The Daily Senator: 60th day of second session

              THURSDAY
MARCH 14, 2002
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
DAY SIXTY
Quote of the Day:
“ We grow great by dreams. All
big men are dreamers. They
see things in the soft haze of a
spring day or in the red fire of a
long winter's evening. Some of
us let these great dreams die,
but others nourish and protect
them; nurse them through bad
days till they bring them to the
sunshine and light which comes
always to those who sincerely
hope that their dreams will
come true.”
- Woodrow Wilson
Floor Schedule:
Thursday 11:30 am
Monday 1:30 pm
Inside This Issue:
Senator Jack Brown 1
Today in the Senate 2
Upcoming in the Senate 6
Yesterday in the Senate 12
SENATOR JACK BROWN
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Senator Jack Brown is one of those rare commodities; he is a
native Arizonan. He is a life long resident of St. Johns and has for
28 years defended and represented the interests of rural Arizona
at the legislature. “I have always been known as a strong
proponent for rural Arizona. Many people believe Maricopa
County is Arizona. I am here to ensure that rural areas and their
interests, aren’t gobbled up by these fast growing urban areas.”
Senator Brown, who has a degree in Agriculture and Economics
from Brigham Young University and a background in farming,
ranching and real estate, says many legislators don’t understand
the issues facing rural Arizona. Money for roads and dollars for
small rural schools are keys to the survival of rural areas, he says.
In contrast to most legislators Senator Brown has to pay much
attention to county governments. He currently represents six
county governments and 25 board of supervisors’ members.
Since 1997, when Senator Brown was elected to the Senate, he has been the minority leader.
But, Brown says, it wasn’t until last session that his position gained recognition. “It didn’t
mean a whole lot until it got to be 15-15 split. And when it got to be a 15-15 split it’s a whole
different ball game.” Senator Brown says compromising and working together across party-lines
are important, and something he, as a Democrat, is used to doing. “I claim the best
legislators are those that have the ability to see when they’ve got to give and work together to
solve problems, rather than just running roughshod with their views over others.”
Senator Brown’s goal this session is to see to that current budget process is as fair as it can
be, while still trying to maintain a quality of life. While his emphasis is on education, health,
and law enforcement issues, he doesn’t want to decimate programs like the State Lake
Improvement Fund, The Heritage Fund, and various recreational programs. “Obviously
these programs must give their fair share in budget cuts, but they do make a major
contribution to our quality of life, which is very important to every Arizonan,” Brown says.
Keeping people in rural Arizona is one of Senator Brown’s greatest challenges; therefore, he
works hard to get both private and government businesses to establish in his district. “Most
of the economic development in my county, and in a lot of the other too, is what nobody else
wants,” Brown said. With that, he means prisons, land fields and power plants. These might
not be the most glamorous jobs, but in Senator Brown’s opinion, at least there will be jobs.
“It’s jobs, it’s economic security. Jobs are what we are after; we just don’t have enough well-paying
jobs to keep our young people at home.”
People are frequently amazed at Senator Brown’s energy and ability to keep up with these
ever changing times. “With 8 grown children and 33 grandchildren, I don’t have much choice
but to stay active and alert. Add to that a wife who has many years of legislative experience
and watches the issues (and my voting record) closely it’s never a dull moment and one I
wouldn’t trade.”
The Daily Senator
Arizona Senate — 45th Legislature
8:30 AM Natural Resources, Agriculture and
Environment (SHR 1)
SB1167 sanitary regulations (Cirillo)
Increases the maximum penalties for the violation of a
county sanitary regulation. Includes food service
establishments, taverns and hotels in sanitary regulation
enforcement statutes. Proposed Strike Everything Amendment:
same subject
SB1250 watercraft; towing companies; notice
(Aguirre)
Allows the Arizona Game and Fish Department to release
watercraft registration information to towing companies in
possession of an unidentified watercraft for the purpose of
notifying the owners and lien holders of their intent to sell
the watercraft. Allows the Department to transfer
ownership of abandoned watercrafts to a towing company.
SB1274 state land; leases and improvements (Martin)
Requires the State Land Department to appraise
improvements in relation to the production unit of state
land. Proposed Strike Everything Amendment: same subject
SB1283 rabies quarantine; procedures (Verkamp)
Places authority to declare a rabies quarantine area with the
county board of supervisors.
SB1338 underground storage tanks (Richardson)
Changes the review requirements for pre-approved
underground storage tank cleanup and reduces the
requirements for underground storage tank cleanup.
SB1344 governor's water management commission
amendments (Guenther)
Requires new municipal and industrial groundwater users in
Active Management Areas (AMAs) to replenish all mined
groundwater. Modifies the authority and responsibilities of
the Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District.
Establishes riparian area protection zones and prohibits new
wells in designated riparian areas. Decreases the allowable
pump capacity for new exempt wells in AMAs. Proposed
Strike Everything Amendment: aggregate mining
SB1353 Arizona agricultural heritage act (Guenther)
Establishes the Arizona Agricultural Heritage Commission
and the Arizona Agricultural Heritage Fund within the
Department of Agriculture, for the purpose of purchasing
agricultural easements. States that the fund will consist of
gifts, grants and donations.
SB1354 protected development rights; procedures
(Guenther)
Removes the authority of cities, counties and towns to
specify which types of plans constitute protected
development right plans.
SB1355 governor's water commission; withdrawal
assessments (Guenther)
Creates two groundwater withdrawal fees: a safe-yield
withdrawal fee for all Active Management Areas and a
limited groundwater withdrawal fee for the Prescott AMA.
Proposed Strike Everything Amendment: groundwater
SB1357 self-funded councils and boards; investments
(Guenther)
Establishes the Beef Council fund and allows a number of
self-funded agricultural councils and the State Parks Board,
rather than the State Treasurer's office, to invest the
councils' funds.
SB1360 cotton research council; powers (Guenther)
Expands the powers of the Cotton Research Council to
award grants, authorize research programs and administer a
motor vehicle fleet. Provides exemptions from the Arizona
Procurement Code and the prohibition on state government
competition with private enterprise.
SB1362 court decisions; county compliance
(Guenther)
Requires a county, agency or instrumentality of a county to
comply with an additional U.S. Supreme Court case.
SB1363 omnibus water bill (Guenther)
Makes a number of changes to the state water code (Title
45) and other statutes relating to the regulation of
groundwater use.
SB1365 hauling horses; two-tier vehicles (Guenther)
Prohibits the transporting of equines in two-tiered vehicles
and prescribes the penalties for violating this prohibition.
SB1367 obtaining game license by fraud (Guenther)
Allows the Arizona Game and Fish Commission to suspend,
revoke or deny the hunting, fishing or trapping license of a
person who fraudulently obtains or applies for a license.
Increases the penalty for fraudulently obtaining a license.
SB1368 navigable stream adjudication commission;
continuation (Guenther)
Changes the termination date of the Navigable Stream
Adjudication Commission from June 30, 2004 to June 30,
2006.
Today in the Senate
Thursday, March 14
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SB1369 abandoned property on state lands
(Guenther)
Gives the State Land Department the authority to sell and
dispose of personal property abandoned on state trust land.
SB1370 fishing tournament penalties; repeal
(Guenther)
Eliminates the penalty for conducting a fishing contest
without permit from the Arizona Game and Fish
Department.
SB1375 methamphetamine labs; clean up guidelines
(Martin)
Requires the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
to establish standards of practice for the remediation of
residual contamination caused by the production of
methamphetamines or other street drugs. Proposed Strike
Everything Amendment: same subject
SB1408 water protection fund; surcharge (Guenther)
Redirects, from the state general fund to the water
protection fund in FY 2002-2003, revenues collected from
the surcharge on leased Colorado River water.
SB1409 Indian water settlements; storage credits
(Guenther)
Allows Indian communities who have entered into a water
rights settlement that provides for off reservation storage of
Central Arizona Project water to accrue up to 10,000 acre
feet annually in long-term storage credits.
SB1410 water management authority; Santa Cruz
(Guenther)
Allows the formation of a Water Management and
Importation Authority in each active management area after
the settlement of Gila River system water rights.
SB1411 biodiesel fuel; regulation (Bennett)
Establishes regulations and standards for the sale and use of
biodiesel fuel in Arizona.
SB1425 state parks board; annual report (Mitchell)
Changes the deadline for the State Parks Board to submit
the annual report.
SB1431 industrial hemp study (Hamilton)
Requires state universities to conduct a study on the
feasibility and the desirability of industrial hemp production
in Arizona if they receive private funding to conduct the
study.
SB1432 residential and commercial mold; study
committee (Hamilton)
Establishes the Joint Legislative Study Committee on
Residential and Commercial Mold Contamination to study
financial, environmental and health effects of indoor mold
contamination.
10:00 AM Transportation (SHR 2)
Executive Nominations:
· Dwight Donald Emery, Citizen's Transportation
Oversight Committee
· Fred Rockne Arnett, Citizen's Transportation Oversight
Committee
SB1236 airport expansion oversight commission
(Mitchell)
Establishes the Airport Expansion Oversight Commission.
SB1253 local transportation assistance; Indian tribes
(Jackson)
Authorizes federally recognized Indian tribes to receive
monies from the Local Transportation Assistance Fund for
starting up, maintaining or operating a public transit service.
SB1291 yellow signal duration (Martin)
Requires the steady yellow signal on all traffic control
devices to be at least four seconds.
SB1372 appropriation; community airport grants
(Guenther)
Appropriates $2 million in FY 2002-2003 from the state
aviation fund to the Arizona Department of Transportation
for small community air service and airport upgrades for
communities receiving federal monies for small community
air service development.
SB1459 driver licenses not citizenship proof (Lopez J)
Eliminates the requirement that an applicant for a driver
license, a non-operating identification license or an
instruction permit provide proof of legal presence in the
United States.
11:30 AM Floor and Third Read
1:30 PM Banking and Insurance (SHR 2)
SB1018 credit reports; copies to consumer (Cirillo)
Proposed Strike Everything Amendment: insurance underwriting;
credit history
Today in the Senate
Thursday, March 14
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SB1077 insurance claim fraud prevention act (Cirillo)
Permits interested persons to bring a civil action on behalf
of the State for insurance fraud involving multiple claims.
