Arizona SB 1155: technical correction; prisoners; mental disorders

Status: passed (as of 2019-03-04)

State: Arizona · Session: 54th-1st-regular · Bill: SB 1155

Subjects: DELAYED REPEAL, REMOTE SELLERS, REPORT, STRIKE EVERYTHING AMENDMENT, STUDY COMMITTEE, TAXATION

Sponsors: David Gowan

Bill Text

SB1155 - 541R - I Ver 

 REFERENCE TITLE: technical correction; 
 prisoners; mental disorders

 State of 
 Arizona

 Senate

 Fifty-fourth 
 Legislature

 First Regular 
 Session

 2019

 SB 1155

 Introduced by 

 Senator Gowan

AN ACT

amending section 
31-126, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to prisoners.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 
31-126, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE31-126. Examination of certain prisoners for mental disorder

When a person confined in the 
county jail upon on arrest for or conviction of a misdemeanor 
manifests symptoms of a mental disorder, the sheriff shall notify a licensed 
physician who shall examine the person.� If in the judgment of a licensed 
physician the person is suffering from a mental disorder, proceedings shall be 
taken as prescribed by title 36, chapter 5. The proceedings under 
title 36, chapter 5, shall be 
separate from court proceedings relating to the misdemeanor charge. END_STATUTE

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