ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

Majority Research Staff

Senate: JUDE DP 7-0-0-0 | Third Read 29-0-1-0

House: FMAE DP 7-0-0-0

☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note

SB 1029: candidate committees; posthumous closure

Sponsor: Senator Kavanagh, LD 3

Caucus & COW

Overview

Designates a candidate committee as having the intention to terminate upon the death of a candidate and allows outlined individuals to serve as treasurer of such a committee in place of the deceased candidate.

History

Currently, a committee that intends to terminate must dispose of surplus monies as outlined by statute. A committee may terminate only when the committee treasurer files a termination statement with the filing officer with whom the committee's statement of organization was filed. A filing officer may reject the termination statement if it appears to the filing officer that the outlined procedural requirements of the termination statement have not been satisfied (A.R.S. §§ 16-933, 16-934).

Provisions

1.   States that on the death of a candidate, that candidate's candidate committee is deemed to have the intention to terminate. (Sec. 1)

2.   Allows the following outlined individuals, in order of priority, to serve as the candidate committee's treasurer in place of the deceased candidate if the candidate was the treasurer for their own committee, unless an alternate treasurer was previously designated by the candidate:

a.   the personal representative of the candidate's will or the trustee of the trust, if applicable;

b.   the surviving spouse of the deceased candidate;

c. the next of kin of the deceased candidate; or

d.   an individual who is appointed by the court. (Sec. 2)

3.   Requires the acting treasurer to note on the termination statement that the candidate is deceased and to provide the filing officer with documentation that verifies the candidate's death. (Sec. 2)

4.   Allows a filing officer to waive any penalties accrued from a candidate committee's failure to file a report if the report was due after that candidate's death. (Sec. 3)

5.   Makes technical changes. (Sec. 3)

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