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HOUSE BILL NO. 573

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H0573......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
PRECINCT COMMITTEEMEN - Amends existing law to provide that the precinct
committeemen within each legislative district shall meet within the
legislative district or at a convenient location in a county contiguous to
the legislative district, within eleven days after the primary election.
                                                                        
02/07    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/08    Rpt prt - to St Aff

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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2006
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 573
                                                                        
                                 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT CENTRAL COMMITTEES; AMENDING SECTION  34-503,
  3        IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT THE PRECINCT COMMITTEEMEN WITHIN EACH LEGISLA-
  4        TIVE  DISTRICT  SHALL  MEET WITHIN THE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT OR AT A CONVE-
  5        NIENT LOCATION IN A COUNTY CONTIGUOUS TO THE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT,  WITHIN
  6        ELEVEN  DAYS AFTER THE PRIMARY ELECTION.
                                                                        
  7    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  8        SECTION  1.  That  Section  34-503, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  9    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 10        34-503.  LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT CENTRAL COMMITTEE -- MEMBERSHIP -- OFFICERS.
 11    The legislative district central committee of each  political  party  in  each
 12    legislative  district  shall consist of the precinct committeemen representing
 13    the precincts within the legislative district, and  the  legislative  district
 14    chairman  elected  by  the  precinct  committeemen.  The precinct committeemen
 15    within each legislative district shall meet within the legislative district or
 16    at a convenient location in a county contiguous to the  legislative  district,
 17    within eleven (11) days after the primary election, the meeting time and place
 18    to be designated by the incumbent legislative district chairman. At this meet-
 19    ing  the  precinct  committeemen  shall  organize by electing a chairman, vice
 20    chairman, a secretary and such other officers as they may  desire,  who  shall
 21    hold  office  at the pleasure of the legislative district central committee or
 22    until their successors are elected.
 23        Unless state party rules, adopted as provided  in  section  34-506,  Idaho
 24    Code,  provide  otherwise,  when a vacancy exists in the office of legislative
 25    district central committee chairman, it shall be the duty of the state central
 26    committee chairman to call a meeting of the precinct committeemen of the  leg-
 27    islative  district,  and  the  precinct  committeemen shall proceed to elect a
 28    chairman of the legislative district central committee for the balance of  the
 29    unexpired term.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact

                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 15897

This legislation would allow legislative district central
committees to meet in a contiguous county to the district to
accommodate a central location where none exists within the
district.



                           FISCAL NOTE

There is no fiscal impact.





Contact
Name: Representative Tom Loertscher 
Phone: (208) 332-1000


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                         H 573