Bill Text: AZ SB1500 | 2011 | Fiftieth Legislature 1st Regular | Engrossed
Bill Title: Political signs; time limit
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-03-15 - Referred to House JUD Committee [SB1500 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2011-SB1500-Engrossed.html
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Senate Engrossed |
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State of Arizona Senate Fiftieth Legislature First Regular Session 2011
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SENATE BILL 1500 |
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AN ACT
amending section 16-1019, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to political signs.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 16-1019, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
16-1019. Political signs; tampering; classification
A. A candidate, a political committee or any other person may post political signs for a candidate for public office beginning on the sixtieth day before the start of early voting in a primary election and ending seven days after the general election.
B. A person may post political signs for a candidate for public office at any time on property owned by that person, except as otherwise provided by law.
A. C. It is a class 2 misdemeanor for any person to knowingly remove, alter, deface or cover any political sign of any candidate for public office for the period commencing forty‑five sixty days prior to before the start of early voting in a primary election and ending seven days after the general election.
B. D. The provisions of This section shall does not apply to the removal, alteration, defacing or covering of a political sign by the candidate or the authorized agent of the candidate in support of whose election the sign was placed, or by the owner or authorized agent of the owner of private property on which such signs are placed with or without permission of the owner, or placed in violation of state law, or county, city or town ordinance or regulation.