Proposed Strike Everything Amendment: health insurance;
enrollees; nonliability
SB1098 insurance; rental cars (Cirillo)
Shifts primary motor vehicle liability insurance coverage
from a rental car company's policy to the driver's policy.
Proposed Strike Everything Amendment: free look; annuity
contracts
SB1150 health care services organizations; services
(Gerard)
Proposed Strike Everything Amendment: same subject
SB1161 mortgage guaranty insurance (Cirillo)
Makes various changes to the regulation of mortgage
guaranty insurance with respect to contingency reserves,
approval by the Director of the Department of Insurance
and increasing the loan amount for a home mortgage an
insurer can insure.
SB1229 health insurance; physical therapists (Cirillo)
Prohibits the denial of reimbursement for services rendered
by physical therapists if the insurance carrier provides
benefits for such services. Proposed Strike Everything
Amendment: same subject
SB1343 home loans; prohibited activities (Valadez)
Prohibits and restricts lending activities and charges
associated with loans made for home purchases. Proposed
Strike Everything Amendment: predatory lending; study
committee
SB1421 health insurance portability; individual
policies (Martin)
Maintains an individual’s right to guarantee issue of health
insurance, regardless of the length of creditable coverage an
individual has, when certain conditions are met regarding an
individual health care plan. Proposed Strike Everything
Amendment: same subject
SB1437 workers' compensation; medical records
privacy (Valadez)
Requires the protection of private and personal health
information of employees by trustees or employers regarding
workers’ compensation claims and files.
SB1441 insurance; consumer credit; credit property
(Valadez)
Regulates credit property insurance and credit
unemployment insurance.
1:30 PM Education (SHR 1)
SB1121 school names; medal of honor (Hamilton)
SB1132 schools; override elections (Hellon)
Allows a school district to hold two override elections on
different dates for the same budget year if one of the
elections is to exceed the capital outlay revenue limit and the
other election is to exceed the revenue control limit. Allows
the amount of the additional increase in the capital outlay
revenue limit to vary after the first year of the override
election.
SB1154 caregiver and resource expansion program
(Gerard)
Requires colleges and universities to create a caregiver and
resource expansion program to increase the number of
nurses in the state.
SB1180 small schools; textbooks; technical correction
(Bennett)
SB1199 universities; class audits; seniors (Blanchard)
Requires the Arizona Board of Regents to conduct a
feasibility study to examine methods for allowing Arizona
residents who are at least 65 years of age to enroll in
university courses without paying tuition and without
earning academic credits, and requires the Board to submit
the results of the study by December 31, 2002.
SB1252 schools; compacts; admission of pupils
(Jackson)
Appropriates $300,000 in FY 2002-2003 from the state
general fund to the Department of Economic Security for
construction of Navajo chapter house facilities at Red
Valley.
SB1257 bonding authority; board of regents (Hellon)
SB1308 charter school teachers; background checks
(Blanchard)
SB1311 charter schools; dropouts (Blanchard)
SB1392 oversight committee; school facilities board
(Petersen)
Establishes a 12 member Joint Legislative Oversight
Committee on the School Facilities Board. Proposed Strike
Everything Amendment: school facilities board
SB1406 school administration; spending management
(Bundgaard)
Today in the Senate
Thursday, March 14
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SB1413 civic center school fund (Martin)
Allows a school district governing board, superintendent or
chief administrative officer to lease school property for any
lawful purpose including religious or governmental
purposes. Makes specifications regarding fees and fee
waivers associated with the lease of school property.
SB1426 schools; performance based pay (Aguirre)
Establishes standard requirements for all performance based
compensation systems adopted by school districts in the
state.
SB1464 schools; L.E.A.P. programs (Bennett)
Makes numerous changes to provisions associated with the
local education accountability program.
Consent Calendar
The following bills have passed the Senate Committees
unamended. Protest must be filed no later than:
Friday, March 15, 2002, 1:34 p.m.
HB2022 water; best management practices; agriculture
(Gleason)
Requires the Director of the Department of Water
Resources to establish a Best Management Practices
program as a voluntary alternative conservation program for
agricultural uses of groundwater for the Third Management
Period (2000-2010). Prescribes a specific irrigation efficiency
standard for calculating water duties.
HB2061 environmental education council;
continuation (Gray)
Continues the Arizona Advisory Council on Environmental
Education until July 1, 2012, and qualifies private schools
and nonprofit home school organizations for environmental
education grants.
SB1045 competency; restoration (Richardson)
Creates a procedure for prisoners to challenge a finding of
competency for execution.
SB1129 early graduation college scholarships
(Bundgaard)
Establishes the early graduation college scholarship fund in
the Arizona Department of Education to award qualified
students who graduate early from high school with a two-year
higher education scholarship.
SB1178 banking permits; banker's banks; investments
(Cirillo)
Allows for a limited purpose bank that is not directly
competing for normal consumers and commercial bank
business while providing banking services.
SB1179 occupational disease; peace officers (Cirillo)
Establishes the presumption of an occupational disease for
peace officer who was regularly assigned to hazardous duty
and whose disease, infirmity or impairment is caused by
specific cancers that result in disability or death.
SB1205 ASU West; land patent; reversion (Cirillo)
Removes, from the conditions established for transferring
state land to the Arizona Board of Regents, the requirement
that the title or patent of lands transferred ensures that all
rights, title and interest in the lands revert back to the State if
the ABOR desires to or relinquishes ownership or control of
the transferred lands and decides not to use ASU West
Campus lands.
SB1211 beer franchises (Valadez)
Eliminates current law relating to franchise agreements in
the liquor industry as applied to spirituous liquor wholesalers
and suppliers.
SB1245 public employees; organizational rights
(Lopez J)
Grants all public employees of political subdivisions the
right to join employee associations and freedom to present
proposals and testimony to the governing body of the
political subdivisions without possibility of termination,
disciplinary action or discrimination.
SB1260 board of psychologist examiners; reciprocity
(Gerard)
Makes several changes to the licensure laws under the Board
of Psychologist Examiners.
SB1324 educational bodies; charitable contributions
(Petersen)
Prohibits a public education body from denying its
employees of an opportunity to contribute to a nonprofit
organization because of the organization’s beliefs,
expressions or exercise of rights.
SB1335 animal cruelty; increased penalties (Yrun)
Increases to a class 6 felony all acts of cruelty to animals that
are currently classified as class 1 misdemeanors.
SB1345 trapping licenses; technical correction
(Guenther)
Makes technical and clarifying changes.
SB1349 water; technical correction (Guenther)
Makes clarifying changes.
Today in the Senate
Thursday, March 14
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Friday, March 15
9:00 AM Government (SHR 3)
Executive Nominations:
· Craig Andrew Stender, Government Information
Technology Agency
SB1102 cities and towns; technical correction
(Mitchell)
SB1103 counties; technical correction (Mitchell)
SB1110 state government; technical correction
(Blanchard)
SB1111 state government; lands; technical correction
(Blanchard)
SB1113 Indian nations; tribes; legislative day (Cirillo)
Transfers the authority and responsibility for organization of
the Indian Nations and Tribes Legislative Day from the
Arizona Legislature to the Arizona Commission on Indian
Affairs.
SB1223 amusement gambling; definition (Mitchell)
Includes a video game of sport in which the player’s skill and
not chance determines the player’s success and the player is
eligible to win prizes in the definition of "amusement
gambling."
SB1285 elections; petition amendments (Jarrett)
Modifies the procedures and requirements for filing
referendum, initiative and recall petitions.
SB1293 entertainment gift ban (Mitchell)
Exempts the employees and members of school district
governing boards, community college district governing
boards and institutions under the jurisdiction of the Arizona
Board of Regents from the lobbyist expenditure ban for
sporting or cultural events.
SB1297 county zoning violation; notice (Richardson)
Increases the timeframe of notification of a zoning violation
hearing from five days to 30 days. Requires the notice to be
mailed first class rather than served personally.
SB1304 vicious animals; disposition; procedures
(Blanchard)
Allows a justice of the peace or city magistrate to require
additional procedures and processes regarding the
disposition of a vicious animal.
SB1329 referendum; required signatures (Mitchell)
Authorizes the use of an alternative basis for computing the
number of necessary signatures required to file a referendum
petition in a municipal election if an alternative basis is
provided in a city or town ordinance or charter.
Upcoming in the Senate
Friday, March 15—Monday, March 18
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SB1350 agriculture; dairy products; technical
correction (Guenther)
Makes technical, clarifying and conforming changes.
SB1366 watercraft; extreme intoxication (Guenther)
Creates the new crime of operating a motorized watercraft
while under the extreme influence of intoxicating liquor and
sets the minimum blood alcohol concentration level at .15.
SB1371 disability parking; dismissal of complaint
(Guenther)
Dismisses a civil traffic violation for a person illegally parked
in a specially designated parking space for physically disabled
persons if that person can produce evidence that the person
has a validly issued disabled removable windshield placard.
SB1412 provisional community college districts
(Brown)
Requires a county to provide reimbursement payments to a
community college district for students attending courses
within an established community college district or for
extension courses, whichever amount is greater, for the
remainder of the fiscal year in which the provisional
community college district is formed.
Today in the Senate
Thursday, March 14
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Friday, March 15 (continued)
SB1332 state employees; payroll dues deduction
(Yrun)
Allows payroll salary deductions for dues in a recognized
employee association if at least 1,000 state university
employees are members of the organization.
SB1346 Arizona correctional industries; technical
correction (Guenther)
Makes a technical change.
SB1347 private prisons; technical correction
(Guenther)
Makes a technical change.
SB1348 special services fund; technical correction
(Guenther)
Makes a technical change.
SB1359 municipal annexation; county islands
(Guenther)
Provides a city or town an alternative method to annex
territory that is surrounded on all sides by the city or town
and by at least 75 percent of an incorporated area.
SB1360 cotton research council; powers (Guenther)
Expands the powers of the Cotton Research Council to
award grants, authorize research programs and administer a
motor vehicle fleet. Provides exemptions from the Arizona
Procurement Code and the prohibition on state government
competition with private enterprise.
