REFERENCE TITLE: mayors; council members; resignation notices

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

 

 

 

SB 1472

 

Introduced by

Senator Kavanagh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

 

Amending section 38-294, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to vacancies in office.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 


Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 38-294, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE38-294. Resignations

Resignations shall be in writing and made as follows:

1. By members of the legislature, to the presiding officer of the body of which the legislator is a member, who shall immediately transmit the resignation to the governor.

2. By state officers and officers of the militia, to the governor.

3. By other officers commissioned by the governor, to the governor.

4. By county officers, to the chairman of the board of supervisors of their county.

5. By the chairman of the board of supervisors, to the county recorder of the county.

6. By the mayor or the council members of a city or town, to the clerk of the city or town.

6. 7. In cases not otherwise provided for, by filing the resignation in the office of the secretary of state.

7. 8. By appointive officers, to the body or officer that appointed them, unless otherwise provided. END_STATUTE