ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Phoenix, Arizona
ombudsman-citizens aide;
reappointment
Reappoints Patrick M. Shannahan as
Ombudsman-Citizens Aide, term ending June 30, 2006. Contains an emergency
clause.
The Office of the Ombudsman-Citizens’ Aide was established on July 1, 1996 as an independent agency of the Arizona Legislature. The Office’s mission is to “improve the effectiveness, efficiency and responsiveness of state government by receiving public complaints, investigating the administrative acts of state agencies and, when warranted, recommending fair and appropriate remedy.”
The Ombudsman-Citizens’ Aide Office
went through a sunset review in 1999 and was continued through June 2006 . Mr.
Shannahan was first appointed for a five-year term as Ombudsman-Citizens Aide
on July 1, 1996. A former military officer, he served in the United States Army
from 1970 until 1995 and retired as a Colonel.
During this time he was a project manager and formulated national
security policy for the Joints Chief of Staff. He also served as staff
director, Chief Operating Director and Associate Professor in the Army. He has
been a member of the United States Ombudsman Association Board of Directors
since 1997. Mr. Shannahan has completed
the mediation training program through the Attorney General’s office and
investigator training through the Council on Licensure, Enforcement and
Regulation. He receives a salary of
$82,784 per year.
The fiscal impact of this
legislation is unknown.
1. Reappoints Patrick M. Shannahan as an Arizona Ombudsman-Citizens Aide until his term ends on June 30, 2006.
2. Requires approval of two-thirds of the membership of each house of the Legislature and the signature of the Governor. If the Governor vetoes this act, approval of three-fourths of each house of the Legislature is needed.
3. Contains an emergency clause.
Prepared by Senate Staff
January 16, 2001