board of supervisors; membership

SB1428 - 572R - S Ver

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board of supervisors;
membership

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SENATE BILL 1428

AN
ACT

amending sections 11-211, 11-212
and 48-5105, arizona revised statutes; relating to county boards of
supervisors.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1. Section 11-211, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

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11-211.

Membership; qualifications; term

A.
There shall be in each county
having a population of one hundred seventy-five thousand or more persons a
board of supervisors consisting of five members who shall be qualified electors
of their supervisorial district, and who shall be elected at a general election
at which the president of the United States is elected.� In each county having
a population of less than one hundred seventy-five thousand persons, a board of
supervisors shall consist of three members, except as prescribed by subsection
B or C of this section, who

in each county there shall be
a board of supervisors consisting of a number of members based on the county
population as follows:

1. for counties with a population of
less than one hundred seventy-five thousand persons, three members,
except as prescribed by subsection c or d of this section.

2. for counties with a population of
one hundred seventy-five thousand or more persons but less than one million
persons, five members.

3. for counties with a population of
one million or more persons but less than three million persons, seven members.

4. for counties with a population of
three million or more persons, nine members.

b. each member of the board
shall
be
a
qualified
electors
elector
of
their

the
member's
supervisorial district and
who
shall be
elected at a general election at which the president of the United States is
elected.� They shall enter on their duties on January 1 subsequent to their
election, and shall hold office for four years. No person holding
any other county or precinct office is eligible to the office of supervisor.

B.

c.
Any
county
having
with
a population of
less than one hundred fifty thousand persons but more than one hundred thousand
persons shall call an election to change from a three-member to a five-member
board of supervisors, or from a five-member to a three-member board
of supervisors, on receipt by the board of supervisors of a petition containing
signatures of qualified electors equal to at least ten percent of the votes
cast in the county at the preceding general election at which a president of
the United States was elected.� The board shall submit to the electors in the
county, at a special election called for that purpose, the question
of
whether
or not
the county shall elect
five members or three members to the board of supervisors.� The election shall
be held before the first Monday in January preceding the next general
election. The ballots shall contain the words: "Five
supervisors, yes.� Five supervisors, no." or "Three supervisors,
yes. Three supervisors, no."� If the majority of the qualified
electors voting on the question votes in the affirmative, the board of
supervisors shall redistrict the county in accordance with section 11-212.�
The county shall thereafter elect the prescribed number of members to the board
of supervisors who shall be elected in the manner provided in subsection
A

b
of this section and have the
same qualifications as provided in subsection
A

b
of this section for a board of supervisors with a population
of one hundred seventy-five thousand or more persons, and shall hold
office for a term of four years to commence on January 1.

C.

d.
Any
county
having
with
a population of
at least one hundred fifty thousand persons but not more than one hundred
seventy-five thousand persons and
having

with
a county board of supervisors that consists of three persons shall
submit to the electors in the county, at the next general election after the
release of the population estimate from the office of economic opportunity, the
question of whether the county shall elect five members to the board of
supervisors. The ballots must contain the words: "Five
supervisors, yes.� Five supervisors, no."� If approved by a majority of
the qualified electors of that county who voted on the question, the board of
supervisors shall redistrict the county pursuant to section 11-212. The
county thereafter shall elect at the next general election immediately
following the election at which the question is approved the prescribed number
of members to the board of supervisors who shall have the same qualifications
as provided in subsection
A

B
of
this section. The following apply to the election for the county
board of supervisors prescribed in this subsection:

1. If the next general election immediately
following the election at which the question is approved is held in a year that
is the last year of the four-year term of the three members of the county
board of supervisors who are already holding office, the five persons elected
to the county board of supervisors hold office for a term of four years to
commence on January 1 immediately following their election.

2. If the next general election immediately
following the election at which the question is approved is held in a year that
is not the last year of the four-year term of the three members of the
county board of supervisors who are already holding office, the two additional
persons elected to the county board of supervisors hold office for a term of
four years to commence on January 1 immediately following their
election. The three members of the county board of supervisors who
are already holding office continue to serve their four-year terms of
office without regard to whether they are residents of the newly redrawn
supervisorial districts for the remainder of those four-year
terms. Thereafter, members of the board of supervisors must be
residents of their supervisorial district and the term of office for members of
that county board of supervisors shall be staggered four-year terms.

3. For the election at which the question of whether
the county shall elect five members to the board of supervisors is on the
ballot, the county shall include in the publicity pamphlet an estimate of the
cost to the county for each additional member to the board of supervisors.

4. For the purposes of this subsection,
"population" means the population according to the annual population
estimate provided by the office of economic opportunity.
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Sec. 2. Section 11-212, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

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11-212.

Supervisorial districts

a.
The board of supervisors
shall meet at the county seat on or before December 1 following the release of
the United States decennial census data and divide the county into three
,

or

five
, seven or nine
supervisorial districts as provided in this
article, which shall be numbered, respectively
:
,

1.
Districts one, two and
three
.

or

2.
Districts one, two, three,
four and five.

3. districts one, two, three, four,
five, six and seven.

4. districts one, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight and nine.

b.
The board shall define the
boundaries and limits of each district and make the division equal or with not
more than ten
per cent
percent

difference in population.� The county may redistrict as often as deemed
necessary between each United States decennial census.
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Sec. 3. Section 48-5105, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

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48-5105.

Board of directors

A. A board composed of the following members shall
govern the authority:

1. From each municipality that enters into the
authority, one elected official who is appointed by the respective governing
body of the municipality.

2. One county supervisor who is appointed by the
county board of supervisors, if the county enters into the authority.

B. The term of each member is two years unless the
member is no longer serving in the member's elected capacity, in which case the
membership is vacant. The respective governing body shall fill a
vacancy under subsection A of this section.

C. Each municipality or county may provide for an
alternate board member who is also an elected official. Section 11-211,
subsection
A
b
does not apply
to a county supervisor serving on the board. If an elected official
of a municipality is prohibited from serving on the board, the governing body
of the municipality shall appoint an official of the municipality who is not
prohibited from serving on the board.

D. The voting members of the authority are entitled
to one vote for each member unless a voting member requests a weighted
vote. If a weighted vote is requested, the following apply:

1. Each member of the board is entitled to a
percentage vote based on the proportion of the population the member represents
to the total population represented by all members of the board, except as
provided in paragraph 4 of this subsection.

2. If a municipality is a member of the board, its
proportion of the population shall be calculated on the basis of the population
in the incorporated area of the municipality.

3. If the county is a member of the board, its
proportion of the population shall be calculated on the basis of the population
in the unincorporated area of the county.

4. The weighted vote of any single member shall not
exceed forty
per cent

percent
of the
total weighted vote. If any member's proportion of the population as
calculated in this subsection entitles it to a weighted vote in excess of forty

per cent
percent
, the limitation on
its percentage does not affect the calculation of the weighted vote of each
other member.

E. For the purpose of preliminary approval of a
regional public transportation system plan, the voting provisions of subsection
D of this section apply, except that if a weighted vote is requested, in
addition to the provisions provided in subsection D of this section relating to
a weighted vote, a minimum of one-third of the voting members is also required
for preliminary approval of the plan.
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Sec. 4.
Effective date

Sections 11-211, 11-212 and 48-5105,
Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by this act, are effective from and after
December 31, 2032.