Chapter 349

2009 -- H 5297

Enacted 11/13/09

A N A C T

RELATING TO ELECTIONS - PARTY COMMITTEES AND CONVENTIONS

Introduced By: Representatives Melo, Gablinske, Loughlin, Savage, and Marcello

Date Introduced: February 04, 2009

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 17-12-2 of the General Laws in Chapter 17-12 entitled "Party

Committees and Conventions" is hereby amended to read as follows:

17-12-2. Composition and powers of state committees. -- The state committee of a

political party shall be composed as determined by the party. It shall have:

      (1) General oversight of all conventions of its party;

      (2) Power to make rules not inconsistent with law for the guidance and control of all the

political committees of its party;

      (3) Power to make a final nomination for any state office for which no primary

nomination has been made and any local office for which no nomination has been made by any

authorized city, town, ward, or district committee or any duly authorized subcommittee; provided,

that the state committee shall not be permitted, more than twenty-four (24) hours after the

deadline for the filing of declarations of candidacy, to make a nomination for any office upon the

failure of a candidate of that party to file for that public office. Nominations for such office shall

be filed in the same location as the declaration of candidacy for such office pursuant to the

requirements of section 17-14-1 of the general laws. Individuals nominated under this section

must have been eligible for the nomination on the dates as required by and pursuant to the

requirements of sections 17-14-1.1, 17-14-2 and 17-14-2.1 of the general laws and must then

meet the respective requirements for filing sufficient nomination papers set forth in chapter 14;

and

      (4) Power to fill vacancies in its own membership and as provided in chapter 15 of this

title.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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