Bill Text: AZ SR1005 | 2021 | Fifty-fifth Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Maricopa county; supervisors; contempt declaration

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 16-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-08 - Senate third reading FAILED voting: (15-15-0-0) [SR1005 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2021-SR1005-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: Maricopa county; supervisors; contempt declaration

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-fifth Legislature

First Regular Session

2021

 

 

 

SR 1005

 

Introduced by

Senators Fann: Barto, Borrelli, Boyer, Gowan, Gray, Kerr, Leach, Livingston, Mesnard, Pace, Petersen, Rogers, Shope, Townsend, Ugenti-Rita (with permission of Committee on Rules)

 

 

A RESOLUTION

 

declaring the members of the maricopa county board of supervisors in contempt of the Arizona Senate.

 

 

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Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Arizona:

1. That Jack Sellers, Steve Chucri, Bill Gates, Clint Hickman and Steve Gallardo, members of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, are in contempt of the Arizona Senate for failing to comply with a subpoena executed by the President of the Arizona Senate and the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee relating to the November 2020 general election in Maricopa County.

2. That the members of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors have not complied with the subpoenas issued on December 1, 2020 and January 12, 2021 and have repeatedly and wilfully delayed and obstructed a vital and duly authorized investigation by the Arizona Senate.

3. That the President of the Arizona Senate take all legal action pursuant to section 41-1153, Arizona Revised Statutes, to enforce the subpoena.

4. That a copy of this Resolution, signed by the President of the Senate and countersigned by the Secretary of the Senate, be forwarded to the Senate Sergeant-at-arms.