Bylaw Amendments
Notice of State Bar Bylaw Amendments
The Board of Governors amended its bylaws
governing the chair of the board, board meetings, ABA delegates, and
section meetings at its Jan. 25 meeting.
Note: A petition for review of any change in the bylaws will
be entertained by the court if signed by 25 or more active State Bar
members and filed with the clerk of the court within 60 days after
publication of notice of change. Hearings upon such a petition will be
pursuant to notice in such manner as the court directs.
I, George C. Brown, the Executive Director of the State Bar of
Wisconsin, do hereby certify that the following bylaw amendment
resolutions were duly voted by the Board of Governors on Jan. 25,
2000.
RESOLVED, that State Bar Bylaw Articles II, III, and VI be amended as
follows:
Article II Officers
Section 3. Election of Chairperson of the Board of
Governors. A Chairperson of the Board of Governors shall be elected
by the Board from its members at its April last regular
meeting each fiscal year and he or she shall assume office
immediately upon the conclusion of the next June meeting of the
Board. The President shall appoint a nominating committee from the
governors to nominate one or more candidates for this office at the
second to last regular Board meeting at the time of the
midwinter convention of the fiscal year. Those eligible for
nomination and election to this office shall be: all who are then
members of the Board, including members whose second terms expire that
in June, except for the President and President-Elect. While serving in
that office, the Chairperson of the Board shall be a governor at large
and no longer a district governor.
Section 4. Commencement of Term of Office. The terms of all
out-going officers of the Association and the Chairperson of the
Board of Governors shall end, and the term of their successor shall
commence on the first day of July.
Article III Board of Governors
Section 9. Meetings of Board of Governors. (a) There shall
be a regular meetings of the Board of Governors in each year at the time
of the annual meeting of members of the State Bar, and at the time of
the annual midwinter meeting of members of the State Bar. There
shall be at least three additional regular meetings in each year.
The meetings shall be on the dates set by the President and announced no
later than thirty days following the President's assumption of office on
July 1. Special meetings of the Board of Governors may be held at any
time upon call of the President, and shall be called by the President
upon written request signed by seven members of the Board.
Section 11. American Bar Association Delegates. (c)
Qualification for election as State Bar of Wisconsin delegate to the
American Bar Association House of Delegates shall be membership in the
State Bar of Wisconsin and the American Bar Association and shall be
made by petition of nomination to such office endorsed by at least ten
members of the State Bar of Wisconsin Board of Governors, except that a
candidate for Young Lawyer delegate who is otherwise qualified under
section 6.4 of the American Bar Association Constitution shall be
nominated by petition endorsed by at least four members of the Young
Lawyers Division Board of Directors. Members of the State Bar of
Wisconsin Board of Governors or, in the case of nomination of the Young
Lawyer delegate, members of the Young Lawyers Division Board of
Directors, may endorse any number of candidate petitions. Petitions for
nomination shall be substantially in the form of petition for election
to the State Bar of Wisconsin Board of Governors as prescribed in
Article III, Section 3 of the State Bar of Wisconsin Bylaws with
appropriate changes in order to make the petition germane to this
purpose. Petitions for nominations shall be filed in the office of the
Executive Director of the State Bar of Wisconsin no later than the 15th
day of May April in the year the election is to be
held.
Article VI Section Organization and Activities
Section 5. Section Meetings. The officers and directors of each
section shall arrange for meetings of the section in conjunction with
either or both the annual meeting and midwinter meetings
of the State Bar. Special meetings may be held at such times and places
as the section boards and officers may determine.
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