Arizona 56th Legislature - Second Regular Session Status: In Committee 5 R cosponsors

SB 1292 — Maricopa county; division; new counties

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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 56th Legislature - Second Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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What changed in the latest version

148 added · 236 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendment to SB 1292 replaces extensive details about boundary definitions related to Maricopa County with a specific focus on Gila County's boundaries. By clearly outlining the borders of Gila County, the amendment clarifies land jurisdiction and governance in the area. This change matters because it can affect local planning, resource management, and legal jurisdiction within Gila County, potentially impacting residents and businesses in the region.

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REFERENCE TITLE:
Fifty-sixth Legislature Government Second Regular Session S.B.
Maricopa county;
1292 PROPOSED SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B.
division;
1292 (Reference to printed bill) Page 1, between lines 1 and 2, insert:
new counties State of Arizona Senate Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session SB 1292 Introduced by Senators Hoffman:
Wadsack;
Representatives Carter, Chaplik, Heap, Hendrix, Jones, Kolodin, McGarr, Parker B, Parker J, Smith AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 11-109, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES;
AMENDING TITLE 11, CHAPTER 1, ARTICLE 1, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING SECTIONS 11-118, 11-119 AND 11-120;
RELATING TO LOCATION OF COUNTIES.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) - i - SB 1292 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 11-109, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
Title 11, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 11-106.01, to read:
11-109.
11-106.01.
Maricopa county Maricopa county, the county seat of which is Phoenix, is bounded as follows:
Gila county NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION 11-106, GILA COUNTY IS BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS:
Commencing at a point where the meridian line one hundred thirteen degrees twenty minutes west longitude, as defined by the Atwood survey of 1918, intersects the second standard parallel south, being the northwest corner of Pima county;
COMMENCING AT THE EASTERN POINT WHERE THE BOUNDARY OF MARICOPA COUNTY INTERSECTS WITH THE BOUNDARY OF GILA COUNTY AND THE BOUNDARY OF PINAL COUNTY;
thence north on such survey line and along the east boundaries of Yuma and La Paz counties to the point where the meridian line one hundred thirteen degrees twenty minutes west longitude, as surveyed, intersects the thirty-fourth parallel north latitude, as defined by the Thompson survey of 1924;
THENCE WEST TO THE SOUTHEASTERN POINT WHERE THE BOUNDARY OF MARICOPA COUNTY AND THE BOUNDARY OF PINAL COUNTY MEET;
thence east on the thirty-fourth parallel north latitude, as defined, and along the southern boundary of Yavapai county to the point where the Hassayampa river intersects such parallel;
THENCE SOUTH TO THE POINT WHERE THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF MESA MEETS THE BOUNDARY OF PINAL COUNTY;
thence southeast in a direct line following the Thompson survey of 1924 to a point in the Agua Fria river two miles southerly and below the mouth of Humbug creek;
THENCE WEST ALONG THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF MESA UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF TEMPE;
thence northerly up the Agua Fria river to a point two miles southerly and below the place where the residence of J.
THENCE WEST FOLLOWING THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF TEMPE UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF SCOTTSDALE;
W.
THENCE WESTWARD ALONG THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF SCOTTSDALE UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH THE BOUNDARY OF THE TOWN OF PARADISE VALLEY;
Swilling stood on January 31, 1877;
THENCE WEST FOLLOWING THE BOUNDARY OF THE TOWN OF PARADISE VALLEY UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF SCOTTSDALE;
thence easterly in a direct line following the Thompson survey of 1924 to the point where the thirty-fourth parallel north latitude, as defined by such survey, intersects the Verde river;
THENCE NORTHWARD ALONG THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF SCOTTSDALE UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH THE BOUNDARY OF THE TOWN OF CAVE CREEK;
thence east on such parallel to the point where the parallel as surveyed intersects the summit of the Mazatzal range of mountains;
THENCE FOLLOWING THE BOUNDARY OF THE TOWN OF CAVE CREEK WEST UNTIL THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE TOWN OF CAVE CREEK;
thence southerly along the summit of the Mazatzal range of mountains to the point where such range of mountains intersects the centerline of the Salt river;
THENCE WESTWARD TO A POINT PERPENDICULAR TO NORTH SEVENTH STREET;
thence easterly up the Salt river to the mouth of Tonto creek;
THENCE NORTHWARD PARALLEL TO NORTH SEVENTH STREET UNTIL INTERSECTING WITH THE BOUNDARY OF YAVAPAI COUNTY;
thence southerly in a direct line toward a mountain known as the "Water Shed," and along the western boundary of Gila county to the point where such line and boundary intersects the north line of township one north;
THENCE EAST TO THE INTERSECTION OF THE BOUNDARY OF YAVAPAI COUNTY AND THE BOUNDARY OF GILA COUNTY." Senate Amendments to S.B.
