A. An out-of-state business and an out-of-state employee that are in this state on a temporary basis solely for performing disaster recovery from a declared disaster during a disaster period are not subject to any state or local registration, licensing or certification requirements related to the performance of the disaster recovery for the disaster period if the out-of-state business is in substantial compliance with all applicable regulatory and licensing requirements in its state of domicile and the out-of-state employee is in substantial compliance with all applicable regulatory and licensing requirements in the employee’s state of residence.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 32-4502

  • Declared disaster: means a state of emergency declared by the governor, a presidential declaration of a federal major disaster or emergency in this state or a disaster or emergency event in this state that is designated by the division of emergency management and that requires disaster recovery under this chapter. See Arizona Laws 32-4501
  • Disaster period: means a period that is within ten calendar days of the date of issuance of the declared disaster and that extends for a period of sixty calendar days after the end of the declared disaster or any longer period authorized by the governor. See Arizona Laws 32-4501
  • Disaster recovery: means repairing, renovating, installing, building, rendering services or other business activities that relate to infrastructure that has been damaged, impaired or destroyed by a declared disaster. See Arizona Laws 32-4501
  • Out-of-state business: means a business entity that existed as an operating entity before the declared disaster, including an affiliate solely by common ownership of a registered business, whose services are requested by a registered business in this state or by the state or a local government for the purpose of performing disaster recovery in this state and that meets all of the following conditions:

    (a) Is not present in this state. See Arizona Laws 32-4501

  • Out-of-state employee: means an employee who does not work in this state except for performing disaster recovery during a disaster period. See Arizona Laws 32-4501
  • Registered business: means a business entity that is currently registered to do business in this state and that was a registered business before the declared disaster. See Arizona Laws 32-4501

B. On request, an out-of-state business that enters this state shall provide notice to the division of emergency management that it is in this state for the purpose of performing disaster recovery. The notice shall include the business’s name, state of domicile, principal business address, federal tax identification number, date of entry and contact information.

C. On request, a registered business shall provide the notice required by subsection B of this section for any out-of-state business affiliate that enters this state. The notice shall include the contact information for the registered business.