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Plain English Breakdown

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Arizona Beef Council Continuation Act

This bill continues the Arizona Beef Council until July 1, 2034.

What This Bill Does

• Extends the existence of the Arizona Beef Council until July 1, 2034.
• Repeals the council on January 1, 2035.
• Makes the bill effective from July 1, 2026, back to that date.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Arizona Beef Council
• Cattle producers, feeders, and dairymen who are part of the council

Terms To Know

Arizona Beef Council

A group that helps market beef produced in Arizona.

Retroactive

Effective from a date before the bill was passed.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how the council will be funded.
• It is unclear what happens to the council's activities after July 1, 2034.

Official Summary Text

HB2155 - 572R - House Bill Summary

ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th
Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

Majority Research Staff

House:
LARA DP 7-1-0-0

HB
2155
: Arizona beef council; continuation..

Sponsor:
Representative Diaz, LD 19

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Overview

Continues
the Arizona Beef Council for eight years.

History

Laws 1970, Chapter 87 established the
Arizona Beef Council
(Council) to provide the cattle industry with
authority to establish a self-financed program to help market, develop,
maintain and expand the state, national and foreign markets for beef and beef
products produced, processed or manufactured in this state. �

The Council is composed of nine producers who serve three
year terms and are appointed by the Governor. The Council members consist of:

1)

three
producers of range cattle;

2)

three
cattle feeders; and

3)

three
dairymen (
A.R.S. � 3-1232
).

Provisions

1.

Continues
the Council until July 1, 2034. (Sec. 2)

2.

Repeals the
Council on January 1, 2035. (Sec. 2)

3.

Makes the
legislation retroactive to July 1, 2026. (Sec. 4)

4.

Contains a
legislative purpose statement. (Sec. 3)

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Current Bill Text

HB2155 - 572R - H Ver

House Engrossed

Arizona beef council;
continuation..

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HOUSE BILL 2155

AN
ACT

repealing section 41-3026.03,
Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 41, chapter 27, article 2, Arizona
Revised Statutes, by adding section 41-3034.03; relating to the Arizona
beef council.

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

Section 1.
Repeal

Section 41-3026.03, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is repealed.

Sec. 2. Title 41, chapter 27, article 2,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-3034.03, to read:

START_STATUTE
41-3034.03.

Arizona beef council; termination July 1, 2034

A. The Arizona beef council
terminates on July 1, 2034.

B. Title 3, chapter 11, article 2 and
this section are repealed on January 1, 2035.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 3.
Purpose

Pursuant to section 41�2955,
subsection B, Arizona Revised Statutes, the legislature continues the Arizona
beef council as a self-financed program to help market, develop, maintain
and expand the state, national and foreign markets for beef and beef products
produced, processed or manufactured in this state.

Sec. 4.
Retroactivity

Sections 1 and 2 of this act apply
retroactively to from and after July 1, 2026.