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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Sixth Legislature, Second Regular Session
FACT SHEET FOR S.C.R. 1035
peace officers; resignation; election; nomination
Purpose
Subject to voter approval, statutorily allows peace officers, including officers under the
Department of Public Safety (DPS), to offer themselves for nomination or election to any salaried
local or state office without being required to resign.
Background
Peace officers are: 1) sheriffs of counties; 2) constables; 3) marshals; 4) police officers of
cities and towns; 5) commissioned personnel of DPS; 6) personnel who are employed by the
Arizona Department of Corrections Rehabilitation and Reentry and the Arizona Department of
Juvenile Corrections and who have received a certificate from the Arizona Peace Officer Standards
and Training Board (AZPOST Board); 7) peace officers who are appointed by a multicounty water
conservation district and who have received a certificate from the AZPOST Board; 8) police
officers who are appointed by community college district governing boards and who have received
a certificate from the AZPOST Board; 9) police officers who are appointed by the Arizona Board
of Regents and who have received a certificate from the AZPOST Board; 10) police officers who
are appointed by the governing body of a public airport and who have received a certificate from
the AZPOST Board; 11) peace officers who are appointed by a private postsecondary institution
and who have received a certificate from the AZPOST Board; and 12) special agents from the
Office of the Attorney General, or of a county attorney, and who have received a certificate from
the AZPOST Board (A.R.S. § 1-215).
An employee, a member of the State Personnel Board or a member of the Law Enforcement
Merit System Council may not be a member of any national, state or local committee of a political
party, an officer or chairperson of a committee of a partisan political club or a candidate for
nomination or election to any paid public office, must not hold any paid, elective public office or
must not take any part in the management or affairs of any political party or in the management of
any partisan or nonpartisan campaign or recall effort, except for outlined circumstances (A.R.S.
§ 41-752).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this
legislation.
Provisions
1. Allows peace officers, including officers under DPS, to offer themselves for nomination or
election to any salaried local or state office without being required to resign.
2. Requires outlined officers who are appointed or elected to a salaried local or state office to
resign from their public employment. FACT SHEET
S.C.R. 1035
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3. Makes technical and conforming changes.
4. Becomes effective if approved by the voters and on proclamation of the Governor.
Prepared by Senate Research
February 12, 2024
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