Proposed Bylaw & Operating Regulation Amendment Information

2009 is a Law & Legislation year at the USATF Annual Meeting, meaning that general amendment proposals to the Bylaws and Operating Regulations will be considered. The following provides the necessary information for submissions, as well as the approval necessary for submitting a proposal. 

Submitters: Proposed amendments may be submitted only by a member of USATF.

Format: Proposed amendments shall be in such form as to show the entire section, subsection, or paragraph, as the case may be, as it will read if adopted, with all proposed additional language underlined or shaded and all proposed deleted language containing a line striking through the deleted language.  Each submission shall be accompanied by a brief statement of the rationale for the submission.  The budgetary impact of the proposed amendment shall be estimated in the submission, along with a description of how the affected constituencies will be impacted.  Please use Microsoft Word for all submissions.  

Approval of submissions: Except as set forth below, all proposed amendments must first be recommended for approval at the time of submission by someone other than the submitter.  The recommender must be either a USATF National Officer, the chair of any sport, development, or operating committee, any member of the Law & Legislation Committee, the president of any Association, any officer or executive director of a national member organization authorized by Article 5-B.  Such approval must be in writing, dated, and placed on the proposal when submitted.  The foregoing recommenders may submit proposed amendments directly without such an approval.

Deadline and Submission process: Proposed bylaws and operating regulation amendments must be submitted to Jim Murphy (Chair Law & Legislation Committee) via e-mail (jim@jmgspokane.comand timothy.baker@acf.hhs.gov) or a hard copy may be mailed to 534 E. Spokane Falls Blvd, Suite 102, Spokane, WA, 99202, no later than September 2, 2009