ARTICLE I: NAME
The name of this Party shall be
the Libertarian Party of Los Angeles County (LPLAC).
ARTICLE II: OBJECT
The object of this Party shall
be to elect Libertarians to public office.
ARTICLE III: MEMBERS
The membership of the Party shall
be all members of the Libertarian Party of California who reside in Los
Angeles County, or who choose to affiliate with Los Angeles County.
ARTICLE IV: REGIONS
Section 1: The Libertarian
Party of Los Angeles County shall be divided into Regions.
Section 2: The Executive
Committee shall have the power to declare a Region inactive and merge it
into an active Region, and shall have the power to creae a new Region by
dividing up an existing Region.
Section 3: It shall take
a two-thirds vote of the Executive Committee to declare a region inactive
or create a new Region.
Sectoin 4: At least 30 days
notice shall be given to County Membership before changing of Regions.
ARTICLE V: OFFICERS
Section 1: Officers and
Duties. The officers of the Party shall be a Chair, a Vice-Chair,
a Secretary, a Treasurer, and Regional Representatives from each Region.
Section 2: Elections, Term
of Office. The officers shall be elected by ballot to serve for one
year or until their successors are elected, and their term of office shall
begin at the close of the annual meeting at which they are elected.
Nominations shall be from the floor.
Section 3: Office-Holding
Limitations. No member shall hold more than one office at a time.
ARTICLE VI: MEETINGS
Section 1: Annual Meetings.
The annual meeting shall be held in June for the purpose of electing officers,
one Regional Representative for each Region by caucus, electing the Los
Angeles county representative to the Executive Committee, receiving reports
of officers and committees, and for any other business that may arise.
Section 2: Special Meetings.
Special meetings may be called by the Chair or the Executive Board and
shall be called upon the written request of ten members of the Party.
The purpose of the meeting shall be stated in the call. Except in
cases of emergency, at least three days' notice shall be given.
Section 3: Quorum.
Fifteen members of the Party shall constitute a quorum.
ARTICLE VII: THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
Section 1: Board Composition.
The officers of the Party, including the Regional Representatives, shall
constitute the Executive Board.
Section 2: Board's Duties
and Powers. The Executive Board shall have general supervision of
the affairs of the Party between its business meetings, fix the hour and
place of meetings, make recommendations to the Party, and perform such
other duties as are specified in these bylaws. The Board shall be
subject to the orders of the Party, and none of its acts shall conflict
with action taken by the Party.
Section 3: Board Meetings.
Unless otherwise ordered by the Board, regular meetings of the Executive
Board shall be held monthly at a time and place to be determined by the
Chair. Special meetings of the Board may be called by the Chair and
shall be called upon the written request of three members of the Board.
ARTICLE VIII: COMMITTEES
Section 1: Judicial Committee.
The Judicial Committee shall be three members elected at the annual meeting.
Vacancies shall be filled by the remaining members. By petition of
at
least five members, the Judicial Committee may review any action of the
Executive Board or any Officer for compliance with these bylaws or
the
bylaws of the Libertarian Party of California. No member of the Judicial
Committee shall hold any other Party office.
Section 2: Other Committees.
Other committees, standing or special, shall be appointed by the Chair
of the Party as the Chair or the Executive Board shall from time to time
deem necessary to carry on the work of the Party.
ARTICLE IX: STATE CONVENTION DELEGATES
Nominations for delegates to the
Libertarian
Party of California convention shall be made by the Regional Representatives.
The delegates shall be elected by the Board.
ARTICLE X: CONFLICTING AUTHORITY
The bylaws of the Libertarian
Party of California shall supercede any conflicting provision of these
bylaws.
ARTICLE XI: PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY
The rules contained in the current
edition of Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised shall govern the Party
in all cases to which they are applicable and in which they are not inconsistent
with these bylaws and any special rules of order the Party may adopt.
ARTICLE XII: AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS
These bylaws may be amended at
any annual meeting of the Party by a two-thirds vote, provided that the
amendment has been submitted in writing at the previous meeting of the
Executive Board. The Secretary shall cause any submitted proposals
to be published on the Party's website within five days.
