2005 Arizona Revised Statutes - Revised Statutes §12-745  Affirmative defense; reliance; definition

A. It is an affirmative defense to a year 2000 date failure if all of the following apply:

1. The defendant reasonably relied on a false or misleading year 2000 date statement made by an independent, upstream vendor or supplier of the product, equipment or service or by another person that the product, equipment or service would not manifest the year 2000 date failure.

2. The defendant did not have actual knowledge that the year 2000 date statement was false or misleading.

B. For the purposes of this section, "year 2000 date statement" means a statement that a product, equipment or service is year 2000 compliant, is millennium bug free or otherwise complies with a year 2000 date standard established by state or federal law or a national or international service organization or any other similar representation.