Click the play button on the video window to the right to see the storyPHOENIX -- When they're not working on legislation, state senators and representatives have other jobs and other sources of income that could impact what they do at the Capitol.
"I think that the public wants a lot of transparency in their elected officials," said Amy Bjelland, State Elections Director at the Arizona Secretary of State's Office. "Our state has kind of been in the forefront of having open disclosure and requiring disclosure by candidates and public officials."
That has earned Arizona a "B" from Washington's Center for Public Integrity in their study of state disclosure practices.
The state ranked 6th nationwide.
Arizona lost points for not requiring that disclosure forms list the amounts of legislator income or descriptions of organizations where the lawmaker is an officer or director.
The center also made note of the state's lack of auditing authority, something the Secretary of State's office said would take additional staffing and a legislative act to change.
"We just accept what comes in and it's there for the public to see," Bjelland said. "Whether it's accurate or not, I always presume that they're accurate unless we get a complaint."
While the Secretary of State's Office doesn't expect to have financial disclosure forms searchable online until at least next year, you can request to have them emailed to you.
Click here for the Secretary of State's Office public records request form.
