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REFERENCE TITLE: state employment; prior convictions; disclosure |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-second Legislature First Regular Session 2015
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HB 2298 |
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Introduced by Representative Farnsworth E
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AN ACT
amending section 41-746, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the state personnel system.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 41-746, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
41-746. Refusal of consideration for employment; verification of education and work history; set aside of conviction; disclosure
A. The director may refuse to consider for employment or remove from consideration for employment any applicant who:
1. Has practiced any deception or fraud in the applicant's application.
2. Has failed to reply within a reasonable time to communications concerning the applicant's availability for employment.
3. Is found to be unsuited or not qualified for employment.
4. Lacks any of the requirements established by the director for the position for which the applicant applies.
B. The director shall develop procedures and standard forms to be used by all state agencies to verify a candidate's education and work history. The procedures shall include a requirement that a state agency head shall make documented, good faith efforts to contact current and previous employers of a candidate to obtain information and recommendations that may be relevant to the candidate's fitness for employment.
C. A person whose conviction has been set aside pursuant to section 13‑907 is not relieved from disclosing that conviction in an application for state employment or from providing authorization to release criminal background information regarding that conviction for state employment purposes.