Senate Engrossed

State of Arizona Senate Fifty-third Legislature First Regular Session 2017

CHAPTER 271

SENATE BILL 1328

 

AN ACT

 

amending sections 16-214 and 16-223, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to election dates.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

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

Section 1.  Section 16-214, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE16-214.  Issuance of proclamation for general election by governor; publication by clerks of boards of supervisors

A.  At least thirty days before a general election, the governor shall issue a proclamation containing a statement of the time of election and the offices to be filled.

B.  The governor shall transmit a copy of the election proclamation to the officer in charge of elections and the clerk of each board of supervisors of the several counties.

C.  The clerk of the board of supervisors shall be notified by the officer in charge of elections of receipt of the election proclamation, and within five days after its receipt the board shall meet and publish a copy thereof of the proclamation in an official newspaper of the county at least ten days before a general election. END_STATUTE

Sec. 2.  Section 16-223, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE16-223.  Issuance of proclamation for special election by governor; publication by clerks of boards of supervisors

A.  Within ten days after a vacancy occurs in the office of representative in Congress, if a special primary and special general election are required by section 16‑222, the governor shall issue a proclamation containing a statement of the time of the special primary election and the special general election and the offices to be filled.

B.  The governor shall transmit a copy of the election proclamation to the officer in charge of elections and the clerk of each board of supervisors of the several counties.

C.  The clerk of the board of supervisors shall be notified by the clerk of receipt of the election proclamation, and within five days after its receipt the board shall meet and publish a copy of the election proclamation in an official newspaper of the county at least five days before the special primary election and at least five days before the special general election. END_STATUTE

 

 

 

APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR MAY 3, 2017.

 

FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY 3, 2017.