Bill Text: AZ HB2596 | 2012 | Fiftieth Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Tanning salons; minors; prohibition

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-19 - Referred to House JUD Committee [HB2596 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2012-HB2596-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: tanning salons; minors; prohibition

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fiftieth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2012

 

 

HB 2596

 

Introduced by

Representatives Judd: Hobbs, Seel

 

 

AN ACT

 

Amending title 13, chapter 37, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 13-3729; relating to tanning salons.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

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

Section 1.  Title 13, chapter 37, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 13-3729, to read:

START_STATUTE13-3729.  Tanning salons services; minors; defense; violation; classification; definitions

A.  It is unlawful for a person to provide tanning bed services at a tanning salon to a person who is under eighteen years of age.

B.  It is a defense to a prosecution for a violation of subsection A of this section that the person requested age identification and relied in good faith on the accuracy of the information contained in the identification.

C.  A person who violates this section is guilty of a class ________.

D.  For the purposes of this section:

1.  "Tanning bed" means a structure lined with sunlamps in which a person stands or reclines in order to acquire a suntan.

2.  "Tanning salon" means an establishment that has as its primary business the provision of tanning services in exchange for consideration. END_STATUTE