Bill
Number: H.B. 2026
Yee Floor Amendment
Reference to: House engrossed bill
Amendment drafted by: Leg Council
FLOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
1. Requires the Secretary of State to promptly chapter slip laws filed by the Legislature.
2. Specifies the additional members are members who have attained life membership in the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.
3. Removes the Secretary of States authority to maintain membership and pay dues to the National Conference of Commissioners.
4. Allows the Secretary of State to maintain membership in the Arizona Uniform Laws Commission
5. Requires the Arizona Uniform Laws Commission to submit a letter to each member of the Legislature with all of the uniform laws prepared and a link to a website to view the uniform laws.
6. Makes technical changes.
First Regular Session H.B. 2026
YEE FLOOR AMENDMENT
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2026
(Reference to House engrossed bill)
Page 8, strike lines 4 through 45
Page 9, strike lines 1 through 24, insert:
"Sec. 13. Section 41-121, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
41-121. Duties
A. The secretary of state shall:
1. Receive bills and resolutions from the legislature, and perform such other duties as devolve on the secretary of state by resolution of the two houses or either of them.
2. Keep a register of and attest the official acts of the governor.
3. Act as custodian of the great seal of this state.
4. Affix the great seal, with the secretary of state's attestation, to public instruments to which the official signature of the governor is attached.
5. File in the secretary of state's office receipts for all books distributed by the secretary of state and direct the county recorder of each county to do the same.
6. Certify to the governor the names of those persons who have received at any election the highest number of votes for any office, the incumbent of which is commissioned by the governor.
7. Publish Promptly chapter slip laws of each act of filed by the legislature promptly on passage and approval of such act, electronically
publish and maintain the bills, memorials and resolutions posted on the secretary
of state's website, make such acts available to interested
persons for a reasonable fee to compensate for include the cost of printing and postage, provide
each house of the legislature and the legislative council with a certified copy
of each chaptered bill or resolution,
showing
the chapter or resolution number of each, as each is filed in the secretary of state's office and transfer to the custody of the Arizona state library, archives and public records all original paper copies filed.
8. Keep a fee book of fees and compensation of whatever kind and nature earned, collected or charged by the secretary of state, with the date, the name of the payer and the nature of the service in each case. The fee book shall be verified annually by the secretary of state's affidavit entered in the fee book.
9. Perform other duties imposed on the secretary of state by law.
10. Report to the governor on January 2 each year, and at such other times as provided by law, a detailed account of the secretary of state's official actions taken since the secretary of state's previous report together with a detailed statement of the manner in which all appropriations for the secretary of state's office have been expended.
11. Transfer all noncurrent or inactive books, records, deeds and other papers otherwise required to be filed with or retained by the secretary of state to the custody of the Arizona state library, archives and public records.
12. Make available to the public, without charge, title 33, chapters 10 and 11 on the secretary of state's website.
13. 12. Accept electronic and digital signatures that comply with section 18‑106 for documents filed with and by all state agencies, boards and commissions.
14. 13. Meet at least annually with personnel from the federal voting assistance office of the United States department of defense and with county recorders and other county election officials in this state to coordinate the delivery and return of registrations, ballot requests, voted ballots and other election materials to and from absent uniformed and overseas citizens.
B. The secretary of state may refuse to perform a service or refuse a filing based on a reasonable belief that the service or filing is being requested for an unlawful, illegitimate, false or fraudulent purpose or is being requested or submitted in bad faith or for the purpose of harassing or defrauding a person or entity. This subsection does not apply to election filings."
Page 9, line 27, strike "Commission on" insert "Arizona"; strike "state"; after "laws" insert "commission"
Line 29, strike "commission on" insert "Arizona"; strike "state"; after "laws" insert "commission"
Line 32, after "membership" insert "in the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws"
Lines 36 and 39, after "the" insert "Arizona uniform laws"
Line 42, after "D." strike remainder of line
Line 43, strike "commission,"; strike "in" insert "on"; strike "national"
Line 44, strike "conference of commissioners on" insert "Arizona"; strike "state"; strike "by the payment of annual"
Line 45, strike "dues" insert "commission"; after the period insert "On or before October 1 of each year, the Arizona uniform laws commission shall submit a letter to each member of the legislature that includes a website link to the current list of the uniform acts that is prepared by the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws for the purpose of informing the members of the legislature about current model legislation that is available to the legislators."
Amend title to conform