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An important message from President Graham
By-law change to improve Legal Defense
It is my intent, as President of the Fraternal Order of Police Chicago Lodge 7, to present for consideration, as allowed in Article VIII, Section 2 of the Lodge Constitu- tion, the below amendment to Article VI, Section 1 of the Lodge by-laws because I believe that it has significant importance to the Lodge as it is necessary to continue to afford our members access to quality legal defense.
By-Laws Article VI, Section 1 shall be amended as fol- lows to read:
The Active membership dues of this Lodge shall be col- lected pursuant to the check-off provision of the relevant collective bargaining agreement and shall be increased by a majority secret ballot vote, except as specified be- low, upon reasonable advance notice, of those active members in good standing at the meeting where the vote is taken. Any increases in the state and/or national per capita taxes will be passed along to the active member- ship to the nearest $.25 (twenty-five cents) increment per pay period.
Dues as of ratification of the 1987 Amendments, shall be $7.50 per pay period and shall be increased each year thereafter (to the nearest half-dollar) by the percentage annual increase in pay provided to members of the bar- gaining unit under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement.
Effective after ratification of this amendment by 1 De-
cember 2016 1 May 2018, with consideration given to the Departmental payroll deduction changeover; the dues for members covered by Legal Defense will be two dollars ($2.00) five dollars ($5.00) per pay period. This increase will be used exclusively for Legal Defense. The Legal Defense Committee will establish the guidelines for disbursement from this fund and said guidelines will be subject to approval by two-thirds (2/3) majority of the Board of Directors. The Legal Defense Fund will be au- dited separately, and the audit results will be published annually. d
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