Bill Text: AZ HB2137 | 2018 | Fifty-third Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: DOR; auditors and collectors; appropriation

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-16 - House read second time [HB2137 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2018-HB2137-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: DOR; auditors and collectors; appropriation

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-third Legislature

Second Regular Session

2018

 

 

HB 2137

 

Introduced by

Representatives Espinoza: Alston, Andrade, Benally, Blanc, Bolding, Cardenas, Cook, Engel, Friese, Gabaldón, Gonzales, Hernandez, Navarrete, Norgaard, Peten, Rios, Saldate, Salman, Senators Bradley, Dalessandro, Hobbs, Mendez, Otondo, Peshlakai, Quezada

 

 

AN ACT

 

appropriating monies to the department of revenue.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Appropriation; department of revenue; tax audit, compliance, collection and support positions; reports

A.  In addition to any other appropriations made in fiscal year 2018-2019, the sum of $8,314,400 and 131 FTE positions are appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2018-2019 to the department of revenue for personal services and employee-related expenditures for the following positions:

1.  Two corporate income tax audit managers.

2.  Twenty-eight corporate income tax auditors.

3.  Two transaction privilege tax audit managers.

4.  Twenty-eight transaction privilege tax auditors.

5.  Two transaction privilege tax license compliance staff managers.

6.  Eighteen transaction privilege tax license compliance staff members.

7.  Forty tax collectors.

8.  Eleven support staff members.

B.  The positions created in subsection A of this section supplement and do not supplant the tax audit, compliance, collection and support positions existing in the department on the effective date of this act.

C.  Notwithstanding section 35-173, Arizona Revised Statutes, the monies appropriated in subsection A of this section may not be transferred to any other budget program or expenditure class.

D.  On or before December 1, 2018 and December 1, 2019, the department shall submit to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives a detailed report of the amount of tax revenues collected by this state that is attributable to each FTE position appropriated by this section.

Sec. 2.  Intent

It is the intent of the legislature that the department of revenue have additional audit, compliance, collection and support staff to ensure the integrity of this state's tax system.