Assigned to NREW FOR COMMITTEE
ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Fifth Legislature, Second Regular Session
FACT SHEET FOR H.B. 2037
expenditures; authority; water; wastewater
(NOW: counties; powers; water supply projects)
Purpose
Allows a county board of supervisors (county BOS) to enter into intergovernmental
agreements for federal funds for increased water supply and availability projects.
Background
A county, through its county BOS, agents or officers, has the power to: 1) sue and be sued;
2) purchase and hold lands within its limits; 3) make contracts and purchase and hold personal
property; 4) make orders for the disposition or use of its property; 5) levy and collect taxes; and
6) determine the budgets of all elected and appointed county officers. A county BOS may enter
into intergovernmental agreements for specified purposes, including: 1) acquiring rights-of-way
and the construction, reconstruction or maintenance of county highways; 2) providing technical
assistance and related services to a fire district; and 3) securing a city or town to provide emergency
fire and medical services to a county island (A.R.S. ยงยง 11-201 and 11-251).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this
legislation.
Provisions
1. Allows a county BOS to enter into agreements with a federal, state or local government,
including a special taxing district, to accept, manage and distribute federal funds for projects
to increase water supply and availability.
2. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
House Action
NREW 2/15/22 DPA/SE 11-0-1-0
3
rd
Read 2/24/22 59-0-1
Prepared by Senate Research
March 14, 2022
RC/MAH/slp