County central committee organizational meeting.

Plain English Breakdown

The official bill text and summary do not provide specific details on the updates to obsolete references, so this information was removed.

County Central Committee Meeting Rules

This law changes when county central committees must meet after elections.

What This Bill Does

• Changes the time limit for county central committees to organize meetings from thirty days after receiving election results to thirty days after members' terms begin.

Who It Names or Affects

• County central committees of political parties
• County chairmen responsible for organizing meetings

Terms To Know

county central committee

A group that represents a political party in a county and helps organize the party's activities.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law only specifies when meetings must be held after members' terms begin, but does not address what happens if meetings cannot be held within thirty days due to unforeseen circumstances.
• It is unclear how this change will affect the effectiveness of political party organization.

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 20LSO-0539
Bill No.:

HB0168

Effective:

7/1/2020 12:00:00 AM

LSO No.:

20LSO-0539

Enrolled Act No.:

HEA No. 0055

Chapter No.:

92

Prime Sponsor:

MacGuire

Catch Title:

County central committee organizational meeting.

Subject:

Organizational meetings of county central committees.

Summary/Major Elements:

Under existing law, county central committees shall meet and organize within thirty (30) days after the county chairman has received the certified election results of all members elected to the committee.

The bill amends that requirement. County central committees will now be required to meet within thirty (30) days after the term of its members begins.

The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

20LSO-0539

ORIGINAL House

Bill No
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HB0168

ENROLLED ACT NO. 55,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2020 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to political parties; amending county central committee organizational meeting requirements; amending obsolete references; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
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W.S. 22
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101(e) and 22
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104 are amended to read:

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101.

Application; composition, election and qualifications of county central committees; certificate of election.

(e)

Except for the term beginning after the canvass of the 2014 primary election,
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he term of office for all precinct committeemen and committeewomen shall be two (2) years and shall begin on the first Monday in January of the year following their election.
The term for committeemen and committeewomen elected at the 2014 primary election shall end on the first Monday in January of 2017.

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104.

County central committee organizational meeting; notice of meetings.

The county central committee shall meet and organize under the direction of the county chairman at the time and place determined by the county chairman within thirty (30) days after the
county chairman has received the certified election results of all members elected to the committee
term of its members begins
. The county chairman shall also publish a notice of all meetings of the county central committee in a newspaper of general county circulation not less than two (2) days prior to a meeting.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2020
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Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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