HB 2566 exempts armed nuclear security guards from various types of misconduct involving weapons and also exempts outdoor shooting ranges built for law enforcement, military or armed nuclear security guard training from statutes pertaining to noise requirements. 

History

The following table is a breakdown of offenses that constitute misconduct involving weapons by classification under Arizona Revised Statutes (A.R.S.) § 13-3102.

Laws 2002, Chapter 222, § 1 established noise and operation standards for outdoor shooting ranges, including prohibiting outdoor shooting ranges from exceeding the time varying equivalent of a 64-decibel noise over a one hour time period.  Outdoor shooting ranges are also required to measure and keep records of the noise they emit at their expense at least once and upon every expansion resulting in a 20% increase of shooting areas and upon any introduction of new firearms or explosive devises to the range that would result in noise increases.

A.R.S. § 17-604 prohibits outdoor shooting ranges that are located in areas that are zoned for residential use or any other use that includes a school, hotel, motel, hospital or church from operating between 10:00 PM and 7:00 AM. 

Provisions

·          Exempts armed nuclear security guards who work at a commercial nuclear generating station in the performance of official duties or during any security training exercises sponsored by the commercial nuclear generating station or local, state or federal authorities from the following misconduct involving weapons offenses:

1. Carrying a deadly weapon without a permit (A.R.S. 13-3102, subsection A, paragraph 1);
2. Carrying a deadly weapon without a permit concealed within immediate control of any person in or on a means of transportation (A.R.S. 13-3102, subsection A, paragraph 2);
3. Manufacturing, possessing, transporting, selling or transferring a prohibited weapon (A.R.S. 13-3102, subsection A, paragraph 3);
4. Possessing a defaced deadly weapon knowing the deadly weapon was defaced (A.R.S. 13-3102, subsection A, paragraph 7);
5. Entering a nuclear or hydroelectric generating station carrying a deadly weapon (A.R.S. 13-3102, subsection A, paragraph 13).

·          Exempts an outdoor shooting range that is built for military or armed nuclear security guard training and that is not open to the general public from the outdoor shooting range noise requirements established in statute.

·          Exempts armed nuclear security guard training from the nighttime outdoor shooting range requirements established in statute.

Forty-ninth Legislature          

First Regular Session  2          April 22, 2009

HB 2331 prohibits cities, towns, and county boards of supervisors from enacting ordinances or resolutions or adopting policies which limit or prohibit the lawful enforcement of United States immigration laws.

History

Title 8 of the United States Code (U.S.C.) regulates immigration into the United States.  8 U.S.C. § 1325 provides penalties for an alien who:

1. Enters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as designated by immigration officers;
2. Eludes examination or inspection by immigration officers; or
3. Attempts to enter/obtains entry into the United States by false representation. 

8 U.S.C. § 1373(c) requires Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to respond to inquiries by federal, state, or local government agencies seeking to verify or ascertain the citizenship or immigration status of any individual within the jurisdiction of the agency for any purpose authorized by law, by providing the requested verification or status information.

Provisions

·          Prohibits the enactment or adoption of any ordinance, resolution, or immigration policy by a city, town, board of supervisors, or law enforcement agency of a city, town, or county which is intended to prohibit or effectively prohibits the lawful enforcement of United States immigration laws.

Forty-ninth Legislature

First Regular Session  2          April 22, 2009