thence west on the north line of township one north and along the northern boundary of Pinal county to the point where such line intersects the eastern line of range seven east;
1292 Renumber to conform Page 1, line 44, strike "COMMENCING AT THE NORTHWESTERN BORDER OF THE" Strike line 45 Strike pages 2 through 4 Page 5, strike lines 1 through 25, insert:
thence south on the eastern line of range seven east to the point where such line intersects the southern line of township two south;
"COMMENCING AT THE POINT WHERE INTERSTATE TEN INTERSECTS THE BOUNDARY OF PINAL COUNTY;
thence west on such line to the point where such line intersects the Gila river;
THENCE WEST ALONG THE BOUNDARY OF PINAL COUNTY UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH A POINT PERPENDICULAR TO WEST OCOTILLO ROAD;
thence northerly and westerly down the Gila river to the point where the river intersects the eastern line of range one east, being the northwest corner of Pinal county;
THENCE WEST UNTIL THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY;
thence south on such line to the point where such line intersects the second standard parallel south, being the southwest corner of Pinal county;
THENCE NORTH TO THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF AVONDALE;
thence west on such parallel to the point where it intersects the meridian line one hundred thirteen degrees twenty minutes west longitude, as defined by the Atwood survey of 1918, being the place of beginning.
THENCE FOLLOWING THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF AVONDALE NORTH UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF LITCHFIELD PARK;
COMMENCING AT THE NORTHWESTERN BORDER OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE AT 75TH AVENUE AND PINNACLE PEAK ROAD, THENCE EAST ALONG - 1 - SB 1292 THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE;
THENCE NORTH ALONG THE EASTERN BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF LITCHFIELD PARK UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE;
THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE TO THE POINT WHERE THE BOUNDARY INTERSECTS THUNDERBIRD ROAD;
THENCE FOLLOWING THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE EAST UNTIL THE INTERSECTION OF FORTY-THIRD AVENUE;
THENCE EAST ALONG THUNDERBIRD ROAD TO THE POINT WHERE THUNDERBIRD ROAD INTERSECTS CAVE CREEK ROAD;
THENCE NORTH ALONG THE EASTERN BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH BELL ROAD;
THENCE EAST FOLLOWING ALONG CACTUS ROAD TO THE POINT WHERE CACTUS ROAD INTERSECTS TATUM BOULEVARD;
THENCE EAST ALONG BELL ROAD UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF SCOTTSDALE;
THENCE SOUTH ALONG TATUM BOULEVARD TO THE NORTHWEST BOUNDARY OF THE TOWN OF PARADISE VALLEY;
THENCE FOLLOWING THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF SCOTTSDALE SOUTH UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH THE BOUNDARY OF THE TOWN OF PARADISE VALLEY;
THENCE SOUTH FOLLOWING THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF PHOENIX TO THE POINT WHERE THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF PHOENIX INTERSECTS THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF TEMPE ON MCDOWELL ROAD, THENCE SOUTH AND THENCE EAST FOLLOWING THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF TEMPE CONTINUING TO THE POINT WHERE THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF TEMPE INTERSECTS THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF PHOENIX;
THENCE WEST FOLLOWING THE BOUNDARY OF THE TOWN OF PARADISE VALLEY UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF SCOTTSDALE;
THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE WESTERN BORDER OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER;
THENCE FOLLOWING THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF SCOTTSDALE UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH THE SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIAN RESERVATION;
THENCE EAST ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER;
THENCE FOLLOWING SOUTH ALONG THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF TEMPE UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH UNITED STATES ROUTE SIXTY;
THENCE SOUTH TO WHERE IT INTERSECTS THE MERIDIAN LINE ONE HUNDRED THIRTEEN DEGREES TWENTY MINUTES WEST LONGITUDE;
THENCE FOLLOWING UNITED STATES ROUTE SIXTY WEST UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH INTERSTATE TEN;
THENCE WEST ALONG THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF PINAL COUNTY TO THE POINT WHERE SUCH LINE INTERSECTS THE EASTERN LINE OF RANGE SEVEN EAST;
THENCE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE TEN SOUTH UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH THE BOUNDARY OF THE TOWN OF GUADALUPE;
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THENCE SOUTH ON THE EASTERN LINE OF RANGE SEVEN EAST TO THE POINT WHERE SUCH LINE INTERSECTS THE SOUTHERN LINE OF TOWNSHIP TWO SOUTH;
THENCE EAST FOLLOWING THE BOUNDARY OF TOWN OF GUADALUPE UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH INTERSTATE TEN;
THENCE WEST ON SUCH LINE TO THE POINT WHERE SUCH LINE INTERSECTS THE GILA RIVER;
THENCE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE TEN SOUTH UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH THE BOUNDARY OF PINAL COUNTY." -2- Senate Amendments to S.B.
