Bill Text: AZ SCR1043 | 2010 | Forty-ninth Legislature 2nd Regular | Engrossed
Bill Title: Clean elections act; repeal
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-04-08 - Referred to House RULES Committee [SCR1043 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2010-SCR1043-Engrossed.html
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State of Arizona Senate Forty-ninth Legislature Second Regular Session 2010
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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1043 |
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A concurrent resolution
enacting and ordering the submission to the people of a measure relating to the citizens clean elections fund.
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Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Arizona, the House of Representatives concurring:
1. Under the power of referendum, as vested in the Legislature, the following measure, relating to the citizens clean elections fund, is enacted to become valid as a law if approved by the voters and on proclamation of the Governor:
AN ACT
AMENDING SECTION 16‑949, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES; RELATING TO THE CITIZENS CLEAN ELECTIONS FUND.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 16-949, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
16-949. Caps on spending from citizens clean elections fund
A. The commission shall not spend, on all costs incurred under this article during a particular calendar year, more than five dollars times the number of Arizona resident personal income tax returns filed during the previous calendar year. Tax reductions and tax credits awarded to taxpayers pursuant to section 16‑954, subsections A and B shall not be considered costs incurred under this article for purposes of this section. The commission may exceed this limit during a calendar year, provided that it is offset by an equal reduction of the limit during another calendar year during the same four‑year period beginning January 1 immediately after a gubernatorial election.
B. The commission may use up to ten percent per cent of the amount specified in subsection A of this section for reasonable and necessary expenses of administration and enforcement, including the activities specified in section 16‑956, subsection A, paragraphs 3 through 7 and subsections B and C. Any portion of the ten percent per cent not used for this purpose shall remain in the fund.
C. The commission shall apply ten percent per cent of the amount specified in subsection A of this section for reasonable and necessary expenses associated with voter education, including the activities specified in section 16‑956, subsection A.
D. Notwithstanding any other law, the state treasurer shall administer a citizens clean election elections fund from which costs incurred under this article shall be paid and shall transfer immediately all monies paid into the citizens clean elections fund to the classroom site fund established by section 15-977. The auditor general shall review the monies in, payments into, and expenditures from the fund no less often than every four years.
2. The Secretary of State shall submit this proposition to the voters at the next general election as provided by article IV, part 1, section 1, Constitution of Arizona.
