The Rules Committee would like to know if you have any suggestions to propose for the new county party Bylaws and our existing Constitution. If you do, please email them to Rules Committee Chair Larry Brown no later than August 21, 2009. His email is
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The Rules Committee will review all input and post recommendations on the party website on or about September 1st for the members of the Central Committee. The Central Committee will meet September 17 at the Provo City Library to vote on recommended Bylaws and amendments to the Constitution. We will send more details about the Sept 17 meeting to the Central Committee members on or about September 1st.
The current county Constitution can be found on our party website at http://www.utahcountydems.com/constitution. When suggesting amendments to the Constitution, please refer to the current paragraph number of the text you are proposing to change or suggest a new paragraph number where appropriate.
The county party does not yet have a Bylaws document and, to the best of our knowledge, has never had one. The Rules Committee is in the process of drafting it.
What's the difference between a constitution and bylaws? A constitution is a relatively short, high level foundation document that sets up the basic structure of governance with key powers, division of duties and checks and balances. On the other hand, bylaws are more detailed rules and procedures that are considered important enough to put into a controlled document and require the Central Committee to vote on them. Bylaws are considered to be too detailed and too subject to change to be in the constitution.