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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