COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1470
(Reference to printed bill)
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert:
“Section 1. Title 9, chapter 2, article 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 9-244.01, to read:
9-244.01. Dedicated property tax
A. A COMMON COUNCIL THAT HAS NOT ENACTED A PROPERTY TAX PURSUANT TO SECTION 9-244 MAY, on APPROVAL OF THE ELECTORS OF THE TOWN, LEVY and collect annually, on the assessed value of the real and personal property within the town, as shown by the equalized assessment roll of the current year, except such as is, or may be, exempt from taxation under the laws of the state, property taxes DEDICATED TO THE COSTS OF PROVIDING POLICE, FIRE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TO THE TOWN.
b. ALL FUNDS COLLECTED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION A of this section SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO A SEGREGATED ACCOUNT AND USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE PAYMENT OF COSTS DESCRIBED IN THE PUBLICITY PAMPHLET PUBLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION D of this section.
c. ANY PERSON WHO IS LIABLE FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE TAX CREATED BY THIS SECTION HAS A PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION TO SEEK AN INJUNCTION AGAINST THE CORPORATION FOR UTILIZATION OF FUNDS COLLECTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN THOSE SET FORTH IN THE PUBLICITY PAMPHLET PUBLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION d of this section.
d. In addition to any other requirements prescribed by law, the TOWN shall prepare and print a publicity pamphlet concerning the ballot question and mail one copy of the pamphlet to each household containing a registered voter in the TOWN. The mailings may be made over a period of days but shall be mailed for delivery before the earliest date registered voters may receive early ballots for the election. The publicity pamphlet shall contain:
1. The date of the election.
2. The individual household's polling place and the time the polls will be open.
3. A summary of the principal provisions of the issue presented to the voters including the rate of the PROPERTY tax and the projected annual amount of revenues to be raised.
4. A DETAILED statement describing the purposes for which the tax monies may be spent as provided by law INCLUDING anY conditions and limitations on the use of the money.
5. The form of the ballot.
6. Any arguments for or against the ballot measure. Affirmative arguments, arranged in the order in which the elections director received them, shall be placed before the negative arguments, also arranged in the order in which they were received.
e. Not later than ninety days before the date of the election, a person may file with the TOWN elections director an argument, not more than three hundred words in length, advocating or opposing the ballot measure, subject to the following requirements:
1. If the argument is sponsored by one or more individuals, the argument shall be signed by each sponsoring individual.
2. If the argument is sponsored by one or more organizations, the argument shall be signed by two executive officers of each organization.
3. If the argument is sponsored by one or more political committees, the argument shall be signed by each committee's chairperson or treasurer.
4. The names of persons who have signed arguments and the names of sponsoring organizations shall appear with the argument in the pamphlet. The person or persons signing the argument shall also give their residence or post office address and a telephone number, which shall not appear in the pamphlet.
f. In addition to any other ballot requirements prescribed by law, the elections director shall cause the following to be printed on the official ballot:
1. The designation of the measure as follows: "Relating to TOWN POLICE, FIRE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES taxes".
2. The question submitted to the voters as follows:
Do you favor the levy of a PROPERTY tax for POLICE, FIRE AND
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES purposes in ____________ ?
YES __________ NO __________
g. Except as otherwise provided by this section, the election under this section shall be conducted as nearly as practicable in the manner prescribed for general elections in title 16.
h. THE INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE PUBLISHED IN the PUBLICITY PAMPHLET MAY BE INCLUDED IN A PUBLICITY PAMPHLET PUBLISHED BY A COUNTY OR THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR AN ELECTION that INCLUDES ALL THE VOTERS IN the TOWN.”
Amend title to conform