S.F. No. 0077 |
County officers
removal from office. |
Sponsored By: Senator(s) Geis
AN ACT relating to county officers; repealing
provisions for removal of county officers by boards of county commissioners;
providing clarification for removal of county officers for misconduct or
malfeasance; specifying how a vacated office is filled; specifying the
applicability of other law; and providing for an effective date.
1/10/2011 Bill Number Assigned
1/11/2011 S Received for Introduction
1/11/2011 S Introduced and Referred to S07
1/19/2011 S07 Recommended Amend and Do Pass
ROLL CALL
Ayes:
Senator(s) Case, Hines, Johnson and Martin
Excused:
Senator(s) Scott
Ayes 4 Nays
0 Excused 1 Absent 0 Conflicts
0
1/19/2011 S Placed on General File
SF0077SS001/ADOPTED
Page 1-line 9 After "18‑3‑902"
insert "(a) and".
Page 1-after line 14 Insert:
"(a) Whenever it appears to the governor on the
verified complaint of qualified electors or the
board of county commissioners of the county that any county officer is
guilty of misconduct or malfeasance in office he may direct the district attorney for the county or the attorney
general to commence and prosecute an action in the district court of the county
in which the officer is an official asking for the removal of the officer. The
action shall be commenced by the filing of a verified petition in the name of
the state of district
attorney or the attorney general setting forth the facts
constituting the misconduct or malfeasance in office.".
Page 2-line 9 Delete through "commissioners".
Page 2-line 16 After "disability and"
delete balance of line.
Page 2-line 17 Delete through "investigation that".
Page 2-line 19 After "office."
delete balance of line.
Page 2-lines 20 through 22 Delete. CASE, CHAIRMAN
1/21/2011 S
Passed CoW
SF0077S2001/ADOPTED
Page 1-line 4 After "malfeasance;" insert
"specifying how a vacated office is filled; specifying the applicability
of other law;".
Page 1-line 9 Delete "a new subsection"
insert "new subsections".
Page 1-line 10 After "(f)"
insert "through (h)".
Page 2-After
line 22 Insert:
"(g) Whenever a vacancy
occurs in any county office under the provisions of this section, it shall be
filled as provided by law.
(h) This section is supplemental to all other statutes
concerning removal of
1/24/2011 S
Passed 2nd
1/25/2011 S
Passed 3rd
ROLL CALL
Ayes:
Senator(s) Anderson, Barnard, Bebout, Burns, Coe, Cooper, Dockstader,
Driskill, Emerich, Esquibel, F., Geis, Hastert, Hicks, Hines,
Nays:
Senator(s) Case, Christensen, Landen, Nicholas, P., Perkins and Ross
Ayes 24 Nays
6 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts
0
1/27/2011 H Received for Introduction
2/1/2011 H Introduced and Referred to H07
2/8/2011 H07 Recommended Do Pass
ROLL CALL
Ayes:
Representative(s) Blikre, Byrd, Illoway, Jaggi, Kroeker, Patton, Roscoe,
Shepperson and Stubson
Ayes 9 Nays
0 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts
0
2/8/2011 H Placed on General File
SF0077HW001/ADOPTED (TO ENGROSSED COPY)
Page 2-line 3 After "officer"
insert "not subject to removal under W.S. 18‑3‑523". STUBSON
2/10/2011 H
Passed CoW
SF0077H2001/ADOPTED (TO ENGROSSED COPY)
Delete the Stubson committee of the whole amendment
(SF0077HW001/AE) entirely and further amend as follows:
Page 2-lines
18 and 19 Delete
entirely.
Page 2-line 21 Delete "(ii)" insert "(i)".
Page 3-line 2 Delete "(iii)" insert "(ii)".
GINGERY, STUBSON
2/11/2011 H
Passed 2nd
2/14/2011 H
Passed 3rd
ROLL CALL
Ayes:
Representative(s) Barbuto, Berger, Blake, Blikre, Bonner, Botten,
Brechtel, Brown, Buchanan, Burkhart, Byrd, Campbell, Cannady, Childers,
Connolly, Craft, Davison, Edmonds, Eklund, Esquibel, K., Gay, Gingery, Goggles,
Greear, Greene, Harshman, Harvey, Hunt, Illoway, Jaggi, Kasperik, Kroeker,
Krone, Lockhart, Loucks, Madden, McKim, McOmie, Moniz, Patton, Pederson,
Petersen, Petroff, Quarberg, Roscoe, Semlek, Shepperson, Steward, Stubson,
Teeters, Throne, Vranish, Wallis, Zwonitzer, Dn. and Zwonitzer, Dv.
Nays:
Representative(s) Lubnau, Miller, Nicholas, B. and Peasley
Excused:
Representative(s) Freeman
Ayes 55 Nays
4 Excused 1 Absent 0 Conflicts
0
2/14/2011 S
Received for Concurrence
2/15/2011 S
Did Concur
ROLL CALL
Ayes:
Senator(s) Anderson, Barnard, Bebout, Burns, Case, Christensen, Coe,
Cooper, Dockstader, Driskill, Emerich, Esquibel, F., Geis, Hastert, Hicks,
Hines, Jennings, Johnson, Landen, Martin, Meier, Nicholas, P., Nutting,
Perkins, Peterson, Ross, Rothfuss, Schiffer, Scott and Von Flatern
Ayes 30 Nays
0 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts
0
2/15/2011 Assigned
Number SEA No. 0027
2/16/2011 S
President Signed SEA No. 0027
2/16/2011 H
Speaker Signed SEA No. 0027
2/18/2011 Governor
Signed SEA No. 0027
2/18/2011 Assigned
Chapter Number
Chapter
No. 0041 Session
Laws of Wyoming 2011