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• For the record, Kevin McCarthy from the Arizona Tax Research Association, here in support of 1293.
• dollars that it was paying to all taxing jurisdictions it was built we know the a Arizona center well
• Chairman, Representative, I do believe they have a secondary property tax in Mesa. That's correct.
• After the Arizona Center property taxes were abated, the property taxes for everybody around those, including
• Mackey talked about the Arizona Center after the Arizona Center property taxes were abated the property

Bills: SB1221, SB1293, SB1294, SB1430

Keywords: taxpayer protection, law interpretation, transparency, public hearings, tax policies, GPLET, abatement, tax incentives, local government, property improvement, central business district, property tax, assessment, destruction, proration, Arizona Revised Statutes, Arizona tax corrections act, transaction privilege tax, sales tax, use tax

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• Arizona already has two really good public tax credit programs for public and private schools.
• fund is a tax cut, a tax credit.
• credit liability to donate to the current tax credit program we have in Arizona, and it's only got a
• As you know, Arizona income tax starts with federal adjusted gross income, so we assume full conformity
• point for calculating Arizona income tax.

Bills: SB1042, SB1043, SB1044, SB1135, SB1136, SB1142, SB1180, SB1221, SB1252, SB1254, SCR1003

Keywords: public funds, virtual currency, bitcoin, investment, Arizona Strategic Digital Asset Reserve Act, state treasurer, retirement system, state payments, cryptocurrency, Arizona law, payment methods, government transactions, property tax, tax exemption, Arizona Revised Statutes, digital currency, workers' compensation, death benefits, burial costs, spousal compensation

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• Is that correct? Mr. Chairman and Mr. Livingston, correct.
• So that includes the current tax year, it includes the last tax year, and includes the next tax year
• The tax year includes the next tax year as well.
• And while we all may pay taxes, there are some people who, like the state of Arizona itself, is a net
• And while we all may pay taxes, there are some people who, like the state of Arizona itself, is a net

Bills: SB1042, SB1043, SB1067, SB1180, SB1221, SB1292, SB1503, SCR1033

Keywords: public funds, virtual currency, bitcoin, investment, Arizona Strategic Digital Asset Reserve Act, state treasurer, retirement system, state payments, cryptocurrency, Arizona law, payment methods, government transactions, tax lien, property tax lien, real property tax lien, foreclosure, right of redemption, redeem, excess proceeds, county abatement lien

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• For the record, Jennifer Steele with the Arizona Tax Research Association, in support of Senate Bill
• Chair and members, Senate Bill 1430 is the annual tax corrections act, which corrects errors, removes
• Annual Tax Corrections Act, which corrects errors, removes obsolete language, and provides various clarifying
• Murphy, do you want to come speak on the tax corrections bill? Mr.
• There are three provisions in the tax corrections bill: the first is removing some redundant language

Bills: SB1180, SB1215, SB1270, SB1290, SB1292, SB1294, SB1430, SCR1028

Keywords: income tax, conformity, Arizona Revised Statutes, taxpayer, federal regulations, firefighters, occupational disease, workers compensation, cancer presumption, police officers, hazardous duty, SB1270, Arizona retirement system, public safety personnel, defined contribution plan, correctional officers, corrections officers, retirement contributions, supplemental contributions, retention incentive

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• I am proud to say in Arizona, we do not tax Social Security.
• This tax conformity, putting them into Arizona tax law, is not a smart idea.
• And that is the great success that is in this budget of applying the Trump tax cuts to the Arizona tax
• We replace that tax relief with other tax relief that goes more broadly to hardworking Arizona families
• Average tax returns for the citizens of Arizona exceed 11% year over year.

Bills: HB4138, HB4139, HB4140, HB4141, HB4142, HB4143, HB4144, HB4145, HB4146, HB4147, HB4148, HB4149, HB4150, HB4151, HB4152, HB4153, SB1831, SB1832, SB1833, SB1834, SB1835, SB1836, SB1837, SB1838, SB1839, SB1840, SB1841, SB1842, SB1843, SB1844, SB1845, SB1846

Keywords: appropriations, education funding, health care, general fund, state budget, local funding, gaming, pari-mutuel, horse racing, regulatory assessment, first-time starters, budget implementation, federal funds, government services, budget stabilization, financial reporting, capital outlay, infrastructure, veterans services, highway construction

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• Correct.
• I'm also... ...week on Zoom meetings discussing the Arizona Corrections Department, and we are in a mess
• officers and investigators; the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections for a salary increase of 14%
• They frequently violate the Arizona Nonprofit Corporations Act by terminating members without due process
• They frequently violate the Arizona Nonprofit Corporations Act by terminating members without due process

Bills: SB1048, SB1071, SB1092, SB1314, SB1391, SB1400, SB1401, SB1452

Keywords: juvenile services, Coconino county, rehabilitation, detox center, financial appropriation, Arizona Rangers, statutory repeal, security, state law, regulatory changes, probation, dangerous crimes, children, Arizona Revised Statutes, criminal justice, juvenile offenses, appropriations, salary increase, corrections, public safety

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• The amendment outlines duties of the Arizona Corporation Commission in enforcing this act.
• taxpayers and sales and property tax breaks. ...annually in our state from Arizona taxpayers and sales
• within the act.
• Arizona. Mr. Arizona.
• Arizona. Mr. Arizona. Newly crowned. Newly crowned.

