SB 1218
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
Senate: FED DPA 7-0-0-0 | 3
rd
Read 29-0-1-0
House: FMAE DP 7-0-0-0
SB 1218: townsites; trustees; board of supervisors.
Sponsor: Senator Angius, LD 30
Caucus & COW
Overview
Alters who can be a designated trustee of an unincorporated townsite and changes filing and
approval requirements related to actions by the trustee.
History
The governing body of an incorporated municipality or the judge of a superior court are the
designated trustee of an unincorporated town until certain conditions are met. When
discharging their duty of trustee, they must execute a bond of $2,000 to be filed and approved
by the Board of Supervisors. After three months of entry, the trustee must have the land
surveyed and platted. The plat must be submitted to the Board of Supervisors and recorded
by the County Recorder. When specified conditions are met and the municipality is the county
seat, the trustee upon petition with consent and advice from the Board of Supervisors can set
apart and deed to the county a site for a courthouse and other county buildings. Undisposed
land in the town under the title of the trustee can be sold at public auction (A.R.S. §§ 9-1101,
9-1102, 9-1103, 9-112).
Provisions
1. Replaces the judge of a superior court with the Board of Supervisors on the list of who
can be a designated trustee for an unincorporated town located in that county. (Sec. 1)
2. Replaces the Board of Supervisors with the County Recorder in which the townsite is
located as the entity a trustee must file their bond with to discharge their duties as
trustee. (Sec. 2)
3. Removes the requirement that a plat must be submitted to the Board of Supervisors in
which the townsite is located. (Sec. 3)
4. Repeals the requirement for the Board of Supervisors to advise and consent to the trustee
setting apart and deeding land to the county for a courthouse or other county buildings if
the city or town is the county seat. (Sec. 7)
5. Removes the requirement that individuals appraising land that a trustee desires to sell
be paid $5 per day for their work. (Sec. 9, 11)
6. Makes technical and conforming changes. (Sec. 1-12)
☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note