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HB 2082

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2023-2024 Regular Session Introduced by Liz Berry and 9 co-sponsors

HB 2082 comprises three separate state bills (AZ: TPT exemption for wastewater pipes; KS-style multi-year appropriations; IL housing act technical amendment) with distinct effects.

Referred to Appropriations.
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Bill Summary · HB 2082

Below is a concise, objective summary of the materials you provided. The submission appears to include multiple different measures all labeled “HB 2082” from different jurisdictions; I summarize each distinct version and highlight the potential effects, key provisions and procedural status. If you want a focused summary for one specific state’s HB 2082, tell me which state and I will produce a single, expanded briefing.

Summary — important note
- The packet contains at least three different bills titled HB 2082 from different states (Arizona, Kansas-style appropriations text, and Illinois). They are distinct measures with different subjects: (1) an Arizona transaction privilege/use tax (TPT) exemption concerning wastewater pipes; (2) a multi-year state appropriations/supplemental appropriation act (Kansas-style language) covering FY2025–FY2027; and (3) a technical amendment to the Illinois Housing Development Act. Below are summaries for each.

1) Arizona — TPT exemption; wastewater pipes
- Purpose: Amend Arizona Revised Statutes sections 42-5061 and 42-5159 to create or clarify an exemption in the Transaction Privilege and Use Tax (TPT) for specified wastewater-related pipes or related transactions.
- Key provisions: The House-engrossed title is “TPT; exemption; wastewater; pipes” and the bill would modify definitions and exemptions in the retail (TPT) classification. The printed text provided is truncated and shows the broader retail-exemption framework being amended; the new, targeted exemption language for wastewater pipes is not fully present in the excerpt.
- Who is affected: Contractors, manufacturers and purchasers involved in installing or selling wastewater piping and related materials; local taxing authorities and the Arizona Department of Revenue (administration of TPT).
- Impact: Likely reduces TPT collections on qualifying wastewater pipe sales/installation and reduces tax costs for entities purchasing these items; administrative change for tax compliance and for local TPT revenue depending on scope.
- Procedural status (from header): Prefiled Jan 10, 2025; introduced Jan 24, 2025; referred to Committee on Appropriations (per your metadata).

2) Kansas-style appropriations act (multi-year supplemental appropriations)
- Purpose: Make appropriations for state agencies and authorize transfers, capital projects and related actions for fiscal years ending June 30, 2025, 2026 and 2027.
- Key provisions (examples from the text):
- Abstracters’ Board of Examiners: appropriations from the abstracters’ fee fund — $25,723 (FY2026) and $25,733 (FY2027).
- Board of Accountancy: raises FY2025 expenditure limitation on fee fund from $482,769 to $534,357; sets FY2026 appropriation $483,965 and FY2027 appropriation $489,996; limits official hospitality to $1,600/year; authorizes transfers to a special litigation reserve fund up to $20,000 per year (with certification/approval conditions).
- State Bank Commissioner: decreases an expenditure limitation (FY2025) from $13,607,801 to $13,557,797; creates “no limit” appropriations for certain funds for FY2026–FY2027; authorizes litigation expense fund usage subject to conditions.
- Who is affected: State agencies named in the act, the state budget, and through line-item provisions, agency programs, capital projects and fee-funded operations.
- Impact: Adjusts agency spending authority, enables specific transfers and capital projects, and changes expenditure caps and administrative conditions; fiscal impact is positive or negative depending on line items but is largely internal budgetary direction.
- Procedural status: The text appears to be a full-session appropriations act template (dated Jan 23–24) — would require enactment through the relevant legislature to take effect.

3) Illinois — technical amendment to Illinois Housing Development Act
- Purpose: Make a technical wording change in Section 1 (short title) of the Illinois Housing Development Act.
- Key provision: Corrects or modifies the short-title language (example shows duplication “and and” — likely a minor edit).
- Who is affected: No substantive policy or fiscal effect; purely technical/clerical.
- Procedural status (sample actions listed): Introduced Feb 4, 2025 by Rep. Tony M. McCombie; committee referrals and readings indicated in the action log you provided.

Procedural / timeline notes and recommendations
- The mixed document set makes it unclear which HB 2082 you want summarized in depth. Each jurisdiction uses its own legislative process and timelines — the Arizona piece is at the “introduced/prefiled” stage and referred to Appropriations; the appropriations text is a multi-section act requiring committee and floor action; the Illinois item is a low‑impact technical amendment moving through committee reference.
- If you want a focused, in‑depth analysis (budgetary impact estimates, affected agencies/programs list, fiscal note summary, or predicted revenue impact), specify which state/jurisdiction’s HB 2082 to prioritize. I can then produce an expanded summary, including likely fiscal effects, stakeholders, and next procedural steps.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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