A.S Bylaws

Section 4 (Associated Students)

A) Charge of the Committee
The A.S. Bicycle Improvements Keep Everyone Safe (A.S. BIKES) shall prioritize expenditures of funds collected from the A.S. and Graduate Students Association Bicycle Lock-In fees. The committee shall be responsive to student input related to bicycle paths and bicycle parking at UCSB. Finally, the committee shall be an active bicycle system advocate, and shall take all reasonable steps to increase student, staff, faculty, and administration awareness of bicycle system issues.

B) Voting Membership:
1) Undergraduate representative to the Public Safety Committee
2) Two (2) undergraduate representatives to the Parking and Transportation Committee
3) A.S. Legislative Council Representative
4) Graduate Students Association Vice President of Administrative Affairs
5) Any current registered undergraduate UCSB student who, after attending two (2) consecutive meetings, demonstrates an interest, and is eligible for appointment by the President to a voting position on the board.

C) Non-Voting Membership:
1) Representative of the Office of Budget and Planning
2) Representative of Physical Facilities
3) Representative of Environmental Health and Safety
4) Representative of Parking Services
5) Associated Students Executive Director
6) Any and all interested undergraduate students.

D) Selection and Term of Office of all Voting Members:
1) The A.S. Legislative Council Representative shall be nominated by the A.S. Internal Vice President and approved by a majority (50%+1) vote of the Legislative Council. The Chairperson shall be selected by the voting members at the first meeting of the academic year. All members shall serve a term of one (1) academic year.

E) Duties of Voting Members:
1) All voting members shall regularly attend meetings of their primary committee, as defined in Section B.

F) Duties of the Chairperson:
1) Hold a minimum of three (3) weekly office hours.

G) Frequency of meetings:
1) The A.S. Bicycle Improvements Keep Everyone Safe (A.S. BIKES) shall meet bi-quarterly and as deemed necessary by the Chair. The date and times of the meeting shall be set by the Chair of the Committee.
2) The first meeting shall be held prior to the fifth week of Fall Quarter.

H) Authorized Expenditure of A.S. Bicycle System Improvement Funds:
1) Public awareness activities (including but not limited to, advertising, event planning, lobbying, and promotions) shall be limited to no more that $5,000.00 per year.
2) All funds, excluding public awareness activities (see section H.1) and the Chairperson’s honoraria, shall be allocated exclusively to capital improvements to the bicycle system, excluding routine maintenance. Capital improvements are defined as: upgrades or additions to bicycle paths, upgrades or additions to bicycle parking, and improved pedestrian crossings.
3) Projects must be planned in coordination with the Office of Budget and Planning, Physical Facilities, Environmental Health and Safety, and other relevant campus bodies.
4) Funds for capital improvement projects shall be released to the appropriate campus bodies at the final meeting of Spring Quarter (no later than May 5).
5) Projects shall be completed during Summer Session.
6) Funds may be held over for one year to fund larger capital improvement projects.

I) University matching funds:
1) If, within the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the final A.S. Bicycle Improvements Keep Everyone Safe (A.S. BIKES) meeting of the academic year, the university fails to allocate an amount equal or greater to the A.S. and Graduate Students Association Bicycle Lock-In fee, this fee shall be terminated.
2) In the event of fee termination, all remaining fees collected to date shall be allocated to a bicycle system capital project at UCSB.