Section 1. Standing Committees.

(a) Creation of Standing Committees; Statement of Purpose. The Board of Governors may create standing committees for such purposes as deemed appropriate the members of which shall be appointed by the President. Any request for the creation of a standing committee shall be accompanied by a statement of purpose. A listing of the standing committees of the State Bar shall be published annually in the State Bar Directory. The publication shall include a description of each committee's purpose, the names of current committee members and their respective terms.

(b) Number of Members. There shall be nine members of each standing committee, provided that the President may appoint no more than four additional members to each standing committee who shall serve only during that President's term. There may be non-voting advisory and liaison appointments to standing committees appointed by the President for his or her term.

(c) Staggered Terms. With the exception of the one-year presidential term appointments described in subsection (b), all appointments shall be for staggered terms of three years so that one-third of the members of each committee shall retire at the end of each year. Initially, committee members will be appointed for one, two and three-year terms to achieve the staggered rotation of committee members. Committee members appointed for three-year and two-year terms may be reappointed for only one successive three-year term. A committee member appointed for a one-year term may be reappointed for two successive three-year terms.

(d) Chairperson and Vice Chairperson. Each year the President shall appoint a chairperson and vice-chairperson of each standing committee. The chairperson may be reappointed for only one successive term.

A chairperson or, in the absence of the chairperson, the vice-chairperson may act on behalf of the committee when it is not practical or possible to confer with the committee.

(e) Abolition of Standing Committees. Standing Committees may be abolished by the Board of Governors following written notice to the chairperson and members of the Committee.