Bill Text: AZ HB2476 | 2014 | Fifty-first Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Labor organizations; withholding of wages

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-02-18 - House GOV Committee action: Held [HB2476 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2014-HB2476-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: labor organizations; withholding of wages

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-first Legislature

Second Regular Session

2014

 

 

HB 2476

 

Introduced by

Representatives Kwasman, Allen, Livingston, Seel, Smith: Farnsworth E, Mitchell, Olson, Petersen, Thorpe, Ugenti

 

 

AN ACT

 

AMENDING SECTION 23‑352, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES; RELATING TO WITHHOLDING OF WAGES.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

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

Section 1.  Section 23-352, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE23-352.  Withholding of wages

A.  No an employer may not withhold or divert any portion of an employee's wages unless one of the following applies:

1.  The employer is required or empowered to do so by state or federal law.

2.  except as provided in subsection b of this section, the employer has prior written authorization from the employee.  An employer shall not withhold wages under a written authorization from the employee past the date specified by the employee in a written revocation of the authorization, unless the withholding is to resolve a debt or obligation to the employer or a court orders otherwise.

3.  There is a reasonable good faith dispute as to the amount of wages due, including the amount of any counterclaim or any claim of debt, reimbursement, recoupment or set-off asserted by the employer against the employee.

b.  this state and any county, municipality, school district or other political subdivision of this state may not withhold or divert any portion of an employee's wages to pay for labor organization dues unless the employer has a prior written authorization from the employee that is dated in the same tax year as the date of withholding or diversion of the employee's wages.END_STATUTE