Bill Text: AZ HB2592 | 2015 | Fifty-second Legislature 1st Regular | Engrossed
Bill Title: Justice of the peace; residency
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 6)
Status: (Vetoed) 2015-04-14 - Governor Vetoed [HB2592 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2015-HB2592-Engrossed.html
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-second Legislature First Regular Session 2015
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HOUSE BILL 2592 |
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AN ACT
amending section 22‑102, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to justices of the peace.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 22-102, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
22-102. Officers and term of office; residency requirement
A. The officers of justice precincts shall be a justice of the peace and a constable, who shall be elected by the qualified electors of the precinct at the general election for state and county officers for terms of four years each.
B. A candidate for justice of the peace shall be a qualified elector of the precinct from which the person proposes to represent at the time of filing a nomination paper and shall reside in the precinct from which the person proposes to represent for at least one year before the date of the general election.� This subsection does not apply to a justice of the peace who is appointed to fill a vacancy pursuant to section 16‑230.
Sec. 2. Applicability
Section 22-102, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by this act, applies to a justice of the peace who is elected from and after the effective date of this act.
