Section 1.  The Executive Committee shall be composed of the County Chairman, who shall be the Committee’s presiding officer, and the Executive Committeeman (Precinct Chairman) from each election precinct of Tarrant County.  Each member shall be entitled to one vote by personal attendance at Executive Committee meetings.

      Section 2.  The County Chairman and Executive Committeeman shall be elected biennially as provided by the Election Code of the State of Texas.

      Section 3.  The Executive Committee Shall Elect a Secretary, as prescribed in Article 13.18 of the Texas Election Code, who may be either a member of the committee or such other person as the Committee may select.

      Section 4.  Vacancies in the office of County Chairman and/or Secretary shall be filled by the Executive Committee by a majority vote of those present and voting, provided a majority of the full committee membership is present; due notice of purpose having been given in the call of the meeting as prescribed by the Texas Election Code.

      Section 5.   Voting by mail is permissible in filling vacancies in the office of Executive Committeemen.  The County Chairman may submit the names of persons to the Executive Committee for selection, the manes thereof to be included on ballot with a copy of the call to the meeting at which selection will be made.   Completed, signed ballots may be returned in person or by mail to the Executive Committee Secretary in care of the County Headquarters or delivered in person at the Executive Committee meeting at which selection is to be made.  Mail-in ballots, bearing a postmark no later than the AM of the date of the respective Executive Committee meeting, shall be valid.

ARTICLE IIa

DUTIES OF THE OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEMAN

     Section 1.  The County Chairman shall be elected in accordance with the provisions of the Election Code of the State of Texas and shall be the Chairman of the Executive Committee and shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Republican Party of Tarrant county; the County Chairman Shall preside at all meetings of the Executive Committee, coordinate the political activities of the Republican Party in Tarrant County including appointing all committee chairmen.

      The County Chairman shall be a member of all committees,  shall represent the Executive Committee in its official capacity, shall employ such persons and make such appointments as deemed appropriate, and shall have such usual powers of supervision and management as may pertain to the office of the County Chairman.

     Section 2.  The County Chairman may appoint one or more Vice Chairmen who shall serve until their successors are appointed and shall perform such duties as may be directed by the County Chairman

      In the event of the County Chairman’s absence, resignation, disqualification, or death, the first Vice Chairman so appointed shall perform the duties of the County Chairman.  In the event of the absence, resignation, disqualification, or death of both the County Chairman and this officer, the interim duties of office will devolve upon the Vice Chairman in the order of their appointment.

     Section 3.  The Secretary shall be elected by the Executive Committee as provided in the Texas Election Code, and shall keep minutes and attendance records for all meetings of the Executive Committee, which minutes shall be retained at the County Headquarters office.  The Secretary shall be elected at the first statutory meeting of each newly elected Executive Committee and shall serve for the same term as the Executive Committee.

      Section 4.  The Executive Committeeman shall be responsible for the carrying out of the directions and resolutions of the Executive Committee, county conventions, and precinct committees, if there be such, in accordance with these by-laws.   The Executive Committeemen shall assist in all Republican Party campaigns and shall have general responsibility for all Republican Party activities, functions and campaigns within their respective precincts. 

ARTICLE III

 MEETINGS

     Section 1.  The Executive Committee shall meet at such times as required by the Election Code of the State of Texas and shall adopt a schedule of additional meetings; in any case, there shall be a regular meeting held once each three months. 

     Section 2.  Special meetings may be called by the County Chairman as needed.  Special meetings may also be called upon by a petition of 25 per cent of the members of the Executive Committee to the County Chairman or the Acting County Chairman.

      Section 3.  No less than seven (7) days’ notice shall be required for all meetings, except in the event of a stated emergency, in which case two (2) days’ notice shall be required.  (All designation of times shall be considered as the postmark date).

      Section 4.    In the event a meeting is called, and the Chairman and Vice Chairman fail to attend, the Secretary shall call the meeting to order and preside while the members (a quorum being present) elect a temporary chairman to preside at that particular meeting.  If the Chairman and Vice Chairman and Secretary fail to attend, any Executive Committeeman may call the meeting to order at the appointed hour and preside while the members (a quorum being present) elect a temporary chairman to preside at that particular meeting.  The temporary chairman shall have the same authority of presiding office as the regular chairman has at any meeting.

     Section 5.  A quorum for the conduct of business shall be on-fourth (1/4) of the total members of the Executive Committee.   A quorum for statutory meeting, only the business required by the Election Code shall be transacted.

      Section 6.  At all meetings of the Executive Committee, all elected officials of the Republican Party of Texas, incumbent, statewide, District and County Republican office-holders, the County Vice Chairmen, Legal Counsel and Secretary, together with such other persons as may be designated by the County Chairman, shall have the privileges of the floor, but without voting rights

ARTICLE IV

APPOINTIVE OFFICERS

     Section 1.   The appointive officers shall be the Vice Chairmen, Treasurer, Legal Counsel, Parliamentarian, Chaplain and Sergeant-at-Arms. 

     Section 2.  The County Chairman shall appoint the Vice Chairman, Treasurer, Legal Counsel, Parliamentarian, Chaplain and Sergeant-at-Arms, subject to ratification by the Executive Committee by a majority vote of these present and voting, a quorum being present.  Each of these officers may be removed from office by the County Chairman.  Subject to the reinstatement by the Executive Committee by a majority vote of those present and voting, a quorum being present. 

