AZ SB1144

Amends section 16-193 to add section 42-6109.02 to the list of statutes for which "active registered voters" are used to calculate petition signature requirements and mail election-related notices.

Authorizes county boards of supervisors to call a countywide general election to approve a transaction privilege tax of up to 4.0 percent to fund jail facilities, which may begin following expiration of the existing jail facilities excise tax under section 42-6109.01.

Requires the county resolution authorizing the tax to include an accounting of current jail facility revenues, projections of anticipated tax collections, identification of proposed expenditure categories and amounts, and be printed in the ballot publicity pamphlet.

Limits the new tax to a maximum duration of twenty years and restricts revenues to financing, constructing, renovating, maintaining, and operating adult and juvenile jail facilities, or funding programs to reduce facility expenses.

Requires counties to maintain baseline funding for jail facilities equal to the prior year amount (adjusted for GDP price deflator changes), transferred monthly from the county general fund without additional authorization.