SB1328: Removal of officers; elected officers and officers appointed to elected office.

Legislative Summary

Removal of elected officers and certain appointed officers; petition for removal. Requires signatures for a petition for removal of an officer to be collected within 90 days. No signatures on such petition shall be collected (i) within 75 days of a primary election or party nomination process in which the officer is a candidate and through the date of the next general election if the officer is the winner of the primary election or party nomination process or (ii) on the date of any general or special election in which the officer is a candidate through the thirtieth day after the officer takes office if the officer is the winner of the general or special election. The bill also requires the petition to be signed by a number of registered voters equal to 30 percent of the total number of votes cast at the last election for the office that the officer whose removal is sought holds. Current law requires the petition to be signed by a number of registered voters equal to 10 percent of the total number of votes cast at such election. Removal of elected officers and certain appointed officers; petition for removal. Requires signatures for a petition for removal of an officer to be collected within 90 days. No signatures on such petition shall be collected (i) within 75 days of a primary election or party nomination process in which the officer is a candidate and through the date of the next general election if the officer is the winner of the primary election or party nomination process or (ii) on the date of any general or special election in which the officer is a candidate through the thirtieth day after the officer takes office if the officer is the winner of the general or special election. The bill also requires the petition to be signed by a number of registered voters equal to 30 percent of the total number of votes cast at the last election for the office that the officer whose removal is sought holds. Current law requires the petition to be signed by a number of registered voters equal to 10 percent of the total number of votes cast at such election.