REFERENCE TITLE: petitions; signature assistance |
State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-first Legislature Second Regular Session 2014
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HB 2643 |
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Introduced by Representative Boyer
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AN ACT
amending section 19-112, arizona revised statutes, as amended by Laws 2011, chapter 332, section 24; amending section 19-112, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by Laws 2013, chapter 209, section 8; relating to initiative and referendum; providing for conditional enactment.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 19-112, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by Laws 2011, chapter 332, section 24, is amended to read:
19-112. Signatures and verification; attachment; registration of circulators
A. Every qualified elector signing a petition shall do so in the presence of the person who is circulating the petition and who is to execute the affidavit of verification. At the time of signing, the qualified elector shall sign his first and last names in the spaces provided and the elector so signing shall print his first and last names and write, in the appropriate spaces following the signature, the signer's residence address, giving street and number, and if he has no street address, a description of his residence location. The elector so signing shall write, in the appropriate spaces following the elector's address, the date on which the elector signed the petition. If the elector is physically unable to sign the petition and requires assistance, on request of the elector, a person other than the circulator may assist the elector. The person assisting shall state in writing on the petition that He assisted the elector and shall sign the statement and write his name and address on the petition.
B. The signature sheets shall be attached at all times during circulation to a full and correct copy of the title and text of the measure or constitutional amendment proposed or referred by the petition. The title and text shall be in at least eight point type and shall include both the original and the amended text. The text shall indicate material deleted, if any, by printing the material with a line drawn through the center of the letters of the material and shall indicate material added or new material by printing the letters of the material in capital letters.
C. The person before whom the signatures, names and addresses were written on the signature sheet shall, on the affidavit form pursuant to this section, shall subscribe and swear before a notary public that each of the names on the sheet was signed and the name and address were printed by the elector and in the presence of the circulator on the date indicated, and that in his belief each signer was a qualified elector of a certain county of the state, or, in the case of a city, town or county measure, of the city, town or county affected by the measure on the date indicated, and that at all times during circulation of the signature sheet a copy of the title and text was attached to the signature sheet. Circulators who are not residents of this state must be registered as circulators with the secretary of state before circulating petitions. The secretary of state shall provide for a method of receiving service of process for those petition circulators who register pursuant to this subsection. The secretary of state shall establish in the instructions and procedures manual issued pursuant to section 16‑452 a procedure for registering circulators and receiving service of process. All signatures of petitioners on a signature sheet shall be those of qualified electors who are registered to vote in the same county. However, if signatures from more than one county appear on the same signature sheet, only the valid signatures from the same county that are most numerous on the signature sheet shall be counted. Signature and handwriting comparisons may be made.
D. The affidavit shall be in the following form printed on the reverse side of each signature sheet:
Affidavit of Circulator
State of Arizona )
) ss.:
County of ___________)
(Where notarized)
I, (print name) , a person who is not required to be a resident of this state but who is otherwise qualified to register to vote in the county of _______, in the state of Arizona at all times during my circulation of this petition sheet, and under the penalty of a class 1 misdemeanor, depose and say that subject to section 19‑115, Arizona Revised Statutes, each individual printed the individual's own name and address and signed this sheet of the foregoing petition in my presence on the date indicated and I believe that each signer's name and residence address or post office address are correctly stated and that each signer is a qualified elector of the state of Arizona (or in the case of a city, town or county measure, of the city, town or county affected by the measure proposed to be initiated or referred to the people) and that at all times during circulation of this signature sheet a copy of the title and text was attached to the signature sheet.
(Signature of affiant) ____________________
(Residence address, street
and number of affiant, or
if no street address, a
description of residence
location)
_________________________________
Subscribed and sworn to before me on ____________________.
(date)
__________________________________
Notary Public
___________________________, Arizona.
My commission expires on _________________.
