HB 2099 — missing and murdered indigenous peoples

HB2099 - 551R - H-Appropriations-ProposedH Ver   Fifty-fifth  Legislature                                             AppropriationsHouse Engrossed   missing and murdered indigenous peoples         State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session                                                  Session H.B.      HOUSE BILL 2099       AN ACT   amending laws 2019, chapter 232, section 1;

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TG/lsSection 1.   Laws  2019, chapter 232, section 1, is amended to read:

Section 1.

Study committee on missing and murdered indigenous peoples;

membership;

duties;

report;

delayed repeal A.

The study committee on missing and murdered indigenous women and girls peoples is established consisting of the following members:

1.

Four Three members of the house of representatives who are of indigenous descent or who attend meetings and actively work on issues relating to indigenous peoples.

The speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint these members.

The appointed representatives shall select by a majority vote one representative to serve as chairperson of the study committee.

2.

Four Three members of the senate who are of indigenous descent or who attend meetings and actively work on issues relating to indigenous peoples.  The president of the senate shall appoint these members.

The appointed senators shall select by a majority vote one senator to serve as vice chairperson of the study committee.

3.

The attorney general or the attorney general's designee.

4.

The director of the department of public safety or the director's designee.

5.

The following members who are appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives:

(a) One county attorney and one sheriff from a county with a population of eight hundred fifty thousand persons or more.

(b) One victim advocate.

(c) One peace officer who works and resides on a federally recognized American Indian reservation in this state.

(d) One representative who is from the southwest indigenous women's coalition, a tribal statewide organization that provides advocacy for or counseling to indigenous women and girls who have been victims of violence.

(e) (c) One member who works with the Phoenix or Tucson Indian center.

(f) (d) One member who works in the Phoenix area Indian health services.

6.

The following members who are appointed by the president of the senate:

(a) One county attorney and one sheriff from a county with a population of less than eight hundred fifty thousand persons.

(b) (a) One representative of a tribal government.

(c) One chief of police who is from a tribal police department.

(b) One attorney general or judge from a tribal jurisdiction.

(d) (c) One social worker who works with a tribal, statewide or local organization that provides services to indigenous women and girls peoples.

(e) One representative who works with a tribal, statewide or local organization that provides legal services to indigenous women and girls.

B.