ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-sixth Legislature

Second Regular Session

 

HB 2253: board of technical registration; continuation

Sponsor: Representative Wilmeth, LD 2

Committee on Commerce

☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal NoteOverview

Continues the Board of Technical Registration (BTR) for eight years.

History

Board of Technical Registration

Created in 1921, originally referred to as the State Board of Registration, the BTR provides for the safety, health and welfare of the public by establishing and enforcing standards of qualification for alarm agents, architects, engineers, geologists, home inspectors, landscape architects, and land surveyors and determining if applicants are qualified to be registered or certified. The BTR is a 90/10 board which requires 90% of fees and other revenues received by the BTR to be deposited into the Technical Registration Fund used to cover the BTR's operational expenses and 10% to be deposited into the state General Fund. The 11-member BTR consists of one architect, one professional engineer, one landscape architect, one geologist, one land surveyor and six public members with at least one of whom has a legal, construction or design product background. Members are appointed by the Governor for a three-year term and may not serve more than two consecutive terms (Title 32, Chapter 1, A.R.S.)

Sunset Review Process

The sunset review process provides a system for the Legislature to evaluate the need to continue the existence of state agencies which are reviewed by a legislative committee of reference (COR). The COR is required to hold a public hearing, receive testimony from agency officials and the public and consider the agency's responses to the statutorily-outlined sunset factors in determining whether to recommend continuing, consolidating or terminating the agency (A.R.S 41-2954).

The House Commerce COR held a public meeting on January 16, 2024, and recommended that the Legislature continue the BTR for eight years. The BTR terminates on July 1, 2024, unless continued by the Legislature (A.R.S. § 41-3024.11).

Provisions

1.   Continues, retroactive to July 1, 2024, the BTR for eight years until July 1, 2032. (Sec. 1, 2, 4)

2.   Repeals the BTR on January 1, 2033. (Sec. 2)

3.   Includes a purpose statement. (Sec. 3)

 

 

 

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