SB 5122-S - DIGEST

(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Provides that, effective on the date that the newly elected secretary of state takes office after the 2008 general election, the office of the secretary of state shall be a nonpartisan office. Candidates seeking election for the office of secretary of state in the 2008 general election shall run as nonpartisan candidates and be qualified and elected as such.

Provides that the county legislative authority may enact a resolution or ordinance to declare the office of county auditor to be a nonpartisan office. Beginning six months after such a declaration, elections for county auditor shall be conducted in accordance with general law governing the election of nonpartisan offices.