Section 1. Titles; terms; qualifications; elections. (a) The officers of the Wyoming State Bar shall be a president, a president-elect, a vice-president, and a treasurer. The president and the president-elect shall not be from the same judicial district. Only active members in good standing of the Wyoming State Bar residing and practicing law in Wyoming shall be eligible to serve as officers of the Wyoming State Bar. The term of office of the president, president-elect, and vice-president and treasurer shall be one year. (b) The president-elect shall at the expiration of the term as president-elect succeed to the presidency of the State Bar. (c) Nominations for the offices of president-elect, vice-president and treasurer shall be taken and elections shall be conducted as provided in Article VII. (Amended and effective Jun 11, 1992; amended effective July 10, 2006; amended February 5, 2013, effective April 1, 2013.)
Section 2. Duties. (a) President. - The president shall be the chief executive officer of the Wyoming State Bar, a member of the Executive Committee and a member-at-large of the Board of Officers and Commissioners. The president shall preside at all meetings of the Executive Committee, the Board of Officers and Commissioners, and the Wyoming State Bar annual business meeting. Additionally, this officer shall make recommendations to the Wyoming Supreme Court regarding appointments to all standing committees; create and appoint special committees; and be a member, ex-officio, of every committee. (b) President-elect. - The president-elect shall be a member-at-large of the Board of Officers and Commissioners and a member of the Executive Committee; and perform all other duties assigned by the president or Board of Officers and Commissioners. The president-elect shall perform the duties of the president in the event of the president's absence, disability or death. (c) Vice-president. - The vice-president shall be a member-at-large of the Board of Officers and Commissioners and a member of the Executive Committee; and shall perform all other duties assigned by the president or Board of Officers and Commissioners. (d) Treasurer. - The treasurer shall be a member-at-large of the Board of Officers and Commissioners and a member of the Executive Committee. The treasurer shall assist the Executive Committee in preparing the annual budget and in presenting it to the Board of Officers and Commissioners which shall be prepared by July 30, and circulated as soon thereafter as practicable among the Board of Officers and Commissioners. The treasurer shall advise the executive director and the administrative staff of the Wyoming State Bar about procedures for: (1) The methods and procedures used in the receipt, collection and safekeeping of all funds of the Wyoming State Bar; and (2) The procedures for disbursement and audit of such funds. Section 3. Compensation. The officers of the Wyoming State Bar shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall receive reimbursement of actual expenses as may be authorized and approved by the Board of Officers and Commissioners.
(Amended February 5, 2013, effective April 1, 2013.)
Section 4. Commencement of term of office. The terms of all outgoing officers of the Wyoming State Bar shall end and the terms of their successors shall commence at the conclusion of the annual meeting.
(Amended February 5, 2013, effective April 1, 2013.)
Amended February 5, 2013, effective April 1, 2013; amended May 3, 2016, effective July 1, 2016; amended May 22, 2018, effective August 1, 2018; amended January 29, 2019, effective May 1, 2019.