ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

Majority Research Staff

HB 2775: international organizations; government resources; prohibition

Sponsor: Representative Powell, LD 14

Committee on Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

Overview

Prohibits the state's agencies, political subdivisions and employees from enforcing or implementing international organization mandates or using state resources to assist in their enforcement or implementation.

History

Currently, several areas of statute require compliance with or refer to the standards or frameworks outlined by various international organizations, including but not limited to:

1) the Director of the Arizona Department of Transportation is required to adopt the current sound measurement standard of the Society of Automotive Engineers' international organization for standardization for certain off-highway vehicles (A.R.S. § 28-1179);

2) in order for certain educators and administrators to receive continuing education credits for dyslexia training activities, the training must include the knowledge and practice standards of an international organization on dyslexia that is designated by the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) (A.R.S. § 15-219);

3) ADE is required to develop a dyslexia screening plan that meets outlined requirements, one of which states that the plan must be developed collaboratively with state representatives of an international organization on dyslexia (A.R.S. § 15-704); and

4) a municipality or county may adopt a wildlife-urban interface code, which may be adapted from a model code adopted by a national or international organization for mitigating the hazard to life and property (A.R.S. §§ 9-806, 11-861).

Provisions

1. Prohibits an agency or political subdivision of Arizona or an employee thereof, except as required by a court order, from doing any of the following in their official capacity:

a. knowingly and willfully participating in the enforcement or implementation of any rule, regulation, fee, tax or policy or mandate of an international organization; or

b. using any assets, state monies or monies allocated by the state to its political subdivisions to engage in any activity that aids an international organization in enforcing or implementing any rule, regulation, fee, tax, policy or mandate in the state. (Sec. 2)

2. Includes as an international organization, for the purposes of the act, all of the following:

a. the World Health Organization

b. the United Nations and any United Nations agency;

c. the World Economic Forum;

d. the Bank for International Settlements;

e. the International Criminal Court;

f. the International Monetary Fund; and

g. the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. (Sec. 2)

3. Makes technical changes. (Sec. 1)

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