mayors; council members; resignation notices

Plain English Breakdown

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SB1472: Rules for Mayors and Council Members Resigning

This bill updates state law to require city mayors and council members to submit their written resignations directly to the clerk of their city or town.

What This Bill Does

• Amends section 38-294 of the Arizona Revised Statutes regarding how officials must resign from office.
• Requires that all official resignations be submitted in writing.
• Specifies that mayors and council members of a city or town must give their resignation to the clerk of that city or town.

Who It Names or Affects

• Mayors of cities and towns
• City and town council members

Terms To Know

Resignation

A formal written statement that a person is quitting their job or leaving an office.

Clerk of the city or town

The official employee who keeps records and handles documents for a local government, including receiving resignations from mayors and council members.

Limits and Unknowns

• The provided text does not state when this law will take effect.
• The source material only describes where to send the resignation, not what happens after it is received or how vacancies are filled.

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.
END_STATUTE