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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh Legislature, First Regular Session
AMENDED
engineers; alterations; commercial space
Purpose
Adds to the prescribed practices that are exempt from the Arizona Board of Technical Registration's (AZBTR) compliance requirements.
Background
The AZBTR is established with the purpose of providing for the safety, health and welfare of the public through the promulgation and enforcement of standards of qualification for certain technical professions and occupations, including architects, engineers, landscape architects, land surveyors, geologists, home inspectors and alarm agents (A.R.S. § 32-101).
Statute outlines when the professions and occupations regulated by the AZBTR may be practiced without compliance with statutory requirements. A nonregistrant may design, alter or add to either: 1) a detached, single-family dwelling; or 2) an individual unit in a multifamily dwelling, if the walls that are designed, altered or added are not bearing walls, shear walls or firewalls, as determined by an AZBTR registrant after an evaluation of the subject walls. Additionally, a nonregistrant may design, including additions or alterations, buildings or structures that: 1) are one or two stories; 2) do not exceed 3,000 square feet as measured to the outside surface of the exterior walls; 3) is not intended for occupancy by more than 20 people on a continuous basis; and 4) the span of structural members do not exceed 20 feet unless a greater span is achieved by specific build requirements approved by a registered engineer. A nonregistrant may exceed the 3,000 square feet limitation for a one-time single addition not exceeding 1,500 square feet as measured to the outside surface of the exterior walls and designed for the purpose of storage of chattels (A.R.S. § 32-144).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1. Allows a nonregistrant, for a commercial space of a one or two story building or structure that exceeds 3,000 square feet, to design interior nonstructural alterations of an individual unit that is 3,000 square feet or less, except assembly occupancy as defined in the adopted building code.
2. Makes technical and conforming changes.
3. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Amendments Adopted by the House of Representatives
· Exempts assembly occupancy, as defined in the adopted building code, from the authorization for a nonregistrant to design interior nonstructural alterations of an individual unit within a commercial space that exceeds 3,000 square feet.
Senate Action House Action
RAGE 1/29/25 DP 6-1-0 RO 3/18/25 DP 5-0-0
3rd Read 2/11/25 26-0-4 3rd Read 4/30/25 47-0-13
Prepared by Senate Research
April 30, 2025
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