Bill Text: AZ HB2615 | 2020 | Fifty-fourth Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Municipalities; utilities; vacant buildings
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-26 - House Committee of the Whole action: Retained on the Calendar [HB2615 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2020-HB2615-Introduced.html
REFERENCE TITLE: municipalities;
utilities; vacant buildings |
State of
Arizona House of
Representatives Fifty-fourth
Legislature Second Regular
Session 2020 |
HB 2615 |
|
Introduced by Representative Griffin |
AN ACT
amending title
9, chapter 4, article 8, arizona revised statutes, by adding section 9-500.48;
relating to cities and towns.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 9, chapter 4, article 8, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 9-500.48, to read:
9-500.48. Utility service;
vacant buildings; prohibition; definition
A. a municipality may not adopt an
ordinance that requires a property owner to provide utilities to a vacant
building.
B. For the purposes of this section,
"vacant building" means a building that has been vacant and unused
for at least two years.