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- ↑ "Session laws, State of Arizona, 2013 Volume 1, Fifty-First Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 201". State of Arizona. pp. xiii–x. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
- ↑ "Jack Harper". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 24, 2019.