{"data":{"id":"us-az/a.r.s.-38-534","jurisdiction":"us-az","citation":"A.R.S. § 38-534","heading":"Appropriate independent personnel boards","body":"A. A community college district, school district, county and city or town may either:\n\n1. Establish an appropriate independent personnel board to hear and decide personnel matters brought pursuant to section 38-532.\n\n2. Authorize an existing independent board to hear and decide personnel matters brought pursuant to section 38-532.\n\nB. Notwithstanding subsection A of this section, a school district governing board or a community college district governing board may hear and decide personnel matters brought pursuant to section 38-532.\n\nC. If a community college district, school district, county or city or town does not establish an appropriate independent personnel board to hear and decide personnel matters brought pursuant to section 38-532, or does not authorize an existing independent board to hear and decide personnel matters brought pursuant to section 38-532, or if a school district governing board or a community college district governing board does not hear and decide personnel matters brought pursuant to section 38-532, complaints filed pursuant to this article shall be heard by the state personnel board.","path":["Title 38 Public Officers and Employees"],"source_url":"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/38/00534.htm","current_through":"2026-09-04","vintage":"2026-08-09","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:49:56Z","sha256":"b79ba6bde3a354402b1c173a2b11fb2ca10ba132337f541571f529bdbd276c73","source_id":"us-az","stale":true,"prev":"us-az/a.r.s.-38-533","next":"us-az/a.r.s.-38-538"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}