Bill Text: AZ HB2270 | 2014 | Fifty-first Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Special districts; budgets; county assessor

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-23 - Referred to House GOV Committee [HB2270 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2014-HB2270-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: special districts; budgets; county assessor

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-first Legislature

Second Regular Session

2014

 

 

HB 2270

 

Introduced by

Representative Forese

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending section 48-252, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to reports by special taxing districts.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Section 48-252, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE48-252.  District budgets

A.  Each district organized under this title and not exempted by subsection D of this section shall submit the annual budget most recently adopted by the district to the county board of supervisors, the county assessor and the county treasurer.  The district budget shall be prepared consistent with the annual financial statements required by this article.  The board of supervisors may supply forms for use by districts in preparing their annual budget.

B.  Budgets required to be submitted pursuant to this section shall be submitted to the county assessor, the county treasurer and the board of supervisors no later than July 10 of each year.  If the district fails to submit a budget as required by this section, any taxpayer residing in the district, the county assessor, the board of supervisors or the county treasurer may petition the superior court in a county where the district is organized to show cause why the budget has not been submitted.  On a failure to show cause, the court shall order the district to submit the budget within ten days after judgment is entered.

C.  If the court enters judgment against the district under this section, the court may award the taxpayer, board of supervisors, county assessor or county treasurer reasonable attorney fees and costs associated with bringing the action.

D.  Districts organized under chapters 4, 5, 6, 17, 22, 27 and 28 of this title are exempt from the requirements of this section. END_STATUTE