PART 4. AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY [7500. - 7695.]

Part 4 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.

§§ 7500–7695 · 65 sections

1. CHAPTER 1. General Provisions § 7500 · 1 section

   • § 7500 This part shall apply to the organization, operation, and functions of that political party known as the American Independent Party of California.
2. CHAPTER 2. State Convention §§ 7550–7580 · 14 sections

   1. ARTICLE 1. Delegates §§ 7550–7561 · 7 sections

      • § 7550 The state convention shall consist of one delegate for each of the following officers: (a) Governor. (b) Lieutenant Governor. (c) Treasurer. (d) Controller.…
      • § 7551 The state convention shall be composed of the following delegates: (a) Each officer named in Section 7550 who was nominated and elected as a candidate of the…
      • § 7555 Membership in the state convention shall not be granted to any party nominee unless he or she is registered as being a member of this party.
      • § 7556 A vacancy exists in the membership under any of the following circumstances: (a) When there is no “holdover delegate” nor “nominee delegate” of the party. (b)…
      • § 7557 Delegates shall be appointed to fill vacancies in the membership as follows: (a) If the vacancy occurs in a senatorial or Assembly district situated wholly…
      • § 7559 A county central committee may authorize its chairperson to appoint delegates to fill vacancies in the membership of party state conventions that the county…
      • § 7561 If a person is a delegate to the state convention and qualified independently of that fact to be a delegate to the same state convention, he or she shall be a…
   2. ARTICLE 2. Meetings § 7570 · 1 section

      • § 7570 The state convention shall meet biennially, at a location designated by the state central committee, at 10 a.m. on a Saturday following the direct primary…
   3. ARTICLE 3. General Business §§ 7575–7580 · 6 sections

      • § 7575 The convention shall be called to order by the chairperson of the state central committee at 10 a.m. of the day designated for the convention. It shall at once…
      • § 7576 The chairperson shall appoint a committee consisting of one delegate from each senatorial district, which shall serve as the committee on credentials of the…
      • § 7577 The convention, upon election of permanent officers, shall adopt a state platform for this party. This platform shall be made public upon its adoption.
      • § 7578 In each year of the general election at which electors of President and Vice President of the United States are to be chosen, the convention shall also…
      • § 7579 The vote on any issue at the convention, including the election of officers, may be by rollcall or any other method as may be prescribed by the convention.
      • § 7580 The proceedings at the convention shall be governed by any manual of parliamentary procedure designated by the convention.
3. CHAPTER 3. State Central Committee §§ 7600–7645 · 24 sections

   1. ARTICLE 1. Members §§ 7600–7614 · 11 sections

      • § 7600 The state central committee shall consist of all of the following persons: (a) All delegates to the state convention. (b) The chairperson of each county…
      • § 7603 Each delegate to the state convention shall appoint to membership on this committee one voter of the same sex as the delegate and two voters of the opposite…
      • § 7604 A delegate to the state convention who at the date of that state convention is the incumbent of any of the offices listed in Section 7550 may appoint, without…
      • § 7605 Any person who is a member of this committee by virtue of having been nominated to fill a vacancy in a partisan office in a special election, shall within 60…
      • § 7608 Each delegate to the state convention shall send a notice by mail to each person whom he or she has appointed as a member of this committee, that will inform…
      • § 7609 A person is not eligible for appointment to this committee if he or she is not registered as affiliated with this party at the time of his or her appointment.
      • § 7610 This committee may remove any member who, during his or her term of membership, affiliates with or registers as a member of another party. This committee may…
      • § 7611 In the event of the appointment of an ineligible person, or whenever any member of this committee dies, resigns, or becomes incapacitated to act, or removes…
      • § 7612 Should a member appointed to membership pursuant to Section 7603 or 7604 cease to be a member for any of the reasons specified in Section 7611, the vacancy…
      • § 7613 In the event the appointment of alternate or associate members is authorized by statute or the rules of the committee, this committee shall supply forms to the…
      • § 7614 Each delegate to the state convention may appoint three voters as associate members of this committee. An associate member shall have those privileges and…
   2. ARTICLE 2. Meetings § 7620 · 1 section

      • § 7620 The committee shall convene in the same community where the state convention is held, at 10 a.m. on the Sunday following the state convention.
   3. ARTICLE 3. Proxies § 7628 · 1 section

      • § 7628 Revocation or change of proxies shall be recognized by this committee on proxies and credentials only upon a personal request made by the member before the…
   4. ARTICLE 4. General Business §§ 7635–7645 · 11 sections

