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MARANA ORDINANCE NO. 2020.004
RELATING TO ELECTIONS; ADOPTING REVISIONS TO MARANA TOWN CODE
TITLE 2 (MAYOR AND COUNCIL); REVISING SECTION 2-2-1 (PRIMARY
ELECTION; DATE; DECLARATION OF ELECTED CANDIDATE) TO AMEND THE
PRIMARY ELECTION DATE FOR TOWN ELECTIONS TO CONFORM TO STATE
LAW; REVISING SECTION 2-2-7 (INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM) TO CLARIFY
THE PROCEDURE FOR CALCULATING THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF
SIGNATURES FOR AN INITIATIVE PETITION; AND DESIGNATING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS in 2012 the Arizona state legislature amended A.R.S. § 16-204 to
consolidate all regular candidate elections in Arizona to the fall of even-numbered
years; and
WHEREAS in 2019 the Arizona state legislature amended A.R.S. §§ 16-201, 16-
204, and 16-206 to provide that primary elections in Arizona shall be held on the first
Tuesday in August in any election year; and
WHEREAS A.R.S. §19-143 provides the basis for computing the number of
necessary signatures for an initiative petition, but further provides that the Town has
the authority by charter or ordinance to provide an alternative basis for the
computation; and
WHEREAS on August 19, 1997, the Town Council adopted Ordinance No. 97.26
providing an alternative basis for computing the number of necessary signatures for an
initiative petition; however, it appears a clause was omitted from the ordinance text;
and
WHEREAS the Town Council finds that revising Title 2 of the Marana Town
Code regarding elections as set forth in this ordinance is in the best interests of the
Town and its residents.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
MARANA, as follows:
Section 1. Marana Town Code Title 2 (Mayor and Council) is hereby amended to
revise section 2-2-1 (Primary election; date; declaration of elected candidate) as follows
(with deletions shown with strikeouts and additions shown with double underlining):
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2-2-1 Primary election; date; declaration of elected candidate
A. The date of the primary election of the town shall be the tenth Tuesday befeFe
the first Tuesday after the first M^rday in Ne in August of even -
numbered years.
[No revisions to paragraph B]
Section 2. Marana Town Code Title 2 (Mayor and Council) is hereby amended to
revise section 2-2-7 (Initiative and referendum) as follows (with additions shown with
double underlining):
2-2-7 Initiative and referendum
[No revisions to paragraph A]
B. Number of signatures
1. The total number of registered voters qualified to vote at the last
municipal election, whether regular or special, immediately preceding the
date upon which any initiative petition is filed shall be the basis upon
which the number of qualified electors of the town required to file an
initiative petition shall be computed.
2. The basis upon which the number of qualified electors of the town
required to file a referendum petition is calculated shall be as determined
by state law.
[No revisions to paragraphs C and D]
Section 3. The various town officers and employees are authorized and directed
to perform all acts necessary or desirable to give effect to this ordinance.
Section 4. All ordinances, resolutions, or motions and parts of ordinances,
resolutions, or motions of the Council in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance
are hereby repealed, effective as of the effective date of this ordinance.
Section 5. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this
ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any
court of competent jurisdiction, the decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this ordinance.
Section 6. This ordinance shall become effective on the thirty-first day after its
adoption.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF MARANA,
ARIZONA, this 21St day of January, 2020.
ATTEST:
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Cherry L. La son, Town Clerk
Mayor Ed Honea
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