By Jerod MacDonald-Evoy | Arizona Mirror
House Majority Leader Warren Petersen, R-Gilbert, sponsored legislation that would bar cities and counties from blocking or restricting private border wall construction, fulfilling a pledge he made last year.
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House Bill 2084 would bar cities towns or counties from requiring a corporation or nonprofit to obtain a building permit for a wall on or adjacent to the U.S.-Mexico border if certain criteria are met.
“The bill will create a presumption of permission to build the international boundary wall on state land, and it will allow private property owners who want the wall on their land to do so without city or county interference,” Petersen said in a press release about the bill.
Last year when Petersen sent out his Tweet stating his intent to pursue this legislation, he mentioned the group We Build the Wall Inc., stating he intended to make sure they could build portions of the border wall in Arizona without issue.
