Bill Text: AZ HB2384 | 2024 | Fifty-sixth Legislature 2nd Regular | Engrossed
Bill Title: Development requests; expedited processing
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-02-29 - Senate read second time [HB2384 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2024-HB2384-Engrossed.html
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development requests; expedited processing |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session 2024
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HOUSE BILL 2384 |
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An Act
amending title 9, chapter 4, article 6.4, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 9-469; amending title 11, chapter 2, article 9, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 11-324; relating to building permits.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 9, chapter 4, article 6.4, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 9-469, to read:
9-469. Development request; expedited processing; definitions
A. Notwithstanding any other law, a municipality shall approve a request submitted by an applicant for development in the municipality within sixty days after receipt of the request.
B. If the municipality does not respond to the request within sixty days after receipt of the request, the request is deemed approved.
C. If the municipality approves the request, the municipality may not impose any additional requirements on the applicant related to the request.
D. If the municipality denies the request, the municipality shall state in writing the reasons for the denial.
E. If the request is deemed incomplete, the municipality shall state in writing the REASONS the request was deemed incomplete. If the municipality provides notice to the applicant that the request is incomplete within fifteen days after the municipality receives the request, the sixty-day time frame for approval of the request prescribed in subsection a of this section shall reset as of the date the municipality provides written notice to the applicant that the request is incomplete. For the purposes of this subsection, a request is deemed incomplete if it does not contain all of the information required by law or by a previously adopted municipal rule, ordinance or policy.
F. For the purposes of this section:
1. "Applicant" means a PERSON that submits a request or a person that submitS a request on behalf of a third party.
2. "Request" means an application for governmental approval of an action related to the development of a residential, multifamily, commercial or industrial improvement in the municipality.
Sec. 2. Title 11, chapter 2, article 9, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 11-324, to read:
11-324. Development; request; expedited processing; definitions
A. Notwithstanding any other law, a County shall approve a request submitted by an applicant for development in the county within sixty days after receipt of the request.
B. If the county does not respond to the request within sixty days after receipt of the request, the request is deemed approved.
C. If the county approves the request, the county may not impose any additional requirements on the applicant related to the request.
D. If the county denies the request, the county shall state in writing the reasons for the denial.
E. If the request is deemed incomplete, the county shall state in writing the REASONS the request was deemed incomplete. If the county provides notice to the applicant that the request is incomplete within fifteen days after the county receives the request, the sixty-day time frame for approval of the request prescribed in subsection a of this section shall reset as of the date the county provides written notice to the applicant that the request is incomplete. For the purposes of this subsection, a request is deemed incomplete if it does not contain all of the information required by law or by a previously adopted county rule, ordinance or policy.
F. For the purposes of this section:
1. "Applicant" means a PERSON that submits a request or a person that submits a request on behalf of a third party.
2. "Request" means an application for governmental approval of an action related to the development of a residential, multifamily, commercial or industrial improvement in the county.
Sec. 3. Effective date
Sections 9-469 and 11-324, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, are effective from and after December 31, 2024.
