Arizona HB 2819: residential property insurance; fire; underwriting

Bill Text

HB2819 - 572R - I Ver 

 REFERENCE TITLE: state landscaping; Arizona compost; requirements

 State of Arizona

 House of Representatives

 Fifty-seventh Legislature

 Second Regular Session

 2026

 HB 2819

 Introduced by 

 Representative 
 Cavero

AN 
ACT

Amending title 41, chapter 4, article 1, 
Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 41-710.04; relating to land 
management.

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

Section 1. Title 41, chapter 4, article 1, 
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-710.04, to read:

START_STATUTE41-710.04. Compost use; landscaping; land management; requirements; 
definition

A. If The department of 
administration, the department of transportation or the arizona state parks 
board wishes to use soil amendments for landscaping or land management on land 
that is owned or managed by the department of administration, the department of 
transportation or the Arizona state parks board, the department of 
administration, the department of transportation or the Arizona state parks 
board shall use compost that is produced in this state, if AVAILABLe.

B. Compost is considered to be 
available if the COMPOST meets all of the following requirements:

1. is produced at a facility that is 
located in this state and is offered for sale in this state.

2. meets the quality standards 
required by the project specifications, the procurement policies of the 
department of administration, the department of transportation or the Arizona 
state parks board or any applicable state or federal requirements.

3. can be delivered to the project 
site within a commercially reasonable time frame.

4. is offered at a price that is not 
more than twenty percent higher than the lowest cost of a comparable compost 
that is not produced in this state.

C. For the purposes of this section, 
"compost" includes the biologically stable organic material that is 
produced through the controlled aerobic decomposition of organic matter and 
that is suitable for use as a soil amendment. END_STATUTE