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ARTICLE III DISTRIBUTION OF POWERS Section A

ASUCI shall be organized into three branches: the Legislative, the Executive, and the Judicial.


 * 1. The Legislative Branch shall consist of the Legislative Council.
 * 2. The Executive Branch shall consist of the Executive Cabinet.
 * 3. The Judicial Branch shall consist of the Judicial Board.

Section B

No person or group of persons in any one of these branches shall exercise power belonging to another branch, except as herein after expressly directed or permitted.

ARTICLE IV ASUCI LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Section A

All legislative authority of ASUCI shall be vested in the Legislative Council, which shall be the supreme policy-making body of ASUCI, and shall promote the welfare and the interests of the undergraduate students, subject to limitations herein enumerated.

Section B

The actions of the Legislative Council shall be enacted upon a specific majority vote stipulated in the By-laws for a particular measure. The authority of the Legislative Council shall include, but is not limited to:


 * 1. Enacting legislation necessary and proper for the general welfare of the undergraduate students, according to this constitution;
 * 2. Appropriating all ASUCI fee income and requiring a timely and accurate accounting of income and expenditure of all funds. Total appropriation in any fiscal year may not exceed the total income for that fiscal year. A three-quarter (3/4) vote of the entire (all filled seats) Legislative Council is required to authorize any appropriation which would effect a deficit between income and expenses for the fiscal year; No legislative council may commit funds of any future administration;
 * 3. Approving, by a majority vote of the voting Legislative Council members present, the commissioner appointments of the Executive Officers;
 * 4. Removing from office any non-elected person holding a position of responsibility in ASUCI, except Judicial Board members, by a three- fourths (3/4) vote of the voting Legislative Council members present, and a majority vote of the Executive Cabinet,

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