Ethan Lawson
- Republican
- Representative
- District 53
Author
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.
Signed by the Governor
Public Law 159
Signed by the President of the Senate
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
Signed by the Speaker
House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 482: yeas 88, nays 0
Returned to the House with amendments
Motion to concur filed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 433: yeas 49, nays 0
Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
Amendment #1 (Walker K) prevailed; Roll Call 374: yeas 28, nays 17
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
Referred to the Senate
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 31: yeas 85, nays 8
Senate sponsor: Senator Gaskill
Cosponsor: Senator Crider
Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
Amendment #2 (Lawson) prevailed; voice vote
Representative Jackson added as coauthor
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
Authored by Representative Lawson
First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment
Coauthored by Representatives Wesco and Pierce K
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| Fiscal Note: HB1197.06.ENRS.FN001 |
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