ARTICLE V - LOCALS
Section 1. The basic membership group is the "local."

Section 2. Locals shall be established in accordance with the following procedure:
(a) Each state agency, each non-state bargaining unit represented by SEIU Local 503, OPEU, or subsection of an agency as determined by the Board of Directors, shall constitute one statewide local whose membership shall be comprised of every active and semi-active member of the Union employed in that state agency, bargaining unit or subsection.
(b) Special chapters for retired people may be established by a petition to the retiree local for fifteen (15) or more retired members.
(c) A regular local may also be formed by affiliation of an existing employee organization with this Union. Affiliation shall be pursuant to an affiliation agreement between the organization and the Union approved by the Board and signed by the President and Secretary-Treasurer of the Union. The affiliation agreement shall provide, in addition to other necessary provisions, that upon payment of Union dues and acceptance of the Union Constitution and Bylaws and other obligations of Union membership by the various members of the organization qualifying for active membership in the Union, such members shall be entitled to all the rights of, and shall be, active members of the Union and the organization shall be entitled to all the rights and subject to all the obligations of, and shall be a regular local of the Union.
(d) When one of the foregoing conditions is met, the Board will issue a charter.

Section 3. Each local shall file with Headquarters a duly authenticated copy of the local's provisions for self-government and any subsequent amendments thereto. A local's provisions for self-government may not conflict with the Constitution or Bylaws of the Union or the enactments of the General Council. To the extent that any such local provision is in conflict, it is void.

Section 4. If a local becomes inactive, or if a local's charter is revoked, all unobligated monies of the local shall revert to the treasury of the Union. If an inactive local has not been reactivated within two (2) years, said monies shall be placed in the General Fund account of the Union. Unobligated monies of a local whose charter has been revoked shall be placed in the General Fund account of the Union upon receipt.

Section 5. The dues paid by Union members are Union monies whether for the use specifically of the Union or of the local. If a local chooses to affiliate with any other labor organization, the funds in its treasury that were derived from such Union dues shall belong solely to the Union for its use and shall be turned over to the Union by such local upon affiliation of the local with the other labor organization.

Section 6. The charter of any local not meeting conditions of Article V, LOCALS, Section 2, of the Constitution may be revoked only by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Board of Directors.