SB1373 governor's emergency powers; procedures
(Guenther)
Allows the Director of the division of emergency
management to extend or terminate a state of emergency.
SB1378 state employees; Arizona government
university (Solomon)
Establishes the Arizona Government University to design,
implement and administer a statewide employee training
program.
SB1380 municipal and county employees; pregnancy
(Solomon)
Requires municipalities to make a reasonable effort to
accommodate law enforcement officers employed by the
municipality, if the officer is partially physically restricted by
a pregnancy. Requires counties to make a reasonable effort
to accommodate county employees if the employee is
partially physically restricted by a pregnancy.
SB1384 elected office vacancies; special election
(Jarrett)
Allows a person elected to fill the remainder of an unexpired
four-year term of a state or county office to take the oath of
office and begin service within 90 days.
SB1395 corrections oversight committee (Richardson)
Establishes a Corrections Oversight Committee. Provides
for committee membership and duties.
SB1398 light pollution (Hamilton)
Requires all streetlight fixtures to be shielded.
SB1407 election reform (Cummiskey)
Requires a committee to make recommendations regarding
voting equipment that meet or exceed the Federal Elections
Commission voting systems standards and establishes a
voting systems upgrade fund for the purchase of voting
systems to replace punch card voting systems.
SB1415 public records; inspection; mail (Martin)
Creates a procedure for the release of public records through
the mail.
SB1420 municipal annexation; contiguity (Bennett)
Changes the requirements for territory to be considered
contiguous in order to extend and increase the corporate
limits of a city or town by annexation.
SB 1423 campaign finance; compensation prohibition
(Mitchell)
Proposed Strike Everything Amendment: assessment lien notice
SB1440 collective bargaining; public safety employees
(Valadez)
Establishes collective bargaining for public safety employees
of the State and political subdivisions. Proposed Strike
Everything Amendment: same subject
SB1442 elections; interim boundaries; preclearance
pending (Valadez)
An emergency measure authorizing the use of the district
boundary lines adopted by the Independent Redistricting
Commission for purposes of filing nomination papers and
petitions for legislative and congressional candidates.
SB1443 clean elections; interim boundaries;
preclearance (Valadez)
An emergency measure authorizing the use of the district
boundary lines adopted by the Independent Redistricting
Commission for the purposes of filing nominating papers
and petitions and collecting qualifying contributions.
Upcoming in the Senate
Friday, March 15—Monday, March 18
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Friday, March 15 (continued)
SB1454 tourism and sports authority oversight
(Gnant)
An emergency measure that expands the entities allowed to
provide the land, infrastructure and parking facilities
associated with the multipurpose facility of the Tourism and
Sports Authority to include any county, city, town, municipal
corporation or Indian tribe. Provides additional monitoring
of the Authority's financial activities.
SB1458 open meetings; agenda exception (Mitchell)
Allows a member of a public body, during a public meeting,
to present a brief summary of current events without listing
in the agenda the specific matters to be summarized.
SB1460 nonprofit hospital raffles (Gerard)
Allows nonprofit hospitals to conduct raffles if the hospital
contracts with an outside agent who participates in the
management, sales or operation of raffles.
SR1002 silver haired legislature; commendation
(Gnant)
Honors the Arizona Silver Haired Legislature.
1:00 PM Natural Resources, Agriculture and
Environment (SHR 1)
SB1167 sanitary regulations (Cirillo)
Increases the maximum penalties for the violation of a
county sanitary regulation. Includes food service
establishments, taverns and hotels in sanitary regulation
enforcement statutes. Proposed Strike Everything Amendment:
same subject
SB1250 watercraft; towing companies; notice
(Aguirre)
Allows the Arizona Game and Fish Department to release
watercraft registration information to towing companies in
possession of an unidentified watercraft for the purpose of
notifying the owners and lien holders of their intent to sell
the watercraft. Allows the Department to transfer
ownership of abandoned watercrafts to a towing company.
SB1274 state land; leases and improvements (Martin)
Requires the State Land Department to appraise
improvements in relation to the production unit of state
land. Proposed Strike Everything Amendment: same subject
SB1283 rabies quarantine; procedures (Verkamp)
Places authority to declare a rabies quarantine area with the
county board of supervisors.
SB1338 underground storage tanks (Richardson)
Changes the review requirements for pre-approved
underground storage tank cleanup and reduces the
requirements for underground storage tank cleanup.
SB1353 Arizona agricultural heritage act (Guenther)
Establishes the Arizona Agricultural Heritage Commission
and the Arizona Agricultural Heritage Fund within the
Department of Agriculture, for the purpose of purchasing
agricultural easements. States that the fund will consist of
gifts, grants and donations.
SB1354 protected development rights; procedures
(Guenther)
Removes the authority of cities, counties and towns to
specify which types of plans constitute protected
development right plans.
SB1357 self-funded councils and boards; investments
(Guenther)
Establishes the Beef Council Fund and allows a number of
self-funded agricultural councils and the State Parks Board,
rather than the Treasurer's office, to invest the funds.
SB1360 cotton research council; powers (Guenther)
Expands the powers of the Cotton Research Council to
award grants, authorize research programs and administer a
motor vehicle fleet. Provides exemptions from the Arizona
Procurement Code and the prohibition on state government
competition with private enterprise.
SB1362 court decisions; county compliance
(Guenther)
Requires a county, agency or instrumentality of a county to
comply with an additional U.S. Supreme Court case.
SB1363 omnibus water bill (Guenther)
Makes a number of changes to the state water code and
other statutes relating to the regulation of groundwater use.
SB1365 hauling horses; two-tier vehicles (Guenther)
Prohibits the transporting of equines in two-tiered vehicles
and prescribes the penalties for violating this prohibition.
SB1367 obtaining game license by fraud (Guenther)
Allows the Arizona Game and Fish Commission to suspend,
revoke or deny the hunting, fishing or trapping license of a
person who fraudulently obtains or applies for a license.
Increases the penalty for fraudulently obtaining a license.
SB1368 navigable stream adjudication commission;
continuation (Guenther)
Changes the termination date of the Navigable Stream
Adjudication Commission to June 30, 2006.
Upcoming in the Senate
Friday, March 15—Monday, March 18
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Friday, March 15 (continued)
SB1369 abandoned property on state lands
(Guenther)
Gives the State Land Department the authority to sell and
dispose of personal property abandoned on state trust land.
SB1375 methamphetamine labs; clean up guidelines
(Martin)
Requires the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
to establish standards of practice for the remediation of
residual contamination caused by the production of
methamphetamines or other street drugs. Proposed Strike
Everything Amendment: same subject
SB1370 fishing tournament penalties; repeal
(Guenther)
Eliminates the penalty for conducting a fishing contest
without permit from the Arizona Game and Fish
Department.
SB1408 water protection fund; surcharge (Guenther)
Redirects, from the state general fund to the water
protection fund in FY 2002-2003, revenues collected from
the surcharge on leased Colorado River water.
SB1409 Indian water settlements; storage credits
(Guenther)
Allows Indian communities who have entered into a water
rights settlement that provides for off reservation storage of
Central Arizona Project water to accrue up to 10,000 acre
feet annually in long-term storage credits.
SB1410 water management authority; Santa Cruz
(Guenther)
Allows the formation of a Water Management and
Importation Authority in each active management area after
the settlement of Gila River system water rights.
SB1411 biodiesel fuel; regulation (Bennett)
Establishes regulations and standards for the sale and use of
biodiesel fuel in Arizona.
SB1425 state parks board; annual report (Mitchell)
Changes the deadline for the State Parks Board to submit
the annual report.
SB1431 industrial hemp study (Hamilton)
Requires state universities to conduct a study on the
feasibility and the desirability of industrial hemp production
in Arizona if they receive private funding to conduct the
study.
SB1432 residential and commercial mold; study
committee (Hamilton)
Establishes the Joint Legislative Study Committee on
Residential and Commercial Mold Contamination to study
financial, environmental and health effects of indoor mold
contamination.
Monday, March 18
9:00 AM Government (SHR 3)
The following bills will be heard if not heard during the Friday, March
18, Government committee meeting:
SB1102 cities and towns; technical correction
(Mitchell)
SB1103 counties; technical correction (Mitchell)
SB1110 state government; technical correction
(Blanchard)
SB1111 state government; lands; technical correction
(Blanchard)
SB1113 Indian nations; tribes; legislative day (Cirillo)
Transfers the authority and responsibility for organization of
the Indian Nations and Tribes Legislative Day from the
Arizona Legislature to the Arizona Commission on Indian
Affairs.
SB1223 amusement gambling; definition (Mitchell)
Includes a video game of sport in which the player’s skill and
not chance determines the player��s success and the player is
eligible to win prizes in the definition of "amusement
gambling."
SB1285 elections; petition amendments (Jarrett)
Modifies the procedures and requirements for filing
referendum, initiative and recall petitions.
SB1293 entertainment gift ban (Mitchell)
Exempts the employees and members of school district
governing boards, community college district governing
boards and institutions under the jurisdiction of the Arizona
Board of Regents from the lobbyist expenditure ban for
sporting or cultural events.
SB1297 county zoning violation; notice (Richardson)
Increases the timeframe of notification of a zoning violation
hearing from five days to 30 days. Requires the notice to be
mailed first class rather than served personally.
Upcoming in the Senate
Friday, March 15—Monday, March 18
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SB1304 vicious animals; disposition; procedures
(Blanchard)
Allows a justice of the peace or city magistrate to require
additional procedures and processes regarding the
disposition of a vicious animal.
SB1329 referendum; required signatures (Mitchell)
Authorizes the use of an alternative basis for computing the
number of necessary signatures required to file a referendum
petition in a municipal election if an alternative basis is
provided in a city or town ordinance or charter.
SB1332 state employees; payroll dues deduction
(Yrun)
Allows payroll salary deductions for dues in a recognized
employee association if at least 1,000 state university
employees are members of the organization.
SB1346 Arizona correctional industries; technical
correction (Guenther)
Makes a technical change.
SB1347 private prisons; technical correction
(Guenther)
Makes a technical change.
SB1348 special services fund; technical correction
(Guenther)
Makes a technical change.
