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SB1764 • 2026

property tax; definitions

SB1764 - property tax; definitions

Taxes
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
J.D. Mesnard
Last action
2026-02-17
Official status
Senate minority caucus
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide detailed impacts on property owners or assessors beyond updating definitions and criteria.

Property Tax Definitions

This bill updates definitions related to property tax valuation and assessment in Arizona, including 'current use' and 'valuation date'.

What This Bill Does

  • Defines 'current use' as the primary use of a property based on objectively verifiable conditions.
  • Specifies that 'valuation date' includes January 1st and any other dates required for supplemental valuation notices.
  • Removes outdated definitions such as 'current usage'.
  • Makes technical adjustments to ensure consistency in property tax assessment.

Who It Names or Affects

  • County assessors responsible for determining the current use of properties.
  • Property owners whose taxes are based on these new definitions.

Terms To Know

Current use
The primary way a property is being used at the time of valuation, as determined by objective and economic conditions.
Valuation date
The specific date on which property value is assessed for tax purposes, including January 1st and any other dates required for supplemental notices.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify the exact effective date of these changes.
  • Does not address potential impacts on property owners or assessors beyond updating definitions and criteria.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Plain English: Fifty-seventh Legislature Finance Second Regular Session S.B.

  • Fifty-seventh Legislature Finance Second Regular Session S.B.
  • 1764 COMMITTEE ON FINANCE SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B.
  • 1764 (Reference to printed bill) The bill as proposed to be amended is reprinted as follows: 1 Section 1.
  • Section 42-11001, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended 2 to read: 3 42-11001.
  • This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.

Plain English: Fifty-seventh Legislature Finance Second Regular Session S.B.

  • Fifty-seventh Legislature Finance Second Regular Session S.B.
  • 1764 PROPOSED SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B.
  • 1764 (Reference to printed bill) The bill as proposed to be amended is reprinted as follows: 1 Section 1.
  • Section 42-11001, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended 2 to read: 3 42-11001.
  • This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-17 Senate

    Senate minority caucus

  2. 2026-02-17 Senate

    Senate majority caucus

  3. 2026-02-09 Senate

    Senate second read

  4. 2026-02-05 Senate

    Senate Rules: PFC

  5. 2026-02-05 Senate

    Senate Finance: DPA

  6. 2026-02-05 Senate

    Senate first read

Official Summary Text

SB1764 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet

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Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session

AMENDED

FACT SHEET FOR
S.B. 1764

property tax;
definitions

Purpose

Requires a county
assessor to determine and classify a property�s
current use
from the
totality of the circumstances, including the property's objectively verifiable
characteristics, information and functions and defines
current use.

Background

Property in
Arizona is classified for assessment purposes into nine legal classes, with
subclassifications in many of those classes. The classification is based on the
current use of the property by its owner, such as commercial, agricultural or
residential.
Current usage
means the use to which property is put at the
time of valuation by the assessor or the Arizona Department of Revenue.

For the purposes
or real property and centrally assessed property,
valuation date
means
January 1 of the year preceding the year in which taxes are levied (
A.R.S.
� 42-11001
).

There is no
anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this
legislation.

Provisions

1.

Requires a county assessor to determine a property's current use from
the totality of the circumstances, including the property's objectively
verifiable characteristics, information and functions.

2.

Defines
current use
as the primary use of the property as of the
date for which the valuation is determined as shown by objectively verifiable
and economically substantive conditions, not including temporary, incidental,
nominal or related-party activities or arrangements based only on contractual
or intangible rights without corresponding physical use or legally enforceable
restrictions.

3.

Includes, in the definition of
valuation date,
any date required
for determining the value of a property in a supplemental property valuation
notice.

4.

Removes the definition of
current usage.

5.

Makes technical and conforming changes.

6.

Becomes effective on the general effective date.

Amendments Adopted by
Committee

1.

Removes the requirement for full cash value to be determined based on
the owner's fee simple interest unless otherwise required by statute.

2.

Removes the considerations for county assessors when valuing residential
property.

3.

Narrows the definition of
valuation date
.

4.

Makes technical and conforming changes.

Senate Action

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Current Bill Text

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SB1764 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
property tax; definitions

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1764

Introduced by

Senator
Mesnard

AN
ACT

amending section 42-11001, Arizona
Revised Statutes;
amending Title 42, chapter 11, article
1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 42-11010; relating to
property tax.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1. Section 42-11001, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
42-11001.

Definitions

In
THIS chapter and
chapters
11
12
through 19 of this title, unless the
context otherwise requires:

1. "Assessed valuation" means the value
derived by applying the applicable percentage prescribed by chapter 15, article
1 of this title to the full cash value or limited property value of the
property, as applicable.

2. "Board" or "state board"
means the state board of equalization.

3. "County board" means the county board
of supervisors sitting as the county board of equalization.

4. "Current usage" means the
use to which property is put at the time of valuation by the assessor or the
department.