Bills: HB2014, HB2113, HB2145, HB2331, HB2340, HB2389, HB2400, HB2401, HB2428, HB2494, HB2696, HB2756, HB2795, HB2955, HCM2008

Keywords: air emissions, fuel blends, environmental quality, feasibility study, Arizona Department of Agriculture, utility consumer, rate intervention, public service corporation, Arizona Revised Statutes, residential rates, consumer protection, fuel reformulation, gasoline standards, environmental regulations, ethanol supply, Air Quality, energy reliability, electric service providers, reliable resources, public power entity

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• Currently, Arizona reserves this no-overt-act standard for only the most serious offenses like felonies
• I am the executive president of the Arizona Correction Association.
• Start pay for a correctional officer is $45,600 per year, well below detention officers, Arizona police
• In Arizona, the La Palma facility in Eloy and the Red Rock Correctional Center in Eloy.
• It's my understanding that private prisons make a little bit more than the Arizona corrections officers

Bills: SB1010, SB1035, SB1058, SB1077, SB1093

Keywords: Charlie Kirk, Loop 202, Arizona highways, transportation, renaming, Arizona Department of Corrections, ADC, corrections, prison, jail, correctional officers, prison guards, staffing, retention, salary increase, pay raise, wage increase, general fund, appropriation, state budget

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• The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry has an annual budget of over $1.5 billion
• We have Harrison Redman, ACLU of Arizona.
• exposure for Arizona agencies?
• Arizona families see no relief in sight.
• SB 1055 takes Arizona in the opposite direction.

Bills: SB1032, SB1055, SB1107

Keywords: corrections oversight, funding, state budget, criminal justice, reform, immigration enforcement, law enforcement, illegal aliens, state legislation, civil penalties, peace officer certification, police certification, law enforcement licensing, Arizona POST, peace officer standards and training, military police, veterans, honorably discharged, veteran hiring, abbreviated academy

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• applying the Trump tax cuts to the Arizona tax code, that tax cut has already been instructed and directed
• It applies the Trump tax cuts to Arizona taxpayers. It applies the Trump tax cuts to Arizona...
• It applies the Trump tax cuts to the Arizona taxpayers.
• It applies the Trump tax cuts to the Arizona. Cuts on to Arizona taxpayers.
• It applies the Trump tax cuts to the Arizona tax code, and we should do that.

Bills: HB2011, HB2089, HB2090, HB2092, HB2477, HB2785

Keywords: individual income tax, subtraction, Arizona Revised Statutes, retirement benefits, adoption costs, charitable contributions, health insurance, premium payment, Arizona State Retirement System, contingent annuitant, long-term disability, benefits limitations, disability compensation, social security, retirement system, elected officials, ASRS, eligibility waiver, age 65, education savings

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• I'm sorry, did you say University of Arizona? I did. Get out.
• I represent LD6, the largest county district in Arizona.
• , not the consumers who the tax got passed down to.
• So we paid into this tax.
• I believe it's going to help all of Arizona, rural Arizona.

Bills: HB2065, HB2066, HB2071, HB2106, HB2237, HB2258

Keywords: appropriation, housing, Apache Junction, affordable housing, rehabilitation, blight abatement, broadband, fiber optic, technology, connectivity, infrastructure, rural development, workforce hub, health services, transportation tax, county excise tax, regional transportation authority, public transportation authority fund, regional transportation fund, ADOT

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• They registered two vehicles for tax purposes and ended up being registered in both Arizona and California
• . ...for tax purposes and ended up being registered in both Arizona and California.
• That is correct. You are correct.
• That is correct. You are correct. automatic voter registration that's not legal in Arizona?
• That is correct. You are correct.

Bills: SB1037, SB1040, SB1259, SB1281

Keywords: elections, voting systems, vote tabulation, election security, internet connectivity, offline voting, chain of custody, polling place equipment, counting center, central counting center, election management system, EMS gateway, tabulation equipment, secretary of state, certification, decertification, HAVA, Help America Vote Act, ballot images, audit logs

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• tax rate to exceed the cap unless the new tax is approved by voters.
• tax rate to exceed the cap unless the new tax is approved by voters.
• Correct.
• Yeah, so that's correct.
• Chair, Senator, correct.

Bills: SB1433, SB1434, SB1435, SB1567, SB1571, SB1686, SB1745, SCR1024, SCR1025, HB2671, HB2676, HCR2044

Keywords: county boundaries, Maricopa, Gila, Pinal, Yavapai, Yuma, La Paz, local governance, Arizona Revised Statutes, Maricopa county, county division, new counties, intergovernmental agreements, special election, shared use agreements, education, explicit material, parental consent, student protection, library access

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• Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, for a 5% salary increase for sworn correctional
• This is 5% pay raises for Department of Corrections employees.
• Yes, Joe Clure, executive director of the Arizona Police Association, here on behalf of the Arizona Corrections
• One of the groups was Healing Arizona Veterans.
• Will the acting Vice Chair please move the bill? Mr.

