Chapter 4. Responsibilities of Officers

TITLE 6. GOVERNANCE

Adopted July 2007

DIVISION 1. BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Chapter 4. Responsibilities of officers

Rule 6.40 President

(A) The President

  1. supervises, directs and controls the officers of the State Bar;

  2. appoints board committees, their chairs and liaisons to State Bar committees;

  3. appoints a Board Executive Evaluation Committee, of which the President is an ex-officio member;

  4. manages the performance of the Executive Director in accordance with board goals and objectives;

  5. facilitates board discussion and action on State Bar policy; and

  6. makes public statements as appropriate regarding State Bar policy, position and work, with related reports to the board as required by law(1).

(B) Other duties of the President are as the board prescribes and as provided by law(2).

Rule 6.40 adopted effective May 16, 2008.

Rule 6.41 Vice-Presidents, Treasurer

(A) A Vice-President, when acting in the absence or disability of the President, has all the duties and powers of the President. A Vice-President, when designated by the President, may preside at a specific meeting of the board or a portion of the meeting. Other duties of the Vice-Presidents are as the board prescribes.

(B) The duties of the Treasurer are as the board prescribes.

Rule 6.41 adopted effective May 16, 2008.1 of 2

Rule 6.42 Secretary

(A) The Secretary must keep at the main office of the State Bar a record of minutes of all meetings and actions of the board and board committees.

(B) The Secretary must give notice of all meetings of the State Bar and the board as required under these rules.

(C) For all board and board committee meetings, the Secretary, in consultation with the President,

  1. prepares and distributes the agenda, agenda items, committee action summaries and inventories; and 

  2. sets deadlines for the distribution of agenda items.

(D) The Secretary must keep the State Bar seal, having the words and figures “The State Bar of California – July 29, 1927”, in safe custody at the main office of the State Bar, unless otherwise ordered by the board.

(E) Other duties of the Secretary are as the board prescribes.

Rule 6.42 adopted effective May 16, 2008.

 

 

1 Bus. & Prof. Code § 6026. This rule is from Art. III, §1D of the Rules and Regulations.

2 Bus. & Prof. Code § 6024.