Second Regular Session
Seventy-third General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
INTRODUCED
LLS NO. 22-0631.01 Pierce Lively x2059
HOUSE BILL 22-1044
House Committees Senate Committees
State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs
A BILL FOR AN ACT
C
ONCERNING THE SELECTION OF MEMBERS OF VACANCY COMMITTEES101
BY CENTRAL COMMITTEES .102
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
http://leg.colorado.gov
.)
Under current law, a vacancy in the office of many political
officials is filled by a vacancy committee. A vacancy committee is
selected by the relevant central committee. The bill requires central
committees to include on the vacancy committee at least all of the
precinct committeepersons of the central committee's political party for
each election precinct within the district administered by the central
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Williams,
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
(None),
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing statute.
Dashes through the words indicate deletions from existing statute. committee and the delegates selected at the most recent caucus meeting
to the county assemblies of the central committee's political party for each
county within the district administered by the central committee.
The bill also requires that, in the case where a central committee
fails to select a vacancy committee, the vacancy consists of all of the
precinct committeepersons of the central committee's political party for
each election precinct within the district administered by the central
committee and the delegates selected at the most recent caucus meeting
to the county assemblies of the central committee's political party for each
county within the district administered by the central committee.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 1-3-103, amend (12);2
and add (13) as follows:3
1-3-103. Party committees - repeal. (12) If a central committee4
of a jurisdiction fails to select a vacancy committee, the central committee
5
of the jurisdiction serves as the vacancy committee CONSISTS OF:6
(a) A
LL OF THE PRECINCT COMMITTEEPERSONS OF THE CENTRAL7
COMMITTEE'S POLITICAL PARTY FOR EACH ELECTION PRECINCT WITHIN THE8
DISTRICT ADMINISTERED BY THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE ; AND9
(b) T
HE DELEGATES SELECTED AT THE MOST RECENT CAUCUS10
MEETING TO THE COUNTY ASSEMBLIES OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE 'S11
POLITICAL PARTY FOR EACH COUNTY WITHIN THE DISTRICT ADMINISTERED12
BY THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE .13
(13) I
N SELECTING THE MEMBERS OF A VACANCY COMMITTEE14
PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, A CENTRAL COMMITTEE SHALL INCLUDE , AT15
A MINIMUM, ALL OF THE PRECINCT COMMITTEEPERSONS OF THE CENTRAL16
COMMITTEE'S POLITICAL PARTY FOR EACH ELECTION PRECINCT WITHIN THE17
DISTRICT ADMINISTERED BY THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE AND THE18
DELEGATES SELECTED AT THE MOST RECENT CAUCUS MEETING TO THE19
COUNTY ASSEMBLIES OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE 'S POLITICAL PARTY FOR20
HB22-1044-2- EACH COUNTY WITHIN THE DISTRICT ADMINISTERED BY THE CENTRAL1
COMMITTEE.2
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 1-12-206, amend (2)3
and (3) as follows:4
1-12-206. Vacancies in the office of county commissioner.5
(2) If the vacating commissioner was elected by the electors of the whole6
county, whether at large or from a district, the successor shall be7
appointed by a vacancy committee constituted of those persons selected8
at the county central committee organizational meeting of the same9
political party as the vacating commissioner. I
N SELECTING THE MEMBERS10
OF A VACANCY COMMITTEE , THE COUNTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE SHALL11
INCLUDE, AT A MINIMUM, ALL OF THE PRECINCT COMMITTEEPERSONS OF12
THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE 'S POLITICAL PARTY FOR EACH ELECTION13
PRECINCT WITHIN THE COUNTY AND THE DELEGATES SELECTED AT THE14
MOST RECENT CAUCUS MEETING TO THE RELEVANT COUNTY ASSEMBLY OF15
THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE'S POLITICAL PARTY.16
(3) If the vacating commissioner was elected only by the electors17
of the district from which the vacating commissioner was elected, the18
county commissioner district central committee of the same district and19
political party as the vacating commissioner shall appoint a vacancy20
committee whose sole purpose shall be to name a successor to the21
position of county commissioner. I
N SELECTING THE MEMBERS OF A22
VACANCY COMMITTEE , THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT CENTRAL23
COMMITTEE SHALL INCLUDE , AT A MINIMUM, ALL OF THE PRECINCT24
COMMITTEEPERSONS OF THE CENTRAL COMMI TTEE 'S POLITICAL PARTY FOR25
EACH ELECTION PRECINCT WITHIN THE DISTRICT FROM WHICH THE26
VACATING COMMISSIONER WAS ELECTED AND THE DELEGATES SELECTED27
HB22-1044
-3- AT THE MOST RECENT CAUCUS MEETING TO THE RELEVANT COUNTY1
ASSEMBLY OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE 'S POLITICAL PARTY. In the event2
the county commissioner district central committee fails to appoint a3
vacancy committee, the vacancy committee shall consist of the4
chairperson and the vice-chairperson of the county commissioner district5
central committee, and a third person designated by the chairperson and6
vice-chairperson from among the precinct committeepersons of the same7
district and the same political party as the vacating commissioner.8
SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-2-105.5, amend9
(3)(a) as follows:10
22-2-105.5. State board of education - definitions - vacancies11
- procedure for filling. (3) (a) Any vacancy occurring on the state board,12
other than a vacancy in a seat filled by a member elected from the state13
at large, shall be filled by the vacancy committee of the party14
congressional central committee of the same political party as the15
vacating board member for the congressional district represented by the16
vacating board member. If no vacancy committee of the party17
congressional central committee exists, the party congressional central18
committee shall perform the functions of the vacancy committee.19
SECTION 4. Act subject to petition - effective date -20
applicability. (1) This act takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following21
the expiration of the ninety-day period after final adjournment of the22
general assembly; except that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant23
to section 1 (3) of article V of the state constitution against this act or an24
item, section, or part of this act within such period, then the act, item,25
section, or part will not take effect unless approved by the people at the26
general election to be held in November 2022 and, in such case, will take27
HB22-1044
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governor.2
(2) This act applies to vacancies occurring on or after the3
applicable effective date of this act.4
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