The Yavapai County Board of Supervisors met with their counterparts from each of the counties in Arizona, along with representatives from the County Supervisors Association or CSA, to discuss their priorities for the upcoming legislative session. Yavapai County had three policy proposals voted on and accepted to move forward to possible legislation next year. Officials want local control over short term vacation rentals. State Bill 1350 eliminated any local control over short term rentals in residential neighborhoods. They say this has resulted in an influx of short-term rental business operations into residential neighborhoods, resulting in increased noise, traffic, trash, and crime. The second proposal would enable smaller counties, with a population of fewer than 500,000 persons, to levy a tax on transient lodging in unincorporated areas of the county for economic development and tourism. The third proposal would establish a civil commitment process to commit and hold dangerous individuals charged with crimes that cannot complete the criminal justice process because they have been found to be incompetent to stand trial and unable to be restored to competency to stand trial. The county is now looking for a sponsor in the Arizona Legislature.
