ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

HB 2833: legislative district committee; county committee

Sponsor: Representative Diaz, LD 19

Committee on Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

Overview

States a chairman of a legislative district committee is a nonvoting member of the county committee unless the chairman resides in that county.

History

Precinct committeemen assist their political party with voter registration and general voter assistance and are elected at a primary election and serve a term of two years. A county political committee is comprised of the precinct committeemen that belong to the same political party within the county. A political party can also establish a legislative district committee consisting of the precinct committeemen residing in that district. A legislative district committee elects a chairman, two vice chairmen, a secretary and a treasurer from their membership. The chairman of the legislative district serves as an ex officio member of the county committee in which a plurality of the district's registered voters reside (A.R.S. §§ 16-821, 16-822, 16-823).

Provisions

1. Clarifies that the chairman of a legislative district committee, as an ex officio member of the county committee in which a plurality of the district's registered voters reside, is a nonvoting member of the county committee unless the chairman resides in that county. (Sec. 1)

2. Prohibits any legislative district's county subcommittee from taking any action that binds the legislative district committee. (Sec. 1)

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

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