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Forty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session ARIZONA STATE SENATE THIRD
READING April 21, 2004 (Now: regulatory reform; amendments) Purpose (For more information see Fact Sheet): Applies
the notice requirements and requests for hearings of an appealable agency
action to contested cases and modifies the burden of proof statutes for
administrative hearings. Commerce amendment: Removes the exemption from the
notice and request for hearing requirements for a contested case where the
agency complies with requirements for scheduling of hearings before taking
disciplinary action. Exempts contested
cases under specified circumstances from the notice and request for hearing
requirements. Stipulates the appellant
or claimant has the burden of persuasion at a hearing dealing with a
procurement code case. COW Amendments: Stipulates this legislation does not
affect current law governing burden of persuasion in an agency denial of, or
refusal to issue, a license renewal, and requires the Regulatory Reform and
Enforcement Study Committee to review this issue. For Bill:
Richard A. Bark, Phoenix & Arizona Chambers of Commerce; Jim Hartdegen,
Self; Yvonne Hunter, Pinnacle West Capital Corp/APS; George Tsiolis, Self; Rip
Wilson, Walmart Stores, Inc; Sunrise Water Co.; Ttx Co. Neutral: Jim Buster, AZ Dept. of Environmental Quality HB 2010 department of public safety; reserves (Now: schools; impact aid revenue bonds) Purpose (For more information see Fact Sheet): Allows
an accommodation school located on a military base to issue impact aid revenue
bonds. Education amendment: Strike everything amendment was
adopted. For Bill: Trudy Berry, Self; Charles Essigs, AZ Association of School Business Officials; Sam Polito, Tucson Area School Districts; Michael Smith, Arizona School Administrators; Tonia Tunnell, Arizona County School Superintendents Association; Guillermo Zamudio, Fort Huachuca Accommodation School District #00 HB 2023 public utilities; technical correction (Now: nonappropriated monies; report) Purpose (For more information see Fact Sheet):
Requires ADOA and OSPB to include new reporting requirements for appropriated
and nonappropriated funds and appropriates $472,500 for implementation. Appropriations amendment: Struck provisions regarding
the phase in of reports, a study committee for establishment of a central
clearinghouse to track federal funds, and appropriations to ADOA and OSPB. For Bill: Penny Allee Taylor, Southwest Gas Corp; Scott Peterson, AZ Chamber of Commerce; Mark Thompson, Self HB 2142 Arizona medical board; licensure (Now: gasoline; MTBE) Purpose (For more information see Fact Sheet): Strike
everything amendment that prohibits the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether in
Arizona gasoline. Health amendment: Strike everything amendment was
adopted. For Bill:
Susan Culp, Arizona League of Conservation Voters; Scott Higginson,
Chevron-Texaco; Jim Norton, BP/ARCO Neutral: Dennis Ehrhart, Dept. of Weights and Measures HB 2172 health care directives; registry Purpose (For more information see Fact Sheet): A
proposition 108 measure authorizing the Secretary of State (SOS) to establish
and maintain an online health care directive registry and to establish the
Health Care Directives Registry Fund. Health amendment: Makes technical and clarifying
changes. COW actiont: Verschoor amendment strikes language
allowing the SOS to charge and collect a fee for filing a health care directive For Bill:
Charles Arnold, Self; Karen Barno, Arizona Assisted Living Federation of
America; Jason Bezozo, Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association; Richard
Bitner, AZ College of Emergency Physicians; John Durbin, Alzheimer's
Association; Monte Duval, Self; Susan Goldwater Levine, Hospice of the Valley;
Gillian Hamilton, Hospice of the
Valley; Rory Hays, Arizona Nurses' Association; Donald Isaacson, AZ Association
of Homes and Housing for the Aging; Pam Koester, Arizona Assn. of Homes/Housing
for the Aging; David Landrith, Arizona Medical Association; John Linda, Self;
Kathleen Pagels, Arizona Health Care Association; Gene Palma, Office of The
Secretary of State; Maria Solis, AARP; Kevin Tyne, Deputy Secretary of State;
Barbara Volk-Craft, Hospice of the Valley Neutral: Laurie Sletten, AZ State Library, Archives, and Public Records HB 2182 alcohol detoxification centers; study committee Purpose (For more information see Fact Sheet):
Establishes a study committee on alcohol abuse, its effects and funding for
treatment including regional detoxification centers. Health amendment: Requires instead of allows the
committee to use the staff services of a county supervisor association. For Bill: Jason Bezozo, Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association; David Miller, Arizona Council of Human Service Providers; Jesse Thompson, Navajo County; Nicole Waldron, County Supervisors Association of Arizona HB 2185 sick leave pay; direct transfer (Now: enduring freedom memorial) Purpose (For more information see Fact Sheet): A
strike everything amendment that allows for the placement of an enduring
freedom memorial in Wesley Bolin Plaza. Government amendment: Strike everything amendment was
adopted. For Bill:
Charles Foy, Arizona Conference of Police and Sheriffs; James Mann, Arizona
Fraternal Order of Police; Angel Rodriguez, Afscme Council 97; Tom Smith, Self Against Bill:
Roy House, Self; Norma Kjelsgard, Self Neutral: Alan Ecker, Arizona Department of Administration HB 2213 right of attorney; technical correction (Now: liquor licenses; definition; act of violence) Purpose (For more information see Fact Sheet): A
