REFERENCE TITLE: political parties; notice; meetings
State of Arizona
Senate
Fifty-third Legislature
First Regular Session
2017
SB 1191
Introduced by
Senator Petersen
AN ACT
amending sections 16-824 and 16-826, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to political parties.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 16-824, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE16-824. Meeting, organization and officers of county committee
A. The county committee shall meet for the purpose of organizing no earlier than ten days after the last organizing meeting of the legislative districts whichthat are part of the county, and in any event no later than the second Saturday in January of the year following a general election. The county committee shall elect from its membership a chairman, a first vice‑chairmanvice chairman, a second vice‑chairmanvice chairman, a secretary and a treasurer. The latter two offices may be filled by the same person. The chairman of the county committee shall be ex officio a member of the state committee.
B. The chairman of the county committee shall give notice of the time and place of suchthe meeting by United States mail or e-mail to each precinct committeeman at least ten days prior tobefore the date of suchthe meeting.END_STATUTE
Sec. 2. Section 16-826, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE16-826. Meeting, organization and officers of state committee
A. The state committee shall meet no earlier than ten days after the last county meeting of the party and in any event no later than the fourth Saturday in January following a general election and organize by electing from its membership a chairman, a secretary and a treasurer.
B. The chairman of the state committee shall cause notice of the time and place of the meeting to be mailed by United States mail or by e‑mail to each state committeeman at least ten days before the date of the meeting.END_STATUTE