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Fifty-seventh Legislature Commerce Second Regular Session S.B.
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1421 PROPOSED HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO S.B.
financial services State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session SENATE BILL 1421 AN ACT AMENDING TITLE 6, CHAPTER 1, ARTICLE 2, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING SECTION 6-118;
1421 (Reference to Senate engrossed bill) Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert:
AMENDING TITLE 44, CHAPTER 9, ARTICLE 1, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING SECTION 44-1209;
"Section 1.
AMENDING SECTION 44-1362, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES;
Section 42-18303, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
AMENDING TITLE 44, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING CHAPTER 42;
42-18303.
RELATING TO FINANCIAL SERVICES.
Auction and sale of land held by state under tax deed;
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disposition of proceeds A.
1421 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
After advertisement, pursuant to section 42-18302, the board of supervisors may sell the real property in the county held by the state by tax deed to the highest bidder for cash except as provided in subsections E, F and G of this section.
Section 1.
The property may also be posted on the treasurer's website.
Title 6, chapter 1, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 6-118, to read:
The sale may include a live auction or an online bidding process in which the board receives bids electronically over the internet in a real-time, competitive bidding event.
6-118.
Prohibited forms of identification A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION DOING BUSINESS IN THIS STATE MAY NOT ACCEPT ANY OF THE FOLLOWING AS A FORM OF IDENTIFICATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF OPENING A DEPOSIT ACCOUNT, LOAN ACCOUNT OR SAFE DEPOSIT BOX OR RECEIVING ANY OTHER SERVICES FROM THAT FINANCIAL INSTITUTION:
1.
A LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION CARD ISSUED EXCLUSIVELY TO AN UNAUTHORIZED ALIEN OR UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT.
2.
A LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION CARD THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME AS A LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION CARD ISSUED TO A UNITED STATES CITIZEN OR RESIDENT OR AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS LAWFULLY PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES BUT THAT HAS MARKINGS INDICATING THAT THE LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION CARD HOLDER DID NOT PRESENT PROOF OF THE HOLDER'S LAWFUL PRESENCE IN THE UNITED STATES.
Sec.
2.
Title 44, chapter 9, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 44-1209, to read:
44-1209.
Loans;
forms of identification IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR A LOAN TO BE MADE TO AN INDIVIDUAL IN THIS STATE IF THE APPLICATION FOR THE LOAN ALLOWS THE USE OF AN INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ISSUED BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AS A METHOD OF IDENTIFYING THE LOAN RECIPIENT.
AFTER EXECUTION OF AN OTHERWISE LAWFUL AND BINDING LOAN AGREEMENT, A LENDER MAY LAWFULLY REQUEST THE BORROWER'S INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IF THE BORROWER IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER UNDER FEDERAL LAW.
Sec.
3.
Section 44-1362, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
44-1362.
Check cashing;
receipts;
notices;
government payment instruments;
enforcement A.
A check casher may charge a fee for cashing a payment instrument, and the check casher shall give a receipt to the customer for each transaction.
On selling the property, the board of supervisors shall execute and deliver to the purchaser, at the purchaser's cost, a deed conveying the title of the state in and to the parcel purchased.
A check casher shall display in a conspicuous location in the check casher's principal place of business and each branch office a complete and legible notice that is in English and Spanish and that includes both of the following:
The deed shall be acknowledged by the chairman and clerk of the board.
1.
A schedule of all fees for both of the following:
(a) Cashing each type of payment instrument.
(b) Issuing an identification card.
2.
A list of any identification that is acceptable in lieu of the identification card provided by the check casher.
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The purchase money shall be paid to the county treasurer.
A check casher shall not charge a fee that is more than three per cent PERCENT of the face amount of the payment instrument or five dollars $5, whichever is more, for cashing any payment instrument issued - 1 - S.B.
After deducting and distributing interest, penalties, fees and costs charged against the parcel, the treasurer shall apportion monies to the funds of the various taxing authorities in proportion to their current share of the taxes charged against real property.
