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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Fourth Legislature, Second Regular Session
appropriations; extended bus routes
Purpose
Appropriates $200,000 from the state General Fund (state GF) in FYs 2021 and 2022 to the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) to distribute to the regional public transportation authority (RPTA) to extend bus routes to Apache Junction.
Background
ADOT is responsible for the design and construction of state public transportation systems (A.R.S. § 28-332). Additionally, statute establishes a RPTA for counties with a population of at least 1,200,000 persons and with an approved transportation excise tax (A.R.S. § 48-5102). The RPTA board may contract with a public agency or a person to operate a regional bus system (A.R.S. § 48-5141).
H.B. 2266 appropriates $200,000 from the state GF in FYs 2021 and 2022 to ADOT for bus route extension.
Provisions
1. Appropriates $200,000 from the state GF in FYs 2021 and 2022 to ADOT to distribute to the RPTA to extend bus routes to Apache Junction.
2. Requires ADOT, before December 31, 2022, to submit an assessment of the long-term efficacy of extending the bus routes and a recommendation for long-term funding to the Governor and the Legislature and to provide a copy to the Secretary of State.
3. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
House Action
TRANS 2/5/20 DP 9-0-0-0
APPROP 2/12/20 DP 11-0-0-0
3rd Read 2/25/20 51-9-0
Prepared by Senate Research
March 6, 2020
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