Bill Text: AZ SB1197 | 2015 | Fifty-second Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: VLT exemption; fallen emergency personnel
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-04-02 - Chapter 186 [SB1197 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2015-SB1197-Introduced.html
REFERENCE TITLE: VLT exemption; fallen emergency personnel |
State of Arizona Senate Fifty-second Legislature First Regular Session 2015
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SB 1197 |
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Introduced by Senator Kavanagh
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AN ACT
amending title 28, chapter 16, article 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 28-5803.01; relating to vehicle license tax.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 28, chapter 16, article 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 28-5803.01, to read:
28-5803.01. Vehicle license tax exemption; spouse or dependents of law enforcement officer, firefighter or emergency responder killed in line of duty; applicability; definition
A. Notwithstanding section 28-5801, the registering officer may not collect a vehicle license tax or registration fee for a vehicle owned by a surviving spouse or a surviving dependent of a deceased law enforcement officer, firefighter or emergency responder who was killed in the line of duty.
B. The exemption for a surviving spouse that is provided by this section applies until the surviving spouse's remarriage or death. The exemption for the surviving dependent applies until the person is no longer considered a dependent.
C. A surviving spouse or surviving dependent may claim only one vehicle for exemption under this section.
D. For the purposes of this section, "dependent" means an unmarried child of a deceased law enforcement officer, firefighter or emergency responder who meets one of the following qualifications:
1. Is under eighteen years of age.
2. Is at least eighteen years of age and under twenty-three years of age only during any period that the child is a full-time student.
3. Is under a disability that began before the child attained twenty‑three years of age and remains a dependent of the surviving spouse or a guardian.