SB1359 municipal annexation; county islands
(Guenther)
Provides a city or town an alternative method to annex
territory that is surrounded on all sides by the city or town
and by at least 75 percent of an incorporated area.
SB1360 cotton research council; powers (Guenther)
Expands the powers of the Cotton Research Council to
award grants, authorize research programs and administer a
motor vehicle fleet. Provides exemptions from the Arizona
Procurement Code and the prohibition on state government
competition with private enterprise.
SB1373 governor's emergency powers; procedures
(Guenther)
Allows the Director of the division of emergency
management to extend or terminate a state of emergency.
SB1378 state employees; Arizona government
university (Solomon)
Establishes the Arizona Government University to design,
implement and administer a statewide employee training
program.
SB1380 municipal and county employees; pregnancy
(Solomon)
Requires municipalities to make a reasonable effort to
accommodate law enforcement officers employed by the
municipality, if the officer is partially physically restricted by
a pregnancy. Requires counties to make a reasonable effort
to accommodate county employees if the employee is
partially physically restricted by a pregnancy.
SB1384 elected office vacancies; special election
(Jarrett)
Allows a person elected to fill the remainder of an unexpired
four-year term of a state or county office to take the oath of
office and begin service within 90 days.
SB1395 corrections oversight committee (Richardson)
Establishes a Corrections Oversight Committee. Provides
for committee membership and duties.
SB1398 light pollution (Hamilton)
Requires all streetlight fixtures to be shielded.
SB1407 election reform (Cummiskey)
Requires a committee to make recommendations regarding
voting equipment that meet or exceed the Federal Elections
Commission voting systems standards and establishes a
voting systems upgrade fund for the purchase of voting
systems to replace punch card voting systems.
SB1415 public records; inspection; mail (Martin)
Creates a procedure for the release of public records through
the mail.
SB1420 municipal annexation; contiguity (Bennett)
Changes the requirements for territory to be considered
contiguous in order to extend and increase the corporate
limits of a city or town by annexation.
SB 1423 campaign finance; compensation prohibition
(Mitchell)
Proposed Strike Everything Amendment: assessment lien notice
SB1440 collective bargaining; public safety employees
(Valadez)
Establishes collective bargaining for public safety employees
of the State and political subdivisions. Proposed Strike
Everything Amendment: same subject
SB1442 elections; interim boundaries; preclearance
pending (Valadez)
An emergency measure authorizing the use of the district
boundary lines adopted by the Independent Redistricting
Commission for purposes of filing nomination papers and
petitions for legislative and congressional candidates.
Upcoming in the Senate
Friday, March 15—Monday, March 18
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SB1443 clean elections; interim boundaries;
preclearance (Valadez)
An emergency measure authorizing the use of the district
boundary lines adopted by the Independent Redistricting
Commission for the purposes of filing nominating papers
and petitions and collecting qualifying contributions.
SB1454 tourism and sports authority oversight
(Gnant)
An emergency measure that expands the entities allowed to
provide the land, infrastructure and parking facilities
associated with the multipurpose facility of the Tourism and
Sports Authority to include any county, city, town, municipal
corporation or Indian tribe. Provides additional monitoring
of the Authority's financial activities.
SB1458 open meetings; agenda exception (Mitchell)
Allows a member of a public body, during a public meeting,
to present a brief summary of current events without listing
in the agenda the specific matters to be summarized.
SB1460 nonprofit hospital raffles (Gerard)
Allows nonprofit hospitals to conduct raffles if the hospital
contracts with an outside agent who participates in the
management, sales or operation of raffles.
SR1002 silver haired legislature; commendation
(Gnant)
Honors the Arizona Silver Haired Legislature.
9:00 AM Finance (SHR 1)
SB1011 airline tax deferral (Bundgaard)
Retroactive to January 1, 2002, defers flight property and
corporate income tax liabilities from accruing through
January 1, 2004. Proposed Strike Everything Amendment:
economic stimulus
SB1087 health facilities; bonding authority (Cirillo)
Expands the ability of the Arizona Health Facilities
Authority to provide financing for health care projects.
SB1095 ASRS; federal conforming changes (Cirillo)
SB1120 ASRS; retirees; graded multiplier increase
(Hamilton)
SB1166 teachers for Arizona; tax credit (Gnant)
SB1220 county jail tax; extension (Solomon)
Authorizes a county with a population of at least 1.5 million
persons to seek voter approval to extend an excise tax for
authorized jail facilities expenditures for no more than 20
years. Government Amendment: Adds a new maintenance of
effort requirement.
SB1227 statute of limitations; tax filings (Bundgaard)
Proposed Strike Everything Amendment: campaign finance
reform
SB1230 income tax; flat tax (Cirillo)
SB1239 retirees; health insurance; enhanced subsidy
(Arzberger)
SB1279 confidential tax information; quality review
(Cirillo)
Allows the State Board of Accountancy to access
confidential tax information when conducting reviews or
investigation of accountants.
SB1330 improvement districts; public lighting
(Mitchell)
SB1358 use tax; natural gas (Guenther)
SB1417 elected officials; retirement; return; pension
(Bennett)
SB1455 income tax credit; nurses (Gnant)
SB1470 uniform custodial trust act (Petersen)
Adopts the Uniform Custodial Trust Act, allowing use of
custodial trusts.
SCR1002 property tax increase; notice; hearing
(Bundgaard)
Codifies in the Arizona Constitution that the Legislature
establish laws requiring a public notice and hearing regarding
any proposed increase in the primary property taxes greater
than the base limit of the preceding taxable year. Requires
that an increase in various primary property taxes be
approved by the qualified voters of a taxing jurisdiction.
Proposed Strike Everything Amendment: military airports; land
exchanges
1:15 PM Rules (Second Floor Caucus Room)
AGENDA: TBA
1:30 COW and Third Read
Upon Adjournment of Floor
Democratic Caucus (First Floor Caucus Room)
Republican Caucus (Second Floor Caucus Room)
Upcoming in the Senate
Friday, March 15—Monday, March 18
Yesterday in the Senate
Wednesday, March 13
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SB1072 early emancipation of minors (Daniels) FAILED (0-6-0-0)
(Voting No: Hartley, Hellon, Jarrett, Lopez, Petersen, Solomon)
Requires the court to inquire if it is in the best interest of a juvenile to emancipate instead of ordering out-of-home placement.
FOR: None
AGAINST: Arizona Department of Economic Security; Arizona Council of Human Service Providers
NEUTRAL: Administrative Office of the Courts
SB1195 family importance; state policy (Smith) FAILED (3-3-0-0)
(Voting No: Hartley, Hellon, Lopez)
Declares the state’s policy on the importance of family involvement in serving children who come into contact with the juvenile
justice system, child welfare system or other state systems.
FOR: None
AGAINST: Arizona Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Senator Smith testified on the bill, saying that it was necessary for both parents to participate to help a troubled juvenile and this
is the only way to have real improvement. He added that the judge needs to have as much family available to make the best
decision. Senator Petersen expressed concern over the language that both parents "must" be there, noting that there may be
difficulties in locating both parents, as well as additional time, money and bureaucracy. He is supporting the bill so it may move
forward, but wants to change the "must" language. Senator Solomon said that she had the same concerns over the language,
but since the experts brought it, she supports the bill. Senator Hellon said that her concerns over the language were stronger
and thus she cannot support the bill. Senator Hartley concurred with Senator Hellon.
SB1254 appropriation; Navajo chapter house (Jackson) DP (5-1-0-0) Next: Appropriations
(Voting No: Hellon)
Appropriates $300,000 in FY 2002-2003 from the state general fund to the Department of Economic Security for construction
of Navajo chapter house facilities at Red Valley.
Senator Solomon said she is only willing to move this bill forward in Appropriations if the money is an advance to be repaid by
the trust fund. Senator Hellon is against the bill because there is no money available at this time.
SB1256 appropriations; tribal senior centers (Jackson) DPA (5-1-0-0) Next: Appropriations
(Voting No: Hellon)
Appropriates $1 million in FY 2002-2003 from the state general fund to the Department of Economic Security for Hopi and
Navajo senior centers. Family Services Amendment: Strikes reference to the Hopi senior centers and reduces the appropriation to
300,000 for the Navajo senior centers only.
FOR: None
AGAINST: Navajo Senior Center; Tincer Nez, Jr. (self); Nora Tallman (self)
Senator Hartley said that the amendment is brought for the purpose of trying to keep the bill moving, as another bill had already
appropriated funds for the Hopi centers. Senator Jackson expressed his opposition to the cutting of appropriations and hopes
to work with the Appropriations chair on the amount.
SB1287 adoption (Daniels) DPA (4-2-0-0) Next: Rules
(Voting No: Hellon, Solomon)
Codifies the notice to a potential father of a planned adoption, requires completion of a paternity action if consent to adopt is
withheld and deems sexual intercourse as notice of pregnancy. Family Services Amendment: Makes language more consistent in bill
and clarifies time requirements.
FOR: Michael Herrod (self); Heidi LaPointe (self)
AGAINST: None
Senator Solomon said she had problems with the language. Senator Hartley said that clean up of the language is needed.
SB1288 adoption; confidential intermediaries (Richardson) DP (6-0-0-0) Next: Rules
Allows a confidential intermediary to contact a person who is at least 18 years of age if the adoption was completed before April
1, 1993.
FOR: Teri Day (self); Lou Bacchi (self)
AGAINST: None
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SB1298 children; medication; behavioral health (Jarrett) HELD
Assigns goals for the medical examination pilot project and requires, before a medical professional refers a child in the
project for a behavioral screening, an evaluation for certain specific conditions.
Bill held by Chair, no reason given.
SB1299 children's behavioral health (Jarrett) HELD
Clarifies that a parent's refusal to administer psychiatric medication to a child is not abuse or neglect by itself, nor is it
sufficient reason to take the child into temporary custody.
Bill held by Chair, no reason given.
SB1318 appropriations; health programs (Hartley) DPA/SE (6-0-0-0) Next: Appropriations
Appropriates approximately $8.7 million in each of FY 2001-2002 and FY 2002-2003 from three funds for three health
related programs administered by either the Department of Health Services or the Department of Economic Security. Family
Services Strike Everything Amendment: Conditionally appropriates and prioritizes approximately $8.7 million in each of FY 2001-
2002 and FY 2002-2003 from tobacco settlement monies for three health related programs administered by either the
Department of Economic Security or the Department of Health Services.
