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LEGISLATURE
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IDAHO
Sixty-eighth
Legislature
Second
Regular
Session
-
2026
IN
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE
BILL
NO.
892
BY
STATE
AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
BOARDS
OF
COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS;
AMENDING
SECTION
59
-
906A,
IDAHO
2
CODE,
TO
REVISE
PROVISIONS
REGARDING
HOW
VACANCIES
ARE
FILLED
FOR
A
3
BOARD
OF
COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
AND
TO
MAKE
TECHNICAL
CORRECTIONS;
AND
4
DECLARING
AN
EMERGENCY
AND
PROVIDING
AN
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
5
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
6
SECTION
1.
That
Section
59
-
906A,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
hereby
7
amended
to
read
as
follows:
8
59
-
906A.
BOARD
OF
COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
-
-
VACANCIES
-
-
HOW
FILLED.
In
9
the
event
of
a
vacancy
on
a
board
of
county
commissioners,
such
vacancy
shall
10
be
filled
as
herein
provided
pursuant
to
the
provisions
of
this
section
.
The
1
1
county
central
committee
of
the
same
political
party,
if
any,
of
the
former
12
member
whose
seat
is
vacant
shall
submit,
within
fifteen
(15)
days,
a
list
13
of
three
(3)
nominations
to
the
governor.
For
counties
with
a
population
of
14
less
than
fifty
thousand
(50,000),
the
county
central
committee
shall
sub
-
15
mit
to
the
governor
a
list
of
one
(1)
nominee.
For
counties
with
a
popula
-
16
tion
greater
than
fifty
thousand
(50,000)
but
less
than
one
hundred
thousand
17
(100,000),
the
county
central
committee
shall
submit
to
the
governor
a
list
18
of
two
(2)
nominees.
For
counties
with
a
population
greater
than
one
hundred
19
thousand
(100,000),
the
county
central
committee
shall
submit
to
the
gover
-
20
nor
a
list
of
three
(3)
nominees.
The
governor
shall
fill
the
vacancy
by
ap
-
21
pointment
from
the
list
of
three
(3)
nominations
within
fifteen
(15)
days.
22
If
no
appointment
has
been
made
within
fifteen
(15)
days,
the
county
central
23
committee
shall
designate
one
(1)
of
the
three
(3)
nominees
to
fill
the
va
-
24
cancy.
The
vacancy
shall
be
so
filled
until
the
expiration
of
the
term
in
25
which
the
vacancy
occurs.
The
county
central
committee
of
the
same
politi
-
26
cal
party,
if
any,
of
the
former
member,
shall
select
a
person
who
possesses
27
the
constitutional
qualifications
to
fill
the
vacant
office
to
which
he
the
28
person
is
nominated,
and
who
is
affiliated
with
the
same
political
party,
if
29
any,
as
the
former
member
whose
seat
is
vacant.
Upon
failure
of
the
committee
30
to
make
such
selection
before
the
expiration
of
the
fifteen
(15)
day
period,
31
the
governor
shall
,
within
five
(5)
days,
fill
said
vacancy
by
appointing
a
32
person
having
the
qualifications
above
set
forth
in
the
provisions
of
this
33
section
.
34
SECTION
2.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
35
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
36
July
1,
2026.
37