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REFERENCE TITLE: precinct committeeman; vacancy; technical correction |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session 2023
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SB 1073 |
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Introduced by Senator Borrelli
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An Act
amending section 16-821, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to political parties.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
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.