HB 2232 Summary

• Requires employers with 50 or more full-time employees (or 50 employees working 1,500+ aggregate hours weekly) to notify the Department of Economic Security at least 120 days before relocating a call center out of Arizona or to a foreign country.

• Imposes civil penalties up to $10,000 per day for violations, with the Industrial Commission director able to reduce penalties for just cause.

• Makes employers that relocate call centers ineligible for state grants and guaranteed loans for five years and requires them to remit the unamortized value of previously received grants, tax benefits, and governmental support.

• Allows the Arizona Commerce Authority to waive ineligibility or remittance requirements if the employer demonstrates the lack of funding would threaten national security, result in substantial job loss in Arizona, or harm the environment.

• Requires state agencies to ensure all call centers and customer service work related to state business be performed entirely within Arizona by state contractors by November 1, 2016, with new customer service employees hired after November 1, 2014 required to work in-state immediately.