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ASG discusses judicial board changes
Jennifer Joyner
Issue date: 3/14/08 Section: News
The UA Associated Student Government discussed Resolution 23 "The ASG Judiciary Reform Act of 2008" Tuesday.
"The ASG judiciary branch is basically being completely revamped," said Senate member Carter Ford.
"This is the biggest thing going on in ASG this year," Ford said.
What was formerly called the judicial branch of ASG should be changed to ASG Judiciary or ASGJ, according to the resolution.
The ASGJ cannot function adequately in its present state, according to the resolution.
ASG created a committee in summer 2007, composed of UA administrators, ASG executives, ASG senators, and past and present ASGJ members to study the current situation of ASGJ, according to the resolution.
The committee's other responsibility was to propose responsible solutions to increase the judiciary's ability to function better for UA students, according to the resolution.
ASG Sen. John Davis said he is proud to have worked on this committee on this legislation since June 2007.?Davis is the sponsor and one of the authors of the resolution, along with ASG President Nate Looney, Chief of Staff Will Watson, Chief Justice Claire Wilson, and Justices Erica Barr, Brittany Bizzell, Catherine Bulger, Kaylee Cox, Art Formanek, David Gershner and Ryan Walters.
This resolution calls for the section in the ASG Constitution that addresses the ASG judicial branch to be completely taken out and replaced with a new section addressing the branch.
The main goal of making changes to the judicial branch is to "give them ability to hear more cases to make it easier to meet [students'] needs," Davis said.
One of the changes to the judiciary is that students will no longer have to contact an ASG senator with complaints, Davis said.
This will take out the middle man and "empower the student body," Davis said.
Secondly, the changes to ASGJ will include giving the judiciary their own budget, Davis said.
Without raising student fees, ASGJ would automatically be allotted a budget, so it wouldn't have to come to other branches to ask for funding when it is needed, Davis said.
"The ASG judiciary branch is basically being completely revamped," said Senate member Carter Ford.
"This is the biggest thing going on in ASG this year," Ford said.
What was formerly called the judicial branch of ASG should be changed to ASG Judiciary or ASGJ, according to the resolution.
The ASGJ cannot function adequately in its present state, according to the resolution.
ASG created a committee in summer 2007, composed of UA administrators, ASG executives, ASG senators, and past and present ASGJ members to study the current situation of ASGJ, according to the resolution.
The committee's other responsibility was to propose responsible solutions to increase the judiciary's ability to function better for UA students, according to the resolution.
ASG Sen. John Davis said he is proud to have worked on this committee on this legislation since June 2007.?Davis is the sponsor and one of the authors of the resolution, along with ASG President Nate Looney, Chief of Staff Will Watson, Chief Justice Claire Wilson, and Justices Erica Barr, Brittany Bizzell, Catherine Bulger, Kaylee Cox, Art Formanek, David Gershner and Ryan Walters.
This resolution calls for the section in the ASG Constitution that addresses the ASG judicial branch to be completely taken out and replaced with a new section addressing the branch.
The main goal of making changes to the judicial branch is to "give them ability to hear more cases to make it easier to meet [students'] needs," Davis said.
One of the changes to the judiciary is that students will no longer have to contact an ASG senator with complaints, Davis said.
This will take out the middle man and "empower the student body," Davis said.
Secondly, the changes to ASGJ will include giving the judiciary their own budget, Davis said.
Without raising student fees, ASGJ would automatically be allotted a budget, so it wouldn't have to come to other branches to ask for funding when it is needed, Davis said.
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