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HB2817 • 2026

technical correction; veterans; conservatorship

HB2817 - technical correction; veterans; conservatorship

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Junelle Cavero
Last action
2026-06-13
Official status
House Rules: None
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and text do not provide specific details about how the bond premium charge will be determined for each estate.

Technical Fix for Veterans' Services

This bill makes a small change to how the Department of Veterans' Services handles bonds when acting as a conservator or guardian.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes a part of Arizona law about bond requirements for the Department of Veterans' Services (ADVS).
  • Updates language in the statute to remove an outdated word and correct grammar errors.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Department of Veterans' Services (ADVS) in Arizona

Terms To Know

Conservatorship
A legal arrangement where a person is appointed to manage the financial affairs of someone who cannot do it themselves.
Department of Veterans' Services (ADVS)
The Arizona agency that helps veterans with benefits and services.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This bill only makes a technical change to existing law, not major policy changes.
  • It does not specify how much the bond premium charge will be for each estate.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-13 House

    House Rules: None

  2. 2026-06-13 House

    House first read

Official Summary Text

HB2817 - technical correction; veterans; conservatorship

Current Bill Text

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HB2817 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
technical correction; veterans; conservatorship

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2817

Introduced by

Representative
Cavero

AN
ACT

amending section 41-606, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the department of veterans' services.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1. Section 41-606, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
41-606.

Action as executor, administrator, guardian or conservator; bond;
method of payment

A. The department shall post with the secretary of
state a corporate surety bond in an amount of five hundred thousand
dollars. The bond shall be conditioned
upon

on
the faithful discharge of the department's duties as
executor, administrator, conservator or guardian and shall inure to the use and
benefit of each person or estate for whom the department is appointed to act.�
In any case or proceeding in which the department is appointed administrator,
executor, guardian or conservator as authorized under this article, the
department shall act without additional bond and the court or official having
jurisdiction shall so order in its order of appointment.

B. In each case in which the department is appointed
to serve as administrator, conservator, executor or guardian as authorized
under this article, the court in which the estate is filed shall authorize a
charge for each estate's share of the bond premium to be paid from the assets
of the estate and to be deposited, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147,
in the state general fund. The department shall determine the charge
to be made against each estate.
END_STATUTE