Bill Text: AZ SB1432 | 2018 | Fifty-third Legislature 2nd Regular | Chaptered
Bill Title: Ranchers; landowners; fire training
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-04-03 - Chapter 129 [SB1432 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2018-SB1432-Chaptered.html
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House Engrossed Senate Bill |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-third Legislature Second Regular Session 2018
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CHAPTER 129
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SENATE BILL 1432 |
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AN ACT
amending Title 37, chapter 9, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 37-1308; relating to the arizona department of forestry and fire management.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 37, chapter 9, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 37-1308, to read:
37-1308. Fire detection, prevention and suppression training for ranchers and landowners; immunity
A. To ensure that ranchers and landowners in this state are adequately equipped to protect their own property and neighboring property from forest and range fires, the Arizona department of forestry and fire management shall develop a program to train individual or groups of ranchers and landowners to detect, prevent and suppress forest and range fires within this state.
B. This state is not liable for any claim based on a rancher's or landowner's exercise or performance of, or failure to exercise or perform, any fire detection, prevention or suppression activity that the landowner or rancher was trained to exercise or perform under subsection A of this section.
APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR APRIL 3, 2018.
FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE APRIL 3, 2018.
