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-REFERENCE TITLE: trade offices study committee
+ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 
-State of Arizona
+57th
+  Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
 
-House of Representatives
+Majority Research Staff
 
-Fifty-seventh Legislature
+HB2746:
+trade offices study committee
 
-Second Regular Session
+Sponsor:
+Representative Rivero, LD 27
 
-2026
+Committee
+on International Trade
 
-HB 2746
+Overview
 
-Introduced by
+Establishes
+the Study Committee on Trade Offices (Study Committee). Lists the Study Committee's
+membership and outlines its duties. Repeals the Study Committee on September
+30, 2029.
 
-Representative
-  Rivero
+History
 
-AN
-ACT
+The Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) must establish and
+supervise, at the direction of the ACA Board of Directors, the operation of
+full-time or part-time offices in other states and foreign countries for the
+purpose of expanding direct investment and export trade opportunities for
+businesses and industries in this state, based on objective research, the ACA
+determines that the effort would be beneficial to the economy of this state (A.R.S. �
+41-1504).
 
-ESTABLISHING THE STUDY COMMITTEE ON trade
-offices.
+The ACA currently operates trade offices located in Canada
+(Toronto), Mexico
+(Mexico City and Chihuahua), Israel
+(Tel Aviv), Europe
+(Frankfurt, Germany), Taiwan
+(Taipei), Republic of
+Korea (Seoul), Japan (Tokyo) and more recently Romania (Bucharest),
+to provide support for Arizona businesses to increase international trade and
+cross-border economic and commercial ties.
 
-(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
+Provisions
 
-Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
+1.
+Creates the
+Study Committee, consisting of members from the House of Representatives
+(House) as follows:
 
-Section 1. Study
-committee on trade offices; membership; duties; report; delayed repeal
+a.
+the chairperson
+of the International Trade Committee, or its successor committee, or the chairperson's
+designee, who shall serve as the chairperson;
 
-A. The study committee on
-trade offices is established consisting of the following members:
+b.
+the chairpersons
+of the Commerce Committee, the Government Committee and the Appropriations
+Committee, or its successor committees, or the chairpersons' designees; and
 
-1. The chairperson of the
-house of representatives international trade committee, or its successor
-committee, or the chairperson's designee, who shall serve as the chairperson.
+c.
+two members
+of the House appointed by the House Speaker. (Sec. 1)
 
-2. The chairperson of the
-house of representatives commerce committee, or its successor committee, or the
-chairperson's designee.
+2.
+Requires the
+Study Committee to:
 
-3. The chairperson of the
-house of representatives government committee, or its successor committee, or
-the chairperson's designee.
+a.
+meet as the
+Study Committee deems necessary;
 
-4. The chairperson of the
-house of representatives appropriations committee, or its successor committee,
-or the chairperson's designee.
+b.
+review and
+oversee all of the trade offices in this state under the authority of the ACA;
 
-5. Two members of the house
-of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
+c.
+examine ways
+to improve the trade offices in this state;
 
-B. The study committee
-shall:
+d.
+solicit
+input and testimony form stakeholders regarding trade offices in this state;
 
-1. Meet as the study
-committee deems necessary.
+e.
+develop
+findings and recommendations regarding the effectiveness of the trade offices
+in this state; and
 
-2. Review and oversee all
-of the trade offices in this state under the authority of the Arizona commerce
-authority.
+f.
+submit a
+report by December 31, 2028, of the Study Committee's findings and
+recommendations to the House Speaker. (Sec. 1)
 
-3. Examine ways to improve
-the trade offices in this state.
+3.
+Excludes the
+Study Committee members from being eligible to receive compensation. (Sec. 1)
 
-4. Solicit input and
-testimony from stakeholders regarding trade offices in this state.
+4.
+Repeals the
+Study Committee on September 30, 2029. (Sec. 1)
 
-5. Develop findings and recommendations
-regarding the effectiveness of the trade offices in this state.
+5.
 
-6. On or before December
-31, 2028, submit a report of the committee's findings and recommendations to
-the speaker of the house of representatives.
+6.
 
-C. Committee members are
-not eligible to receive compensation.
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-D. This section is repealed
-from and after September 30, 2029.
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