Bill Number: S.B. 1520
Yarbrough Floor Amendment
Reference to: printed bill
Amendment drafted by: Legislative Council
FLOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
1. Forester/Land – moves an $800,000 appropriation from the State Forester to the State Land Department
2. ADOT - Eliminate the $12.5 million ADOT vehicle Highway Fund reduction.
3. AHCCCS – revises a reference to expenditure authority for the 2018 supplemental
4. AHCCCS – distributes the 2.5% hospital provider rate increase using hospital performance
5. DPS – add 3 FTEs to DPS for Drug Task Force
6. Legislative Council – add 3 FTEs
7. Counties – Appropriates $1.7 million GF one-time for EORP relief
8. Corrections – shifts prison employment centers from Transition Fund to Penitentiary Fund
9. ADE - Mayer School District – appropriates $300,000 GF one-time and gives additional budget capacity
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10. ADE – allows districts/charters to use funding for teacher
compensation (gift clause issue)
11. ADE – reduce funding by $600,000 to conform to revenue BRB
12. Prescott – appropriates $1 million GF one-time for costs of PSPRS
13. Tourism – appropriates $1 million
14. University Freedom School – segregated funds from other
University monies
15. NAU - $500,000 GF one time for Freedom School
16. Adjusted overall revenue and expenditure estimates at back of the
bill to match the other changes in the floor amendments.
Second Regular Session S.B. 1520
YARBROUGH FLOOR AMENDMENT
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1520
(Reference to printed bill)
Page 11, line 39, after "2018-2019" insert "based on hospital performance on established quality measures. The appropriation is"
Page 21, line 31, strike "2,062,500" insert "2,507,400"
Line 36, strike "3,385,000" insert "2,940,100"
Page 31, between lines 3 and 4, insert:
"A school district or other entity that receives additional funding in fiscal years 2018-2019, 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 as a result of this act may use the additional monies for increased teacher compensation in fiscal years 2018-2019, 2019-2020 and 2020-2021."
Line 30, strike "414,268,100" insert "413,665,500"
Page 33, line 39, strike "4,717,694,100" insert "4,717,091,500"
Line 41, strike "3,711,312,700" insert "3,710,710,100"
Page 37, line 15, strike "2,984,400" insert "2,184,400"
Line 24, strike "8,900,300" insert "8,100,300"
Strike line 27
Page 46, line 43, strike "15,905,200" insert "16,705,200"
Page 47, line 4, strike "18,718,700" insert "19,518,700"
Line 9, strike "6,486,500" insert "7,286,500"
Page 48, line 9, strike "52.0" insert "55.0"
Page 54, line 17, strike "1,963.7" insert "1,966.7"
Page 60, lines 10 and 12, strike "6,112,000" insert "7,112,000"
Line 21, strike "2,776,500" insert "15,300,000"
Line 25, strike "399,625,300" insert "412,148,800"
Line 40, strike "369,430,700" insert "381,954,200"
Page 64, line 17, after "school" insert ", including any remaining balances from prior fiscal years,"; after "be" insert "deposited in a separate account, shall be"
Page 66, line 38, after "center" insert ", including any remaining balances from prior fiscal years,"; after "be" insert "deposited in a separate account, shall be"
Page 69, line 19, after the period strike remainder of line
Strike lines 20 through 28
Page 72, line 6, strike "Appropriation" insert "Appropriations"
Line 8, before "The" insert "A."
Between lines 26 and 27, insert:
"B. The sum of $1,655,500 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2018-2019 to the department of administration for a onetime distribution to counties for elected officials retirement plan liabilities. The department of administration shall allocate this amount as follows:
Apache $141,900
Cochise $195,900
Gila $110,400
Graham $212,600
Greenlee $297,600
La Paz $243,500
Navajo $217,600
Santa Cruz $236,000"
Page 75, between lines 20 and 21, insert:
"Sec. 125. Superintendent of public instruction; appropriation; fiscal year 2017-2018
A. In addition to any other appropriation made, the sum of $300,000 in onetime funding is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2017-2018 to the superintendent of public instruction for basic state aid for a school district eligible for additional base support level funding for fiscal year 2017-2018 pursuant to subsection B of this section.
B. The superintendent of public instruction shall increase by $300,000 for fiscal year 2017-2018 the base support level of a school district that meets all of the following:
1. Is located in a county with a population of two hundred thousand persons or more but less than three hundred thousand persons.
2. Had total attending average daily membership of more than five hundred ten but less than five hundred twenty for fiscal year 2016-2017, according to the annual report of the superintendent of public instruction for fiscal year 2016-2017.
3. Had a year-end teacher FTE count of 36 for fiscal year 2016-2017, according to the annual report of the superintendent of public instruction for fiscal year 2016-2017."
Renumber to conform
Page 76, between lines 9 and 10, insert:
"Sec. 128. Appropriation; PSPRS; fiscal year 2018‑2019; pension liability; city of Prescott
In addition to any other appropriation, the sum of $1,000,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2018‑2019 to the public safety personnel retirement system for deposit in the employer account of the Prescott fire department group to offset increased pension liability."
Renumber to conform
Page 77, line 3, after "freedom;" insert "northern Arizona university; economic policy institute;"
Line 10, after "school" insert ". The appropriated amounts and all private and external donations to the school, including any remaining balances from prior fiscal years, shall be deposited in a separate account,"
Line 17, after "center" insert ". The appropriated amounts and all private and external donations to the center, including any remaining balances from prior fiscal years, shall be deposited in a separate account"
Page 77, between lines 23 and 24 insert:
"D. The sum of $500,000 is appropriated to northern Arizona university in fiscal year 2018-2019 for the purposes of supporting the economic policy institute in the college of business. This funding shall support the institute's mission of rural economic development, financial literacy and entrepreneurialism. The appropriated monies and all private and external donations to the institute shall be deposited in a separate account, must be used only for the direct operation of the institute and may not be used for the indirect costs of the university. On or before October 1, 2018, the institute shall submit a report to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairpersons of the senate education committee and the house of representatives education committee and the director of the joint legislative budget committee that includes at least the following information for the institute:
1. The total amount of funding received from all sources.
2. A description of the faculty positions and courses offered.
3. The total undergraduate and graduate student participation.
4. Significant community events, initiatives or publications.
Page 87, line 37, strike "10,625,600,000" insert "10,625,300,000"
Line 39, strike "10,983,700,000" insert "10,979,400,000"
Line 41, strike "10,792,000,000" insert "10,791,100,000"
Line 43, strike "11,412,500,000" insert "11,409,100,000"
Line 45, strike "11,306,600,000" insert "11,306,000,000"
Amend title to conform