Bill Text: AZ SCR1007 | 2013 | Fifty-first Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Term limits; partial term; executive
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-29 - Referred to Senate ELEC Committee [SCR1007 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2013-SCR1007-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: term limits; partial term; executive |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-first Legislature First Regular Session 2013
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SCR 1007 |
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Introduced by Senator Gallardo
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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Arizona; amending article V, section 1, Constitution of Arizona, as amended by 1992 proposition 107; repealing article v, section 1, CONSTITUTION of Arizona, as amended by 1992 PROPOSITION 100; blending multiple enactments; relating to the executive department.
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Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Arizona, the House of Representatives concurring:
1. Article V, section 1, Constitution of Arizona, as amended by 1992 Proposition 107, is proposed to be amended as follows if approved by the voters and on proclamation of the Governor:
1. Term limits on executive department and state officers; term lengths; election; residence and office at seat of government; duties
Section 1. A. The executive department shall consist of the governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, attorney general, and superintendent of public instruction, each of whom shall hold office for a term of four years beginning on the first Monday of January, 1971 next after the regular general election in 1970. No member of the executive department shall hold that office for more than two consecutive terms. This limitation on the number of terms of consecutive service shall apply to terms of office beginning on or after January 1, 1993. No member of the executive department after serving the maximum number of terms, which shall include any part of a term served, may serve in the same office until out of office for no less than one full term. A person who serves any portion of a term as a result of succeeding to the office due to the previous officeholder's death, resignation, removal or permanent disability to discharge the duties of office as prescribed in section 6 of this article or a person who serves a portion of a term by election or appointment to that office is deemed to have served a full term and is eligible to serve only one additional term in that office.
B. The person having a majority the highest number of the votes cast for the office voted for shall be elected. If no person receives a majority of the votes cast for the office, a second election shall be held as prescribed by law between the persons receiving the highest and second highest number of votes cast for the office. The person receiving the highest number of votes at the second election for the office is elected, but if the two or more persons have an equal and the highest number of votes for the office, the two houses of the legislature at its next regular session shall elect forthwith, by joint ballot, one of such persons for said office.
C. The officers of the executive department during their terms of office shall reside at the seat of government where they shall keep their offices and the public records, books, and papers. They shall perform such duties as are prescribed by the constitution and as may be provided by law.
2. Article V, section 1, Constitution of Arizona, as amended by 1992 Proposition 100, is proposed to be repealed as follows if approved by the voters and on proclamation of the Governor:
Article V, section 1, Constitution of Arizona, as amended by 1992 Proposition 100, relating to the executive department, is repealed.
3. The Secretary of State shall submit this proposition to the voters at the next general election as provided by article XXI, Constitution of Arizona.
