ARTICLE XVIII - TRUSTEESHIP FOR LOCAL FINANCES
Section 1. The Board may appoint a Trustee to take charge and control of a local or of an affiliated body for the purpose of correcting corruption or financial malpractice, assuring the performance of collective bargaining agreements or other duties of a bargaining representative, restoring democratic procedures, or otherwise carrying out the legitimate objects of the Union as defined in the Constitution and Bylaws. The Trustee shall reconsider the status of the local monthly to determine whether the local has come into compliance or if continuance of the trusteeship is warranted.

Section 2. The Trustee shall be authorized and empowered to take full charge of the financial affairs of the local or affiliated body, and to take such other action as is necessary to preserve the local or affiliated body and its interests. The Trustee shall report on the affairs and transactions of the local or affiliated body to the Union Finance Committee. The Trustee and all of the acts of the Trustee shall be subject to the supervision and direction of the Secretary-Treasurer.

Section 3. The local shall receive notice of the charges and be given an opportunity to defend said actions. Upon the institution of the trusteeship all monies, books, and property of the local or affiliated body shall be turned over to the Trustee, who shall receipt for them.

Section 4. The Trustee shall be bonded for the faithful discharge of his or her duties relating to the handling of funds or other property of the local or affiliated body.

Section 5. The Trustee shall take charge of all the funds, books, papers, and other property of the local or affiliated body for which he or she shall receipt. The Trustee shall pay all outstanding claims, properly proved, if funds are sufficient. When selfgovernment is restored, the Trustee shall return all funds, books, papers, and other property to the local or affiliated body. If, however, the local or affiliated body is dissolved by the revocation of its charter, then any balance remaining to the credit of the local or affiliated body shall be forwarded to the Secretary-Treasurer and shall become the property of SEIU Local 503, OPEU.

Section 6. Any local or affiliated body in trusteeship may within ten (10) days from the institution of such trusteeship appeal to the Executive Committee by a written communication addressed to the Secretary-Treasurer. If an appeal is so filed, the Executive Committee shall provide for a hearing within thirty (30) days of the filing of such appeal before the Executive Committee. The decision of the Executive Committee shall be final and binding. Pending such decision, the trusteeship shall remain in full force and effect.

Section 7. The Trustee shall file all reports required by the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 and Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 with the Office of Labor-Management Standards.

Section 8. The Trustee shall make a full report of his or her work at each Board meeting including but not limited to all efforts made to return the local to selfgovernance.

Section 9. A formal hearing will be conducted by the Executive Committee at twelve (12) and eighteen (18) months to determine whether adequate justification exists to continue the trusteeship.