§ 17-12-8. Qualifications and terms of committee members.
(a) No member of a ward, town, or district committee shall hold or continue to hold membership on the ward, town, or district committee, unless that member is a qualified elector of the ward, town, or district.
(b) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, ward, district, town, and city committee members shall hold office, respectively, from the date of their election until the next election of the committees, and thereafter until their successors has been duly elected, qualified, and organized.
(c) Candidates for ward, town, or district committee members shall file declarations of candidacy biennially, in every even year, in accordance with § 17-14-1.
History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1886, § 5; P.L. 1948, ch. 2100, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 17-12-9; G.L. 1956, § 17-12-8; P.L. 1958, ch. 18, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 248, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 17-12 - Party Committees and Conventions
Section 17-12-1. - Selection of state committees.
Section 17-12-2. - Composition and powers of state committees.
Section 17-12-2.1. - Political party state committee rules or bylaws.
Section 17-12-3. - Delegation of powers by state committee.
Section 17-12-4. - Endorsements by state committee.
Section 17-12-5. - Acting in other contingencies.
Section 17-12-6. - Election of town and ward committees.
Section 17-12-6.1. - Composition of town committees in Johnston.
Section 17-12-7. - Composition of city and district committees — Appointment.
Section 17-12-8. - Qualifications and terms of committee members.
Section 17-12-9.1. - Members of ward committees for the city of East Providence.
Section 17-12-10. - Rules and management by city, town, and district committees.
Section 17-12-11. - Endorsement by local committees.
Section 17-12-12. - Vacancies in district committees.
Section 17-12-12.1. - Vacancies in city or ward committees.
Section 17-12-12.2. - Failure of ward and city committees to endorse.
Section 17-12-13. - State conventions.
Section 17-12-14. - Election of delegates to national conventions.
Section 17-12-15. - Qualifying as a political party through independent candidacy.