legislative vacancies
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Committee on Retirement and Government Operations |
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Caucus and COW |
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Third Read |
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HB 2124 strikes the requirement that elected precinct committeemen be in the county of the legislative district in which the legislative vacancy occurred.
HB 2124 was amended in the Retirement and Government Operations committee to correct a technical error. HB 2124 passed the Committee of the Whole unamended.
If a vacancy occurs in the legislature and the former member was of a formed political party and has at least 30 elected committeemen who are from precincts in that legislative district and in that county, the secretary of the state shall notify the state party chairman of the vacancy. The state party chairman or the chairman’s designee shall give written notice of the meeting to fill the vacancy to all precinct committeemen of that political party from the precincts that are in the legislative districts and that are in the county in which the vacancy occurred.
The elected precinct committeemen shall nominate three qualified electors to fill the vacancy who are from the same political party and reside in the same district and county as the person elected to or appointed to the office immediately before the vacancy. The state party chairman of the appropriate political party shall then forward the names of the three nominees to the board of supervisors of the county of residence of the person elected or appointed to office immediately before the vacancy occurred. The board of supervisors shall then appoint a person from the three nominees submitted.