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Bill IntroductionsAs of 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 19, a total of 934 bills, memorials and resolutions had been introduced in the House and Senate. Among those that would have direct impacts on the operation and authority of cities and towns are:HB 2123 (transaction privilege tax reform committee) Establishes an 11-member Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT) Reform Committee to study, among other things, the broadening of the TPT base in a manner that has a revenue-neutral fiscal impact. HB 2264 (retirement; ASRS; employee; employer contributions; rate) ASRS member contributions are reduced to 50 percent of the total contributions, from 53 percent. ASRS employer contributions are increased to 50 percent, from 47 percent. HB 2295 (cities; entertainment districts) Municipalities may designate "entertainment districts" inside the boundaries of which certain state liquor laws are relaxed. HB 2320 (consolidated election dates; municipalities) Municipal elections can no longer be held in March or May. HB 2361 (consumer fireworks; regulation) Municipalities are authorized to regulate the sale and use of permissible consumer fireworks. HB 2466 (local sales tax; payments; DOR) New requirements are established for the remittance of local sales taxes to the Department of Revenue. HB 2530 (incarceration costs; municipal court warrants) Municipalities must pay the costs of incarceration in a county jail for a person arrested on a warrant issued by the municipal court. HB 2570 (political subdivisions; proceedings; governing bodies) Municipalities cannot enact any ordinance or other form of legislation unless it has passed three public readings in council on three separate days and been made available to the public for at least fourteen days. HB 2571 (public employees; unlawful acts; termination) Municipalities are required to immediately terminate from their employment any unelected public employee who has admitted or been found by a court to have unlawfully caused substantial harm to any person on three or more occasions in the course of performing official duties. |
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Legislative Bulletin is published by the League of Arizona Cities and Towns. Forward your comments or suggestions to league@azleague.org. |
