Bill Text: AZ HB2048 | 2019 | Fifty-fourth Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Political parties; proxies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-25 - Assigned to House RULES Committee [HB2048 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2019-HB2048-Introduced.html

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PREFILED    JAN 09 2019

REFERENCE TITLE: political parties; proxies.

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-fourth Legislature

First Regular Session

2019

 

 

HB 2048

 

Introduced by

Representative Lawrence

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending section 16-828, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to political parties.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

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

Section 1.  Section 16-828, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE16-828.  Proxies

A.  A political party may choose, through its bylaws, to allow the use of proxies at its meetings, in which event the following shall be minimum regulations:

1.  No proxy shall be given by a member of the state committee for use at a meeting of the committee except to a qualified elector of the county where the member resides.

2.  No proxy shall be given by a member of the county committee for use at a meeting of the committee except to a qualified elector of the precinct where the member resides.

3.  A qualified elector attending a meeting may vote not more than a total of two proxies.

B.  The duration of any proxy so given shall extend only for the length of the meeting for which it is given.

C.  Every proxy shall be attested by a notary public or two witnesses. END_STATUTE