RUNNING YOUR CHAPTER BYLAWS
For organizational purposes, bylaws are a necessity. They are your chapter's governing document and outline your chapter's structure. A chapter must adopt bylaws to be recognized as an official ACC chapter.
In addition, since the chapter is under ACC's charter, the local bylaws must be in agreement with the global bylaws. Each chapter's bylaws should be reviewed and revised regularly.
Every chapter's bylaws must contain the following:
- Statement of geographic service area
- Membership requirements [MUST be an ACC member]
- Terms of office and duties of officers, directors, and committee chairs
- Statement of the fiscal year-October 1 ~ September 30.
Other bylaw provisions should be included specific to your chapters operations. Items that should be taken into consideration are the number of members and the size of the geographic service area.
Since chapter bylaws cannot conflict with ACC's, it is important to have any amendments or revisions reviewed by ACC Headquarters staff prior to approving the proposed changes. Forward any bylaws amendments to the chapter staff, who will have it reviewed by our legal counsel and advise the president if there is any inconsistency, so that it can be addressed immediately.
Additional Resources
- Sample Chapter Bylaws (please reference when updating your bylaws)
