REFERENCE TITLE: state licensing; fee waiver

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-fifth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2022

 

 

 

HB 2741

 

Introduced by

Representatives Osborne: Nguyen, Payne, Udall

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending section 41-1080.01, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to State licensing.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 


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

Section 1. Section 41-1080.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE41-1080.01. Licensing fees; waiver; appropriation; definitions

A. Except for an individual who applies for a license pursuant to title 36, chapter 4, article 10 or chapter 28.1, an agency shall waive any fee charged for an initial license for any of the following individuals if the individual is applying for that specific license in this state for the first time:

1. Any individual applicant whose family income does not exceed two hundred percent of the federal poverty guidelines if the individual is applying for that specific license in this state for the first time.

2. Any active duty military service member's spouse.

3. Any honorably discharged veteran who has been discharged not more than two years before application.

B. The sum of $300,000 is appropriated from the state general fund each fiscal year to the department of administration to reimburse an agency on a first-come, first-served basis for fees that the agency waived pursuant to this section. An agency shall apply to the department of administration for reimbursement of fees that the agency waived pursuant to this section.

B. C. For the purposes of this section, "agency" and "license" have the same meanings prescribed in section 41-1080. END_STATUTE