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Arizona emergency declaration process. In Arizona, as of 2023, a governor can proclaim a state of emergency if a city, town, county, tribe, or other state agency passed a resolution saying that an emergency exists within their jurisdiction, and that further help is needed from the state.
Feb 1, 2022 · The bill limits the length of a state of emergency declared by the governor to 120 days, to be declared 30 days at a time. After 120 days, the emergency would end unless the Legislature takes...
- Stacey Barchenger
- State Politics Reporter
Nov 16, 2021 · New questions arise in ASU viral video case after ASU added a dismissed protest arrest to their investigation of one student. TEMPE, AZ — An Arizona State University investigation into a verbal ...
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and recovery efforts. Under an emergency declaration, the Governor can allocate up to $200,000 from the Governor’s Emergency Fund to reimburse eligible costs. » State funds are allocated to reimburse eligible expenditures. » Arizona Revised Statute (A.R.S. §35-192) and Arizona Administrative Code (A.A.C. Title 8) dictates what costs
Jun 12, 2023 · News. A plan to ask voters to require the Legislature to reauthorize a governor’s state of emergency declaration every 30 days has been gutted by the Arizona Senate after lawmakers realized more than three dozen open emergencies and millions of dollars in federal funding would be at risk.
HIGHLIGHTS. The emergency declaration process is MULTILAYERED in ARIZONA. State emergency declarations are usually PROCLAIMED by the GOVERNOR. An local emergency declaration can be MADE at the LOCAL OR STATE LEVEL. Locally declared emergencies may require APPROVAL by a LOCAL LEGISLATIVE BODY, STATE EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, AND/OR THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
Nov 8, 2022 · The Arizona Emergency Declarations Amendment was not on the ballot in Arizona as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 8, 2022. The ballot measure would have empowered the Arizona State Legislature to terminate the governor's emergency declaration by concurrent resolution.
