Bill Number: S.B. 1719

            Rios Floor Amendment

            Reference to: printed bill

            Amendment drafted by: Leg Council

FLOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION

1. Exempts a non-statewide state of emergency proclaimed by the Governor from the requirement that:

a) the Governor convene the State Emergency Council (Council) every 14 days for the duration of the state of emergency; and

b) the state of emergency automatically terminate if the Council is not convened every 14 days.

2. Applies the requirement that the Governor convene the Council to any statewide state of emergency proclaimed after April 30, 2020.

3. Requires the Governor, for any statewide state of emergency proclaimed after April 30, 2020, to convene the Council within 14 days of the general effective date and continue to convene the Council every 14 days for the duration of the statewide state of emergency.

Fifty-fifth Legislature                                                      Rios

First Regular Session                                                   S.B. 1719

RIOS FLOOR AMENDMENT

SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1719

(Reference to printed bill)

Page 2, line 2, after "A" insert "statewide"

Lines 4 and 5, after the second "THE" insert "statewide"

After line 12, insert:

"Sec. 2. Applicability

Section 26-304, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by this act, applies to a statewide state of emergency proclaimed pursuant to section 26-303, Arizona Revised Statutes, on or after March 1, 2020, except that the governor shall convene the state emergency council on or before the fourteenth day after the effective date of this act and shall continue to convene the council at least once every fourteen days for the duration of the statewide state of emergency."

Amend title to conform

REBECCA RIOS

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02/23/2021

04:28 PM

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