HB 2176 Summary

• Exempts alarm agents from contractor licensing requirements under Arizona Revised Statutes Chapter 32, provided they meet alarm agent certification standards under section 32-122.06.

• Adds definition of "license" in contractor regulations as an authorization for a person listed on registrar records to act as a contractor.

• Clarifies alarm agent certification procedures, including that fingerprint background checks do not apply if the alarm agent is also the controlling person and has already complied with controlling person requirements.

• Modifies residential contractors' recovery fund provisions to require applicants to demonstrate they have pursued collection against existing bonds before seeking fund recovery, limiting recovery to cases where less than thirty thousand dollars was collected from bonds.

• Makes technical corrections to contractor statutes replacing "which" with "that" and "upon" with "on" throughout the chapter.