Bill Text: AZ SB1306 | 2021 | Fifty-fifth Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Precinct committeeman; vacancy; technical correction
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-01-26 - Senate read second time [SB1306 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2021-SB1306-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: precinct committeeman; vacancy; technical correction |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session 2021
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SB 1306 |
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Introduced by Senator Ugenti-Rita
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AN ACT
amending section 16-821, arizona revised statutes; relating to political parties.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 16-821, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
16-821. County committee; vacancy in office of precinct committeeman
A. At the primary election, the members of a political party entitled to representation pursuant to section 16‑804 residing in each precinct shall choose one of their number as a county precinct committeeman, and the members shall choose one additional precinct committeeman for each one hundred twenty‑five voters or major fraction thereof registered in the party in the precinct as reported pursuant to section 16‑168, subsection G on January 2 of the year in which the general election is held. The whole number of precinct committeemen of a political party shall constitute the county committee of the party.
B. The board of supervisors, upon on the recommendation of the county chairman, chairperson or the recommendation of a committee designated in the bylaws of the county committee for that purpose, shall determine when a vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeman. If a vacancy exists, the vacancy shall be filled by the board of supervisors from a list of names submitted by the county chairman chairperson of the appropriate political party. Only a precinct committeeman elected at the primary election prior to the date of a state or county committee organizing meeting shall be permitted allowed to vote at such meeting. The criteria used to establish when a vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeman shall be as established in section 38‑291.
