Bill Text: AZ HB2513 | 2011 | Fiftieth Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Secretary of state; late filings
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-08 - Referred to House RULES Committee [HB2513 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2011-HB2513-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: secretary of state; late filings |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fiftieth Legislature First Regular Session 2011
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HB 2513 |
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Introduced by Representative Heinz
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AN ACT
amending section 41-126, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the secretary of state.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 41-126, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
41-126. Fees; expedited services; late fees
A. The secretary of state shall receive the following fees:
1. Making a copy of any document on file in his office, no more than ten cents for each page or partial page.
2. Filing and recording each application to become a notary public and transmitting a commission for a notary public, no more than twenty‑five dollars.
3. Filing an application for registration or renewal of the registration of a trademark or recording an assignment of a trademark, fifteen dollars.
4. Filing an application for registration or renewal of the registration of a trade name or recording an assignment of a trade name, no more than ten dollars.
5. Issuing a certificate of registration of a trademark or a trade name, no more than three dollars.
6. Filing, as required by the uniform commercial code:
(a) A financing statement, no more than three dollars.
(b) An amendment to a financing statement, no more than three dollars.
(c) An assignment, no more than three dollars.
(d) A continuation statement, no more than three dollars.
(e) A statement of release, no more than two dollars.
(f) A termination statement, no more than two dollars.
7. Issuing a certificate as provided in section 44‑3146 naming a particular debtor, no more than six dollars.
8. Making a copy of a filed financing statement, no more than fifty cents per page.
9. Certifying a copy of a writing specified in paragraphs 6, 7 and 8 of this subsection, no more than three dollars.
10. Filing, recording or certifying any other document not specified in this section, no more than three dollars.
11. Filing the oath and bond of notary public, eighteen dollars.
12. Issuing a certificate as to official capacity of a notary public and affixing a seal to the certificate, eighteen dollars.
B. The secretary of state shall provide for and establish an expedited service for the processing of requests, applications, filings and searches as follows:
1. The expedited processing shall be a priority same day service effected in a fast and efficient manner.
2. A fee shall be charged for expedited services. This fee shall not exceed twenty‑five dollars per service and shall be in addition to any other fees provided by law, including those set forth in subsection A of this section.
C. The secretary of state shall adopt rules necessary to carry out subsection B of this section.
D. Notwithstanding any other statute, for any filing that is required by law to be filed in the office of the secretary of state and for which the secretary of state is authorized to collect a daily penalty or additional daily fee for a late filing, the following apply:
1. The secretary of state may collect the daily penalty or additional daily fee only for those days during which the office of the secretary of state is officially open for business.
2. Paragraph 1 of this subsection does not apply if the office of the secretary of state establishes a secure electronic system for acceptance of late fees and filings that operates continuously outside of official business hours.