FOR: Arizona Council of Human Service Providers; Suzanne Schunk (self)
AGAINST: None
SB1388 child visitation; violation; citation (Petersen) FAILED (2-4-0-0)
(Voting No: Hartley, Hellon, Lopez, Solomon)
Allows a peace officer to issue a citation to a person who fails to comply with a visitation or parenting time order and sets
monetary penalties. Family Services Amendment: Replaces the monetary citation with a referral citation that would require the
offending parent to appear in conciliation court. Parents not appearing will go before a judge. Requires the Supreme Court
to develop a referral citation form to be made available to law enforcement officers.
FOR: None
AGAINST: None
NEUTRAL: Administrative Office of the Courts
Senator Petersen said that this bill would prevent parents from using their children as pawns, and would provide
enforcement of visitation that is currently lacking. The bill is based on a Texas model that has been successful. Senator
Petersen added that this legislation would make violations of visitation orders more serious and would hopefully reduce the
number of offenses.
SB1433 parental alienation syndrome; custody; prohibition (Hamilton) FAILED (2-4-0-0)
(Voting No: Hartley, Hellon, Lopez, Solomon)
Prohibits the court, when determining custody, from allowing testimony regarding parental alienation syndrome unless that
syndrome is recognized by the American Medical Association or the American Psychiatric Association as a valid medical or
psychiatric condition.
FOR: National Voices for Rights of Children; Diana March (self); Shawn Cox (self); Diane Young (self); Arizona Coalition
Against Domestic Violence
AGAINST: None
Senator Solomon expressed concern over regulating what can and cannot be brought before a judge, despite the fact that she
supports this issue. She added that a good attorney would raise the issue before a judge. Senator Hamilton testified that
"syndrome" is another word for "theory," and that sexualized children are not unhealthy unless forced to be that way. He
added that he had never heard of another syndrome being used or abused in this way. Senator Hartley agreed with Senator
Solomon that prohibiting the court from doing something is not right. Senator Petersen said that, by voting against this bill,
the members are turning a deaf ear to problems that are out there. Senator Hellon also had a problem with prohibiting the
courts, and had to oppose the bill despite the compelling testimony. Senator Hartley respectfully disagreed with Senator
Petersen, even though she has sympathy for the issue.
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SB1434 CPS; foster care; compensation (Hamilton) DPA/SE (4-1-1-0) Next: Rules
(Voting No: Jarrett)
Strike Everything Amendment: Requires the juvenile court, when ordering one or both parents of a child placed in foster care to pay
child support to the Department of Economic Security, to use child support factors pursuant to martial relations statutes.
Establishes a foster care support fund and allocates reimbursement priorities. Family Services Amendment to Strike Everything
Amendment: Clarifies that child support order ends when the child returns home or is emancipated under current law. Removes
specific language to be consistent with federal law and programs.
FOR: None
AGAINST: None
NEUTRAL: Arizona Department of Economic Security
Senator Petersen expressed concern that this bill would establish another system that is difficult to enforce.
SB1435 court appointed evaluators; limited immunity (Hamilton) FAILED (1-4-1-0)
(Voting No: Hartley, Hellon, Jarrett, Lopez)
Provides limited immunity for court-appointed child custody evaluators.
FOR: Diane Young (self); Shawn Cox (self); Lisa Kaiser (self); Arizona Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Larry Lee (self)
AGAINST: State Bar of Arizona; Administrative Office of the Courts; Arizona Department of Economic Security; Arizona
Trial Lawyers Association; Davis L (self)
Senator Petersen said this issue needs more attention and he is willing to work on the language. He added that addressing the
issue is most important. Senator Jarrett said that more work would need to be done on the bill before she could support it.
Senator Hartley agreed that the bill needs more work. She added that she appreciates the intent but major overhaul is needed.
Commerce
SB1018 credit reports; copies to consumer (Cirillo) DPA/SE (5-0-1-0) Next: Rules
Strike Everything Amendment: Establishes disclosure requirements for providing consumers with information regarding the use of
credit information for insurance underwriting purposes.
FOR: NAII; Arizona Association of Retired Persons; Allstate
AGAINST: Arizona Credit Union League; Household Financial Group
NEUTRAL: Arizona Department of Insurance
SB1066 community health centers; taxation; exemption (Bundgaard) DPA/SE (6-0-0-0) Next: Rules
Strike Everything Amendment: development authority; correctional facilities
FOR: Graham County; County Supervisors Association; Correctional Services Corporation
AGAINST: None
NEUTRAL: Arizona Department of Corrections
SB1190 emergency aid; technical correction (Gerard) DPA/SE (6-0-0-0) Next: Rules
Strike Everything Amendment: athletic trainers; exemption
SB1197 condominium conversions; liability (Bundgaard) HELD
Provides notice of and a right to cure an alleged construction defect to the parties against whom a construction defect claim has
been alleged for properties that were converted from a multifamily rental to condominiums.
This bill was held at the request of the chair.
SB1225 construction defects; liability (Bundgaard) HELD
Establishes a cause of action that provides for the recovery of damages suffered by a homeowner or a homeowner association
against a contractor or a contractor’s agents, employees, subcontractors or design professionals who performed defective
construction.
The bill was held by the chair due to lack of time.
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SB1258 release of information; written authorization (Cummiskey) DPA/SE (5-0-1-0) Next: Rules
Strike Everything Amendment: Prohibits the sale or release of customer information for commercial purposes unless prior
written authorization is given.
FOR: Arizona Association of Retired Persons
AGAINST: Arizona Retailers Association; MCI Worldcom; Diane Heuel (self); Sprint; Arizona Credit Unions; Alliance of
American Insurers; Arizona Bankers Association; Arizona Competitive Telecommunications Coalition; XO
Communications; Jamieson and Gutierrez, Inc.; Cox Communications; National Federation of Independent Business; Toyota
Motor Sales USA; Consumer Data Industry Association; Arizona Auto Dealers Association; Home Builders Association of
Central Arizona; Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce; Arizona Association of Industries
SB1261 swimming pool contractors; bonds (Gerard) DPA (6-0-0-0) Next: Rules
Requires dual licensed swimming pool contractors and residential swimming pool general contractors to furnish surety bonds
or cash deposits of $50,000. Commerce Amendment: Replaces the flat surety bond of $50,000 with a sliding scale with the floor
at $50,000.
FOR: Kent Mcmillan (self); Robert Mate (self); Gregg Garrett (self)
AGAINST: None
NEUTRAL: ROC
SB1262 covenants dissolved; residential property (Gerard) DPA/SE (5-0-1-0) Next: Rules
Strike Everything Amendment: Requires a municipality or county for any permit issued to inform permit holders that a
condominium or planned community may have building restrictions more stringent than those of the municipality or county.
Allows planned community association members to amend the declaration by a simple majority vote of the members at a
regular or special meeting, regardless of any contrary provisions in the community documents.
FOR: George Staropoli (self); Mika Sadai (self)
AGAINST: Tom Heineman (self); HomeBuilders Association of Central Arizona; Paul Barnes (self)
SB1278 employment; equal wages (Richardson) DPA (4-1-1-0) Next: Appropriations
(Voting No: Hamilton)
Adds compensatory and punitive damages to the damages which may be recovered by an employee in a wage discrimination
law suit, and expands such suits to cover discrimination based on race. Creates an Equal Pay Committee to study and report
on the factors for wage disparity based on gender and race in the both public and private sectors. Commerce Amendment:
Removes everything accept for the equal pay study committee.
FOR: Business and Professional Women of Arizona
AGAINST: Arizona Retailers Association; Arizona Chamber
SB1339 state agencies; administrative procedures; rules (Burns) DPA (4-2-0-0) Next: Rules
(Voting No: Mitchell, Valadez)
Makes various changes to the Arizona Administrative Procedures Act regarding practices and procedures in the rulemaking
process. Establishes a regulatory reform and enforcement study committee. Applies licensing time frame rules requirements
to the State Land Department. Commerce Amendment: Restores current law with respect to including the economic, small
business and consumer impact statement as a summary statement in the preamble of a rule-making and as a separate
document when an agency submits a rule; Makes conforming changes relating to the elimination of the requirement that an
agency prepare and submit a concise explanatory statement to GRRC as a separate document when it submits a rule; Clarifies
that an agency is not prohibited from undertaking any rule making action even if that action has not been included in the
agency’s annual regulatory agenda; Prohibits GRRC from approving a rule if the agency failed to provide in the preamble a
reference to a study relevant to the rule that the agency reviewed and either did or did not rely on in its evaluation of or
justification for the rule; Shortens, from 90 days to 60 days, the delay of an effective date of a new or amended rule after the
rule and preamble are filed in the office of the secretary of state; Maintains the application of licensing time frame rule
requirements to licenses issued by the State Land Department, but exempts auctions, leases or exchanges of state trust land
from the time frame requirements.
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SB1296 telemarketing; Arizona no call list (Bee) DPA (5-0-1-0) Next: Rules
Establishes a "no call list" in the Office of the Secretary of State of people who do not wish to receive telephone solicitations
and requires the Attorney General to enforce the "no call list." Commerce Amendment: Adds telephone solicitations made by or
on behalf of a newspaper for the purpose of soliciting subscriptions to the list of exemptions to the no call list law; Applies
the no call list requirements to all sellers regardless of registration status; Requires the Secretary of State to prescribe by rule
the procedure for publishing an official no call list on a quarterly basis; Allows the Secretary of State to contract with a
national no call list program if the organization meets certain requirements; Requires the Secretary of State to send the no-call
list to any federal agencies that maintain a national no call list program; Exempts sellers or solicitors from liability for no call
list violations if they have established a written procedure to comply with the no call list provisions, they have trained their
personnel according to those procedures and the call made was due to error; Modifies the exemption with respect to a seller
with whom the subscriber has had an established business relationship, so that the relationship: Existed within the preceding
12 months, instead of 180 days and did not exist in a monopoly relationship and the seller is calling in relation to the
relationship or invitation; Modifies the subscriber civil cause of action by allowing two unauthorized phone solicitations
before enforcement, decreasing the recovery of damages from $5000 to $1000 and allowing attorney fees, costs and damages
to be recovered instead of whichever is greater.
