AZ SB1232

Requires separate independent hearing within 30 days if a licensing authority rejects or modifies an administrative law judge's decision in a contested case.

The separate hearing must determine whether the licensing authority's decision is unreasonably anticompetitive and whether it furthers a clearly articulated state policy to displace competition.

The administrative law judge who conducted the original hearing cannot be assigned to conduct the separate hearing.

The administrative law judge conducting the separate hearing issues a written decision approving, rejecting, or modifying the licensing authority's decision, which becomes the final administrative decision.

Defines "licensing authority" as any state agency, department, board, or commission that issues licenses under Arizona Title 32.