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CONSTITUTION
AND BYLAWS OF
THE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE AUDITORS, COMPTROLLERS
AND TREASURERS
AS ADOPTED AT
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA,
ON NOVEMBER 15, 1978
AND AS AMENDED AT
HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS,
ON NOVEMBER 19, 1980
AND AT
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,
ON AUGUST 12, 1981
AND AT
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE,
ON NOVEMBER 16, 1982
AND AT
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI,
ON AUGUST 3, 1983
AND AT
WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA,
ON NOVEMBER 13, 1984
AND AT
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH,
ON JULY 30, 1985
AND AT
ASHEVILLE, NORTH
CAROLINA, ON NOVEMBER 11, 1986
AND AT
PHOENIX, ARIZONA,
ON NOVEMBER 13, 1990
AND AT
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY,
ON NOVEMBER 18,1992
AND AT
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND,
ON AUGUST 23, 1993
AND AT
MOBILE, ALABAMA, ON
NOVEMBER 20, 1996
AND AT
CINCINNATI, OHIO,
ON AUGUST 17, 1999
CONSTITUTION OF THE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF STATE
AUDITORS, COMPTROLLERS AND TREASURERS
SECTION 1
The name of the Association shall be the National Association
of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers. The Association
is hereby organized as a wholly owned instrumentality of each
and all states within the meaning of section 115 of the Internal
Revenue Code (or the corresponding provision of any future Federal
Tax Code).
SECTION 2
The purpose of the Association shall be:
- To promote opportunities to share
expertise within NASACT and to exchange ideas that promote effective
management;
- To advance financial management
through research and/or technology;
- To develop and promote standards
of excellence;
- To provide information regarding
financial management issues affecting states and other levels
of government;
- To unite efforts to improve financial
management practices at all levels of government;
- To enhance the financial management
skills of members and others concerned with government finances;
- To utilize the external expertise,
knowledge, and skills of members to offer assistance at all
levels of government;
- To work cooperatively with members
and other organizations.
SECTION 3
Members of the Association shall consist of Auditors, Comptrollers
and Treasurers of the respective states of the United States,
the District of Columbia and the respective territories of the
United States and other elective or appointive officers of any
name called or known whose duties are in common with the duties
of an Auditor, Comptroller or Treasurer of a state. The term
"state" in this Constitution shall be deemed to include the
District of Columbia and the respective territories of the United
States.
Recognition is given to an organization
of State Auditors, and an organization of State Comptrollers,
and an organization of State Treasurers of the respective states.
SECTION 4
The annual dues to be assessed by the Association as membership
dues shall be recommended by the Executive Committee and approved
by vote of the members in good standing. Dues will remain in
effect until changed in accordance with the foregoing procedures.
SECTION 5
Any member in good standing who ceases to be a member in good
standing of the Association after having been a member in good
standing of the Association for a minimum of eight years, may
become a life member of the Association, subject to the By-Laws
of the Association. Life members shall not be required to pay
Association dues. This status is not entitled to a voting privilege.
SECTION 6
Upon termination, dissolution, or winding up of the Association,
the assets if any, remaining after payment or provision of payment
of all liabilities of the Association, shall be distributed
to the respective jurisdictions of the members pro rata. Any
assets so distributed shall be used for a public purpose.
SECTION 7
The private property of the members, officers, and staff of
the Association shall not be subject to any claims against the
Association, to any extent whatever.
Committee
Members | Officers
| Constitution
Bylaws I
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IV - VII | Organization
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