ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

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SB 1271: businesses; crime reporting; penalty; prohibition

Sponsor: Senator Gowan, LD 19

Committee on Judiciary

Overview

Prohibits a municipality from imposing a fine or penalty on a business based on the frequency of requests for emergency services or on the monetary value of damaged or stolen property, unless the business has a documented history of frivolous, malicious or knowingly false requests.

History

A person commits false reporting by initiating or circulating a report of a bombing, fire or other emergency knowing that such report is false and intending:

  1)   that it will cause action of any sort by an official or volunteer agency organized to deal with emergencies;

  2)   that it will place a person in fear of imminent serious physical injury; or

  3)   that it will prevent or interrupt the occupation of any building, room, place of assembly, public place or means of transportation (A.R.S. § 13-2907).

Provisions

1.   Prohibits a municipality from implementing any rule that imposes any fine or penalty on a business or commercial entity that is based on any of the following:

a.   the number of requests for public safety assistance or emergency services made by the business; or

b.   the monetary value of the property that has been damaged or stolen. (Sec. 1)

2.   Allows a municipality to do the aforementioned if:

a.   the requests for public safety assistance or emergency services made by the business are malicious, frivolous or knowingly false; and

b.   the municipality has provided written notice to the business that prior requests made by the business were determined to be malicious, frivolous or knowingly false. (Sec. 1)

3.   Specifies that this legislation does not apply to faulty or nonemergency alerts from alarm systems. (Sec. 1)

4.   Defines pertinent terms. (Sec. 1)

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8.   Initials NM/NP                SB 1271

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