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Az. Const. art. VI, § 35 — Article VI / Section 35
AZ Const., Article VI, Section 35
Status: in_force

All justices, judges, justices of the peace and officers of any court who are holding office as such by election or appointment at the time of the adoption of this section shall serve or continue in office for the respective terms for which they are so elected or for their respective unexpired terms, and until their successors are elected or appointed and qualify or they are retained in office pursuant to section 38 of this article; provided, however, that any justice or judge elected at the general election at which this section is adopted shall serve for the term for which he is so elected. The continued existence of any office heretofore legally established or held shall not be abolished or repealed by the adoption of this article. The statutes and rules relating to the authority, jurisdiction, practice and procedure of courts, judicial officers and offices in force at the time of the adoption of this article and not inconsistent herewith, shall, so far as applicable, apply to and govern such courts, judicial officers and offices until amended or repealed. All judges of the superior court holding office by appointment or retention in counties with a population of two hundred fifty thousand persons or more according to the most recent United States census at the time of the adoption of this amendment to this section shall serve or continue in office for the respective terms for which they were appointed. Upon an incumbent vacating the office of judge of the superior court, whether by failing to file a declaration for retention, by rejection by the qualified electors of the county or resignation, the appointment shall be pursuant to section 37 of this article. Commission on appellate court appointments and terms, appointments and vacancies on commission
Az. Const. art. II, § 36 — Article II / Section 36
AZ Const., Article II, Section 36
Status: in_force

This state shall not grant preferential treatment to or discriminate against any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education or public contracting. This section does not: Prohibit bona fide qualifications based on sex that are reasonably necessary to the normal operation of public employment, public education or public contracting. Prohibit action that must be taken to establish or maintain eligibility for any federal program, if ineligibility would result in a loss of federal monies to this state. Invalidate any court order or consent decree that is in force as of the effective date of this section. The remedies available for a violation of this section are the same, regardless of the injured party's race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin, as are otherwise available for a violation of the existing antidiscrimination laws of this state. This section applies only to actions that are taken after the effective date of this section. This section is self-executing. For the purposes of this section, "state" includes this state, a city, town or county, a public university, including the university of Arizona, Arizona state university and northern Arizona university, a community college district, a school district, a special district or any other political subdivision in this state. Right to secret ballot; employee representation
Az. Const. art. XIX, § 0 — Article XIX / Section 0
AZ Const., Article XIX
Status: in_force

. Mines The office of mine inspector is hereby established. The legislature shall enact laws so regulating the operation and equipment of all mines in the state as to provide for the health and safety of workers therein and in connection therewith, and fixing the duties of said office. Upon approval of such laws by the governor, the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall forthwith appoint a mine inspector, who shall serve until his successor shall have been elected at the first general election thereafter and shall qualify. Said successor and all subsequent incumbents of said office shall be elected at general elections, and shall serve for four years. The initial four year term shall be served by the mine inspector elected in the general election held in November, 1994. [Version 2] [ 3 ] The office of mine inspector is hereby established. The legislature, at its first session, shall enact laws so regulating the operation and equipment of all mines in the state as to provide for the health and safety of workers therein and in connection therewith, and fixing the duties of said office. Upon approval of such laws by the governor, the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall forthwith appoint a mine inspector, who shall serve until his successor shall have been elected at the first general election thereafter and shall qualify. Said successor and all subsequent incumbents of said office shall be elected at general elections, and shall serve for a term of two years. No mine inspector shall serve more than four consecutive terms in that office. No mine inspector, after serving the maximum number of terms, which shall include any part of a term served, may serve in the same office until out of office for no less than one full term. This limitation on the number of terms of consecutive service shall apply to terms of office beginning on or after January 1, 1993.
Az. Const. art. I, § 2 — Article I / Section 2
AZ Const., Article I, Section 2
Status: in_force

The legislature, in cooperation with the properly constituted authority of any adjoining state, is empowered to change, alter, and redefine the state boundaries, such change, alteration and redefinition to become effective only upon approval of the Congress of the United States.
Az. Const. art. V, § 12 — Article V / Section 12
AZ Const., Article V, Section 12
Status: in_force

