Thread: ARIZONA (2011)

SENATE BILL 1368

Introduced by Senator Antenori; Representatives Gowan, Montenegro, Vogt: Senators Driggs, Klein, Shooter; Representatives Harper, Stevens

AN ACT

amending section 13-105, Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 13, chapter 7, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 13-709.06; amending title 13, chapter 23, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 13-2323; relating to human smuggling organizations.

TEXT OF BILL: http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp ... b1368p.htm

STATUS:
in HOUSE
Second Reading Calendar 3/9/2011
First Reading Calendar 3/8/2011

in SENATE
Third Reading Calendar 3/2/2011
Caucus Calendar 2/23/2011
Consent Calendar 2/22/2011
Second Reading Calendar 2/1/2011
First Reading Calendar 1/31/2011

http://www.azleg.gov/DocumentsForBill.a ... ion_ID=102

SENATE BILL 1465

Introduced by Senator Gould

AN ACT

Amending Title 41, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding chapter 48; relating to valid IDENTIFICATION.

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

Section 1. Title 41, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding chapter 48, to read:

CHAPTER 48
VALID IDENTIFICATION
ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

This state or any political subdivision of this state shall not accept a consular identification card that is issued by a foreign government as a valid form of identification.

TEXT OF BILL: http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp ... b1465p.htm

STATUS:
Senate:
Third Reading Calendar 2/28/2011
Third Reading Calendar 2/24/2011
COW Calendar 2/23/2011
Caucus Calendar 2/17/2011
Caucus Calendar 2/15/2011
Consent Calendar 2/14/2011
Second Reading Calendar 2/2/2011
First Reading Calendar 2/1/2011

House:
Third Reading Calendar 4/18/2011
COW Calendar 4/13/2011
Caucus Calendar 3/29/2011
Consent Calendar 3/28/2011
Second Reading Calendar 3/9/2011
First Reading Calendar 3/8/2011


http://www.azleg.gov/DocumentsForBill.a ... ion_ID=102

SENATE BILL 1611

SPONSORS: Pearce

AN ACT
amending sections 1-501, 1-502 and 13-2009, Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 13, chapter 29, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 13-2930; amending sections 13-3961, 15-828, 15-1445, 15-1626, 23‑214, 28‑1559, 28-2051, 28-2059, 28-2157, 28-2163 and 28-3304, Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 36, chapter 12, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 36-1409.02; amending sections 41-1080, 41-1758.01 and 41‑1822, Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 41, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding chapter 48; relating to unlawfully present aliens.

TEXT OF BILL: http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp ... b1611p.htm

STATUS:
COW Calendar 3/17/2011
Third Reading Calendar 3/17/2011
Caucus Calendar 3/15/2011
Second Reading Calendar 2/22/2011
First Reading Calendar 2/21/2011

http://www.azleg.gov/DocumentsForBill.a ... ion_ID=102

HOUSE BILL 2655

Introduced by: Representatives Campbell, Farley, Hobbs, Tovar: Ableser, Alston, Heinz, McCune Davis, Meyer, Patterson

AN ACT

amending section 41-1724, Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 41, chapter 12, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 41-1725; amending sections 42-5009, 42-5029, 42-5061, 42-5064, 42-5071, 42-5075, 42‑5155, 42-5159 and 43-1082, Arizona Revised Statutes; making appropriations; relating to the department of public safety.

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

Section 1. Section 41-1724, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE41-1724. Gang and immigration intelligence team enforcement mission fund; accounts

A. The gang and immigration intelligence team enforcement mission fund is established consisting of monies deposited pursuant to section 11‑1051, section 42-5029, subsection D, paragraph 4, subdivision (c) and monies appropriated by the legislature. The department shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund are subject to legislative appropriation and shall be used for gang and immigration enforcement and for county jail reimbursement costs relating to illegal immigration .

