A. Amendments to the Constitution. Amendments to this constitution shall be made only by a motion or resolution and a ballot to the full voting membership of the Faculty Senate, who shall be provided with the full text of the proposed amendment(s). A ballot proposing amendment(s) may be authorized by a simple majority vote either at a Faculty Senate meeting or at a meeting of the Faculty Council. Ballots shall be conducted as outlined in Article II.C.4, except that the ballots shall be distributed only after September 1 and prior to April 1 and if the voting threshold has been met shall not be tallied sooner than 30 days or later than 60 days from the time of their distribution. Approved amendments shall go into effect 60 days after approval. Amendments that require enabling revisions to the Laws of the Regents  [2]or Regent policies [3] shall go into effect upon approval of those revisions by the Board of Regents.

B. Amendments to the Bylaws. Amendments to the Bylaws shall be orderly. Procedures for amendments to bylaws of the Faculty Senate committee(s) are specified in Bylaws, section II.C.2; procedures for amendments to all other bylaws are specified in the Bylaws, section VIII.B. Amendments that require enabling revisions to the Laws of the Regents  [2]or Regent [3] [3]policies [3] shall go into effect upon approval of those revisions by the Board of Regents.

C. Editorial changes (consistent with Regent Laws and Policy, state statutes, committee name changes) can be brought to the Faculty Council Executive Committee by the secretary for vote.