The salaries of those holding elective state offices shall be as established by law from time to time, subject to the limitations of article 6, section 33 and to the limitations of article 4, part 2, section 17. Such salaries as are presently established may be altered from time to time by the procedure established in this section or as otherwise provided by law, except that legislative salaries may be altered only by the procedures established in this section. A commission to be known as the commission on salaries for elective state officers is authorized to be established by the legislature. The commission shall be composed of five members appointed from private life, two of whom shall be appointed by the governor and one each by the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the chief justice. At such times as may be directed by the legislature, the commission shall report to the governor with recommendations concerning the rates of pay of elected state officers. The governor shall upon the receipt of such report make recommendations to the legislature with respect to the exact rates of pay which he deems advisable for those offices and positions other than for the rates of pay of members of the legislature. Such recommendations shall become effective at a time established by the legislature after the transmission of the recommendation of the governor without aid of further legislative action unless, within such period of time, there has been enacted into law a statute which establishes rates of pay other than those proposed by the governor, or unless either house of the legislature specifically disapproves all or part of the governor's recommendation. The recommendations of the governor, unless disapproved or altered within the time provided by law, shall be effective; and any 1971 recommendations shall be effective as to all offices on the first Monday in January of 1973. In case of either a legislative enactment or disapproval by either house, the recommendations shall be effective only insofar as not altered or disapproved. The recommendations of the commission as to legislative salaries shall be certified by it to the secretary of state and the secretary of state shall submit to the qualified electors at the next regular general election the question, "Shall the recommendations of the commission on salaries for elective state officers concerning legislative salaries be accepted? [ ] Yes [ ] No." Such recommendations if approved by the electors shall become effective at the beginning of the next regular legislative session without any other authorizing legislation. All recommendations which become effective under this section shall supersede all laws enacted prior to their effective date relating to such salaries.
Az. Const. art. XIV, § 10 — Article XIV / Section 10
AZ Const., Article XIV, Section 10
Status: in_force

In all elections for directors or managers of any corporation, each shareholder shall have the right to cast as many votes in the aggregate as he shall be entitled to vote in said company under its charter multiplied by the number of directors or managers to be elected at such election; and each shareholder may cast the whole number of votes, either in person or by proxy, for one candidate, or distribute such votes among two or more such candidates; and such directors or managers shall not be elected otherwise. Liability of stockholders
Az. Const. art. XVIII, § 1 — Article XVIII / Section 1
AZ Const., Article XVIII, Section 1
Status: in_force

Eight hours and no more, shall constitute a lawful day's work in all employment by, or on behalf of, the state or any political subdivision of the State. The legislature shall enact such laws as may be necessary to put this provision into effect, and shall prescribe proper penalties for any violations of said laws. Child labor
Az. Const. art. XX, § 9 — Article XX / Section 9
AZ Const., Article XX, Section 9
Status: in_force

The capital of the state of Arizona, until changed by the electors voting at an election provided for by the legislature for that purpose shall be at the city of Phoenix, but no such election shall be called or provided for prior to the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred and twenty-five. Repealed
Az. Const. art. VI, § 2 — Article VI / Section 2
AZ Const., Article VI, Section 2
Status: in_force

The supreme court shall consist of not less than five justices. The number of justices may be increased or decreased by law, but the court shall at all times be constituted of at least five justices. The supreme court shall sit in accordance with rules adopted by it, either in banc or in divisions of not less than three justices, but the court shall not declare any law unconstitutional except when sitting in banc. The decisions of the court shall be in writing and the grounds stated. The court shall be open at all times, except on nonjudicial days, for the transaction of business. Supreme court; administrative supervision; chief justice
Az. Const. art. XXII, § 9 — Article XXII / Section 9
AZ Const., Article XXII, Section 9
Status: in_force

Whenever a quorum of the judges of the Supreme Court of the State shall have been elected, and qualified, and shall have taken office, under this Constitution, the causes then pending in the Supreme Court of the Territory, except such causes as would have been within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States courts, had such courts existed at the time of the commencement of such causes, and the papers, records, and proceedings of said court, and the seal and other property pertaining thereto, shall pass into the jurisdiction and possession of the Supreme Court of the State, and until so superseded, the Supreme Court of the Territory, and the judges thereof, shall continue, with like powers and jurisdiction as if this Constitution had not been adopted, or the State admitted into the Union; and all causes pending in the Supreme Court of the Territory at said time, and which said causes would have been within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States courts, had such courts existed, at the time of the commencement of such causes, and the papers, records, and proceedings of said court, relating thereto, shall pass into the jurisdiction of the United States courts, all as in the Enabling Act approved June 20, 1910, provided. Seals of supreme court, superior courts, municipalities, and county officers
Az. Const. art. XXII, § 15 — Article XXII / Section 15
AZ Const., Article XXII, Section 15
Status: in_force

Correctional and penal institutions, and institutions for the benefit of persons who have mental or physical disabilities and such other institutions as the public good may require, shall be established and supported by the State in such manner as may be prescribed by law. Confinement of minor offenders
Az. Const. art. XXII, § 3 — Article XXII / Section 3
AZ Const., Article XXII, Section 3
Status: in_force

