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AZ HB2126
Bill
Status
1/13/2016
Primary Sponsor
Thomas Shope
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AI Summary
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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