AZ HCM2003

Urges the Arizona Supreme Court to establish improved transparency measures regarding how the State Bar of Arizona spends member dues.

References the U.S. Supreme Court's Keller v. State Bar of California decision holding that integrated bars cannot use mandatory member dues for political and ideological activities unrelated to regulating the legal profession.

Notes that the State Bar of Arizona spends member dues on political speech including lobbying and electioneering, and takes political positions with which some members disagree.

Asserts that the current process for determining how State Bar of Arizona spends member dues related to political activity lacks transparency and implicates First Amendment freedom of association and speech concerns.

Directs the Secretary of State to transmit copies of the memorial to each justice of the Arizona Supreme Court.