SB 1402 Summary

• Replaces terminology of "override" elections with "budget request" elections throughout Arizona school finance law, including operating budget requests and capital budget request elections.

• Removes the requirement that school district budget request elections be held specifically on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, allowing them to be held on any general or special election date permitted by law.

• Makes conforming changes to sections governing school district elections, budget procedures, bond elections, and financial reporting to reflect the new "budget request" terminology.

• Applies these changes across multiple sections of the Arizona Revised Statutes related to school finance, elections, and budget procedures (sections 15-302, 15-342, 15-448, 15-450, 15-458, 15-459, 15-481, 15-482, 15-491, 15-503, 15-511, 15-903, 15-905.01, 15-947, 15-949, 15-996, 15-1102, 15-2011, 15-2104, and 16-204).