2012 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 32 - ELECTIONS
32-567 - Vacancies; offices listed; how filled.
Vacancies in office shall be filled as follows:
(1) In state and judicial district offices and in the membership of any board or commission created by the state when no other method is provided, by the Governor;
(2) In county offices, by the county board;
(3) In the membership of the county board, by the county clerk, county attorney, and county treasurer;
(4) In township offices, by the township board or, if there are two or more vacancies on the township board, by the county board;
(5) In offices in public power and irrigation districts, according to section 70-615;
(6) In offices in natural resources districts, according to section 2-3215;
(7) In offices in community college areas, according to section 85-1514;
(8) In offices in educational service units, according to section 79-1217;
(9) In offices in hospital districts, according to section 23-3534;
(10) In offices in metropolitan utilities districts, according to section 14-2104;
(11) In membership on airport authority boards, according to section 3-502, 3-611, or 3-703, as applicable;
(12) In membership on the board of trustees of a road improvement district, according to section 39-1607;
(13) In membership on the council of a municipal county, by the council; and
(14) For learning community coordinating councils, according to section 32-546.01.
Unless otherwise provided by law, all vacancies shall be filled within forty-five days after the vacancy occurs unless good cause is shown that the requirement imposes an undue burden.
- Laws 1994, LB 76, § 163;
Laws 1996, LB 900, § 1046;
Laws 2001, LB 142, § 38;
Laws 2007, LB641, § 1.
2. County and precinct offices
3. Township offices
4. Municipal offices
1. State offices
2. County and precinct offices
3. Township offices
4. Municipal offices
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