Assigned to GOV FOR COMMITTEE
ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Fifth Legislature, Second Regular Session
FACT SHEET FOR S.B. 1277
board of supervisors; membership
Purpose
Increases the size of a county board of supervisors (county BOS) in counties with a
population between 1,000,000 and 3,000,000 persons to seven members and a population of more
than 3,000,000 persons to nine members.
Background
Each county with a population of more than 175,000 persons must have five county BOS
members and each county with a population of fewer than 175,000 persons must have three county
BOS members unless expanded pursuant to statutory requirements. County supervisors must be
qualified electors of their supervisorial district and elected at a general election at which the
President of the United States is elected. The four-year term of office for county supervisors begins
on January 1 after the election. No person holding any other county or precinct office is eligible to
run for the office of county supervisor.
For the purpose of county BOS membership, population is the population according to the
annual population estimate provided by the office of economic opportunity (A.R.S. ยง 11-211).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this
legislation.
Provisions
1. Increases the number of members of a county BOS from:
a) five to seven members in a county with a population of between 1,000,000 and 3,000.000
persons; and
b) five to nine members in a county with a population of more than 3,000,000 persons.
2. Requires, following the release of the U.S. decennial census:
a) a county with seven supervisors to be divided into seven supervisorial districts; and
b) a county with nine supervisors to be divided into nine supervisorial districts.
3. Makes technical and conforming changes.
4. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
January 27, 2022
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