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President does not serve a full term for any reason, the President-Elect
shall succeed to the unexpired term
and continue to so serve through his/her own term.
4. The Secretary shall be a Member or Fellow of the Division elected
for a term of three (3) years.
During this term, the Secretary shall be a voting member of the Executive
Committee, shall safeguard the
records of the Division, shall keep the minutes of the meetings of
the Division and the Executive
Committee, shall assist the President in preparing the agenda for business
meetings of the Division and of
the Executive Committee, shall maintain coordination with the Central
Office of the American
Psychological Association, shall issue calls and notices of meetings,
shall inform the membership of actions
taken by the Executive Committee, and shall perform all other usual
duties of the Secretary. No person shall
serve more than two (2) consecutive terms as Secretary.
5. The Treasurer shall be a Member or Fellow of the Division elected
for a term of three (3) years.
During this term, the Treasurer shall be a voting member of the Executive
Committee, shall oversee the
custody of all funds and property of the Division, shall oversee the
receipt of all money due to the Division,
shall direct disbursements as provided under the terms of the Bylaws,
shall oversee the keeping of adequate
accounts, shall aid the President and the Executive and Executive Committee
in the preparation of the
annual budget, and in general shall perform the usual duties of a Treasurer.
No person shall serve more than
two (2) consecutive terms as Treasurer.
6. The Past-President of the Division shall be the most recently retired
President of the Division and
shall serve as a voting member of the Executive Committee.
7. The officers shall assume their positions at the end of the annual
business meeting of each year and
shall maintain them until their successors are seated.
8. In the case of death, incapacity, or resignation of any officer or
elected member of the Executive
Committee, except the President or the Past-President, the Executive
Committee shall instruct the Election
Committee to oversee a special election among the general membership
of the Division to elect a
replacement who will complete the unexpired term. Such replacement
shall not count against the term
limits for the individual filling the unexpired term.
9. The method for filling a vacancy in the office of President is specified
in Article IV, Section 3, of
these Bylaws.
10. There shall be divisional representation to the Council of Representatives
of the American
Psychological Association in numbers permitted by the Bylaws of the
American Psychological Association.
Division Representatives shall be elected for terms of three years,
the terms being staggered in such a
manner as to provide continuity in representation on the Council. No
person shall serve more than two
consecutive terms [one (1) term] as Divisional Representative. In the
event that the number of Division
Representatives is reduced due to results of the annual apportionment
ballot, the representative to
step down will be designated according to Division Policies and Procedures.
11. No person shall serve nor run for office in more than one elected
capacity simultaneously, in this
or any other division of APA, with the exception that the President,
President-Elect, or Past-President may
serve simultaneously as [Divisional] Representative from Division 40
to the APA Council of
Representatives.
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