ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-fourth Legislature

Second Regular Session

 

HB 2042: urbanized areas; incorporation

Sponsor:  Representative Townsend, LD 16

Committee on Government

Overview

Places, in perpetuity, certain statutes relating to urbanized areas and incorporation.

History

Current law describes an urbanized area as all territory within six miles of an incorporated city or town that has a population of 5,000 or more people, and all territory within three miles of an incorporated city or town that has a population of less than 5,000 people.

A territory within an urbanized area may not be incorporated as a city or town and the Board of Supervisors (BOS) is prohibited from taking any action on a petition for incorporation within such area unless:

1)    A resolution adopted by the city or town causing the urbanized area to exist is submitted with the petition and approves the proposed incorporation; or

2)    An affidavit is filed with the BOS stating that a petition was submitted to the city or town causing the urbanized area to exist that requests annexation and it was not approved within 120 days (A.R.S. § 9-101.01).

Provisions

1.    ☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal NoteRemoves the current date of December 31, 2020 for specified statutes relating to incorporation of urbanized areas. (Sec. 1)

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