Section 701. Committees.
(a) Committees may be created from time to time by the House of Delegates, by the Board of Governors or by the President, to deal with matters of interest to the Association. There shall be a Committee on Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility as contemplated by Section 204(d). The scope or jurisdiction of a Committee shall be set forth in writing by the body or officer creating or extending the Committee. At each Annual Meeting the Secretary shall submit to the House a compilation of the respective scope or jurisdiction of all existing Committees. Each such committee shall continue in existence until the end of the year next following that in which it was created, unless sooner discharged by the House. The life of any such committee may be extended, from year to year, by a vote of the House or the Board.

(b) No matter shall be referred to a Committee which is within the province of any Section except by a vote of the House or the Board.