SECTIONS 7440-7444 - California Statutes

ELECTIONS CODE

SECTION 7440-7444

7440. 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 central committee.

7441. (a) At the first meeting, a committee shall organize by
selecting a chairperson, a secretary, and any other officers and
committees as it deems necessary for carrying on the affairs of this
party.
(b) The members of the central committee shall assume office and
hold their first meeting during the month of December or January
following a general election. A member shall hold office for a
two-year term commencing with that first meeting held in December or
January following a general election.

7442. 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 called, and any provisions so made shall
supersede anything in this chapter to the contrary.
(c) Whether or not proxies may be used and the conditions under
which they may be used.
Any rule adopted prior to statutory authorization by any county
central committee by majority vote of the members elected to the
committee is hereby validated and made of the same effect as if
subsequently adopted.

7443. The committees shall perform any other duties and services
for this political party as seem to be for the benefit of the party.
Members of a county central committee may serve after the expiration
date of their terms until the election and qualification of the new
members replacing them on the county central committees.

7444. 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.
Within five days after a committee meets for its organizational
meeting, the newly elected chairperson of the committee shall notify
the elections official of his or her name. The elections official
shall mail a certificate to that effect to the Secretary of State.