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The House and the Senate adjourned the Special Session on Thursday, February 11th without passing SB 1002, which addressed rollover payments to public K-12 schools and universities. The rollover payments could be addressed in the continuation of the regular session, once the Legislature begins work on the budget for the next fiscal year.
Budget Watch: Special Session Wrap-Up ~ AZ Public Media, February 12, 2010
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On Monday, February 8th, voting resumed in the House on the Special Session bills. Expectations were that the Special Session would conclude by this week, ensuring the sales-tax referral would make the February 16th deadline for the May 18th special election ballot.
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It was expected that Wednesday would see the Special Session coming to a close, but an unexpected shift came from the House when a Floor Amendment was added to SB 1002, which addresses public K-12 and university rollover payments. The amendment made passage of SB 1002 contingent upon the Senate passing a regular session bill, HB 2250, better known as the “Jobs Bill.” Both chambers adjourned for the day without the Senate voting on either the “Jobs Bill” or the newly amended K-12 and university payment rollover bill. The Special Session must conclude no later than Tuesday, February 16th in order for the state to hold a special election in May for the sales-tax.
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On Thursday, February 4th, all six of the Special Session bills listed below were passed out of the House Appropriations Committee. Only two bills — SB 1001 and SCR 1001 — were voted on by the full House. The remaining bills were held, presumably until Monday, February 8th. Vote details have been updated below.
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**Note: SCR 1001: Temporary Sales Tax; Repeal was not included in prior postings due to an oversight. Information related to the bill and how each committee/chamber voted is located below.
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On Wednesday, February 3rd, all Special Session bills were assigned by the Speaker of the House to the House Committee on Appropriations, which is scheduled to meet Thursday, February 4th at 11 AM in House Hearing Room 1. Agenda can be found here. Link for live feed to HHR 1 available here. See below for related bills and Senate vote detail.
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On Monday, February 1st, Governor Brewer issued a proclamation, calling for a sixth Special Session to run concurrent with the regular session.
Areas to be addressed in Special Session, as prescribed by Governor Brewer’s proclamation:
- Adjustments to address the fiscal year 2009-2010 state budget, including additional education rollover payments and sale-leaseback of state assets.
. - A referendum to the voters to impose a temporary tax for the purpose of raising state revenues necessary to protect essential state services.
. - Proration of income tax deductions for out of state filers.
. - The issuance of lottery revenue bonds, including required adjustments to the state lottery program.
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Following the proclamation, related bills were assigned to today’s agenda for the Senate’s Committee on Natural Resources, Infrastructure, and Public Debt, where bills passed by unanimous vote and moved to the Senate to be voted on the Committee of the Whole.
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All Special Session related bills where passed out of the Senate and transmitted to the House, where they have been assigned to be heard in the House Committee on Rules. Vote detail for both committee and the House will be updated as they are available.
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Bills considered during Special Session:
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SB 1002 Budget reconciliation; Appropriations; Education: Defers in FY 2010 Basic State Aid (BSA) and Additional State Aid (ASA) to school districts and payments to the Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) and makes appropriations for the same amounts in FY 2011.
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Translation: Rolls over payments due K-12 and universities; deferring payment to as late as August of 2010. This is not a cut to funding, rather a deferment of payment.
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View Senate vote detail by clicking here.
Status: Transmitted to the House. Passed House Committee on Rules. Assigned to House Appropriations.
View House Appropriations vote detail by clicking here.
Status: Bill was held over for consideration the week of 2/8/2010.
After adopting a Floor Amendment, SB 1002 passed the full House on 2/10/2010; 31 “Ayes”, 26 “Nays”, 2 “Not Voting”.
View full House voting detail by clicking here.
Status: Transmitted to the Senate 2/10/2010.
Bill died in Special Session.
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SB 1003 Revenue bonds; Lease-purchase finance: Requires the Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA) to issue State Lottery Revenue Bonds and enter into lease-purchase agreements of the state owned facilities.
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Translation: State will write bonds for future state lottery revenue. Allows the state to sell and leaseback state buildings.
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View Senate vote detail by clicking here.
Status: Transmitted to the House. Passed House Committee on Rules. Assigned to House Appropriations.
View House Appropriations vote detail by clicking here.
Status: Bill was held over for consideration the week of 2/8/2010.
Bill passed the full House on 2/9/2010; 31 “Ayes”, 27 “Nays”, 1 “Not Voting”.
