Bill Text: AZ HB2471 | 2020 | Fifty-fourth Legislature 2nd Regular | Engrossed
Bill Title: Assessment; peace officer training equipment
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-03-03 - Senate read second time [HB2471 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2020-HB2471-Engrossed.html
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session 2020
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HOUSE BILL 2471 |
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AN ACT
amending sections 12‑116.10 and 41‑1731, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the peace officer training equipment assessment.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 12-116.10, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
12-116.10. Assessment; peace officer training equipment fund
A. In addition to any other penalty assessment provided by law, a penalty assessment shall be levied in an amount of four dollars $4 on every fine, penalty and forfeiture imposed and collected by the courts for criminal offenses and any civil penalty imposed and collected for a civil traffic violation and fine, penalty or forfeiture for a criminal violation of the motor vehicle statutes, or for any local ordinance relating to the stopping, standing or operation of a vehicle.
B. The court shall transmit the assessments collected pursuant to this section and a remittance report of the fines, civil penalties and forfeitures collected pursuant to this section to the county treasurer, except that municipal courts shall transmit the assessments and the remittance report of the fines, civil penalties and forfeitures to the city or town treasurer.
C. The city, town or county treasurer shall transmit the assessment and the remittance report to the state treasurer. The state treasurer shall deposit the assessment in the peace officer training equipment fund established by section 41‑1731.
D. The court may mitigate all or part of the assessment in the same manner and subject to the same limitations in the mitigation of a fine in section 13‑825, subsection B.
Sec. 2. Section 41-1731, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
41-1731. Peace officer training equipment fund; exemptions
A. The peace officer training equipment fund is established consisting of monies deposited pursuant to sections 12‑114 and 12‑116.10. The state treasurer shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund may be used only for peace officer training equipment.
B. The state treasurer shall invest and divest monies in the fund as provided by section 35‑313, and monies earned from investment shall be credited to the fund.
C. Monies in the fund:
1. Do not revert to the state general fund at the end of the fiscal year.
2. Are exempt from the provisions of section 35‑190 relating to lapsing of appropriations.
3. Are subject to legislative appropriation.
