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231.630 ENTRY FEES AND ASSESSMENTSThe Board of Directors shall be authorized to levy entry fees and assessments when necessary for the conducting of any interscholastic activity.1.640 DATE OF PAYMENT OF DUESThe annual school membership dues, if assessed, shall be for the fiscal year of the Association, shall be payable on or after April 1 of eachyear and must be paid on or before June 30 of each year.1.650 PENALTYIn case a school has allowed its membership to lapse, it cannot be reinstated until it has paid into the treasury the current dues plus an amount equal to one-third of the annual dues for that school year for which the school failed to pay its dues. However, in any event the penalty payment shall not exceed the dues for one full year.1.700 LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION1.710 AUTHORITYAll proposed amendments to either the Constitution or By-laws, or the consideration of any other proposed legislation, shall be referred to the Legislative Commission for evaluating and screening. Action shall be taken by the Commission on proposed legislation as provided for in Section 1.920.1.720 ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION1.721 ELECTION DISTRICTSFor the purpose of providing a geographic and equal representation on the Legislative Commission, the Board of Directors shall divide the State of Illinois into twenty-one Districts. Three of these Districts shall be in the City of Chicago. The other eighteen Districts shall consist of compact and contiguous territory containing approximately equal numbers of member schools. In 1978 and each three years thereafter, the Board of Directors shall review the compositions of the Districts then existent and, if deemed necessary or advisable, shall redistrict the state. In addition, seven (7) at-large Commission members shall be elected. One at-large Commission member shall be elected from each Division. All at-large Commission members must be a racial minority or a member of the under represented gender. At-large Commission members must be principals, official representatives, athletic administrators or activity directors.1.722 MEMBERSHIPThe Legislative Commission shall consist of thirty-five (35) members from thirty-five (35) member schools. One principal or officialrepresentative shall be elected from each of the twenty-one (21) Districts. One athletic administrator shall be elected from each of the seven (7) Divisions. One at-large Commission member will be elected from each of the seven (7) Divisions. All at-large Commission members must be members of the underrepresented gender or from an underrepresented school/Equity Position at the time of election(50% or more student population being Black or Latinx or low income per Illinois State Report Card data) and/or minorities. At-largeCommission members must be principals, official representatives, athletic administrators or activity directors. Elections shall be conductedfor principals or official representatives of the various Districts according to the following schedule:(a) In 1982 and each third year thereafter, Districts 1, 4, 10, 15, 16, 17 and 21;(b) In 1983 and each third year thereafter, Districts 2, 5, 8, 12, 14, 18 and 20;(c) In 1984 and each third year thereafter, Districts 3, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 19.Elections shall be conducted for representative athletic administrators of the various Divisions according to the following schedule:(a) In 1992 and each third year thereafter, Divisions 1, 4 and 7(b) In 1993 and each third year thereafter, Divisions 2 and 5(c) In 1994 and each third year thereafter, Divisions 3 and 6