1. County Supervisors Association Legislative Report
Introduce yourself, including your title, your role in the organization and your years of service.
2017 ACMA Winter Conference
Craig Sullivan, Executive Director, CSA
February 3, 2017

2. State Budget: Structural Situation
Executive Budget Proposal
* Estimate 76
(1,266)
(3,000)
(3,401)
(2,203)
(409)
(364)
(411)
(737)
(36) 5 11 12 92
Surplus($M):

3. State Budget: Structural Balance
Governor’s Budget – Maintain the Structural Balance
FY2017
FY2018
FY2019
FY2020
On-Going Revenue
9,399.8
9,645.0
10,006.9
10,445.1
On-Going Spending
9,395.1
9,634.2
9,994.7
10,353.3
Ending Balance
119.1
16.9
27.2
116.9
Structural Balance
4.7
10.8
12.2
91.7

4. What about the counties in FY2018?
Highway User Revenue Fund (HURF) one-time distribution, $30M
Not in Baselines, JLBC mentions strong legislative support
Department of Juvenile Corrections (DJC) county offset, $8M
Maintains fee to counties in statute
County In-Lieu Lottery Revenues for 10 counties, $6M
Included in both Executive and JLBC Baselines
Flexibility Language
Attached to ongoing state cost shifts
Executive provides “omni” language for counties under 200,000

5. What about the counties in FY2018?
University Capital Investment Program
Redirects $37M Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT) revenues per year to repay $1B bond over 30 years
$6.5M comes from state-shared component costing counties $2.6M
Elected Officials Retirement Plan (EORP)
Impact of Post-Hall decision could cost as much as $62M
Maintains cost shift for ASH, DOR, and judge salaries
Since 2008, the cost shift impact on counties has been upwards of $500 million

6. County Agenda Counties have introduced more than 18 bills, including:
SB1316 jail districts; maintenance of effort (S. Allen)
HB2065 waste tire disposal; continuation (Coleman)
HB2152 Arizona emissions bank; credits; amendments (Bowers)
HB2230 intergovernmental public transportation authority; taxation (Shooter)

7. General Government
SB1243 misconduct involving weapons; public places (Kavanagh)
SB1344 firearms; state preemption; independent contractors (Kavanagh)
HB2048 legislative vacancies; appointment; requirements (Friese)
HB2143 public contracts; procurement (Leach)
HB2179 municipalities; counties; intergovernmental agreements; requirements (Ugenti-Rita)
HB2371 oversize commercial vehicles; local authority (John)
HB2365 wireless facilities; collocation; Rights of Way (Weninger)

8. Special Districts SB1376 compact; prosperity districts (Montenegro)
SB1404 community facilities districts; amendments (Lesko)
SB1480 revisions; community facilities districts (S. Smith)
HB2357 floodplain management regulations; nonstructural damage (Ugenti-Rita)

9. Risk Managment
SB1025 public entities; absolute immunity; defenses (Burges)
SB1333 worker’s compensation; claim settlement (Fann)
SB1407 worker’s compensation; employee definition; notice (Fann)

10. Transportation SB1445 vlt; registration fees; gas tax (Worsley)
SB1446 motor fuel taxes; county election (Worsley)
HB2329 vehicle insurance; renewal; fees; dps (Campbell)
HCR2011 motor vehicle fuel taxes Campbell)

11. Taxation and Finance HB2017 bonds; disclosure; notice (Leach)
HB2212 federal financial assistance; reports (Leach)
HB2213 GPLET reform; k-12 taxes (Leach)
HB2325 property tax assessment of greenhouses (Ugenti-Rita)
HB2367 public debt; reporting; penalties (Lovas)

12. Criminal Justice
SB 1157 competency hearings; jurisdiction; referral (Borrelli)
SB 1158 sentencing; court debts; fine mitigation (Borrelli)
SB 1160 driving violations; restricted licenses; penalties (Borrelli)
SB 1163 release procedures; hearings; bonds (Borrelli)

13. 1905 West Washington Street Phoenix, AZ 85009
Craig A. Sullivan
Executive Director
1905 West Washington Street Phoenix, AZ 85009
CSA is on @csaofaz & as County Supervisors Association of Arizona!