nominating committee

nominating committee Sec. 305. (a) Effective January 2, 1975, there is established within the Government of the District of Columbia a committee to be known as the “District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics Nominating Committee” (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the “Committee”). The Committee shall have the function of nominating individuals for appointment as members of the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics for any and all vacancies occurring on such Board on or after the date on which a majority of the members first appointed pursuant to this section hold their first meeting as members of the Committee. Such nominations shall be made by the Committee in accordance with the provisions of this section. The Committee shall consist of five members. Within ten days following the date on which a majority of the members are first appointed pursuant to this section, such members so appointed shall hold their first meeting as members of the Committee. (b) (1) Two members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Mayor, at least one of whom shall be a lawyer. 88 Stat. 457 (2) Three members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, with the approval of the Council. (c) Members of the Committee shall serve for terms of five years, except that of the members first appointed pursuant to subsection (b) (1), one shall serve for one year and one for five years, as designated at the time of appointment, and members appointed pursuant to subsection (b) (2), one shall serve for two years, one for three years, and one for four years, as designated at the time of appointment. (d) (1) No individual may be appointed as a member of the Committee unless he or she— (A) is a citizen of the United States, and (B) is a resident of the District of Columbia and has maintained his or her domicile within the District for at least one year immediately preceding the date of his or her appointment, and (C) is not a member of the Council of the District of Columbia or an officer or employee of the Government of the District of Columbia (including the judicial branch). (2) Any vacancy in the membership of the Committee shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made. Any individual appointed to fill a vacancy, occur-ring other than upon the expiration of a term, shall serve only for the remainder of the term of such individual’s predecessor. (e) Members of the Committee shall be paid for each day spent performing their duties as members of the Committee at a rate which is equal to the daily equivalent of the rate provided by step 1 of grade 17 of the General Schedule under section 5832 of title 5, United States Code. (f) (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (a) of this section, the Committee shall act only at meetings called by the Chairman or a majority of the members thereof and only after notice has been given of such meeting to all members of the Committee. (2) The Committee shall choose annually from among its members a Chairman and such other officers as it deems necessary. The Committee may adopt such rules of procedure as may be necessary to govern the business of the Committee. (3) Each agency of the government of the District of Columbia shall furnish to the Committee, upon request, such records, information, services, and such other assistance and facilities as may be necessary to enable the Committee to perform its function properly. Any information furnished to the Committee designated “confidential” by the person furnishing it to the Committee shall be treated by the Committee as privileged and confidential. (g) (1) In the event of any such vacancy in the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics, the Committee shall, within thirty days after such vacancy occurs, submit a list of three persons as nominees for appointment by the Mayor to fill the vacancy. If more than one such vacancy exists at the same time, the Committee shall submit a separate list of nominees for appointment to fill each such vacancy, and no individual’s name shall appear on more than one such list. In filling such vacancy, the Mayor may appoint more than one individual from any list currently before the Mayor. In any case in which, after the expiration of the thirty-day period following the date on which a majority of the members of the Committee first meet as provided in subsection (a), a vacancy is scheduled to occur, by reason of the expiration of a term of office, the Committee’s list of nominees for appointment to fill that vacancy shall be submitted to the Mayor not less than thirty days prior to the expiration of that term. 88 Stat. 458 (2) If the Mayor fails to submit for Council approval the name of one of the individuals on a list submitted to the Mayor under this section within thirty days after receiving such list, the Committee shall appoint, with the approval of the Council, an individual named on the list to fill the vacancy for which such list of nominees was prepared. (3) Any individual whose name is submitted by the Committee as a nominee for appointment to the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics may request that the nomination of such individual be withdrawn. If any such individual requests that his or her nomination be withdrawn, dies, or becomes disqualified to serve as a member of the Board, the Committee shall promptly nominate an individual to replace the individual originally nominated on the list submitted to the Mayor. (h) Members of the Committee shall be appointed as soon as practicable, but in no event later than June 30, 1975.