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Maricopa County supervisors adopt 2025 legislative package, including pursuit of jail excise tax authorization
Summary
The board adopted a four-item 2025 legislative package: seek authorization for a 20-year jail excise tax extension at the current rate; continue efforts to reverse the state's juvenile corrections cost shift on the county; require animal-bite owner contact information exchange; and a medical examiner statute cleanup on training requirements.
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors voted to adopt its proposed 2025 legislative package, which includes four priorities the county will pursue during the state legislative session beginning January 13, 2025.
The package's lead item is the Public Safety Funding Committee's recommendation: to seek legislative authorization and voter approval for a 20-year extension of the county's detention excise sales tax at the current rate of one-fifth of one cent. County staff told supervisors Arizona law requires…
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