Arizona Attorney General Opinions
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Can Arizona’s utility securitization law make financing charges irrevocable and limit court review?
Arizona may impose the law’s narrow court-review rules because the AG viewed them as substantive limits that do not abolish a protected damages claim. But A.R.S. §§ 40-608(D) and 40-610(A) are unconst…
Can Arizona's Governor sign tribal gaming compacts (and amendments) on behalf of the state on his own, or does that violate the state constitution's separation of powers?
The AG concluded that A.R.S. § 5-601(A)'s delegation of compact authority to the Governor was not clearly unconstitutional, because the gaming statutes (read with § 5-601.02) supply enough standards t…
How much power does the Arizona Legislature have to limit a Governor's emergency declaration, and what can counties and cities do during an emergency?
The Legislature can only terminate (not modify or condition) a Governor's state of emergency by concurrent resolution under A.R.S. § 26-303(F). The Governor can re-declare. Counties and cities have se…
How much can the Arizona Legislature limit or expand the powers of the Arizona Board of Regents through statute?
The Legislature has broad authority to define the Arizona Board of Regents' powers by statute, with one constitutional exception: it cannot transfer general conduct and supervision of state universiti…
Can a county board of supervisors take cartography and property-title staff away from the elected county assessor and put them in a department reporting to the board?
No. Cartography and property-title functions are necessary for an Arizona county assessor to perform her constitutional and statutory duties: identifying, mapping, and assigning ownership to all taxab…
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Attorney general opinions in Arizona are written by the Arizona Attorney General's office in response to questions from state agencies, legislators, and prosecutors. They are not binding like court decisions, but courts and agencies treat them as persuasive guidance on how state law applies. Every opinion above has a plain-English question and short answer, plus a link to the full original text.