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b) Solicitation of member input through surveys or questionnaires. <br />c) Statewide and/or regional membership meetings. <br />Section 3. Member Notification. At least once annually, the Board of Directors <br />shall submit a report of the proposed legislative policies and priorities to the members. <br />A-fegular legislative conf erence shati-be held befor e or during eoch session of the <br />state legislature, to approve ofTiciol League legislative polici es. The board <br />of director s may authorin e special legislative conf erences when necessary. No pol icy <br />shait-becom e an official League legislative pol icy unless first opprov ed by the members <br />as provided in Section 2. <br />Section 3i The proc ess of odopting official -Leogue legislotive pol icies may occur in <br />any-o f-the following three ways: <br />(1) Each year the Leogue shall convene legislative policy committ ees to study and <br />make recomm endations to the League board of directors conc erning legislati» e policies. <br />The board of director s shall establish the number of committ ees and the focus of their <br />study:-Upon receipH>f the recomm endot ion s from each of the po licy comm ittees the <br />board of <tirectors may either accept-, fcject, of mod ify a propo^ polic y-.--Once approved <br />b)r-the-bo ard-of directors the propos ed polic ies sho il be submitted for consid erot ion by the <br />members ot the regular or g specially called legislative conf erence to which all members <br />are invited. Polici es shall becom e off icial Leogue legislative pol icies upon approval by a <br />two thirds favoiable vote of alt-municipahties voting. How ever, no po licy shall become <br />an official Leogue legislative po licy if the municipahties voting ogainst- h-include oil the <br />ekies of on e clutis and if the propo sed pol icy is by its terms opplicablc to such class of <br />municipatity. <br />f3)-At-a regular or special legislative conf erence, members may-propos e polici es on <br />subjects net-meiuded in the pol icies recomm ended and submitted by the poli cy <br />comm ittees and the-board of directors. How ev er, no propos ed policy shall be consid ered <br />unless first opprov ed for consid eration by-a major ky-of the niembers voting. If opprov ed <br />for con sideration;'any-propo sed policy shall-becom e an offic ial League legislative policy <br />upon a favorable two thirds vote of the ntembers vo ting. How ever, no policy shol l <br />becom e an offic ial League legislative po licy if the municipol ities voting against it include <br />all the cities of on e class and if the propos ed po lk?y is by ils^erms apphcobl e to such class <br />of municipality." A policy propt>sed for cons ideration that do es not r^eis e the requisite <br />number of votes for consid eration o r passage shall be referred to the appropri ate policy <br />comm ittee for further'study. <br />f3> Inlieu of approval at a regular or special legislative conf erence, un offici al-League <br />legislative po licy may be made by mail ballot on any subject of legislotion when <br />outhoriH ed by the beard of directors. No commkm ent shall be made by mail ballo t-unless <br />ballot s-are-cast on tlre-question by ot ieast 20 percent of the member municipalities <br />throu gh action of their governing bodi es and at least two thirds of the municipalities <br />voting opprov e the commitm ent.-At leost ten days sho ll elapse between the mailing of the <br />ballots and the countin g'of the marked bollots. <br />At a regular or special legislative conf erence tho members may adopt rules not <br />incon sistent with tite provisions of this Constitut io n-goveming prixeedings. Otherwise, <br />par4iamentary-proc edure-shall be oocording to the most recent revision of the Roberts <br />Lk..