Bill Amendment: AZ HB2406 | 2017 | Fifty-third Legislature 1st Regular
Bill Title: Counties; municipal land acquisition; limitation
Status: 2017-05-10 - Chapter 296 [HB2406 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2017-HB2406-SENATE_-_Yee_flr_amend_ref_House_engrossed_bill_.html
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Bill
Number: H.B. 2406
Yee Floor Amendment
Reference to: House engrossed bill
Amendment drafted by: Magdalena Jorquez
FLOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
1. Allows a county to acquire land located within a city or town under the following conditions:
a) the county's population is more than 900,000 persons but less than 1,500,000 persons;
b) the county has adopted a habitat conservation plan; and
c) the acquisition is part of an intergovernmental agreement entered into by the county and the city or town.
2. Specifies this section does not apply to land acquired by the county for the primary purpose of public safety, health care or court operations.
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Fifty-third Legislature Yee
First Regular Session H.B. 2406
YEE FLOOR AMENDMENT
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2406
(Reference to House engrossed bill)
Page 1, between lines 1 and 2, insert:
"Section 1. Title 11, chapter 2, article 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 11-251.19, to read:
11-251.19. Acquisition of land; habitat conservation plan;
restrictions; definition
A. Notwithstanding any other law, a county with a population of more than nine hundred thousand persons but less than one million five hundred thousand persons that has adopted a habitat conservation plan may acquire land that is located within a city or town only if the acquisition of the land is part of an intergovernmental agreement entered into by the county and the governing body of the city or town pursuant to section 11‑952.
B. This section does not apply to land that is acquired by the county for the primary purpose of public safety, health care or court operations.
C. For the purposes of this section, "acquire" means to obtain by purchase or any other means."
Renumber to conform
Amend title to conform
