Page 1, between lines 1 and 2, insert:
"Section 1. Section 5-568, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE5-568. Disposition of unclaimed prize money
Unclaimed prize money for the prize on a winning ticket or
share shall be retained for the person entitled to the prize for one hundred
eighty days after the drawing in which the prize was won in the case of a
drawing prize and for one hundred eighty days after the announced end of the
game in question in the case of a prize determined in any manner other than by
means of a drawing. If a claim is not made for the money within the
applicable period, the money shall be
transferred in the following amounts:
1. Seventy per cent Fifty‑five percent of the prize money
shall be held in the state lottery prize fund for use as additional prizes in
future games and.
2. Thirty
per cent percent shall be transferred monthly to the
court appointed special advocate fund established by section 8‑524.
3. Fifteen
percent shall be transferred monthly to the tribal college dual enrollment
program fund established by section 15‑244.01. The amount
transferred may not exceed one hundred sixty thousand dollars in any fiscal
year. END_STATUTE
Sec. 2. Title 15, chapter 2, article 2, Arizona
Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-244.01, to read:
START_STATUTE15-244.01. Tribal college dual enrollment program fund
The tribal college dual
enrollment program fund is established consisting of monies deposited pursuant
to section 5-568, other monies appropriated by the legislature and gifts,
grants, devises and other contributions of money or property from any lawful
public or private source. The department of education shall administer the
fund. The department shall distribute monies in the fund to provide choice and
access to higher education for high school students in this state by
compensating tribal colleges for tuition and fees that are waived to allow high
school students to attend classes at tribal college campuses, including classes
that are provided electronically by the tribal college to high school
students. Monies in the fund are subject to legislative
appropriation. On notice from the department, the state treasurer
shall invest and divest monies in the fund as provided by section 35‑313,
and monies earned from investment shall be credited to the fund."
END_STATUTE
Renumber to conform
Page 2, line 41, strike "three" insert "seven"
Page 3, line 37, strike "three" insert "seven"
Page 7, between lines 32 and 33, insert:
"Sec. 7. Section 42-5031.01, Arizona
Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE42-5031.01. Distribution of revenues for Indian
tribal postsecondary educational institutions; definition
A. Subject to subsection C of this section, each
month the state treasurer shall transmit to the treasurer or other designated
depository of each qualifying Indian tribe the amount of transaction privilege
tax revenues received pursuant to this article in the preceding month from all
sources located on the Indian reservation established for the qualifying Indian
tribe as determined pursuant to section 42‑5029, subsection A, paragraph
3.
B. The monies distributed pursuant to this section
are for the exclusive purpose of supporting the maintenance, renewal and
capital expenses of one or more community college campuses in this state that
are owned, operated or chartered by each qualifying Indian tribe on its own
Indian reservation. Before receiving any monies under this section,
a qualifying Indian tribe shall enter into an initial compact with this state
on or before September 1, 2012 2017, signed by the
governor, to account for the use of monies distributed pursuant to this
section. The compact shall:
1. Be for a term of at least ten years. After a
hearing and review of the compact by the joint legislative budget committee
held during the last year of the compact's term, a compact may be renewed for
an additional term of up to ten years.
2. Require the monies to be used primarily for
capital needs,
including maintenance and renewal of existing facilities at designated
community college campuses on the qualifying Indian tribe's own reservation in
this state.
3. Provide for audits by the auditor general of the
use of the monies. The auditor general shall submit copies of each
audit to the joint legislative budget committee.
4. If necessary, provide for reimbursement to the
department of revenue of costs associated with implementing this section, not
to exceed one hundred fifty thousand dollars, from revenues that would
otherwise be paid to the qualifying Indian tribe pursuant to this section.
C. Notwithstanding subsection A of this section, the
state treasurer shall not transmit in any fiscal year more than the sum of the
following amounts:
1. With respect to a single community college, one
million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars or more than ten per cent percent of transaction privilege tax revenues received
pursuant to this article from all sources located on the reservation, whichever
is less.
2. With respect to an additional technical college
located on the same Indian reservation, eight hundred seventy-five thousand
dollars or more than five per cent
percent of transaction
privilege tax revenues received pursuant to this article from all sources
located on the reservation, whichever is less.
D. For the purposes of this section,
"qualifying Indian tribe" means an Indian tribe that owns, operates
and charters any community college or postsecondary educational institution
located on its own reservation in this state.END_STATUTE"
Renumber to conform
Page 7, after line 38, insert:
"Sec. 9. Community college districts; state aid for science,
technology, engineering and mathematics and workforce programs
Notwithstanding section 15‑1464, Arizona Revised
Statutes, state aid for science, technology, engineering and mathematics and
workforce programs for community college districts for fiscal year 2015‑2016
is as specified in the general appropriation act."
Amend title to conform
Bill
Number: S.B. 1477