When a vacancy occurs in the board of managers selected by the house to try impeachment proceedings before the senate, and the house of representatives is not in session, the speaker or the presiding member, or if there is no presiding member, then the oldest member of the house in point of age, shall appoint a member of the house to fill the vacancy.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 38-319

  • Impeachment: (1) The process of calling something into question, as in "impeaching the testimony of a witness." (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may "impeach" (accuse of misconduct) high officers of the federal government for trial in the Senate.