41-121

41-121. Duties

A. The secretary of state shall:

1. Receive bills and resolutions from the legislature, and perform such other
duties as devolve upon the secretary of state by resolution of the two houses or either
of them.

2. Keep a register of and attest the official acts of the governor.

3. Act as custodian of the great seal of this state.

4. Affix the great seal, with the secretary of state's attestation, to public
instruments to which the official signature of the governor is attached.

5. File in the secretary of state's office receipts for all books distributed by
the secretary of state and direct the county recorder of each county to do the same.

6. Certify to the governor the names of those persons who have received at any
election the highest number of votes for any office, the incumbent of which is
commissioned by the governor.

7. Publish slip laws of each act of the legislature promptly upon passage and
approval of such act, make such acts available to interested persons for a reasonable fee
to compensate for the cost of printing and provide each house of the legislature and the
legislative council with a certified copy of each bill or resolution, showing the chapter
or resolution number of each, as each is filed in the secretary of state's office.

8. Keep a fee book of fees and compensation of whatever kind and nature earned,
collected or charged by the secretary of state, with the date, the name of the payer and
the nature of the service in each case. The fee book shall be verified annually by the
secretary of state's affidavit entered in the fee book.

9. Perform other duties imposed on the secretary of state by law.

10. Report to the governor on January 2 each year, and at such other times as
provided by law, a detailed account of the secretary of state's official actions taken
since the secretary of state's previous report together with a detailed statement of the
manner in which all appropriations for the secretary of state's office have been
expended.

11. Transfer all noncurrent or inactive books, records, deeds and other papers
otherwise required to be filed with or retained by the secretary of state to the custody
of the Arizona state library, archives and public records.

12. Make available to the public, without charge, title 33, chapters 10 and 11 on
the secretary of state's website.

13. Accept, and approve for use, electronic and digital signatures that comply with
section 41-132, for documents filed with and by all state agencies, boards and
commissions. In consultation with the government information technology agency, the
department of administration and the state treasurer, the secretary of state shall adopt
rules pursuant to chapter 6 of this title establishing policies and procedures for the
use of electronic and digital signatures by all state agencies, boards and commissions
for documents filed with and by all state agencies, boards and commissions.

14. Meet at least annually with personnel from the federal voting assistance office
of the United States department of defense and with county recorders and other county
election officials in this state to coordinate the delivery and return of registrations,
ballot requests, voted ballots and other election materials to and from absent uniformed
and overseas citizens.

B. The secretary of state may refuse to perform a service or refuse a filing based
on a reasonable belief that the service or filing is being requested for an unlawful,
illegitimate, false or fraudulent purpose or is being requested or submitted in bad faith
or for the purpose of harassing or defrauding a person or entity. This subsection does
not apply to election filings.