Bill Text: AZ HB2297 | 2010 | Forty-ninth Legislature 2nd Regular | Engrossed

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Bill Title: City or town annexation

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-03-22 - Referred to Senate RULES Committee [HB2297 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2010-HB2297-Engrossed.html

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House Engrossed

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Forty-ninth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2010

 

 

HOUSE BILL 2297

 

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending title 9, chapter 4, article 7, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 9‑471.04; relating to city or town annexation.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

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

Section 1.  Title 9, chapter 4, article 7, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 9-471.04, to read:

START_STATUTE9-471.04.  Annexation of territory partially or completely surrounded by city or town

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article:

1.  A city or town located in counties with a population of more than three hundred and fifty thousand persons according to the most recent united states decennial census may annex any territory laying within an area that is surrounded by the city or town or that is bordered by the city or town on at least three sides if the landowner has submitted a request to the federal government to take ownership of the territory or hold the territory in trust.

2.  The annexation of territory pursuant to this section is valid if approved by a majority vote of the governing body of the city or town and the annexation becomes immediately final if it is approved as an emergency measure as provided by section 19-142, subsection B.

3.  For the purpose of this subsection, "submitted a request to the federal government" means the landowner has made an application to the federal government as required by a specific federal statute or regulation. END_STATUTE

(ENACTED WITHOUT THE EMERGENCY)

Sec. 2.  Emergency

This act is an emergency measure that is necessary to preserve the public peace, health or safety and is operative immediately as provided by law.