Bill
Number: H.C.R. 2027
Mesnard Floor Amendment
Reference
to: Appropriations
Committee Amendment
Amendment
drafted by: Leg Council
FLOOR
AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
1. Expands the definition
of first responder to include Arizona National Guard members and
Correctional officers at the Arizona Department of Corrections, thereby making
their spouses and children eligible to receive the state death benefit.
2. Caps the state death
benefit at $250,000, rather than the difference between $1,000,000 and the sum
of any other death benefits received from governmental entities.
3. Requires the State
Treasurer to pay the death benefit within 30 days of receiving written notice
of a first responder's death from the first responder's employer.
4. Requires the death
benefit to be paid to the first responder's surviving spouse, or if the first
responder does not have a surviving spouse, the death benefit must be divided
equally among the first responder's children.
5. Repeals the state death
benefit and the state supplemental benefit fund on January 1, 2032.
6. Specifies that the new
two percent surcharge is only to be collected from the effective date of this
legislation to January 1, 2032.
7. Removes the delayed
effective date.
8. Makes technical and
conforming changes.
Page 1, line 1, strike
"enacting" insert "resolving"
Page 2, line
8, after "C." insert "Beginning
on the effective date of this amendment to this section through December 31,
2031,"
Page 3, line
31, after "K." insert "Beginning
on the effective date of this amendment to this section through December 31,
2031,"
Page 10,
line 26, after "13-1204" insert "and includes a member of the Arizona national guard who is on state
active duty in this state and a correctional officer who is employed by the
state department of corrections"
Lines 31 and
32, strike "from and after December 31, 2022"
insert "on the effective date of this section"
Page 11,
line 1, after the comma insert "on written notice to the
state treasurer from the first responder's employer"; after "pay" insert "a state death benefit of
$250,000"
Line 2,
after "spouse" insert a period strike remainder
of line
Strike lines
3 and 4, insert "If the first responder does not have a
surviving spouse and has children, the state shall pay a state death benefit of
$250,000, divided equally, among the first responder's children. The state
shall pay the death benefit within thirty days after receiving the written
notice from the first responder's employer."
Between
lines 10 and 11, insert:
"Sec. 4. Delayed repeal
Title 38,
chapter 8, article 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, is
repealed from and after December 31, 2031."
Renumber to
conform
Page 14,
strike lines 3 through 7
Renumber to
conform
Amend title to conform