PREFILED    JAN 09 2020

REFERENCE TITLE: districts; initiatives; litigation; prohibition

State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session 2020

HB 2125

Introduced by Representative Thorpe

 

AN ACT

 

amending Title 1, chapter 2, article 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 1-272; relating to initiative and referendum measures.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Title 1, chapter 2, article 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 1-272, to read:

START_STATUTE1-272.  School districts; special taxing districts; initiative and referendum measures; prohibition; personal liability

A.  A school district or other district created by law with authority to impose any tax, fee, stamp or other assessment shall not maintain an action to prevent the enactment of any initiative or referendum measure allowed by law.

B.  The members of the governing body of a school district or other district created by law with authority to impose any tax, fee, stamp or other assessment who vote to maintain an action to prevent the enactment of any initiative or referendum measure allowed by law are personally liable for the reasonable attorney fees and other costs of litigation incurred by persons who attempt to enact the initiative or referendum measure. END_STATUTE

Sec. 2.  Retroactivity

This act applies retroactively to from and after December 31, 2015.