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HB2763 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet
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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session
FACT SHEET FOR
H.B. 2763
shooting range; closure;
conditions
Purpose
Adds, to the statutorily prescribed conditions
that allow the Arizona Game and Fish Commission (Commission) to close a
shooting range, that the Legislature must adopt a joint resolution approving
the closure.
Background
The Commission may not close a shooting range unless: 1) the Director of
the Arizona Game and Fish Department recommends the closure in writing; 2) the
Commission issues a report detailing the basis for the recommendation; 3) the
Commission unanimously approves the closure after public hearings have been
held to discuss the closure in the three counties with the highest population;
4) the Joint Committee on Capital Review reviews the closure recommendation;
and 5) the Governor approves the closure in an executive order (
A.R.S.
� 17-621
).
The Commission may adopt rules relating to range operations at public
shooting ranges operated by and under the jurisdiction of the Commission,
including the hours of operation, the fees for the use of the range, the
regulation of groups and events, the operation of related range facilities, the
type of firearms and ammunition that may be used at the range, the safe
handling of firearms at the range, the required safety equipment for a person
at the range, the sale of firearms, ammunition and shooting supplies at the
range and the authority of range officers to enforce these rules, to remove
violators from the premises and to refuse entry for repeat violations (
A.R.S.
� 17-231
).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact
to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1.
Adds,
to the statutorily prescribed conditions that allow the Commission to close a
shooting range, that the Legislature must adopt a joint resolution approving
the closure.
2.
Makes
technical and conforming changes.
3.
Becomes
effective on the general effective date.
House
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HB2763 - 572R - H Ver
House Engrossed
shooting range;
closure; conditions
State of Arizona
House of Representatives
Fifty-seventh Legislature
Second Regular Session
2026
HOUSE BILL 2763
AN
ACT
amending section 17-621, Arizona Revised Statutes;
relating to shooting ranges.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 17-621, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
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17-621.
Recording proximity to shooting range; closure requirements;
definition
A. A city with a population of more than one million
persons shall execute and record in the office of the county recorder a
document relating to real property located within one-half mile of the
exterior boundaries of any shooting range that is owned by this state and that
is located within or adjacent to the exterior municipal boundaries on or before
January 1, 2004. The city attorney shall prepare the document in recordable form.�
The document must be on eight and one-half inch by eleven inch paper containing
the following information in twelve point type:
1. A legal description of the property within one-half
mile of the exterior boundaries of the shooting range.� To assist in
identifying that property, the game and fish commission shall submit the legal
description of the shooting range to the city attorney.
2. The following disclosure:
This property is located within one-half mile of the
exterior boundaries of a shooting range and may be subject to:
1. Increased noise.
2. Restrictions on the use of the property under
the city's general plan and zoning ordinances.
B. The
game and fish
commission
shall not close a shooting range described in this section unless all of the
following occur:
1. The director of the
department recommends the closure in writing.
2. The commission issues a
report detailing the basis for the recommendation.
3. The commission
unanimously approves the closure after public hearings have been held to
discuss the closure in the three counties with the highest population.
4. The joint committee on
capital review reviews the closure recommendation.
5. The
legislature adopts a joint resolution approving the closure.
5.
6.
The governor approves the closure in an executive
order.
C. For the purposes of
this section, "shooting range"
:
1.
Means
a permanently located and improved area that is designed and operated for the
use of rifles, shotguns, pistols, silhouettes, skeet, trap, black powder or any
other similar sport shooting in an outdoor environment.�
Shooting
range
2.
Does not include:
1.
(
a
)
Any area for the exclusive
use of archery or air guns.
2.
(
b
)
An enclosed indoor
facility that is designed to offer a totally controlled shooting environment
and that includes impenetrable walls, floor and ceiling, adequate ventilation,
lighting systems and acoustical treatment for sound attenuation suitable for the
range's approved use.
3.
(
c
)
A national guard facility
located in a city or town with a population of more than one million persons.
4.
(
d
)
A facility that was not
owned by this state before January 1, 2002.
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