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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="4-201" title_number="4" title_name="Political Parties" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Political Party Governing Bodies">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Each political party shall have a State central committee that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is the governing body of the political party; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may be composed of the members of the central committees of the counties during their terms in office.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A party’s State central committee shall select the chair or cochairs of the party State central committee.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The chair or cochairs shall be residents of the State during their tenure in office.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A party’s State central committee shall determine its own rules of procedure, not inconsistent with the provisions of this article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
