REFERENCE TITLE: private land acquisition; committee; continuation

State of Arizona Senate Fifty-third Legislature Second Regular Session 2018

SB 1142

Introduced by Senator Griffin

 

AN ACT

 

amending laws 2015, chapter 188, section 1; relating to the study committee on private land acquisition.

 

 

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

Section 1. Laws 2015, chapter 188, section 1 is amended to read:

Section 1.  Study committee on private land acquisition; membership; duties; report; delayed repeal

A.  The study committee on private land acquisition is established consisting of the following members:

1.  Three members of the senate, not more than two of whom are members of the same political party, who are appointed by the president of the senate.

2.  Three members of the house of representatives, not more than two of whom are members of the same political party, who are appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.

3.  One county assessor who is appointed by the president of the senate.

B.  The study committee on private land acquisition shall:

1.  Conduct hearings and collect and analyze information relating to the acquisition of privately owned real property by government entities.

2.  Examine the impact that ownership of real property by a government entity has on the economies of this state and of local communities.

3.  Identify a process to allow a government entity to acquire privately owned real property without reducing the tax base of the local community.

4.  Submit a report regarding the study committee's activities, findings and recommendations to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives on or before December 31, 2017 2019 and provide a copy of this report to the secretary of state.

C.  This section is repealed from and after September 30, 2018 2020.