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affiliate associations will hold meetings and/or conduct training in conjunction with the
Texas Police Association Annual Conference. In addition, prior to each Annual
Conference of the Texas Police Association, the affiliated associations will provide the
Texas Police Association with the following:
a. The affiliate association’s most recent membership list.
b. The most recent audit report of the affiliate association’s audit committee.
c. Copies of all minutes of the affiliate association’s business meetings held during the
year since the last Texas Police Association Annual Conference.

Section 4 Removal of Affiliated Member Associations
Any affiliate association may request to withdraw affiliation at any time. Any affiliated
association may be removed as an affiliated association whenever in the opinion of the
Executive Committee, the association’s objectives are no longer compatible with the
objectives of the Texas Police Association or for failure to meet any of the requirements
of this article.

Section 5 Affiliated Member Association
The following associations are deemed to have fulfilled all of the requirements for
affiliation and are approved affiliated member associations: Association of Texas Law
Enforcement Educators, Texas College and University Police Association, and Texas
Association of Law Enforcement Polygraph Investigators. This section may be amended
from time to time to list those associations approved for affiliation; however, it is not
necessary to be listed to be an affiliated association.

ARTICLE IX

LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND SPECIALIZED LAW ENFORCEMENT

Section 1 Status and Object
The Local, Regional, and Specialized Law Enforcement Association Section is
established to provide for an organizational relationship with Law Enforcement
Associations with specialized areas or interest which are organized on a local and a
regional basis. Such associations shall be organized as integral parts of the Texas
Police Association; however, each shall retain its individual organizational structure. The
primary purpose for the Section is to provide an opportunity for those associations to
cooperate more fully with law enforcement officers and organizations on a statewide
basis in the conduct of business and educational programs while maintaining local,
regional, or specialized interest identity.

Section 2 Membership
Membership in this Section is open to special interest associations of law enforcement
officers in this state. All members of the Section must be members of the Texas Police
Association. Admission to the Section will be by action of the Executive Committee on a
request from the applicant association.

Section 3 Local or Regional Chapters
Local or regional chapters of the Texas Police Association may be chartered by the
Association. Such chapter shall be constructed, governed, and administered as
established by the Executive Committee of the Texas Police Association.

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RULES OF ORDER

Section 1 Preserving Order

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