Section 712

Section 712. Committee Organization and Procedures; Reports. 

(a) All Committees shall fix their regular time and place of meeting, and shall have the general power to adopt regulations for their own government and course of procedure not inconsistent with the Bylaws and directions of the House of Delegates and Board of Governors. A Committee may elect any additional officers deemed advisable and may have a council consisting of such members as its regulations may provide. One third of the voting members in office of a Committee shall constitute a quorum. Committee regulations and amendments become effective only after approval by the Board. 

(b) No Committee shall undertake any activity involving the expenditure of funds unless first authorized by the Board. 

(c) Each Committee shall make an annual report to the House of its activities, and shall make such special reports as the House or the Board may direct.