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H.B. 109 Municipal Election Amendments (2025)

Became lawWritten by Rep. Nelson T. Abbott · carried in the Senate by Sen. Keith Grover

  1. Introduced
  2. House committee
  3. House vote
  4. Senate committee
  5. Senate vote
  6. Signed into law

What this bill does

During the period between a municipal general election and when newly elected council members take office, a six-member or five-member city or town council could not pass an ordinance making it harder to fire the municipal manager. The bill also makes minor technical and conforming wording changes.

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Official description
  • provides that, beginning on the day on which a municipal general election is held and ending on the day on which a council member-elect begins the council member's term of office, a six-member or five-member municipal council may not adopt an ordinance that establishes a more restrictive procedure for the dismissal of a municipal manager
  • makes technical and conforming changes
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