Bylaws
ANCHOR's Bylaws establish the rules for statewide county representation, directors, members, elections, officers, conservation-asset protection, transparency, financial governance, and institutional continuity.
Public Bylaws
The current formation draft incorporates ANCHOR's parcel-qualified voting architecture: voting eligibility is tied to verified principal residence and a qualifying protected parcel in the same county, with one voter per parcel and one vote per natural person.
The stable public PDF URL will continue to point to the current governing draft until lawful adoption. The document itself identifies its version and adoption status.
View Current Bylaws (PDF)Download v4 PDFBack to GovernanceHow ANCHOR voting rights work
The purpose is to keep governance tied to people with a real, verified conservation stake in the county while preventing money, acreage, or multiple parcels from multiplying one person's voting power.
Examples
| Situation | Voting result |
|---|---|
| Person owns 5 protected parcels in their resident county | 1 vote |
| Husband owns Parcel A, wife owns Parcel B; both otherwise qualify and reside in that county | 2 votes |
| Husband and wife jointly own only Parcel A | 1 vote total from Parcel A |
| Husband and wife jointly own Parcels A and B | They may designate A → Husband and B → Wife = 2 votes |
| Adult child genuinely takes qualifying title to Parcel C and lives in that county | Child may qualify for 1 vote |
| Out-of-state owner of Arizona protected land | 0 county votes |
| Arizona resident with no qualifying ANCHOR-protected parcel | 0 statutory votes |
| Donor with no qualifying protected parcel | 0 votes |
| $0 member with a qualifying protected parcel | 1 vote if otherwise eligible |
Free membership is allowed. Donations, acreage, parcel value, and the number of parcels owned do not increase a natural person's vote.
This explainer summarizes the formation-draft Bylaws. The Bylaws control if any summary differs from the governing text.
