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Our Lady Queen of the Apostles

 

Council 12376

 

100 Crestwood Blvd. South, Royal Palm Beach, Florida, 33411

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By-Laws as Amended January 28, 2008

 

ARTICLE I - General

 

Section 1.  This Council shall be known as Our Lady Queen of the Apostles Council, No. 12376, Knights of Columbus.

 

Section 2.  An initiation fee will be charged each new member except Priests and religious.  The amount is established by a resolution properly presented, seconded, and voted upon in accordance with Article IX, Section 1 regarding changing the By-Laws herein.  Presently, the initiation fee is $15.00 except that for applicants under 26 years of age it shall be $10.00 and for Priests and religious it shall be nil.  The initiation fee will be applied to the annual dues of the candidate if the candidate is accepted. If the candidate is not accepted his initiation fee will be refunded.

 

Section 3.  Membership dues are to be paid in full prior to the commencement of the Council’s fiscal year.  The Council’s fiscal year is from July 1st through the following June 30th.  No member will be admitted to any council meeting if their dues are not paid.  The amount of dues to be paid is set by the membership at a rate sufficient to keep the Council financially sound.  Occasionally, it might be necessary to impose an assessment in lieu of raising the dues.  Both dues and assessments are determined by majority vote of the Council’s membership.  Both associate and insurance members shall pay the same amount of dues.  Students under 26 years of age shall pay one-half of the annual dues amount.  Honorary members shall pay one-third of the annual dues amount.  Honorary Life members, as well as, Priest and religious are exempt from paying dues and assessments.

The process to set the amount of dues is as follows:

First, a budget must be prepared and presented to the membership showing why dues should be raised and how much it should be raised.

Second, a resolution must be drafted and presented to the membership at least 90 days before the vote on increasing membership dues.

Third, the resolution is to be read at 3 meetings prior to the vote with discussion to follow.

Fourth, the resolution is to be included in 3 Council newsletters prior to the vote.

Fifth, the vote must be by secret ballot.

Currently, the annual dues of associate and insurance members shall be $30.00, which includes $5.00 for .the state vocation fund, excepting insured members under 26 years of age whose dues shall be one-­half of that sum, honorary members shall pay $10.00, and honorary life members shall pay nothing.

 

Section 4. The officers shall receive annual compensation as follows:

The Financial Secretary shall be paid an amount equal to eight per cent of the moneys collected on account of dues from both insurance and associate members.  Such amount is to be paid after to close of the fiscal year and filing of the semi-annual audit of the Council’s financial affairs.


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