Bill Text: AZ SB1623 | 2011 | Fiftieth Legislature 1st Regular | Engrossed
Bill Title: Regulation; 2011-2012; budget reconciliation
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 16-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-04-06 - Governor Signed [SB1623 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2011-SB1623-Engrossed.html
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Senate Engrossed |
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State of Arizona Senate Fiftieth Legislature First Regular Session 2011
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SENATE BILL 1623 |
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AN ACT
Amending sections 5‑104, 5‑104.02, 5‑113 and 5‑230, Arizona Revised Statutes; Amending Laws 2009, chapter 1, section 9; making appropriations; relating to regulation budget reconciliation.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 5-104, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
5-104. Racing commission; director; department; powers and duties
A. The commission shall:
1. Issue racing dates.
2. Prepare and adopt such complete rules to govern the racing meetings as may be required to protect and promote the safety and welfare of the animals participating in such racing meetings, to protect and promote public health, safety and the proper conduct of racing and pari‑mutuel wagering and any other matter pertaining to the proper conduct of racing within this state.
3. Conduct hearings on applications for permits and approve permits and shall conduct such rehearings on licensing and regulatory decisions made by the director as required pursuant to rules adopted by the commission.
4. Conduct all reviews of applications to construct capital improvements at racetracks as provided in this chapter.
5. Adopt rules governing the proper and humane methods for the disposition and transportation of dogs by breeders, kennels or others.
B. The director shall license personnel and shall regulate and supervise all racing meetings held and pari‑mutuel wagering conducted in this state and cause the various places where racing meetings are held and wagering is conducted to be visited and inspected on a regular basis. The director may delegate to stewards such of the director's powers and duties as are necessary to fully carry out and effectuate the purposes of this chapter. The director shall exercise immediate supervision over the department of racing. The director is subject to ongoing supervision by the commission, and the commission may approve or reject decisions of the director in accordance with rules established by the commission.
C. The commission or the department is authorized to allow stewards, with the written approval of the director, to require a jockey, apprentice jockey, sulky driver, groom, horseshoer, outrider, trainer, assistant trainer, exercise rider, pony rider, starter, assistant starter, jockey's agent, veterinarian, assistant veterinarian, cool‑out, lead‑out, paddock employee, security or maintenance worker, official or individual licensed in an occupational category whose role requires direct hands‑on contact with horses or greyhounds, while on the grounds of a permittee, to submit to a test if the stewards have reason to believe the licensee is under the influence of or unlawfully in possession of any prohibited substance regulated by title 13, chapter 34.
D. The department shall employ the services of the office of administrative hearings to conduct hearings on matters requested to be heard by the director or the commission for the department except for those rehearings that are required by the terms of this chapter to be conducted by the commission. Any person adversely affected by a decision of a steward or by any other decision of the department may request a hearing on such decision. The decision of the administrative law judge becomes the decision of the director unless rejected or modified by the director within thirty days. The commission may hear any appeal of a decision of the director in accordance with title 41, chapter 6, article 10.
E. The department may visit and investigate the offices, tracks or places of business of any permittee and place in those offices, tracks or places of business expert accountants and such other persons as it deems necessary for the purpose of ascertaining that the permittee or any licensee is in compliance with the rules adopted pursuant to this article.
F. The department shall establish and collect the fees payable for a license licenses issued by the department. it, as follows:
1. Occupational licenses, up to fifty dollars.
2. Owner, trainer, veterinarian, authorized agent, officials, assistant trainer, stable name renewal or kennel name renewal, up to seventy‑five dollars.
3. Owner‑trainer, driver, jockey, jockey agent or apprentice jockey, up to one hundred fifty dollars.
4. New stable name or new kennel name, up to five hundred dollars.
5. Duplicate license, up to five dollars.
6. Temporary license, up to fifty dollars.
7. If not licensed pursuant to paragraph 9 of this subsection with a combination license, greyhound racing kennels, up to one hundred dollars.
8. If not licensed pursuant to paragraph 9 of this subsection with a combination license, farms or other operations where greyhounds are raised for the purpose of dog racing, up to one hundred dollars.
9. Any combination of greyhound racing kennels, farms or other operations where greyhounds are raised for the purpose of dog racing, up to one hundred dollars.
