Legislative Bills

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> This information was provided to me by the President of a different  historical neighborhood.  I thought I would pass it along.   KT> 
> 
> SINE DIE:
> THE 47TH LEGISLATURE SECOND REGULAR SESSION FINALLY ENDS
> 
> Thank you for your interest and participation in the State 
> legislative process.  It was a long session (164 days!) and there 
> was an enormous number of bills introduced (1453).  The Governor has 
> signed 395 bills into law, and has vetoed 45.  Bills enacted without 
> an emergency clause or special effective date will take effect on 
> September 21, 2006.
> 
> The City of Phoenix is only as strong as its residents.  Many of you 
> made a difference this year by calling and writing to your 
> legislators to explain why you supported or opposed a bill.  You let 
> your State elected officials know what is important to 
> neighborhoods – protecting state shared revenues to fund police and 
> fire; providing safety measures for code enforcement officers; 
> defending the City’s ability to address slum and blight in the 
> community; ensuring that liquor establishments do not harm 
> neighborhoods; and many other public safety issues.
> 
> Due to the number of anti-city and anti-neighborhood bills that 
> passed the House and Senate, this year it was also very important to 
> contact the Governor and ask her to veto bills that would hurt our 
> community.  Your calls, emails and faxes helped her to understand 
> what was important to neighborhoods.  You definitely made a 
> difference!
> 
> Listed below are the bills that passed that most directly impact 
> neighborhoods.
> 
> NEIGHBORHOOD BILLS
> 
> HB 2220 (Chapter 298, Laws 2006) Code Enforcement Officer; ID 
> Information would allow code enforcement officers to submit an 
> affidavit to the county recorder, county assessor, county treasurer 
> and the Motor Vehicle Division requesting the restriction of public 
> access to personal identifying information.  This legislation was 
> introduced at the request of the Neighborhood Services Department.  
> HB 2220, which was introduced by Representative Nelson, was signed 
> by the Governor on May 26, 2006. 
> 
> HB 2221 (Chapter 285, Laws 2006) Residential Rental Property 
> Inspections establishes a method for multifamily building code and 
> health inspections within communities.  The initial bill (HB 2347) 
> preempted many of the City’s current inspection practices, as well 
> as weakened the penalties for those violating building and health 
> codes.  City staff participated in stakeholder meetings with 
> Representative Nelson, members of the Arizona Multifamily Housing 
> Association, and representatives from the Arizona League of Cities 
> and Towns.  Consensus language was drafted and was approved.  This 
> legislation does not impact Phoenix’s current programs and 
> standards, and contains positive measures, attempting to ensure that 
> all rental property owners within the state register with the 
> appropriate county assessor office.  This bill, which was introduced 
> by Representative Nelson, was signed by the Governor on May 19, 2006.
> 
> HB 2621 (Chapter 383, Laws 2006) Illegal Liquor Sales; Liability 
> amends current liquor regulations to allow establishments 
> with “restaurant” liquor licenses that fail to meet the minimum 40% 
> food sales requirements the opportunity to petition the Department 
> of Liquor Licenses and Control to permanently operate with an 
> amended and relaxed “restaurant” license, permitting only 30% food 
> sales.  Additionally, this bill will allow establishments with these 
> new “restaurant” licenses to operate within 300 feet of 
> neighborhoods, schools, and churches.  Although the bill caps the 
> number of these new licenses at 30 over two years, it is unclear if 
> the caps will be lifted by the legislature in the future.  This 
> bill, introduced by Representative Reagan, was signed by the 
> Governor on June 28, 2006.
> 
> HB 2691 (Chapter 277, Laws 2006) Engine Braking; Mufflers; Noise 
> Levels requires that all commercial vehicles operating within the 
> state shall have an exhaust system that is free from a defect that 
> adversely affects sound reduction; is equipped with either a muffler 
> or other noise dissipative device; and, is not equipped with a 
> cutout, bypass or similar device.  The bill, introduced by 
> Representative McCune-Davis, was signed by the Governor on May 16, 
> 2006.
> 
> HB 2307 (Chapter 259, Laws 2006) Prostitution; Classification 
> changes the penalties for prostitution to stipulate mandatory jail 
> time:  15 days for a first conviction, 30 days for a second 
> conviction and, 60 days and a court ordered education or treatment 
> program.  A fourth conviction is a class five felony and is subject 
> to 180 days. This bill, introduced by Representative Gray, was 
> signed by the Governor on May 8, 2006. 
> 
> SB 1229 (Chapter 184, Laws 2006) Sex Offender Registration; Homeless 
> Offenders requires transients that are sex offenders to register 
> as “homeless” and to notify law enforcement as to their whereabouts 
> in a timely manner.  SB 1229 was introduced by Senator Huppenthal 
> and was signed by the Governor on April 21, 2006. 
> 
> SB 1230 (Chapter 160, Laws 2006) Sex Offenders; Address Verification 
> orders the Motor Vehicle Department to provide daily updates to the 
> Department of Public Safety regarding the issuance of sex offender 
> identification cards and requires a DNA sample by a sex offender at 
> time of registration.  This legislation was introduced by Senator 
> Huppenthal and was signed by the Governor on April 17, 2006.
> 
> SB 1260 (Chapter 162, Laws 2006) Prostitution; House Abatement 
> allows a city or town attorney to seek a court order to shut down 
> properties in which prostitution is taking place.  Currently, only 
> county attorneys can seek abatement of properties involved in 
> facilitating prostitution.  This bill, introduced by Senator 
> Huppenthal, was signed by the Governor on April 17, 2006.
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