Section I. Authority
A) The Assembly shall have full authority over all revenue placed under its control;

Section II. Expenditures and Allocations
A) The President shall have the authority to make expenditures on behalf of the Assembly for administrative purposes only, not to exceed a specific amount to be determined in the By-Laws; said expenditures shall be reported by the Treasurer to the Assembly at the next General Assembly meeting;
B) The Executive Committee shall have the authority to make expenditures on behalf of the Assembly for administrative purposes only, not to exceed a specific amount to be determined in the By-Laws; said expenditures shall be reported by the Treasurer to the Assembly at the next General Assembly meeting;
C) All other expenses shall require a resolution passed by the General Assembly;

Article VII: Removal from Office, Resignation, and Inactivity

Section I. Justifications for removal from office shall include but not be limited to: embezzlement, ethical misjudgment, honor code violations, and gross violations of the Constitution;

Section II. Procedure for Removal
A) Should MIAC find grounds for removal in its review process, it may, by a four-fifths vote, suggest that member's removal to the Executive Committee. This holds for all College Committee appointees and all Assembly Members and Executive Officers, excluding the President, the Executive Vice President, and the Parliamentarian. Said suggestion shall take the form of a statement by MIAC and by the Vice President who chairs the committee on which said member serves.
B) The Executive Committee shall review this petition, and may, by a two-thirds vote, remove said member from the Assembly.
C) MIAC members shall not participate in any votes regarding their own removal.
D) A Vice President whose removal has been suggested shall not participate in any votes regarding his or her removal.
E) The Vice President supporting a member's removal shall deliver his or her reasons for this decision to the Executive Committee, but shall not participate in the removal vote.
F) Removal of the President or Executive Vice President may be brought to the floor only by a two-thirds vote of the General Assembly. Removal shall require a three-quarters vote of the General Assembly.
G) If the Executive-Vice President is removed from his or her position, the Executive Committee shall appoint a permanent member of the Membership and Internal Affairs Committee to chair said committee until such time as a new Executive Vice President is elected.
H) All Vice Presidents, excluding the Executive Vice President, nominated by a given President-elect shall be removed from said Executive Offices if said President-elect, prior to becoming President, vacates said position;
I) All pending nominations for Vice Presidents shall be automatically withdrawn if the nominating President or the nominating President-elect vacates said office or said position, respectively;
J) In the case that the President is replaced while still in tenure, the incoming President may dismiss the Vice Presidents serving under the previous President, with any such dismissal taking effect upon nomination and confirmation of a replacement;
K) Any member who is removed from Dartmouth College or who ceases attendance at Dartmouth College shall be automatically removed from the Assembly;
L) A call for the removal of a Vice President, excluding the Executive Vice President, may be made by the President. The Executive Committee shall review this petition, and may, by 2/3 vote, remove said individual from his or her Vice Presidency;

Section III. Voting Status
A) Any Member of the Assembly who is unexcused for the equivalent of three meetings in a given term, shall, immediately be referred to MIAC, which shall meet within one week to determine whether it will remove said Member from the Assembly or allow him to remain on without voting privileges;
B) A Member who has lost his voting privileges will not have a vote either in the General Assembly or his committee, including the Executive Committee, and shall no longer be counted as part of the active Assembly membership, but may retain all other privileges of membership, including his or her committee assignment and/or Executive Office;
C) There shall be no excused absences from General Assembly meetings scheduled at the regular meeting time;
D) At the discretion of the Executive Vice President, a member may be excused from a meeting not at the regular time if that member submits a request in writing at least two hours prior outlining the reason why he or she can not attend;
E) Excessive absence from scheduled committee meetings shall be considered grounds for MIAC review of the member in question, upon referral of said member to MIAC by the Vice President of that member's committee.
F) When a member has accumulated the equivalent of two absences, the Secretary shall in writing inform that member, MIAC, and, if said member represents an organization, the organization he or she represents, that he or she is in jeopardy of losing his voting privileges or being removed from the Assembly.
G) MIAC will evaluate all members who have lost voting privileges at the end of the term, and may by, majority vote, reinstate any member to full voting status for his following term in residence.

Section IV. Removal from Executive Office
A) All Executive Officers may be removed from said positions under the procedure outlined in Article VII, Section II, but may still retain General Assembly Voting Member status;
B) A petition for removal of an Executive Officer shall clearly state whether removal shall be from said Executive Office or from the Assembly;

Section V. Resignations
A) Resignations shall be submitted to the President in writing, except in the case of a Presidential resignation which shall be submitted to the Executive Vice President in writing;
B) An Executive Officer may resign from office but may still retain General Assembly Voting Member status;
C) Resignations shall take effect immediately after being received by the appropriate official;
D) Replacement proceedings for a resigning member may begin upon announcement by said member of pending resignation;

Section VI. Inactivity
A) An in-residence member, not holding an Executive Office, may become inactive for a prolonged period of time under extraordinary circumstances; however, such inactivity must be noted to the President in writing and must receive the approval of the President;
B) A member acting under Article VII, Section V, Subsection A may appeal the decision of the President to MIAC which may, by majority vote, allow a member to become inactive for a prolonged period of time;
C) A member may become reactivated at his or her discretion, but said member must notify the President of the change in status in writing;
D) A member who is inactive while in-residence for a cumulative period of more than seven academic weeks shall be considered removed from the Assembly and may not reactivate;
E) A member shall be considered inactive while not in residence and shall be automatically reactivated upon returning to a status of in-residence without need of notifying the President;

Section VII. In the event that an elected Freshman Cluster Representative is removed, resigns, or is elevated to the Presidency or Executive Vice Presidency, the residence cluster he or she had represented shall hold another election within one week's time;

Section VIII. The removal of an organization representative shall constitute only the replacement of that specific individual, not the removal of his or her organization. Said organization shall be asked to designate another individual to replace its former representative;