G. The commission shall establish financial assistance procedures for promoting adoption of racing greyhounds as domestic pets and for promoting adoption of retired racehorses. The provision of financial assistance to nonprofit enterprises for the purpose of promoting adoption of racing greyhounds as domestic pets and for the purpose of promoting adoption of retired racehorses is contingent on a finding by the commission that the program presented by the enterprise is in the best interest of the racing industry and this state. Upon a finding by the commission, the commission is authorized to make grants to nonprofit enterprises whose programs promote adoption of racing greyhounds or adoption of retired racehorses. The commission shall develop an application process. The commission shall require an enterprise to report to the commission on the use of grants under this subsection. Financial assistance for nonprofit enterprises for the purpose of promoting adoption of racing greyhounds as domestic pets under this subsection shall not exceed the amount collected for license fees under subsection F, paragraphs 7, 8 and 9 of this section for greyhound racing kennels, farms or other operations where greyhounds are raised for the purpose of dog racing. Financial assistance for nonprofit enterprises that promote adoption of retired racehorses under this subsection shall not exceed the amount of retired racehorse adoption surcharges collected pursuant to this subsection. The commission shall collect a retired racehorse adoption surcharge in addition to each civil penalty assessed in connection with horse or harness racing pursuant to this article. The amount of the retired racehorse adoption surcharge shall be five per cent of the amount collected for each applicable civil penalty.
H. A license is valid for the period established by the commission, but not to exceed three years, except for a temporary license issued pursuant to section 5‑107.01, subsection F. The licensing period for horse racing shall begin July 1. The licensing period for greyhound racing shall begin February 1.
I. Upon application in writing by an objector to any decision of track stewards, made within three days after the official notification to the objector of the decision complained of, the department or administrative law judge shall review the objection. In the case of a suspension of a license by the track stewards, such suspension shall commence at once and run for a period of not more than sixty days. Before the end of this suspension period, filing an application for review is not cause for reinstatement. If at the end of this suspension period the department or administrative law judge has not held a hearing to review the decision of the stewards, the suspended license shall be reinstated until such time as the department or administrative law judge holds a hearing to review the objection. Except as provided in section 41‑1092.08, subsection H, a final decision of the commission is subject to judicial review pursuant to title 12, chapter 7, article 6.
J. The commission or the director may issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, records and documents relevant and material to a particular matter before the commission or department. Such subpoenas shall be served and enforced in accordance with title 41, chapter 6, article 10.
K. Any member of the commission, the administrative law judge or the director or the director's designee may administer oaths, and such oaths shall be administered to any person who appears before the commission to give testimony or information pertaining to matters before the commission.
L. The commission shall adopt rules which require permittees to retain for three months all official race photographs and videotapes. The department shall retain all such photographs and videotapes which are used as evidence in an administrative proceeding until the conclusion of the proceeding and any subsequent judicial proceeding. All photographs and videotapes must be available to the public on request, including photographs and videotapes of races concerning which an objection is made, regardless of whether the objection is allowed or disallowed.
M. The director may establish a management review section for the development, implementation and operation of a system of management reports and controls in major areas of department operations, including licensing, work load management and staffing, and enforcement of the provisions of this article and the rules of the commission.
N. In cooperation with the department of public safety, the director shall establish a cooperative fingerprint registration system. Each applicant for a license or permit under this article or any other person who has a financial interest in the business or corporation making the application shall submit to fingerprint registration as part of the background investigation conducted pursuant to section 5‑108. The cooperative fingerprint registration system shall be maintained in an updated form using information from available law enforcement sources and shall provide current information to the director upon request as to the fitness of each racing permittee and each racing licensee to engage in the racing industry in this state.
O. The director shall develop and require department staff to use uniform procedural manuals in the issuance of any license or permit under this article and in the enforcement of this article and the rules adopted under this article.
P. The director shall submit an annual report containing such operational and economic performance information as is necessary to evaluate the department's budget request for the forthcoming fiscal year to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate and the Arizona state library, archives and public records no later than September 30 each year. The annual report shall be for the preceding fiscal year and contain such performance information as:
1. The total state revenues for the previous fiscal year from the overall pari‑mutuel handle with an itemization for each dog racing meeting, each horse racing meeting, each harness racing meeting and each additional wagering facility.
2. The total state revenues for the previous fiscal year from the regulation of racing, including licensing fees assessed pursuant to subsection F of this section and monetary penalties assessed pursuant to section 5‑108.02.
3. The amount and use of capital improvement funds pursuant to sections 5‑111.02 and 5‑111.03 which would otherwise be state revenues.
