SB 1320
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-fifth Legislature
Second Regular Session
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SB 1320: intergovernmental public transportation authorities; formation
Sponsor: Senator Kerr, LD 13
Committee on Transportation
Overview
Changes the maximum population of a county that an intergovernmental public transportation
authority (authority) may be organized in from two hundred thousand to four hundred thousand
persons.
History
An authority may be organized in any county with a population of two hundred thousand people
or less. A governing body of one or more incorporated cities or towns may petition the county
board of supervisors (BOS) to establish an authority consisting of the incorporated area of the
municipality or municipalities. Statute describes the process the BOS must take to establish the
authority and the organization and makeup of its board of directors (A.R.S. §§ 28-9102, 28-9121).
The board of directors and each member governmental entity will enter into an intergovernmental
agreement that the authority has the sole authority for designing, operating and maintaining the
public transportation system in the authority. The board of directors will coordinate and implement
the establishment and development of the public transportation system within the authority and
participating governmental entities (A.R.S. § 28-9124).
Provisions
1. Increases the maximum population of a county that an authority may be organized in to four
hundred thousand people. (Sec. 1)
2. Makes technical and conforming changes. (Sec. 1,2)
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