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SECTION 13. The Council of Governors shall be authorized to call a Special State Convention and a Special Convention of sub-Districts in the State Organization (the words “Special State Convention,” as hereinafter used, include both a State Convention of Multiple District 24 and Conventions of the sub-Districts in such Multiple District) at any time between Annual State Conventions by sending written notice to each Lions Club in good standing in Multiple District 24 not less than sixty (60) days in advance of the date for which the Special State Convention is called. Such notice shall specify the purpose or purposes for which the Special State Convention is being called and the date, time, and place of convening such convention. Such Special State Convention shall be held as one Multiple District Convention for all the sub-Districts comprising the State Organization, and Conventions of each sub-District shall be held at the same date and the same place as the Multiple District Convention. No business other than that specified in the notice shall be conducted at any such Special State Convention. The provisions of Article VII of the Constitution shall apply to any Special State Convention except that (a) the final time and date for registration of delegates shall be prescribed by the Council of Governors in the notice calling the Special State Convention and shall not be earlier than 5:00 P.M., local time, on the date before the first business meeting of the Special State Convention is to be held and (b) the deadline for submission of the written list of delegates and alternates by each Club, pursuant to Section 3, of Article VII, shall be so prescribed by the Council of Governors and shall not be earlier than thirty (30) days prior to the opening of the Special State Convention. The Council of Governors shall draw upon the State Convention Fund, established pursuant to Article VIII of the Constitution, to defray expenses of the Special State Convention, as approved by the Council of Governors, provided that, if the Council of Governors determines that the balance of the State Convention Fund is not sufficient to defray expenses of the next Annual State Convention, the Council of Governors shall have the power to establish a registration fee which shall be collected from each person registering at the Special State Convention and shall be used only to defray expenses of the Special State Convention, as approved by the Council of Governors. The |
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