George J. Palé

Legislative Resolution

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Biographical Information

The following is from the Legislative death resolution:

The Honorable George J. Palé, a leader in passage of revision of the use tax statutes in Arizona while a member of the House of Representatives, passed away on the twenty-seventh day of April, 1973, in Phoenix, Arizona, at the age of fifty-seven.

He also was the chief-sponsor of a bill, which was enacted in 1971, making the bola tie the official neckwear in Arizona.

As chairman of the House committee to study use tax and transaction privilege taxes, Mr. Palé and his committee conducted extensive hearings with advisory groups and industry leaders resulting in passage of tax revisions in the third special session of the Twenty-eighth Legislature in 1967.  These revisions have added revenues to the state and have increased purchase by industry of Arizona products.

Mr. Palé was born March 11, 1916, in San Francisco, California, and earned a bachelor of science degree in business administration in 1938 at the University of Southern California.

He was in the construction and real estate business in California, before serving as a lieutenant colonel in the army in the Southwest Pacific during World War II.

He became a resident of Maricopa County in 1950, served in the Arizona House of Representatives from 1966 to 1970, when he was named to the Arizona State Hospital Board.  In January, 1972, he was elected chairman of the board.

Mr. Palé served two years on the Maricopa planning and zoning commission and two years on the Maricopa board of adjustment and appeals.  He also was a former member of the board of Sierra Vista School District No. 97.

A farmer, citrus grower and real estate investor, Mr. Palé was former owner of George J. Palé Farms and associated with Landeals, Inc., of Phoenix, and Celco Corporation, Santa Monica, California.

He served with distinction on House standing committees including Agriculture and Livestock, Public Health and Welfare, Ways and Means, Appropriations and was vice chairman of Counties and Municipalities in the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Legislatures.

Military Experience

U.S. Army, 1941-1946, World War II veteran:  "lieutenant colonel in the army in the Southwest Pacific during World War II."  (Legislative death resolution)  "U.S. Army 1941-46... Lt. Col. Ordnance Dept."  (Arizona Legislative Biography sheet)

Employment

Arizona Legislative Service

Sources

Birth: Arizona Legislative Biography sheet, CA birth index; Death: Legislative death resolution; Occupation(s):  AZ Leg Bio sheet, Legislative death resolution