trade or commerce; technical correction

Plain English Breakdown

The official text shows 'corporaton' corrected to 'corporation', confirming the spelling fix.

HB2346: Technical Correction to Trade and Commerce Rules

This bill fixes spelling errors in an existing Arizona law that restricts people convicted of certain trade violations from working with the government.

What This Bill Does

• Amends section 34-255 of the Arizona Revised Statutes to correct text errors.
• Removes a repeated word where 'may' appeared twice in one sentence.
• Corrects the spelling of the word 'corporation'.
• Keeps the original rule that bans convicted persons from government contracts for up to three years.

Who It Names or Affects

• People convicted under section 34-252 regarding trade or commerce violations.
• Courts in Arizona when they decide on employment restrictions for these convictions.
• Corporations that hold public work contracts with government agencies.

Terms To Know

Technical correction

A change to a law that fixes small errors like spelling or grammar without changing the meaning of the rule.

Section 34-252

The specific Arizona law about contracts in restraint of trade or commerce referenced for convictions.

Limits and Unknowns

• This text only shows the corrected spelling and grammar; it does not change how long the bans last.
• The effective date is listed as blank, so the exact start time of these corrections is unknown from this document alone.

Official Summary Text

HB2346 - trade or commerce; technical correction

Current Bill Text

HB2346 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
trade or commerce; technical correction

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2346

Introduced by

Representative
Livingston

AN
ACT

amending section 34-255, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to contracts in restraint of trade or commerce.

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

Section 1. Section 34-255, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
34-255.

Convicted persons; contracting employment; prohibition

A. For a period of up to three years from the date
of conviction for a violation of section 34-252 as determined by the
court, the person convicted is not eligible to enter into a contract with any
governmental agency, either directly as a contractor or supplier or indirectly
as a subcontractor.

B. If a person is convicted of violating section 34-252,
the court
may
, for a period of up to three years from the
date of conviction,
may
prescribe that the person not be
employed by a corporation as an officer, director, employee or agent if the
corporaton

corporation
engages in public
work contracts with a governmental agency, either directly as a contractor or
supplier or indirectly as a subcontractor.
END_STATUTE