PROPOSED
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1379
(Reference to Senate engrossed bill)
Page 1, between lines 1 and 2, insert:
"Section 1. Section 48-2607, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
48-2607. District divisions; number of directors; exception
A. When the boundaries of the proposed district are defined and established, the board of supervisors shall make an order dividing the district into three or five divisions as nearly equal in size as practicable, which shall be numbered consecutively. One director, who shall be an elector and a resident freeholder of the division, shall be elected as provided in this article by each division.
B. When requested in the petition, three directors, who shall be resident electors and freeholders of the district, shall be elected at large by the qualified electors of the district.
C. This section does not apply in the case of the division of a flood protection district as provided by section 48‑2816."
Renumber to conform
Line 4, strike "divisions;"
Strike lines 6 through 17, insert:
"A. Notwithstanding section 48-2682, a district formed pursuant to this article shall be governed by a board of directors elected at large and consisting of either three or five directors. Any person who is eligible to vote in an election in the district as PRESCRIBED by subsection B of this section is eligible to serve as a director of the district.
B. To be eligible to vote in a district election, a person must be an owner of real property that is located within the boundaries of the district and on which all taxes have been paid as shown by the county tax roll immediately preceding the date of the election. In addition, the following apply:"
Page 1, line 18, after "district" insert "after the effective date of this section"
Lines 19 and 20, strike "chapter for the organization of drainage districts" insert "section"
Lines 28, 33, 38 and 44, strike "a qualified elector" insert "eligible to vote"
Amend title to conform