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Constitution - Teamsters Local 399

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ART. VIII, SEC. 1-2<br />

accounting professional selected by the Trustees with the<br />

approval of the General Executive Board. The independent<br />

accounting professional shall not otherwise be<br />

employed by the International Union; shall not perform<br />

other work for the International Union; and shall not be<br />

affiliated with a firm that performs work for the<br />

International Union. The independent accounting professional<br />

shall be paid reasonable fees and expenses as<br />

approved by the General Executive Board. These fees and<br />

expenses shall include the assistance of subordinates necessary<br />

and appropriate to assist the independent accounting<br />

professional, as determined by the Audit Committee.<br />

The Audit Committee shall have the right to engage legal<br />

and additional accounting assistance at reasonable<br />

expense with the approval of the General Executive<br />

Board. The Trustees will be afforded training necessary<br />

and appropriate to allow them to fulfill their obligations as<br />

Audit Committee members.<br />

Section 2. The Audit Committee shall be responsible<br />

for reviewing the International Union’s books and<br />

records on a quarterly basis and shall report its findings<br />

directly to the General Executive Board. The review<br />

shall include the books and records of all properties,<br />

facilities, and accounts under the control of the<br />

International Union and/or the General Secretary-<br />

Treasurer. The Audit Committee shall have the right to<br />

examine and copy all books and records necessary to perform<br />

its review.<br />

The Audit Committee shall be responsible for<br />

reviewing the work and duties of the Union’s Internal<br />

Audit Department. The Audit Committee shall communicate<br />

regularly with the Union’s outside auditor, shall<br />

review the work of the outside auditor and shall insure<br />

that the outside auditor is properly performing its func-<br />

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