FOR: Arizona Newspapers Association; Phoenix Newspapers Inc.; Secretary of State; Attorney General
AGAINST: XO Communications; Arizona Bankers Association; Arizona Competitive Telecommunications Coalition;
Dehart and Darr; Sprint; Arizona Retailers Association; MCI WorldCom; AT&T; Jamieson and Gutierrez, Inc.; Cox
Communications; American Express
NEUTRAL: Randy Cross (self);
SB1327 electrical worker certification board; appropriation (Mitchell) HELD
Establishes the Electrical Worker Certification Board and outlines rules governing electrical workers including certification,
regulations and penalties. Appropriates $100,000 from the state general fund in FY 2002-2003 to the Board for necessary
start-up costs, subject to repayment.
This bill was held at the request of the chair.
SB1340 youth tobacco act (Gerard) HELD
Makes the crime of knowingly selling or giving tobacco products to minors a class 3 misdemeanor and establishes civil
penalties against businesses and individuals who sell or provide tobacco to minors and minors who purchase or possess
tobacco.
Bill held at the request of chair due to lack of time.
SB1399 residential contractors' recovery fund (Gerard) DPA (5-0-1-0) Next: Rules
Increases the maximum amount that may be paid from the residential contractors’ recovery fund from $20,000 to $30,000 to
a person for recovery of losses incurred due to poor workmanship or non-performance by a licensed residential contractor.
Commerce Amendment: Increases the minimum level of the fund from $100,000 to $200,000. Increases the residential recovery
fund maximum payout per license from $100,000 to $200,000. Increases the alternate bond for dual licensed contractors and
residential contractor from $100,000 to $200,000. Increases the amount a claimant can collect from the fund from up to
$20,000 to up to $30,000 in addition to any amount received from the contractor’s license bond or other sources, provided
the claimant is damaged in an amount equal to or greater than the fund award plus the bond and/or other sources. Finally,
the amendment requires the registrar to contact the contractor with a notice informing him/her of the amount claimed or to
be awarded.
FOR: Registrar of Contractors
AGAINST: None
NEUTRAL: Homebuilders Association of Central Arizona; National Spa and Pool Institute
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SB1402 cigarette retailers and manufacturers; contracts (Bundgaard) DISC/HELD
Prohibits cigarette manufacturers from linking contracts with retailers to the retailers' participation in promotions of other
manufacturers.
FOR: Sal Mohamed (self); Al Alfano (self); Sami Gharib (self); Mike Chang (self); Curtis Jackson (self); Henry Lizano (self);
Brown & Williamson/Lorillard
AGAINST: Arizona Retailers Association; R.J.Reynolds Tobacco Co.; Robert Collins (self); Vern Stover (self); Arizona Food
Marketing Alliance; Western States Petroleum Association; BP/Arco
SB1429 retail electricity; competition (Gnant) DP (5-0-1-0) Next: Rules
Makes technical corrections to the statute governing electric power competition.
FOR: Salt River Project
AGAINST: None
SB1430 victims' rights; orders of protection (Hamilton) DPA (5-0-1-0) Next: Rules
Adds hearings for orders of protection to the list of events in which a victim of crime has a right to leave work to attend.
Commerce Amendment: Requires an employee who is exercising the right to leave work to provide the employer with written
verification of a proceeding issued by the court in the event law enforcement documentation is not applicable.
FOR: Arizona Coalition to End Homelessness; Arizona Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Basic Needs Coalition;
Lutheran Advocacy Ministry in Arizona; Association of Arizona Food Banks; Morris Institute for Justice; Business and
Professional Women of Arizona
AGAINST: None
SB1439 job training programs; workforce preparation (Valadez) HELD
Establishes the Arizona Workforce Preparation Program within the Department of Commerce to make grants to local
Workforce Investment Boards for the purpose of training displaced and low-income workers in new and rapidly growing
technologies and occupations.
Bill was held at the request of chair.
Conference Committee
The conference committees on HB2001 and HB2002 met briefly. After a long recess and much discussion, Representative
Knaperek announced that the two sides were not able to negotiate or make a deal. The House announced they would concur
with both bills.
Rules
HB2022 water; best management practices; agriculture (Gleason) PFC
Requires the Director of the Department of Water Resources to establish a Best Management Practices program as a
voluntary alternative conservation program for agricultural uses of groundwater for the Third Management Period (2000-
2010). Prescribes a specific irrigation efficiency standard for calculating water duties.
HB2061 environmental education council; continuation (Gray) PFC
Continues the Arizona Advisory Council on Environmental Education (Council) until July 1, 2012, and qualifies private
schools and nonprofit home school organizations for environmental education grants.
SB1045 competency; restoration (Richardson) PFC
Creates a procedure for prisoners to challenge a finding of competency for execution.
SB1073 liquor; direct shipment (Daniels) PFC
Commerce Strike Everything Amendment: Permits direct-to-consumer shipments of limited amounts of wine by out-of-state
producers.
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SB1083 water development block grant (Brown) PFCA
Establishes the water development block grant fund to assist cities and towns with the development and enhancement of
water resources. NRAE Amendment: Allows fund monies to be used to recharge treated effluent. Eliminates the requirement
that a city operate a public water system in order to qualify for funding and makes technical and clarifying changes. Rules
Amendment: makes clarifying changes in reference to the NRAE amendment.
SB1124 judicial productivity credits; additional salaries (Jarrett) PFCA
Increases the qualifications necessary to serve as a Justice of the Peace (JP). Revises the formula for calculating judicial
productivity credits used to determine a JP’s salary. Judiciary Amendment: Changes required orientation from one day to eight
hours. Mandates that Justice of the Peace may only determine cases after completing and education program by the Superior
Court; technical changes. Rules Amendment: makes technical changes in reference to the bill and amendment.
SB1129 early graduation college scholarships (Bundgaard) PFC
Establishes the early graduation college scholarship fund in the Arizona Department of Education to award qualified
students who graduate early from high school with a two-year higher education scholarship.
SB1143 jps pro tempore; hearing officers (Richardson) PFC
Creates new rights for hearing officers, including preference in Justice of the Peace pro tempore appointments, potential
reimbursement of mileage expenses and the power to officiate over a marriage ceremony. Judiciary Amendment: Stipulates that
hearing officers with ten or more years continuing appointment as a hearing officer will be given preference in JP pro
tempore appointments. Adds JPs pro tempore to those individuals eligible to perform marriage ceremonies. Defines JP pro
tempore.
SB1153 health boards; business entities (Gerard) PFC
Commerce Strike Everything Amendment: Outlines the requirements a business entity must abide by in order to offer chiropractic
or dental services. .
SB1155 pregnancy associated mortality review committee (Gerard) PFCA
Establishes the Pregnancy Associated Mortality Review Committee to review cases of women who died while pregnant or
within one year of ending a pregnancy and to educate the public on ways to reduce pregnancy-related fatalities. Health
Amendment: Adds two members to the committee and makes the committee subject to the availability of funds. Eliminates
the committee report having to be annual. Clarifies confidential information. Rules Amendment: makes technical changes.
SB1164 licensure; registration; applicants; fingerprint requirements (Smith) PFCA
An emergency measure conforming state fingerprint criminal record check provisions to current federal law. Rules Amendment:
makes technical and clarifying changes.
SB1178 banking permits; banker's banks; investments (Cirillo) PFC
Allows for a limited purpose bank that is not directly competing for normal consumers and commercial bank business while
providing banking services.
SB1179 occupational disease; peace officers (Cirillo) PFC
Establishes the presumption of an occupational disease for peace officer who was regularly assigned to hazardous duty and
whose disease, infirmity or impairment is caused by specific cancers that result in disability or death.
SB1191 health boards; investigations; information (Gerard) PFC
Requires all health profession regulatory boards to provide specific investigative information to the professional or the
professional’s attorney at least ten days before a disciplinary interview. Health Amendment: Specifies releasing investigation
information other than for a disciplinary interview or related proceeding constituting unprofessional conduct. This allows
each board to enforce the confidentiality provisions.
SB1192 DHS; dental services (Gerard) PFC
Allows the Department of Health Services to contract with Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS)
health plans to provide dental sealants to AHCCCS covered children. Health Amendment: Clarifies the department is allowed
to bill and receive funds from the children.
Yesterday in the Senate
Wednesday, March 13
SB1205 ASU West; land patent; reversion (Cirillo) PFC
Removes, from the conditions established for transferring state land to the Arizona Board of Regents, the requirement that
the title or patent of lands transferred ensures that all rights, title and interest in the lands revert back to the State if the
ABOR desires to or relinquishes ownership or control of the transferred lands and decides not to use ASU West Campus
lands.
SB1211 beer franchises (Valadez) PFC
Eliminates current law relating to franchise agreements in the liquor industry as applied to spirituous liquor wholesalers and
suppliers.
SB1213 home schools; environmental education grants (Burns) PFCA
Caps the expenditures that are exempt from the Revenue Control Limit and the Capital Outlay Revenue Limit of a school
district for desegregation expenses at the FY 2001-2002 levels until FY 2003-2004. Requires school district governing boards
to biennially report desegregation expenditures to the Arizona Department of Education. Establishes an eight-member Joint
Legislative Committee on Desegregation Expenses. Rules Amendment: Makes technical changes.
SB1217 technology assisted instruction program (Smith) PFC
Removes the annual evaluation and reporting requirements of the State Board of Education and the Joint Legislative Budget
Committee regarding the Technology Assisted Project-Based Instruction Program. Education Amendment: Requires the State
Board of Education to select up to four additional public schools to participate in the Technology Assisted Project-Based
Instruction program beginning in the 2002-2003 school year, and establishes additional program requirements.
SB1237 funeral directors and establishments (Bundgaard) PFCA
Allows the State Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers to discipline funeral establishments for violations made by
agents or employees of that establishment and expands the disciplinary actions that may be taken by the board to include
censure, the imposition of probation and the levying of civil penalties. Rules Amendment: Makes clarifying changes to bill.
