Senate Bill No. 607

Well it's about time! We will have to see if this is amended to be retroactive to the existing committees and/or the May 2006 election. Glad to see that the legislature is aware as to how these unelected members can literally change the course and the immediate future of a county, district or even State Executive Committees.

Senate Bill No. 607
(By Senator Kessler)
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[Introduced February 15, 2007; referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact §3-1-9 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to political party executive committees; requiring clerk of county commission to report election of members and vacancies of executive committees; establishing definite terms of executive committees; providing time after election of executive committee members for holding organizational meeting; changing time to fill vacancies on executive committees; setting time for submission of changes in executive committee membership to the Secretary of State; removing deadline for chair of executive committee to fill vacancies; and providing for chair of state executive committee to fill vacancy on district executive committee where chair of county executive committee fails to fill vacancy.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §3-1-9 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS.
§3-1-9. Political party committees; how composed; organization.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide a definite term of office for elected executive committee members and an expeditious method of filling executive committee vacancies.