Bill Text: AZ SB1481 | 2018 | Fifty-third Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Vacancies; United States senator
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-01 - Senate read second time [SB1481 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2018-SB1481-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: vacancies; United States senator |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-third Legislature Second Regular Session 2018
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SB 1481 |
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Introduced by Senators Mendez: Quezada
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AN ACT
amending section 16-222, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to vacancies in office.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 16-222, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
16-222. Vacancy in the office of United States senator or representative
A. When a vacancy occurs in the office of United States senator or representative in Congress by reason of death or resignation, or from any other cause, the vacancy shall be filled at the next general election. At such an election the person elected shall fill the unexpired term of the vacated office.
B. For a vacancy in the office of representative in Congress, if the next general election is not to be held within six months from after the date of the occurrence of the vacancy, the governor shall call a special primary election and a special general election to fill the vacancy. The governor shall call the special primary election and establish its date within seventy-two hours after the office is officially declared vacant. Notwithstanding sections 16‑313, 16‑351 and 16‑542, for a candidate for office at an election held pursuant to this subsection, the following apply:
1. The special primary election shall be held no not less than eighty nor more than ninety days after the occurrence of the vacancy, and the special general election shall be held not less than fifty nor more than sixty days after the special primary election.
2. Nomination papers and nomination petitions shall be filed no not later than thirty days after the date of the proclamation calling the election.
3. Any court action challenging the nomination of a candidate shall be filed no not later than 5:00 p.m. on the fifth business day after the last day for filing nomination papers and petitions.
4. The superior court shall hear and render a decision within five days after the filing of the action.
5. Beginning fifteen days before the date of the election, the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections shall mail early ballots within forty-eight hours after receipt of a complete and correct early ballot request from persons qualified to vote.
C. For a vacancy in the office of United States senator, the governor shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy. That appointee shall be of the same political party as the person vacating the office and, except as provided in subsection D of this section, shall serve until the person elected at the next general election is qualified and assumes office. If the person vacating the office changed political party affiliations affiliation after taking office, the person who is appointed to fill the vacancy shall be of the same political party that the vacating officeholder was when the vacating officeholder was elected or appointed to that office.
D. If a vacancy in the office of United States senator occurs after the deadline prescribed in section 16-311 for filing nomination papers, the person appointed pursuant to subsection C of this section shall continue to serve until a special election is held in November the following year.
D. E. For a vacancy in the office of representative in Congress that occurs simultaneously with at least one hundred additional vacancies in the office of representative in Congress as prescribed by 2 United States Code section 8, a special general election to fill the vacancy in this state shall be held no not more than forty-nine days after the declaration of the vacancy unless a regularly scheduled general election or previously scheduled special general election is held within seventy‑five days after the declaration of the vacancy.
