HB2474 - Noncitizen; alien; terminology.

REFERENCE TITLE: noncitizen; alien; terminology. State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session 2026 HB 2474 Introduced by Representatives Sandoval: Abeytia, Aguilar, Austin, Blattman, Connolly, Contreras L, Contreras P, Crews, Liguori, Luna-Nájera, Márquez, Mathis, Peshlakai, Simacek, Stahl Hamilton, Tsosie, Villegas; Senators Alston, Epstein, Gabaldón, Kuby, Ortiz, Sundareshan AN ACT amending sections 4-202, 5-301, 8-102, 9-500.25, 11-269.08, 11-1051, 12-512, 12-2702, 13-1509, 13-2317, 13-2319, 13-2928, 13-2929, 13-3101, 14-2111, 15-973, 15-1803, 17-101, 23-211, 23-212, 23-212.01, 23-361.01, 23-603, 23-781, 23-901, 26-105, 28-3511, 32-1822, 32-1829, 34-301, 36-889, 36-2903.03, 36-2931, 36-2932, 36-2983, 38-231, 38-727, 41-906, 41-1080, 41-1462, 43-210 and 46-292, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to noncitizens. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Section 4-202, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE 4-202. Qualifications of licensees; application; background information; prior convictions A. Every spirituous liquor licensee, other than a club licensee, a corporation licensee, a limited liability company licensee or an out-of-state licensee, shall be a citizen of the United States and a bona fide resident of this state or a legal resident alien noncitizen who is a bona fide resident of this state. If a partnership, each partner shall be a citizen of the United States and a bona fide resident of this state or a legal resident alien noncitizen who is a bona fide resident of this state, except that for a limited partnership an individual general partner is required to meet the qualifications of an individual licensee, a corporate general partner is required to meet the qualifications of a corporate licensee and a limited partner is not required to be a citizen of the United States, a legal resident alien noncitizen or a bona fide resident of this state. If a corporation or limited liability company, it shall be a domestic corporation or a foreign corporation or a limited liability company that has qualified to do business in this state. A person shall hold a club license, corporation license, limited liability company license, partnership license or out-of-state license through an agent who shall be is a natural person and meet who meets the qualifications for licensure, except that an agent for an out-of-state license as specified in section 4-209, subsection B, paragraph 2 need not be a resident of this state. Notice of change of agent shall be filed with the director within thirty days after a change. For the purposes of this subsection, "agent" means a person who is designated by an applicant or licensee to receive communications from the department and to file documents and sign documents for filing with the department on behalf of the applicant or licensee. B. A person shall file an application for a spirituous liquor license on a form prescribed by the director. The director shall require any applicant and may require any controlling person, other than a bank or licensed lending institution, to furnish background information and to submit a full set of fingerprints to the department. The department of liquor licenses and control shall submit the fingerprints to the department of public safety for the purpose of obtaining to obtain a state and federal criminal records check pursuant to section 41-1750 and Public Law 92-544. The department of public safety may exchange this fingerprint data with the federal bureau of investigation. If a license is issued or transferred when fees are waived pursuant to section 4-209, subsection I, no an additional background check is not required if the person has already completed a background investigation in connection with the continuing business. C. Each applicant or licensee shall designate a person who shall be is responsible for managing the premises. The designated person may be the applicant or licensee. The manager shall be a natural person and shall meet all the requirements for licensure. The same person may be designated as the manager for more than one premises owned by the same licensee. Notice of a change in the manager shall be filed with the director within thirty days after a change. D. No A license shall may not be issued to any person who, within one year before application, has had a license revoked. The director shall not issue an interim permit or restaurant license to any person who, at the same location, has been required to surrender a restaurant license pursuant to section 4-205.02, subsection D or section 4-213 until twelve months after the date of the surrender. No A license shall may not be issued to or renewed for any person who, within five years before application, has been convicted of a felony, or convicted of an offense in another state that would be a felony in this state. For a conviction of a corporation to be a basis for a denial under this section, the limitations that are provided in section 4-210, subsection A, paragraph 8 shall apply. No A corporation shall may not have its annual license issued or renewed unless it has on file with the department a list of its officers and directors and any stockholders who own ten percent or more of the corporation. E. The department of liquor licenses and control shall receive criminal history record information from the department of public safety for applicants for employment with the department of liquor licenses and control or for a license issued by the department of liquor licenses and control. F. The department shall not issue or renew a license for any person who on the request of the director fails to provide the department with complete financial disclosure statements indicating all financial holdings of the person or any other person in or relating to the license applied for, including all cosignatories on financial holdings, land, buildings, leases or other forms of indebtedness that the applicant has incurred or will incur. END_STATUTE Sec. 2. Section 5-301, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE 5-301. Definitions In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Commercial motorized watercraft" means a motorized watercraft that carries passengers or property for a valuable consideration that is paid to the owner, charterer, operator or agent or to any other person interested in the watercraft. 2. "Commission" means the Arizona game and fish commission. 3. "Department" means the Arizona game and fish department. 4. "Documented watercraft" means any watercraft currently registered as a watercraft of the United States pursuant to 46 Code of Federal Regulations part 67. 5. "Domicile" means a person's true, fixed and permanent home and principal residence, proof of which may be demonstrated as prescribed by rules adopted by the commission. 6. "Launch" means any motorized watercraft that carries a coach and that is used to follow and monitor rowing shells during practice, training or competitive rowing events. 7. "Motorboat" means any watercraft that is not more than sixty-five feet in length and that is propelled by machinery whether or not such machinery is the principal source of propulsion. 8. "Motorized watercraft" means any watercraft that is propelled by machinery whether or not the machinery is the principal source of propulsion. 