CONSTITUTION OF THE SECOND

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT REPUBLICAN PARTY

ARTICLE I NAME

The name of this organization shall be: The Second Congressional District Republican Party, hereinafter referred to as CD2.

ARTICLE II JURISDICTION

The territorial jurisdiction of CD2 covers the area defined by law as the Second Congressional District of Minnesota, hereinafter referred to as the Second District.

ARTICLE III PURPOSE

The purpose of the Committee is to promote and to seek to implement in government the policies and principles of the Republican Party of Minnesota, as expressed in the State Platform. In support of this end we work to:

  1. Elect a Republican Representative to Congress;
  2. Oversee and coordinate the activities of the Republican Party within the Second District, all according to the US and Minnesota Constitutions, the Constitution and By-Laws of the Republican Party of Minnesota, and this Constitution and Bylaws;
  3. Encourage the strengthening of the Republican Party within the Second District and the election of Republican candidates for public office at all levels of government;
  4. Communicate the Republican Party message at every opportunity, OR
  5. and and
  6. Expand Republican Party participation within the Second District.

ARTICLE IV ORGANIZATION

Section 1 Officers

  1. The elected officers of the organization shall be a Chair, Deputy Chair, Secretary, Treasurer and the State Central Delegate-at-Large.
  2. Elections, terms and removals
    1. The Officers shall be elected at the CD2 convention in odd-numbered years and shall serve two-year terms or until their successors are elected and qualified.
    2. The CD2 officers shall not serve more than four (4) consecutive full terms in the same office.
    3. CD2 officers may be removed by a 2/3 vote of the CD2 Full Committee, as specified in the State Party Constitution. Notice of every proposal for removal shall be included in the notice of the meeting, and the individual concerned shall be served with a detailed statement of the charges against him/her at least ten days prior to such meeting.
    4. All vacancies shall be filled by the procedure specified in Section 4.
  3. Duties of the officers include the following:
    1. The Chair shall conduct Executive and Full Committee meetings, appoint committee chairs, and represent CD2 on the State Party Executive Committee. The Chair is an ex-officio member of all committees.
    2. The Deputy Chair shall perform the duties of the Chair in the Chair's absence, and other duties as requested by the Chair.
    3. The Secretary shall keep minutes of meetings, be responsible for written correspondence with the members of the BPOU committees, delegates and alternates to BPOU conventions and other correspondence that may be necessary. The secretary shall keep and maintain all of CD2’s contact information. The Secretary shall record every approval of financial expenditures into the minutes, and preserve those minutes for five years. The Secretary should maintain a copy of the current CD2 Constitution in both editable and archive form.
    4. The Treasurer shall maintain all financial records in accordance with proper accounting principles, preserve all supporting documentation, file all legally required reports correctly andT on time, comply with all applicable election finance laws and advise the Full Committee in such matters. The Treasurer will produce a financial status report against budget at each Full Committee meeting.
    5. The State Central Delegate-at-Large represents CD2 at the State Central committee, and otherwise performs duties as requested by the Chair..

Section 2 Executive Committee

  1. There shall be an Executive Committee consisting of the officers listed in Section 1.
  2. Duties of the Executive Committee include:
    1. Arranging and managing regular Full Committee meetings,
    2. Proposing and monitoring a budget,
    3. Proposing projects and objectives, and
    4. Other such duties as are delegated to it by the Full Committee.

Section 3: Full Committee

  1. Governance of CD2 rests in the Full Committee.
  2. Duties of the Full Committee include all authority not specifically herein granted to the Executive Committee or Officers.
  3. The Committee shall consist of:
  4. All members of the Executive Committee.
  5. One BPOU representative for each of the State House districts wholly or partly in CD2, within each BPOU. Unless otherwise provided by the BPOU constitution, each BPOU executive committee shall select the representative or representatives and an alternate or alternates for each House district. The selectees must reside within that BPOU and the Second District.
  6. As an ex-officio member without voting privileges, the chair of the CD2 standing Constitution Committee.
  7. As ex-officio members without voting privileges, the Chairs of other standing committees as shall be designated by the Chair and approved by the Full Committee.

As an ex-officio member without voting privileges, a representative of any Affiliate of the Party, organized within the Second District with a minimum of ten members, and in accordance with the rules of the Republican Party of Minnesota.