REFERENCE TITLE: state licensing; fee waiver State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session 2022 HB 2741 Introduced by Representatives Osborne: Nguyen, Payne, Udall AN ACT amending section 41-1080.01, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to State licensing. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
REFERENCE TITLE: state licensing; fee waiver
State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session 2022
HB 2741
Introduced by Representatives Osborne: Nguyen, Payne, Udall
REFERENCE TITLE: state licensing; fee waiver
State of Arizona
House of Representatives
Fifty-fifth Legislature
Second Regular Session
2022
HB 2741
Introduced by
Representatives Osborne: Nguyen, Payne, Udall
AN ACT
amending section 41-1080.01, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to State licensing.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Section 41-1080.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE41-1080.01. Licensing fees; waiver; appropriation; definitions A. Except for an individual who applies for a license pursuant to title 36, chapter 4, article 10 or chapter 28.1, an agency shall waive any fee charged for an initial license for any of the following individuals if the individual is applying for that specific license in this state for the first time: 1. Any individual applicant whose family income does not exceed two hundred percent of the federal poverty guidelines if the individual is applying for that specific license in this state for the first time. 2. Any active duty military service member's spouse. 3. Any honorably discharged veteran who has been discharged not more than two years before application. B. The sum of $300,000 is appropriated from the state general fund each fiscal year to the department of administration to reimburse an agency on a first-come, first-served basis for fees that the agency waived pursuant to this section. An agency shall apply to the department of administration for reimbursement of fees that the agency waived pursuant to this section. B. C. For the purposes of this section, "agency" and "license" have the same meanings prescribed in section 41-1080. END_STATUTE
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 41-1080.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE41-1080.01. Licensing fees; waiver; appropriation; definitions
A. Except for an individual who applies for a license pursuant to title 36, chapter 4, article 10 or chapter 28.1, an agency shall waive any fee charged for an initial license for any of the following individuals if the individual is applying for that specific license in this state for the first time:
1. Any individual applicant whose family income does not exceed two hundred percent of the federal poverty guidelines if the individual is applying for that specific license in this state for the first time.
2. Any active duty military service member's spouse.
3. Any honorably discharged veteran who has been discharged not more than two years before application.
B. The sum of $300,000 is appropriated from the state general fund each fiscal year to the department of administration to reimburse an agency on a first-come, first-served basis for fees that the agency waived pursuant to this section. An agency shall apply to the department of administration for reimbursement of fees that the agency waived pursuant to this section.
B. C. For the purposes of this section, "agency" and "license" have the same meanings prescribed in section 41-1080. END_STATUTE