Arizona Legislature Passes Broad Set of Legal and Tax Reforms
A rundown lists measures approved by the Arizona Legislature including changes to jury sizes, repeal of night-work bans for under-16s, broadened court original jurisdiction, restructuring the Corporation Commission into a Public Utilities Commission, and tax, license, and public works provisions. Several bills address county spending, jail penalties, vehicle registration, highway signage, and police powers with emphasis on insurance, property acquisition, and driver standards. The package also covers embezzlement, pornography penalties, wiretap rules, and penalties for traffic and credit card offenses.
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Corporation Commission
Public Utilities Commission
Authority of Commission
Public Service Corporation
2014 Age threshold law redefines adult and drinking age
A 2014 statute sets the age of majority at 18, defining adulthood as reaching 18, and lowers the legal drinking age from 21 to 19. The change alters eligibility for consent, contracts, and alcohol consumption.
Airport lease extensions and aircraft regulation measures
S 1276 extends leases by cities towns and counties for airport use binding even if term exceeds 25 years. H 2200 creates procedures for registration and regulation of aircraft dealers and flying clubs by the aeronautics department. H2201 exempts stored aircraft from license tax and registration fee and requires registration of newly purchased or newly brought into the state within 60 days.
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Ciites
Aeronautics Department
Agriculture H 2305 Protects Native Arizona Plants
A bill titled Agriculture H 2305 provides for the protection of native Arizona plants. It outlines conservation measures, penalties for harm, and enforcement by state agencies.
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Arizona
State Racing Commission to form sentity division
1054 requires the State Racing Commission to establish a sentity division to investigate matters related to proper conduct of horse and dog racing and pari mutuel wagering. S 1233 rewrites laws regulating watercraft and water sports registration and taxation. H2341 provides licensing by the State Tax Commission of bingo games conducted by qualified organizations and filing of receipts statements.
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State Racing Commission
Sentity Division
State Tax Commission
Legislative notes on savings and loan and credit union rules
Measures H 2179 H 2086 and H 2087 modify state banking oversight for savings and loan associations including capital notes and property appraisals while H 2164 broadens credit union investments and reserve requirements and permits state charters to engage in activities similar to federal ones.
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Savings and Loan
Foster Care Reform Establishes Group Homes and Inspections
The measure H 2159 provides for group foster homes and health guidance. It mandates sanitation inspections of child welfare agencies and foster homes and creates a central registry of all licensed foster homes.
Repeals and Reforms in Municipal and County Tax Laws
A set of proposed measures includes repealing street poll tax and slaughterhouse law, allowing multi county city formation, correcting state tax reference to property valuation, permitting $20 000 self promotion by cities, taxing industrial development corporations, authorizing nonprofit pollution control corporations to issue municipal bonds, and updating volunteer fire company land leasing and building
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State Tax Commission
State Department of Property Valuation
Trust funds deposits and foreign firms qualified as trust companies
Legislation H 2353 provides for deposit of certain trust funds received by trust companies and allows licensed foreign corporations to qualify as trust companies. The measure aims to expand qualifications for trust firms and clarify fund handling responsibilities.
2031 Revisions to Executor and Administrator Qualifications
The notice outlines revised standards for those serving as executors or administrators of estates. It specifies updated eligibility criteria and procedures for appointment, including requirements related to qualifications, residency, and background checks. The change affects anticipated practice in probate matters and local governance of estate administration.
Educational bills outline funding and admissions changes
The package proposes school district use of lost book funds for replacements, veterans admission standards for two year programs, absentee voting in district elections, and state aid adjustments. It includes tuition in-state classifications, adult education programs, Crippled Children's Hospital financing shifts, a residential facility for emotionally distanced students, and authority for boards to hire own attorneys with limits on liability for education officials. It also covers year-round districts, expanded English aid, election timing, and continuous achievement evaluation plans.
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State Community College Board
State Board of Regents
Armed Services
State Education Department
Crippled Children’s Hospital
Crippled Children
Pima County
Board of Regents
State Board of Education
Board of Reger
Arizona insurance regulation and jury size measures listed
A set of measures includes H 2064 to regulate unauthorized insurers in Arizona, H 2066 on insurance holding company systems, H 2123 revising solvency administration, H 2208 raising auto liability rules and limits on cancellations, H 2169 requiring real-name filing for transacting insurance, 1093 reducing grand jury size to 12 16 and quorum to nine, and S 1131 reducing jury size tied to a constitutional amendment.
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Arizona
1300 Powers for city magistrates outside city limits
The measure allows city magistrates to hold court beyond city borders and expands justice of the peace civil jurisdiction. It prescribes original JP jurisdiction up to $500 and concurrent JP and superior court jurisdiction up to $1,000, effective after voter approved constitutional amendment.
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Justice of Peace
Arizona legislative items on labor and safety reforms
A bulletin lists multiple bills: H 2070 authorizes the Employment Security Commission to purchase land for Commission purposes. H 2130 sets a basis for workmen's compensation for volunteers as start salaries for full-time service. S 1125 rewrites child labor rules. S 1074 replaces the Public Building Safety office with a Fire Marshal. H 2065 requires an executive director for the Employment Security Commission. S 1206 grants the state workers’ compensation fund corporate powers. H 2348 rewrites occupational health laws in the industrial safety code. H 2134 creates an Agricultural Employment Relations Board with seven governor-appointed members, five-year terms, handling disputes, and enforcing unfair labor practices. Appropriates $50,000 card.
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Employment Security Commission
Arizona Highway Patrol Reserve
Commissioner of Public Building Safety
Arizona
Agricultural Employment Relations Board
Livestock Laws Overhaul Repeals and New Fees Enacted
The bill repeals import restrictions on sheep and goats and imposes a three cent per head inspection fee for state transfer of ownership or movement. It lowers penalties for meat sale violations and ends free licensing and vaccination for guide dogs. Drivers must yield to blind pedestrians. The Livestock Board gains investigative power to regulate and protect the industry from disease.
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Livestock Aan Board
Arizona Enters Interstate Corrections Compact
The article notes Arizona to join the Interstate Corrections Compact. It also mentions a master record file for persons committed to the State Corrections Department and research and evaluation programs by the department.
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Arizona
State Corrections Department
Legislative summaries of medical and professional practice bills
A set of state measures broadens nurse duties under the State Nursing Board, revises real estate law, expands the State Funeral Directors Board, exempts physician assistants from licensing with approvals, and creates a joint board with the University of Arizona to regulate assistants. Additional bills address contractors fund balances, medicine licensing tests, transfusion liability limits, and private investigator licensing rules.
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State Funeral Directors Board
State Medical Examiners Board
Board of Medical Examiners and
Board of Osteopathic Examiners
University of Arizona Medical School
Arizona land survey bills set filing rules and new coordinate system
The proposals require land surveyors to file new or conflicting survey records with county recorders within 90 days. They also mandate written records of public land corners established or restored by federal survey. A plan creates the Arizona Coordinate System dividing the state into three zones for land boundaries.
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Arizona
Centralized purchasing options and bond issuance reforms
Measures allow divisions to contract with the State Finance Department for centralized purchasing. They also remove limits on municipal utility revenue bonds and set refunding bond issuance rules. Other items require bid notice publication for public building contracts and expand public fund deposit and investment authority with insured banks and savings associations.
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State Finance Department
State Board of Deposit
Finance Department
Legislative Budget Committee
State Health Dept Tests Sickle Cell Anemia Segments
Public health action H2187 enables the State Health Department to require testing for sickle cell anemia on any segment of the population as needed to protect public safety and health.
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Public Health
State Health Department
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