HB 2435 Summary

• Amends Arizona Revised Statutes Section 11-144 regarding county formation procedures and commission authority.

• Authorizes the county formation commission to resolve disagreements involving termination and transfer of affairs between affected counties, community college districts, school districts, and special taxing districts.

• Establishes that commission opinions and orders have the same legal effect as attorney general opinions with respect to county officers and state officials until appealed.

• Allows persons aggrieved by commission determinations to appeal to the Arizona Supreme Court, with priority given to hearing and determining such appeals.

• Requires the commission to complete all work by December 31 of the second year following new county organization, at which point the commission is terminated.