THENCE NORTHERLY AND WESTERLY DOWN THE GILA RIVER TO THE POINT WHERE THE RIVER INTERSECTS THE EASTERN LINE OF RANGE ONE EAST, BEING THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF PINAL COUNTY;
1292 Sec.
THENCE SOUTH TO THE THIRTY-THIRD PARALLEL FOLLOWING A DIRECT LINE ALONG THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE GILA RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION;
3 Title 11, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding sections 11-113.01, 11-115.01, 11-116.01 and 11-117.01, to read:
THENCE NORTH ALONG THE EASTERN BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF GOODYEAR;
11-113.01.
THENCE NORTH ALONG THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF AVONDALE TO WHERE INTERSECTS THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE;
Pinal county NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION 11-113, PINAL COUNTY IS BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS:
THENCE FOLLOWING THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE TO THE NORTHWESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE, WHICH IS THE PLACE OF BEGINNING.
COMMENCING WHERE INTERSTATE TEN INTERSECTS WITH THE BOUNDARY OF PINAL COUNTY;
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THENCE NORTH FOLLOWING INTERSTATE TEN UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH THE BOUNDARY OF THE TOWN OF GUADALUPE;
2.
THENCE FOLLOWING THE EASTERN BOUNDARY OF THE TOWN OF GUADALUPE UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH INTERSTATE TEN;
Title 11, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding sections 11-118, 11-119 and 11-120, to read:
THENCE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE TEN UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH UNITED STATES HIGHWAY SIXTY;
11-118.
THENCE EAST ALONG UNITED STATES HIGHWAY SIXTY UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF MESA;
Hohokam county HOHOKAM COUNTY IS BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS:
THENCE CONTINUING EAST ALONG THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF MESA UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH THE BOUNDARY OF PINAL COUNTY.
SOUTH ON THE NORTHWESTERN POINT WHERE GILA COUNTY TO THE POINT WHERE SUCH LINE INTERSECTS THE SECOND STANDARD PARALLEL SOUTH, BEING THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF PINAL COUNTY;
11-115.01.
THENCE WEST ON SUCH PARALLEL TO THE POINT WHERE IT INTERSECTS THE MERIDIAN LINE ONE HUNDRED THIRTEEN DEGREES TWENTY MINUTES WEST LONGITUDE TO THE WESTERN BORDER OF SUN LAKES AT PRICE ROAD;
Yavapai county NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION 11-115, YAVAPAI COUNTY IS BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS:
THENCE NORTH ALONG THE WESTERN BORDER OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER;
COMMENCING AT THE CORNER WHERE THE BOUNDARY OF YAVAPAI COUNTY, THE BOUNDARY OF LA PAZ COUNTY AND THE BOUNDARY OF MARICOPA COUNTY INTERSECT;
THENCE WEST ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER;
THENCE SOUTH TO THE POINT WHERE INTERSTATE TEN INTERSECTS THE BOUNDARY OF LA PAZ COUNTY;
THENCE NORTH ALONG THE WESTERN BORDER OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER;
THENCE EAST ALONG INTERSTATE TEN UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF BUCKEYE;
THENCE EAST ALONG THE NORTHERN BORDER OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER;
THENCE NORTH FOLLOWING THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF BUCKEYE UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF LITCHFIELD PARK;
THENCE NORTH ALONG THE BORDER OF THE CITY OF MESA CONTINUING TO THE NORTHWESTERN POINT WHERE GILA COUNTY INTERSECTS, WHICH IS THE PLACE OF BEGINNING.
