Bill Text: AZ HB2460 | 2021 | Fifty-fifth Legislature 1st Regular | Chaptered
Bill Title: Detention officers; arrest warrant; custody
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-04-16 - Chapter 236 [HB2460 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2021-HB2460-Chaptered.html
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detention officers; arrest warrant; custody |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session 2021
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CHAPTER 236
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HOUSE BILL 2460 |
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AN ACT
AMENDING SECTION 13-3907, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES; RELATING TO DETENTION OFFICERS.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 13-3907, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
13-3907. Arrest with existing warrant; detention officer; definition
A. A detention officer who is acting in the officer's official capacity at a jail facility at which the detention officer is employed and pursuant to a an existing warrant may arrest a person who is any of the following:
1. Already incarcerated in that a jail facility or who surrenders to that a jail facility at which the detention officer is employed.
2. At a hospital facility to which the detention officer is assigned, and the person to be arrested is under law enforcement supervision or custody while in the hospital facility.
3. At a superior, justice or municipal court facility to which the detention officer is assigned.
4. Within a jail facility as a visitor and the person is found to have an outstanding warrant.
B. A detention officer who is acting in the detention officer's official capacity may take custody of a person whom a judicial officer remands into custody during a court proceeding.
B. C. For the purposes of this section, "detention officer" means a person other than an elected official who is employed by a county, city or town and who is responsible for the supervision, protection, care, custody or control of inmates in a county or municipal correctional institution. Detention officer does not include counselors or secretarial, clerical or professionally trained personnel.
APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR APRIL 16, 2021.
FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE APRIL 16, 2021.
