Central Basketball Association of the Deaf
                                                                                          ARTICLE  XI
                                                                                       COMMITTEES


Section 1.  The Law Committee of this Association shall consist of the Vice-President/Deputy Commissioner
                 of this Association, as Chairperson, and three (3) members from the member teams of this 
                 Association, appointed by the Elected Executive Board of this Association. The Chairperson shall
                 rule on all questions pertaining to the Rules and Regulations of this Association, subject to appeal
                to the Executive Board of this Association. This committee shall have authority to propose 
                amendments of its own to the Rules and Regulations of this Association. The members of the Law
                Committee of this Association shall serve for a term of (2) two years and their names and home
                addresses shall be on the letterhead of this Association.

Section 2.  Should a member of the Law Committee deem it necessary to arrive a day early to attend the Law
                 Committee meeting, then the CBAD shall be responsible for his/her lodging expense (hotel rate 
                 during CBAD tournament). (Refer to Article X, Section 5)

Section 3.  The members of the Law Committee of this Association shall have voice and vote privileges in the
                 Board meeting of the Board of Directors.

Section 4.  The Executive Board, Law Committee members, and Member teams shall have the privilege of 
                 making law proposals during the Law Committee meeting with no thirty (30) days restriction.

Section 5.  The President/Commissioner of this Association with the approval of the Executive Board of this
                 Association shall appoint an Auditing Committee, which shall audit and examine the accounts of
                 the Secretary-Treasurer of this Association, and shall make its report at the Board meetings of
                 the Board of Directors of this Association. The Chairman of the Auditing Committee will be held
                 responsible for submitting the report at said meeting of this Association.

Section 6.  The Auditing Committee of this Association shall also on order of the President/Commissioner of 
                 the Association, require the Secretary-Treasurer of this Association to turn over all monies,
                 books, papers, vouchers, bank statements and other records, pertaining to his/her office, to
                 his/her successor before May 1st, when elected by the members of the Board of Directors of 
                 this Association.

Section 7.  Other special committees as may be deemed necessary shall be appointed by the 
                 President/Commissioner of this Association with the approval of the Executive Board of this
                Association.

Section 8.  The Law Committee of this Association may observe the Executive Board's meeting except for the
                 sensitive issues, which will be closed to everyone except for the Executive Board. The Law
                Committee member shall not have the privilege of having voice and vote in the Executive Board
               Meeting.

Section 9.  This Association shall have at least one (1) woman representing on Law Committee.

Section 10. The Law Committee shall be balanced with age (good combination of young and old members.)