Bylaws
(As amended July 17, 2005)

Article I:	NAME
The name of this Special Interest Section of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) shall be the Legal Information Service to the Public Section.
Article II:	OBJECT
The objects of the Legal Information Service to the Public Section shall be:
1.	To improve access to legal information and to promote legal information service to the public.
2.	To represent its members' interests and concerns within AALL.
It shall conduct its affairs in conformity with the Constitution and Bylaws of the American Association of Law Libraries.
Article III:	MEMBERSHIP
Membership shall be open to any AALL member requesting affiliation with the Legal Information Service to the Public Section as provided in the AALL bylaws.
Article IV:	MEETINGS
Section 1. Annual Meetings.	There shall be an annual meeting of the Legal Information Service to the Public Section, held in connection with, or during, the annual meeting of the AALL.
Section 2 Quorum.	A quorum shall consist of the members present at the meeting.
Article V:	OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
Section 1. Officers.	The officers shall consist of a Chair, Vice-Chair/Chair-elect, and a Secretary/Treasurer. The Vice-Chair/Chair-elect shall automatically become Chair one year after being elected Vice-Chair, and shall serve as Chair during the second year following that election.
Section 2. Duties of Officers.	The Chair, Vice-Chair/Chair-elect and Secretary/Treasurer shall perform the duties usually pertaining to their respective offices, and such other duties as may be assigned by the Executive Committee of the membership.
Section 3. Executive Committee.	There shall be an Executive Committee consisting of the Officers named above, and the immediate past Chair.
Section 4. Committees.	There shall be such standing or special committees as the Executive Committee, or the membership of the Section shall create. There shall be a standing Nominating Committee, appointed by teh Executive Committee, to consist of three members, no one of whom shall be a member of the Executive Committee, and no one of whom shall be a candidate for office at the succeeding election. Each member of the Committee shall serve a term of one year.
Article VI:	NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Section 1. Nominating Committee.	The Nominating Committee shall submit the names of candidates for the office of Vice-Chair/Chair-elect and Secretary/Treasurer, together with their written acceptances, to the Chair in sufficient time to enable the Chair to inform the members of the Section of the nominations five (5) months prior to the annual meeting, either by publication in an AALL publication sent to all members, the SIS newsletter, or by mail In the event that the Vice-Chair/Chair-elect cannot assume the duties of Chair, and such fact is known prior to the time that the Nominating Committee submits its report, the Committee shall also submit names of candidates for the office of Chair for the term of one year.
Section 2. Nomination by Petition.	Further nominations may be made upon written petition of five (5) members of the Section. Such petitions, accompanied by written acceptance of the nominees, must be filed with the Chair not later than four (4) months prior to the annual meeting.
Section 3. Ballots .	The Secretary/Treasurer shall prepare an official ballot, including nominations by petition. The professional position of each nominee shall appear on the ballot.
Section 4. Election.	The Officers of the Section shall be elected by ballot. The Secretary/Treasurer shall oversee the distribution of the official ballot to each member of the Section before April 1. The ballot shall be sent electronically. Members may receive a mail ballot upon request to the Secretary/Treasurer. Ballots shall be marked and returned to the Secretary/Treasurer at the latest two (2) months prior to the annual meeting. The candidates receiving the largest number of votes for each office shall be declared elected, and shall be reported by the Secretary/ Treasurer at the annual meeting of the Section. All candidates shall be notified of the results of the election at the earliest possible time.
Section 5. Tie Votes.	In case of a tie vote, a run-off election shall be held at the business meeting of the Section at the annual AALL convention. Run-off elections shall be by secret ballot. The ballots shall be immediately counted, and the candidate with the largest number of votes declared elected.
Section 6. Destruction of ballots.	If there are no challenges to the results of the election, the ballots may be destroyed by the Secretary/Treasurer after the annual meeting.
Article VII:	AMENDMENTS
Section 1.	Bylaws of the Section may be adopted, amended or suspended at theannual meeting of the Section by a majority vote of the members present and voting. Or, bylaws may be adopted, amended, or suspended through a mail ballot. Whenever the bylaws are to be changed by mail vote, the Secretary/Treasurer shallmail ballots to every member in good standing of the Section. Such ballots shall state the text of the proposed change, the purpose of the change, and the date by which ballots must be returned to the Secretary/Treasurer. Proposed changes in the bylaws by mail must receive a majority vote of the ballots returned to the Secretary/Treasurer in order to pass. Tie votes shall be considered failure to pass.
Section 2.	Notice of proposed amendments to be considered at an annual meeting shall be mailed to the special interest sections’ members, or be published in the SIS newsletter, at least 30 days in advance of the meeting.
Section 3.	Any amendment shall take effect after it has been approved by theAALL Executive Board.
Article VIII:	PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY
Robert's Rules of Order, in the latest edition, shall govern all deliberations of the Section when not in conflict with the bylaws of the Section.