PREFILED    DEC 18 2017

REFERENCE TITLE: department of economic security; continuation

State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-third Legislature Second Regular Session 2018

HB 2046

Introduced by Representative Carter

 

AN ACT

 

repealing section 41‑3018.21, Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 41, chapter 27, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 41‑3026.21; relating to the department of economic security.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Repeal

Section 41-3018.21, Arizona Revised Statutes, is repealed.

Sec. 2.  Title 41, chapter 27, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-3026.21, to read:

START_STATUTE41-3026.21.  Department of economic security; termination July 1, 2026

A.  The department of economic security terminates on July 1, 2026.

B.  Title 41, chapter 14 and this section are repealed on January 1, 2027.END_STATUTE

Sec. 3.  Purpose

Pursuant to section 41‑2955, subsection B, Arizona Revised Statutes, the legislature continues the department of economic security to provide social services, welfare programs, vocational rehabilitation and employment services and mental retardation and other developmental disability programs.

Sec. 4.  Retroactivity

Sections 1 and 2 of this act are effective retroactively to from and after July 1, 2018.