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SB 1229 Elections, State Board of; provides for Department of Elections and Commissioner of Elections.

Introduced by: Jill Holtzman Vogel | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

State Board of Elections; Commissioner of Elections. Changes the name of the State Board of Elections (the agency that administers election law) to the Department of Elections. The three-member board appointed by the Governor that is also known as the State Board of Elections retains its name. The bill also provides that instead of the Governor designating one member of the three-member State Board of Elections as the Secretary who then acts as the agency head, the Governor will appoint a Commissioner of Elections to act as agency head. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2014.


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