Title 41, State Government

A. Notwithstanding any other law, an expired fingerprint clearance card may be used to satisfy the fingerprint requirements of section 15-183, 15-503, 15-512, 15-534, 15-782.02, 15-1330 or 15-1881 if the person signs an affidavit stating both of the following: 1. The person submi…

A. An agency in this state without statutory authority to require a fingerprint clearance card may not require a person to obtain a fingerprint clearance card as a condition of licensure, certification, registration or employment. B. Notwithstanding any other law, for occupations…

A. There is established a division of narcotics enforcement and criminal intelligence within the department which shall consist of a superintendent who shall be experienced in criminal intelligence and have recognized ability in the field of law enforcement, and shall hold the mi…

(Eff. 7/1/28) A. Subject to legislative appropriation, the department shall maintain a division known as the major incident division. B. The superintendent of the major incident division shall be selected on the basis of training and experience and have a minimum of five years of…

There shall be a scientific criminal analysis section, staffed by a superintendent and other necessary personnel, and established for the purpose of giving assistance to the officers of the state charged with law enforcement.

A. The director shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 6 of this title prescribing procedures for administering rapid DNA testing of crime scene DNA samples, including: 1. Procedures for approving rapid DNA testing devices. 2. Procedures for ensuring the accuracy of results obtain…

A. There is established in the department, a division of training and education for law enforcement personnel. B. The superintendent of the training and education division shall have experience in law enforcement and in the instruction of law enforcement officers. In addition, th…

A. The director shall take such steps as are necessary to maintain effective liaison with the department of liquor licenses and control and all local law enforcement agencies regarding the consumption of spirituous liquor by persons under the age of twenty-one years. B. All local…

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Critical infrastructure" means systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, that are so vital to this state and the United States that the incapacity or destruction of those systems and assets would have a debilitati…

A. The department of public safety shall coordinate a program that uses state of the art technologies and that is implemented based on the statewide assessment of threat and vulnerability by the Arizona counterterrorism information center under the oversight of the department of …

A. The department of public safety shall establish and operate a statewide critical infrastructure information system. B. When the department of public safety declares through written notice to all state agencies and local governments that the statewide critical infrastructure in…

A. The department of public safety, in consultation with the department of emergency and military affairs, the department of administration, the department of health services, the department of agriculture, the department of environmental quality, the state department of correcti…

In addition to any penalty imposed by federal law, any state or local governmental employee and any entity that submits or receives information under this article and who knowingly publishes, divulges, discloses or makes known in any manner or to any extent not authorized by law …

A. The Arizona peace officer standards and training board is established and consists of thirteen members appointed by the governor. The membership shall include: 1. Two sheriffs, one of whom is appointed from a county having a population of two hundred thousand or more persons a…

A. With respect to peace officer training and certification, the board shall: 1. Establish rules for the government and conduct of the board, including meeting times and places and matters to be placed on the agenda of each meeting. 2. Make recommendations, consistent with this a…

A. No minimum qualifications for law enforcement officers adopted pursuant to this article shall be effective until six months after they have been filed with the secretary of state pursuant to section 41-1031. B. Except for agency heads duly elected as required by the constituti…

In exercising its powers and duties, the board shall endeavor to minimize costs of administration, including utilization of training facilities already in existence and available, so that the greatest possible proportion of the funds available to it shall be expended for the purp…

A. A special fund designated as the peace officers' training fund is established. All monies deposited in the fund are continuously appropriated to the department of public safety for the benefit of the board. The monies shall be used exclusively for the costs of training peace o…

A. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary and for the benefit of the board, the department of public safety shall transfer to the state department of corrections the title to the property that was formerly known as the Arizona law enforcement training academy and that is operate…

Any state agency, county, city or town which desires to receive a grant pursuant to section 41-1825 shall make application to the board for such aid. The application shall contain such information as the board may request.

A. On the recommendation of the board, the executive director shall allocate and the state treasurer shall pay from the peace officers' training fund to each county, city or town of this state that has applied and qualified for a grant pursuant to this chapter a sum that will rei…

A. A law enforcement agency may report to the board any peace officer misconduct in violation of the rules for retention established pursuant to section 41-1822, subsection A, paragraph 3 at any time and shall report this misconduct on the peace officer's termination, resignation…

A. A law enforcement agency in this state or a city, town, county or political subdivision of this state that employs a peace officer and that pays the costs of the peace officer's certification and training under section 41-1822 may seek reimbursement for the costs of the law en…

A. The Arizona peace officers memorial board is established consisting of the following members: 1. The attorney general or the attorney general's designee, who shall serve as permanent chairperson. 2. The director of the department of public safety or the director's designee. 3.…

