Second Regular Session S.B. 1629
COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1629
(Reference to printed bill)
Page 1, line 10, after "16-140" strike remainder of line
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Line 12, strike "prescribed in section 16-140"
Between lines 24 and 25, insert:
"C. Additional voter registration volunteers and those paid and unpaid voter registration collectors who receive voter registration forms pursuant to section 16-131, subsection E shall return or mail completed voter registrations to the county recorder of the county in which the applicant resides, to the secretary of state or to the county recorder who provided the voter registration forms within five days after receiving those REGISTRATIONS or shall return those registrations to the appropriate county RECORDER SO that they are received on or before the voter registration deadline for the next upcoming election, whichever is earlier."
Reletter to conform
Page 3, strike lines 1 through 7, insert:
"E. A county recorder may designate additional voter registration volunteers. These additional voter registration volunteers may provide state mail in registration forms to persons who wish to register to vote.
F. Additional voter registration volunteers and those paid or unpaid voter registration collectors who RECEIVE voter registration forms pursuant to section 16-131, subsection E may be required by subsection G of this section to register with the secretary of state."
Reletter to conform
Page 3, line 18, strike "F" insert "G"
Page 4, line 25, strike "temporary"
Strike lines 26 through 32, insert ":
1. Permanent forwarding address and provides to the county recorder the permanent address for the voter within eleven days before the date of the election, the county recorder may send notice to the elector at that forwarding address that voting materials cannot be forwarded to that address and if the elector wishes to receive voting materials at that permanent forwarding address, the elector must update the elector's information and reregister at the new address.
2. TEMPORARY forwarding address and provides to the county recorder the temporary address for the voter within eleven days before the date of the election, the county recorder may send notice to the elector at that forwarding address that voting materials cannot be forwarded to that address unless the voter makes a request pursuant to section 16-542."
Page 5, line 8, after "E." insert "Except for months in which the county recorder conducts an election,"
Page 7, line 35, after "training" insert "or create a training module"; strike "forensic"
Strike lines 40 through 44
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Page 9, strike lines 1 through 26
Renumber to conform
Page 12, line 8, after "designated" strike remainder of line
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Line 10, strike "combination of those persons,"
Page 15, line 8, after "security" insert "; violation; classification; exemption"
Line 31, strike "in" insert "from"; after the period insert "A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.
C. This section does not apply to an election held by a special taxing district formed pursuant to title 48 for the purpose of protecting or providing services to agricultural lands or crops and that is authorized to conduct elections pursuant to title 48."
Page 20, lines 30 and 31, strike "2 misdemeanor" insert "6 felony"
Line 41, after "each" insert "federal"
Page 21, line 13, after the second "each" insert "federal"
Line 14, after "each" insert "federal"
Line 32, strike "agrees or disagrees" insert "board of supervisors or county recorder, or both, agree or disagree"
Line 33, after "county" insert "board of supervisors or county recorder, or both,"
Page 22, line 8, after "website" insert "for twenty-four months"
After line 23, insert:
"Sec. 15. Appropriation; auditor general; election integrity audits; exemption
A. The sum of $4,622,000 and 35.25 FTE positions are appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2022-2023 to the auditor general for election integrity audits as prescribed in section 41-1279.08, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act.
B. The appropriation made in subsection A of this section is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations."
Amend title to conform