legislative district committee; county committee

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REFERENCE TITLE:
legislative district committee; county committee

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2166

Introduced by

Representative
Diaz

AN
ACT

amending section 16-823, Arizona Revised
Statutes; relating to political parties.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1. Section 16-823, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

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16-823.

Legislative district committee; organization; boundary change;
reorganization

A. A political party entitled to representation on
the ballot pursuant to section 16-801 or 16-804 may establish a
district party committee for any legislative district as prescribed by law.

B. A district party committee established pursuant
to subsection A of this section shall consist of the precinct committeemen
residing in the district and elected pursuant to section 16-821.

C. Each district party committee established
pursuant to subsection A of this section shall meet no earlier than the second
Saturday after the general election provided for in section 16-211 and no
later than the first Saturday in the following December and organize by
electing from its membership a chairman, two vice chairmen, a secretary and a
treasurer. The latter two offices may be filled by the same
person. In addition, the district party committee shall elect state
committeemen as prescribed by section 16-825.� The chairman of the
district committee is ex officio a member of the county committee of the county
in which a plurality of the district's registered voters resides
and is a nonvoting member of that county committee unless the CHAIRMAN
resides in that county
.�
For any district committee that
has a county subcommittee, the county subcommittee may not take any action that
binds the legislative district committee.

D. Each district party committee established
pursuant to subsection A of this section shall meet after the effective date of
reapportionment
legislation
that realigns or changes
legislative district boundaries and organize according to the new boundaries,
electing from its membership a chairman, two vice chairmen, a secretary and a
treasurer.� The latter two offices may be filled by the same person. In
addition, the district party committee shall elect state committeemen as
prescribed by section 16-825.� The chairman of the district committee is
ex officio a member of the county committee of the county in which a plurality
of the district's registered voters resides
and is a nonvoting
member of that county committee unless the CHAIRMAN resides in that county
.
The effective date for reapportionment legislation as provided in this
subsection shall be as provided in article IV, part 1, section 1, Constitution
of Arizona.

E.
In the event

If
the reapportionment
legislation
is challenged in
court or by the United States justice department, the district organizations in
effect before the
passage

adoption
of
the reapportionment
legislation
shall continue to function
along with the new district organizations created in accordance with subsection
D of this section until the final settlement or adjudication of any legal
challenge to the reapportionment
legislation
. On
the final settlement or adjudication of any legal challenge to the
reapportionment
legislation
the district organizations in
effect before the
enactment

adoption
of
the reapportionment
legislation
are considered dissolved.

F. If the boundaries of any district are changed as
a result of legal action, each district party committee in that district shall
meet as soon as possible and organize according to the boundaries that result
from the legal action. On organization pursuant to this subsection
all prior district organizations are dissolved.

G. For the purposes of the election prescribed in
subsection D of this section the district committee shall consist of all
precinct committeemen residing in the district who were serving in that
position at least thirty days before the enactment of reapportionment
legislation.

H. The chairman of the legislative district
committee shall give notice of the time and place of the meetings prescribed by
this section by United States mail to each precinct committeeman at least ten
days before the date of the meeting.� If the precinct committeeman has provided
a valid
e-mail

email
address
and has authorized the chairman to give notice to the precinct committeeman by
e-mail

email
instead of by United
States mail, the chairman of the legislative district committee shall provide
notice of the meeting by
e-mail

email

at least ten days before the date of the meeting.
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