and pass upon all traveling cards in full accordance with Article XXIII of the IBEW Constitution. The Executive Board shall make its final report to the Local Union within sixty (60) days after the application or traveling card has been presented for Board consideration.

Sec. 3. Special meetings of the Executive Board may be called by its Chairman or the Business Manager.

Sec. 4. The Executive Board shall elect its own ____________.

Sec. 5. The Executive Board shall meet regularly between regular meetings of the Local Union at such time as it decides.

Sec. 1. All decisions of the Executive Board, except those in conjunction with their duties as a Trial Board, are subject to approval by the local union. Under Article XVII, Section 14, of the IBEW Constitution, the Executive Board is required to “…cooperate fully with the other officers and representatives of the Local Union….”

Sec. 4. Where the President is also a member of the Executive Board, the local union may decide that he/she is to serve as Chairman. Where the Recording Secretary is a member of the Board, the local union may decide that he/she is to serve as Secretary of the Board. However, the local union may decide to allow the board to elect their own Chairman and/or Secretary from among the members of the Board. If the President also serves as Business Manager, he/she may not serve as a member of the Board and thus, may not serve as its Chairman.

The Recording Secretary may not serve as Secretary of the Executive Board unless he/she is also a member of the Board. Only Board members and the Business Manager or President/Business Manager (whichever the case may be) are entitled to remain in the Board meeting. In accordance with Article XVII, Section 11, of the IBEW Constitution, all other persons are to be excused after they have been heard or presented their business to the Board.

Sec. 5. The IBEW Constitution Article XVII, Section 9, requires the Executive Board to meet between regular meetings of the local union. This does not mean immediately prior to or immediately following the local union meeting since the primary duty of the Board is to “take any action that the local union can take and which should be taken prior to the next meeting of the local union.”