Reference Title: county expenditure limitation; population estimate

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
AMENDING TITLE 41, CHAPTER 3, ARTICLE 5, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING SECTION 41-563.05; RELATING TO COUNTY EXPENDITURE LIMITATION COMPUTATION.

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Arizona, the Senate concurring:

Pursuant to article IX, section 20, subsection (3), paragraph (f), subdivision (ii), Constitution of Arizona, the following measure is enacted, on affirmative vote of two-thirds of the membership of each house of the Legislature:

Section 1. Title 41, chapter 3, article 5, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-563.05, to read:

41-563.05 . Alternative population estimate; border counties

A. IN LIEU OF THE POPULATION DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR PURPOSES OF COMPUTING A COUNTY'S EXPENDITURE LIMITATION UNDER SECTION 41-563, THE ECONOMIC ESTIMATES COMMISSION SHALL USE, AS AN ALTERNATIVE, AN ATTRIBUTED POPULATION THAT IS COMPUTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION FOR ANY COUNTY THAT IS ADJACENT TO A FOREIGN COUNTRY AND THAT HAS A CENSUS POPULATION OF LESS THAN TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PERSONS ACCORDING TO THE MOST RECENT UNITED STATES DECENNIAL CENSUS.

B. THE ALTERNATIVE ATTRIBUTED POPULATION IS THE ESTIMATED POPULATION DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR PLUS ONE-FOURTH OF THE DAILY AVERAGE NUMBER OF PERSONS WHO LAWFULLY CROSSED THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER INTO AND OUT OF THE COUNTY DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR PRECEDING THE START OF THE FISCAL YEAR, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS COMPILED BY THE UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE.

C. THE ALTERNATIVE ATTRIBUTED POPULATION HAS NO OTHER OFFICIAL VALIDITY THAN FOR COMPUTING A COUNTY'S EXPENDITURE LIMITATION UNDER THIS ARTICLE.

PASSED THE HOUSE MARCH 13, 1997 BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: 50 AYES, 9 NAYS, 1 NOT VOTING.

PASSED THE SENATE MARCH 27, 1997 BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: 30 AYES, 0 NAYS, 0 NOT VOTING.

FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE MARCH 27, 1997.