auxiliary containers; regulation; prohibition; repeal

Plain English Breakdown

The official source confirms the repeal and amendment but does not specify an effective date beyond the legislative session year (2026).

HB2563: Changes to Scrap Metal Dealer Rules

This bill removes old state laws about local rules for scrap metal dealers and updates the law on how cities, towns, and counties can license these businesses.

What This Bill Does

• Removes two existing sections of Arizona Revised Statutes (9-500.38 and 11-269.16) that dealt with local regulation of auxiliary containers.
• Updates Section 44-1648 to state that registering scrap metal dealers is a matter for the entire state, not just local areas.
• Allows cities, towns, and counties to keep their own business licensing rules for scrap metal dealers if those systems include background checks or identification and fingerprinting of owners.
• States that existing licenses issued before September 13, 2013, remain valid without needing reapplication unless a specific change is required by the local system.

Who It Names or Affects

• Scrap metal dealers operating in Arizona
• Cities and towns with business licensing systems for scrap metal dealers
• Counties that license or regulate scrap metal businesses

Terms To Know

Preemption

When the state government takes over a power so local governments cannot make their own rules on that specific topic.

Auxiliary containers

Containers used to hold scrap metal, which were previously subject to specific local regulations now being removed or changed.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not explain what happens if a city's licensing system lacks background checks but still wants to regulate dealers.
• The text does not list the exact details of how cities must conduct fingerprinting or identification for owners.
• No effective date is provided in this document, so it is unclear when these changes officially begin.

Official Summary Text

HB2563 - auxiliary containers; regulation; prohibition; repeal

Current Bill Text

HB2563 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
auxiliary containers; regulation; prohibition; repeal

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2563

Introduced by

Representatives
Contreras P: Cavero, Crews, Liguori, Simacek, Stahl Hamilton, Villegas

AN
ACT

repealing sections 9-500.38 and 11-269.16,
Arizona Revised Statutes; amending section 44-1648, Arizona Revised
Statutes; relating to local regulation.

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

Section 1.
Repeal

Sections 9-500.38 and 11-269.16,
Arizona Revised Statutes, are repealed.

Sec. 2. Section 44-1648, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
44-1648
.
Preemption; power of local authorities; city, town or county
licensing system

A. The state legislature determines that the
registration of scrap metal dealers is a matter of statewide concern.� The
power to register scrap metal dealers is preempted by this state.

B.
Sections 9-500.38 and 11-269.16
do not affect a city's, town's or county's power to enforce laws relating to
business licensing of scrap metal dealers.
This article does
not affect a city's, town's or county's power to enforce laws relating to
business licensing.
Sections 9-500.38 and 11-269.16
and
This article
do

does
not
apply to a city's, town's or county's system for licensing a scrap metal dealer
if the licensing system includes background checks or identification and
fingerprinting of the owners of the scrap metal dealer.

C. A scrap metal dealer's license that is current
and in good standing with a city's, town's or county's licensing system before
September 13, 2013 is in compliance with that licensing system and the city,
town or county may not require the scrap metal dealer to reapply for licensure
in order to be in compliance with the city's, town's or county's licensing

system unless there is an
event or circumstance that requires an amendment or filing pursuant to the
city's, town's or county's licensing system's requirements.
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