SB1240 rural physicians; study committee (Arzberger) PFCA
Establishes the Rural Physician Study Committee to review issues affecting the practice of medicine in rural areas. Government
Amendment: Reduces the number of House and Senate members to two each; specifies that the physician member must
practice obstetrics; adds to the committee the director of the Rural Health Office or the director's designee; adds a
representative from a malpractice insurer; changes the duties of the committee to focus on obstetrical medicine and the
effects of malpractice insurance. Rules Amendment: Makes clarifying changes to the bill and amendments.
SB1245 public employees; organizational rights (Lopez J) PFC
Grants all public employees of political subdivisions the right to join employee associations and freedom to present proposals
and testimony to the governing body of the political subdivisions without possibility of termination, disciplinary action or
discrimination.
SB1260 board of psychologist examiners; reciprocity (Gerard) PFC
Makes several changes to the licensure laws under the Board of Psychologist Examiners
SB1265 board of nursing; omnibus (Gerard) PFCA
Makes numerous modifications to the statutes governing the Board of Nursing. Health Amendment: Provides cap on board
members compensation. Modifies the nurse practitioner definition relating to delegating to a medical assistant. Changes the
civil penalty discipline to an administrative fine and specifies temporary certification. Rules Amendment: Makes numerous
technical changes to the bill.
SB1266 alcoholism; involuntary commitment; repeal (Gerard) PFCA
Repeals the statutes relating to involuntary commitment of a chronic alcoholic to a treatment center. Rules Amendment:
clarifies the intent of the language.
SB1271 board of dental examiners; omnibus (Gerard) PFCA
Makes numerous changes to the statutes governing the Board of Dental Examiners. Health Amendment: Prohibits a person
whose application for a certificate has been denied for certain acts from applying for a certificate within five years after the
denial. Rules Amendment: Clarifies the language, makes technical changes.
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SB1324 educational bodies; charitable contributions (Petersen) PFC
Prohibits a public education body from denying its employees of an opportunity to contribute to a nonprofit organization
because of the organization’s beliefs, expressions or exercise of rights.
SB1331 schools; tests; reporting (Aguirre) PFC
Removes the deadline for the State Board of Education to publish and distribute the annual reports for every school, school
district and the State. Education Amendment: Stipulates that the State Board of Education must publish and distribute the
annual reports for every school, school district and the State by September 1 of each year.
SB1335 animal cruelty; increased penalties (Yrun) PFC
Increases to a class 6 felony all acts of cruelty to animals that are currently classified as class 1 misdemeanors.
SB1337 light rail safety; ADOT oversight (Aguirre) PFC
Requires the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) to establish, implement and enforce minimum safety standards
for light rail systems in a county with a population of more than 1,500,000 persons and provides ADOT with immunity for
this purpose. Judiciary Amendment: Requires the light rail system pay ADOT'S costs rather than reimburse the costs.
Transportation Amendment: Changes Federal Transit "Authority" to "Administration."
SB1345 trapping licenses; technical correction (Guenther) PFC
Makes technical and clarifying changes.
SB1349 water; technical correction (Guenther) PFC
Makes clarifying changes.
SB1350 agriculture; dairy products; technical correction (Guenther) PFC
Makes technical, clarifying and conforming changes.
SB1351 fire districts; technical correction (Guenther) PFCA
Makes technical corrections to laws regarding the reimbursement of fire districts. NRAE Strike EverythingAmendment: Limits
the types of county permitted sources that the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality must regulate if the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency disapproves a county's Title V permitting program. The amendment also clarifies that a
county is required to resume jurisdiction over Title V sources if the Environmental Protection Agency subsequently approves
their Title V program. Rules Amendment: Corrects an error in the NRAE Strike Everything Amendment.
SB1366 watercraft; extreme intoxication (Guenther) PFC
Creates the new crime of operating a motorized watercraft while under the extreme influence of intoxicating liquor and sets
the minimum blood alcohol concentration level at .15.
SB1371 disability parking; dismissal of complaint (Guenther) PFC
Dismisses a civil traffic violation for a person illegally parked in a specially designated parking space for physically disabled
persons if that person can produce evidence that the person has a validly issued disabled removable windshield placard.
SB1377 insurance pooling; educational institutions (Bennett) PFCA
Requires a charter school or private nonprofit educational institution to bond with the Director of the Department of
Insurance to ensure payment of its legal liabilities and obligations when joining various insurance benefits pools.
Education Amendment: Requires a charter school or private nonprofit educational institution to post a bond, cash deposit or
other comparable financial security that is at least equal to one and one-half times the amount of the institution’s annual
premium as financial security for any insurance pool. Removes charter schools from the definition of a "public agency." Rules
Amendment: Clarifies the language.
SB1403 school district expenditures; student costs (Bundgaard) PFCA
Prohibits a school district from budgeting costs not directly related to the education of pupils at the school district or at a
charter school sponsored by the school district, and prohibits expenditures on campaign literature associated with school
officials. Education Amendment: Removes language that prohibits a school district from budgeting for any costs that are not
directly related to the education of pupils at the school district or at a charter school sponsored by the school district. Rules
Amendment: Clarifies the language.
Yesterday in the Senate
Wednesday, March 13
SB1412 provisional community college districts (Brown) PFC
Requires a county to provide reimbursement payments to a community college district for students attending courses within an
established community college district or for extension courses, whichever amount is greater, for the remainder of the fiscal year in
which the provisional community college district is formed.
Third Reading
HB2570 behavioral health; definitions (Hanson) Passed (30-0-0)
Broadens the Board of Behavioral Health Examiners statutes to include the practice of psychotherapy. Substance abuse counselors
only practice psychotherapy in the context of substance abuse and chemical dependency.
SB1023 spousal maintenance enforcement (Hartley) Passed (18-11-1)
(Voting No: Petersen, Gnant, Smith, Daniels, Gerard, Hamilton, Jarrett, Bennett, Bee, Bundgaard, Martin; Not Voting: Blanchard)
Establishes a surcharge on divorce, separation and annulment filings to fund efforts by the Clerks of the Court to assist individuals
with enforcement of spousal maintenance orders. Establishes a spousal maintenance enforcement enhancement fund. Allows the
court to suspend licenses and certificates of a person in arrears on a spousal maintenance order. The regulations will not supercede
child support and judicial authority. Removes suspension of licenses and certificates as an enforcement tool for spousal
maintenance.
SB1024 athletic trainers; use of titles (Verkamp) Passed (26-3-1)
(Voting No: Daniels, Jarrett, Bundgaard; Not Voting: Blanchard)
Changes the designation used by athletic trainers to denote licensure and adds new designations that persons or entities are
restricted from using unless the athletic training services they provide are provided by or under a licensed athletic trainer.
SB1068 child welfare; boot camps (Cummiskey) Passed (28-1-1)
(Voting No: Hellon; Not Voting: Blanchard)
Adds outdoor youth programs, as defined, to the child welfare agencies licensed by the Department of Economic Security and
establishes an outdoor youth program advisory committee. Replaces mental health and substance use problems with disciplinary
problems in defining target populations of outdoor youth programs; makes a technical change.
SB1160 arts facility authority (Cirillo) Passed (16-13-1)
(Voting No: Hamilton, Daniels, Burns, Bundgaard, Bee, Bennett, Jarrett, Lopez, Martin, Petersen, Smith, Solomon, Cummiskey;
Not Voting: Blanchard)
Authorizes the creation and termination of a municipal and county arts facility authority (MCAF). Provides powers and duties of
the MCAF authorities, including issuing MCAF authority bonds. Allows, but does not require, a community college district
governing board to participate in the formation of a municipal and county arts facility authority. Requires the authority to include
the community college district if the district chooses to participate.
SB1198 criminal nuisance; unlawful substances (Richardson) Passed (30-0-0)
Establishes two new categories of criminal nuisance as class 5 felonies. States that in order to be found guilty of felony criminal
nuisance, a person responsible for a property must fail to take action to stop illegal activity; States that a person responsible for a
property who evades notice of controlled substance violations is considered to have notice.
SB1204 industrial development bonds; rental property (Valadez) Passed (17-13-0)
(Voting No: Smith, Jarrett, Gnant, Bundgaard, Daniels, Hamilton, Hellon, Bennett, Martin, Gerard, Burns, Solomon, Petersen)
Makes the temporary allocation schedule for private activity bonds permanent and directs the Arizona Housing Commission to
establish a committee to make recommendations on allocations and improvements to the system.
SB1209 AHCCCS; healthcare group (Cirillo) Passed (30-0-0)
Redefines Healthcare Group as a program within the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System and makes some
programmatic changes relating to premium adjustments and eligibility.
SB1264 child care; payment rates (Gerard) Passed (30-0-0)
Requires the Department of Economic Security to use its most current market rate survey as one of the factors for determining
child care assistance’s sliding fee scale and formula.
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SB1008 shooting ranges; noise standards (Smith) DPA
Establishes noise and operational standards for shooting ranges. Provides immunity from civil liability for shooting ranges
operating in compliance with these standards.
Smith Floor Amendment: ADOPTED
Changes the sound standard for shooting ranges to a one-hour average sound level of 64 decibels. Shooting ranges are
required to take the first sound measurement to ensure compliance with the standard, and keep a record of the measurement
on file for review by the public. Existing shooting ranges are required to comply with the sound standards by July 1, 2003;
allows property owners to take subsequent sound measurements at their own expense.
Rules Amendment: WITHDRAWN
Makes technical changes and clarifies the immunity provision.
SB1051 clean elections; voter pamphlet (Jarrett) RETAINED
An emergency measure requiring the Citizens Clean Elections Commission, rather than the county board of supervisors, to
mail a copy of the voter education pamphlet to every household of a registered voter. Contains a Proposition 105 clause.
SB1067 safe schools act; revisions (Petersen) RETAINED
Redefines the crime of interference with or disruption of an educational institution and modifies the requirements for school
governing boards to report conduct on educational property to local law enforcement agencies.
Education Amendment: Removes the provision that would have permitted possession of a deadly weapon on school grounds to
be charges as a class 6 felony without requiring the possession to occur in conjunction with other specified terms.
