Arizona Constitution|Section 1 - Executive department; state officers; terms; election; residence and office at seat of government; duties

                                                




 1.  Executive department; state officers; terms;
                  election; residence and office at seat of government; duties

      (Version amended by 1992 Proposition 100)


      Section 1.  A.  The executive department shall consist of the governor,
      secretary of state, state treasurer, attorney general, and superintendent of
      public instruction, each of whom shall hold office for four years beginning on
      the first Monday of January, 1971 next after the regular general election in
      1970.

      B.  The person having the highest number of the votes cast for the
      office voted for shall be elected, but if two or more persons have an equal
      and the highest number of votes for the office, the two houses of the
      legislature at its next regular session shall elect forthwith, by joint
      ballot, one of such persons for said office.

      C.  The officers of the executive department during their terms of
      office shall reside at the seat of government where they shall keep their
      offices and the public records, books, and papers.  They shall perform such
      duties as are prescribed by the constitution and as may be provided by law.