23.       Section 1. The objective and purpose of the
  24.   UAW Community Action Program Councils are
  25.   to develop, promote and implement policies and
  26.   programs designed to improve and enrich the qual-
  27.   ity of American life. The UAW Community Ac-
  28.   tion Program (hereinafter referred to as CAP) shall
  29.   engage in community, civic, welfare, educational,
  30.   enviromental, cultural, citizenship-legislative,
  31.   consumer protection, community services and other
  32.   activities to improve the economic and social con-
  33.   ditions of UAW members and their families and to
  34.   promote the general welfare and democratic way
  35.   of life for all people.

  36.       UAW CAP Councils may cooperate and work
  37.   with community groups in the common effort to
  38.   make a better life for all people, where the pro-
  39.   grams and objectives of such groups have the same
  40.   basic objectives as the UAW.

  41.       Section 2. The UAW International Executive
  42.   Board is authorized to implement and develop pro-
  43.   grams and policies designed to achieve the pur-
  44.   poses and objectives of the UAW Community Ac-
  45.   tion Program, through its Councils.

1.     Section 3. To assist in the development of these
2. programs and policies, the International Executive
3. Board is authorized to establish a National UAW
4. Community Action Program Advisory Council,
5. which shall meet at least once each year or as nec-
6. essary and as determined by the International Presi-
7. dent or the International Executive Board.

8.   (a)It shall be the duty of such Council to advise
9.       and counsel the International Executive Board
10.       on programs and policies, including the per
11.       capita tax requirements of each Local Union
12.       to the CAP Counils.

13.   (b)Representation to the UAW National CAP
14.       Advisory Council shall be determined by the
15.       International President, subject to the approval
16.       of the International Executive Board.

17.     Section 4. It shall be mandatory that each Lo-
18. cal Union affiliate with the appropriate State CAP
19. Council and any city, county or area CAP Council
20. establish under this structure in accordance with
21. the requirements of Article 37, Sections 1, and 2 of
22. this Constitution.

23.     Section 5. Upon approval of the International
24. President, Regional Directors are authorized to
25. establish, in states under their jurisdiction, or in
26. concert with other Directors within states under
27. their jurisdiction, appropriate state, city, county and
28. area CAP Councils, or a combination of same,
29. where sufficient membership exists for the estab-
30. lishment of such Councils.

31.     Section 6. All state, city, county and area coun-
32. cils established under the UAW Community Ac-
33. tion Program shall be subordinate bodies of the
34. International Union.

35.     Section 7. Membership in UAW CAP Coun-
36. cils shall be confined to UAW Local Unions, UAW
37. Retired Workers Chapters and UAW Family Aux-
38. iliaries.

39.     Section 8. Each CAP Council established shall
40. be required to adopt bylaws governing said Coun-
41. cil which shall require the approval of the Interna-
42. tional Executive Board. All bylaws established for CAP
43. Councils must include a budget, which shall
44. require the approval of the Regional Director(s)
45. and the UAW CAP Department. All expenditures
46. of CAP Councils are required to be made in accor-
47. dance with the financial guidelines for CAP Coun-
48. cils, as established by the Interantional Executive

1. Board and the National CAP Advisory Council.

2.     Section 9. All Local Unions (except those in
3. the State of Michigan) affiliated with the various
4. state, city, county and area CAP Councils shall be
5. required to develop in their bylaws a requirement
6. which will advise the membership at the time of
7. their election for executive officers, as set forth
8. under Article 38, Section 1 of this Constitution, of
9. those officers or all of same under Article 38, Sec-
10. tion 1 of this Constitution, who as a result of their
11. election to their respective offices may also serve
12. as a delegate to the state, city, county or area coun-
13. cil established in their area.

14.     Section 10. All CAP Councils shall develop in
15. their bylaws appropriate procedures for the elec-
16. tion of officers of the Council, representation to
17. the Council and other provisions for the effective
18. operation of the CAP Council, which is required
19. to meet the standards for such Councils as devel-
20. oped by the International Executive Board.
21.     Section 11. the International President shall be
22. the Chairperson of the UAW Community Action
23. program Department and will chair the National
24. UAW CAP Advisory Council.

25.     Section 12. A CAP Council may make changes
26. in its structure and/or operations subject to the ap-
27. proval of the International Executive Board when
28. it is necessary in order to comply with election,
29. labor or tax laws, whether state or federal.

30.     Section 13. All CAP Council Bylaws shall be
31. approved by the Regional Director(s) and the UAW
32. CAP Department. Where a separate segregated
33. fund or committee is established, pursuant to Sec-
34. tion 14 of this Article, its bylaws shall be approved
35. in like manner.

36.     Section 14. The International Union, through
37. the CAP Council structure, may establish separate
38. segregated funds or committees through which
39. Local Unions, their membership and their fami-
40. lies collectively make contributions and expendi-
41. tures to influence the nomination and election of
42. individuals to state, local and/or party office, or to
43. influence any ballot issue. These funds or commit-
44. tees shall be required to adopt bylaws setting forth
45. their structure and operation.