Senate Bill 167 Summary

• An employee of a political subdivision is automatically considered resigned if they assume an elected executive office or become an elected member of the political subdivision's legislative or fiscal body after June 30, 2011.

• Employees already holding elected office on June 30, 2011, are grandfathered in and may continue serving as long as they hold or are reelected to that office.

• Employees may hold elected office in a different political subdivision than the one that employs them.

• Relatives of political subdivision officers or employees cannot be employed in positions creating a direct supervisory or subordinate relationship with that officer or employee.

• Political subdivisions cannot contract with relatives of their executive or executive members to provide goods or services, effective July 1, 2011, with existing employment relationships grandfathered until January 1, 2015.