(date)
E. The eight point type required by subsection B of this section shall not apply to maps, charts or other graphics.
Sec. 2. Section 19-112, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by Laws 2013, chapter 209, section 8, is amended to read:
19-112. Signatures and verification; attachment; registration of circulators
A. Every qualified elector signing a petition shall do so in the presence of the person who is circulating the petition and who is to execute the affidavit of verification. At the time of signing, the qualified elector shall sign his first and last names in the spaces provided and the elector so signing shall print his first and last names and write, in the appropriate spaces following the signature, the signer's residence address, giving street and number, and if he has no street address, a description of his residence location. The elector so signing shall write, in the appropriate spaces following the elector's address, the date on which the elector signed the petition. If the elector is physically unable to sign the petition and requires assistance, on request of the elector, a person other than the circulator may assist the elector. The person assisting shall state in writing on the petition that He assisted the elector and shall sign the statement and write his name and address on the petition.
B. The signature sheets shall be attached at all times during circulation to a full and correct copy of the title and text of the measure or constitutional amendment proposed or referred by the petition. The title and text shall be in at least eight point type and shall include both the original and the amended text. The text shall indicate material deleted, if any, by printing the material with a line drawn through the center of the letters of the material and shall indicate material added or new material by printing the letters of the material in capital letters. The secretary of state's time‑and‑date-marked copy of the measure or constitutional amendment with its proposed text set out in full with the original and the amended text constitutes the full and correct copy and is the only valid copy of the title and text of the measure for circulation for signatures. Signatures that are collected with any copy of the measure or constitutional amendment that is not a facsimile of the time‑and‑date-marked copy with title and text that is identical to the time‑and‑date-marked copy are invalid.
C. The person before whom the signatures, names and addresses were written on the signature sheet, on the affidavit form pursuant to this section, shall subscribe and swear before a notary public that each of the names on the sheet was signed and the name and address were printed by the elector and in the presence of the circulator on the date indicated, that in his belief each signer was a qualified elector of a certain county of the state, or, in the case of a city, town or county measure, of the city, town or county affected by the measure on the date indicated, and that at all times during circulation of the signature sheet a copy of the title and text was attached to the signature sheet. Circulators who are not residents of this state must be registered as circulators with the secretary of state before circulating petitions. The secretary of state shall provide for a method of receiving service of process for those petition circulators who register pursuant to this subsection. The secretary of state shall establish in the instructions and procedures manual issued pursuant to section 16‑452 a procedure for registering circulators and receiving service of process. All signatures of petitioners on a signature sheet shall be those of qualified electors who are registered to vote in the same county. However, if signatures from more than one county appear on the same signature sheet, only the valid signatures from the same county that are most numerous on the signature sheet shall be counted. Signature and handwriting comparisons may be made.
D. The affidavit shall be in the following form printed on the reverse side of each signature sheet:
Affidavit of Circulator
State of Arizona )
) ss.:
County of ___________)
(Where notarized)
I, (print name) , a person who is not required to be a resident of this state but who is otherwise qualified to register to vote in the state of Arizona at all times during my circulation of this petition sheet, and under the penalty of a class 1 misdemeanor, depose and say that subject to section 19‑115, Arizona Revised Statutes, each individual printed the individual's own name and address and signed this sheet of the foregoing petition in my presence on the date indicated and I believe that each signer's name and residence address or post office address are correctly stated and that each signer is a qualified elector of the state of Arizona (or in the case of a city, town or county measure, of the city, town or county affected by the measure proposed to be initiated or referred to the people) and that at all times during circulation of this signature sheet a copy of the title and text was attached to the signature sheet.
(Signature of affiant) ____________________
(Residence address, street
and number of affiant, or
if no street address, a
description of residence
location)
_________________________________
Subscribed and sworn to before me on __________________ __
(date)
__________________________________
Notary Public
(form shall include a designated location for notary stamp)
E. The eight point type required by subsection B of this section shall not apply to maps, charts or other graphics.
Sec. 3. Conditional enactment
A. Section 19-112, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by Laws 2013, chapter 209, section 8 and section 2 of this act, is effective only if Laws 2013, chapter 209, the subject of referendum petition R‑03‑2014, is approved by a vote of the people at the next general election or if Laws 2013, chapter 209, the subject of referendum petition R‑03‑2014, fails to be referred to the voters at the next general election.
B. Section 19-112, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by Laws 2011, chapter 332, section 24 and section 1 of this act, is effective only if Laws 2013, chapter 209, the subject of referendum petition R‑03‑2014, is rejected by a vote of the people at the next general election.