Constitution - Teamsters Local 399
Constitution - Teamsters Local 399
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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