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Special Session Next Week?
Also of interest, there is a desire to engineer the special session to last only one day. Doing so would require bipartisan agreement to suspend procedural rules. We will report updates on the status of the special session as information becomes available. Top Preparation for the legislative session is already underway! Pre-filing for bills with Legislative Council begins on November 15, and state agencies must have their bill requests in to the Governor by November 16 at 5:00 p.m. Other important dates in 2010's legislative timeline:
Reports from the Capitol indicate that committee hearings in the House and Senate will proceed normally, although dates and deadlines for the committee hearings have not yet been released.
For a printable PDF of the legislative timeline, click here.
 The United States Air Force is looking for a home base for its next generation F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter Jet, and some of Arizona's military installments are among the top contenders.
The Department of Defense is in the process of selecting training bases and operations bases that will serve the F-35. Eleven locations have been selected so far: for training, Boise Air Terminal Air Guard Station, Idaho; Eglin Air Force Base, Florida; Holloman AFB, New Mexico; Luke Air Force Base, Arizona; and Tucson International Airport Air Guard Station, Arizona. The six bases selected as candidate bases for operations are: Burlington International Airport Guard Station, Vermont; Hill Air Force Base, Utah; Jacksonville International Airport Air Guard Station, Florida; Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho; Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina; and McEntire Air Guard Base, South Carolina.
The Air Force is finishing a nine-month strategic review that informed the final base selection. Basing criteria include airspace, flight training ranges, weather, support facilities and runways.
The next phase of the decision process is an environmental impact study and an opportunity for the public to comment. Environmental impact assessments will focus on residential impacts, air quality and noise. The Air Force is expected to open the plan for public comment in December, and at least three comment sessions will be held in the metro Phoenix area.
The Air Force could select the placements for the F-35 as early as next year. The Air Force is expecting a new fleet of 300 F-35's to roll out of between 2013 and 2017.
NACo’s 2010 Legislative Conference will be held March 6-10 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Registration for the conference will open on December 1. You may register and book your hotel reservation on-line, or via fax or mail.
Take advantage of these four days packed with intensive political, legislative and policy discussions, as well as your opportunity to meet with members of Congress and the Administration here in
The Opening General Session will feature Joe Klein, Columnist from TIME magazine. Prior to joining TIME, Klein worked for The New Yorker and Newsweek, addressing events in our nation’s capital and abroad. A veteran of eight presidential campaigns, The New York Times finds that “Klein possesses one of the more musical ears in American politics, a gift for hearing what others miss.” Go to the NACo Legislative Conference website for all the information you need to plan your participation and register for this event! Register on-line and receive a $25 discount on your Registration Fee!
Questions? Please contact NACo’s See you in Top
Visit the CSA Calendar of Events at www.countysupervisors.org/calendar.
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As has been reported, the Governor and legislative leaders targeted next week for a special session to address select items associated with the state’s fiscal shortfall. Conventional wisdom advises that the formal call for special session will not be issued until legislative leadership can secure sufficient votes to pass the measures. Their task is complicated by multiple factors, including availability of legislators and differing opinions within the majority caucus regarding how much of the current year deficit to address. Press reports and CSA conversations with legislators and staff reveal significant uncertainty as to whether the job will get done next week, and some are speculating action may be moved to the week of Thanksgiving. |
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