SCR 1030 — recognizing public safety telecommunicators

Senate Engrossed recognizing public safety telecommunicators State of Arizona Senate Fifty-sixth Legislature Appropriations Second Regular Session S.C.R.SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1030 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS FOR THEIR TREMENDOUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

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SectionWhen 1.law enforcement officers, firefighters and emergency medical technicians call on the radio, it is public safety telecommunicators who receive those transmissions and who use their training to route available resources to responders in the field and analyze additional data from record management systems, callers and databases to provide critical information to on-scene units.

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ON- APRIL1 8,- 2022, THE ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL OFFICER OR BOARD MEMBER WITH AT LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OWNERSHIP OF ANY ENTITY THAT RECEIVED A MARIJUANA ESTABLISHMENT LICENSE PURSUANT TO SECTION 36-2854, SUBSECTION A, PARAGRAPH 9, ON APRIL 8, 2022, MAY TRANSFER THE MARIJUANA ESTABLISHMENT LICENSE TO ANY ENTITY OF THE OFFICER'S OR MEMBER'S CHOICE IF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING APPLIES:

House Amendments to S.C.R.

1030 1.

A PRINCIPAL OFFICER OR BOARD MEMBER WHO HELD A MINORITY INTEREST WHEN THE MARIJUANA ESTABLISHMENT LICENSE WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED VIOLATED ANY RULES ADOPTED PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER.

2.

A PRINCIPAL OFFICER OR BOARD MEMBER WHO HELD A MINORITY INTEREST IN THE ENTITY AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION FAILED TO DISCLOSE AN EXCLUDED FELONY OFFENSE.

3.

A PRINCIPAL OFFICER OR BOARD MEMBER WHO HELD A MINORITY INTEREST IN THE ENTITY AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION DID NOT POSSESS A CARD FOR A MARIJUANA FACILITY AGENT AT THE TIME OF THE APPLICATION.

B.

THE TRANSFER OF THE LICENSE PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION A OF THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S REVIEW AND INVESTIGATIVE DETERMINATION.

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2.

Section 13-901.03, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

13-901.03.

Violent crimes;

allegation;

definition A.

The allegation that the defendant committed a violent crime shall be charged in the indictment or information and admitted or found by the court.

The court shall allow the allegation that the defendant committed a violent crime at any time before the date the case is actually tried unless the allegation is filed fewer than twenty days before the case is actually tried and the court finds on the record that the defendant was in fact prejudiced by the untimely filing and states the reasons for these findings.

B.

For the purpose of this section, "violent crime" includes any criminal act that results in death or physical injury or any criminal use of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument.

THIS DEFINITION APPLIES REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE INDIVIDUAL HAS ENTERED INTO PARTICIPATION IN ANY FIRST OFFENDER, DEFERRED ADJUDICATION OR SIMILAR PROGRAM WHERE JUDGMENT OF CONVICTION IS WITHHELD.

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3.

Legislative intent -2- House Amendments to S.C.R.

1030 The legislature intends that the amendments made in section 13- 901.03, Arizona Revised Statutes align Arizona state law with federal law, specifically 42 CFR Part 1001, which defines "convicted" as: