Article 22 Section 1 – Existing rights, actions, suits, proceedings, contracts, claims, or demands; process

1. Existing rights, actions, suits, proceedings, contracts, claims, or demands; process

Section 1. No rights, actions, suits, proceedings, contracts, claims, or demands, existing at the time of the admission of this State into the Union, shall be affected by a change in the form of government, from Territorial to State, but all shall continue as if no change had taken place; and all process which may have been issued under the authority of the Territory of Arizona, previous to its admission into the Union, shall be as valid as if issued in the name of the State.

Article 22 Section 2 – Territorial laws

2. Territorial laws

Section 2. All laws of the Territory of Arizona now in force, not repugnant to this Constitution, shall remain in force as laws of the State of Arizona until they expire by their own limitations or are altered or repealed by law; Provided, that wherever the word Territory, meaning the Territory of Arizona, appears in said laws, the word State shall be substituted.

Article 22 Section 3 – Debts, fines, penalties, and forfeitures

3. Debts, fines, penalties, and forfeitures

Section 3. All debts, fines, penalties, and forfeitures which have accrued, or may hereafter accrue, to the Territory of Arizona shall inure to the State of Arizona.