UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

FACULTY SENATE

Bill #01-02--29

On May 9, 2002, the Faculty Senate approved the following amendment to section 2.7 of the By-Laws of the Faculty Senate (changes are in boldface):

2.7 A senator whose three-year term expires may not be re-elected until the lapse of one year, except that a senator who has not served for two or more consecutive semesters of a three-year term on account of an officially sanctioned leave (sabbatical, medical, and the like) shall be eligible for re-election without a one-year hiatus.