mayors; council members; resignation notices

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on what happens if a resignation notice is not given to the correct person, nor does it specify updates for other public officials' resignation procedures beyond mayors and council members.

Resignation Notices for Mayors and Council Members

This bill changes how mayors and council members of cities and towns in Arizona must submit their resignation notices.

What This Bill Does

• Requires mayors and council members to give their resignation notice to the city or town clerk.

Who It Names or Affects

• Mayors of cities and towns in Arizona
• Council members of cities and towns in Arizona

Terms To Know

Resignation notice

A written statement that a person is leaving their job as an elected official.

City clerk

The person who keeps the records and manages the paperwork for city government.

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not specify what happens if a resignation notice is not given to the correct person.
• It does not change how other public officials must resign, only mayors and council members.

Official Summary Text

SB1472 - mayors; council members; resignation notices

Current Bill Text

SB1472 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
mayors; council members; resignation
notices

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1472

Introduced by

Senator
Kavanagh

AN
ACT

Amending section 38-294, Arizona Revised
Statutes; relating to vacancies in office.

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

Section 1. Section 38-294, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
38-294.

Resignations

Resignations shall be in writing and made as follows:

1. By members of the legislature, to the presiding
officer of the body of which the legislator is a member, who shall immediately
transmit the resignation to the governor.

2. By state officers and officers of the militia, to
the governor.

3. By other officers commissioned by the governor,
to the governor.

4. By county officers, to the chairman of the board
of supervisors of their county.

5. By the chairman of the board of supervisors, to
the county recorder of the county.

6. By the mayor or the council
members of a city or town, to the clerk of the city or town.

6.

7.
In
cases not otherwise provided for, by filing the resignation in the office of
the secretary of state.

7.

8.
By
appointive officers, to the body or officer that appointed them, unless
otherwise provided.
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