HB 2031
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-sixth Legislature
Second Regular Session
House: MOE DP 7-1-0-1
HB 2031: county supervisors; population; membership
Sponsor: Representative Griffin, LD 19
Caucus & COW
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. Authorizes 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)
☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note