      • § 7635 The chairperson of this committee shall call the committee to order at 10 a.m. on the day of first meeting. The next business in order shall be the election of…
      • § 7636 The temporary chairperson, upon election, shall immediately appoint a committee on proxies and credentials, consisting of one member from each senatorial…
      • § 7637 This committee shall choose its officers by rollcall vote, poll of senatorial district delegations, or any other method as may be prescribed by the committee.…
      • § 7638 This committee may select from its membership an executive committee, to which it may grant all or any portion of its powers and duties. If this committee…
      • § 7639 The state central committee or its executive committee shall designate by resolution or bylaw the national committee or party organization with which the…
      • § 7640 The chairperson of this committee shall serve a two-year term, but shall not succeed himself or herself.
      • § 7641 The elective officers provided for in the bylaws of this committee shall serve for two-year terms.
      • § 7642 This committee may prescribe dues to be paid by those persons specified in Section 7600 in the manner and by the time prescribed by vote of the majority of the…
      • § 7643 This committee shall conduct party campaigns for this party and in behalf of the candidates of this party. It shall appoint committees and appoint and employ…
      • § 7644 A quorum of this committee is a majority of the entire membership, represented either in person or by proxy.
      • § 7645 The proceedings at all meetings of this committee shall be governed by any manual of parliamentary procedures designated by the committee.
4. CHAPTER 4. County Central Committee §§ 7650–7695 · 26 sections

   1. ARTICLE 1. Members §§ 7650–7661 · 11 sections

      • § 7650 In each county containing less than five Assembly districts or portions thereof, except the City and County of San Francisco, a county central committee of at…
      • § 7651 In each county containing more than four Assembly districts or portions thereof, and the City and County of San Francisco, a county central committee shall be…
      • § 7652 The incumbent or nominee of each of the following offices shall be an ex officio member of the committee in the county in which he or she resides: (a)…
      • § 7653 A committee may authorize any member of that committee, whether elected or ex officio, to appoint an alternate if a member desires to appoint an alternate. An…
      • § 7654 A person shall not be eligible for appointment or election to a committee who is not registered as affiliated with this party at the time of his or her…
      • § 7656 In the event that the candidates elected to a committee from a district do not equal the number of party committeepersons to which that district is entitled to…
      • § 7657 In the event of the appointment or election to a committee of an ineligible person, or whenever any member of the committee dies, resigns or becomes…
      • § 7658 Any member, other than an ex officio member, of a committee who misses more than three consecutive regularly called meetings may be removed by a vote of the…
      • § 7659 The removal of residence by an elected or appointed member of a committee from the Assembly district or supervisor district from which he or she has been…
      • § 7660 A committee may remove any member who during his or her term of membership affiliates with, or registers as a member of another party. A committee may remove…
      • § 7661 Whenever any person is appointed to fill a vacancy on a committee, the chairperson of the committee shall file notices of the appointment with the elections…
   2. ARTICLE 2. Election §§ 7670–7675 · 6 sections

      • § 7670 At every presidential primary election, a county central committee may be elected in each county.
      • § 7671 The Secretary of State, no later than 125 days before the presidential primary, shall compute the number of members of central committees to be elected in each…
      • § 7672 In each county the name of each candidate for member of a committee shall appear upon the ballot only upon the filing of a nomination paper pursuant to Article…
      • § 7673 If the elections official, on the 73rd day prior to the presidential primary election, finds that the number of candidates nominated for election to a…
      • § 7674 Whenever a candidate for election to a committee dies on or before the day of election, and a sufficient number of ballots are marked as being voted for him or…
      • § 7675 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county central committee may select its members at any time by holding a caucus or convention in accordance with…
   3. ARTICLE 3. Meetings §§ 7680–7683 · 3 sections

      • § 7680 Each committee shall meet at its county seat, upon call, which shall be given by the chairperson of the county central committee or the immediate predecessor…
      • § 7682 The Department of General Services shall permit any committee that desires to do so to hold meetings in a state building within the county, at least one of…
      • § 7683 All meetings of the committee shall be held in quarters that shall be accessible to persons with disabilities.
   4. ARTICLE 4. General Business §§ 7690–7695 · 6 sections

      • § 7690 A committee shall have charge of the party campaign under general direction of the state central committee or of the executive committee selected by the state…
      • § 7691 A committee may make rules and regulations providing for any of the following: (a) How officers of the committee may be removed. (b) How meetings may be…
      • § 7692 The committee shall perform other duties and services for this political party as seem to be for the benefit of the party. They shall continue to function and…
      • § 7693 If the chairperson of a committee refuses to call a meeting, a meeting may be called upon five days’ notice by a majority of the members of the committee.
      • § 7694 Within five days after a committee meets for its organizational meeting, the newly elected chairperson of the committee shall notify the elections official of…
      • § 7695 Each committee may establish annual dues not to exceed twenty-four dollars ($24) per year for elected, ex officio and alternate members. The committee may…