Bill Text: AZ SB1052 | 2010 | Forty-ninth Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Setoff debt; technical correction

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-13 - Referred to Senate RULES Committee [SB1052 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2010-SB1052-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: setoff debt; technical correction

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Forty-ninth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2010

 

 

SB 1052

 

Introduced by

Senator Burns

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending section 35-188, arizona revised statutes; relating to state debts.

 

 

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

Section 1.  Section 35-188, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE35-188.  Allowance of setoff against state

In all actions brought on behalf of the state, no debt shall be allowed against the state as a set‑off setoff unless it has been exhibited to the director of the department of administration and by him allowed or disallowed.  A debt may be allowed as a set‑off setoff when it is proved to the satisfaction of the court that the defendant, at the time of trial, is in possession of vouchers which that he could not produce to the department of administration, or that he was prevented from exhibiting the claim to the department of administration by absence from the state, sickness or unavoidable accident. END_STATUTE