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HB 2180: fire district budget hearings

PRIME SPONSOR: Representative Coleman, LD 16

BILL STATUS: Chaptered

               

Legend: board – fire district board of directors Amendments – BOLD and Stricken (Committee)

Abstract

☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal NoteRelating to public hearing requirements for amended fire district budgets.

Provisions

1.       Removes the requirement that a fire district hold at least two public hearings one week apart in order to amend its budget. (Sec. 1)

2.       Permits a fire district attempting to amend its budget to hold a public hearing on the proposed revision and a separate hearing to consider and adopt the amended budget immediately following the public hearing on the proposal. (Sec. 1)

o   Currently, a fire district must hold at least two public hearings at least one week apart on any revision to its budget (A.R.S. § 48-805.02)

3.       Permits the public hearing on the proposed revised budget to be held at a regularly scheduled public meeting of the board of the district. (Sec. 1)

4.       Specifies that a fire district that proposes to amend its budget after initial adoption must comply with all posting, publishing and hearing requirements for adopting the initial budget. (Sec. 1)

5.       Makes technical changes. (Sec. 1)

Current Law

Fire districts are required to prepare an annual budget that contains a detailed estimate of all expenditures for each FY.  The budget summary is required to be posted in three public places and published on the districts website for 20 days before a public hearing called by the board to adopt the budget. 

Any district other than a noncontigious county island fire district that amends its budget is required to hold at least two public hearings on the revision, which must be considered and adopted at a special meeting of the board.  The initial consideration of the revision must be done at a regularly scheduled hearing of the board.  The special hearing to consider and adopt the budget must be held at least one week after the initial hearing (A.R.S. § 48-805.02).

 

 

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Fifty-third Legislature                  HB 2180

Second Regular Session                               Version 4: Chaptered

 

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