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Committee advances bill to require officials to remain residents during term, creating vacancy if they move
Summary
HB 27-33 would require most elected officials to remain residents of the jurisdiction they represent for the duration of the term; if they cease to be qualified electors they would be ousted and a vacancy created. The committee moved the bill favorably under emergency final action and placed it on the consent agenda.
House Bill 27-33, discussed Feb. 11 before the Committee on Local Government, would amend multiple statutes to require elected officials to remain residents of the territory they represent throughout their term. The bill covers statewide offices (governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, state treasurer, commissioner of insurance), state board of education members, district attorneys (for specified counties), school board members, community college trustees and township officers.
Mister Revisor said the change would create…
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