AZ HB2131

Repeals Arizona Revised Statutes sections 9-500.36 and 11-269.14 and replaces them with new sections 9-500.38 and 11-269.15 establishing state preemption over auxiliary container regulation.

Prohibits cities, towns, and counties from imposing taxes, fees, assessments, charges, or return deposits on consumers or business owners/operators/tenants for auxiliary containers.

Prohibits cities, towns, and counties from regulating the sale, use, or disposition of auxiliary containers by business owners, operators, or tenants of commercial or multifamily housing properties.

Declares that regulation of auxiliary container sale, use, and disposition is a matter of statewide concern and not subject to further local regulation.

Defines "auxiliary container" to include reusable bags, disposable bags, boxes, beverage cans, bottles, cups, and similar containers made of cloth, plastic, polystyrene, glass, aluminum, or cardboard used for transporting merchandise or food, while exempting stationary receptacles for voluntary donation of goods for reuse, sale, or recycling.