Bill Text: AZ HB2026 | 2014 | Fifty-first Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Municipal courts; hours; legal holidays
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-16 - Referred to House GOV Committee [HB2026 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2014-HB2026-Introduced.html
PREFILED JAN 09 2014
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REFERENCE TITLE: municipal courts; hours; legal holidays |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-first Legislature Second Regular Session 2014
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HB 2026 |
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Introduced by Representative Coleman
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AN ACT
amending section 22‑402, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to municipal courts.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 22-402, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
22-402. Establishment and jurisdiction; hours of operation and legal holidays
A. In each city or town incorporated under the general laws of this state, there shall be a municipal court.
B. Every court established pursuant to subsection A of this section, and every court established in a city incorporated under the provisions of title 9, chapter 2, article 5 or incorporated under the provisions of a special act or charter, has jurisdiction of all cases arising under the ordinances of the city or town, and has jurisdiction concurrently with justices of the peace of precincts in which the city or town is located, of violations of laws of the state committed within the limits of the city or town.
C. Notwithstanding subsections A and B of this section and in lieu of establishing or maintaining a municipal court, a city or town may enter into an intergovernmental agreement as authorized by title 11, chapter 7, article 3 to provide the services of a municipal court, including the jurisdiction of all cases arising under the ordinances of the city or town, with either:
1. A justice of the peace in whose jurisdiction the city or town is located and the county in which the city or town is located.
2. Another city or town located within the same county as the city or town.
D. The governing body of a city or town shall set the hours of operation and legal holidays for the municipal court maintained by the city or town.