View full House voting detail by clicking here.
Transmitted to the Senate and the Governor 2/9/2010.
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SB 1001 Statewide Special Election: An emergency measure that authorizes a special election on May 18, 2010 to submit to the voters constitutional amendments to provide for temporary taxes.
Translation: Makes provisions for special election in May for the temporary one-cent sales tax increase, as proposed in SCR 1001.
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View Senate vote detail by clicking here.
Status: Transmitted to the House. Passed House Committee on Rules. Assigned to House Appropriations.
View House Appropriations vote detail by clicking here.
Status: Bill was passed by the House 37 “Ayes”, 22 “Nays”. Transmitted to Governor 2/4/2010
View full House vote detail by clicking here.
Transmitted to the Governor 2/4/2010 and signed by the Governor 2/9/2010.
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SB 1005 Standard deduction; Nonresident; Prorate: Requires a nonresident taxpayer to prorate the standard deduction based on Arizona gross income (AGI) as a percent of federal adjusted gross income (FAGI). Contains requirements for enactment and becomes effective on signature of the Governor (Proposition 108).
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Translation: Makes adjustment to nonresident tax deductions.
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View Senate vote detail by clicking here.
Status: Transmitted to the House. Passed House Committee on Rules. Assigned to House Appropriations.
View House Appropriations vote detail by clicking here.
Status: Bill was held over for consideration the week of 2/8/2010.
Status: Bill was passed by the House 54 “Ayes”, 3 “Nays”, 2 “Not Voting” on 2/8/2010.
View full House vote detail by clicking here.
Transmitted to the Governor on 2/8/2010 and signed by the Governor on 2/9/2010.
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SB 1004 State lottery; Authorization: Effective June 20, 2012, conditional on the enactment of [SB 1003], authorizes the Arizona State Lottery (Lottery) through June 30, 2035.
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Translation: Upon the passage of SB 1003, the state to borrow against future lottery revenue.
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View Senate vote detail by clicking here.
Status: Transmitted to the House. Passed House Committee on Rules. Assigned to House Appropriations.
View House Appropriations vote detail by clicking here.
Status: Bill was held over for consideration the week of 2/8/2010.
Status: Bill passed by the House 40 “Ayes”, 17 “Nays”, 2 “Not Voting” on 2/8/2010.
View full House voting detail by clicking here.
Transmitted to the Governor on 2/8/2010. Signed by the Governor on 2/9/2010.
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SCR 1001 Temporary Sales Tax; Repeal: If approved by the voters, proposes a temporary amendment to the Arizona Constitution to provide a 1% increase of the state TPT [transaction privilege tax] and use tax imposed on the current taxable base subject to a rate of 5% or more. If passed, tax would go into effect June 1, 2010 and would be repealed May 31, 2013.
Directs the tax revenues to be separately accounted for in the state General Fund as follows:
- Two-thirds appropriated to public primary and secondary education.
- One-third appropriated to health and human services and public safety
View Senate vote detail by clicking here.
View House Appropriations vote detail by clicking here.
Status: Bill passed the House: 34 “Ayes”, 25 “Nays”.
View House vote detail by clicking here.
Bill transmitted to the Secretary of State.
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Related News Articles:
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Arizona Legislature ends special session on budget ~ Paul Davenport, Arizona Daily Star, February 11, 2010
Lawmakers’ moves put sales-tax in limbo ~ Mary Jo Pitzl, Arizona Republic, February 10, 2010
Legislature sends tax hike plan to ballot ~ Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services, East Valley Tribune, February 4, 2010
Public vote on sales-tax passes House ~ Mary Jo Pitzl, Arizona Republic, February 4, 2010
House to consider tax hike, deficit bills ~ Mary Jo Pitzl, Political Insider, AZ Central.com, February 3, 2010
Are There Enough Votes in the AZ House to Pass the Brewer Budget Package?~ Jim Nintzel, Tucson Weekly, February 3, 2010
Senate passes sales-tax referral ~ Political Insider, AZ Central.com, February 2, 2010
Arizona Senate approves ballot measure for sales tax hike ~ Mike Sunnucks, Phoenix Buisness Journal, February 2, 2010
AZ Senate backs May vote on sales tax hike ~ KOLD, Channel 13 Tucson, February 2, 2010
Governor Brewer’s Sixth Special Session Proclamation (2010).
Brewer Calls Special Session on Budget ~ KPHO, Channel 5 PHX, February 1, 2010
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