REFERENCE TITLE: director; gaming; technical correction State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025 SB 1665 Introduced by Senator Gonzales An Act amending section 5-604, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to gaming. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
REFERENCE TITLE: director; gaming; technical correction
State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025
SB 1665
Introduced by Senator Gonzales
REFERENCE TITLE: director; gaming; technical correction
State of Arizona
Senate
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
2025
SB 1665
Introduced by
Senator Gonzales
An Act
amending section 5-604, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to gaming.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Section 5-604, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE5-604. Department of gaming; director; qualifications; term; conflict of interest; grounds for dismissal A. The department of gaming is established. B. The governor shall appoint a director of the department of gaming pursuant to section 38-211. The director serves at the pleasure of the governor. To be eligible for appointment as director, a person shall not have a financial interest in a gambling operation or in the gambling industry in this state during the term of appointment. The governor may appoint an acting director if there is a vacancy in the office. C. The director and all other employees of the department are subject to title 41, chapter 4, article 4. The director is eligible to receive compensation pursuant to section 38-611. D. The employment or financial interest of any relative to the first degree of consanguinity or affinity to the director or any other employee of the department of gaming in the gambling industry in this state is grounds for the dismissal of dismissing the director or employee of the department. END_STATUTE
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 5-604, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE5-604. Department of gaming; director; qualifications; term; conflict of interest; grounds for dismissal
A. The department of gaming is established.
B. The governor shall appoint a director of the department of gaming pursuant to section 38-211. The director serves at the pleasure of the governor. To be eligible for appointment as director, a person shall not have a financial interest in a gambling operation or in the gambling industry in this state during the term of appointment. The governor may appoint an acting director if there is a vacancy in the office.
C. The director and all other employees of the department are subject to title 41, chapter 4, article 4. The director is eligible to receive compensation pursuant to section 38-611.
D. The employment or financial interest of any relative to the first degree of consanguinity or affinity to the director or any other employee of the department of gaming in the gambling industry in this state is grounds for the dismissal of dismissing the director or employee of the department. END_STATUTE