Bill Text: AZ HB2664 | 2015 | Fifty-second Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Qualification for primary; party caucus

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2015-02-16 - House ELECT Committee action: Held [HB2664 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2015-HB2664-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: qualification for primary; party caucus

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-second Legislature

First Regular Session

2015

 

 

HB 2664

 

Introduced by

Representative Kern

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending title 16, chapter 3, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 16-303; relating to nominating procedures.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

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

Section 1.  Title 16, chapter 3, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 16-303, to read:

START_STATUTE16-303.  Qualification for nomination by party caucus; applicability

A.  Notwithstanding any other law, a political party that is entitled to representation on the ballot pursuant to chapter 5, article 1 of this title:

1.  May provide for a political party caucus as the method for determining the qualification of its candidates for appearance on the primary election ballot of that political party as an alternative to the circulation and submittal of nomination petitions pursuant to this chapter.

2.  Shall establish its own procedures for determining by caucus which of its candidates for nomination will appear on that political party's primary election ballot, if using the political party caucus method.

B.  This section applies to and a political party may provide for a political party caucus to determine candidates on the primary election ballot for any one or more of the following offices:

1.  United States senate and United State house of representatives.

2.  Governor, secretary of state, attorney general, state treasurer, superintendent of public instruction and state mine inspector.

3.  Arizona state senate and Arizona house of representatives.

4.  Any countywide office.

5.  Any partisan city or town office.

C.  Candidates for nonpartisan political offices shall be determined as otherwise provided by law.END_STATUTE