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MARICOPA COUNTY GOVERNMENT RELATIONS 2016 LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE OCTOBER 5, 2015 IMPORTANT DATES § CSA Legislative Summit – October 13-15, 2015 § Legislature Convenes – January 11, 2016 STATE BUDGET § State currently reports a FY 15 ending balance of $266 million & estimates $219 million balance at the end of FY 16. § Still no settlement or ruling on education inflation issue. ($250 million per year) § Special Session? ADDITIONAL STATE FISCAL ISSUES § Presidential Preference Election Funding § Juvenile Corrections § Arizona Department of Revenue COUNTY LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS § Facilities Management • Provide a statutory exemption allowing a county to own or lease land outside its limits for the purpose of developing, operating and maintaining wireless communication facilities used for county government purposes. COUNTY LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS § Human Resources • County Employee Merit Commission – Member Terms Align the terms of appointment to a limited county employee merit system with the terms of appointment to the law enforcement merit system council, require both parties to agree to a public hearing in an appeal and make other clarifying changes. COUNTY LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS § Human Resources • Law Enforcement Officers – Appeal of Disciplinary Action Assert that the hearing in an appeal of a disciplinary action by a law enforcement officer in which a single hearing officer or administrative law judge has been appointed may be open to the public or private only by mutual consent of both parties. COUNTY LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS § County Manager’s Office • Exempt excess payments made to the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System from the county’s expenditure limitation. COUNTY LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS § County Medical Examiner • Clarify that a county Medical Examiner is only required to complete and sign the medical certification of death on a death certificate for certain reportable deaths if they assume jurisdiction of the case. STAY INFORMED § The Weekend Update § Capitol Connections § Online Legislative Tracking § www.maricopa.gov/GovernmentRelati ons STAY IN TOUCH § Rick Bohan – (602) 506-3056 RichardBohan@mail.maricopa.gov § Michelle Hindman – (602) 506-7075 HindmanM@mail.maricopa.gov § Amanda Nash – (602) 506-4485 NashA001@mail.maricopa.gov § Melody Henderson – (602) 506-2798 MHenders@mail.maricopa.gov