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Central Committee
Rules
NAME
The name of this organization shall be the Republican Central
Committee of Los Angeles County, also known as the Republican Party
of Los Angeles County, and herein after referred to as the
"County Committee', with present headquarters located at 2550
West Main Street, Suite 207, Alhambra, CA 91801. The headquarters
location may be changed but shall remain within Los Angeles County.
Each Assembly District Republican Central Committee is under the
Chairmanship of the Los Angeles County Party.
PURPOSE
The purpose of the County Committee is to advance the principles,
ideals and
policies of the Republican Party and to aid in the election of
Republican
candidates to public office.
OBJECTIVES
The objectives of the
County Committee shall include, but not be limited to:
1. Encouraging voter
registration;
2. Turning out
friendly voters;
3. Promoting
candidate recruitment and development;
4. Promoting an
informed electorate;
5. Supporting
fund-raising to finance its activities;
6. Publicizing and
aiding activities of volunteers and
candidates;
7. Motivating
eligible residents to become citizens.
MEMBERSHIP
The membership of the County Committee shall consist of five types
of members: regular Members (hereinafter referred to as
"Members'); regular Member Alternates (hereinafter referred to
as "Alternates'); Ex-Officio Members; Ex-Officio Member
Alternates (hereinafter referred to as uEx~Officio
Alternates"); and Associate Members. No individual shall
be entitled to more than one vote on any committee.
Members
Term of Office. A member of the County Committee is an individual
who shall be either duly elected to an Assembly District Committee
at the direct primary elections, or appointed according to Article
XV, Sections 2 and 3 of these Bylaws. Each elected Member's term of
office shall be two years, commencing effective as of the date of
the Organizational Meeting, and as
noted in Article VI, Section 1 .a. An appointed Member shall serve
the remainder of the two year term to which appointed.
Qualifications Eligibility. An elected or appointed Member of the
County Committee shall be a registered Republican and shall reside
in the district to which elected or appointed.
c. Removal and
Censure.
* Disloyalty
to Party. The County Committee may remove
for cause any Member who:
* during his
term of office, registers as a member of another
Party,
* publicly
advocates that the voters should not vote for the
nominee of the Republican Party for any partisan office,
* gives
support to or avows a preference for a candidate of
another Party for partisan office, or
* gives
support to or avows a preference for a candidate for
partisan office who is opposed to a candidate for partisan
office nominated by the Republican Party.
(2) Removal of Residence.
The removal of residence by a Member from the Assembly District from
which elected or appointed shall constitute automatic resignation
from the County Committee.
Alternates.
a. Definition, Term
of Office. One Alternate shall be appointed by a Member, such
Alternate's term to run concurrently with that of the Appointing
Member.
b. Qualifications
eligibility. An Alternate shall meet the same
qualifications as a Member.
c. Removal An
Alternate serves at the pleasure of the Appointing Member and may be
removed at any time by that Member. An Alternate is automatically
removed if the Appointing Member ceases to be a Member. In addition,
removal of Alternates is mandatory under the provisions of Section
2.c. in this Article.
Ex-Officio Members.
Definition, Term of Office. The membership and term of office of an
Ex-Officio Member of the County Committee shall be as specified in
the California Elections Code, Chapter 4, Sections 9324 and 9325, as
amended from time to time.
Qualifications Eligibility. A nominee for legislative partisan
office is qualified to be an Ex-Officio Member of the County
Committee if the legislative district in which nominated contains at
least one voting precinct in Los Angeles County. A nominee for state
constitutional office or United States Senate is qualified to be an
Ex Officio Member of the County Committee provided the nominee's
residence is in Los Angeles County.
Rights and Privileges. Ex-Officio Members shall be entitled to all
the rights and privileges, including the right to vote, and shall
have the same standing in every way as members, except they shall
not be entitled to a ballot designation of incumbent upon seeking
election to the County Committee in the next direct primary.
Ex-Officio Alternates.
Definition, Term of Office. Subject to the provisions of Section
9326 of the Election Code, one alternate may be appointed without
authorization from the County Committee be each Ex-Officio member,
such alternate's term to run concurrently with that of the
appointing Ex-Officio member.
Qualifications Eligibility. An Ex-Officio Alternate must meet the
same qualifications as the appointing power and may vote only in the
absence of the appointing power, except that an Alternate appointed
by an incumbent State Senator, Assemblyman, or Representative in
Congress need not reside in the district of the appointing power but
need only reside in the county of
jurisdiction of the County Committee. (See Section 9326, Elections
Code, as amended.)
Associate Members.
Definition, Term of Office. To be an Associate Member of the County
Committee, an individual shall either be elected by majority vote by
the Members and Ex-Officio Members in an Assembly District
Committee, or be appointed as an
At-Large Associate Member by the Chairman of the County Committee.
The term of office shall be the same as the term of office of those
members who participated in electing him/her or that of the Chairman
of the County Committee.
Qualification Eligibility. Any registered Republican whose residence
is in Los Angeles County is qualified to be an Associate Member.
Voting. Associate members shall not have the right to vote.
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