Bills: SB1001, SB1035, SB1056, SB1065, SB1138, SB1161, SB1204, SB1207, SB1248, SB1274, SB1284, SCM1002, SCM1006, SCR1020

Keywords: appropriation, economic security, blind individuals, older adults, state funding, Arizona Department of Corrections, ADC, corrections, prison, jail, correctional officers, prison guards, staffing, retention, salary increase, pay raise, wage increase, general fund, state budget, private prisons

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• Arizona already has a two-thirds vote requirement for the legislature to raise taxes under Proposition
• With ballot measures, am I correct in saying that it would take a majority of Arizona voters to pass
• The Arizona Center advocates for policies that build on a fair tax system and ensure Arizona has the
• Chairman, that's correct. If Arizona opts in, it could, yeah, it will go into, like, a pot, right?
• That's correct. If Arizona opt in, it could, yeah, it will go into like a pot, right? So, Mr.

Bills: SB1142, SCR1028

Keywords: scholarships, tax credit, education funding, nonprofit organizations, Arizona Revised Statutes, constitutional amendment, state revenue, tax policy, legislative approval, two-thirds vote, 1182, all

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• notice of proposed property tax correction or notice of claim and to provide related communications electronically
• Chair and members, House Bill 2273 establishes a one-time $300 individual income tax rebate for Arizona
• House Bill 2273 establishes a one-time $300 individual income tax rebate for Arizona taxpayers whose
• primary residence was located in Pinal County during tax years 2018 through 2024, and requires the Arizona
• rebate of the sales tax collected after the Arizona Supreme Court decision in 2022.

Bills: HB2089, HB2090, HB2092, HB2120, HB2138, HB2173, HB2273, HB2693, HB2786

Keywords: retirement benefits, health insurance, premium payment, Arizona State Retirement System, contingent annuitant, long-term disability, benefits limitations, disability compensation, social security, retirement system, elected officials, ASRS, eligibility waiver, age 65, property tax exemption, disability, veterans, widows, income limits, Arizona Revised Statutes

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• They're from Arizona.
• Am I correct? That's absolutely correct.
• You are talking about the law enforcement that benefits northern Arizona, the state of Arizona.
• The only other northern Arizona... All of these different counties are coming to northern Arizona.
• Let me correct that. Let me correct that. It was—we had six ayes, five nays.

Bills: HB2207, HB2225, HB2602, HB2641

Keywords: braille, disability access, education funding, state corrections, inclusion, HB 2225, Yavapai County, northern Arizona regional training academy, training academy, public safety training, law enforcement training, police academy, first responder training, capital appropriation, state general fund, state treasurer, lapsing appropriation, section 35-190, capital costs, regional training facility

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• Agricultural property for property taxes.
• Bray was correct.
• And the courts are the final arbiter of the law, correct? Correct. Okay. Thank you. Mr.
• And the courts are the final arbiter of the law, correct? Correct. Okay. Thank you.
• That's correct.

Bills: HB2120, HB2173, HB2261, HB2786, HB2792

Keywords: property tax exemption, disability, veterans, widows, income limits, Arizona Revised Statutes, property tax, electronic communication, tax assessment, tax correction, real estate, agriculture, tax classification, land use, nonprofit organizations, transaction privilege tax, tax exemption, textbook rental, education, business leasing

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• Right now in Arizona, a small business or individual who owes $0 to the state in taxes can still be hit
• What's the point, to see what's there, and it all goes on the tax roll, is that correct? Mr.
• Acting Chairman of the Arizona State Board of Equalization. Thank you.
• There was a time where the property tax in Arizona is what I call king tax.
• I'm Kevin McCarthy, President of the Arizona Tax Research Association, here in support of the bill.

Bills: HB2016, HB2104, HB2105, HB2288, HB2289

Keywords: tax penalties, filing, tax returns, administration, Arizona Revised Statutes, agricultural property, classification, county assessor, property inspection, appeal process, property tax, agricultural classification, Department of Revenue, property valuation, inspection notice, inspection report, on-site inspection, full cash value, rural land, farm land

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• premium tax liability, individual income tax, and/or corporate income tax.
• It was financed through a low-income housing tax credit in addition to an Arizona Department of Housing
• And we saw this in 2016 during the deliberations around the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, where this particular
• But here in Arizona, we've used those tax credits to develop very high-quality affordable housing for
• So we had a project in Miami, Arizona—I've been corrected on that for a long time—while Brian was working

Bills: HB2388, HB2804, HB2926

Keywords: HB2388, Arizona Commerce Authority, ACA, small modular reactor, SMR, nuclear energy, advanced nuclear, data center, data centers, economic development, study, appropriation, general fund, jobs, wages, tax revenue, broadband, infrastructure, secondary businesses, tertiary businesses