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Committee hears cleanup bill to remove statutory vacancy method for county commissioners in favor of constitutional appointment process
Summary
Senate Bill 5288 would repeal the statutory method for filling vacancies on boards of county commissioners, leaving the constitutional appointment process (party central committee nomination and selection per Article II, Section 15) as the exclusive method; counties and association witnesses called it a cleanup bill to remove confusion.
The Local Government Committee reviewed Senate Bill 5288 on Wednesday, which would repeal statutory procedures for filling vacancies on boards of county commissioners and rely solely on the constitutional appointment method in Article II, Section 15 of the state constitution.
Committee staff described the two existing approaches: the constitutional method requires the county legislative authority to…
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