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2 Section 2.04. Vacancies. The Committee shall make recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners to fill any committee position which becomes vacant with a successor who shall hold office for the unexpired term and until his/her successor shall have been duly appointed and qualified. Section 2.05. Establishment of Sub-Committees. The Committee may designate from among its members one or more sub-committees to advise or perform other duties on behalf of the Committee, provided any final action shall require approval of the Committee. The designation of any such sub-committee and the delegation thereto of authority shall not operate to relieve any member of the Committee of any responsibility imposed by the Board of Commissioners. Non-Committee members may be appointed to a sub-committee with consent from the Committee. Sub –committees will only report to the full committee with specific response to the issue that it has been delegated by the full committee ARTICLE III Meetings Section 3.01. Regular Committee Meetings. Regular meetings of the Public Lands Advisory Committee shall be held monthly (twelve meetings per year) provided however that the Committee may alter such regular meeting time and place. Section 3.02. Special Committee Meetings. Special meetings of the Committee may be held at any place at any time whenever called by the Chair or a majority of the members of the Committee. Section 3.03. It is the intent that the Committee will work to make recommendations to the Board of Commissioners based on consensus of its members whenever possible. Section 3.04. Parliamentary Authority. The rules of Robert’s Rules of Order (revised) shall govern the Authority in all cases to which they are applicable, where they are not inconsistent with the Charter or with the special rules of order of the Authority set forth in the By-laws. ARTICLE IV Amendments to By-laws Section 4.01. Proposals to Amend By-laws. 1. Proposals to amend the By-laws shall be presented in a format which strikes over material to be deleted and underlines new material. 2. Any Committee member may introduce a proposed amendment to the By-laws (which may consist of new By-laws) at any regular meeting or at any special meeting of which fifteen (15) day's advance notice has been given. Section 4.02. Committee Consideration of Proposed Amendments. If notice of a proposed amendment to the Bylaws, and information including the text of the proposed amendment and a statement of its purpose and effect, is provided to members of the Committee fifteen (15) days prior to any regular Committee meeting or any special meeting, then the Committee may vote on the proposed amendment at the same meeting as the one at which the amendment is introduced. If such notice and information is not so provided, the Committee may not vote on the proposed amendment until the next regular Committee meeting or special meeting of which fifteen (15) days advance notice has been given. Germane amendments to the proposed amending within the scope of the original amendment will be permitted at the meeting at which the vote is taken as provided in the Charter. Section 4.03. Vote Required for Amendments to By-laws. Resolutions of the Committee approving proposed amendments to the By-laws require an affirmative vote of a 2/3 majority of the Committee members then in office. Section 4.04. Effective Date. Amendments to the By-laws are effective ten days after filing of same with the Board of County Commissioners, unless such amendment(s) shall have been passed by unanimous vote of the Committee and an earlier effective date been set.