self-supporting regulatory agencies; funds; 2024-2025.

SB 1748 adjusts how fees collected by several Arizona professional licensing boards are split between the state general fund and specific agency funds. The bill directly affects regulatory boards for technical registration, barbering and cosmetology, accounting, podiatry, and chiropractic care. Under the new rules, fifteen percent of all fees and revenues will go to the state general fund to help cover general government costs, while the remaining eighty-five percent stays in the agency's dedicated fund for its own expenses and legal enforcement. Additionally, the bill clarifies that civil penalties and administrative fines collected by these boards must be deposited entirely into the state general fund rather than the agency's operating fund.