Okla. Bar Ass'n Bylaws art. I

Section 1. CONTROL OF ASSOCIATION

The control and administration of the Association shall be vested in a House of Delegates composed of active and senior members of the Oklahoma Bar Association.

Section 2. MEMBERSHIP

The House of Delegates shall be composed of one delegate or alternate from each County of the State, who shall be an active or senior member of the Bar of such County, as certified by the Executive Director at the opening of the annual meeting; providing that each County where the active or senior resident members of the Bar exceed fifty shall be entitled to one additional delegate or alternate for each additional fifty active or senior members or major fraction thereof. In the absence of the elected delegate(s) the alternate(s) shall be certified to vote in the stead of the delegate. In no event shall any County elect more than thirty (30) members to the House of Delegates. Each delegate and alternate shall be elected for a term of two years to begin with the commencement of the annual meeting following his or her election, and terminating with the commencement of the third annual meeting following his or her election or until the election and certification of his or her successor, provided, that beginning with the election of delegates and alternates following adoption of this amendment, the Board of Governors shall designate the number of delegate positions in each County which shall be for an initial one-year term and which delegate positions shall be a two-year term, providing further, that as nearly as it is mathematically possible, the one and two-year terms shall be divided equally for Counties entitled to two or more delegates, the respective County Bar Association shall determine the method of designating the delegates for one-year terms and the delegates for two-year terms.

Each member of the Board of Governors of the Association shall be an ex officio non-voting member of the House of Delegates and shall be vested with the courtesy of the floor of the House of Delegates and the right to speak therein, but shall have no right to introduce resolutions or legislative proposals or motions or to vote thereon, unless certified as a delegate from his or her county of residence. Each former President of the Oklahoma Bar Association shall be a Member at Large of the House of Delegates of said Association with the same powers, duties and voting rights as an elected delegate of the House of Delegates. Also, the Oklahoma Judicial Conference shall select from its membership one district judge as delegate and one district judge as alternate, and one associate district judge as delegate and one associate district judge as alternate, who shall have, respectively, all the rights, duties and powers of delegates and alternate delegates.

Section 3. RESIDENCE

A member shall be deemed to be a resident, within the purposes of these Bylaws, of the County in which is located his or her mailing address for the Journal of the Association.

Section 4. MEETINGS

The House of Delegates shall meet during the annual meeting of the members of the Association, the time and place of such meeting to be fixed by the Board of Governors. A mid-year meeting of the House of Delegates may be called by the Board of Governors if the Board deems such meeting necessary and proper. Additional meetings of the House of Delegates shall be called by the President or President-Elect of the Association on the written request of or consent of twenty-five (25) of its members. One-third of the voting delegates present at any meeting duly convened shall constitute a quorum. The President-Elect of the Association, or, in his or her absence, the Vice-President, shall preside at the meeting of the House of Delegates. In the absence of both President-Elect and Vice-President, the House shall select one of its members to preside. The House of Delegates may adopt such rules of procedure for the transaction of its business as it deems practical and shall be the judge of the selection and qualifications of its members. Unless other rules are adopted at any meeting, Robert’s Rules of Order of an edition to be selected by the Executive Director shall be the rules of procedure for the transaction of any business when not consistent with the OBA Bylaws.