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HB0136 • 2011

Appointments to county commissioner vacancy.

AN ACT relating to vacancies in office; requiring written notice for county commissioner vacancies as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Representative Barbuto
Last action
2011-03-02
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
7/1/2011

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Amendments

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HB0136HS001

Standing Committee • H07

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by H07

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Bill History

  1. 2011-03-02 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number

  2. 2011-03-02 Governor

    Governor Signed HEA0051

  3. 2011-02-24 Senate

    S President Signed HEA No. 0051

  4. 2011-02-24 House

    H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0051

  5. 2011-02-24 LSO

    Assigned Number HEA0051

  6. 2011-02-24 Senate

    S Passed 3rd Reading

  7. 2011-02-23 Senate

    S Passed 2nd Reading

  8. 2011-02-22 Senate

    S Passed CoW

  9. 2011-02-10 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  10. 2011-02-10 Senate

    S07 Recommended Do Pass

  11. 2011-01-28 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S07

  12. 2011-01-28 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  13. 2011-01-26 House

    H Passed 3rd Reading

  14. 2011-01-25 House

    H Passed 2nd Reading

  15. 2011-01-24 House

    H Passed CoW

  16. 2011-01-24 House

    H Amendments Adopted

  17. 2011-01-24 House

    Amendment Adopted

  18. 2011-01-21 House

    H Placed on General File

  19. 2011-01-21 House

    H07 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

  20. 2011-01-17 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H07

  21. 2011-01-14 House

    H Received for Introduction

  22. 2011-01-13 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill No.: <billno> Drafter: <drafterinit>

Bill No.:
HB0136
Drafter:

IDS

LSO No.:
11LSO-0479
Effective Date:

7/1/2011

Enrolled Act No.:
HEA0051

Chapter No.:
115

Prime Sponsor:
Representative
Barbuto

Catch Title:
Appointments
to county commissioner vacancy.

Subject:
Vacancies in a
county board of commissioners.

Summary/Major Elements:

●

Vacancies on a board of
county commissioners are filled according to the political affiliation of the
vacating commissioner.

●

Under current law, if the
vacating commissioner was unaffiliated, his seat could be filled by any
qualified person selected by the remaining commissioners.

●

This act amends the procedure
by requiring that the vacancy be advertised and that the replacement
commissioner be selected from among those qualified persons who submit an application.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL HOUSE
BILL

NO.
0136

ENROLLED ACT NO. 51, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2011 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to
vacancies in office;
requiring written notice for county commissioner vacancies as specified;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.
W.S. 18
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3
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524(a)(ii) is amended to read:

18
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3
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524. Appointments to fill vacancies; term
.

(a)

Within twenty (20) days after the office of any county commissioner becomes vacant the remaining members of the board shall declare a vacancy to exist and immediately give notice of the vacancy in writing to the chairman of the county central committee of the political party which the member whose office is vacant represented at the time of his election under W.S. 22
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6
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120(a)(vii), or at the time of his appointment if not elected to office. The chairman of the county central committee shall within twenty (20) days after receipt of the notice call a meeting of the county central committee. At the meeting the committee shall select three (3) persons qualified to fill the vacancy and transmit the names to the board of county commissioners. The board of county commissioners shall fill the vacancy within twenty (20) days after receiving the list from the county central committee by appointing one (1) of the persons whose names are submitted by the county central committee:

(ii)

If the incumbent commissioner did not represent any political party at the time of his election or appointment, the board of county commissioners
may appoint any qualified person to fill the vacancy

shall publish in a newspaper of ge
neral circulation in the county
notice that within
twenty (20)
days after publication any qualified person may make application directly to the county commissioners for appointment to fill the vacancy. Within twenty (20) days after the
application deadline
the county commissioners shall fill the vacancy by appointment of one (1) person qualified from those submitting applications
.

Section 2.

This act is effective July 1, 2011.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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