REFERENCE TITLE: false registration; penalty

State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-first Legislature First Regular Session 2013

HB 2242

Introduced by Representative Stevens

 

AN ACT

 

amending section 16‑182, Arizona Revised Statutes; repealing section 16‑183, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to election penal provisions.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Section 16-182, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE16-182.  False registration; classification; cancellation of registration

A.  A person who knowingly causes, procures or allows himself to be registered as an elector of any county, city, town, district or precinct, knowing that he is not entitled to such registration, or a person who knowingly causes or procures another person to be registered as an elector of any county, city, town, district or precinct, knowing that such other person is not entitled to such registration, or an officer who knowingly enters the name of any person not entitled to registration upon the register or roll of electors, is guilty of a class 6 felony unless another classification is specifically prescribed in this chapter.

B.  If on the trial of a person charged with an offense under this section, it appears that the accused is registered as an elector of any county, city, town or precinct, without being qualified for such registration, the court shall order his registration canceled. END_STATUTE

Sec. 2.  Repeal

Section 16-183, Arizona Revised Statutes, is repealed.