Bill Text: AZ HB2305 | 2015 | Fifty-second Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Board of executive clemency; continuation
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-23 - Chapter 53 [HB2305 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2015-HB2305-Introduced.html
REFERENCE TITLE: board of executive clemency; continuation |
State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-second Legislature First Regular Session 2015
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HB 2305 |
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Introduced by Representative Farnsworth E
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AN ACT
REPEALING SECTION 41-3015.08, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES; AMENDING TITLE 41, CHAPTER 27, ARTICLE 2, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING SECTION 41‑3017.13; RELATING TO THE board of executive clemency.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Repeal
Section 41-3015.08, Arizona Revised Statutes, is repealed.
Sec. 2. Title 41, chapter 27, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-3017.13, to read:
41-3017.13. Board of executive clemency; termination July 1, 2017
A. The board of executive clemency terminates on July 1, 2017.
B. Title 31, chapter 3 is repealed on January 1, 2018.
Sec. 3. Purpose
Pursuant to section 41-2955, subsection B, Arizona Revised Statutes, the legislature continues the board of executive clemency to recommend and grant commutations, pardons, reprieves and absolute discharge and to grant or revoke paroles.
Sec. 4. Retroactivity
Sections 1 and 2 of this act are effective retroactively to July 1, 2015.