Arizona SB 1791: elections; JLAC recount, audit authority

Bill Text

SB1791 - 551R - I Ver 

 REFERENCE TITLE: elections; JLAC 
 recount, audit authority

 State of 
 Arizona

 Senate

 Fifty-fifth 
 Legislature

 First Regular 
 Session

 2021

 SB 1791

 Introduced by 

 Senator Gowan

AN ACT

amending title 
16, chapter 4, article 12, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 
16-661.01; relating to recounts.

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

Section 1. Title 16, chapter 4, article 12, 
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 16-661.01, to read:

START_STATUTE16-661.01. Joint legislative audit committee; recount or audit order

Notwithstanding section 16-661, on a majority 
vote of its members, the joint legislative audit committee may order an audit 
or a recount of a legislative or statewide election, INCLUDING for presidential 
electors and congressional offices. On receipt of a certified copy 
of the joint legislative audit COMMITTEE'S order for a recount, the secretary 
OF state shall certify to the superior court the facts requiring the recount, 
and the recount shall proceed as otherwise prescribed by this article. On receipt 
of a certified copy of the joint legislative audit committee's order for an 
audit, the custodian of the items requested in the audit shall make those items 
available to the joint legislative audit committee. END_STATUTE