Rep. Brad Halbrook
Filed: 3/6/2018
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4697 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4697 by replacing 
3line 16 on page 2 through line 14 on page 3 with the following:
4    "(c) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, whenever 
5any township or
multi-township office becomes vacant or 
6temporarily vacant due to a physical
incapacity of a township 
7officer, the township or multi-township board may
temporarily 
8appoint a deputy to perform the ministerial functions of the 
9vacant
office until the vacancy has been filled as provided in 
10subsection (a) or (b). Whenever any township or multi-township 
11office becomes vacant or temporarily vacant due to the physical 
12incapacity of a township officer, the township or 
13multi-township board may temporarily appoint a deputy to 
14perform the ministerial functions of the vacant office until 
15the physically incapacitated township officer submits a 
16written
statement to the appropriate board that he or she is 
17physically able to perform
his or her duty.  The statement shall 
18be sworn to before an officer authorized
to administer oaths in 
 
 
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1this State.  A temporary deputy shall not be permitted
to vote 
2at any meeting of the township board on any matter properly 
3before the
board unless the appointed deputy is a trustee of 
4the board at the time of the vote. If the appointed deputy is a 
5trustee appointed as a temporary deputy, his or her trustee 
6compensation shall be suspended until he or she concludes his 
7or her appointment as an appointed deputy upon the permanent 
8appointment to fill the vacancy.  The compensation of a 
9temporary deputy shall be determined by the
appropriate board.  
10The township board shall not appoint a deputy clerk if
the 
11township clerk has appointed a deputy clerk under Section 
1275-45.".