PRATT FLOOR AMENDMENT
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2113
(Reference to the GOVERNMENT Committee amendment)
Page 1, line 2, after "1." insert "Title 9, chapter 4, article 7, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 9-471.05, to read:
9-471.05"; strike "; delayed repeal"
Strike lines 3 through 15 insert:
"A. Notwithstanding section 9‑471, subsection H, for the purposes of annexation, a territory is considered contiguous for the purposes of section 9‑471, subsection A, if:
1. The territory adjoins the exterior boundary of the annexing city or town for at least three hundred feet.
2. Ninety-five per cent of the territory is at least two hundred feet in width, excluding rights‑of‑way and roadways.
3. The distance from the existing boundary of the annexing city or town where it adjoins the annexed territory to the furthest point of the annexed territory from that boundary is no more than twice the maximum width of the annexed territory."