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HB0245 • 2020

County officers-extended absence from office.

AN ACT relating to county officers; authorizing a board of county commissioners to declare a vacancy in the office of a county officer as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representative Hunt
Last action
2020-02-14
Official status
inactive
Effective date
3/1/2020

Plain English Breakdown

The bill's status is 'Did Not Pass', meaning it has no legal effect.

County Officers: Extended Absence Rules

The bill allows county commissioners to declare a vacancy in the office of a county officer if they are absent without permission for more than 90 business days in one year.

What This Bill Does

  • Creates rules that let county commissioners decide when an absence from work is too long and results in losing their job.
  • Requires the board to give notice to the officer before declaring a vacancy and conduct a fair investigation of the absence.

Who It Names or Affects

  • County commissioners who can declare vacancies in county offices.
  • County officers whose jobs may be declared vacant if they are absent without permission for too long.

Terms To Know

business days
Working days excluding weekends and holidays.
vacancy
An empty position or job that needs to be filled.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill did not pass, so it has no effect.
  • It does not specify how the vacant positions will be filled after a declaration.

Bill History

  1. 2020-02-14 House

    H Did not Consider for Introduction Vote

  2. 2020-02-12 House

    H Received for Introduction

  3. 2020-02-12 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
20LSO-0432
2020
STATE OF WYOMING
20LSO-0432
Introduced
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0245

County officers-extended absence from office.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Hunt

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to county officers; authorizing a board of county commissioners to declare a vacancy in the office of a county officer 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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908 is created to read:

18
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3
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908.

Declaring a vacancy by county commissioners.

(a)

The board of county commissioners may declare vacant the office of a county officer if the officer is absent from his office without leave of the board for more than ninety (90) business days in any one (1) calendar year. The board shall provide notice to the officer and conduct a fair investigation of the absence before declaring a vacancy under this section.

(b)

Whenever a vacancy occurs in any county office under the provisions of this section, it shall be filled as provided by law.

(c)

This section is supplemental to all other statutes concerning removal of county officers.

Section 2.

W.S. 18
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3
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905 is amended to read:

18
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3
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905.

Criminal statutes neither repealed nor barred.

Nothing in W.S. 18
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3
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902 through 18
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3
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904
and 18
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3
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908
shall be construed as repealing any law making it a crime
or misdemeanor for county officers to violate statutes of this state and providing a punishment for the violation. Proceedings under W.S. 18
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3
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902 through 18
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3
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904
and 18
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3
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908
shall not bar proceedings under any criminal statute.

Section 3
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This act is effective July 1, 2020
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