Ethan Lawson
- Republican
- Representative
- District 53
Limits precinct committeeman appointments. Provides that in order for a precinct committeeman or a precinct vice committeeman (exercising the precinct committeeman's proxy) to participate in a caucus to fill a vacancy, the committeeman or vice committeeman must be entitled to vote for the office for which a successor is to be selected in the caucus. Requires particular candidates for selection for an appointment pro tempore to an office to: (1) comply with qualification requirements imposed on candidates for election to the office; and (2) if the individual is a candidate for selection by a caucus, be affiliated with the political party holding the caucus. Allows an individual or entity with authority to select a candidate for an appointment pro tempore to remove a candidate from consideration if the candidate does not meet these requirements. Specifies additional grounds on which certain county officers or a township executive may be charged and deprived of office following a hearing. Provides that if an accused party does not appear before the court, the court may proceed to hear and determine the accusation in the accused party's absence. Includes a member of the county executive, if the county does not contain a consolidated city, in a provision concerning the initiation of an action for removal of a county officer. Exempts a member of the county executive from a requirement concerning physical presence in the county officer's office. Provides that a city-county legislative body may declare the seat of a member vacant by a two-thirds vote if the member fails to perform the duties of the member's office.
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
Referred to the Senate
Senate sponsor: Senator Gaskill
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 31: yeas 85, nays 8
Cosponsor: Senator Crider
Amendment #2 (Lawson) prevailed; voice vote
Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
Representative Jackson added as coauthor
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
Coauthored by Representatives Wesco and Pierce K
First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment
Authored by Representative Lawson
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House Bill (S) | |
Engrossed House Bill (S) | |
House Bill (H) | |
Introduced House Bill (H) |
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Fiscal Note: HB1197.04.COMS.FN001 | |
Floor Amendment: HB1197.04.COMS.AMS002 | |
Floor Amendment: HB1197.04.COMS.AMS001 |
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