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Senate committee amends House Bill 1197 to add removal rules for county commissioners and restrict precinct reappointments
Summary
The Senate Elections Committee adopted two amendments to House Bill 1197 that add county commissioners to existing removal procedures and limit county chairmen's ability to move precinct committeemen between precincts ahead of caucuses; the amended bill passed the committee unanimously.
The Senate Elections Committee on Tuesday adopted amendments to House Bill 1197 that expand removal procedures for county offices to include county commissioners and add new limits on reappointing precinct committeemen, then passed the amended bill 8-0.
The bill initially carried an amendment from the chair, amendment 3, to add lines in existing code governing removal procedures for county offices. The chair said the change makes the removal procedure for county commissioners consistent with the removal procedures that already apply to other county officers such as auditor, treasurer, recorder, surveyor and assessor. Amendment…
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