B. The gang and immigration intelligence team enforcement mission fund is divided into the following accounts:

1. The mission account.

2. The border security equipment and technology account.

3. The border action grants account.

4. The border law enforcement and prosecutors account.

C. The monies deposited in the fund shall be deposited in the accounts established by subsection B of this section as follows:

1. Thirty per cent in the mission account.
2. Twenty-six per cent in the border security equipment and technology account.
3. Twenty‑two per cent in the border action grants account.
4. Twenty‑two per cent in the border law enforcement and prosecutors account.

D. The mission account shall be used for gang and immigration enforcement and for county jail reimbursement costs relating to illegal immigration consistent with section 41-1725.

E. The department shall distribute the monies in the border security equipment and technology account in block grants to local, county, tribal and state agencies in the border region for border security equipment and technology, including night vision equipment, smart fence technology, infrared technology, off-road vehicles and radio equipment.

TEXT OF BILL: http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp ... b2655p.htm

STATUS:
HOUSE FIRST READ: 02/08/11
HOUSE SECOND READ: 02/09/11

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SENATE BILL 1574
HOUSE BILL 2058

Introduced by Senator Murphy

AN ACT

amending section 23‑781, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to employment benefits.

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

Section 1. Section 23-781, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE23-781. Denial of benefits to certain athletes and aliens

A. Benefits based on services, substantially all of which consist of participating in sports or athletic events or training or preparing to so participate, shall not be paid to an individual for any week of unemployment which begins during the period between two successive sport seasons, or similar periods, if the individual performed such services in the first of such seasons or similar periods and there is a reasonable assurance that such individual will perform such services in the later of such seasons or similar periods.

B. Benefits shall not be payable for weeks of unemployment beginning on and after January 1, 1978, on the basis of services performed by an alien unless such alien is an individual who was lawfully admitted for permanent residence at the time such services were performed, who was lawfully present for purposes of performing such services, or who was permanently residing in the United States under color of law at the time such services were performed (including an alien who was lawfully present in the United States as a result of the application of the provisions of section 203(a)(7) or section 212(d)(5) of the immigration and nationality act). Any data or information required of individuals applying for benefits to determine whether benefits are not payable to them because of their alien status shall be uniformly required from all applicants for benefits. In the case of an individual whose application for benefits would otherwise be approved, no determination that benefits to such individual are not payable because of his alien status shall be made except upon a preponderance of the evidence.

TEXT OF BILL: http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/50leg/1r/bills/sb1574p.htm

STATUS:
SENATE FIRST READ: 02/01/11
SENATE SECOND READ: 02/02/11
ASSIGNED TO RULES 02/02/11
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SENATE BILL 1407

Introduced by: Senators Smith, Klein, Pearce R; Representatives Fillmore, Kavanagh, Antenori, Biggs, Bundgaard, Gould, Griffin, Melvin, Yarbrough

AN ACT

amending Title 15, chapter 2, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-249.02; relating to the department of education.

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

Section 1. Title 15, chapter 2, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-249.02, to read:

START_STATUTE15-249.02. Students who are not citizens; data collection; annual report; withholding of state aid; immunity

A. To the extent permitted by federal law, the department of education shall collect from school districts data on populations of students who are enrolled in school districts and who are aliens who cannot prove lawful residence in the United States.

TEXT OF BILL: http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/50leg/1r/bills/sb1407p.htm

STATUS:
COW Calendar 3/17/2011
Third Reading Calendar 3/17/2011
Caucus Calendar 3/15/2011
Second Reading Calendar 2/1/2011
First Reading Calendar 1/31/2011


http://www.azleg.gov/DocumentsForBill.a ... ion_ID=102

SENATE BILL 1308

Introduced by Senators Gould, Gray, Pearce R: Biggs, Bundgaard, Klein, Melvin, Murphy, Shooter, Smith; Representative Harper

AN ACT

amending title 36, chapter 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding article 6; relating to the interstate birth certificate commission.

