PREFILED    DEC 30 2015

REFERENCE TITLE: sovereign authority; federal actions

State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-second Legislature Second Regular Session 2016

HB 2024

Introduced by Representatives Finchem, Borrelli, Cobb, Senator Burges: Representatives Barton, Livingston, Townsend, Senator Griffin

 

AN ACT

 

amending title 1, chapter 2, article 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding sections 1-272, 1-273 and 1-274; relating to sovereign authority.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Title 1, chapter 2, article 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding sections 1-272, 1-273 and 1-274, to read:

START_STATUTE1-272.  Sovereign authority; presidential executive orders

Pursuant to the sovereign authority of this state and article II, section 3, Constitution of Arizona, this state and all political subdivisions of this state are prohibited from using any personnel or financial resources to enforce, administer or cooperate with an executive order issued by the President of the United States that is not in pursuance of the constitution of the United States and that has not been affirmed by a vote of the Congress of the United States and signed into law as prescribed by the Constitution of the United States. END_STATUTE

START_STATUTE1-273.  Sovereign authority; United States agency policies

Pursuant to the sovereign authority of this state and article II, section 3, Constitution of Arizona, this state and all political subdivisions of this state are prohibited from using any personnel or financial resources to enforce, administer or cooperate with a policy directive issued by an agency of the United States that is not in pursuance of the constitution of the United States and that has not been affirmed by a vote of the Congress of the United States and signed into law as prescribed by the Constitution of the United States.  END_STATUTE

START_STATUTE1-274.  Sovereign authority; United States supreme court opinions

Pursuant to the sovereign authority of this state and article II, section 3, Constitution of Arizona, this state and all political subdivisions of this state are prohibited from using any personnel or financial resources to enforce, administer or cooperate with an opinion of the supreme court of the United States that is not in pursuance of the constitution of the United States and that has not been affirmed by a vote of the Congress of the United States and signed into law as prescribed by the Constitution of the United States. END_STATUTE