Bill
HB 2566
Arizona: Allows very large counties to levy a new 20-year transportation excise tax with specific uses and voter-facing disclosure, if approved.
Note: The materials provided appear to combine text from more than one jurisdiction and more than one bill numbered HB 2566. One set of texts is from Arizona (amending Arizona Revised Statutes §16‑193 and §42‑6105.01, relating to voter definitions and county transportation excise taxes). Another set is from Illinois (amending the Illinois Election Code, 10 ILCS 5/10‑8 and 10‑10, to reference declarations of intent to be write‑in candidates). The bill title you supplied ("Motor Vehicles; creating the Motor Vehicles Updating Act of 2025") does not match the body text. Below are separate, concise summaries of the two distinct legislative texts found in the document.
Purpose and intent
- Revise the statutory definition/use of “registered voters” to explicitly mean active registered voters for specified election and petition procedures.
- Amend county transportation excise tax law (§42‑6105.01) for very large counties (population ≥3,000,000), including rules for extending an existing county transportation excise tax, election procedures, distribution, and spending restrictions.
Key provisions (Arizona text)
- §16‑193: Clarifies that the phrases “registered voters,” “persons who are registered to vote,” etc., mean only active registered voters for enumerated statutes (petition signature calculations, mailing/distribution of election notices, ballot furnishing, party qualification and party officer selection).
- §42‑6105.01:
- Authorizes, if approved by countywide vote, a county with population ≥3,000,000 to levy an additional county transportation excise tax beginning December 31, 2025.
- Tax rates capped at “not more than ten percent” of specified transaction privilege tax rates (references to §42‑5010(A) and §42‑5352(A)), and equivalent on electricity/natural gas consumption for use‑taxed customers.
- Tax term is 20 years; provides a process for extension before expiration by majority countywide vote (allows definite or indefinite extension as part of regional plan).
- Requires county to prepare and mail a publicity pamphlet to each household with a registered voter before early ballots are issued, containing summary, rate, years, projected revenues, uses, and ballot form.
- Election procedures largely follow general election law; state treasurer to pay certain election costs from monies paid into the county’s regional area road fund.
- Distribution of revenues (plan under title 28): 40.5% to regional area road fund for state highways/freeways; 22.5% to regional area road fund for major arterials and regional infrastructure; 37% to public transportation fund (operations, capital, light rail rehabilitation).
- Spending prohibitions: not for any light‑rail/commuter rail/streetcar/trolley extension; restrictions and conditions for projects that reduce existing lane miles on highways/streets.
- Caps certain administrative/distribution reductions; limits use of monies to influence elections; authorizes up to 3.5% for certain unspecified administrative uses (text truncated).
Who is affected
- Voters and candidates (definitions of “registered voters” for procedures).
- County governments, municipalities, regional planning agencies in very large counties.
- Businesses and utility customers in affected counties (tax applied to transactions and energy use).
- Transportation planning entities and public transit providers (funding allocations and restrictions).
Timing and procedure
- Tax authorized to commence December 31, 2025 (if approved by voters).
- Extension procedures and required public notice/pamphelt provisions imposed prior to extensions.
- The bill text is in committee and contains procedural directives for elections and funding.
Purpose and intent
- Add explicit references to declarations of intent to be a write‑in candidate in procedures for filing objections to nomination documents and related notice procedures.
Key provisions (Illinois text)
- Amends 10 ILCS 5/10‑8 and 10‑10 to:
- Treat declarations of intent to be a write‑in candidate as among the documents (with certificates of nomination, nomination papers, petitions) subject to written objection periods (generally within 5 business days after filing, with special 35‑business‑day periods for some statewide constitutional or advisory petition types).
- Require that objections be filed with specified copies and that receiving officials transmit originals/copies to relevant electoral boards and the objected candidate (or designated proponents) within specified deadlines.
- Clarify notice and service procedures (chair of electoral board must send registered/certified mail notices and cause sheriff service in some instances) and timeframes (e.g., chair must act within 24 hours to send call to board and parties).
Who is affected
- Write‑in candidates, candidates using nomination papers, petition proponents, election authorities, electoral boards, and objecting voters.
Timing and procedure
- Tight timelines for filing objections and for electoral boards’ notification and scheduling (e.g., 5 business days, and some provisions reference transmission within 24 hours or by noon on the second business day).
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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