Bill
Number: S.C.R. 1001
Quezada Floor Amendment
Reference to: printed resolution
Amendment drafted by: Leg Council
FLOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
The Quezada floor amendment restores the Clean Elections Act. Instead of requiring all the monies in the fund to transfer to the Department of Education for equitable per pupil distribution to school districts and charter schools, the amendment requires one percent of the remaining monies in the fund each June 30 to transfer to the Department of Education for equitable per pupil distribution to school districts and charter schools.
First Regular Session S.C.R. 1001
QUEZADA FLOOR AMENDMENT
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.C.R. 1001
(Reference to printed resolution)
Page 1, strike lines 8 through 14
Line 15, strike "16-960 and 16-961" insert "amending sections 16‑949 and 16-954"
Strike lines 22 through 44
Page 2, strike lines 1 through 15, insert:
"Sec. 2. Section 16-949, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
16-949. Controls on spending from citizens clean elections fund
A. The commission shall not spend, on all costs incurred under this article during a particular calendar year, more than five dollars times the number of Arizona resident personal income tax returns filed during the previous calendar year. The commission may exceed this limit during a calendar year, provided that it is offset by an equal reduction of the limit during another calendar year during the same four‑year period beginning January 1 immediately after a gubernatorial election.
B. The commission may use up to ten per cent of the amount specified in subsection A of this section for reasonable and necessary expenses of administration and enforcement, including the activities specified in section 16‑956, subsection A, paragraphs 3 through 7 and subsections B and C. Any portion of the ten per cent not used for this purpose shall remain in the fund.
C. The commission may apply up to ten per cent of the amount specified in subsection A of this section for reasonable and necessary expenses associated with public education regarding participation as a candidate or a contributor, or regarding the functions, purpose and technical aspects of the clean elections act. Reasonable and necessary expenditures made pursuant to section 16‑956 are not included in this subsection.
D. The commission may spend monies in the fund for the reasonable and necessary expenses to implement the clean elections act but shall not use monies in the fund to promote the benefits of the clean elections act. Expenditures made pursuant to subsection C of this section or in section 16‑956, subsection A are deemed not to constitute promoting the benefits of the clean elections act. Expenditures pursuant to this subsection shall not be included in the limits prescribed in subsection C of this section."
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Page 2, line 17, after "fund" strike remainder of line
Line 18, strike "article shall be paid" insert "from which costs incurred under this article shall be paid"; after the period insert "after payment of costs under this article,"
Line 19, after "annually" insert "one percent of"; after "fund" insert "remaining on June 30"
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Lines 28 and 29, strike "is renumbered as section 16-942, and as so renumbered,"
Line 31, strike "16-942" insert "16-954"
Line 32, strike "A." insert "A."
Line 36, strike "16‑941" insert "16‑949"
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Page 3, strike lines 1 through 31, insert:
"B. At least once per year, the commission shall project the amount of monies that the fund will collect over the next four years and the time such monies shall become available. Whenever the commission determines that the fund contains more monies than the commission determines that it requires to meet current debts plus expected expenses, under the assumption that expected expenses will be at the expenditure limit in section 16‑949, subsection A, and taking into account the projections of collections, the commission shall designate such monies as excess monies and so notify the state treasurer, who shall thereupon transfer the excess monies to the general fund.
C. At least once per year, the commission shall project the amount of clean elections funding for which all candidates will have qualified pursuant to this article for the following calendar year. By the end of each year, the commission shall announce whether the amount that the commission plans to spend the following year pursuant to section 16‑949, subsection A exceeds the projected amount of clean elections funding. If the commission determines that the fund contains insufficient monies or the spending cap would be exceeded were all candidates' accounts to be fully funded, the commission may include in the announcement specifications for decreases in the following parameters, based on the commission's projections of collections and expenses for the fund, including that the fund will provide monies under section 16‑951 as a fraction of the amounts there specified.
D. If the commission cannot provide participating candidates with all monies specified under sections 16‑951 and 16‑952, as decreased by any announcement pursuant to subsection C of this section, the commission shall allocate any reductions in payments proportionately among candidates entitled to monies and shall declare an emergency. Upon declaration of an emergency, a participating candidate may accept private contributions to bring the total monies received by the candidate from the fund and from such private contributions up to the adjusted spending limits, as decreased by any announcement made pursuant to subsection C of this section."
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