BOS PRESENTATION 09-28-2026_FINAL.PPT

Proposed 2027 Legislative Package

Proposed State Legislative Items
AIR QUALITY:
Nonattainment Area Boundary Recommendations
• Expand￿the￿county￿role￿in￿developing￿recommendations￿for￿
nonattainment￿area￿boundaries.
ANIMAL CARE & CONTROL: Home Quarantine
• Allow￿eligible,￿unvaccinated￿dogs￿to￿participate￿in￿a￿home￿
quarantine￿program￿after￿a￿bite￿incident.￿
CLERK OF THE BOARD:
Special District Hearing Timeframe
• Modify￿the￿timeframe￿for￿the￿hearing￿to￿form￿an￿Irrigation￿Water￿
Delivery￿District￿from￿20-40￿days￿to￿20-60￿days.￿

Proposed State Legislative Items
OFFICE OF BUDGET & FINANCE:
Expenditure Limit Penalty Waiver for Opioid Settlement Funds
• Extend￿the￿FY￿2027￿penalty￿waiver/relief￿for￿the￿use￿of￿opioid￿
settlement￿funds￿in￿excess￿of￿a￿county’s￿expenditure￿limitation.￿
OFFICE OF THE MEDICAL EXAMINER:
Minor Autopsy Records
• Amend￿statute￿to￿restore￿the￿ability￿of￿the￿Office￿of￿the￿Medical￿
Examiner￿to￿use￿anonymized￿images￿of￿minor￿decedents￿created￿
during￿a￿death￿investigation￿for￿legitimate￿medical￿education￿and￿
research￿purposes.￿

Proposed Stakeholder Engagement
FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT: Stormwater Discharge
• Engage with relevant stakeholders to discuss allowing flood control
districts to earn long-term storage credits for qualifying stormwater
and recharge water at permitted flood control facilities.

Important Dates
Arizona Legislative Calendar
• Opening Day: Monday, January 11, 2027
• Executive Budget Release: Friday, January 15, 2027
• 100-day Sine Die Target: Saturday, April 24, 2027

Thank You