UPDATED 2018 PRESENTATION.PPT

MARICOPA COUNTY
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
2018 LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE
OCTOBER 2, 2017

SENATE LEADERSHIP
Senate Majority Leadership
President: Steve Yarbrough – LD 17*
Leader: Kimberly Yee – LD 20*
Whip: Gail Griffin – LD 14
President Pro Tempore: Debbie Lesko – LD 21
Senate Minority Leadership
Leader: Katie Hobbs – LD 24*
Assistant Leader: Steve Farley – LD 9
Whip: Lupe Contreras – LD 19*
Whip: Martin Quezada – LD 29*
*District in Maricopa County

HOUSE LEADERSHIP
House Majority Leadership
Speaker: JD Mesnard – LD 17*
Leader: John Allen – LD 15*
Whip: Kelly Townsend – LD 16*
Speaker Pro Tempore: T.J. Shope – LD 8
House Minority Leadership
Leader: Rebecca Rios – LD 27*
Assistant Leader: Randall Friese – LD 9
Whip: Charlene Fernandez – LD 4*
*District in Maricopa County

STATE SHIFTS TO MARICOPA COUNTY
 100% of Judges Salaries - $10,095,929
 Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections – $6,724,128
 Arizona Department of Revenue – $3,982,970
 Sexually Violent Persons – $2,345,000

POTENTIAL IMPACT OF EORP
EORP currently receives money from four primary sources:
• Employee contributions that are statutorily capped at 13% of the
member’s gross salary
• Employer contributions that are statutorily capped at 23.5% of
employee compensation
• An annual state contribution of $5 million
• Various court fees
The cost to float the employer rate last year would have resulted in an
increase of that rate from 23.5% to 53.7%, which would cost the county
$8,314,153.
The current cost of the increase is not yet known, but the estimate should
be available in the coming weeks.

COUNTY LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS
Clerk of the Board
Appointment to Fill a Legislative Vacancy
• Mirrors the process currently used to appoint a
person to fill a legislative vacancy in a district and
county with at least thirty elected Precinct
Committeemen, for a district and county with less
than thirty.

COUNTY LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS
Correctional Health
Follow Up Disease Testing in Correctional Facilities
• Expands the statutory definition of public safety
employee or volunteer to allow a health care worker,
mental healthcare worker, or authorized visitor in a
correctional facility to request follow up disease
testing after an assault.

COUNTY LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS
Flood Control District
SB 1308 Clean Up
• Clean up to legislation passed last year to streamline the process
used to grant easements and leases of Flood Control District
real property.
• Strikes the word “County” twice and replaces it with “District”.

COUNTY LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS
Public Defender
Postconviction Relief Proceedings Counsel Appointments
• Allows the Presiding Judge of a county to establish and maintain a
list for qualified counsel to represent capital defendants in
postconviction relief proceedings.
• Gives the Presiding Judge power to appoint counsel for
postconviction relief proceedings.

IMPORTANT DATES
CSA Legislative Summit
October 24 - 26, 2017
Government Relations Training Session
November 15, 2017
Legislature Convenes
January 8, 2018

STAY INFORMED
The Weekend Update
Online Legislative Tracking
Government Relations Trainings
www.maricopa.gov/GovernmentRelations

STAY IN TOUCH
Rick Bohan – (602) 506-3056
RichardBohan@mail.maricopa.gov
Michelle Hindman – (602) 506-7075
HindmanM@mail.maricopa.gov
Danny De Hoog– (602) 506-4485
DeHoogD@mail.maricopa.gov
Selene Saucedo – (602) 506-3416
SaucedoS@mail.maricopa.gov