Contributed article By the Arizona Tax Research Association
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The public’s access to local government budget information in Arizona has been a long-debated issue at the State Capitol.
For many years, state statutes have required counties and cities to publish a consolidated version of their preliminary budgets in a newspaper of “general circulation.” Those preliminary budgets must be approved on or before the third Monday in July each year.
During the 2010 legislative session, the state law on budget publication was expanded to include the requirement that the tentative budget also be posted to the county, city or town Web site.
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