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AZ HCR2062

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Introduced

2/8/2024

Primary Sponsor

Michael Carbone

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-sixth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2024)

AI Summary

  • Requires bond elections to be held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November and only in even-numbered years.

  • Increases the petition threshold for ordering a bond election from fifteen percent to twenty-five percent of qualified electors.

  • Establishes a sixty percent voter turnout requirement on bond issues for the election to be valid; a majority vote alone is no longer sufficient.

  • Makes conforming changes to election date provisions in Arizona Revised Statutes sections 9-524, 15-1465, 16-204, 35-452, 35-453, and 35-455.

  • Excludes charter cities from these requirements and delays any bond elections scheduled for 2025 to no earlier than 2026; requires voter approval at the next general election to become law.

Legislative Description

Date; bond elections; voter turnout

Secretary Of State

Last Action

House third reading FAILED voting: (30-29-0-0)

2/28/2024

Committee Referrals

Rules2/8/2024
Municipal Oversight & Elections2/8/2024

Full Bill Text

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