All debts, fines, penalties, and forfeitures which have accrued, or may hereafter accrue, to the Territory of Arizona shall inure to the State of Arizona. Recognizances; bonds; estate; judgments; choses in action
Az. Const. art. XXII, § 2 — Article XXII / Section 2
AZ Const., Article XXII, Section 2
Status: in_force

All laws of the Territory of Arizona now in force, not repugnant to this Constitution, shall remain in force as laws of the State of Arizona until they expire by their own limitations or are altered or repealed by law; Provided, that wherever the word Territory, meaning the Territory of Arizona, appears in said laws, the word State shall be substituted. Debts, fines, penalties, and forfeitures
Az. Const. art. IV, § 5 — Article IV / Section 5
AZ Const., Article IV, Section 5
Status: in_force

No member of the legislature, during the term for which he shall have been elected or appointed shall be eligible to hold any other office or be otherwise employed by the state of Arizona or, any county or incorporated city or town thereof. This prohibition shall not extend to the office of school trustee, nor to employment as a teacher or instructor in the public school system. Privilege from arrest; civil process
Az. Const. art. II, § 30 — Article II / Section 30
AZ Const., Article II, Section 30
Status: in_force

No person shall be prosecuted criminally in any court of record for felony or misdemeanor, otherwise than by information or indictment; no person shall be prosecuted for felony by information without having had a preliminary examination before a magistrate or having waived such preliminary examination. Damages for death or personal injuries
Az. Const. art. VII, § 8 — Article VII / Section 8
AZ Const., Article VII, Section 8
Status: in_force

Qualifications for voters at school elections shall be as are now, or as may hereafter be, provided by law. Advisory vote
Az. Const. art. XXII, § 20 — Article XXII / Section 20
AZ Const., Article XXII, Section 20
Status: in_force

The seal of the State shall be of the following design: In the background shall be a range of mountains, with the sun rising behind the peaks thereof, and at the right side of the range of mountains there shall be a storage reservoir and a dam, below which in the middle distance are irrigated fields and orchards reaching into the foreground, at the right of which are cattle grazing. To the left in the middle distance on a mountain side is a quartz mill in front of which and in the foreground is a miner standing with pick and shovel. Above this device shall be the motto: "Ditat Deus." In a circular band surrounding the whole device shall be inscribed: "Great Seal of The State of Arizona", with the year of admission of the State into the Union. Enactment of laws to carry constitution into effect
Az. Const. art. XVIII, § 7 — Article XVIII / Section 7
AZ Const., Article XVIII, Section 7
Status: in_force

To protect the safety of employees in all hazardous occupations, in mining, smelting, manufacturing, railroad or street railway transportation, or any other industry the legislature shall enact an employer's liability law, by the terms of which any employer, whether individual, association, or corporation shall be liable for the death or injury, caused by any accident due to a condition or conditions of such occupation, of any employee in the service of such employer in such hazardous occupation, in all cases in which such death or injury of such employee shall not have been caused by the negligence of the employee killed or injured. Workmen's compensation law
Az. Const. art. XIV, § 8 — Article XIV / Section 8
AZ Const., Article XIV, Section 8
Status: in_force

No domestic or foreign corporation shall do any business in this state without having filed its articles of incorporation or a certified copy thereof with the corporation commission, and without having one or more known places of business and an authorized agent, or agents, in the state upon whom process may be served. Suit may be maintained against a foreign corporation in the county where an agent of such corporation may be found, or in the county where the cause of action may arise. Eminent domain; taking corporate property and franchises for public use
Az. Const. art. XIV, § 16 — Article XIV / Section 16
AZ Const., Article XIV, Section 16
Status: in_force

The records, books, and files of all public service corporations, state banks, building and loan associations, trust, insurance, and guaranty companies shall be at all times liable and subject to the full visitorial and inquisitorial powers of the state, notwithstanding the immunities and privileges secured in the declaration of rights of this Constitution to persons, inhabitants, and citizens of this state. Fees; reports; licensing of foreign corporations
Az. Const. art. IV, § 11 — Article IV / Section 11
AZ Const., Article IV, Section 11
Status: in_force

Each house may punish its members for disorderly behavior, and may, with the concurrence of two-thirds of its members, expel any member. Procedure on bills; approval or disapproval by governor
Az. Const. art. XIII, § 7 — Article XIII / Section 7
AZ Const., Article XIII, Section 7
Status: in_force

Irrigation, power, electrical, agricultural improvement, drainage, and flood control districts, and tax levying public improvement districts, now or hereafter organized pursuant to law, shall be political subdivisions of the state, and vested with all the rights, privileges and benefits, and entitled to the immunities and exemptions granted municipalities and political subdivisions under this constitution or any law of the state or of the United States; but all such districts shall be exempt from the provisions of sections 7 and 8 of article IX of this constitution.
Az. Const. art. II, § 9 — Article II / Section 9
AZ Const., Article II, Section 9
Status: in_force

