1. For the purpose of protecting the legislative interests of its
2. members in Canada, the United Transportation Union shall maintain a
3. department to be known as the Canadian Legislative Department of the
4. United Transportation Union.
5. The International President shall call for the convening of the
6. Legislative Representatives in each of the Provinces in the month of
7. January following the quadrennial elections or as soon thereafter as the
8. elections are completed. He/she shall schedule such meetings so that
9. the Canadian Legislative Director may attend the meeting in each
10. Province.
11. Upon receipt of such call, all locals in each Province shall arrange
12. to send their Legislative Representative to the meeting in the Province
13. and shall provide him/her with a credential bearing the local seal and
14. the signatures of the local President and Secretary.
15. Meetings of Legislative Representatives shall be held in the capital
16. city of the Province, unless otherwise desired by a majority of the locals
17. in that Province.
18. When the Legislative Representatives meet, they shall organize a
19. Provincial Legislative Board by the election of a Chairperson, Vice
20. Chairperson, and Secretary, whose terms of office shall be four (4)
21. years or until their successors have qualified. Not more than one (1)
22. officer of the Executive Committee shall be elected from any one craft,
23. except by a two-thirds vote.
24. The International President shall convene an interim meeting of the
25. Canadian Provincial Legislative Boards two (2) years from the date of the
26. organization meetings of these Boards and the Canadian Legislative
27. Director may attend such meetings.
28. If a vacancy occurs in any office of a Provincial Legislative Board,
29. other than the office of Chairperson, a successor shall be appointed to
30. fill the vacancy by the remaining executive officers of the Board. If a
31. vacancy occurs in the office of Chairperson, the Vice Chairperson shall
32. fill the vacancy, in which event the Vice Chairperson shall be appointed.
33. The Chairpersons of the Provincial Legislative Boards in Canada
34. shall constitute the Canadian Legislative Board and shall be convened
35. at the capital by the retiring Chairperson of the Board, or by the
36. International President, within a reasonable time after the several
37. Provincial Legislative Boards have been organized. It shall meet at
38. such other times as determined by a majority of its members. At the
39. quadrennial meeting, a Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, and Secretary
40. shall be elected whose terms of office shall be four (4) years or until
41. their successors have qualified. If a vacancy occurs in any office of the
42. Canadian Legislative Board during the interim between reorganization
43. meetings, a successor from among the Chairpersons of the Provincial
44. Legislative Boards shall be elected to fill the vacancy by the remaining
45. officers.
46. Each Canadian Legislative Board and/or Provincial Legislative Board
47. may adopt by-laws for its special government consistent with the
48. provisions of this Constitution.
