§ 9.383

The time and place of meeting of a state or district convention shall be fixed by the state central committee or other authority of the party holding such convention, in accordance with the rules of such party; provided each such convention held to endorse candidates for state or district office to be voted upon at a state election shall be convened not earlier than the ninety-eighth day and closed not later than the seventy-seventh day preceding the day of the primary for such office.(June, 1955, S. 574d; November, 1955, S. N46; 1958 Rev., S. 9-75; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 11; P.A. 74-25, S. 2, 13; P.A. 77-39; 77-583, S. 3; P.A. 89-297, S. 15, 18; P.A. 03-241, S. 19.)History: 1963 act restated previous provisions; P.A. 74-25 charged time limitation from between June 1 and July 15 to between fifty-fourth and forty-seventh day preceding primary day for such office; P.A. 77-39 substituted 'sixty-first' for 'fifty-fourth'; P.A. 77-583 substituted 'forty-third' for 'forty-seventh'; P.A. 89-297 changed 'sixty-first day' to 'sixty-eighth day' and 'forty-third day' to 'fiftieth day'; P.A. 03-241 changed 'sixty-eighth day' to 'ninety-eighth day' and 'fiftieth day' to 'seventy-seventh day',

297 changed 'sixty-first day' to 'sixty-eighth day' and 'forty-third day' to 'fiftieth day'; P.A. 03-241 changed 'sixty-eighth day' to 'ninety-eighth day' and 'fiftieth day' to 'seventy-seventh day', effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date.