1. The -charter of a local may be revoked by the International
2. President for any of the following reasons:
3. 1. Improper conduct.
4. 2. Neglecting or refusing to conform to the provisions
5. of this Constitution or the local’s by-laws.
6. 3. Neglecting or refusing to make required returns and
7. reports.
8. 4. Neglecting or refusing to hold at least one (1)
9. regular meeting each month.
10. 5. Neglecting or refusing to elect and install a
11. successor to an officer who was removed from
12. office.
13. 6. Neglecting or refusing to bring an officer or member
14. to trial when directed to do so by the International
15. President.
16. No charter shall be revoked until the International President has
17. given at least thirty (30) days written notice to the President and
18. Secretary of the local and the interested general chairpersons of his
19. intention to revoke the charter and an International officer has
20. attended a designated regular meeting of the local for the purpose of
21. investigating the matter and giving the officers and members of the
22. local an opportunity to be heard.
23. A local whose charter has been revoked shall be known as a
24. defunct local. All property, funds, and securities of a defunct local shall
25. automatically be vested in the local(s) into which its members are
26. transferred, on a pro rata basis, as of the date the charter is revoked.
27. The International President, after consultation with the interested
28. general chairpersons, shall designate the local(s) into which the defunct
29. local’s members will be transferred consistent with such changes in
30. jurisdiction as might become necessary as a result of closing the local.
31. The officers of a defunct local shall deliver to the General Secretary
32. and Treasurer, within thirty (30) days after its charter is revoked, the
33. charter, seal, and other supplies furnished by the International together
34. with all funds, securities, and other effects of the local. Local officers
35. who fail to comply with the provisions of this paragraph shall be
36. suspended from membership in the United Transportation Union.
37. An expelled or suspended member whose local is defunct may file
38. application for admission into the local then holding jurisdiction over
39. his/her employment. Such application shall be treated and progressed
40. as if it were an application for readmission under the provisions of
41. Article 51 of this Constitution.
42. Any local wishing to surrender its charter may do so by majority
43. vote of the members and shall notify the International President who
44. will appoint a responsible representative to take full charge of the
45. charter and all property of the local for disposition in accordance with
46. this Article.
