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Legislative overviewToday is the 103rd day of the second regular session of Arizona's 50th Legislature. Hopes for a sine die adjournment by the 100-day deadline established by rule were dashed, as the executive and legislative branches failed to reach an agreement on a budget for 2012-13. To increase the pressure on legislative negotiators to conclude a budget deal, the governor announced on Monday, April 16, that she would not sign any more bills into law until a budget accord is reached. This policy does not apply to those bills that had been transmitted to the Office of the Governor by the time the announcement was made.Legislative activity during the past week was relatively light, as the universe of viable bills continued to shrink. The deadline for conference committees to meet - originally established as Friday, April 13, and then extended to Tuesday, April 17 - was extended a second time to today, Friday, April 20. On Monday, April 16, the Pima County Board of Supervisors met to determine a process for the selection of a new state representative to fill the legislative district 29 seat of former Rep. Daniel Patterson, who resigned last week. The process established by the supervisors will culminate in the selection of a new representative on Monday, April 23. The finalists for the appointment are attorney Nicholas Fontana, aerospace engineer Albert Jordan and union leader Leon Sierra. By state law, the new representative must be a registered independent and live in the district. |
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