CHAPTER 4. County Central Committee [7650. - 7695.]

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

§§ 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…