Bill Text: AZ SB1064 | 2019 | Fifty-fourth Legislature 1st Regular | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Court security officers; certification; powers

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-07 - Chapter 300 [SB1064 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2019-SB1064-Chaptered.html

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House Engrossed Senate Bill

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-fourth Legislature

First Regular Session

2019

 

 

 

CHAPTER 300

 

SENATE BILL 1064

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending title 12, chapter 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding article 12; relating to court security.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

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

Section 1.  Title 12, chapter 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding article 12, to read:

ARTICLE 12.  COURT SECURITY OFFICERS

START_STATUTE12-299.10.  Court security officers; certification; powers and duties

A.  Each court may use certified court security officers to ensure the safety of judicial branch employees and facilities.  A certified court security officer must be an employee of the judicial branch.  The supreme court shall certify court security officers.

B.  A certified court security officer, in the performance of the officer's duties, may do all of the following:

1.  With reasonable cause, detain a person on the premises for a reasonable time to contact a law enforcement officer and maintain the safety and well‑being of a person who is in a judicial branch facility, on judicial branch grounds or where a court is convening.

2.  Refuse to allow a weapon or unlawful material in a judicial branch facility, on judicial branch grounds or where a court is convening.

3.  Respond to threats to and emergencies involving a judicial branch employee in a judicial branch facility, on judicial branch grounds or where a court is convening.

4.  Receive information from a law enforcement agency regarding threats to a judicial branch facility or judicial branch grounds or to a judicial branch employee.

C.  A certified court security officer is not eligible for enrollment in the retirement plans established by title 38, chapter 5, article 4, 4.1, 4.2 or 6 due solely to employment as a certified court security officer. END_STATUTE

 

 

 

APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR JUNE 7, 2019.

 

FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE JUNE 7, 2019.