AZ HB2517

Establishes the employee misclassification and payroll tax fraud advisory task force to study and recommend solutions for employee misclassification and payroll tax fraud in Arizona's construction industry.

Task force membership includes the directors of the Industrial Commission of Arizona and Department of Insurance, the Registrar of Contractors as voting members, and the Secretary of State and Attorney General as nonvoting ex officio members, with authority to appoint additional nonvoting members.

Director of Industrial Commission must convene the first meeting on or before February 1, 2019, at which the task force shall elect a chairperson and other officers from voting members.

Task force shall study 13 specified issues including revenue impact, insurance losses, frequency of violations, effectiveness of current enforcement laws, information sharing among agencies, investigative strategies, and public awareness methods related to misclassification and payroll tax fraud.

Task force must submit annual reports to the Senate Commerce and Public Safety Committee and House Commerce Committee beginning February 1, 2020, and automatically terminates on July 1, 2026.