     Section 3.  The County Chairman shall appoint the Chaplain and Parliamentarian, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Chairman. 

     Section 4.    The terms of office of the appointive officers shall be concurrent with that of the Executive Committee, except that in the event of a vacancy in the office of County Chairman, the appointive officers shall serve only until the election of a new County Chairman. 

     Section 5.  The County Chairman shall be the assistant executive officers of the Republican Party of Tarrant County.  They shall aid and assist the County Chairman in all of said duties. 

     Section 6.  The Legal Counsel shall be the chief legal advisor of the Executive Committee and the Republican Party of Tarrant County, and all other Committees and officers on legal matters pertaining to said committees and officers and the Republican Party of Tarrant County.  He shall also attend all meetings of the Executive Committee. 

     Section 7.  The Treasurer shall be the custodian of all funds of the Executive Committee and the Republican party of Tarrant County, and shall disburse the same in accordance with the budgets established by the Finance Committee.  He shall keep a strict account of all receipts and disbursements, with the dates thereof, from whom received and to whom disbursed, and the purpose thereof and shall make a copy of said report available to the Executive Committee quarterly. 

     Section 8.  The County Chairman may appoint assistants to the Appointive Officers as needed, who shall be subject to the same ratification and removal procedures as the Appointive Officers as outlined in Section 2 of this Article.

ARTICLE V

SUCCESSION

     In the event of a vacancy in the office of county Chairman, the elected Secretary of the Executive Committee shall call a meeting of the Executive Committee to be held within twenty (20) days of the occurrence of the vacancy for the purpose of electing a new County Chairman. 

ARTICLE VI

AREA CHAIRMAN

     Section 1.    The County Chairman shall organize Tarrant County into not less than four (4) areas, and the County Chairman shall appoint an area chairman, a resident of that area, to hold office at the pleasure of the County Chairman, subject to ratification by the Executive Committee. 

     Section 2.    The Area Chairman shall serve his area and act as liaison and advisor between the Executive Committeemen in his area and the County Chairman. 

     Section 3.    The Area Chairman shall assist in keeping the County Chairman and the Executive Committeemen currently advised and informed and shall participate in Republican Party activities in his area and shall recruit prospects to fill vacancies in his area. 

ARTICLE VII

STANDING COMMITTEES

     Section 1.   There shall be six (6) Standing Committees as follows:  Candidate Recruitment and Campaign, Education and Training, Voters Services, Public Relations, Finance and Headquarters. 

     Section 2.   The County Chairman shall appoint the chairman of each Standing Committee subject to the approval of the Executive Committee.  When so approved, the committee chairman shall then, with the approval of the County Chairman, submit the names of the committee members he recommends to the Executive Committee for approval.  Additional members may be added and vacancies filled from time to time in similar manner.   

     Section 3.   The first meeting of each newly constituted Standing Committees shall be called by the County Chairman, or his duly designated representative, within sixty (60) days after the Primary Election. 

    Section 4.   The Chairman of each Standing Committee shall be elected at the meeting at the meeting outlined in Section 2 of this Article.  A majority of a Standing committee's members shall constitute a quorum.  Each Standing Committee's member shall appoint a secretary to record the minutes of the committee's activities.  In the event the secretary is not chosen from the membership of the Standing Committee, he shall not have the right to vote in the Committee. 

     Section 5.   The term of office for Standing Committee members shall run concurrently with that of the Executive, except that in the event of a vacancy in the office of the County Chairman, the appointive members shall serve only until the election of a new County Chairman.

     Section 6.   A vacancy may be filled and additional members to any Standing Committee may be added from time to time as herein above provided in this Article. 

     Section 7.   It is not necessary for  any person to be a member of the Executive Committee to serve on any Standing Committee. 

ARTICLE VIII

SPECIAL COMMITTEES

     The County Chairman may appoint such Ad Hoc Committees, as he deems necessary to assist him in carrying out duties not specifically assigned to a Standing Committee. 

ARTICLE IX

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

     There shall be an Advisory Council for the Republican Party of Tarrant County, composed of the Area Chairman, the County Vice Chairman, the Party Secretary, the Treasurer, the Legal Counsel, the State Committeemen and Committeewomen, and all elected governmental Republican Officer holders residing in the County.  In addition, the Executive Committee shall designate outstanding Republican residing in the County who, because of their year of service and loyalty to the Party, are deemed entitled to a position of trust and confidence in the Party.  The function of the Advisory Committee will be to render advice and assistance on all matters pertaining to the Republican Party of Tarrant County.

ARTICLE X

PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY

The rules contained in the Robert's Rules of Order Revised, as specified by the State, shall govern the Executive Committee and Officers in all cases in which they are applicable and in which they are not inconsistent with these By-Laws.

ARTICLE XI

AMENDMENTS

     These By-Laws may be amended by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the members of the Executive Committee present and voting at a meeting of the Executive Committee, a quorum being present, by giving a notice at eh previous regular meeting, and by mailing written notice to each Executive Committeeman at least seven (7) days in advance of a regular or special meeting called for that purpose.

ARTICLE XII

INITIATION

     The Executive Committee shall, within forty-five (45) days of the adoption of these By-Laws, establish a schedule for implementation of the various elective and appointive offices specified herein other than the County Chairman and the Executive Committeeman.

                                                                              AMENDED July 7, 1978