Bill Text: AZ HB2189 | 2014 | Fifty-first Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Arizona state militia; age

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-23 - Referred to House PSMRA Committee [HB2189 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2014-HB2189-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: Arizona state militia; age

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-first Legislature

Second Regular Session

2014

 

 

HB 2189

 

Introduced by

Representative Seel

 

 

AN ACT

 

Amending Section 26-121, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the Arizona state militia; providing for conditional enactment.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

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

Section 1.  Section 26-121, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE26-121.  Composition of militia; exempt persons

The militia of the state of Arizona consists of all able-bodied citizens of the state between the ages of eighteen and forty‑five years who are at least eighteen years of age and capable of bearing arms and all residents of the state between such ages who are at least eighteen years of age, who are capable of bearing arms and who have declared their intention to become citizens of the United States, except:

1.  Persons exempted by the laws of the state or the United States.

2.  Persons with a serious mental illness, totally blind persons and persons convicted of infamous crimes.

3.  Judges and clerks of courts of record.

4.  State and county civil officers holding office by election, and members of the legislature.

5.  Members of the clergy. END_STATUTE

Sec. 2.  Conditional enactment

This act does not become effective unless the Constitution of Arizona is amended by vote of the people at the next general election to modify the eligibility requirements of the militia of this state.