THENCE EAST ALONG THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF LITCHFIELD PARK UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF PHOENIX;
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THENCE EAST ALONG THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF PHOENIX UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH FORTY-THIRD AVENUE;
Mogollon county MOGOLLON COUNTY IS BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS:
THENCE NORTH ALONG THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH BELL ROAD;
COMMENCING AT THE AGUA FRIA RIVER TWO MILES SOUTHERLY AND BELOW THE MOUTH OF HUMBUG CREEK;
THENCE EAST ALONG BELL ROAD UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF SCOTTSDALE;
THENCE NORTHERLY UP THE AGUA FRIA RIVER TO A POINT TWO MILES SOUTHERLY AND BELOW THE PLACE WHERE THE RESIDENCE OF J.
THENCE NORTH ALONG THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF SCOTTSDALE UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH THE BOUNDARY OF THE TOWN OF CAVE CREEK;
W.
THENCE WEST FOLLOWING THE BOUNDARY OF THE TOWN OF CAVE CREEK TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER;
SWILLING STOOD ON JANUARY 31, 1877;
THENCE WEST UNTIL -3- Senate Amendments to S.B.
THENCE EASTERLY IN A DIRECT LINE FOLLOWING THE THOMPSON SURVEY OF 1924 TO THE POINT WHERE THE THIRTY-FOURTH PARALLEL NORTH LATITUDE, AS DEFINED BY SUCH SURVEY, INTERSECTS THE VERDE RIVER;
1292 PERPENDICULAR TO NORTH SEVENTH STREET;
THENCE EAST ON SUCH PARALLEL TO THE POINT WHERE THE PARALLEL AS SURVEYED INTERSECTS THE SUMMIT OF THE MAZATZAL RANGE OF MOUNTAINS;
THENCE NORTH UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH THE BOUNDARY OF YAVAPAI COUNTY.
THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG THE SUMMIT OF THE MAZATZAL RANGE OF MOUNTAINS TO THE POINT WHERE SUCH RANGE OF MOUNTAINS INTERSECTS THE CENTERLINE OF THE SALT RIVER;
11-116.01.
THENCE EASTERLY UP THE SALT RIVER TO THE MOUTH OF TONTO CREEK;
Yuma county NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION 11-116, YUMA COUNTY IS BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS:
THENCE SOUTHERLY IN A DIRECT LINE TOWARD A MOUNTAIN KNOWN AS THE "WATER SHED" AND ALONG THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF GILA COUNTY TO THE POINT WHERE SUCH LINE AND BOUNDARY INTERSECTS THE NORTH LINE OF TOWNSHIP ONE NORTH;
COMMENCING AT THE POINT WHERE INTERSTATE EIGHT INTERSECTS THE BOUNDARY OF YUMA COUNTY;
THENCE WEST FOLLOWING THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF MESA TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE SALT RIVER PIMA—MARICOPA INDIAN RESERVATION TO THE BORDER OF THE CITY OF SCOTTSDALE TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE TOWN OF PARADISE VALLEY CONTINUING NORTHWARD TO THE NORTHWESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE TOWN OF PARADISE VALLEY AT SHEA BOULEVARD AND TATUM BOULEVARD;
THENCE EAST UNTIL THE POINT WHERE INTERSTATE EIGHT INTERSECTS PAINTER ROCK DAM ROAD;
THENCE NORTH FOLLOWING TATUM BOULEVARD TO CACTUS ROAD;
THENCE NORTH FROM THE POINT WHERE INTERSTATE EIGHT INTERSECTS PAINTER ROCK DAM ROAD UNTIL THE INTERSECTION WITH THE BOUNDARY OF THE GILA RIVER;
THENCE WEST FOLLOWING CACTUS ROAD TO THE POINT WHERE CACTUS ROAD INTERSECTS CAVE CREEK ROAD;
THENCE FOLLOWING THE BOUNDARY OF THE GILA RIVER EAST UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF BUCKEYE;
THENCE WEST FOLLOWING THUNDERBIRD ROAD TO THE POINT WHERE THUNDERBIRD ROAD INTERSECTS THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE;
THENCE EAST FOLLOWING THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF BUCKEYE UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH A POINT PARALLEL TO WEST PATTERSON ROAD;
THENCE NORTH FOLLOWING THE EASTERN BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE;
THENCE EAST UNTIL THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF GOODYEAR;
THENCE NORTH FOLLOWING THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF PHOENIX;
THENCE EAST FOLLOWING THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF GOODYEAR UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH THE BOUNDARY OF PINAL COUNTY;
THENCE WEST FOLLOWING THE NORTHERN BORDER OF THE CITY OF PEORIA TO THE POINT ON THE AGUA FRIA RIVER, WHICH IS THE PLACE OF BEGINNING.
