2005 Arizona Revised Statutes - Revised Statutes §11-269.02  Public facilities; voter approval; exemptions

(L96, Ch. 223, sec. 1)

A. Notwithstanding any other law, a county with a population of more than one million five hundred thousand persons according to the most recent United States decennial census shall not spend public monies, grant tax concessions or relief, incur debt or exchange property in any combined amount or value totaling more than three million dollars to construct or aid in the construction of an amphitheater, a sports facility, arena or complex or a convention facility, arena or complex without presenting the proposed expenditure to the qualifying electors of the county with a population of more than one million five hundred thousand persons according to the most recent United States decennial census and approval of the expenditure by a majority of those voting in the election.

B. This section does not apply to an expenditure for a park, parkway, trail, recreational area or playground established, maintained or administered by a county with a population of more than one million five hundred thousand persons according to the most recent United States decennial census that was not developed primarily for the commercial use of a private enterprise or collection of private enterprises.