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AZ SB1120
Bill
Status
1/18/2017
Primary Sponsor
Gail Griffin
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AI Summary
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Amends Arizona Revised Statutes section 16-709 to modify the process for transmitting ratification certificates of proposed U.S. Constitutional amendments.
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Removes the requirement that the Arizona Secretary of State transmit ratification certificates to the U.S. Secretary of State and instead requires transmission for publication pursuant to 1 United States Code section 106b.
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Maintains the existing requirement that a constitutional convention must approve amendments by a majority vote of all delegates before a certificate of ratification is executed by the convention's president and secretary.
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Specifies that the Arizona Secretary of State must transmit the ratification certificate under official signature and the state's great seal.
Legislative Description
Ratification; constitutional convention; transmission
Elections And Electors
Last Action
Senate read second time
1/19/2017