THENCE SOUTH FOLLOWING ALONG OF THE BOUNDARY OF PINAL COUNTY UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH THE BOUNDARY OF PIMA COUNTY;
11-120.
THENCE FOLLOWING WEST ALONG THE BOUNDARY OF PIMA COUNTY UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH THE BOUNDARY OF YUMA COUNTY.
O'odham county O'ODHAM COUNTY IS BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS:
11-117.01.
COMMENCING AT A POINT WHERE THE MERIDIAN LINE ONE HUNDRED THIRTEEN DEGREES TWENTY MINUTES WEST LONGITUDE, AS DEFINED BY THE ATWOOD SURVEY OF 1918, INTERSECTS THE SECOND STANDARD PARALLEL SOUTH, BEING THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF PIMA COUNTY;
La Paz county NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION 11-117, LA PAZ COUNTY IS BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS:
THENCE NORTH ON SUCH SURVEY LINE AND ALONG THE EAST BOUNDARIES OF YUMA AND LA PAZ COUNTIES TO THE POINT WHERE THE MERIDIAN LINE ONE HUNDRED THIRTEEN DEGREES TWENTY MINUTES WEST LONGITUDE, AS SURVEYED, INTERSECTS THE THIRTY-FOURTH PARALLEL NORTH LATITUDE, AS DEFINED BY THE THOMPSON SURVEY OF 1924;
COMMENCING AT THE POINT WHERE THE BOUNDARY OF LA PAZ COUNTY, THE BOUNDARY OF YUMA COUNTY AND THE BOUNDARY OF MARICOPA COUNTY INTERSECT;
THENCE EAST ON THE THIRTY-FOURTH PARALLEL NORTH LATITUDE, AS DEFINED, AND ALONG THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF YAVAPAI COUNTY TO THE POINT WHERE THE HASSAYAMPA RIVER INTERSECTS SUCH PARALLEL;
THENCE NORTH UNTIL THE POINT WHERE INTERSTATE TEN INTERSECTS WITH THE BOUNDARY OF LA PAZ COUNTY;
THENCE SOUTHEAST IN A DIRECT LINE FOLLOWING THE THOMPSON SURVEY OF 1924 TO THE THIRTY-FOURTH PARALLEL NORTH LATITUDE WHERE IT INTERSECTS THE BORDER OF THE CITY OF PEORIA BOUNDARIES;
THENCE EAST ALONG INTERSTATE TEN UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF BUCKEYE;
THENCE EAST FOLLOWING THE BORDER OF THE CITY OF PEORIA AND SOUTH FOLLOWING THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF PEORIA AND - 3 - SB 1292 WEST ALONG NORTHERN AVENUE CONTINUING ALONG THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF EL MIRAGE, THENCE NORTH ALONG THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF EL MIRAGE TO THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF SURPRISE TO THE NORTHWESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE THENCE SOUTH FOLLOWING THE EASTERN BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF GOODYEAR TO THE THIRTY-THIRD PARALLEL NORTH LATITUDE IN A DIRECT LINE TO THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE GILA RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION TO WHERE IT INTERSECTS THE BORDER OF PINAL COUNTY;
THENCE NORTH ALONG THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF BUCKEYE UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF GOODYEAR;
THENCE SOUTH FOLLOWING THE BORDER OF PINAL COUNTY TO WHERE IT INTERSECTS THE BORDER OF PIMA COUNTY;
THENCE EAST ALONG THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF GOODYEAR UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF LITCHFIELD;
THEN WEST FOLLOWING THE NORTHERN BORDER OF PIMA COUNTY TO THE COMMENCEMENT POINT, WHICH IS THE PLACE OF BEGINNING.
THENCE EAST ALONG THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF LITCHFIELD PARK UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF AVONDALE;
Sec.
THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF AVONDALE UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH THE GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY;
3.
THENCE SOUTH FOLLOWING THE BOUNDARY OF THE GILA -4- Senate Amendments to S.B.
Maricopa county division;
1292 RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH PINAL COUNTY;
procedures A.
THENCE SOUTH UNTIL A POINT PERPENDICULAR TO SCHUMACHER LANE;
Maricopa county operations shall continue in their existing form through a transition period of not more than three years after the effective date of this act.
