ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Phoenix, Arizona
state-county fiscal
committee
Purpose
Creates the State-County
Fiscal Committee (Committee) and specifies duties of the committee.
Background
The purpose of
the Committee is to establish a forum for consideration and discussion of
issues relating to county fiscal matters. The Committee is required to review
funding mechanisms, explore the need to establish a new dedicated revenue
system for counties, explore the impact of state agencies and their budget
impact to counties, make recommendations to counties and the Legislature and
review legislative unfunded mandates placed on counties.
This legislation utilizes
the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) to provide services and resources
to the committee. JLBC is presently
developing the fiscal impact associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1. Establishes the Committee.
2. Provides the duties of the Committee.
3. Provides membership of the Committee:
·
The
Governor or Governor’s designee.
·
Three
representatives of the counties, one each from a small, medium and large county
who are to be appointed by the Governor to serve four year terms beginning
January 1 of each year.
·
One
representative of the judiciary to be appointed by the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court.
·
Three
members of the House of Representatives, at least one from each party, to be
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
·
Three
representatives of the Senate, at least one from each party, to be appointed by
the President of the Senate.
4. Requires the JLBC to provide services and resources to the Committee.
5. Staggers term ending dates for county representatives and makes the Governor responsible for all subsequent appointments.
6. Contains a purpose section.
7. Sunsets the Committee July 1, 2010.
8. Provides for a general effective date.
House Action
CM 1/25/00 DP 5-0-1-0
3rd Read 2/23/00 31-23-6-0
Prepared by Senate Staff
March 2, 2000