9. "Nonresident" means a citizen of the United States or an alien person a noncitizen who is not domiciled in this state and who is not a resident as defined in this section. 10. "Operate" means to operate or be in actual physical control of a watercraft while on public waters. 11. "Operator" means a person who operates or is in actual physical control of a watercraft. 12. "Person" includes any individual, firm, corporation, partnership or association, and any agent, assignee, trustee, executor, receiver or representative thereof. 13. "Public waters" means any body of water that is publicly owned or that the public is allowed to use without permission of the owner and on which a motorized watercraft can be navigated, including that part of waters that is common to interstate boundaries and that is within the boundaries of this state. 14. "Resident" means a person who is either: (a) A member of the armed forces of the United States on active duty and stationed in this state for a period of thirty days immediately before the date of application for a watercraft decal. (b) A member of the armed forces of the United States on active duty and stationed in another state or another country and who lists this state as that member's home of record at the time of an application for a watercraft decal. (c) Domiciled in this state for at least six consecutive months immediately before the date of the application for a watercraft decal and who does not claim residency for any purpose in any other state or country. 15. "Revocation" means invalidating the certificate of number, numbers and annual validation decals issued by the department to a watercraft and prohibiting the operation of the watercraft on the waters of this state during a period of noncompliance with this chapter. 16. "Rowing shell" means a manually propelled watercraft that is recognized by a national racing association for use in practice, training or competitive rowing. 17. "Sailboard" means any board of less than fifteen feet in length that is designed to be propelled by wind action on a sail for navigation on the water by a person operating the board. 18. "Special anchorage area" means an area set aside and under the control of a federal, state or local governmental agency, or by a duly authorized marina operator or concessionaire for the mooring, anchoring or docking of watercraft. 19. "State of principal operation" means the state where a watercraft is primarily used, navigated or employed. 20. "Underway" means a watercraft that is not at anchor, is not made fast to the shore or is not aground. 21. "Undocumented watercraft" means any watercraft that does not have and is not required to have a valid marine document as a watercraft of the United States. 22. "Wakeless speed" means a speed that does not cause the watercraft to create a wake, but in no case in excess of five miles per hour. 23. "Watercraft" means any boat designed to be propelled by machinery, oars, paddles or wind action on a sail for navigation on the water, or as may be defined by rule of the commission. 24. "Waterway" means any body of water, public or private, on which a watercraft can be navigated. END_STATUTE Sec. 3. Section 8-102, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE 8-102. Who may be adopted A. Except as provided in title 14, chapter 8 and subsection B of this section, only a child, or a foreign-born person who is twenty-one years of age or less and who is not an illegal alien undocumented noncitizen , who is present within this state at the time the petition for adoption is filed may be adopted. B. A dependent child is not required to be present in this state at the time the petition for adoption is filed if the criteria prescribed in section 8-103, subsection B are met. END_STATUTE Sec. 4. Section 9-500.25, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE 9-500.25. Work centers; noncitizens; prohibition A city or town shall not construct or maintain a work center if any part of the center is to facilitate facilitates the knowing employment of an alien a noncitizen who is not entitled to lawful residence in the United States. END_STATUTE Sec. 5. Section 11-269.08, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE 11-269.08. Work centers; noncitizens; prohibition A county shall not construct or maintain a work center if any part of the center is to facilitate facilitates the knowing employment of an alien a noncitizen who is not entitled to lawful residence in the United States. END_STATUTE Sec. 6. Section 11-1051, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE 11-1051. Cooperation and assistance in enforcement of immigration laws; indemnification A. No An official or agency of this state or a county, city, town or other political subdivision of this state may not limit or restrict the enforcement of federal immigration laws to less than the full extent permitted allowed by federal law. B. For any lawful stop, detention or arrest made by a law enforcement official or a law enforcement agency of this state or a law enforcement official or a law enforcement agency of a county, city, town or other political subdivision of this state in the enforcement of any other law or ordinance of a county, city or town or this state where reasonable suspicion exists that the person is an alien and is unlawfully present undocumented noncitizen in the United States, a reasonable attempt shall be made, when practicable, to determine the immigration status of the person, except if the determination may hinder or obstruct an investigation. Any person who is arrested shall have the person's immigration status determined before the person is released. The person's immigration status shall be verified with the federal government pursuant to 8 United States Code section 1373(c). A law enforcement official or agency of this state or a county, city, town or other political subdivision of this state may not consider race, color or national origin in implementing the requirements of this subsection except to the extent permitted as allowed by the United States or Arizona Constitution. A person is presumed to not be an alien who is unlawfully present undocumented noncitizen in the United States if the person provides to the law enforcement officer or agency any of the following: 1. A valid Arizona driver license. 2. A valid Arizona nonoperating identification license. 3. A valid tribal enrollment card or other form of tribal identification. 4. If the entity requires proof of legal presence in the United States before issuance, any valid United States federal, state or local government issued identification. C. If an alien who is unlawfully present undocumented noncitizen in the United States is convicted of a violation of state or local law, on discharge from imprisonment or on the assessment of any imposed monetary obligation that is imposed , the United States immigration and customs enforcement or the United States customs and border protection shall be immediately notified. D. Notwithstanding any other law, a law enforcement agency may securely transport an alien who the agency has received verification is unlawfully present a verified undocumented noncitizen in the United States and w [Text truncated for display. Full text available on LegiScan.]