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31-5702 - PETITION OR RESOLUTION FOR CONSOLIDATION TO BE FILED IN EACH PARTICIPATING COUNTY -- QUESTION TO BE SUBMITTED -- ALL COUNTIES MUST APPROVE -- TRANSITION

PETITION OR RESOLUTION FOR CONSOLIDATION TO BE FILED IN EACH
PARTICIPATING COUNTY -- QUESTION TO BE SUBMITTED -- ALL COUNTIES MUST APPROVE
-- TRANSITION. (1) Upon a resolution or petition meeting the signature
requirements of section 31-5004(1)(b), Idaho Code, filed with the governing
body of each participating county, the governing body of each participating
county shall submit to its electors at the same general election the question
of whether the duties and responsibilities of one (1) or more county offices
shall be consolidated between two (2) or more counties as proposed in the
resolution or petition with all other characteristics of the county government
of each participating county to continue unchanged. The petition or
resolution submitted to the electors of each county shall meet the
requirements of section 31-5004, Idaho Code, and shall contain the same
proposals with respect to the office or offices to be consolidated. The
consolidation shall be approved upon a majority vote of the electors in each
county, voting separately. If the consolidation is not approved in all
participating counties, the measure shall be deemed to have failed in all
participating counties.
(2) The petition or resolution for consolidation filed in each of the
participating counties shall provide, with respect to each office proposed to
be consolidated, as follows:
(a) For the election of one (1) officer to perform the duties and
responsibilities of the office on behalf of all the participating counties
for a term not to exceed four (4) years, citing the effect of the
consolidation upon any incumbents in office in the participating counties
as authorized in section 31-5007, Idaho Code. Any residency requirements
of the office shall be waived in the event of a consolidation under the
provisions of this chapter; or
(b) For the appointment of one (1) or more parties, or for the execution
of one (1) or more contracts with one (1) or more service providers to
perform the duties and responsibilities of the office being consolidated
on behalf of all of the participating counties. The resolution or
petition filed in each participating county shall indicate by whom and the
manner in which any appointee is to be appointed and by whom and the
manner in which any service provider is to be selected. Any person
proposed for appointment and any contract with a service provider must be
approved by the governing body of each participating county.
(3) The petition or resolution submitted to the electors shall provide
for the orderly transition to the proposed consolidation of offices.

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