Bill Text: AZ HCR2017 | 2012 | Fiftieth Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Lieutenant governor; primary; mine inspector

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-24 - Referred to House JUD Committee [HCR2017 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2012-HCR2017-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: lieutenant governor; primary; mine inspector

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fiftieth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2012

 

 

HCR 2017

 

Introduced by

Representatives Harper, Farley: Burges

 

 

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

 

proposing an amendment to the constitution of Arizona; amending article V, section 1, constitution of Arizona, as amended by proposition 107, election of November 3, 1992; repealing article V, section 1, CONSTITUTION of Arizona, as amended by proposition 100, election of November 3, 1992; amending article V, sections 6 and 9, constitution of Arizona; repealing article XIX, Constitution of Arizona, as amended by Proposition 101 and by Proposition 107, election of November 3, 1992; relating to the executive department.

 

 

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

1.  Article V, section 1, Constitution of Arizona, as amended by proposition 107, election of November 3, 1992, is proposed to be amended as follows if approved by the voters and on proclamation of the Governor:

START_STATUTE1.  Term limits on executive department and state officers; term lengths; election; residence and office at seat of government; duties

Section 1.  A.  The executive department shall consist of the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, attorney general,  and superintendent of public instruction, each of whom shall hold office for a term of four years beginning on the first Monday of January, 1971 next after the regular general election in 1970.  No member of the executive department shall hold that office for more than two consecutive terms.  This limitation on the number of terms of consecutive service shall apply to terms of office beginning on or after January 1, 1993.  No member of the executive department after serving the maximum number of terms, which shall include any part of a term served, may serve in the same office until out of office for no less than one full term.

B.  The person having a majority of the votes cast for the office voted for shall be elected.  If no person receives a majority of the votes cast for the office, a second election shall be held as prescribed by law between the persons receiving the highest and second highest number of votes cast for the office.  The person receiving the highest number of votes at the second election for the office is elected, but If the two or more persons have an equal number of votes for the office and the highest number of votes for the office, the two houses of the legislature at its next regular session shall elect forthwith, by joint ballot, one of such persons for said office.

C.  During the primary election, partisan candidates for the office of governor shall run for that office and partisan candidates for the office of lieutenant governor shall separately run for that office.  On completion of the primary election, each party's nominee for the office of governor shall run on a ticket as a joint candidate in the general election with that party's nominee for the office of lieutenant governor. For any candidate for governor who is a lawful candidate for governor at the general election but who did not participate in the primary election as a partisan candidate for governor, that candidate for governor shall select a person to run for lieutenant governor on a ticket as a joint candidate for governor and lieutenant governor on the general election ballot. At the general election, a single vote for a candidate for governor shall constitute a vote for that candidate's ticket, including the candidate for lieutenant governor.  For any winning candidate for governor at the general election, that winning candidate's joint candidate for lieutenant governor is the winning candidate for lieutenant governor.

C.  D.  The officers of the executive department during their terms of office shall reside at the seat of government where they shall keep their offices and the public records, books,  and papers.  They shall perform such duties as are prescribed by the constitution and as may be provided by law.END_STATUTE

2.  Article V, section 1, Constitution of Arizona, as amended by 1991 house concurrent resolution 2001 designated as ballot proposition 100, is proposed to be repealed as follows if approved by the voters and on proclamation of the Governor:

Article V, section 1, Constitution of Arizona, as amended by proposition 100, election of November 3, 1992, relating to the executive department, is repealed.

3.  Article V, section 6, Constitution of Arizona, is proposed to be amended as follows if approved by the voters and on proclamation of the Governor:

START_STATUTE6.  Death, resignation, removal or disability of governor; succession to office; impeachment, absence from state or temporary disability

Section 6.  A.  In the event of the death of the governor, or his the governor's resignation, removal from office,  or permanent disability to discharge the duties of the office, the secretary of state lieutenant governor, if holding by election, shall succeed to the office of governor until his a successor shall be elected and shall qualify.  If the secretary of state lieutenant governor be holding otherwise than by election, or shall fail to qualify as governor, the secretary of state, the attorney general, the state treasurer,  or the superintendent of public instruction, if holding by election, shall, in the order named, succeed to the office of governor until a successor is elected and qualifies.

B.  The taking of the oath of office as governor by any person specified in this section shall constitute resignation from the office by virtue of the holding of which he the person qualifies as governor.  Any successor to the office shall become governor in fact and entitled to all of the emoluments, powers and duties of governor upon taking the oath of office.

C.  In the event of the impeachment of the governor, his the governor's absence from the state,  or other temporary disability to discharge the duties of the office, the powers and duties of the office of governor shall devolve upon the same person as in case of vacancy, but only until the disability ceases.END_STATUTE

4.  Article V, section 9, Constitution of Arizona, is proposed to be amended as follows if approved by the voters and on proclamation of the Governor:

START_STATUTE9.  Powers and duties of state officers

Section 9.  The powers and duties of lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, attorney-general, attorney general and superintendent of public instruction shall be as prescribed by law. END_STATUTE

5.  Article XIX, Constitution of Arizona, is proposed to be repealed as follows if approved by the voters and on proclamation of the Governor:

Article XIX, Constitution of Arizona, as amended by Proposition 101 and by Proposition 107, election of November 3, 1992, relating to the office of mine inspector, is repealed.

6.  Applicability

This proposition applies and the lieutenant governor takes office and serves with the governor beginning with the term of office that starts in 2015, there shall be no candidates for mine inspector in 2014, and the office of mine inspector terminates on completion of the term of office of the incumbent mine inspector.

7.  The Secretary of State shall submit this proposition to the voters at the next general election as provided by article XXI, Constitution of Arizona.