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25or activities director of a member school in the territory which formerly comprised the District/Division from which they were elected. 1.726 VACANCIESIn case of a vacancy, the President of the Association shall appoint a principal or athletic administrator of a member school from the District/Division in which the vacancy occurs to serve until the time of the next regular election.1.727 OFFICERSThe officers of the Commission shall be Chairman, Vice Chairman and Secretary. The Commission shall elect the Chairman and ViceChairman. The Executive Director of the Association shall be the Secretary of the Commission.1.728 MEETINGSThe officers of the Commission shall fix the time, place and provide reasonable notice of all meetings of the Commission. However,there will be at least two meetings between November 1 and December 31 of each year. Meetings may be called by the President of the Association and must be called by the Secretary upon written request of a majority of the members of the Commission or of not less than five percent of the member schools of the Association.In case members report that they will be unable to attend a scheduled meeting of the Commission, the President of the Association shall appoint a principal of a member school from the District represented by an absentee to serve at the said meeting.1.730 ACTION ON AMENDMENTSAll proposed amendments to the Constitution and By-laws and all other proposed legislation of a permanent character shall be referred to this Commission for consideration. In considering such proposals, the Commission shall have two meetings. In the first of these, theCommission shall meet as a Committee of the Whole. At their own expense, high school principals or any representative or committee not exceeding three members from any statewide organization of teachers may appear before the Committee to promote or oppose any proposal before the Committee or to counsel and advise the Committee regarding any desired modifications in the proposals.The second meeting, which shall be the official legislative meeting of the Commission, may be held on the same day as the first meetingor at any time within thirty (30) days following the first meeting. The Commission shall be authorized to reword or amend a proposal,but shall obtain authorization from the principal submitting the original proposal before referring the revised or amended proposal to the Association. The Commission, with formal recommendations, shall refer to the Association for final action on all proposals exceptthose rejected by a majority vote of the Commission members present. The report of the Commission shall be accompanied by a brief statement of the arguments for and against each proposal referred to the Association. Votes of the individual members of the LegislativeCommission shall be recorded and made available to member school principals/official representatives upon written request. If, afterconsideration by the Legislative Commission, a proposal is not accepted for inclusion on the referendum ballot, but petitions requesting inclusion of the proposal on a referendum ballot are received from twenty percent (20) of the member school principals, the proposal shall automatically be included on the next referendum ballot without further action by the Legislative Commission.1.740 EXPENSES OF COMMISSION MEMBERSThe necessary expenses incurred by members of the Legislative Commission in attending meetings shall be paid by the Association upon presentation of a proper voucher and approval by the Board of Directors.1.800 MEETINGS OF THE ASSOCIATION1.810 TIME AND PLACEThe time and place of the annual meeting of the Association shall be determined by the Board of Directors.1.820 SPECIAL MEETINGSSpecial meetings may be called by the President of the Association and must be called by the Secretary upon written request of not less than five percent of the member schools.