MEMBERSHIP, HAZING, & SOLICITATION STATEMENT
"At the beginning of each semester, each registered student organization or group must file with the Dean of Students a statement that the organization or group does not, and will not during the semester, have as a member any person who is not either a student or member of the faculty or staff of the University.  If an organization or group fails or refuses to file the required statement, or if the Dean of Students determines that the statement is or has become false, the Dean of Students shall take disciplinary action.  (See Rules and Regulations of the Board of Regents of The University of Texas System, Part I, Chapter VI, Sec. 4.75.) Further institutional rules require that membership not be denied on any basis prohibited by an applicable law, including but not limited to race, age, color, national origin, religion, disability, veteran's status, or sex."  (Unless specifically exempt by law.)  (See Title V, Rules on Student Services and Activities, Chapter 45, Sec. 45.06.)
HAZING STATEMENT
Rules and Regulations of the Board of Regents of The University of Texas System, Part I, Chapter VI, Sections 3.6 and 3.7, provide that: Hazing with or without the consent of a student is prohibited by the System, and a violation of that prohibition renders both the person inflicting the hazing and the person submitting to the hazing subject to discipline. Initiations by organizations may include no feature that is dangerous, harmful, or degrading to the student, and a violation of this prohibition renders the organization subject to discipline.
Activities, which under certain conditions constitute acts that are dangerous, harmful, or degrading, but include but are not limited to:
Calisthenics, such as sit-ups, or any other form of physical exercise; Total or partial nudity at any time; The eating or ingestion of any unwanted substance; The wearing or carrying of any obscene or physically burdensome article; Paddle swats, including the trading of swats; Pushing shoving, tackling, or any other physical contact; Throwing oil, syrup, flour, or any harmful substance on a person; Rat Court, kangaroo court, or other individual interrogation; Forced consumption of alcoholic beverages either by threats or peer pressure; Lineups intended to demean or intimidate; Transportation and abandonment (road trips, kidnaps, walks, rides, drops); Confining individuals in an area which is uncomfortable or dangerous (hot box effect, high temperature, too small); Any type of personal servitude which is demeaning or of personal benefit to the individual members; Wearing of embarrassing or uncomfortable clothing; Assigning pranks such as stealing, painting objects, harassing other organizations; Intentionally messing up the house or a room for clean up; Demeaning names; Yelling and screaming; and Requiring boxing matches or fights for entertainment.
Activities that are dangerous, harmful, or degrading may also be considered hazing under state law (Subchapter B, Chapter 4, Title 1, Texas Education Code).

SOLICITATION STATEMENT
The Student Association and each registered student organization shall within 30 days of the beginning of the following long session semester file with the Dean of Students a statement fully and fairly disclosing the sources and the amounts of money that it obtained from solicitations (sales, contributions, and /or other revenues) on the campus during the preceding semester or summer session and fully and fairly the beneficiaries and amount of the expenditures that it made during the preceding semester or summer session.  A registered student organization, which during a semester or summer session receives no money or thing of value other than from its own members, need file only a statement to that effect.  Any organization failing to comply with the provisions of this paragraph shall be prohibited from solicitation on the campus until such organization place itself in compliance.  (Rules & Regulations of the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System, Part 1, Chapter VI, Sec. 613 (2)

Semester

Year

Source of Income 

Beneficiaries/Expenses

Amount

$ .00

$ .00

$ .00
I, as an authorized representative of the above named organization, have read the Rules of the Board of Regents set out above and state as follows:

1.    The above named organization does not and will not during the semester have as a member any person who is neither a student nor a         member of the faculty or staff of the institution, and further, that the organization is in compliance with the institutional policy regarding discrimination.

2.    The accompanying financial statement fully and fairly discloses the sources and amounts of money that the above-named organization attained from solicitations (sales, contributions, and/or other revenues) on campus during prior semesters and fully and fairly discloses the beneficiaries and amounts of expenditures that it made during that semester or session.
3.    The above-named organization or any individual member does not and will not engage in any activities that subject a probationary member to dangerous, harmful, or degrading act.

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Signature of Authorized Representative                           Date