BOARD OF GOVERNORS
within 90 days after conviction
at a trial.
3 The proposed petition was
circulated to stakeholders
and came before the Rules
Review Committee without
comment.
3 The Rules Review Committee
unanimously recommends filing of the proposed petition.
3 MO TION: Coming from
Rules Committee, not requiring a second, unanimously
passed to approve the recommendation of the committee
to support the proposed
amendments and file the
Proposed Petition to Amend
Rules 9. 1, 14. 3, 26. 11 and
41, ARIZ.R.CRIM.P.
3 Awards Committee—Bryan
Chambers:
3 The committee typically
begins its work in the spring
but a few unique recommendations have constituted
forming the committee now.
email. Commission is hopeful
to have Act by July 2016.
3Requested the board to send
the ULC ideas where gaps
exist—what Acts need to be
written?
3Rules Review Committee—
Jeffrey Willis, Chair:
Proposed Petition to Amend
Rules 9. 1, 14. 3, 26. 11 and
41, ARIZ.R.CRIM.P.
3 The Criminal Justice Section
proposes amending the Rules
of Criminal Procedure to
clarify and emphasize the
consequences of a defendant’s
voluntary absence on their
right to appeal.
3 The proposed changes would
ensure that criminal defendants
are given proper notice that
under A.R.S. § 13-5033(c)
they lose their right to directly
appeal a guilty verdict if they
prevent sentencing from
occurring by voluntarily fail-
ing to appear for sentencing
decreased by 3. 6 percent
and the by PPO 1. 2 percent.
3 Capital Expenditures:
2015 Court Projection
$1,136,000; 2015 Budget
$922,000; Difference
$214,000.
3Differences come from IT
(membership database original budgeted 2014 updated
to reflect two-year project
with costs in 2015 and
2016); Xeriscaping project
($75,000 escalated from
projected 2015 to 2014
project).
3Reviewed in detail the capital expenditures budget for
2015.
3Reserves are noted and necessary to be in line with the
Court projections and dues
increase. This budget allows
for the building of cash
reserves as required by the
Court and to meet the projections in the five-year plan.
3Vote on 2015 budget:
December 12 board meeting.
3Uniform Law Commission—
Hon. Sam Thumma and
Barbara Atwood:
3Serving as volunteers, this
group takes on drafting projects that take several years to
complete.
3 The ULC was funded but in
2007 the budget was repealed;
2013 it was put back in the
budget and again in 2014
taken out.
3Ms. Atwood’s interest is in
family law and over the years
several Acts have come from
the work of this Commission,
including the Interstate Family
Support Act Amendments
(2008).
3Currently working on the
Uniform Fiduciary Access to
Digital Assets Act. It addresses
the needs of fiduciary at the
time of death and facilitates
them gaining access of passcodes for account holders’