strike everything amendment that clarifies the definition of "act of
violence" in the statutes governing alcoholic beverages. Commerce amendment: Strike everything amendment was
adopted. For Bill: Michael Preston Green, Precision Components Inc.; Donald Isaacson, Arizona Licensed Beverage Association; Mike Williams, Scottsdale Hospitality Group; Rip Wilson, Walmart Stores, Inc HB 2279 statewide solid waste management plans (Now: solid waste management) Purpose (For more information see Fact Sheet): Strike
everything amendment allows the Solid Waste and Recycling Program to operate
under recent changes to federal rules. NRT amendment: Strike everything amendment was
adopted. For Bill: Richard A. Bark, Arizona & Phoenix Chambers of Commerce; Sally Bender, County Supervisors Association; Philip MacDonnell, Waste Management HB 2317 landlord tenant; domestic violence Purpose (For more information see Fact Sheet):
Prohibits rental agreements from limiting the tenant's right to summon a peace
officer or emergency assistance in response to domestic violence. Commerce amendment:
Makes technical changes. For Bill: Suzanne Gilstrap, Arizona Multihousing Association; Bill Hart, AZ Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Meggan Medina, Arizona Coalition to End Homelessness; Eddie Sissons, Wm. E. Morris Institute for Justice HB 2355 driver licenses; source of identification. (Now: recreational corridors; districts) Purpose (For more information see Fact Sheet): Strike
everything amendment that creates and authorizes the formation of recreational
corridor channelization districts. NRT amendments: Strike everything amendment was
adopted. Increases the number of property owner signatures required for
preliminary district establishment from the owners of 25% of the real property
in the district, to the owners of 50% of the real property in the district. For Bill:
Russell Bowers, Arizona Rock Products Association; Stuart Goodman, Friends of
the West Valley Recreation Corridor; Rory Hays, Flood Control District of
Maricopa County; Donald Isaacson, State Farm Insurance Company; Bryan Soller,
Arizona State Fraternal Order of Police Neutral: Eugene Parker, AZCLU HB 2399 workers' compensation; infectious exposures (Now: structural pest control commission) Purpose (For more information see Fact Sheet): Strike
everything amendment that modifies requirements for licensees of the Structural
Pest Control Commission. Commerce amendment: Strike everything amendment was
adopted. For Bill:
Jennifer Clark, Arizona Pest Management Association; Carl Martin, AZ Structural
Pest Control Commission Against Bill: Rip Wilson, Walmart Stores, Inc; Sunrise Water Co. HB 2460 vehicle registration; nonresidents; tax exemption (Now: registration; motor vehicles; nonresidents) Purpose (For more information see Fact Sheet):
Modifies the special 30-day nonresident registration permit requirements and
expands the transaction privilege tax exemption for vehicles sold to
nonresident purchasers. COW action: Martin amendment clarifies that a
nonresident purchaser of a motor vehicle in Arizona, who obtains a special 30
day nonresident registration permit and whose home state has a reciprocity
agreement with Arizona, is required to pay either the sales tax rate of the
purchaser's home state or Arizona's sales tax rate, whichever is lower. Arzberger amendment provides that this act is
effective only if the Legislature, on or before September 30, 2004,
appropriates $37,000 to ADOT from the State Highway Fund in FY 2004-2005 for
the implementation costs associated with the bill provisions. For Bill:
Jack Crays, Ariz. Rec. Vech. Dealer Assoc.; Richard Dillon, Dillon's RV City;
Mark Nunzio, AZ Rec. Veh. Dealers Assoc.; T. C. Poelstra, Beaudry Motor Corp;
Bobbi Sparrow, AZ Automobile Dealers Assoc; Susie Stevens, Arizona Recreational
Vehicle Dealers Association; Charles Wenzel, Earnhardts RV/Self Neutral: Kevin Biesty, ADOT; Anthony Forschino, DOR HCM 2005 victims' rights amendment; federal constitution (Now: United Nations; authority) Purpose (For more information see Fact Sheet): Urges
the US Congress to rebuke the UN for past usurpation of American powers and to
refuse passage of any legislation that gives authority to the UN. COW Action: Harper amendment adopted to Judiciary
amendment. Removes language referring to the American Sovereignty Restoration
Act (HR 1146) and urges the US Congress to refuse passage of any legislation
giving authority to the UN. For Bill:
Ron Bruchhauser, Self; Eric Edwards, AZ Assoc. of Chiefs of Police &
Phoenix Police Against Bill: Eleanor Eisenberg, Arizona Civil Liberties Union HCM 2011 Luke air force base preservation Purpose (For more information see Fact Sheet):
Requests that the United States Congress authorize the U.S. Bureau of Land
Management to prepare and execute a land trade between the federal government
and landowners near Luke Air Force Base and Yuma Army Proving Ground testing
and training ranges. NRT amendment: Requests that Congress authorize a land
exchange for property around Yuma Army Proving Ground testing and training
ranges and Luke's related auxiliary fields. For Bill: Kevin Adam, League of Arizona Cities and Towns; Tom Dorn, AZ Planning Assn./East Valley Chamber Alliance; Miryam Gutier, City of Glendale; Anne Hamilton, City of Yuma; Jack Lunsford, Westmarc; Jody Roberts, Fighter Country Partnership; Jeff Sandquist, West Valley Community Action Coalition; Allan Stanton, Robson Communities ---------- DOCUMENT FOOTER --------- “For” and “Against” data on bills is derived from
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