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AZ HB2083

Bill

Status

Failed

1/30/2017

Primary Sponsor

Jesus Rubalcava

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-third Legislature - First Regular Session (2017)

AI Summary

  • Changes ballot language for school district budget override elections from "budget increase" to "locally controlled funding" to clarify the nature of the override to voters.

  • Requires school districts to publicly declare the deadline for submitting arguments in the informational report at the same time as ordering the override election and post the deadline prominently on the district's website.

  • Maintains existing requirements for informational reports, sample ballots, tax rate calculations, and public meetings for budget overrides, with the ballot language modification applied across all override types (revenue control limit, district additional assistance, and capital improvements).

  • Applies the revised ballot language terminology to all subsections governing override elections, including continuation overrides and elections for district additional assistance.

Legislative Description

Schools; overrides; ballot language

Education

Last Action

House ED Committee action: Held, voting: (0-0-0-0-0-0)

1/30/2017

Full Bill Text

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