Section 1. No member or body of the Union shall take any action, which is incompatible with the purpose of the Union.

Section 2. No member or body of the Union shall take any action, which is in conflict with the expressed or implied powers conferred by this Constitution and Bylaws. To the extent that any such action is in conflict, it is void.

Section 3. No member or body of the Union shall publish, unless approval is first obtained from the General Council or from the Board, any recommendation declaring or implying the endorsement of such recommendation by the Union and which is in conflict with the position of the Union in the following matters:

(a) Ballot measures.

(b) Political candidates.

(c) Legislation.

(d) Wage and salary plans.

(e) Retirement and other non-salary compensation.

(f) Employee Representation.

(g) State merit system and personnel rules.

Section 4. No member or body of the Union shall solicit funds or enter into any contract or other arrangement regarding goods, property, or services in the name of the Union, or in such a manner as to imply endorsement by the Union, unless approved by the General Council or by the Board. This limitation shall not apply, however, to activities with a strictly social or administrative purpose.

Section 5. The total annual budget of the Union as approved by the General Council, or the Board in odd numbered years, shall not be exceeded, except by authority of the Board or General Council.

Section 6. The Union is politically non-partisan.

Section 7. It is the intent of this Union that the Union's Constitution and Bylaws conform to the standards of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959. In all situations of membership rights, elections, accounting and disclosure, officer conduct, retention of records, bonding, financial relationships of officeholders and employees, and other labor organization areas covered by that Act, where the Constitution or Bylaws do not specify otherwise, the requirements of that Act, to the extent properly applied to public sector employee representation, shall be followed as the standards for this Union.

Section 8. There shall be established a Local Funds Account into which shall be deposited all local rebates for those locals participating in the Central Ledger Accounting System authorized in the Union Bylaws. This account shall remain separate and distinct from all other accounts maintained by the Union. Headquarters shall invest these local funds in interest-bearing accounts which will maximize return and safety; however no member, officer, employee, or body of the Union other than the General Council may divert or spend funds deposited in a particular local's account without the approval of that specific local.