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REFERENCE TITLE: Arizona power authority; conflicts; meetings |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-third Legislature First Regular Session 2017
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SB 1399 |
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Introduced by Senator Griffin
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AN ACT
amending sections 30‑105 and 30‑107, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the arizona power authority.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 30-105, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
30-105. Arizona power authority commission; membership; terms of office
A. The purposes of the authority shall be effectuated by and through the Arizona power authority commission and other necessary personnel. The powers and authority vested in the commission shall be exercised by a majority of the members then in office.
B. The commission shall consist consists of five electors appointed by the governor pursuant to section 38‑211. The members shall be electors qualified by administrative and business experience. No A member shall not hold any other salaried public office or be associated with any public service corporation engaged in generating, distributing or selling power to the public generally in this state for profit, nor shall any member have any interest in any business that may be adversely affected by the operation of the authority in the discharge of its duties. Title 38, chapter 3, article 8 applies to all members of the commission.
C. The term of office of each member shall be is six years. The terms of two members shall expire on the third Monday in January of each odd‑numbered year, except that on the third Monday in January of each sixth year the term of one member shall expire expires. The governor may remove members of the commission may be removed by the governor for cause.
Sec. 2. Section 30-107, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
30-107. Meetings of commission; executive session
A. All meetings of the commission shall be are public. All members of the commission shall attend all meetings thereof of the commission unless excused from attendance for a justifiable excuse, but three members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
B. The commission shall keep minutes of its the commission's meetings and may publish so much thereof as the commission considers of public interest and benefit and executive sessions in accordance with section 38‑431.01 or 38‑431.03, as appropriate.
C. This section does not prevent the commission from holding an executive session in accordance with section 38‑431.03.