Loading chat...

AZ SB1487

Bill

Status

Passed

3/17/2016

Primary Sponsor

Andy Biggs

Click for details

Origin

Senate

Fifty-second Legislature - Second Regular Session (2016)

AI Summary

  • Authorizes the Attorney General to investigate ordinances, regulations, or actions by counties, cities, or towns that allegedly violate state law or the Arizona Constitution upon request of one or more legislators.

  • Requires the Attorney General to issue a written report within 30 days of investigation and provide notice to the violating jurisdiction, which then has 30 days to resolve the violation.

  • Directs the State Treasurer to withhold and redistribute state shared revenues from counties, cities, or towns that fail to resolve violations within 30 days, with distributions redirected to other jurisdictions proportionally by population.

  • Allows the Attorney General to file a special action in the Arizona Supreme Court for violations that are uncertain, with the court requiring the jurisdiction to post a bond equal to six months of state shared revenue payments.

  • Restores withheld revenue distributions once the Attorney General certifies that the violating ordinance has been repealed or the violation has been otherwise resolved.

Legislative Description

State law; local violations; penalties

Last Action

Chapter 35

3/17/2016

Full Bill Text

No bill text available