Arizona Attorney General Opinions
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Can an Arizona candidate or officeholder use political funds to pay for childcare or other dependent care?
A candidate can. The Attorney General concluded that A.R.S. § 16-901(25)'s definition of expenditure (anything spent 'for the purpose of influencing an election') covers dependent care when the care l…
Can a school district use its own resources to send a cease-and-desist letter to a political candidate using the district's logo without permission?
Probably yes, if four conditions are met: the logo is non-descriptive with secondary meaning; the district has a content-neutral, uniformly-applied takedown policy; the letter applies that policy impa…
After Arizona's 2013 HB 2593 raised contribution limits and split them across primary and general elections, when can a candidate accept those amounts and how should the committee account for them?
Yes to most of the eleven questions. After HB 2593 (effective Sept. 13, 2013), an Arizona candidate committee may accept up to the maximum contribution for both the primary and the general election, e…
Can a sitting Arizona legislator be on the board of a super PAC or 501(c)(4) that supports other candidates, without violating Arizona campaign-finance law?
Yes, with limits. An incumbent Arizona legislator may associate with a state political committee or super PAC that supports or opposes other candidates, provided (a) the committee is not the candidate…
If someone challenges my nominating-petition signatures, can supporters donate to a legal defense fund without those donations counting as campaign contributions?
No, those donations are not contributions. The AG concluded that a fund used solely to defend a candidate's lawsuit over nomination-petition signatures is not 'influencing an election' in the campaign…
Can a corporation or labor union donate money to an Arizona recall committee, and do recall committees follow the same rules as ballot-measure committees?
AZ law does prohibit corporate and labor union contributions to recall committees, but the prohibition cannot be enforced after Citizens United against committees that do not coordinate with a candida…
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Attorney general opinions in Arizona are written by the Arizona Attorney General's office in response to questions from state agencies, legislators, and prosecutors. They are not binding like court decisions, but courts and agencies treat them as persuasive guidance on how state law applies. Every opinion above has a plain-English question and short answer, plus a link to the full original text.