Governance

Local Section Bylaws

Select the Local Section name below to see bylaws for that particular Section. Bylaws were recently certified for the Cornell, East Tennessee, Idaho, Puerto Rico, Tennessee-Virginia Highlands, and Wooster Sections - congratulations! If other Local Sections would like to update their bylaws, please see the MODEL BYLAWS and other OPTIONS to update your bylaws. Contact C&B at bylaws@acs.org if you have any questions or would like our help. The Chair or Secretary of the Section may request a Word document of your Section's current bylaws.

Local Section bylaws	Date of Certification	Incorporated
Akron	5/24/05	I
Alabama	12/20/13	I
Alaska	9/13/78
Ames	3/11/14
Auburn	11/10/11
Baton Rouge	3/3/11	I
Binghamton	1/1/20
Brazosport	12/11/12
California	9/27/18	I
California Los Padres	8/31/19
Carolina-Piedmont	1/12/11
Central Arizona	11/3/21
Central Arkansas	11/15/12	I
Central Massachusetts	11/3/20
Central New Mexico	1/18/22
Central New York	9/11/13	I
Central North Carolina	10/7/11
Central Ohio Valley	11/14/14
Central Pennsylvania	11/19/10
Central Texas	4/2/13	I
Central Utah	3/7/16
Central Wisconsin	5/23/90
Chattanooga	11/25/15
Chemical Society of Washington	1/31/20	I
Chicago	12/17/20	I
Cincinnati	1/30/15
Cleveland	11/12/18	I
Coastal Georgia	9/12/18
Colorado	10/3/14	I
Columbus	6/30/09	I
Connecticut Valley	8/13/10
Cornell	5/17/23
Corning	12/23/16
Dallas-Fort Worth	9/17/12	I
Dayton	12/24/20	I
Decatur-Springfield	3/19/15
Delaware	9/19/14
Detroit	11/29/10	I
East Central Illinois	12/23/16
East Tennessee	5/4/23
East Texas	4/27/12
Eastern New York	12/16/15	I
Eastern North Carolina	12/3/15
Erie	8/8/17
Florida	5/15/15
Georgia	4/28/17
Greater Houston	1/22/19	I
Green Mountain	8/25/77
Hampton Roads	10/11/18
Hawaii	11/24/09
Heart O Texas	4/18/77
Huron Valley	6/30/09
Idaho	1/1/23
Illinois Heartland	3/27/17
Illinois-Iowa	4/11/14
Indiana	6/7/11
Indiana-Kentucky Border	4/18/77
Inland Northwest	8/23/95
Iowa	10/7/77
Jacksonville	4/24/15
Joliet	4/18/77
Kalamazoo	12/7/09
Kanawha Valley	4/20/77
Kansas City	2/14/14
Kansas State University	4/29/77
Kentucky Lake	12/1/11
La Crosse-Winona	11/25/19
Lake Superior	12/22/15
Lehigh Valley	12/5/11
Lexington	10/10/16
Louisiana	7/25/14
Louisville	5/27/99
Maine	10/15/10
Mark Twain	8/2/17
Maryland	12/8/22
Memphis	2/27/87
Michigan State University	12/23/08
Mid-Hudson	3/30/17
Middle Georgia	10/21/11
Midland	6/15/11	I
Milwaukee	12/24/13
Minnesota	5/20/16	I
Mississippi	12/7/88
Mo-Kan-Ok	4/13/16
Mobile	12/6/22
Mojave Desert	9/28/15
Montana	3/19/18
Nashville	12/20/16
Nebraska	4/16/14
New Haven	7/28/17
New York	3/1/12	I
North Alabama	9/15/17
North Carolina	12/28/20
North Jersey	11/29/05	I
Northeast Georgia	10/8/15
Northern Oklahoma	1/18/12
Northeast Wisconsin	7/26/18
Northeastern	3/10/20	I
Northeastern Indiana	6/24/19
Northeastern Ohio	2/10/16
Northern New York	11/9/18
Northern West Virginia	10/29/14
Northwest Central Ohio	5/8/80
Northwest Louisiana	4/27/77
Oklahoma	11/22/22	I
Ole Miss	4/6/11
Omaha	9/15/14
Orange County	8/10/15
Oregon	12/18/14
Orlando	9/17/13
Ouachita Valley	12/9/82
Ozark	8/1/89
Panhandle Plains	6/29/15
Penn-Ohio Border	1/20/15
Penn-York	3/25/22
Pensacola	5/6/98
Permian Basin	11/30/11
Philadelphia	7/28/14	I
Pittsburgh	8/28/12
Portland	12/21/10	I
Princeton	1/5/18
Puerto Rico	5/25/23	I
Puget Sound	5/10/22
Purdue	8/17/77
Red River Valley	3/2/16
Rhode Island	3/16/15
Richland	6/9/20
Rio Grande Valley	6/9/17
Rochester	1/26/21	I
Rock River	3/23/77
Sabine-Neches	4/26/10
Sacramento	2/4/13
Salt Lake	1/8/92
San Antonio	2/7/14
San Diego	12/5/12
San Gorgonio	11/28/12
San Joaquin Valley	12/5/12
Savannah River	9/4/20
Sierra Nevada	8/25/77
Silicon Valley	12/11/18	I
Sioux Valley	4/12/18
Snake River	3/28/07
South Carolina	5/13/13
South Central Missouri	3/10/16
South Florida	12/23/20
South Jersey	8/3/10
South Plains	5/16/17
South Texas	10/24/12
Southeastern Pennsylvania	4/24/15
Southern Arizona	1/22/19
Southern California	6/14/13	I
Southern Illinois	11/20/15
Southern Indiana	1/26/94
Southern Nevada	3/19/12
Southwest Georgia	11/15/10
Southwest Louisiana	4/18/77
St. Joseph Valley	1/23/17
St. Louis	4/24/17	I
Susquehanna Valley	11/12/10
Tampa Bay	10/6/14
Tennessee-Virginia Highlands	3/10/23
Texas A&M	11/18/19
Toledo	9/12/14
Trenton	12/23/13
Tulsa	1/28/15
University of Arkansas	5/13/83
University of Missouri	12/21/11
Upper Ohio Valley	4/18/77
Upper Peninsula	11/8/17
Virginia	7/8/16
Virginia Blue Ridge	1/5/95
Wabash Valley	12/24/20
Wakarusa Valley	6/12/17
Washington-Idaho Border	2/10/88
Western Carolinas	4/29/11
Western Connecticut	2/3/16
Western Maryland	10/14/13
Western Michigan	8/2/12
Western New York	4/1/13
Wichita	8/17/17	I
Wichita Falls-Duncan	10/6/82
Wilson Dam	5/20/82	I
Wisconsin	8/22/16
Wooster	4/1/23
Wyoming	11/14/19