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SENATE BILL NO. 1472 – Precinct committeemen, meetings

SENATE BILL NO. 1472

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S1472......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
PRECINCT COMMITTEEMEN - Amends existing law to provide that the precinct
committeemen within each legislative district shall meet within the
legislative district or at a convenient location in a legislative district
contiguous to the legislative district, or at a convenient location in a
county in which any portion of the legislative district sits, within eleven
days after the primary election.
                                                                        
03/27    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/28    Rpt prt - to St Aff
    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/29    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
    Rls susp - PASSED - 35-0-0
      AYES -- Andreason, Brandt, Broadsword, Bunderson, Burkett(Clark),
      Burtenshaw, Cameron, Coiner, Compton, Corder, Darrington, Davis,
      Fulcher, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough,
      Langhorst, Little, Lodge, Malepeai, Marley, McGee, McKenzie, Pearce,
      Richardson, Schroeder, Stegner, Stennett, Sweet, Werk, Williams
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- None
    Floor Sponsor - Davis
    Title apvd - to House
03/30    House intro - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg
03/31    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
    Rls susp - PASSED - 67-0-3
      AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bastian, Bayer,
      Bedke, Bilbao, Black, Block, Boe, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford,
      Chadderdon, Clark, Collins, Deal, Denney, Edmunson, Ellsworth,
      Eskridge, Field(18), Field(23), Garrett, Hart, Harwood, Henbest,
      Henderson, Jaquet, Kemp, Lake, LeFavour, Loertscher, Martinez,
      Mathews, McGeachin, McKague, Miller, Mitchell, Moyle, Nielsen,
      Nonini, Pasley-Stuart, Pence, Raybould, Ring, Ringo, Roberts, Rusche,
      Rydalch, Sali, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(2), Shepherd(8), Shirley,
      Skippen, Smith(30), Smith(24), Smylie, Snodgrass, Stevenson, Trail,
      Wills, Wood, Mr. Speaker
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Bell, Cannon, Crow
    Floor Sponsor - Loertscher
    Title apvd - to Senate
04/03    To enrol - Rpt enrol - Pres signed
04/04    Sp signed - To Governor
04/07    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 397
         Effective: 04/07/06

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2006
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1472
                                                                        
                                 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT CENTRAL COMMITTEES; AMENDING SECTION  34-503,
  3        IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT THE PRECINCT COMMITTEEMEN WITHIN EACH LEGISLA-
  4        TIVE  DISTRICT  SHALL  MEET WITHIN THE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT OR AT A CONVE-
  5        NIENT LOCATION IN A LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT  CONTIGUOUS  TO  THE  LEGISLATIVE
  6        DISTRICT,  OR AT A CONVENIENT LOCATION IN A COUNTY IN WHICH ANY PORTION OF
  7        THE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT SITS, WITHIN ELEVEN DAYS AFTER THE PRIMARY  ELEC-
  8        TION; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
                                                                        
  9    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 10        SECTION  1.  That  Section  34-503, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 11    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 12        34-503.  LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT CENTRAL COMMITTEE -- MEMBERSHIP -- OFFICERS.
 13    The legislative district central committee of each  political  party  in  each
 14    legislative  district  shall consist of the precinct committeemen representing
 15    the precincts within the legislative district, and  the  legislative  district
 16    chairman  elected  by  the  precinct  committeemen.  The precinct committeemen
 17    within each legislative district shall meet within the legislative district or
 18    at a convenient location in a legislative district contiguous to the  legisla-
 19    tive district, or at a convenient location in a county in which any portion of
 20    the legislative district sits, within eleven (11) days after the primary elec-
 21    tion, the meeting time and place to be designated by the incumbent legislative
 22    district chairman. At this meeting the precinct committeemen shall organize by
 23    electing  a  chairman,  vice  chairman, a secretary and such other officers as
 24    they may desire, who shall hold office at the pleasure of the legislative dis-
 25    trict central committee or until their successors are elected.
 26        Unless state party rules, adopted as provided  in  section  34-506,  Idaho
 27    Code,  provide  otherwise,  when a vacancy exists in the office of legislative
 28    district central committee chairman, it shall be the duty of the state central
 29    committee chairman to call a meeting of the precinct committeemen of the  leg-
 30    islative  district,  and  the  precinct  committeemen shall proceed to elect a
 31    chairman of the legislative district central committee for the balance of  the
 32    unexpired term.
                                                                        
 33        SECTION  2.  An  emergency  existing  therefor,  which emergency is hereby
 34    declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
 35    passage and approval.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 16275

This legislation would allow legislative district central
committees to meet in a contiguous county to the district to
accommodate a central location where none exists within the
district.



                           FISCAL NOTE

There is no fiscal impact.






Contact
Name: Representative Tom Loertscher 
Phone: 332-1000


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                         S 1472