ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

House: FMAE DP 4-0-3-0

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HB 2426: municipal council vacancies; appointment; deadline

Sponsor: Representative Kolodin, LD 3

House Engrossed

Overview

Requires vacancies on a municipal council to be filled within 60 days of the vacancy notice.

History

A municipal council must fill a vacancy by appointment until the next regularly scheduled council election if the vacancy occurs more than 30 days before the nomination petition deadline. If provided by ordinance, a municipality can fill the vacancy by allowing a primary candidate who wins the majority of all votes cast for that office to fill the vacancy (A.R.S. § 9-235).

Provisions

1.   Requires a municipal council to fill a vacancy by appointment within 60 calendar days after it receives a notice of vacancy. (Sec. 1)

2.   Creates an exemption from the previous provision if no candidate meets the qualifications to be on a municipal council. (Sec. 1)

3.   Makes technical and conforming changes. (Sec. 1)

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7.                     HB 2426

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