THENCE FOLLOWING THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF GOODYEAR WEST UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH THE BOUNDARY OF BUCKEYE;
On the election of the boards of supervisors in Hohokam, Maricopa, Mogollon and O'odham counties, the existing Maricopa county operations shall continue under the supervision of the intercounty oversight and accountability board for the duration of the transition period.
THENCE FOLLOWING WEST ALONG THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF BUCKEYE UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH THE BOUNDARY OF THE GILA RIVER;
The current Maricopa county board of supervisors shall retain authority over the operation of Maricopa county during the transition period until the boards of supervisors in Hohokam, Maricopa, Mogollon and O'odham counties are sworn into office.
THENCE FOLLOWING THE BOUNDARY OF THE GILA RIVER SOUTH UNTIL A POINT DIRECTLY NORTH OF THE POINT WHERE INTERSTATE EIGHT INTERSECTS PAINTER ROCK DAM ROAD;
The swearing in shall take place not later than June 15, 2024.
THENCE SOUTH UNTIL INTERSECTING INTERSTATE EIGHT;
B.
THENCE EAST ALONG INTERSTATE EIGHT UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH THE BOUNDARY OF YUMA COUNTY." Renumber to conform Amend title to conform JAKE HOFFMAN 12920425.docx 02/13/2024 04:25 PM S:
The boards of supervisors in Hohokam, Maricopa, Mogollon and O'odham counties shall be elected at a special election within one hundred twenty days after the effective date of this act.
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The supervisors shall be elected to staggered, abbreviated terms to serve until the next presidential election.
Supervisors shall be elected at large for their initial terms and shall be elected by supervisorial district at subsequent elections.
The board of supervisors shall approve supervisorial districts within one hundred eighty days after being sworn in.
C.
Currently elected Maricopa county supervisors will continue in their elected capacities for the remainder of their terms.
If a currently elected Maricopa county supervisor's supervisory district is located within Hohokam, Mogollon or O'odham counties, that supervisor will continue the supervisor's currently elected term in the new county in which the supervisory district is located.
D.
The chairperson of each county's board of supervisors shall serve on an intercounty oversight and accountability board during the three-year transition period.
The board shall make intercounty decisions and enter into mutually beneficial shared use or intergovernmental agreements for the continuation of services for Hohokam, Maricopa, Mogollon and O'odham counties.
The board will terminate at the end of the transition period.
The board may be continued if approved by a majority of the boards of supervisors of Hohokam, Maricopa, Mogollon and O'odham counties.
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Control of existing special districts will be assumed by the county in which the special district is located.
If a special district is located within more than one county, the counties shall enter into an intergovernmental agreement regarding control of the special district within one year after the election of the county board of supervisors.
F.
The elected boards of supervisors in Hohokam, Mogollon and O'odham counties will determine an application process for municipalities to apply to be the county seat.
The county seat shall be determined at a special election to take place not more than one hundred twenty days after the election of the boards of supervisors in Hohokam, Mogollon and O'odham counties.
G.
Hohokam, Maricopa, Mogollon and O'odham counties may enter into a ten-year shared use agreement for the use of existing shared capital assets.
The counties shall divide furniture, fixtures and equipment on a pro-rata basis based on the furniture, fixtures and equipment located in each county.
H.
The election of unfilled elected county seats in Hohokam, Maricopa, Mogollon and O'odham counties shall take place at the same time as the election of the boards of supervisors in Hohokam, Maricopa, Mogollon and O'odham counties.
Current elected officials shall finish their current terms in the county in which they reside.
I.
Hohokam, Maricopa, Mogollon and O'odham counties shall enter into an intergovernmental agreement for the continued operation of community colleges for a period of not less than ten years after the effective date of this act.
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Conforming legislation The legislative council staff shall prepare proposed legislation conforming the Arizona Revised Statutes to the provisions of this act for consideration in the fifty-seventh legislature, first regular session.
Sec.
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Effective date This act is effective from and after December 31, 2024.
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Who sponsors SB 1292?
SB 1292 is sponsored by Alexander Kolodin (Republican), Rachel Keshel (Republican), Laurin Hendrix (Republican), Joseph Chaplik, Neal Carter (Republican), Jake Hoffman (Republican), Justine Wadsack, Justin Heap, Cory McGarr, Barbara Parker, Jacqueline Parker, and Austin Smith.
What is the current status of SB 1292?
This bill died with 56th Legislature - Second Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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