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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session |
House: FMAE DPA 4-3-0-0 |
HB 2775: international organizations; government resources; prohibition
Sponsor: Representative Powell, LD 14
Caucus & COW
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)
Amendments
Committee on Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections
1. Prohibits a public institution of higher education from knowingly soliciting, accepting, entering into or continuing any loan, gift, grant, contract, agreement, research partnership, memorandum of understanding or sponsored project that originates from, is funded by or if affiliated with outlined entities.
2. Requires any proposed acceptance of monies, support or collaboration with outlined entities to be submitted to the Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) for review and approval before the acceptance of monies, support or collaboration may occur.
3. Designates ABOR as the sole reviewing and decision-making authority for determining whether the acceptance of monies, support or collaboration is consistent with state and federal law and national and state security interests.
4. Prohibits a public institution of higher education from delegating, bypassing or presuming approval authority as prescribed by the previous provisions and classifies any agreement entered into without approval by ABOR as void and unenforceable.
5. States that if ABOR approves an acceptance of monies or agreement and the acceptance or agreement is later determined to not comply with the prohibition or ABOR-review, the applicable public institution of higher education is required to forfeit an amount equal to 150% of the total value of the monies, gift or agreement.
6. Specifies from which part of an institution's operating budget the forfeited amount must be reduced and where the monies are deposited after the forfeiture.
7. Directs ABOR to establish a subcommittee, advisory board or similar entity to review any proposed monies, support or collaboration between an ABOR university and outlined entities.
8. Requires ABOR to adopt reporting requirements for universities under its jurisdiction and specifies the formatting and examinability of the reports.
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