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RESOLUTION NO, 93-339
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors met in Regular Session this 1st day of
November, 1993, and
WHEREAS, the number of unfunded federal mandates on counties have
significantly increased during the last decade; and
WHEREAS, such mandates stem from federal laws and
require counties to provide services and programs, and
responsibili ties wi thou t providing tho:: necessary funding; and
regulations that
perform certain
WHEREAS, by shifting cotf! to counties, unfunded federal mandates breach
the underlying principles of federalism which assumes a working partnership and
shared responsibilities between the federal, state and local governments; and
WHEREAS, cost-benefit analysis and risk assessments of mandates should be
included in all federal actions that impose mandates on counties; and
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Mohave County Board of
Supervisors joins with the County Supervisors Association of Arizona (CSA) in urging
Congress and the Administration to relieve counties of all obligations to carry out
any new mandate arising from federal law, regulation or policy unless adequate
federal funds are provided; and
BE IT FUR'lHER RFBOLVED that Congress and the
urged to require federal departments and agencies to provide
assessments of purported health, safety or environmental
imposition of any new mandate on local governments; and
Administration are
scientifically sound
risk prior to the
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Mohave County Joms CSA in support of
"National Unfunded Mandates Day" held October 27, 1993, during which county
officials in all counties were urged to hold press conferences in coordination with
local and state officials to draw public attention to the problems imposed on
counties by unfunded federal mandates.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 1st day of November. 1993,
MOBA VE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
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