4. The number of licenses and permits issued, renewed, pending and revoked during the previous fiscal year.
5. The investigations conducted during the previous fiscal year and any action taken as a result of the investigations.
6. The department budget for the immediately preceding three fiscal years, including the number of full‑time, part‑time, temporary and contract employees, a statement of budget needs for the forthcoming fiscal year and a statement of the minimum staff necessary to accomplish these objectives.
7. Revenues generated for this state for the preceding fiscal year by persons holding horse, harness and dog racing permits.
8. Recommendations for increasing state revenues from the regulation of the racing industry while maintaining the financial health of the industry and protecting the public interest.
Q. The commission may certify animals as Arizona bred or as Arizona stallions. The commission may delegate this authority to a breeders' association it contracts with for these purposes. The commission may authorize the association, racing organization or department to charge and collect a reasonable fee to cover the cost of breeding or ownership certification or transfer of ownership for racing purposes.
R. The department has responsibility for the collection and accounting of revenues for the state boxing and mixed martial arts commission including, but not limited to, licensing fees required by section 5‑230, the levy of the tax on gross receipts imposed by section 5‑104.02 and cash deposited pursuant to section 5‑229. All revenues collected pursuant to this subsection, from whatever source, shall be reported and deposited pursuant to section 5‑104.02, subsection C, except that licensing fees required by section 5‑230 shall be deposited in the racing regulation fund established by section 5‑113. The director shall adopt rules as necessary to accomplish the purposes of this subsection and chapter 2, article 2 of this title.
S. The commission may obtain the services of the office of administrative hearings on any matter which the commission is empowered to hear.
T. The department may adopt rules pursuant to title 41, chapter 6 to carry out the purposes of this article, ensure the safety and integrity of racing in this state and protect the public interest.
Sec. 2. Section 5-104.02, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
5-104.02. Levy of tax on gross receipts; disposition; verification and financial audit; definition
A. Any person who promotes a boxing contest in this state pursuant to chapter 2, article 2 of this title shall comply with rules of the director adopted pursuant to section 5‑104 and shall within ten days after the contest pay to the department four per cent of the gross receipts, after the deduction of city, state and federal taxes, of such match or exhibition.
B. The department shall verify the gross receipts of a contest. The director may require a person or corporation licensed under chapter 2, article 2 of this title to supply a certified financial audit to the department. The director shall adopt rules that require each person or corporation licensed under chapter 2, article 2 of this title to select a certified public accountant to conduct the financial audit. The financial statements prepared pursuant to this section shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and shall include any additional schedules the director may require. A person subject to a financial audit under this section shall afford reasonable and needed facilities and make returns and exhibits to the department in the form and at the time prescribed by the director.
C. At the end of each month the director shall report to the department of administration the total amount received under chapter 2, article 2 of this title from all sources, including license fees, and shall deposit it that amount, excluding license fees, pursuant to sections 35‑146 and 35‑147, in the state general fund.
D. A promoter may issue complimentary tickets that are exempt from taxation pursuant to this title. If a promoter issues complimentary tickets, the exemption from taxation applies to two per cent of the total number of tickets issued for the event or seventy‑five tickets, whichever is greater.
E. As used in For the purposes of this section, "gross receipts" means all receipts from the face value of tickets sold.
Sec. 3. Section 5-113, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
5-113. Disposition of revenues and monies; funds; committee
A. The racing regulation fund is established. All revenues derived from permittees, permits and licenses as provided by this article and section 5‑230, except revenues derived pursuant to section 5‑111, shall be deposited, pursuant to sections 35‑146 and 35‑147, in the state general racing regulation fund. Revenues derived pursuant to section 5‑111 shall be deposited, pursuant to sections 35‑146 and 35‑147, in the state general fund. The department shall administer the racing regulation fund. Monies in the racing regulation fund are subject to legislative appropriation to the department to be used by the department to support the mission of the department. The racing regulation fund is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations.
B. The Arizona county fairs racing betterment fund is established under the jurisdiction of the department. The department shall distribute monies from the fund to the county fair association or county fair racing association of each county conducting a county fair racing meeting in such proportion as the department deems necessary for the promotion and betterment of county fair racing meetings. All expenditures from the fund shall be made upon claims approved by the department. In order to be eligible for distributions from the fund, a county fair association must provide the department with an annual certification in the form required by the department supporting expenditures made from the fund. Balances remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year do not revert to the state general fund.
