1. Each local shall maintain a local fund to pay the expenses of the
2. local, by levying local dues on all in-service members. The amount of
3. local dues shall be established by the members present, voting by
4. secret ballot, when the local is organized.
5. No change in local dues, the daily rate or salary established for
6. local officers or legislative representatives, or the levying of a special
7. assessment, may be considered by a local until notice of such
8. proposition has been read at one (1) regular or special meeting and all
9. members have been notified of the proposition and date on which the
10. proposition will be considered. Any proposition to change local dues,
11. the daily rate or salary established for local officers or legislative
12. representatives, or the levying of a special assessment, must be
13. approved by a majority vote of the members, voting by secret ballot, in
14. attendance when the proposition is considered.
15. Each local shall maintain a local committee fund to pay the cost of
16. representation by the Local Committee of Adjustment by levying local
17. committee dues, as established by the members present under its
18. jurisdiction, voting by secret ballot, when the committee is established.
19. No change in Local Committee dues, the daily rate or salary
20. established for Local Committeepersons, or the levying of a special
21. assessment may be considered until such proposition has been read at
22. one (1) regular or special meeting and all members working under the
23. jurisdiction of the Local Committee have been notified of the
24. proposition and date on which the proposition will be considered. Any
25. proposition to change Local Committee dues, daily rate or salary of
26. Local Committeepersons, or to levy a special assessment must be
27. approved by a majority vote of the members working under the
28. jurisdiction of the Local Committee involved, voting by secret ballot,
29. who are in attendance when the proposition is considered.
30. The effective date of any increase in local, local committee of
31. adjustment dues, or special assessments must coincide with the
32. requirements of any checkoff of Union Dues Agreement in effect.
