Bill Text: AZ HB2291 | 2012 | Fiftieth Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Initiative and referendum; petition form
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-18 - Referred to House JUD Committee [HB2291 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2012-HB2291-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: initiative and referendum; petition form |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fiftieth Legislature Second Regular Session 2012
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HB 2291 |
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Introduced by Representative Smith D
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AN ACT
amending section 19-101, Arizona revised Statutes; relating to initiative and referendum.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 19-101, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
19-101. Referendum petition; circulators; violation; classification
A. The following shall be the form for referring to the people by referendum petition a measure or item, section or part of a measure enacted by the legislature, or by the legislative body of an incorporated city, town or county:
Referendum Description
(Insert a description of no more than one hundred words of the principal provisions of the measure sought to be referred.)
Notice: This is only a description of the measure sought to be referred prepared by the sponsor of the measure. It may not include every provision contained in the measure. Before signing, make sure the title and text of the measure are attached. You have the right to read or examine the title and text before signing.
Petition for Referendum
To the secretary of state: (or to the corresponding officer for or on local, county, city or town measures):
We, the undersigned citizens and qualified electors of the state of Arizona, respectfully order that the senate (or house) bill No. ___ (or other local, county, city or town measure) entitled (title of act or ordinance, and if the petition is against less than the whole act or ordinance then set forth here the item, section, or part, of any measure on which the referendum is used), passed by the _________________ session of the legislature of the state of Arizona, at the general (or special, as the case may be) session of said legislature, (or by a county, city or town legislative body) shall be referred to a vote of the qualified electors of the state, (county, city or town) for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election (or county, city or town election) and each for himself says:
I have personally signed this petition with my first and last names.� I have not signed any other petition for the same measure.� I am a qualified elector of the state of Arizona, county of (or city or town and county of, as the case may be) _____________.
"Warning
It is a class 1 misdemeanor for any person to knowingly sign an initiative or referendum petition with a name other than his own, except in a circumstance where he signs for a person, in the presence of and at the specific request of such person, who is incapable of signing his own name because of physical infirmity, or to knowingly sign his name more than once for the same measure, or to knowingly sign such petition when he is not a qualified elector."
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(Fifteen lines for signatures which shall be numbered)
B. The petition sheet shall have ten rows of boxes for signatures with each row numbered.� Each signature row shall consist of a series of boxes, with the label for each box contained in the box and with sufficient space remaining in each box to include the information requested.� The boxes shall be labeled as follows:
1. Signature and date signed.
2. Name (first and last name printed).
3. Street address, or if no street address, describe residence location.
4. City or town.
5. Zip code.
6. E-mail address (optional).
C. At the bottom of each petition sheet, the following shall be printed:
The validity of signatures on this sheet must be sworn to by the circulator before a notary public on the form appearing on the back of the sheet.
Number ________________
B. D. Each petition sheet shall measure approximately eight and one‑half inches by eleven inches and shall be printed or typed in landscape format.� Each petition sheet shall have printed in capital letters in no less than twelve point bold‑faced type in the upper right‑hand corner of the face of the petition sheet the following:
"___________ paid circulator" "______________ volunteer".
C. E. A circulator of a referendum petition shall state whether he is a paid circulator or volunteer by checking the appropriate line on the petition form before circulating the petition for signatures.
D. F. Signatures obtained on referendum petitions in violation of subsection C E are void and shall not be counted in determining the legal sufficiency of the petition. The presence of signatures that are invalidated under this subsection on a petition does not invalidate other signatures on the petition that were obtained as prescribed by this section.
