A bill that would prevent someone from serving on both a city council and a county commission at the same time won unanimous support Tuesday in a preliminary vote in the Senate.
The bill’s sponsor, Sen. Evan Vickers, filed SB50 after a Cedar City councilman who had promised to resign his seat if he won election to the Iron County commission made the surprising and mostly unprecedented announcement late last year that he planned to hold both seats.
While it is traditional to step down from one office upon winning another, it’s not against the law, Vickers said.