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SB1553 • 2026

technical correction; game and fish

SB1553 - technical correction; game and fish

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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
Frank Carroll
Last action
2026-06-12
Official status
Senate Rules: None
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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SB1553: Technical Correction on Inmate Labor for Game and Fish

This bill fixes a name error in the law regarding inmate labor contracts for game and fish facilities.

What This Bill Does

  • Amends section 17-249 of Arizona Revised Statutes.
  • Corrects the official agency name from 'ARCOR enterprises' to 'Arizona correctional industries'.
  • Allows the Game and Fish Commission to contract with state corrections or Arizona Correctional Industries for inmate labor.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Arizona Game and Fish Commission.
  • State Department of Corrections.
  • Arizona Correctional Industries.
  • Inmates, including juveniles, who may work on game and fish facilities under these contracts.

Terms To Know

Technical correction
A small change to a law that fixes an error without changing its main purpose or rules.
Arizona Correctional Industries
The state agency listed in the corrected statute as eligible for inmate labor contracts with Game and Fish.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The official text does not specify an effective date.
  • The source material does not explain why the previous name was incorrect or when it became so.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-12 Senate

    Senate Rules: None

  2. 2026-06-12 Senate

    Senate first read

Official Summary Text

SB1553 - technical correction; game and fish

Current Bill Text

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REFERENCE TITLE:
technical correction; game and fish

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1553

Introduced by

Senator
Carroll

AN
ACT

amending section 17-249, Arizona Revised
Statutes; relating to game and fish.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1. Section 17-249, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
17-249.

Inmate labor

The commission may contract with the state department of
corrections or
ARCOR enterprises

Arizona
correctional industries
for the use of inmate labor, including
juveniles, in constructing, operating or maintaining game and fish facilities.
END_STATUTE