1421 by an agency of the United States or of this state or any political subdivision of the United States or of this state.
Any balance remaining with the treasurer after payment of the taxes, interest, penalties, fees and costs shall be paid to the owner of the property who was dispossessed by the sale.
If the property is not sold before the time for the next succeeding notice of sale, the board of supervisors may omit it from the notice.
A check casher WHO IS operating within the office of a labor pool, or the owner or operator of a labor pool, shall not charge a day laborer for cashing a check that is issued by the labor pool.
The board of supervisors may accept an offer from, and sell real property held by this state by tax deed to, the county or a city, town or special taxing district in the county for a public purpose related to, INCLUDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR LOW-INCOME PERSONS AND FAMILIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 11-251.10, transportation or flood control.
A CHECK CASHER MAY NOT ACCEPT THE FOLLOWING AS A FORM OF IDENTIFICATION:
The board of supervisors shall convey the deed and apportion the monies received in the transaction in the manner prescribed by this section.
1.
IF A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT ACQUIRES REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PURPOSES AUTHORIZED BY SECTION 11-251.10 AND DETERMINES THE USE IS IN ITS BEST INTEREST, THE COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT MAY SELL, LEASE, EXCHANGE, QUITCLAIM, CONVEY OR OTHERWISE DISPOSE OF THE REAL PROPERTY OR AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY FOR LESS THAN FAIR MARKET VALUE AND WITHOUT A PUBLIC AUCTION TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 11-251.10.
A LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION CARD ISSUED EXCLUSIVELY TO AN UNAUTHORIZED ALIEN OR UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT.
A REGULATORY AGREEMENT SHALL BE RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER IN WHICH THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED THAT CONTAINS COVENANTS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRING THE DWELLING UNITS TO REMAIN CONTINUALLY AFFORDABLE TO LOW-INCOME PERSONS AND FAMILIES FOR THE LONGEST FEASIBLE TIME, BUT NOT LESS THAN THIRTY House Amendments to S.B.
2.
1421 YEARS.
A LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION CARD THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME AS A LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION CARD ISSUED TO A UNITED STATES CITIZEN OR RESIDENT OR AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS LAWFULLY PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES BUT THAT HAS MARKINGS INDICATING THAT THE LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION CARD HOLDER DID NOT PRESENT PROOF OF THE HOLDER'S LAWFUL PRESENCE IN THE UNITED STATES.
FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION, “AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR LOW-INCOME PERSONS AND FAMILIES” HAS THE SAME MEANING PRESCRIBED IN SECTION 11-251.10.
E.
The board of supervisors may sell real property in the county held by the state by tax deed to the owner of contiguous real property that is used for commercial, agricultural or residential purposes, and the board may accept an offer by the contiguous owner to purchase the property, if all of the following conditions apply:
Any act or practice in violation of this article is an unlawful act or practice under section 44-1522.
The attorney general may investigate and take appropriate action as prescribed in chapter 10, article 7 of this title.
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4.
Title 44, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding chapter 42, to read:
CHAPTER 42 FOREIGN REMITTANCES OF MONIES ARTICLE 1.
GENERAL PROVISIONS 44-8041.
Definitions IN THIS CHAPTER, UNLESS THE CONTEXT OTHERWISE REQUIRES:
Both the property offered for sale and the contiguous property were at one time under common ownership.
"DEPARTMENT" MEANS THE DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.
If there is more than one contiguous property owner offering to purchase the property, the board shall accept the offer from the contiguous property owner that demonstrates that the owner's contiguous property was most recently under common ownership with the property offered for sale.
The property offered for sale cannot be separately used for commercial, agricultural or residential purposes, as applicable, pursuant to applicable building codes and ordinances of the jurisdiction in which the property is located due to its size or configuration.
"FOREIGN REMITTANCE TRANSFER" MEANS A REMITTANCE TRANSFER AS DEFINED IN THE ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFER ACT (P.L.
