KCSARA Bylaws: General grievances and penalties
- General Grievances
- A grievance is a complaint of a general nature, which is not based upon specific rule or legal violation, or upon a specific administrative decision or lack of decision. The Executive Board may hear a written grievance on an informal basis.
- Penalties
- No Full Member or Probational Member Unit or member of a Full Member or Probational Member Unit may invoke or threaten to invoke the aid of the Courts of any state or of the United States in resolving any matter involving Member Units or any of their members, without the expressed approval of the Executive Board.
- For violation of this rule, the offending party shall be subject to sanctions of suspension, loss of member status and or fines, and shall be liable to the Member Units and KCSARA for all expenses incurred by the Member Unit and its officers, as appropriate, in defending each court action, including but not limited to the following: court costs; attorneys fees; reasonable compensation for the time spent by members and officers in responding to and defending against allegations in the action, including responses to discovery and court appearances.
Last updated on July 24, 2007.