Arizona SB 1469: lottery game; schools; capital assistance

Bill Text

SB1469 - 572R - I Ver 

 REFERENCE TITLE: municipal self-certification; approvals; population

 State of Arizona

 Senate

 Fifty-seventh Legislature

 Second Regular Session

 2026

 SB 1469

 Introduced by 

 Senator 
 Finchem

AN 
ACT

amending section 9-500.49, arizona 
revised statutes; relating to municipal development.

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

Section 1. Section 9-500.49, Arizona Revised 
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE9-500.49. Administrative review and approval; self-certification 
program; expedited approval; applicability; definitions

A. Notwithstanding any other law, the legislative 
body of a city or town with a population of more than seventy-five 
thousand persons shall by ordinance do the following:

1. Authorize administrative personnel to review and 
approve site plans, development plans, land divisions, lot line adjustments, 
lot ties, preliminary plats, final plats and plat amendments without a public 
hearing. 

2. Authorize administrative personnel to review and 
approve design review plans based on objective standards without a public 
hearing.

3. Allow at-risk submittals for certain on-site 
preliminary grading and drainage work or infrastructure.

4. Allow applicants with a history of compliance 
with building codes and regulations to be eligible for expedited permit review.

B. Notwithstanding any other law, the legislative 
body of a city or town may by ordinance adopt a self-certification program 
allowing registered architects and professional engineers to certify and be 
responsible for compliance with all applicable ordinances and construction 
standards for projects that the ordinance identifies as being qualified for 
self-certification.

C. Applications for a license pursuant to this 
section are subject to chapter 7, article 4 of this title.

D. This section does not apply to any of the 
following:

1. Land in an area that is designated as a district 
of historical significance pursuant to section 9-462.01, subsection A, 
paragraph 10.

2. Land in an area that is designated as historic on 
the national register of historic places.

3. Land in an area that is designated historic by a 
local government.

E. For the purposes of this section:

1. "License" has the same meaning 
prescribed in section 9-831.

2. "Objective" means not influenced by 
personal interpretation, taste or feelings of a municipal employee and 
verifiable by reference to an adopted benchmark, standard or criterion 
available and knowable by the applicant or proponent. END_STATUTE