1. If any elected officer, Legislative Representative or
2. Committeeperson of a local becomes negligent in the performance of
3. his/her duties and responsibilities as a local representative, the local
4. may, after due deliberation, take action to notify him/her to appear at a
5. designated meeting and show cause why his/her office or position
6. should not be declared vacant. The notice must be in writing and will
7. fully specify the complaints he/she will be required to answer. If
8. he/she fails to respond to the notice or if the explanations offered for
9. his/her negligence are unsatisfactory, the local may, by majority vote of
10. the members involved present at the meeting, declare his/her office or
11. position vacant, unless he/she invokes the trial procedure as set forth in
12. Article 74 within fifteen (15) days from the date of the aforementioned
13. notice.
