Government in the State of Arizona

The government of Arizona are the set of institutions authorized by the Constitution for the State of Arizona and established for the purpose of governing the State. These institutions include the bicameral Arizona Legislature; the Executive (Government/Cabinet) led by the Governor; and the Arizona Integrated Judicial Department led by the Supreme Court of Arizona. Additionally, the Government of the United States &mdash;consisting of the bicameral Congress of the United States; the Federal Executive (Government/Cabinet), led by the President; and the Federal Court of the United States&mdash; provide Federal-level governmental services to the State, but only on a specific and limited number of Matters. There is also local governments, consisting of counties, cities, towns, and special governmental districts.

Federal representatives
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Senators in Congress
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Representatives in Congress
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Districts
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President of the United States
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Electoral College
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Federal Court Justice from Arizona
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Other officials
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Legal order
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State constitution
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State law
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Administrative rules
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State government
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Executive Department
The Executive of Arizona is the senior-most council of the executive branch of the Arizona State Government, and is composed of the Governor and the principle Officer in each of the various executive Departments and Agencies. The Executive is responsible for executing the laws of Arizona and the laws of the United States throughout the State, and for carrying on the day-to-day government (governance) of the State. As Arizona is organized under the presidential system, the Governor is both head of state and head of government, and, as such, he is both the chief public representative of the State and the head of the Executive. In addition, the Governor is also the commander-in-chief of the Arizona Defense Force, the Arizona State Police, and, during emergencies and other extra-ordinary situations, the commander-in-chief of all county, municipal, and special-purpose police forces in the State.

Under Arizona law, no Person, having been convicted under State law for treason, felony, or domestic violence, is eligible to any office of profit or trust in Arizona or any place subject to its jurisdiction. This includes all elected offices in Arizona at all levels of government in the State, from local and county, to State and Federal, and all others in-between.

Office of Governor
The Governor is Arizona's head of state and head of government; all executive power of the State of Arizona is vested in the Office of Governor. The primary responsibilities of the Governor are to&mdash;
 * 1) Ensure that all State and Federal laws are duly and diligently enforced (provided they are not unconstitutional);
 * 2) Preserve, protect, and maintain the peace, order, and good government of the State, and in like Manner the public health, safety, welfare, and morals of its People; &mdash;And
 * 3) Preserve, protect, and defend, against all enemies, foreign and domestic, the territorial integrity of the State, and its independence, national sovereignty, and national security; and in like Manner the individual Liberty of its People.

Assisted and advised by the heads of the various departments and agencies, the Governor ensures that the Law is duly and diligently enforced in the State, and guarantees to every Person within the State the equal protection of those Laws.

Department of State and Foreign Affairs
The Arizona Department of State and Foreign Affairs, usually just shortened to "Department of State", is the State's combined foreign, elections, records and archives, notary-public, trademark registration, and copy certification (certified copies) ministry. Among other responsibilities, the Department is tasked with carrying out the Governor's foreign policy and ensuring the proper functioning of all State, county, local, and Federal electoral systems within Arizona. The Department is headed by a Secretary of State and Foreign Affairs, usually just referred to as "Secretary of State", who is also the second-most senior member of the Executive, second only to the Governor.

Department of Law
The Arizona Department of Law is the legal counsel to the State and to local governments on all matters of State and Federal law. The Department is also the State-level prosecutor's office; however, the fifteen County-Attorney offices carry out most of this responsibility: for the most part, the Department of Law would only take on the role of prosecutor in extraordinary circumstances and for extraordinary crimes, such as investigating corruption in one of the County-Attorney offices or investigating corruption in the offices of senior State officers, or prosecuting the crime of treason. The Department of Law is headed by the Attorney-General of Arizona. The AG must be an attorney licensed by the State Bar of Arizona and have had practiced law in Arizona for at least five Years prior to his appointment to the Office of Attorney-General and, like every State or local Officer, have not been convicted of under State law of treason, felony, or domestic violence.

Department of Public Safety
The Department of Public Safety is responsible for maintaining law and order throughout the State. However, in practice, much of this responsibility is carried out by the fifteen Sheriff's offices of Arizona and the numerous municipal police departments. The Department of Public Safety are, however, vested with primary jurisdiction over certain, specific offenses, and exclusive enforcement authority over various statutes (primarily those which pertain to immigration, customs, foreign affairs, national security, trans-national crime, arms and human smuggling, white-collar crime, and financial crimes); and is vested with exclusive jurisdiction, both investigative and enforcement, over all State property, State facilities (including State military installations), and State Lands. DPS coordinate with the Department of Emergency and Military Affairs on security matters for Arizona embassies and Arizona ambassadors abroad. DPS is headed by a Secretary of the Department of Public Safety, a position which reports directly to the Governor. The Secretary is a senior member of the Executive (cabinet), and is appointed by the Governor, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Arizona State Senate.

The most important agency of DPS is the Arizona State Police, which is the State-level law enforcement agency. The Arizona State Police have a wide-ranging mandate, however it has delegated many of its responsibilities to county Sheriffs and municipal police departments.

Department of Emergency and Military Affairs
The Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs (AZDEMA) is the Executive department responsible for the civil defense, emergency management, and military defense of the State of Arizona. Headed by a Secretary of Emergency and Military Affairs, the Department is composed of two sub-departments (each styled "division"), namely the Arizona Division of Emergency Management and the Arizona Division of National Defense.

The Arizona Division of National Defense, which serves as the State's defense ministry, is composed of the Arizona Defense Force, which, in turn, is composed of the Arizona Land Force, the Arizona Air Force, the Arizona Naval Force, the Arizona Marine Corps, the Arizona Transportation Command, and the Arizona Special Services Command, and various civilian component agencies.

The Arizona Division of Emergency Management, which serves as the State's emergency management ministry, is the primary agency in the State on all matters relative to civil defense, and emergency management. The remit of AZDEM has broad extent, ranging from coordinating disaster response to having oversight of, and final approval over, continuity of government plans for all levels of government in Arizona.

Department of Revenue
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Department of Administration
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Department of Transportation
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Department of Fire, Building, and Life Safety
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Department of Health Services
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Department of Education
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Department of Economic Security
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Department of Weights and Measures
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Department of Agriculture
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Department of Commerce and Industry
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Department of Financial Institutions
The Department of Financial Institutions is the securities and banking regulatory agency, responsible for ensuring that all banking, securities, and other financial institutions comply with State law. The Department is headed by a Secretary of Financial Institutions.

Department of Insurance
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Department of Gaming
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Department of Liquor Licensing
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Department of Corrections
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Department of Real Estate
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Department of Housing
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Department of Veteran Services
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Department of Energy and Critical Infrastructure
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Department of Water Resources
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Department of Land and Natural Resources
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Department of Environmental Quality
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Department of First Nations Affairs
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Judicial Department
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Local government
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Counties
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Municipalities
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School districts
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Special government districts
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Funding
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Public finances
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Budget
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Taxation
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Political factions
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Consensus governance
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Formation
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Elections
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Primary elections
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General elections
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Referendum measures
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Voter ID
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