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Committee postpones Rep. Richardson’s county-commission vacancy bill at sponsor’s request
Summary
The House State, Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee voted 10-0 to postpone indefinitely House Bill 11-91, a bill that would have replaced vacancy committees with vacancy elections for county commissioner seats; sponsor Rep. Richardson asked for the postponement, citing implementation cost concerns.
House Bill 11-91, which would have replaced the existing vacancy-committee process for filling county commissioner vacancies with vacancy elections, was postponed indefinitely at the sponsor’s request after a brief presentation and questions on costs.
Representative Richardson told the committee the bill aimed to expand public input and transparency by triggering elections to fill midterm vacancies,…
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