Bill Text: AZ HCR2010 | 2014 | Fifty-first Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: State militia; age requirement

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-02-19 - House PSMRA Committee action: Discussed and Held [HCR2010 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2014-HCR2010-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: state militia; age requirement

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-first Legislature

Second Regular Session

2014

 

 

HCR 2010

 

Introduced by

Representatives Seel: Smith

 

 

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

 

Proposing an amendment to the constitution of arizona; amending article XVI, section 1, constitution of arizona; Relating to the state militia.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Arizona, the Senate concurring:

1.  Article XVI, section 1, Constitution of Arizona, is proposed to be amended as follows if approved by the voters and on proclamation of the Governor:

START_STATUTE1.  Composition of militia

Section 1.  The militia of the state of Arizona shall consist of all capable citizens of the state between the ages of eighteen and forty‑five years, who are at least eighteen years of age and capable of bearing arms and of those between said ages residents of the state who are at least eighteen years of age, who are capable of bearing arms and who shall have declared their intention to become citizens of the United States, residing therein, subject to such exemptions as now exist, or as may hereafter be created, by the laws of the United States or of this state.

2.  The secretary of state shall submit this proposition to the voters at the next general election as provided by article XXI, Constitution of Arizona. END_STATUTE