ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-fourth Legislature

Second Regular Session

House: LAG DP 7-0-0-0-0

HB 2088: appropriation; state lake improvement fund

Sponsor:  Representative Biasiucci, LD 5

Committee on Appropriations

Overview

Appropriates $5,000,000 from the state General Fund to the State Lake Improvement Fund (Fund) in FY 2021.

History

Fund monies are appropriated to the Arizona State Parks Board (Board), which can use these monies for:

1)    Staff support to plan and administer this fund; and

2)    Certain projects on waters where gas-powered boats are allowed, such as building public piers and public parking areas and acquiring property to provide access to waters for boating.

Projects eligible for Fund monies can be carried out by the Board, the Arizona Game and Fish Commission, a county board of supervisors or the governing board for a city or town. However, these projects cannot interfere with any vested water rights or a water project's maintenance and operation.

The Arizona Outdoor Recreation Coordinating Commission reviews applications for Fund monies, and the Board approves them. Additionally, the Joint Committee on Capital Review must review all approved projects (A.R.S. § 5-382).

Fund monies come from the following sources:

1)    Transfers from the Highway User Revenue Fund based on the estimated state gasoline taxes paid for boating (A.R.S. § 28-5926);

2)    Watercraft license taxes collected by the Arizona Game and Fish Department (A.R.S. § 5-323); and

3)    Investment income.

Provisions

1.    Appropriates $5,000,000 from the state General Fund to the Fund in FY 2021.☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note

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