The Arizona Revised Statutes have been updated to include the revised sections from the 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session. Please note that the next update of this compilation will not take place until after the conclusion of the 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session, which convenes in January 2024.
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A. The Arizona peace officers memorial board is established consisting of the following members:
1. The attorney general or the attorney general's designee, who shall serve as permanent chairperson.
2. The director of the department of public safety or the director's designee.
3. The director of the state department of corrections or the director's designee.
4. The executive director of the Arizona criminal justice commission or the executive director's designee.
5. Eleven members appointed pursuant to subsection B of this section.
6. As advisory members, the chairpersons of the appropriations and judiciary committees of the house of representatives and the senate. For the purposes of this paragraph, "advisory member" means a member who gives advice to the other members of the peace officers memorial board at meetings of the board but who is not eligible to vote and is not a member for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present.
B. The permanent chairperson shall appoint one private citizen who is knowledgeable in the history of law enforcement in this state, one county sheriff or the county sheriff's designee, one local police chief or the police chief's designee, two members selected from a recognized fraternal organization for law enforcement personnel, two representatives from the business community, two family members of peace officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty and two members from a statewide organization representing law enforcement personnel.
C. The board shall meet at the call of the permanent chairperson.
D. Members of the board are not eligible to receive compensation, but members appointed pursuant to subsection B of this section are entitled to reimbursement from the Arizona peace officers memorial fund for reasonable expenses in traveling on and attending to official board business.