A. A person or organization intending to propose a law or constitutional amendment by initiative petition or to file a referendum petition against a measure, item, section or part of a measure, before causing the petition to be printed and circulated, shall file with the secretary of state an application, on a form to be provided by the secretary of state, setting forth the person's name or, if an organization, its name and the names and titles of its officers, the person's or organization's address, the person's or organization's intention to circulate and file a petition, a description of not more than two hundred words of the principal provisions of the proposed law, constitutional amendment or measure and the text of the proposed law, constitutional amendment or measure to be initiated or referred in not less than eight point type, and applying for issuance of an official serial number. At the same time as the person or organization files its application, the person or organization shall file with the secretary of state its statement of organization. The secretary of state shall not accept an application for initiative or referendum without an accompanying statement of organization as prescribed by this subsection.
B. On receipt of the application, the secretary of state shall assign an official serial number to the petition, which number shall appear in the lower right-hand corner of each side of each copy thereof, and issue that number to the applicant. The secretary of state shall assign numbers to petitions in numerical sequence, and a record shall be maintained in the secretary of state's office of each application received and of the numbers assigned and issued to the applicant.
C. The secretary of state shall make available to each applicant by electronic means a copy of the text of this article governing the initiative and referendum and all rules adopted by the secretary of state pursuant to this title. The secretary of state shall make available by electronic means a copy of the text of this article governing the initiative and referendum and all rules adopted by the secretary of state pursuant to this title to the county, city and town clerks who shall similarly furnish a copy to each applicant by electronic means. If a member of the public so requests, the secretary of state and the county, city and town clerks shall provide a copy in pamphlet form.
D. The secretary of state shall make available to each person or organization circulating a statewide initiative, referendum or recall petition a copy of circulator training materials created by the secretary of state. Circulator training materials may be provided on paper or in electronic format and shall also be available on the secretary of state's website. A person or organization circulating a statewide petition shall provide each circulator with the secretary of state's circulator training materials and shall collect and submit to the secretary of state each of its circulators' training materials receipts before the filing of completed petitions. Each person who is a statewide circulator shall acknowledge in writing receipt of the training materials before circulating a petition for signatures. Failure to provide circulator training materials or failure to submit circulators' training materials receipts is not grounds for removal of signatures or signature sheets. Notwithstanding section 19-141, this subsection does not apply to initiative, referendum or recall petitions for cities, towns and counties.
E. The eight point type required by subsection A of this section shall not apply to maps, charts or other graphics.
Notes of Decisions
Voice of Surprise v. Skip Hall, 533 P.3d 942 (Ariz. 2023).
· cites it 35× “The proponent failed to include the text of the to-be-referred ordinance within its application for a petition serial number, as required by A.R.S. § 19-111(A). The question here is whether that error only affected a presumption of signature validity that could be reinstated by…”
Debra Arrett & Shirley Lamonna v. Julie K. Bower, 345 P.3d 129 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2015).
· cites it 19× “¶ 12 The substance of § 19-111 was contained in the various statutes enacted in 1953 that adopted portions of the 1939 Arizona Code, specifically, § 60-103, which required the issuance of a serial number.”
Van Riper v. Threadgill, 905 P.2d 589 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1995).
· cites it 25× “" There is no reference in Chapter 6 of Title 16 to Article 2 of Title 19, as there is no reference in A.R.S. § 19-111 et seq. to A.R.S. section 16-901.”
Ann-Eve Pedersen v. Ken Bennett, 288 P.3d 760 (Ariz. 2012).
· cites it 7× “2011) requires those seeking to initiate a law to file an application “on a form to be provided by the secretary of state” that “set[s] forth .”
Sklar v. Town of Fountain Hills, 207 P.3d 702 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2008).
· cites it 3× “2d at 1218-19 , quoting from A.R.S. § 19-111 (Historical and Statutory Notes, Laws 1989, eh.”
W. Devcor, Inc. v. City of Scottsdale, 814 P.2d 767 (Ariz. 1991).
· cites it 2× “Although A.R.S. § 19-111(B) permits the Secretary of State’s office to advise referendum applicants of perceived defects, our statutes do not authorize, nor would our constitution permit, that office to pass ultimate judgment on whether petitions comply with constitutional…”
Lawrence v. Jones, 18 P.3d 1245 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2001).
· cites it 2× “Our legislature has expressly directed: If there is any doubt about requirements of ordinances, charters, statutes or the constitution concerning only the form and manner in which the power of an initiative or referendum should be exercised, these requirements shall be broadly…”
Pioneer Trust Co. v. Pima Cnty., 811 P.2d 22 (Ariz. 1991).
“Section 19-142(C) provides: At the time a person or organization intending to file a referendum petition *68 against an ordinance or resolution applies for the issuance of an official number pursuant to § 19-111, the city or town clerk shall provide such person or organization…”
Sherrill v. City of Peoria, 943 P.2d 1215 (Ariz. 1997).
· cites it 2× “there is doubt about requirements of ordinances, charters, statutes or the constitution concerning only the form and manner in which the power of an initiative or referendum should be exercised, these requirements shall be broadly construed, and the effect of a failure to comply…”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 19-111(0) — 1 case
Van Riper v. Threadgill, 905 P.2d 589 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1995).
“" There is no reference in Chapter 6 of Title 16 to Article 2 of Title 19, as there is no reference in A.R.S. § 19-111 et seq. to A.R.S. section 16-901.”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 19-111(A) — 15 cases
Voice of Surprise v. Skip Hall, 533 P.3d 942 (Ariz. 2023).
“The proponent failed to include the text of the to-be-referred ordinance within its application for a petition serial number, as required by A.R.S. § 19-111(A). The question here is whether that error only affected a presumption of signature validity that could be reinstated by…”
Ann-Eve Pedersen v. Ken Bennett, 288 P.3d 760 (Ariz. 2012).
“2011) requires those seeking to initiate a law to file an application “on a form to be provided by the secretary of state” that “set[s] forth .”
Van Riper v. Threadgill, 905 P.2d 589 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1995).
“" There is no reference in Chapter 6 of Title 16 to Article 2 of Title 19, as there is no reference in A.R.S. § 19-111 et seq. to A.R.S. section 16-901.”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 19-111(B) — 7 cases
Debra Arrett & Shirley Lamonna v. Julie K. Bower, 345 P.3d 129 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2015).
“¶ 12 The substance of § 19-111 was contained in the various statutes enacted in 1953 that adopted portions of the 1939 Arizona Code, specifically, § 60-103, which required the issuance of a serial number.”
W. Devcor, Inc. v. City of Scottsdale, 814 P.2d 767 (Ariz. 1991).
“Although A.R.S. § 19-111(B) permits the Secretary of State’s office to advise referendum applicants of perceived defects, our statutes do not authorize, nor would our constitution permit, that office to pass ultimate judgment on whether petitions comply with constitutional…”
Voice of Surprise v. Skip Hall, 533 P.3d 942 (Ariz. 2023).
“The proponent failed to include the text of the to-be-referred ordinance within its application for a petition serial number, as required by A.R.S. § 19-111(A). The question here is whether that error only affected a presumption of signature validity that could be reinstated by…”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 19-111(C) — 3 cases
Van Riper v. Threadgill, 905 P.2d 589 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1995).
“" There is no reference in Chapter 6 of Title 16 to Article 2 of Title 19, as there is no reference in A.R.S. § 19-111 et seq. to A.R.S. section 16-901.”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 19-111(D) — 1 case
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