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State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-second Legislature

First Regular Session

2015

 

 

HOUSE BILL 2058

 

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending title 1, chapter 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding article 4; relating to sovereign authority.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 


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

Section 1.  Title 1, chapter 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding article 4, to read:

ARTICLE 4.  SOVEREIGN AUTHORITY

START_STATUTE1-271.  Sovereign authority; federal rules, regulations and policy directives

Pursuant to the sovereign authority of this state and article II, section 3, Constitution of Arizona, the governor of this state must approve and the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives must be notified of state use of personnel or financial resources to enforce, administer or cooperate with any rule, regulation or policy directive effective after June 30, 2015 by an agency, board, commission, department or other entity of the federal government unless the rule, regulation or policy directive has been affirmed by a vote of the congress of the United States and signed into law as prescribed by the Constitution of the United States and which were made in pursuance thereof, this prohibition may be waived on a case-by-case basis by either a vote of the legislature while in session or by the governor and the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives while the legislature is not in session. END_STATUTE