5. The charge shall be submitted first to the Local Union Executive Board of the person accused which shall make a determination if the charge is proper. If the charge is timely and apparently raises a violation then it and the full record of the charge shall be forwarded to the Office of the President. If the charge is determined not to be timely, or if it is decided that it fails to raise an apparent case of a violation, then the person(s) laying the charge shall be so informed and they may forward the charge to the Office of the President. The Office of the President shall determine if the determinations of the Local Union below are correct, and if so, dismiss the matter.

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5. The charge shall first be submitted to the Local Union Executive Board of the accused member. The Local Union Executive Board shall determine if the charge meets the requirements of paragraph 4 of this Article 18.C. If the charge meets the requirements of paragraph 4, the Local Union Executive Board shall send the charge and a full record of the charge to the Office of the President.

5.1 If the Local Union Executive Board decides that the charge does not meet the requirements of paragraph 4, it shall dismiss the charge. The Local Union Executive Board shall immediately notify the charging member that it has dismissed the charge and that the charging member has a right to ask the Office of the President to review that decision. If the charging member disagrees with the decision, they may forward the charge to the Office of the President within 30 days of their receipt of the Local Union Executive Board’s decision and request that the Office of the President decide if the Local Union Executive Board’s decision was correct or incorrect.

5.2 Where the Local Union Executive Board has forwarded the charge to the Office of the President because it meets the requirements of paragraph 4, or if the Office of the President decides that the Local Union Executive Board’s dismissal of the charge was incorrect, the Office of the President shall deal with the charge in accordance with paragraph 6.

Respectfully submitted by the NEB