Bill Text: AZ HCR2039 | 2012 | Fiftieth Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Recall; primary election; general election

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-16 - Referred to House RULES Committee [HCR2039 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2012-HCR2039-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: recall; primary election; general election

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fiftieth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2012

 

 

HCR 2039

 

Introduced by

Representatives Seel, Burges: Fillmore, Harper, Judd, Kavanagh

 

 

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

 

proposing an amendment to the constitution of Arizona; amending article VIII, Part 1, sections 3 and 4, constitution of Arizona; relating to recall of public officers.

 

 

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Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Arizona, the Senate concurring:

1.  Article VIII, part 1, section 3, Constitution of Arizona, is proposed to be amended as follows if approved by the voters and on proclamation of the Governor:

START_STATUTE3.  Resignation of officer; special election

Section 3.  If such officer shall offer his resignation it shall be accepted, and the vacancy shall be filled as may be provided by law.  If he shall not resign within five days after a recall petition is filed as provided by law, a special recall primary election and a special recall general election shall be ordered to be held as provided by law, to determine whether such officer shall be recalled.  On the ballots at such election shall be printed the reasons as set forth in the petition for demanding his recall, and, in not more than two hundred words, the officer's justification of his course in office.  He shall continue to perform the duties of his office until the result of such special recall general election shall have been officially declared. END_STATUTE

2.  Article VIII, part 1, section 4, Constitution of Arizona, is proposed to be amended as follows if approved by the voters and on proclamation of the Governor:

START_STATUTE4.  Special election; candidates; results; qualification of successor

Section 4.  Unless the incumbent otherwise requests, in writing, the incumbent's name shall be placed as a candidate on the official ballot without for nomination by that candidate's political party at a special recall primary election.  Other candidates for the office may be nominated to be voted for at said the special recall primary election, and the winner of each political party's special recall primary election shall advance to the special recall general election.  At the special recall general election, the candidate who receives the highest number of votes shall be declared elected for the remainder of the term.  Unless the incumbent receives the highest number of votes, the incumbent shall be deemed to be removed from office, upon qualification of the successor.  In the event that the successor shall not qualify within five days after the result of said election shall have been declared, the said office shall be vacant, and may be filled as provided by law. END_STATUTE

3.  The Secretary of State shall submit this proposition to the voters at the next general election as provided by article XXI, Constitution of Arizona.