[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR452.24]

[Page 176-177]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
  CHAPTER IV--OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 452_GENERAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE ELECTION PROVISIONS OF THE 
LABOR-MANAGEMENT REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1959--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart D_Frequency and Kinds of Elections
 
Sec. 452.24  Terms of office.

    The prescribed maximum period of three, four, or five years is 
measured from the date of the last election. \20\ It would not be 
consistent with these provisions of the Act for officers elected for the 
maximum terms allowable under the statute to remain in office after the 
expiration of their terms without a new election. Failure to hold an 
election for any office after the statutory period has expired 
constitutes a continuing violation of the Act, which may be brought to 
the attention of the Secretary in the form of

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a complaint filed in accordance with the appropriate procedure. Title IV 
establishes only maximum time intervals between elections for officers. 
Labor organizations covered by these provisions may hold elections of 
officers with greater frequency than the specified maximum period. For 
example, a local labor organization is required to hold an election of 
officers at least once every three years, but it must hold an election 
every year if its governing rules so provide. It should be noted, 
moreover, that the provisions of title IV apply to all regular elections 
of officers in labor organizations subject to the Act. Thus, if a labor 
organization chooses to hold elections of officers more frequently than 
the statutory maximum intervals, it must observe the minimum standards 
set forth in title IV for the conduct of such elections.
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    \20\ See Sec. 452.14 for a discussion of the selection of officers 
in a new or newly-merged labor organization.
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