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AZ HB2126

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/13/2016

Primary Sponsor

Thomas Shope

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-second Legislature - Second Regular Session (2016)

AI Summary

  • Allows community college district boards to refer permanent changes to the base limit used for calculating expenditure limitations to voters, requiring two-thirds board approval and majority voter approval at a regularly scheduled election.

  • Requires district boards to state the current base limit, proposed base limit, the increase in expenditure limitation capacity, and rationale for the change when requesting voter approval of a permanent base limit modification.

  • Modifies the student population calculation method for community college expenditure limitations, allowing districts to choose between using the five-year average of full-time equivalent student reports, the most recent report, or a joint legislative budget committee-approved amount up to five percent above the most recent report.

  • Changes the reporting deadline from February 1 to April 1 for community college district expenditure limitation determinations and removes the requirement to report estimated student population in the earlier February report.

  • Makes technical corrections to Arizona Revised Statutes sections 15-1444, 15-1471, and 41-563, including replacing "which" with "that" and updating references to the office of employment and population statistics.

Legislative Description

Expenditure limitations; community colleges

Last Action

Referred to House GHE Committee

1/14/2016

Full Bill Text

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