Bill Text: AZ HB2290 | 2013 | Fifty-first Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Election recall; reimbursement

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-17 - Introduced [HB2290 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2013-HB2290-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: election recall; reimbursement

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-first Legislature

First Regular Session

2013

 

 

HB 2290

 

Introduced by

Representative Smith

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending title 19, chapter 2, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 19‑218; relating to recall.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

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

Section 1.  Title 19, chapter 2, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 19-218, to read:

START_STATUTE19-218.  Expenses of recalled officer; reimbursement

A.  The officer against whom a recall petition has been filed and who does not offer his resignation within five days after the petition is filed shall be paid his reasonable special election campaign expenses from the general fund of the state, county or municipality as determined by the legislature for a state officer, or as determined by the appropriate local governing body for county or other local officers.

B.  The amount shall be paid after the special election has been held and after the officer who was subject to the recall election submits a verified itemized account of campaign expenses to the appropriate governing body.  The verified itemized account shall be filed within two years after the special election.  If the elective officer is a state officer and the verified itemized account or any part of the account is approved by the legislature, the legislature shall certify the account and deliver it to the department of administration for submittal to the state treasurer and it shall be paid as other claims against the state are paid.  For other elective officers, the governing body shall certify the amount and submit the account to the appropriate fiscal officer for payment. END_STATUTE

Sec. 2.  Retroactivity

Section 19‑218, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, applies retroactively to expenses incurred for a recall election held in November, 2011.