PREFILED JAN 09 2019
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REFERENCE TITLE: computation of time; day; portion |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-fourth Legislature First Regular Session 2019
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SB 1028 |
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Introduced by Senator Carter
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AN ACT
providing for transferring and renumbering; amending section 1-219, Arizona Revised Statutes, as transferred and renumbered; relating to computation of time.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 1-243, Arizona Revised Statutes, is transferred and renumbered for placement in title 1, chapter 2, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, as section 1‑219 and, as so renumbered, is amended to read:
1-219. Computation of time
A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, the time in which an act is required to be done shall be computed by excluding the first day and including the last day, unless the last day is a holiday, and then it is also excluded. For the purposes of this subsection, any fraction or portion of the twenty-four hour period from midnight to midnight constitutes the first day.
B. In cases in which If notice of a decision by the this state, any a state agency thereof or any a political subdivision must be given to a petitioner and in which the petitioner must file a notice of appeal of such that decision within a time certain of less than ten days, such the time shall be computed starting with the day after the day during which the notice of decision is received by the petitioner by personal service or registered or certified mail.