Arizona Laws 36-3009. Disclosing location of shelters; prohibition; civil penalty
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A. Information that may disclose the location or address of a shelter for victims of domestic violence is confidential and is not subject to public disclosure by a person or by a public or private agency in a manner that identifies the location or address as a shelter and threatens the safety of the inhabitants.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 36-3009
- Domestic violence: means attempting to cause or causing bodily injury to a family or household member or placing a family or household member by threat of force in fear of imminent physical harm. See Arizona Laws 36-3001
- Fund: means the domestic violence services fund. See Arizona Laws 36-3001
- Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Program administrator: means the program administrator of the community services administration in the department of economic security. See Arizona Laws 36-3001
- shelter: means a facility providing temporary residential service or facilities to family or household members who are victims of domestic violence. See Arizona Laws 36-3001
B. The program administrator shall impose a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars against a person or agency that knowingly and maliciously releases information in violation of this section.
C. The program administrator shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, penalties collected pursuant to this section in the state general fund.