PREFILED    DEC 28 2017

REFERENCE TITLE: state militia; age requirement

State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-third Legislature Second Regular Session 2018

HCR 2002

Introduced by Representative Stringer

 

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

 

proposing an amendment to the constitution of Arizona; amending article XVI, section 1, constitution of arizona; relating to the state militia.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Arizona, the Senate concurring:

1.  Article XVI, section 1, Constitution of Arizona, is proposed to be amended as follows if approved by the voters and on proclamation of the Governor:

START_STATUTE1.  Composition of militia

Section 1.  The militia of the state of Arizona shall consist of all capable citizens of the this state between the ages of eighteen and forty‑five years, who are at least eighteen years of age and who are capable of acting in concert for the common defense and of those between said ages who shall residents of this state who are at least eighteen years of age, who are capable of acting in concert for the common defense and who have declared their intention to become citizens of the United States, residing therein, subject to such exemptions as now exist, or as may hereafter be created, by the laws of the United States or of this state. END_STATUTE

2.  The Secretary of State shall submit this proposition to the voters at the next general election as provided by article XXI, Constitution of Arizona.