SB 1048
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-fifth Legislature
Second Regular Session
SB 1048: emergency powers; business closure; repeal
Sponsor: Senator Petersen, LD 12
Committee on Military Affairs & Public Safety
Overview
Prohibits the mayor of an incorporated city or town, and the chairman of the board of supervisors
(BOS) for the unincorporated areas of the county, from ordering the closure of businesses during
a declared emergency.
History
A mayor or chairman of the BOS may declare an emergency, if authorized by ordinance or
resolution, due to fire, conflagration, flood, earthquake, explosion, war, bombing, acts of the
enemy or any other natural or man-made calamity or disaster or by reason of threats or
occurrences of riots, routs, affrays or other acts of civil disobedience which endanger life or
property within the city, or unincorporated areas of the county, or any portion thereof (A.R.S. §
26-311).
Provisions
1. Prohibits the mayor of an incorporated city or town from ordering the closure of businesses
during a declared emergency. (Sec. 1)
2. Prohibits the chairman of the BOS for an unincorporated area of a county from ordering the
closing of businesses during a declared emergency. (Sec. 1)
3. Makes technical and conforming changes. (Sec. 1)
☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note