HB 248 Party liaison picks replacement for midtern vacancies in county offices

HB 248 passed by the 2011 Legislature, signed by the governor, bill status
gives the "Party liaison" the responsibility to submit ONE name to fill the midterm vacancy to the county legislative body to fill the replacement.
text of HB 248
. . . .the county
             113      legislative body shall give notice of the vacancy to the [county central committee] party liaison

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             114      of the same political party as the prior office holder and invite that [committee] party liaison to
             115      submit the [names of three nominees] name of a person to fill the vacancy.
             116          (ii) That [county central committee] party liaison shall, within 30 days, submit the
             117      [names of three nominees] name of the person to fill the vacancy to the county legislative body.
             118          (iii) The county legislative body shall[, within 45 days after the vacancy occurs,
             119      appoint one of those nominees] no later than five days after the day on which a party liaison
             120      submits the name of the person to fill the vacancy appoint the person to serve out the unexpired
             121      term.

Previously, the notification of the vacancy was submitted to the county central committee and they submitted three names to the county legislative body and then the county legislative body selected ONE of the three names to fill the vacancy.

Randall Convington, Utah County Recorder resigned in 2009 and the Utah County Central Committee, held an election and submitted three names to the Utah County Commissioners, who voted 2-1 to fill the vacancy with the candidate that did NOT receive the most votes from the Central Committee.

This change provides that ONLY ONE name be submitted, so it is not up to the county legislative body to select the midterm replacements.