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File #: AB2022-033    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 1/4/2022 In control: Council (Special)
On agenda: 1/11/2022 Final action: 1/11/2022
Enactment date: 1/11/2022 Enactment #: RES 2022-001
Title: Resolution affirming the Whatcom County Council's appointment to fill 42nd Legislative District vacancy
Attachments: 1. Agenda Bill Master Report, 2. Approved Resolution 2022-001, 3. Resolution, 4. Sefzik Oath of Office, 5. Nomination Email from WC Republican Party, 6. Ben Elenbaas Letter to Council, 7. Simon Sefzik Letter to Council, 8. Sefzik, Simon Resume, 9. Tawsha Dykstra Thompson Letter to Council and Resume, 10. Questions - 42nd District State Senate Candidates, 11. Elenbaas Answers, 12. Sefzik Answers, 13. Thompson Answers
Related files: AB2022-010
Primary Contact Email: DBrown@co.whatcom.wa.us

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Resolution affirming the Whatcom County Council's appointment to fill 42nd Legislative District vacancy

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SUMMARY STATEMENT OR LEGAL NOTICE LANGUAGE:

SECTION 15 VACANCIES IN LEGISLATURE AND IN PARTISAN COUNTY ELECTIVE OFFICE. Such vacancies as may occur in either house of the legislature or in any partisan county elective office shall be filled by appointment by the county legislative authority of the county in which the vacancy occurs: Provided, That the person appointed to fill the vacancy must be from the same legislative district, county, or county commissioner or council district and the same political party as the legislator or partisan county elective officer whose office has been vacated, and shall be one of three persons who shall be nominated by the county central committee of that party, and in case a majority of the members of the county legislative authority do not agree upon the appointment within sixty days after the vacancy occurs, the governor shall within thirty days thereafter, and from the list of nominees provided for herein, appoint a person who shall be from the same legislative district, county, or county commissioner or council district and of the same political party as the legislator or partisan county elective officer whose office has been vacated, and the person so appointed shall hold office until his or her successor is elected at the next general election, and has qualified: Provided, That in case of a vacancy occurring after the general election in a year that the office appears on the ballot and before the start of the next term, the term of the successor who is of the same party as the incumbent may commence once he or she has qualified and shall continue through the term for which he or she was elected: Provided, That in case of a vacancy occurring in the office of joint senator, or joint representative, the vacancy shall be filled from a list...

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