ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-sixth Legislature

Second Regular Session

 

HB 2031: county supervisors; population; membership

Sponsor: Representative Griffin, LD 19

Committee on Municipal Oversight & Elections

Overview

Decreases, from 150,000 to 125,000, the population in which a county Board of Supervisors may submit the question of whether the county should increase the number of board members to the voters.

History

A county Board of Supervisors is primarily responsible for: 1) litigating; 2) purchasing and holding lands within its limits; and 3) levying and collecting taxes for purposes under its jurisdiction. Once a county's population meets 150,000 the county is required to submit for vote, by electors under its jurisdiction, whether to increase the number of board members from three to five. Upon approval, the county must elect new supervisors during the following general election (A.R.S. §§ 11-201, 11-211).

Provisions

1.   ☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal NoteAuthorizes rather than requires the Board of Supervisors to submit the question of whether to increase the number of board members from three to five to the voters. (Sec.1)

2.   Decreases the population threshold from 150,000 to 125,000 upon which a Board of Supervisors may submit the question to the voters. (Sec. 1)

3.   Makes a technical change. (Sec. 1)

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