In attempts to make it easier for the student body to understand UOSA laws, a committee will reevaluate the Code Annotated, the document which explains the processes of UOSA and its laws.

The UOSA Undergraduate Student Congress voted Tuesday night to create a committee to reorganize and recreate its Code Annotated.

The Code Annotated contains the text of all the laws and regulations, such as qualifications for running for a position or student organization budget rules.

“We were looking over the [Code Annotated] over the summer and said, ‘you know, this is kind of a mess,’” said Brett Stidham, UOSA Undergraduate Student Congress chair and co-author of the bill. “This committee will come back at the end of the semester, maybe the end of the year, with a new CA that is hopefully clean-up, spiffed-up and be everything you want it to be and more.”

The new Legislative Committee for UOSA Code Annotated Reform will consist of eight members from the Graduate Student Senate and Undergraduate Student Congress. Co-chairs will be Silas DeBoer, Graduate Student Senate chair, and Stidham, human resources management senior.

The bill passed with unanimous consent. Though letters sophomore Joe Sangirardi tried to change his vote afterward, a move to reconsider voting was not approved by the necessary two-thirds majority.

Changes will include a restructuring of the code and deletions of outdated laws.

“There will be some reorganizing and putting things in a logical order, not just categorically,” Stidham said. “We want to put it in a way that anyone can read and recognize. Also, we want to make necessary changes like little-known laws that don’t make sense anymore in practical application.”

Though the legislative branch of the UOSA will be editing the Code Annotated, other branches can have a say in the proceedings, Stidham said. Meetings will be open, and anyone is welcome to attend.

Stidham stressed that he wants the process to be as transparent as possible with plenty of input from everyone along the way.

“This is not a way to huddle people in a back room and rewrite everything,” he said. “We will send parts to people as they are completed and will have meetings saying, ‘hey, what do you think? Is this good, as far as being passable and workable?’”

The current Code Annotated can be found on the UOSA website and is 182 pages long.

A town hall meeting for students to express concerns next is scheduled for Wednesday night, Sept. 15 in Wagner Hall.

Other business of Tuesday night included appointing eight new directors to the executive branch. The Congress voted on these as a block and passed the appointments with unanimous consent.

UOSA President Franz Zenteno said each person went through an application and interview process and that he is sure they are right for the job and will work to make UOSA better.

In attempts to make it easier for the student body to understand UOSA laws, a committee will reevaluate the Code Annotated, the document which explains the processes of UOSA and its laws.

The UOSA Undergraduate Student Congress voted Tuesday night to create a committee to reorganize and recreate its Code Annotated.

The Code Annotated contains the text of all the laws and regulations, such as qualifications for running for a position or student organization budget rules.

“We were looking over the [Code Annotated] over the summer and said, ‘you know, this is kind of a mess,’” said Brett Stidham, UOSA Undergraduate Student Congress chair and co-author of the bill. “This committee will come back at the end of the semester, maybe the end of the year, with a new CA that is hopefully clean-up, spiffed-up and be everything you want it to be and more.”

The new Legislative Committee for UOSA Code Annotated Reform will consist of eight members from the Graduate Student Senate and Undergraduate Student Congress. Co-chairs will be Silas DeBoer, Graduate Student Senate chair, and Stidham, human resources management senior.

The bill passed with unanimous consent. Though letters sophomore Joe Sangirardi tried to change his vote afterward, a move to reconsider voting was not approved by the necessary two-thirds majority.

Changes will include a restructuring of the code and deletions of outdated laws.

“There will be some reorganizing and putting things in a logical order, not just categorically,” Stidham said. “We want to put it in a way that anyone can read and recognize. Also, we want to make necessary changes like little-known laws that don’t make sense anymore in practical application.”

Though the legislative branch of the UOSA will be editing the Code Annotated, other branches can have a say in the proceedings, Stidham said. Meetings will be open, and anyone is welcome to attend.

Stidham stressed that he wants the process to be as transparent as possible with plenty of input from everyone along the way.

“This is not a way to huddle people in a back room and rewrite everything,” he said. “We will send parts to people as they are completed and will have meetings saying, ‘hey, what do you think? Is this good, as far as being passable and workable?’”

The current Code Annotated can be found on the UOSA website and is 182 pages long.

A town hall meeting for students to express concerns next is scheduled for Wednesday night, Sept. 15 in Wagner Hall.

Other business of Tuesday night included appointing eight new directors to the executive branch. The Congress voted on these as a block and passed the appointments with unanimous consent.

UOSA President Franz Zenteno said each person went through an application and interview process and that he is sure they are right for the job and will work to make UOSA better.