SGA passes five new finance bills to committee

Seven new finance bills were presented to the Student Senate and then passed to the Student Government Association finance committee.

The following four bills were passed by SGA to be heard in the finance committee.

The JMU chapter of the American College of Health Executives Student Association proposed a bill asking for $750 from contingency to cover the cost of three registration fees for the ACHE conference.

The Lambda Chi Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority proposed a bill asking for $550 from contingency to help cover the cost of publicity, decorations and music expenses for the "AKAptured Affair" Ball at the Four Points, Sheraton Hotel on April 22.

JMU Hillel proposed a bill asking for $1,000 from contingency to help cover the speaking and appearance fees of Paul Rusesabagina, who will speak about Rwandan genocide and genocide in today’s world. Rusesabagina will speak as part of Holocaust Remembrance Day on April 19 in Grafton-Stovall Theatre from 6 to 11 p.m.

Madison Marketing Association proposed a bill asking for $640 from contingency to help with the cost of registration fees of four members to attend a conference in April.

A bill from the a capella group The BluesTones was proposed asking for $4,000 from contingency to help cover the cost of mixing and mastering the production of its CD. Even though there was an objection on the Senate floor, the objection was not supported by two-thirds of the Senate, so the objection failed and the bill was passed to finance.

Two bills were ruled unconstitutional by the Speaker of the Senate, because they did not follow all of the rules that must be met in order to receive contigency money through SGA. Both groups wanted to send too many members to conventions.

"Our constitution says you can send four executive members or half the executive board, whichever is less," senior Krissy Schnebel said. "However, I strongly recommend that these groups go back with [SGA Contingency Liaison] Allison Flores and rewrite the bills."

Circle K International proposed a bill asking for $450 from contingency to help cover the cost of five executive members to attend the district convention.

The Madison Investment Fund proposed a bill asking for $1,120 from contingency to help with the cost of seven executive members to attend the RISE Symposium.

These bills will have to be rewritten with the contingency liaison, if the groups still want to receive contingency money.