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SB1842 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet
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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session
VETOED
FACT SHEET FOR
H.B. 4149/S.B. 1842
2026-2027; local
government.
Purpose
Makes session law changes relating to local government necessary to
implement the FY 2027 state budget.
Background
The Arizona Constitution prohibits substantive law from being included in
the general appropriations, capital outlay appropriations and supplemental
appropriations bills. However, it is often necessary to make statutory and
session law changes to effectuate the budget. Thus, separate bills called
budget reconciliation bills (BRBs) are introduced to enact these provisions.
Because BRBs contain substantive law changes, the Arizona Constitution provides
that they become effective on the general effective date, unless an emergency
clause is enacted.
H.B. 4149 contains the budget reconciliation provisions for changes
relating to local government.
Provisions
1.
Continues
to allow a county with a population of fewer than 250,000 persons to meet any
fiscal obligation for FY 2027 from any source of county revenue designated by
the county, including monies of any countywide special taxing jurisdiction
where the board of supervisors serves as the board of directors.
2.
Continues
to cap, at $1,250,000, the amount of money a county may use for purposes
outside the county's revenue source.
3.
Continues
to require a county with a population of fewer than 250,000 persons, by October
1, 2026, to report to the Director of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee:
a)
whether the county used a revenue source for purposes other than the
revenue source's intended purposes to meet a county fiscal obligation; and
b)
the specific source and amount of revenues that the county intends to
use in FY 2027.
4.
Becomes
effective on the general effective date.
Governor's
Veto Message
The Governor
indicates in her
veto
message
that H.B. 4149, and this version of the FY 2027 state budget as a
whole, would cause Arizona to default on its debt obligations, endanger
vulnerable children, cut public safety funding and provide tax breaks for
billionaires, data centers and special interests. The Governor outlines her
specific concerns, including cuts to funding for specified agencies and
programs, and invites the Legislature to return to the negotiating table.
House Action
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Senate
Action
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(H.B. 4149
was substituted for S.B. 1842 on 3
rd
Read)
Vetoed by the Governor 5/5/26
Prepared by Senate Research
May 7, 2026
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SB1842 - 572R - S Ver
Senate Engrossed
2026-2027; local
government
State of Arizona
Senate
Fifty-seventh Legislature
Second Regular Session
2026
SENATE BILL 1842
AN
ACT
relating to local government.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it
enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1.
County fiscal obligations; report
A. Notwithstanding any
other law, for fiscal year 2026-2027, a county with a population of less than
two hundred fifty thousand persons according to the 2020 United States
decennial census may meet any county fiscal obligation from any source of
county revenue designated by the county, including monies of any countywide
special taxing jurisdiction of which the board of supervisors serves as the
board of directors. Under the authority provided in this subsection,
a county may not use more than $1,250,000 for purposes other than the purposes
of the revenue source.
B. On or before October 1,
2026, each county with a population of less than two hundred fifty thousand
persons according to the 2020 United States decennial census shall report to
the director of the joint legislative budget committee whether the county used
a revenue source for purposes other than the purposes of the revenue source to
meet a county fiscal obligation pursuant to subsection A of this section and,
if so, the specific revenue source and amount of revenues that the county
intends to use in fiscal year 2026-2027.