Forty-seventh Legislature
Second Regular Session
ARIZONA
STATE SENATE
THIRD
READING
February
13, 2006
SB 1016 identity theft; mandatory
incarceration
Purpose
(For more information see Fact Sheet): Requires persons convicted of and
sentenced to a term of probation for identity theft, aggravated identity theft
or trafficking in the identity of another person to serve jail time as part of
the terms of probation.
For
Bill: Eric Edwards, AZ Assoc. of
Chiefs of Police & Phoenix Police Dept (01/16/2006); Mark Faull, Maricopa
County Attorney (01/16/2006); Bryan Ginter, Self (01/09/2006); James Mann,
Arizona Fraternal Order of Police (01/23/2006); Lupe Solis, AARP (01/10/2006);
Tanya Wheeless, Arizona Bankers Association (01/16/2006)
Against
Bill: Seth Apfel, ACLU-AZ
(01/16/2006)
Neutral: Nicole Stickler, AACo (01/16/2006)
SB 1057 assisting a criminal
street gang.
Purpose
(For more information see Fact Sheet): Defines the crime of assisting a
criminal street gang.
For
Bill: James Mann, Arizona Fraternal
Order of Police (01/10/2006); Sheryl Rabin, Attorney General's Office
(01/09/2006)
SB 1058 regents; rural
member.
Purpose
(For more information see Fact Sheet): Expands the membership of the Arizona
Board of Regents (ABOR) from 12 to 13 members.
For
Bill: Bas Aja, Arizona Cattlemen's
Association (01/14/2006); Bryan Ginter, Self (01/09/2006)
SB 1137 low income housing;
tax; exemption
Purpose
(For more information see Fact Sheet): Exempts rent of certain low income
housing from a transaction privilege, sales use or other similar tax levied by
a city, town or special taxing district.
For
Bill: Suzanne Gilstrap, Arizona
Multihousing Association (01/19/2006); Gregg Holmes, Stardust
Company(01/19/2006)
Against
Bill: John Wayne Gonzales, City of
Phoenix (01/19/2006); Lee Grafstrom, Self (01/19/2006)
Neutral: Jeff Gray, AZ Dept of Housing (01/19/2006)
CONSENT CALENDAR
SB 1220 vehicle dealer
regulations; exceptions
Purpose
(For more information see Fact Sheet): Exempts from licensure and regulation by
the Motor Vehicle Division an owner of a classic car or historic vehicle who is
selling the car or vehicle titled in the owner’s name in Arizona prior to
December 31, 2005.
Against
Bill: Bryan Ginter, Self (01/22/2006)
SB 1305 capital defendants;
mental evaluations
Purpose
(For more information see Fact Sheet): Permits the defendant, in a criminal
case in which the state intends to seek the death penalty, to object to the
initial intelligence prescreening evaluation; expands the definition of who may
perform certain competency evaluations on a defendant in a capital case.
For
Bill: Joseph Abate, Arizona
Psychiatric Society (01/26/2006); Bryan Soller, Arizona State Fraternal Order
of Police (01/30/2006)
Against
Bill: Bryan Ginter, Self (01/29/2006)
SB 1329 life settlement
provider; assignment
Purpose
(For more information see Fact Sheet): Prohibits an insurer from preventing the
assignment of an assignable insurance policy to a life settlement provider.
Neutral: Karlene Wenz, Department of Insurance (02/02/2006)
SB 1334 well drilling; time
extension
Purpose
(For more information see Fact Sheet): Allows, under specific circumstances,
well drilling permits for wells within an Active Management Area (AMA) to be
issued for up to five years.
For
Bill: Jim Hartdegen, SCWPDA &
AzWWA (02/01/2006); Patricia Hill, Arizona Department of Water Resources
(02/01/2006); Bob McCain, Arizona Municipal Water Users Association
(02/01/2006); Chris Udall, Agri-Business Council of Arizona (02/01/2006); Rip
Wilson, Sunrise Water Company; West End Water Company (01/30/2006)
Neutral: Stuart Goodman, Southern Arizona Water Users
Association (01/31/2006)
SB 1357 special retirement
plans; amortization
Purpose
(For more information see Fact Sheet): An emergency measure that lengthens the
time period for amortizing unfunded actuarial accrued liability and increases
the minimum employer contribution rates relating to the Public Safety Personnel
Retirement System (PSPRS), the Corrections Officer Retirement Plan (CORP) and
the Elected Officials’ Retirement Plan (EORP). Establishes stabilization
reserve accounts within PSPRS, CORP and EORP to limit decline in employers’
funding ratios.
For
Bill: Mike Colletto, Professional
Fire Fighters of AZ (02/01/2006); David Gore, Professional Fire Fighters of
Arizona (02/02/2006); James Hacking, Public Safety Personnel Retirement System
(02/01/2006); Elizabeth Hatch, Arizona Fire Fighters (02/01/2006); Tim Hill,
Professional Firefighters of Arizona (02/02/2006); Don Isaacson, Fraternal
Order of Police (01/31/2006); Jake Logan, Arizona Fire Fighters (02/01/2006);
James Mann, Arizona Fraternal Order of Police (02/06/2006)
SB 1380 special education;
IDEA changes
Purpose
(For more information see Fact Sheet): Conforms statute relating to the
education of children with disabilities to federal code. Contains requirements
for enactment for initiatives and referendums (Proposition 105).
For
Bill: Janice Palmer, Arizona School
Boards Association (01/31/2006); Joanne Phillips, Arizona Department of
Education (01/31/2006); Michael Smith, Arizona School Administrators
(01/31/2006); Sherri Walton, Mental Health Association of Arizona (02/01/2006)
SB 1388 structural pest
control; regulation; exemptions
Purpose
(For more information see Fact Sheet): Exempts from licensure by the Structural
Pest Control Commission a utility and the utility’s employees under specified
circumstances.
For
Bill: Yvonne Hunter, Pinnacle West
Capital Corp/APS (02/01/2006); Tom Jones, Grand Canyon State Electric
Cooperative Association (01/31/2006)
Neutral: Stuart Goodman, Arizona Structural Pest Control
Commission (01/31/2006)
SB 1390 property tax
valuation; telecommunications companies.
Purpose
(For more information see Fact Sheet): Allows the Department of Revenue to make
an adjustment in the valuation of property owned by telecommunications
companies.
For
Bill: Joseph Abate, A T&T
(01/27/2006); Susan Anable, Cox Communications (01/31/2006); Barry Dill, Level
3 Communications (02/02/2006); Eric Emmert, MCI (02/02/2006); Joy Gomez, Self
(02/02/2006); Manny Lerma, Qwest Communications (02/02/2006); John Mangum,
T-Mobile Wireless (02/02/2006); Barbara Meaney, Verizon Wireless (02/01/2006);
Rip Wilson, Cox Communications (02/01/2006)
Neutral: Anthony Forschino, DOR (02/01/2006)
SB 1411 prime contracting;
exemption; waste disposal
Purpose
(For more information see Fact Sheet): Excludes some portions of gross income
derived from the operation of a landfill or solid waste disposal site from
taxation under the prime contracting classification.
For
Bill: Michael Preston Green, Allied
Waste (02/02/2006)
Neutral: Kim Freeman, DOR (02/02/2006)
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