A proposal seeking public-safety warnings about border-area dangers related to illegal immigration was scrapped Tuesday by a southern Arizona lawmaker, citing opposition from within her legislative district.

Willcox Republican Rep. Peggy Judd's bill would have had the state Department of Homeland Security use its discretion to issue online and e-mail warnings based on information from international, federal or state sources.

However, Judd said Tuesday that she's abandoning the proposal and not pursuing a possible watered-down replacement.

Leaders of U.S. border communities complained about the bill, saying it could harm tourism and economic development by spreading rumors and misleading information.

"The reality is that border communities continue to be among the safest communities in the state and the nation to live," said a letter from the Greater Nogales Santa Cruz County Port Authority that was sent to Judd and other state political leaders on Monday. "Yet border communities end up living with the consequences of irrational news headlines and political rhetoric."

Judd said she's killing her bill because that's what community and business leaders in her district want and because she promised to heed the input she received during a meeting Monday.

"I gave my word that if they did come up, I would listen to them and I would do what their wishes were," she said.

Her bill defined the border area as within 62 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border on the U.S. side and within 6 miles on the Mexico side. That would have included border communities such as Nogales, Douglas and San Luis and such cities as Yuma and Sierra Vista.

The bill had cleared a preliminary vote in the House but stalled before a final vote was conducted. House passage would have sent it to the Senate.