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Sixth Special SessionOn Monday, February 1, 2010 Governor Brewer called for a Sixth Special Session to occur concurrently with the 49th Second Regular Session. The purpose of the call was to address the budget shortfall in FY 2010, specifically the following points of Executive interest:Read more... Update: Dual SessionThe week of February 1, 2010 was an exciting one at the State Legislature. The bill "drop" deadline has now passed for the Senate (February 1st) with the House deadline rapidly approaching (February 8th). As noted above, six special session bills have made their way through the Senate; the House voted on and passed two of the special session bills (SB1001-statewide special election and SCR1001-temporary sales tax; repeal) and adjourned until February 8th.Read more... Impact Fees (HB 2249 and HB 2259)Despite a new two-year freeze in impact fee rates and other changes to the impact fee statutes that went into effect in late November 2009, the House Government Committee passed two bills this week that make additional changes to impact fee statutes. The bills, requested by the Central Arizona Homebuilders Association and sponsored by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Gilbert), revisit items that have been the subject of hours of negotiations in previous years. However, there was no discussion with the League or its members before these bills showed up this session.Read more... HB 2596 free exercise of religionThe bill is sponsored by Rep. Steve Yarbrough (R-Chandler) and also passed out of the House Government Committee on Tuesday. The bill limits the abilities of cities and towns to use some zoning standards to site churches. The bill's sponsor says it is necessary because of the potential of local governments to arbitrarily reject the citing of churches in their communities. The intent of the bill is to make sure that churches are not held to a different standard from other commercial or non-profit uses.Read more... Bill Limits City Tax Collection OptionsA bill that would limit cities and towns from using any entity besides the Department of Revenue (DOR) or another city to collect municipal sales taxes will be heard next Monday (February 8) in the House Ways and Means Committee. House Bill 2512 - municipal taxes; auditors and collectors - is sponsored by Representative Rick Murphy (R-Glendale), who is also the chair of the Ways and Means Committee. The Arizona Tax Research Association (ATRA) strongly supports the bill and is its main proponent.Read more... 2010 NLC Congressional City ConferenceThe National League of Cities will host its 2010 Congressional City Conference from March 13-17, 2010 in Washington DC. Listed below are the three events specifically planned for Arizona conference delegates. Should you have any additional questions about this conference as your community prepares for the conference, please contact League staff.Read more... THE WEEKLY SPOTLIGHT
Dr. Meyer moved to Arizona when he was seven years old, attending Cocopah Elementary School and Chaparral High School. He earned a degree
in Economics from the University of Southern California and a medical degree from the University of Arizona Medical School. His
post-graduate training was in the specialty of emergency medicine at Portland's (Oregon) Providence Emergency Department, eventually
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