A. The Arizona peace officers memorial board shall: 1. Add to the memorial at least annually the names of all members of the law enforcement community in this state who have lost their lives in the line of duty and provide for a dedication ceremony which commemorates the addition…

A. An Arizona peace officers memorial fund is established. The fund shall consist of monies provided by appropriation or received as donations as provided for in this article. The state treasurer shall invest and divest all monies in the Arizona peace officers memorial fund as pr…

A. There is established the Arizona prosecuting attorneys' advisory council which shall consist of all county attorneys, the attorney general or his designee, the dean of the law school of Arizona state university or the university of Arizona, the chief municipal or city prosecut…

The council shall assist in the coordination of the duties of the prosecuting attorneys of this state and their staffs and, in this capacity, it shall: 1. Establish rules and regulations for the government and conduct of the council, including meeting times, places and matters to…

In exercising its powers and duties, the council shall endeavor to minimize costs of administration, including utilization of training facilities already in existence and available, so that the greatest possible proportion of the funds available to it shall be expended for the pu…

A. There shall be a special fund designated as the Arizona prosecuting attorneys' advisory council training fund. All monies deposited in the fund are continuously appropriated to the attorney general, and shall be used exclusively for costs of training, technical assistance for …

The council may reimburse prosecuting attorneys and council staff for travel and per diem expenses from the prosecuting attorneys' advisory council training fund in an amount not to exceed the amounts authorized pursuant to title 38, chapter 4, article 2.

A. The governor shall appoint a law enforcement merit system council pursuant to section 38-211. The council consists of five persons. No more than three members shall belong to the same political party. Persons eligible for appointment shall have had a continuous recorded regist…

A. The law enforcement merit system council shall: 1. Select a chairman and vice-chairman. 2. Hold meetings that are necessary to perform its duties on the call of the chairman. 3. Adopt rules pursuant to recognized merit principles of public employment it deems necessary for est…

A. Within fourteen days of receipt of the finding or recommendation by the council pursuant to section 41-1830.12, the director of the employing agency shall accept, modify or reverse the council's decision or accept, modify or reject the council's recommendation. The director sh…

A. The director of the department of public safety may dismiss or discipline any classified employee based on any of the following causes: 1. Fraud or misrepresentation in securing employment. 2. Incompetency. 3. Inefficiency. 4. Inexcusable neglect of duty or unauthorized absenc…

A. The law enforcement merit system council shall adopt rules the council deems necessary for the administration of hearings and the review of appeals as prescribed in this section. B. A covered employee in the state personnel system who is a full authority peace officer as certi…

A. A private prison escapee fund is established for the purposes of providing monies to cover capture costs associated with escapees or liabilities that the state may incur. The fund consists of the monies deposited pursuant to subsection B of this section and section 41-1682, su…

A. The director shall: 1. Adopt and enforce rules that are not inconsistent with this article to govern the design and operation of all tow trucks. 2. Adopt guidelines to protect consumers against being overcharged for towing services. The guidelines shall specify that a larger c…

A. The director shall establish the maximum allowable rates for towing vehicle classifications used in department agreements with a towing firm for towing or storage services, or both. B. The director shall consult every even-numbered year with a statewide towing industry associa…

(Conditionally Rpld.) A. The department shall establish a heavy-duty rotator recovery vehicle classification for towing services and establish rates and general guidelines for the use of heavy-duty rotator recovery vehicles. B. For the purposes of this section, "heavy-duty rotato…

There is established a commission to be known as the commission on salaries for elective state officers, hereinafter referred to as the commission.

A. The commission is composed of five members, who shall be appointed from private life, as follows: 1. Two by the governor, one of whom shall be designated as chairman by the governor. 2. One by the president of the senate. 3. One by the speaker of the house of representatives. …

A. Beginning in 2002, the commission shall biennially conduct a review of the rates of pay of elective state officers, of justices and judges of courts of record and of clerks of the superior court. Such review by the commission shall be made for the purpose of determining and pr…

A. The governor shall include, in the budget next transmitted by him to the legislature after the date of the submission of the report and recommendations of the commission, his own recommendations with respect to the exact rates of pay which he deems advisable for those offices …

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Agency" includes one or more of the state agencies consolidated into the department of economic security by this chapter. 2. "Comprehensive plan" means an evaluation of client needs and the availability of services to me…

A. A department of economic security is established. B. The direction, operation and control of the department are the responsibility of the director. C. The director shall be appointed by the governor pursuant to section 38-211 and shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. D.…