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Proposer/s	Call Item Number	Page No. in the Call	Proposed Amendments and Resolutions
Jon A. Hanson, Zuhrah	22	pg. 34-35	Jon A. Hanson, P.P. and Emeritus Representative of Zuhrah Shriners, Minnetonka, Minnesota and Chairman of the Jurisprudence and Laws Committee proposes the following:
			Amend §330 of Article 30 of the bylaws of the Iowa Corporation by adding a new §330.5 so that such section as amended will read as follows, with the new language italicized:
			ARTICLE 30
			Discipline by Temple
			§ 330.5 Complaint Filed in Bad Faith or For a Frivolous Reason.
			(a) If, as a part of the investigation of the complaint by the grievance committee, the grievance committee finds by a majority vote that there is no probable cause for believing an offense has been committed by the accused Noble and further finds by a majority vote that the complaint was filed in bad faith or for a frivolous reason, the grievance committee can fix the punishment of the complaining Noble for filing the complaint in bad faith or for a frivolous reason, which may be either reprimand, expulsion, suspension for an indefinite period, or suspension for a definite period.
			(b) A complaining Noble who has been found by the grievance committee to have filed a complaint in violation of (a), above, has the right within 30 days to appeal to Shriners International from any judgment rendered. The procedure of the appeal must be in accordance with §330.4(c)
			Effect of amendment if passed: If a grievance committee finds by a majority vote that there is no probable cause for believing an offense has been committed by the accused Noble and further finds by a majority vote that the complaint was filed in bad faith or for a frivolous reason, the grievance committee can fix the punishment to the complaining Noble for filing a complaint in bad faith or for a frivolous reason, subject to the right of the aggrieved Noble to appeal.