Bylaws

These Bylaws are current as of March 12, 2022.
Amendments may be proposed prior to the bi-annual LPTravis County Convention or from the floor at the convention.
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ARTICLE I. Name of the Organization

The name of this organization shall be the Libertarian Party of Travis County, hereinafter
referred to as LPTravis. LPTravis is an affiliate of the Libertarian Party of Texas, hereinafter
referred to as LPTexas.

ARTICLE II. Purpose of the Organization

The purpose of LPTravis is to implement and give voice to the principles of LPTexas.

ARTICLE III. Members

A member of LPTravis shall be defined as any member of LPTexas who resides in Travis
County.

ARTICLE IV. Organization

There shall be five (5) elected Officers of LPTravis: Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, Vice Chair, and
At-large Representative. These shall form the initial Executive Committee. All Officers must be
LPTravis members. All Officers shall be elected by a majority vote, in a secret ballot, at a regular
County Convention. The new Officers shall assume their duties immediately upon the
adjournment of the Convention which elected them and shall serve at the pleasure of LPTravis
members for a term of two years or until the election of their successors.
Up to four (4) additional Directors may be appointed by a majority of the current Executive
Committee to serve as full members of the Executive Committee. A Director shall take office
upon appointment and shall serve until the next regular Convention or until removal. All
Directors must be LPTravis members.
The Chair shall be the principal and presiding officer of the Executive Committee and the chief
executive officer of LPTravis.

Any member of the Executive Committee may be removed in any of the following ways:

• A vote by a majority of the Executive Committee to remove the member.
• A vote of “no confidence” by the membership. At any business meeting of the Executive
  Committee, any LPTravis member may make a motion to take a vote of “no confidence”
  in an Executive Committee member. Such a motion shall supersede all other motions in
  priority other than points of order, points of inquiry, and adjournment. If a majority of
  LPTravis members present vote in favor of the motion, the Executive Committee member
  shall be removed.
• Resignation.

If an Executive Committee member ceases to qualify as an LPTravis member, he or she shall be
removed from the Executive Committee.
A vacancy in the office of Chair, Secretary, or Treasurer will be filled by a special convention,
scheduled no earlier than 14 days and no later than 35 days after the vacancy occurs. The
Secretary shall issue a notice to LPTravis members at least seven days prior to such convention
of the agenda, location, and schedule of such convention. If the Secretary is one of the vacant
offices, the Chair shall issue such notice. If the Chair is one of the vacant offices, a special
convention chair will be elected from the LPTravis members present.
The Vice Chair shall assume the duties of the Chair on a temporary basis upon request of the
Chair or when the Chair is unable to attend a regularly scheduled function of LPTravis.
No person shall hold multiple Executive Committee offices. In no event shall an Executive
Committee member be allowed to cast more than one vote on matters before the Executive
Committee. There shall be no vote by proxy.
It will be the duty of the Chair to issue an annual report of the progress of LPTravis at the
completion of the year. This report will be issued no later than the February monthly business
meeting of LPTravis.
The Executive Committee shall perform the duties prescribed by these bylaws and by the
parliamentary authority adopted by LPTravis, exercising full authority over the affairs of
LPTravis between the regular Conventions.

ARTICLE V. Executive Committee Business Meetings

Unless otherwise ordered by the Executive Committee, regularly scheduled monthly business
meetings of the Executive Committee shall be held. Special business meetings of the Executive
Committee may be called by the Chair or by the written request of two-thirds of the Executive
Committee. All regular and special business meetings of the Executive Committee shall be held
between 6 and 11 PM on normal business days or between 10 AM and 9 PM on all other days. A
majority of the Executive Committee shall constitute a quorum at all business meetings of the
Executive Committee. All business meetings of the Executive Committee shall be open to the
public.

ARTICLE VI. Conventions

A regular County Convention of LPTravis shall be held in each general election voting year. A
roster of the delegates’ names and addresses shall be maintained by the Secretary for two years.
Subsequent additions to this list shall not be permitted. Address changes and deletions as a result
of events that would invalidate an affiliation are required to be performed.
The process for appointment of state convention delegates shall be as follows: The county
convention delegates shall open nominations for state convention delegates, then close
nominations, then collect ballots in which the names of any nominated people can be written.

Approval voting shall be used to determine the top allocated number as delegates and the next
allocated number as alternates, with ties being decided by lottery. This process can be suspended
by a two-thirds vote.

ARTICLE VII. Parliamentary Authority

These bylaws constitute the official rules of LPTravis, and all other matters are governed by the
rules of LPTexas.
For any rules not specifically covered in these bylaws or the rules of LPTexas, the rules
contained in the current edition of Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised shall govern the
meetings of LPTravis and the Executive Committee.

ARTICLE VIII. Amendment of Bylaws

These bylaws may be amended, at a regular County Convention or at a special meeting of
LPTravis members, by a two-thirds vote of those members present. To amend at a special
meeting shall require that the Secretary send a notice of such a meeting, with the text of the
proposed amendment, to all LPTravis members at least seven days before such a meeting.

Adopted 2006
Amended March 12, 2022

FOOTNOTES:

CCA 311.016 says: “May” creates discretionary authority; “Shall” imposes a duty; “Must” creates a
condition precedent; “Is entitled to” recognizes a right.