Bill
Number: S.B. 1529
Dalessandro
Floor Amendment
Reference
to: printed bill
Amendment
drafted by: Leg. Council
FLOOR
AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
Appropriates $8,314,400
in FY2019 to the Department of Revenue (DOR) for 131 FTE tax enforcement positions.
Designates the 131 FTEs
as the following:
1. 2
corporate income tax audit managers.
2. 28
corporate income tax auditors.
3. 2
transaction privilege tax audit managers.
4. 28
transaction privilege tax auditors.
5. 2
transaction privilege tax license compliance staff managers.
6. 18
transaction privilege tax license compliance staff.
7. 40 tax
collectors.
8. 11
support staff.
Stipulates the FTEs
supplement and do not supplant existing tax audit, compliance, collection and
support positions.
Prohibits DOR from
transferring the appropriated monies to any other budget program or expenditure
class.
Requires DOR to annually
report the amount of tax revenues collected by this state that is attributable
to each new FTE.
Fifty-third Legislature Dalessandro
Second
Regular Session S.B. 1529
DALESSANDRO FLOOR AMENDMENT
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1529
(Reference to printed bill)
Page 1,
between lines 1 and 2, insert:
"Section 1. Appropriation;
department of revenue; tax audit, compliance, collection and support positions;
reports
A. In
addition to any other appropriations made in fiscal year 2018‑2019, the
sum of $8,314,400 and 131 FTE positions are
appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2018-2019 to the department of revenue for personal services and
employee-related expenditures for the following positions:
1. Two
corporate income tax audit managers.
2. Twenty-eight
corporate income tax auditors.
3. Two
transaction privilege tax audit managers.
4. Twenty-eight
transaction privilege tax auditors.
5. Two
transaction privilege tax license compliance staff managers.
6. Eighteen
transaction privilege tax license compliance staff members.
7. Forty
tax collectors.
8. Eleven
support staff members.
B. The
positions created in subsection A of this section supplement and do not
supplant the tax audit, compliance, collection and support positions existing
in the department on the effective date of this act.
C. Notwithstanding
section 35-173, Arizona Revised Statutes, the monies appropriated in subsection
A of this section may not be transferred to any other budget program or
expenditure class.
D. On
or before December 1, 2018 and December 1, 2019, the department shall submit to
the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of
representatives a detailed report of the amount of tax revenues collected by
this state that is attributable to each FTE position appropriated by this
section.
Sec. 2. Intent
It is the
intent of the legislature that the department of revenue have additional audit,
compliance, collection and support staff to ensure the integrity of this
state's tax system."
Renumber to
conform
Amend title to conform