UOSA passed a bill Tuesday night setting a date for a vote on amendments to the UOSA constitution — a bill identical to the one passed Jan. 26 in possible violation of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act.
“This bill we’re considering again in order to be transparent,” said Matthew Gress, UOSA vice chairman.
The bill sets the election date for amendments to the UOSA constitution as March 30 and 31, concurrent with spring elections.
Representative Shayna Daitch made a successful motion to rescind the original bill passed Jan. 26.
“It doesn’t make sense to pass the bill twice,” Daitch said.
Following the meeting during announcements, Daitch said she would like to bring someone in to talk to UOSA about the Open Meeting Act to ensure congress is familiar with it.
Daitch said rescinding the bill was the right choice.
“If you do something illegal or inappropriate you need to undo it. So we went back and fixed the mess we created,” she said
In an e-mail sent to UOSA members Monday night and forwarded to The Daily, Gress stated his reasoning for reintroducing the bill:
“We heard this bill last week but because the newspaper criticized Congress for lacking transparency, Chairman Jennings has agreed to hear it again,” Gress said. “Chairman Jennings considers it an act of good faith to show the newspaper and the campus that Student Congress has and will continue to be as transparent as possible.”
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