No law granting irrevocably any privilege, franchise, or immunity shall be enacted. Self-incrimination double jeopardy
Az. Const. art. VI, § 4 — Article VI / Section 4
AZ Const., Article VI, Section 4
Status: in_force

Justices of the supreme court shall hold office for a regular term of six years except as provided by this article. Supreme court; jurisdiction; writs; rules; habeas corpus
Az. Const. art. VII, § 1 — Article VII / Section 1
AZ Const., Article VII, Section 1
Status: in_force

All elections by the people shall be by ballot, or by such other method as may be prescribed by law; Provided, that secrecy in voting shall be preserved. Qualifications of voters; disqualification
Az. Const. art. II, § 27 — Article II / Section 27
AZ Const., Article II, Section 27
Status: in_force

No standing army shall be kept up by this state in time of peace, and no soldier shall in time of peace be quartered in any house without the consent of its owner, nor in time of war except in the manner prescribed by law. Treason
Az. Const. art. VI, § 25 — Article VI / Section 25
AZ Const., Article VI, Section 25
Status: in_force

The style of process shall be "The State of Arizona", and prosecutions shall be conducted in the name of the state and by its authority. Oath of office
Az. Const. art. V, § 2 — Article V / Section 2
AZ Const., Article V, Section 2
Status: in_force

No person shall be eligible to any of the offices mentioned in section 1 of this article except a person of the age of not less than twenty-five years, who shall have been for ten years next preceding his election a citizen of the United States, and for five years next preceding his election a citizen of Arizona. Governor, commander-in-chief of the military forces
Az. Const. art. II, § 2.1 — Article II / Section 2.1
AZ Const., Article II, Section 2.1
Status: in_force

To preserve and protect victims' rights to justice and due process, a victim of crime has a right: To be treated with fairness, respect, and dignity, and to be free from intimidation, harassment, or abuse, throughout the criminal justice process. To be informed, upon request, when the accused or convicted person is released from custody or has escaped. To be present at and, upon request, to be informed of all criminal proceedings where the defendant has the right to be present. To be heard at any proceeding involving a post-arrest release decision, a negotiated plea, and sentencing. To refuse an interview, deposition, or other discovery request by the defendant, the defendant's attorney, or other person acting on behalf of the defendant. To confer with the prosecution, after the crime against the victim has been charged, before trial or before any disposition of the case and to be informed of the disposition. To read pre-sentence reports relating to the crime against the victim when they are available to the defendant. To receive prompt restitution from the person or persons convicted of the criminal conduct that caused the victim's loss or injury. To be heard at any proceeding when any post-conviction release from confinement is being considered. To a speedy trial or disposition and prompt and final conclusion of the case after the conviction and sentence. To have all rules governing criminal procedure and the admissibility of evidence in all criminal proceedings protect victims' rights and to have these rules be subject to amendment or repeal by the legislature to ensure the protection of these rights. To be informed of victims' constitutional rights. A victim's exercise of any right granted by this section shall not be grounds for dismissing any criminal proceeding or setting aside any conviction or sentence. "Victim" means a person against whom the criminal offense has been committed or, if the person is killed or incapacitated, the person's spouse, parent, child or other lawful representative, except if the person is in custody for an offense or is the accused. The legislature, or the people by initiative or referendum, have the authority to enact substantive and procedural laws to define, implement, preserve and protect the rights guaranteed to victims by this section, including the authority to extend any of these rights to juvenile proceedings. The enumeration in the constitution of certain rights for victims shall not be construed to deny or disparage others granted by the legislature or retained by victims. Supreme law of the land; authority to exercise sovereign authority against federal action; use of government personnel and financial resources
Az. Const. art. VI, § 13 — Article VI / Section 13
AZ Const., Article VI, Section 13
Status: in_force

The superior courts provided for in this article shall constitute a single court, composed of all the duly elected or appointed judges in each of the counties of the state. The legislature may classify counties for the purpose of fixing salaries of judges or officers of the court. The judgments, decrees, orders and proceedings of any session of the superior court held by one or more judges shall have the same force and effect as if all the judges of the court had presided. The process of the court shall extend to all parts of the state. Superior court; original jurisdiction
Az. Const. art. XII, § 2 — Article XII / Section 2
AZ Const., Article XII, Section 2
Status: in_force

The several counties of the territory of Arizona as fixed by statute at the time of the adoption of this Constitution are hereby declared to be the counties of the state until changed by law. County officers; election; term of office