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Huachuca City repeals local fee for firearm background checks
Summary
The Town Council adopted Ordinance 2026-01 to repeal a local fee for criminal background checks before firearm transfers to align town code with A.R.S. 13-3108(A). The motion was moved by Mayor Johann Wallace and adopted unanimously.
The Huachuca City Town Council voted Feb. 12 to adopt Ordinance 2026-01, removing a municipal fee charged for criminal background checks prior to the transfer of a firearm. The change was taken as a second reading and adopted to align the town code with state statute A.R.S. 13-3108(A).
The motion to adopt Ordinance 2026-01 was moved by Mayor Johann R. Wallace and seconded by Councilmember Christy Hirshberg; the item passed on council action. Town Attorney Thomas Benavidez introduced the ordinance language as a code change required to conform to state law. The adoption amends Town Code Title 2, Chapter 2.55 regarding fees chargeable for criminal background checks.