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

Section 1. Title 36, chapter 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding article 6, to read:

ARTICLE 6. INTERSTATE BIRTH CERTIFICATE COMPACT

START_STATUTE36-361. Adoption of compact; text of compact

The governor is authorized and directed to enter into a compact on behalf of this state with any of the United States lawfully joined in the compact in a form substantially as follows:

ARTICLE I

Findings and declaration of policy

It is the purpose of this compact through the joint and cooperative action among the party states to make a distinction in the birth certificates, certifications of live birth or other birth records issued in the party states between a person born in the party state who is born subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and a person who is not born subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. A person who is born subject to the jurisdiction of the United States is a natural born United States citizen.

ARTICLE II

Definition

As used in this compact, "subject to the jurisdiction of the United States" has the meaning that it bears in section 1 of the fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution, namely that the person is a child of at least one parent who owes no allegiance to any foreign sovereignty, or a child without citizenship or nationality in any foreign country. For the purposes of this compact a person who owes no allegiance to any foreign sovereignty is a United States citizen or national, or an immigrant accorded the privilege of residing permanently in the united states, or a person without nationality in any foreign country.

TEXT OF BILL: http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp ... b1308p.htm

STATUS:
COW Calendar 3/17/2011
Third Reading Calendar 3/17/2011
Caucus Calendar 3/15/2011
Second Reading Calendar 2/1/2011
First Reading Calendar 1/31/2011

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SENATE BILL 1253

Introduced by Senator Gallardo

AN ACT

Prohibited inquiry of nationality or immigration status

Notwithstanding section 11-1051, A peace officer shall not ask a victim of or a witness to a criminal offense about that person's nationality or immigration status except as necessary to investigate the offense.

TEXT OF BILL: http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp ... b1253p.htm

STATUS:
Second Reading Calendar 1/27/2011
First Reading Calendar 1/26/2011

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HOUSE BILL 2615

Introduced by: Representatives Stevens, Gowan: Goodale, Montenegro, Ugenti, Vogt

AN ACT

Eligibility for state or local public benefits; documentation; violation; classification; citizen suits; court costs and attorney fees; definition

A. Notwithstanding any other state law and to the extent permitted by federal law, any agency of this state or a political subdivision of this state that administers any state or local public benefit shall require each natural person who applies for the state or local public benefit to submit at least one of the following documents to the entity that administers the state or local public benefit demonstrating lawful presence in the United States:

1. An Arizona driver license issued after 1996 or an Arizona nonoperating identification license.
2. A birth certificate or delayed birth certificate issued in any state, territory or possession of the United States.
3. A United States certificate of birth abroad.
4. A United States passport.
5. A foreign passport with a United States visa.
6. An I-94 form with a photograph.
7. A United States citizenship and immigration services employment authorization document or refugee travel document.
8. A United States certificate of naturalization.
9. A United States certificate of citizenship.
10. A tribal certificate of Indian blood.
11. A tribal or bureau of Indian affairs affidavit of birth.

TEXT OF BILL: http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp ... b2615p.htm

STATUS:
Second Reading Calendar 2/8/2011
First Reading Calendar 2/7/2011

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HOUSE BILL 2191

AN ACT

Actions by illegal aliens prohibited

A person who is present in this state in violation of federal immigration law related to improper entry by an alien shall not be awarded punitive damages in any action in any court in this state. END_STATUTE

Sec. 2. Retroactivity

This act applies retroactively to any cause of action that accrues on or after January 1, 2004.

TEXT OF BILL: http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp ... b2191p.htm

STATUS:
in HOUSE
Third Reading Calendar 3/3/2011
COW Calendar 3/2/2011
Second Reading Calendar 1/19/2011
First Reading Calendar 1/18/2011

in SENATE
COW Calendar 3/23/2011
Caucus Calendar 3/22/2011
Consent Calendar 3/21/2011
Second Reading Calendar 3/8/2011
First Reading Calendar 3/7/2011

http://www.azleg.gov/DocumentsForBill.a ... ion_ID=102