4. "Current use":

(
a
) Means the
primary use of the property as of the date for which the valuation is
determined as shown by objectively verifiable and economically substantive
conditions.

(
b
) Does not
Include temporary, incidental, nominal or related-party activities or
ARRANGEMENTS based only on contractual or intangible rights without
corresponding physical use or legally enforceable restrictions.

5. "Due date" means the next business day
if a due date of any report, claim, return, statement, payment, deposit,
petition, notice or other document or filing falls on Saturday, Sunday or a
legal holiday.

6. "Full cash value"
means:

,

(
a
)
For
property tax purposes,
means
the value determined as
prescribed by statute.

(
b
)
If a
statutory method is not prescribed,
full cash value is synonymous
with
market value
.
, which

For the purposes of this subdivision, "Market value"
means
the estimate of value that is derived annually by using standard appraisal
methods and techniques.
Full cash value is the basis
for assessing, fixing, determining and levying primary and secondary property
taxes on property described in section 42-13304.� Full cash value shall
not be greater than market value regardless of the method prescribed to
determine value for property tax purposes.

7. "Limited property value" means the
value determined pursuant to section 42-13301. Limited
property value is the basis for:

(a) Computing levy limitations for counties, cities,
towns and community college districts.

(b) Assessing, fixing, determining and levying
primary and secondary property taxes on all property except property described
in section 42-13304.

8. "Market value" means the
estimate of value that is derived annually by using standard appraisal methods
and techniques
.

8.

9.
"Net
assessed value" means the assessed value minus any exempt property.

9.

10.
"Person"
means a natural person, individual, proprietor, proprietorship, company,
corporation, organization, association, joint venture, partner, partnership,
trust, estate or limited liability company, the federal or state government, a
political subdivision of a state or any other legal entity or combination of
entities that owns, controls or has possession of real or personal property.

10.

11.
"Personal
property" includes property of every kind, both tangible and intangible,
that is not included as real estate.

11.

12.
"Primary
property taxes" means all ad valorem taxes except for secondary property
taxes.

12.

13.
"Producing
mine" or "mining claim" means a mine or mining claim from which
coal or any other mineral or mineral substance, except for clay, sand, gravel,
building stone or a mineral or mineral substance that is normally processed
into artificial stone, has been extracted for commercial purposes at any time
during a period of one year before the first Monday in January of the valuation
year.

13.

14.
"Real
estate" includes the ownership of, claim to, possession of or right of
possession to lands or patented mines.

14.

15.
"Residential
treatment and education facility" means any residential facility that is
subject to title 15, chapter 10, article 6.

15.

16.
"Roll"
means the assessment and tax roll.

16.

17.
"Secondary
property taxes" means:

(a) Ad valorem taxes or special property assessments
that are used to pay the principal of and the interest and redemption charges
on bonded indebtedness or other lawful long-term obligations that are
issued or incurred for a specific capital purpose by a municipality, county or
taxing district.

(b) Ad valorem taxes or assessments that are levied
by or for special taxing districts and assessment districts other than school
districts and community college districts.

(c) Amounts that are levied pursuant to an election
to exceed a budget, expenditure or tax limitation.

17.

18.
"Tax
year" for all property means the calendar year in which the taxes are
levied.

18.

19.
"Valuation"
means the full cash value or limited property value that is determined for real
or personal property, as applicable.

19.

20.
"Valuation
date", for the purposes of real property and property valued by the
department
:
,

(
a
)
Means
January 1 of the year preceding the year in which taxes are levied.

(
b
) Includes
any date required for determining the value of a property in a supplemental
notice provided under section 42-15105, any date required for an error
correction under section 42-16253 or any other valuation process
authorized by this chapter and chapters 12 through 19 of this title.

20.

21.
"Valuation
year" means:

(a) For real property and property valued by the
department, the calendar year preceding the year in which the taxes are levied.

(b) For personal property, the calendar year in
which the taxes are levied.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 2. Title 42, chapter 11, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 42-11010, to read:

START_STATUTE
42-11010.

Full cash value

A. Full cash value is the basis for
assessing, fixing, determining and levying primary and secondary property taxes
on property described in section 42-13304.�

B. Full cash value may not be greater
than market value regardless of the method prescribed to determine value for
property tax purposes.

C. Full cash value shall be
determined based on the fee simple interest in the property, assuming
unencumbered ownership, unless a different valuation interest is expressly
required by statute.

D. The
county assessor shall:

1. Determine
a property's current use from the totality of the circumstances, including the
property's objectively verifiable characteristics, information and functions.

2. Identify
a property's current use by, and limit identification to, the general
categories of agricultural use, residential use or vacant land and the
subcategories of those uses as determined by the county assessor.

E. If a
property is subject to a statutory valuation method or is used for residential
purposes, a property's current use shall be determined without regard to
zoning, potential future use or speculative market influences.

F. For
property that is not subject to a statutory valuation method and that is not
used for residential purposes, the county assessor may consider market
influences that are consistent with the property's current use classification
and applicable appraisal standards.
END_STATUTE