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Jett v. City of Tucson, 180 Ariz. 115, 882 P.2d 426 (1994)
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Arizona Supreme Court opinion on Tucson magistrate removal and parallel city/state authority. Original opinion text reproduced by Justia; it does not decide ethics-commission powers.
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- Mostly SupportedA local rule that materially changes Arizona’s financial-conflict definitions, mandatory recusal requirements, or statutory penalties would face significant preemption concerns.
Section 38-501(B) has express exclusivity language within a home-rule system subject to state law.
- VerifiedStrode, Jett, and the cited Brnovich decisions address other home-rule disputes; none decides whether Yuma may enforce a competing Title 38 financial-conflict code.
The cited decisions concern elections, magistrate removal, and firearm disposition, not a Yuma ethics code.
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