Deputy Chair

1. Election
   1. Shall be held at the meeting of the Senate-Elect or Senate immediately following the meeting at which the Chair was elected.

   2. Any Senator-Elect may declare himself/herself to be a candidate for this office by notifying the Chair in writing at any time after his/her election to the Senate has been certified, but no less than forty-eight hours prior to the commencement of the meeting at which the election will be held.

   3. A candidate shall be elected upon receiving a majority of the votes cast on any one of the first three secret ballots for this office. If no candidate has been elected after these ballots, then a fourth and final secret ballot conducted under the preferential balloting system shall be taken. All candidates shall be considered in all of these ballots.

2. Term
   1. Shall commence upon the dissolution of the previous regular session of the Senate, of, if the previous regular session of the Senate has dissolved, immediately. From the time of his/her election until taking office as Deputy Chair, he/she shall serve as Deputy Chair of the Senate-Elect.

   2. The Deputy Chair of the former regular session of the Senate shall serve as the Deputy Chair of the next regular session of the Senate until that body has elected a Deputy Chair.

3. Replacement
   1. The Senate may remove the Deputy Chair at any time.

   2. Upon removal, the Chair shall arrange for the election of a new Deputy Chair at the next meeting of the Senate. In the interim, the chair of each Standing Committee shall, in alphabetical order of the name of their committee, be offered the position of Acting Deputy Chair, to serve until a new Deputy Chair has been elected.

   3. In the case of the absence of the Deputy Chair from campus for the Summer quarter, or of the Deputy Chair acting as Chair, then the chair of each Standing Committee shall, in alphabetical order of the name of their committee, be offered the position of Acting Deputy Chair. The Senate reserves the right to elect another Acting Deputy Chair.

4. Duties
   1. To preside at all meeting of the Senate and of the committee of the whole in the absence of the Chair. The Deputy Chair shall be responsible for the enforcement of the Constitution, these By-Laws, the Rules of Order of the Senate, and standard parliamentary procedure at these meetings.

   2. To serve as Chief Executive officer of the Senate upon the request or disability of the Chair. The Deputy Chair shall be responsible for the enforcement of the Constitution, these By-Laws, and the Standing Rules of the Senate in all administrative matters pertaining to the operation of the Senate.

   3. To serve as the Senate liaison between the Senate and all other departments of the Association, unless the Senate provides otherwise.