Section 115.621

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS

Chapter 115

Effective - 28 Aug 1999, 3 histories, see footnote   (history) 

  115.621.  Congressional, legislative, senatorial and judicial district committees to meet and organize, when — election of party state committee — county courthouses available for meetings, certain counties. — 1.  The members of each congressional district committee shall meet at some place within the district, to be designated by the current chair of the committee, on the last Tuesday in August after each primary election.  The county courthouse in counties of the first, second and third classification in which the meeting is to take place, as designated by the chair, shall be made available for such meeting and any other congressional district political party committee meeting at no charge to the committee.  At the meeting, the committee shall organize by electing one of its members as chair and one of its members as vice chair, one of whom shall be a woman and one of whom shall be a man, and a secretary and a treasurer, one of whom shall be a woman and one of whom shall be a man, who may or may not be members of the committee.

  2.  The members of each legislative district committee shall meet at some place within the legislative district or within one of the counties in which the legislative district exists, to be designated by the current chair of the committee, on the third Wednesday after each August primary election.  The county courthouse in counties of the first, second and third classification in which the meeting is to take place, as designated by the chair, shall be made available for such meeting and any other legislative district political party committee meeting at no charge to the committee.  At the meeting, the committee shall organize pursuant to subsection 1 of section 115.619.

  3.  The members of each senatorial district committee shall meet at some place within the district, to be designated by the current chair of the committee, if there is one, and if not, by the chair of the congressional district in which the senatorial district is principally located, on the third Saturday after each August primary election.  The county courthouse in counties of the first, second and third classification in which the meeting is to take place, as so designated pursuant to this subsection, shall be made available for such meeting and any other senatorial district political party committee meeting at no charge to the committee.  At the meeting, the committee shall organize by electing one of its members as chair and one of its members as vice chair, one of whom shall be a woman and one of whom shall be a man, and a secretary and a treasurer, one of whom shall be a woman and one of whom shall be a man, who may or may not be members of the committee.  The members of each senatorial district shall also meet at some place within the district, to be designated by the current chair of the committee, if there is one, and if not, by the chair of the congressional district in which the senatorial district is principally located, on the Saturday after the third Tuesday in November after each general election.  At the meeting, the committee shall proceed to elect two registered voters of the district, one man and one woman, as members of the party's state committee.

  4.  The members of each judicial district may meet at some place within the judicial district or within one of the counties in which the judicial district exists, to be designated by the current chair of the committee or the chair of the congressional district committee, on the first Tuesday in September after each primary election, or at another time designated by the chairmen of the committees.  The county courthouse in counties of the first, second and third classification in which the meeting is to take place, as so designated pursuant to this subsection, shall be made available for such meeting and any other judicial district political party committee meeting at no charge to the committee.  At the meeting, the committee shall organize pursuant to subsection 1 of section 115.619.

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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 14.041, A.L. 1988 H.B. 933, et al., A.L. 1994 S.B. 650, A.L. 1997 H.B. 41 merged with S.B. 132, A.L. 1999 H.B. 676)