ACT SECTION 24 — LEGAL

The NSS Legal Committee is established in the Department of the President. The purpose of the Legal Committee is to serve as a legal advisor to the Executive Committee and Board of Governors; to locate outside counsel to represent or advise the Society if requested to do so by the Executive Committee, the Board of Governors, or an officer of the Society; and serve as liaison with outside counsel. The committee will also work with grottos or regions to enact laws protecting caves and access to caves, maintain a list of lawyers who are willing to assist NSS members and landowners in cave-related issues, assemble a collection of laws and legal precedents to assist Society support of future cave litigation, and act as liaison to those pursuing legal activities in which the NSS has an interest. The committee is not expected to serve as legal counsel to the Society.

Individual Officers are authorized to adjust NSS activities to comply with federal, state, and local laws and regulations without additional Board approval, provided any single compliance effort does not cost more than $2,500 in any fiscal year. Compliance efforts that exceed $2,500 in any fiscal year shall require an amendment of the budget prior to implementation. The Officer shall report such actions at the next Board meeting.

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