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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-first Legislature Second Regular Session 2014
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SENATE BILL 1097 |
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AN ACT
AMENDING TITLE 41, CHAPTER 12, ARTICLE 2, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING SECTION 41‑1722; RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 41, chapter 12, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-1722, to read:
41-1722. Silver alert notification system; requirements
A. The department shall establish the silver alert notification system as a quick response system designed to issue and coordinate alerts following the report of a missing person who is sixty‑five years of age or older as described in subsection B of this section.
B. On the request of an authorized person at a law enforcement agency that is investigating a report of a missing person who is sixty‑five years of age or older, the department shall request an activation of the emergency alert system and issue a silver alert if all of the following conditions are met:
1. The missing person is sixty‑five years of age or older.
2. The law enforcement agency investigating the missing person report:
(a) Has used all available local resources.
(b) Has determined that the person has gone missing under unexplained or suspicious circumstances.
(c) believes that the missing person is in danger because of age, health, mental or physical disability, environment or weather conditions, that the missing person is in the company of a potentially dangerous person or that there are other factors indicating that the missing person may be in peril.
3. There is information available that, if disseminated to the public, could assist in the safe recovery of the missing person.
4. The department has been designated to use the federally authorized emergency alert system for the issuance of silver alerts.
C. If The department issues a silver alert pursuant to this section, the department shall provide the silver alert information to any other entity that provides similar notifications in this state.