Attorney General’s Office Issues Legal Opinion on School District Override Elections

(Phoenix, Ariz. – Dec. 9, 2009) The Arizona Attorney General’s Office today released a formal legal Opinion regarding H.B. 2011, section 72(1), school district override elections.

The Office was asked for an Opinion on whether “school districts that conducted failed budget override elections in November 2009 [could] conduct another override election in March 2010?”

The Opinion concludes that for “fiscal year 2009-2010, the school districts that conducted failed budget override elections in November 2009 may conduct another override in 2010.”

For more information, contact Anne Hilby at (602) 725-2200.