Assigned to COM & APPROP AS PASSED BY COW
ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Fifth Legislature, Second Regular Session
AMENDED
FACT SHEET FOR H.B. 2741
state licensing; fee waiver
Purpose
Requires an agency to waive a first-time applicant's initial licensing fee if the applicant is
the spouse of an active-duty service member or an honorably discharged veteran.
Background
Current statute requires an agency to waive any fee charged for an initial license for any
individual applicant whose family income does not exceed 200 percent of the federal poverty
guidelines if the individual is applying for that specific license in Arizona for the first time (A.R.S.
§ 41-1080.01).
Statute defines license as any agency permit, certificate, approval, registration, charter or
similar form of authorization that is required by law and that is issued by any agency for the
purposes of operating a business in Arizona or to an individual who provides a service to any
person where the license is necessary in performing that service. Statute defines agency as any
Arizona state agency, department, board or commission or any political subdivision of Arizona
that issues a license for the purposes of operating a business in Arizona or to an individual who
provides a service to any person (A.R.S. § 41-1080).
If the licensing fee waiver changes agency revenues, there may be a fiscal impact to the
state General Fund (state GF).
Provisions
1. Requires an agency to waive any fee charged for an initial license, if the individual is applying
for that specific license in Arizona for the first time, for:
a) any active military service member's spouse; and
b) any honorably discharged veteran who has been discharged not more than two years before
application.
2. Requires the Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA), by March 1 of each year, to
report the total number of waived licensing fees by each agency to:
a) the President of the Senate;
b) the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
c) the Joint Legislative Budget Committee; and
d) the Governor's Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting.
3. Requires the report to specify for which purpose the licensing fee was waived in accordance
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4. Makes conforming changes.
5. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Amendments Adopted by the Committee of the Whole
1. Eliminates the $300,000 appropriation from the state GF in each fiscal year to ADOA to
reimburse an agency for licensing fee waivers.
2. Eliminates the requirement for an agency to apply to ADOA for reimbursement of licensing
fees that the agency waived.
3. Requires ADOA, by March 1 of each year, to report the total number of waived licensing fees
by each agency to:
a) the President of the Senate;
b) the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
c) the Joint Legislative Budget Committee; and
d) the Governor's Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting.
4. Requires the report to specify for which purpose the licensing fee was waived in accordance
with statute.
5. Makes conforming changes.
House Action Senate Action
MAPS 2/14/22 DP 15-0-0-0 COM 3/16/22 DP 8-1-0
APPROP 2/21/22 DP 13-0-0-0 APPROP 3/29/22 DP 10-0-0
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Read 2/23/22 52-7-1
Prepared by Senate Research
June 22, 2022
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