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t meeting and shall be acted upon at the next regular meeting or a special meeting called within at least ten (10) days notice. These By -Laws are set forth as amended August 18, 1986, December 18, 1995, December 19, 2005, April 16, 2008, October 20, 2008, January 26, 2009, and February 19, 2018. The 1986 Amendment enacted the new Article 9, "Conflict of Interest", and the previous Article 9 "Amendments" was re -designated as Article 10. The 1995 amendments added a new Section 2 "Loss of Membership" to Article 2 and it added new Secretary duties under Article 3, Section 5; it changed the requirement for a quorum from 5 members to "a majority" under Article 4, Sections 3; it added the Executive Director as a person who could call special meetings under Article 4, Section 2; it added "Public Hearings -Certificate of Appropriateness" as an agenda item under Article 6, Section 1; and it changed the "Standards" Committee to "Standards and Maintenance" Committee under Article 7, Section 1. The 2005 amendments changed the title of Article 7 to "Committees and Advisory Board" from "Committees"; expanded Section 1 "Standing Committees" to include knowledgeable members from the citizens of South Bend and St. Joseph County that are not appointed to the Commission and stipulates that all members are appointed by the President and that the majority of Standing Committee's membership must be from the Commission. It applied the same to Section 2 "Special Committees" but stipulates that an opinion or recommendation of a Special Committee is not binding on the Commission. It also struck the phrase "which shall be named by the Commission" and gives that authority to the President in Section 1. It also struck the phrase "or by unanimous consent" in Section 2 concerning the appointment of Special Committees. Section 3 "Advisory Board" was added in its entirety. The April 16, 2008 amendment defined "Quorum" in Article 4, Section 3. The October 20, 2008 amendment revised Section 6 "Order of Business" to place Hearing of Visitors directly after Public Hearing. The January 26, 2009 amendment adopted the NAPC Code of Ethics and incorporated them into the By -Laws. The November 16, 2009 amendment established Article 9.5 Staff Procedures. The February 19, 2018, amendment made various substantive changes to Articles 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6, and deleted Articles 8, 9, and 9.5, due to the transition of administrative responsibility for the Commission from St. Joseph County to the City of South Bend and process improvements associated with the transition. 1500.0000045 54906518.004 11 E