ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-fourth Legislature

Second Regular Session

House: TRANS DP 9-0-0-0

HB 2266: appropriations; extended bus routes

Sponsor: Representative Townsend, LD 16

Committee on Appropriations

Overview

Provides funding to the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) to distribute to Valley Metro Regional Public Transportation Authority (RPTA) to extend bus routes to Apache Junction.

History

Pursuant to A.R.S. §§ 48-5102, 48-5105, Valley Metro RPTA is established with a board of directors. The board is permitted to contract with a public agency or with a person on the terms and conditions the board finds in its best interest to operate a regional bus system (A.R.S. § 48-5141).

Laws 1973, Chapter 146 established ADOT to provide for an integrated and balanced state transportation system with a director responsible for the Department's administration (A.R.S. § 28-331). ADOT has exclusive control and jurisdiction over state highways, state routes, state owned airports and all state-owned transportation systems or modes are vested in ADOT. The duties of ADOT include investigating new transportation systems and cooperating with and advising local governments concerning the development and operation of public transit systems (A.R.S. § 28-332).

Provisions

1. Appropriates $200,000 from the General Fund in FY 2021 and FY 2022 to ADOT to distribute to Valley Metro RPTA to extend bus routes to Apache Junction. (Sec. 1)

2. Requires ADOT, by December 31, 2022, to submit an assessment of the long-term efficacy of extending bus routes and a recommendation for long-term funding of the bus routes to the Governor, President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives and Secretary of State. (Sec. 1)

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