Rules Amendment: Makes technical changes.
SB1117 school buses; alternative fuels (Smith) DP
Repeals the alternative fuel conversion requirements for school district motor vehicle fleets located within area A.
SB1152 health care; confidential information (Gerard) DPA
Allows certain divisions in the Department of Health Services and the Department of Economic Security to share certain
confidential information with law enforcement agencies.
Health Amendment: ADPOPTED
Expands the list of agencies that can receive confidential information to include the County Medical Examiner. Reinstates
language restricting the release of confidential information if the release is prohibited by state law.
Yrun Floor Amendment: ADPOPTED
Requires a court order or subpoena for the release of confidential information to law enforcement agencies if the records
relate to a person who is the subject of a criminal investigation. Requires law enforcement and county medical examiners to
maintain confidential information provided by DDD as confidential, unless consent to release is given or pursuant to a court
order.
SB1158 effluent reuse; task force report (Arzberger) DPA
Continues the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Effluent Reuse until February 1, 2006 and defers the final report of findings and
recommendations until December 31, 2005.
NRAE Amendment: ADPOPTED
Makes technical changes and adds an interim report requirement due by December 1, 2004.
SB1162 insurance department; general fund recoupment (Cirillo) DPA
Requires the Department of Insurance (DOI) to levy fees and charges for various licensing activities and the annual
assessment on insurers for operation of DOI's Fraud Unit. Contains a Proposition 108 clause.
Banking and Insurance Amendment: ADPOPTED
Makes conforming change clarifying the intent of the bill by lifting the fee cap associated with assessments for DOI's fraud
unit.
Yesterday in the Senate
Wednesday, March 13
SB1177 auditor general; special research requests (Gnant) DPA
An emergency measure requiring the Office of the Auditor General to perform special research requests at the request of the
Joint Legislative Audit Committee.
Smith Floor Amendment: ADPOPTED
Requires the Auditor General to disclose information regarding a special research request to the Chairman of the Joint
Legislative Audit Committee upon request for disclosure by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House.
Committee of the Whole 2
SB1228 joint legislative tax committee (Bundgaard) DPA
Re-establishes the Joint Legislative Tax Committee (JLTC) and mandates JLTC to review all tax expenditures (§ 42-1005,
subsection A, paragraph 4).
Finance Amendment: ADOPTED
Eliminates staggered schedule of sun-setting certain tax exemptions for taxable period ending December 31, 2004 to
December 31, 2008. Changes composition of JLTC and specifies that no more than three members from the same political
party can be appointed to JLTC in either the Senate or House. Relieves the committee of the charge of examining why
newspapers are classified in the transaction privilege tax (TPT) publication classification and broadens the scope of the
committee examination of TPT and use tax exemptions to all tax expenditures.
Rules Amendment: ADOPTED
Makes technical changes.
Daniels Floor Amendment: ADOPTED
The Legislature shall not enact any new tax expenditures until the Joint Legislative Tax Committee has filed its first report.
SB1234 voter registration list fee (Bennett) RETAINED
Reduces the cost for copies of precinct registers provided in an electronic format to $150 for each copy.
SB1247 charter schools; political activities; prohibition (Hartley) DP
Prohibits charter schools from using school resources to influence the outcome of elections, and provides the Attorney
General enforcement authority to impose a penalty on school districts and charter schools that are out of compliance with
laws prohibiting the use of school resources to influence elections.
SB1272 information systems security information; confidentiality (Martin) DPA
Defines information systems security information and requires state agencies to maintain the confidentiality of their
information systems security information.
Government Amendment: ADOPTED
Includes the requirement that investigations must be "pursuant to a court order".
Martin Floor Amendment: ADOPTED
Allows an agency that is responsible for the confidentiality of their information systems security information to share their
information systems security information with the Office of the Auditor General.
SB1336 sales tax; contractor's solar exemption (Yrun) DPA
Creates a transaction privilege tax exemption for prime contractors for the installation of solar energy devices.
Finance Amendment: ADOPTED
Changes the TPT exemption sunset date from January 1, 2003 to December 31, 2003.
SB1393 political subdivisions; military airports; zoning (Hamilton) DPA
Requires school districts to adopt and enforce school district development plans for property in the high noise or accident
potential zone of a military airport. Reduces the size of the high noise or accident potential zone for political subdivisions
located in a county with a population of more than 800,000 persons but less than two million persons.
Government Amendment: ADOPTED
Exempts the use of irrigation areas not incidental to farming from collection pools.
Rules Amendment: ADOPTED
Makes technical changes.
Hamilton Floor Amendment: ADOPTED
Specifies the time period in which political subdivisions must submit compliance reports and adds an emergency clause.
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SCR1010 veto; time limitations (Gnant) DPA
Extends time limits which the Governor may sign or veto a bill while the Legislature is in session or has adjourned.
Government Amendment: ADOPTED
Reduces the time limits from 15 days to 10 days during session and from 30 days to 20 days after the session has adjourned.
Rios Floor Amendment: ADOPTED
Proposed Constitutional amendment to allow the Legislature to override a veto by the Governor issued after the final adjournment of
the Legislature, within the first four days of the next regular or special session meeting of the Legislature after the veto.
Democratic Caucus
Budget Discussion: Senator Cummiskey remarked that the Democrats had presented three different options in the conference
committee as to where monies should be drawn from to fund the issue of government employee pay raises. He said that the
Democrats did not feel comfortable taking any additional money from the tobacco education fund as the House has suggested.
SB1073 liquor; direct shipment (Daniels)
Senator Valadez had certain objections to this bill. First he believes it skirts around the three-tier system. Second he stated that
although the bill provides for applicable taxes to be charged, they would be paid to the state from which the liquor is bought.
SB1213 home schools; environmental education grants (Burns)
Senator Blanchard expressed concern that the strike everything amendment takes away the power of local school boards to make
decisions regarding the use of their desegregation funds.
SB1124 judicial productivity credits; additional salaries (Jarrett)
Senator Richardson reminded the caucus that the bill was a compilation of suggestions put together by a committee, not a consensus
bill. Senator Rios said that at the end of the day the JP is elected by the community who could determine if they were qualified to
serve. He asked why take opportunities away from young people. In addition he commented that to serve as a Legislator the age
requirement is 25.
SB1335 animal cruelty; increased penalties (Yrun)
Senator Yrun stressed that the decision to treat the action as a felony or misdemeanor is discretionary.
Republican Caucus
Budget Discussion: Senator Bennett updated the members on what went on in the Conference Committee earlier in the day. He
explained to the members no agreement was reached because of a misunderstanding between the House and the Senate regarding the
tobacco education fund and they were unable to come up with a compromise with the Democrats on a solution.
SB1124 judicial productivity credits; additional salaries (Jarrett)
Senator Jarrett said she will be offering a floor amendment to the bill. In addition, she said JP’s get paid for a full week of work,
however, they only work a couple of days a week, and this bill would change that. Senator Hellon was concerned with the tension
between JP’s and judges because JP’s don’t have to have a legal background. Senator Verkamp said that the situation between the JP’s
and the Supreme Court is major issue.
SB1129 early graduation college scholarships (Bundgaard)
Senator Daniels was concerned with the bills fiscal impact. Senator Bundgaard replied that there doesn’t necessarily have to be a fiscal
impact.
SB1179 occupational disease; peace officers (Cirillo)
Senator Daniels said that when a similar bill concerning firefighters was passed there was no evidence presented that the hazardous
materials actually caused cancer. Senator Bennett asked which group of people would be pushing for a similar bill next year. Senator
Smith said he disagreed with the bill because the workers are not exposed to hazardous materials on a daily basis. He added that he
thought it was the Police Department that should take the bill under consideration, not the state.
SB1335 animal cruelty; increased penalties (Yrun)
Senator Jarrett asked what was considered animal cruelty. Senator Smith said he is against the bill since it is too broad.
SB1350 agriculture; dairy products; technical correction (Guenther) HELD
Forty-fifth Legislature
Second Regular Session
ARIZONA STATE SENATE
THIRD READING
March 14, 2002
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SB1196 insurance producer licensing; conforming changes (Cirillo)
Makes conforming changes to Arizona Revised Statutes regarding insurance producers.
FOR: Arizona Department of Insurance; Independent Insurance Agents; Prudential; Allstate
AGAINST: None
SB1206 full service retirement housing (Cirillo)
Expands the Condominium Act to allow for the establishment of a full service retirement housing condominium.
FOR: The Ryerson Company
AGAINST: None
SB1232 Proposition 301; budget control measures. (Bennett)
Establishes the classroom site fund as a budgetary controlled account.
FOR: Paradise Valley Schools; ADE; The Leona Group Arizona; Arizona Association of School Business
Officials; Arizona School Board Association; Tempe Elementary Schools; Camp Verde Unified School District;
Arizona School Administrators, GPEMC; Arizona Department of Education; Tucson School Districts; Arizona
Education Association
AGAINST: None
SB1243 board of regents; continuation (Aguirre)
Continues the Arizona Board of Regents until July 1, 2012.
SB1244 transportation; parity bonds; limits (Aguirre)
Increases, by $300 million, the cap on the principal amount of parity bonds that the State Transportation Board
may have outstanding at any one time.
FOR: Arizona Department of Transportation; City of Phoenix
AGAINST: None
SB1290 community health centers; taxation; exemption (Richardson)
Exempts, from class two property taxation (16 percent assessment ratio), community health centers operating in
medically underserved areas or populations.
FOR: Arizona Association of Community Health Centers
AGAINST: None
SCR1007 county expenditure limitation; population estimate (Richardson)
Increases the average daily border-crossing factor from one-fourth to one-half in the determination of a county’s
alternative population estimate for purposes of calculating a county’s expenditure limitation.
FOR: Santa Cruz County; Arizona Association of Counties
AGAINST: None
SM1001 Tohono O'odham Nation's citizens act (Richardson)
Requests the U.S. Congress to pass legislation to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 and
requests the President of the United States to sign the legislation on its passage by Congress.
FOR: Tohono O'odham Nation; The Hopi Tribe
AGAINST: None
NEUTRAL: Arizona Commission of Indian Affairs