Arizona SB 1030: TPT exemptions and deductions; sunset

Bill Text

SB1030 - 572R - I Ver 

PREFILED��� DEC 16 2025

 REFERENCE TITLE: noncitizen; alien; terminology

 State of Arizona

 Senate

 Fifty-seventh Legislature

 Second Regular Session

 2026

 SB 1030

 Introduced by 

 Senator 
 Miranda

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.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 4-202, Arizona Revised 
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE4-202. 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, 
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