Rule 4117-17-01 | Establishment of trusteeships; reporting.
(A) "Trusteeship" as used in this chapter, means any receivership, trusteeship, or other method of supervision or control used by an employee organization to suspend the autonomy otherwise available to a subordinate employee organization.
(B) An employee organization may establish and administer a trusteeship over a subordinate employee organization only in accordance with procedures set forth in the constitution or bylaws of the administering employee organization.
(C) Any administering employee organization that imposes a trusteeship over any subordinate employee organization shall file with the board, within ten days after the imposition of the trusteeship, a trusteeship report signed by the principal officer of the administering employee organization and the trustees of the subordinate employee organization. This report must state:
(1) The full name and address of the administering employee organization;
(2) The full name and address of the subordinate employee organization that is held in trust;
(3) The name and addresses of the principal officers of the subordinate employee organization who held office at the time the trusteeship was imposed;
(4) The names and addresses of the principal officers of the administering organization;
(5) The provision of the constitution or bylaws that specifically authorizes imposition of the trusteeship;
(6) A statement detailing the reasons for imposition of the trusteeship and any other relevant information;
(7) The date the trusteeship was established;
(8) The nature and extent to which members of the subordinate employee organization participate in government of both the subordinate employee organization and of the administering employee organization; and
(9) A complete account of the financial condition of the subordinate employee organization at the time the trusteeship was imposed.
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Prior Effective Dates: 6/24/1984