C. The county fairs livestock and agriculture promotion fund is established under the control of the governor and shall be used for the purpose of promoting the livestock and agricultural resources of the state and for the purpose of conducting an annual Arizona national livestock fair by the Arizona exposition and state fair board to further promote livestock resources. The direct expenses less receipts of the livestock fair shall be paid from this fund, but such payment shall not exceed thirty per cent of the receipts of the fund for the preceding fiscal year. Balances remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year do not revert to the state general fund. All expenditures from the fund shall be made upon claims approved by the governor, as recommended by the livestock and agriculture committee, for the promotion and betterment of the livestock and agricultural resources of this state. The livestock and agriculture committee is established and shall be composed of the following members, at least three of whom are from counties that have a population of less than five hundred thousand persons, appointed by the governor:
1. Three members representing county fairs.
2. One member representing Arizona livestock fairs.
3. One member representing the university of Arizona college of agriculture.
4. One member representing the livestock industry.
5. One member representing the farming industry.
6. One member representing the governor's office.
7. One member representing the Arizona state fair conducted by the Arizona exposition and state fair board.
8. One member representing the general public.
D. The governor shall appoint a chairman from the members. Terms of members shall be four years.
E. Members of the committee are not eligible to receive compensation but are eligible to receive reimbursement for expenses pursuant to title 38, chapter 4, article 2.
F. The Arizona breeders' award fund is established under the jurisdiction of the department. The department shall distribute monies from the fund to the breeder, or the breeder's heirs, devisees or successors, of every winning horse or greyhound foaled or whelped in this state, as defined by section 5‑114, in a manner and in an amount established by rules of the commission to protect the integrity of the racing industry and promote, improve and advance the quality of race horse and greyhound breeding within this state. The department may contract with a breeders' association to provide data, statistics and other information necessary to enable the department to carry out the purposes of this subsection. Persons who are not eligible to be licensed under section 5‑107.01 or persons who have been refused licenses under section 5‑108 are not eligible to participate in the Arizona greyhound breeders' award fund. Balances remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year do not revert to the state general fund. For the purposes of this subsection, "breeder" means the owner or lessee of the dam of the animal at the time the animal was foaled or whelped.
G. The Arizona stallion award fund is established under the jurisdiction of the department to promote, improve and advance the quality of stallions in this state. The department shall distribute monies from the fund to the owner or lessee, or the owner's or lessee's heirs, devisees or successors, of every Arizona stallion whose certified Arizona bred offspring, as prescribed in section 5‑114, finishes first, second or third in an eligible race in this state. The department may contract with a breeders' association to provide data, statistics and other information necessary to enable the department to carry out the purposes of this subsection. Balances remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year do not revert to the state general fund. The commission shall adopt rules pursuant to title 41, chapter 6 to carry out the purposes of this subsection. The rules shall prescribe at a minimum:
1. The manner and procedure for distribution from the fund, including eligibility requirements for owners and lessees.
2. Subject to availability of monies in the fund, the amount to be awarded.
3. The requirements for a stallion registered with the jockey club, Lexington, Kentucky or with the American quarter horse association, Amarillo, Texas to be certified as an Arizona stallion.
4. The types and requirements of races for which an award may be made.
H. The greyhound and retired racehorse adoption fund is established. The department shall administer the fund and maintain separate accounts for greyhound adoptions and retired racehorse adoptions. All revenues derived from license fees collected from dog breeders, racing kennels and other operations where greyhounds are raised for the purpose of dog racing pursuant to section 5‑104, subsection F, paragraphs 7, 8 and 9 shall be deposited, pursuant to sections 35‑146 and 35‑147, in the greyhound adoption account of the fund. All revenues derived from retired racehorse adoption surcharges collected pursuant to section 5‑104, subsection G shall be deposited, pursuant to sections 35‑146 and 35‑147, in the retired racehorse adoption account of the fund. The department shall distribute monies from the fund to provide financial assistance to nonprofit enterprises approved by the commission to promote the adoption of former racing greyhounds as domestic pets and to promote the adoption of retired racehorses pursuant to section 5‑104, subsection G in a manner and in an amount established by rules of the commission. Balances remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year do not revert to the state general fund.
I. The county fair racing fund is established. The department shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund are continuously appropriated. The department shall use fund monies for the administration of county fair racing. Any monies remaining unexpended in the fund at the end of the fiscal year in excess of seventy‑five thousand dollars shall revert to the state general fund.
J. The agricultural consulting and training fund is established. The Arizona department of agriculture shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund are continuously appropriated. The Arizona department of agriculture shall use monies in the fund for the agricultural consulting and training program established by section 3‑109.01. Balances remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year do not revert to the state general fund.