90-321;
92 STAT.
3728;
15 UNITED STATES CODE SECTION 1693o-1) TO A RECIPIENT THAT IS LOCATED IN A COUNTRY OTHER THAN THE UNITED STATES.
The contiguous property owner agrees to submit a request to the county assessor to jointly assess the contiguous properties pursuant to section 42-15058.
"UNAUTHORIZED ALIEN" MEANS A PERSON WHO IS UNLAWFULLY PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES AS PRESCRIBED IN THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT (66 STAT.
G.
163;
The board of supervisors may sell real property in the county held by the state by tax deed to a homeowners' association if the real property is part of a common area maintained by the homeowners' association as determined by the county assessor.
8 UNITED STATES CODE SECTION 1101).
H.
44-8042.
If an offer under subsection E, F or G of this section is pending at the time of the auction under this section, the board of supervisors shall remove the property from the auction.
Foreign remittance transfers;
I.
prohibition;
The board of supervisors may establish procedures for accepting monetary offers and sell real property in the county held by the state by tax deed over the counter if the real property is not eligible for sale under subsection E, F or G of this section and was offered for sale and not sold at the auction held pursuant to subsection a of this section.
rules A.
J.
A BUSINESS ENTITY THAT IS AUTHORIZED TO CONDUCT FOREIGN REMITTANCE TRANSFERS FROM WITHIN THIS STATE TO ANY COUNTRY OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES ON BEHALF OF AN INDIVIDUAL:
The board of supervisors may establish procedures for accepting monetary offers under subsection f of this section." Amend title to conform BETTY J.
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VILLEGAS 1421VILLEGAS SE.docx 03/20/2026 02:07 PM H:
MAY NOT TRANSFER THE MONIES UNLESS THE INDIVIDUAL PROVIDES DOCUMENTARY PROOF THAT THE INDIVIDUAL IS NOT AN UNAUTHORIZED ALIEN.
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EACH MONTH SHALL PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT CONFIRMATION OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO PROVIDED THE DOCUMENTARY PROOF REQUIRED BY PARAGRAPH 1 OF THIS SUBSECTION.
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1421 B.
THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADOPT RULES TO ADMINISTER THIS SECTION, INCLUDING WHICH FORMS OF DOCUMENTATION ARE ACCEPTABLE TO VERIFY AN INDIVIDUAL IS NOT AN UNAUTHORIZED ALIEN.
44-8043.
Enforcement;
compliance audits A.
THE DEPARTMENT MAY AT ANY TIME REQUEST A BUSINESS ENTITY TO PROVIDE RECORDS OF DOCUMENTATION THAT WERE USED TO VERIFY THAT THE INDIVIDUAL WHO REQUESTED THE FOREIGN REMITTANCE TRANSFER WAS NOT AN UNAUTHORIZED ALIEN.
B.
ANY PERSON WHO IN GOOD FAITH BELIEVES THAT A BUSINESS ENTITY IS VIOLATING THIS CHAPTER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
ON RECEIPT OF A VALID COMPLAINT THAT IS SUBSTANTIATED BY EVIDENCE, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOTIFY THE BUSINESS ENTITY OF THE COMPLAINT AND THE SUBSTANTIATED EVIDENCE, AND THE BUSINESS ENTITY SHALL PAY THE CIVIL PENALTY PURSUANT TO SECTION 44-8044.
C.
BEGINNING JULY 1, 2027, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CONDUCT QUARTERLY AUDITS OF BUSINESS ENTITIES AT RANDOM TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THIS CHAPTER.
44-8044.
Violation;
civil penalty THE DEPARTMENT SHALL IMPOSE A CIVIL PENALTY IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF THE FOREIGN REMITTANCE TRANSFER, EXCLUDING ANY FEES OR CHARGES IMPOSED BY THE BUSINESS ENTITY, AGAINST A BUSINESS ENTITY THAT VIOLATES THIS CHAPTER.
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