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Committee amends bill to require party affiliation for appointees and allow temporary acting officials
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee adopted a committee substitute for Senate Bill 586 that would require appointments filling vacant elected offices to be from the same political party as the previous officeholder at the time of the last election and would require appointees to have that party affiliation for at least one year prior to the vacancy.
Committee counsel told the Senate Judiciary Committee the committee substitute for Senate Bill 586 would prohibit appointment to fill a vacant elected office unless the appointee had been affiliated with the relevant registered political party for at least one year prior to the vacancy and would require appointments to come from the political party with which the previous officeholder was affiliated at the time of the last election.
Counsel said…
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