Senate Engrossed House Bill elevator contractors; elevator mechanics; regulation (now: corporation commission; lobbying; prohibition) State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025 HOUSE BILL 2233 An Act amending section 40-102, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to Corporation Commission Lobbying. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Senate Engrossed House Bill elevator contractors; elevator mechanics; regulation
(now: corporation commission; lobbying; prohibition) State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025
HOUSE BILL 2233
Senate Engrossed House Bill
elevator contractors; elevator mechanics; regulation
(now: corporation commission; lobbying; prohibition)
State of Arizona
House of Representatives
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
2025
HOUSE BILL 2233
An Act
amending section 40-102, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to Corporation Commission Lobbying.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Section 40-102, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE40-102. Corporation commission organization; meetings; acts of commission by majority or by single commissioner; conflict of interest; civil penalty A. The corporation commission shall elect from its membership a chairman. B. The commission shall hold a session at least once each month at its office. It may meet at any time or place expedient for the performance of its duties. The commission may, for holding meetings at places other than its offices, may occupy any courtroom, or rent offices, the expense of which shall be paid as other expenses authorized by this article. Sessions of the commission shall be open to the public. C. The act of a majority of the commissioners when in session as a board shall be the act of the commission. Any investigation, inquiry or hearing may be undertaken or held by or before any commissioner designated by the commission for the purpose, and every finding, order or decision made by a commissioner so designated, when approved and confirmed by the commission and ordered filed in its office, shall be the finding, order or decision of the commission. D. Commissioners and employees of the commission are subject to title 38, chapter 3, article 8. E. Before the commission, commission staff or any registered lobbyist on behalf of the commission may advocate for or against any federal or state legislation, regulation or rule, the commission shall: 1. Take a majority vote at a publicly noticed meeting. 2. Publish the commission's position on both: (a) The commission's website where the information may be easily accessed by the public. (b) The legislative information system or another comparable system that is used by the legislature or the governor's regulatory review council to track bills and public support or opposition to legislation. F. At the request of one or more members of the legislature, the attorney general shall investigate whether the commission or a commissioner violated subsection E, paragraph 2 of this section. The commission or a commissioner who is found to be in violation of subsection E, paragraph 2 of this section is subject to a civil penalty of $500 for each instance of noncompliance. G. Subsection E of this section does not prevent a commissioner from representing the commissioner's own position as an individual. END_STATUTE
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 40-102, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE40-102. Corporation commission organization; meetings; acts of commission by majority or by single commissioner; conflict of interest; civil penalty
A. The corporation commission shall elect from its membership a chairman.
B. The commission shall hold a session at least once each month at its office. It may meet at any time or place expedient for the performance of its duties. The commission may, for holding meetings at places other than its offices, may occupy any courtroom, or rent offices, the expense of which shall be paid as other expenses authorized by this article. Sessions of the commission shall be open to the public.
C. The act of a majority of the commissioners when in session as a board shall be the act of the commission. Any investigation, inquiry or hearing may be undertaken or held by or before any commissioner designated by the commission for the purpose, and every finding, order or decision made by a commissioner so designated, when approved and confirmed by the commission and ordered filed in its office, shall be the finding, order or decision of the commission.
D. Commissioners and employees of the commission are subject to title 38, chapter 3, article 8.
E. Before the commission, commission staff or any registered lobbyist on behalf of the commission may advocate for or against any federal or state legislation, regulation or rule, the commission shall:
1. Take a majority vote at a publicly noticed meeting.
2. Publish the commission's position on both:
(a) The commission's website where the information may be easily accessed by the public.
(b) The legislative information system or another comparable system that is used by the legislature or the governor's regulatory review council to track bills and public support or opposition to legislation.
F. At the request of one or more members of the legislature, the attorney general shall investigate whether the commission or a commissioner violated subsection E, paragraph 2 of this section. The commission or a commissioner who is found to be in violation of subsection E, paragraph 2 of this section is subject to a civil penalty of $500 for each instance of noncompliance.
G. Subsection E of this section does not prevent a commissioner from representing the commissioner's own position as an individual. END_STATUTE