The Student Fee Audit Committee supervises the Student Activities Fund Office and makes decisions about the distribution of student fees, said Natalie Russell, chairwoman of the Finance Committee.
Russell said that for years, the director of the Student Union and a representative from the Office of Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs sat on SFAC.
But Speaker of Congress Tony Larson said Patrick Frye, student body treasurer in 2000-01, rewrote Title V of the Student Code to remove administrative representatives from SFAC.
"(Frye) felt that the committee should be controlled by students," Larson said.
He said the manner in which representatives were informed that their vote was being removed led to some resentment from Sue Kitchen, vice chancellor for student affairs. "She made it clear to (student leaders) that she wouldn't come if she wasn't wanted," Larson said.
He said these hard feelings were counterproductive to SFAC's goals.
"Not making administrators feel welcome is never a good thing to go about getting anything done," Larson said.
Tuesday's bill, introduced by Student Body Treasurer Michael Vollmer, amended Title V to change the composition of SFAC to include the director of the Student Union and a representative from Kitchen's office as voting members. It was passed unanimously.
The director of the Student Union is Don Luse.