Sec. 4. Section 5-230, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
5-230. License fees; expiration; renewal
A. The commission may establish and issue annual licenses and may establish and collect fees for those licenses. , subject to the collection of advance fees by the department, provided that the fees do not exceed the following amounts:
1. Promoters, two hundred dollars.
2. Matchmakers, one hundred dollars.
3. Managers, fifty dollars.
4. Judges, referees, announcers and ringside physicians, twenty‑five dollars.
5. Timekeepers, boxers, boxers' trainers and boxers' seconds, ten dollars.
6. For a corporation filing for a license to participate in the holding of any boxing contest, four hundred dollars.
7. Officer, director or other person affiliated with a corporation, fifty dollars.
B. A license expires December 31 at midnight in the year of its issuance and may be renewed on filing an application for renewal of a license with the commission and payment of the license fee prescribed in subsection A. The application for renewal of a license shall be on a form provided by the commission. There is a thirty day grace period during which a license may be renewed if a late filing penalty fee equal to the license fee is submitted with the regular license fee. A licensee that files late shall not conduct any activity regulated by this chapter until the commission has renewed the license. If the licensee fails to apply to the commission within the thirty day grace period the licensee must apply for a new license pursuant to subsection A.
Sec. 5. Laws 2009, chapter 1, section 9 is amended to read:
Sec. 9. Appropriations; purpose
A. If the transfer from the Arizona property and casualty insurance guaranty fund to the state general fund occurs pursuant to Laws 2009, first special session, chapter 1, section 4, as amended by Laws 2009, chapter 1, section 3, the sum of $4,659,666 is appropriated from the state general fund to the Arizona property and casualty insurance guaranty fund established by section 20‑662, Arizona Revised Statutes, in each of fiscal years 2011‑2012, 2012‑2013 and 2013‑2014.
B. If the transfer from the life and disability insurance guaranty fund to the state general fund occurs pursuant to Laws 2009, first special session, chapter 1, section 4, as amended by Laws 2009, chapter 1, section 3, the sum of $5,204,466 is appropriated from the state general fund to the life and disability insurance guaranty fund established by section 20‑683, Arizona Revised Statutes, in each of fiscal years 2011‑2012, 2012‑2013 and 2013‑2014.
C. It is the intent of the legislature to acknowledge that the exclusive purpose of the two guaranty funds is to pay claims of policy holders and claimants of insolvent insurers.
Sec. 6. Department of insurance; fee and assessment adjustment suspension
Notwithstanding section 20-167, subsection F, Arizona Revised Statutes, and section 20-466, subsection J, Arizona Revised Statutes, the director of insurance shall not revise fees or assessments in fiscal year 2011-2012 for the purpose of meeting the requirement to recover at least ninety-five per cent but not more than one hundred ten per cent of the department of insurance's appropriated budget.
Sec. 7. Registrar of contractors; residential contractors' recovery fund; contracted services, equipment and operational costs; fiscal year 2011‑2012
Notwithstanding section 32-1134, subsection A, paragraph 5, Arizona Revised Statutes, the registrar of contractors shall employ or contract with individuals and procure equipment and operational support, to be paid from or purchased with monies in the residential contractors' recovery fund, but not to exceed in fiscal year 2011-2012 fourteen per cent of the total amount deposited in the fund in fiscal year 2010-2011, as may be necessary to monitor, process or oppose claims filed by injured persons that may result in collection from the fund.
Sec. 8. Office of administrative hearings; prompt hearings
Notwithstanding section 41-1092.05, subsection A, Arizona Revised Statutes, for fiscal year 2011-2012, the office of administrative hearings shall hold hearings for appealable agency actions and contested cases as soon as reasonably possible after a notice of appeal is filed or a request for a hearing is made.
Sec. 9. Racing and boxing fees; increases; exemption from rule making
A. It is the intent of the legislature that fees be in amounts sufficient to support the mission of the department of racing and that the additional revenue generated by any fee increases pursuant to sections 5‑104 and 5‑230, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by this act, shall not exceed $1,042,000 in fiscal year 2011-2012 and $2,062,000 beginning in fiscal year 2012-2013.
B. The Arizona department of racing is exempt from the rule making requirements of title 41, chapter 6, Arizona Revised Statutes, for the purpose of establishing fees pursuant to sections 5‑104 and 5‑230, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by this act, until July 1, 2012.
