ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session
	House: MVA DPA 7-0-0-0

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HB 2265: Enduring Freedom Memorial; appropriation

Sponsor:  Representative Townsend, LD 16

Committee on Appropriations

Overview

Requires the Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA) to use monies appropriated from the State Monument and Memorial Fund (Fund) to add additional names to the Enduring Freedom Memorial.

History

Laws 2004, Chapter 206 authorized the placement of the Enduring Freedom Memorial in Wesley Bolin Plaza.

Pursuant to A.R.S. § 41-1365, the Fund is established consisting of donations, monies from fund-raising activities, monies that are collected by the proponents of a monument or memorial, grants and legislative appropriations. ADOA is required to administer the Fund and use monies appropriated from the Fund for:

1) The maintenance, repair, reconditioning or relocation of monuments or memorials; and

2) Supporting mechanical equipment in the governmental mall.

ADOA must separately account for monies to a specific monument or memorial that is dedicated to Arizona for maintenance, repair, reconditioning or relocation of that monument or memorial as follow:

1) Monies that are donated for the benefit of the specific monument or memorial;

2) Monies that are derived from fund-raising activities and that are collected for the benefit of the specific monument or memorial; and

3) Monies that are collected and deposited by proponents of a monument or memorial.

Monies in the Fund are required to be held in trust by ADOA for the citizens of Arizona until spent on an authorized monument or memorial, and monies in the Fund are prohibited from being spent or appropriated for any other purpose.

Provisions

1. Requires ADOA to use monies appropriated from the Fund to alter or modify the Enduring Freedom Memorial to add additional names. (Sec. 1)

2. Appropriates an unspecified dollar amount from the Fund in FY 2021 to ADOA to alter or modify the Enduring Freedom Memorial to add additional names to the memorial. (Sec. 2)

3. Makes technical changes. (Sec. 1)

Amendments

Committee on Military & Veterans Affairs

1. Adds an appropriation of $21,422.91 from the Fund.

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