Qualifications for office; ineligibility of candidates convicted of certain sex offenses

Qualifications for office; ineligibility of candidates convicted of certain sex offenses. (a) In addition to any other qualifications to hold public office, no sex offender shall be eligible to be a candidate for, or be appointed to, any of the following offices: (i) Trustee of a school district; (ii) Community college district board member; (iii) County attorney or district attorney; (iv) County commissioner; (v) Member of the governing body of a city or town; (vi) Mayor of a city or town; (vii) County sheriff; (viii) Any office of an elected statewide official; (ix) Member of the legislature; (x) of Wyoming; Member of the board of trustees of the University (xi) Clerk of district court; (xii) Member of the state board of education; (xiii) County clerk; (xiv) County treasurer; (xv) County coroner; (xvi) City attorney. (b) The secretary of state, county clerk or other appropriate election official shall refuse to certify a candidate's name if the candidate is ineligible to hold public office under this section. If a person in office is disqualified from office under this section, the office shall be deemed vacant as provided in W.S. 22-18-101(a)(iv). (c) As used in this section, "sex offender" means a person who is currently registered on the central registry of offenders under W.S. 7-19-301 through 7-19-310.