ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-fifth Legislature

First Regular Session

House: APPROP DP 7-6-0-0


HB 2895: general appropriations act; 2021-2022.

Sponsor:  Representative Cobb, LD 5

House Engrossed

Overview

Appropriates monies for the operation of the state government in FY 2022.

History

The Arizona Legislature adopts a budget for each fiscal year (FY) that contains general appropriations. Article IV, Section 20, Part 2, Constitution of Arizona, requires the General Appropriations Act (feed bill) to contain only appropriations for the different state departments, state institutions, public schools and interest on public debt. Statutory changes necessary to reconcile the appropriations made in the feed bill and other changes are drafted into separate bills known as Budget Reconciliation Bills (BRBs). These BRBs are prepared according to subject area.

 

Provisions

The tables below indicate GF and other fund (OF) changes for appropriated state agencies for FY 2022 along with major footnote changes (stated in terms of changes to the FY 2022 JLBC Baseline):

Summary of Changes

Fund

Comments

FY 2022 Changes to JLBC Baseline

 

Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA)

Permitting Dashboard

GF

$3k ongoing; $1k one-time

$400,000

Arizona Financial Information System (AFIS) (Accounting System) Upgrade

GF

One-time

$500,000 FY23/

$600,000 FY24

K-12 Transportation Grants

GF

One-time; 2-year pilot; one-time increase to $20M in FY23; includes a set aside for rural areas and 5% for administration

$10,000,000

Counties/ADOA/ACJC - Re-Entry Planning Services

GF

One-time; $7M in FY23 & FY24

$10,000,000

ADOA AFIS Renewal Upgrade

OF

 

$2,000,000

Enterprise-Wide Hoteling Pilot

OF

One-time

$375,900

State Fleet Transfer

OF

 

($10,199,700)

Risk Management Claims Adjustments

OF

 

$2,106,100

Enduring Freedom Renovations

OF

 

$21,500

1.   Eliminates requirement that the department report on the maintenance savings achieved by replacing state vehicles with an average of 80,000 miles as responsibility for state vehicle fleet management is transferred to ADOT. (Sec. 5)

2.   Extends the lapsing date for the Hoteling Pilot Program appropriation through FY 2023. (Sec. 5)

3.   Exempts $2,000,000 from the AFIS line item from lapsing through FY 2023. (Sec. 5)

Automation Projects Fund (APF)/ADOA

K-12 Financial Transparency Reporting System

GF

One-time; one-time decreases to $1.5M in FY23 & FY24

$3,000,000

Charter Board IT Platform Upgrade

GF

One-time

$614,100

ADE – School Finance Payment System Replacement

OF

One-time; ESA fund

$7,200,000

 

ADOA Business One-Stop

OF

 

$7,758,900

ADOA - Relocate Tucson Data Center

OF

 

$2,000,000

Charter Board – IT Platform Upgrade

OF

 

$614,100

DES - Child Care Management System

OF

(Child Care Development fund/ Consolidated Appropriations Act)

$9,000,000

Gaming eLicensing

OF

 

$850,000

Industrial Commission – IT Systems

OF

 

$1,067,700

Psychologist Exam eLicensing System Modifications

OF

 

$20,000

ASRS Cloud Migration

OF

 

$775,000

DPS Concealed Weapon Phase II

OF

 

$550,000

ADE – School Financial Transparency Reporting

OF

 

$3,000,000

4.   Limits statutorily required JLBC review of APF expenditures in FY 2022 to the business one-stop portal, the child-care management system and the school finance data system. (Sec. 117) 

Arizona Department of Agriculture (ADA)

State Agriculture Laboratory Scientist

GF

1 FTE

$85,000

Cloud Migration

GF

Ongoing $1M; one-time $2M

$3,000,000

Plant Services Division Salary Increase

GF

 

$170,000

Meat Inspection Staff

GF

2 FTE

$220,000

Salary Increase

GF

12 ag lab positions

$259,200

State Agriculture Laboratory Equipment

GF

One-time

$2,500,000

 

Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS)

Formula Savings

GF

 

($76,100,000)

IT Operating Funding

GF

 

$3,005,700

Enacted GME Increase

GF

Fund $6M FY22, $9M already part of baseline after FY22

($3,000,000)

Elderly and Physically Disabled (EPD) Provider Rate Increase

GF

Includes $7M for skilled nursing facilities (SNF)

$13,300,000

Prescription Drug Rebate Fund Shift

GF

 

($16,700,000)

Newborn Screening General Fund Costs

GF

Ongoing; increases to $6k in FY23; increases to $8k in FY24

$508,200

AHCCCS/DES/DCS - Additional FMAP Savings

GF

One-time; FY21 savings ($134M)

($267,000,000)

Health Care Investment Fund Supplement

OF

One-time; Prescription Drug Rebate Fund; maintains provider rates

$4,000,000

PMMS Roadmap

OF

One-time; Prescription Drug Rebate Fund

$78,000

Opioid Treatment

OF

Prescription Drug Rebate Fund

$6,000,000

Higher Enrollment

OF

 

$5,448,500

Prescription Drug Rebate Fund Shift

OF

 

$16,700,000

SMI Housing Administration

OF

 

$200,000

5.   Moves $1,000,000 from Tradition Medicaid line item to Operating line item (related to transfer of Children's Rehabilitative Services from DHS). (Sec. 9)

6.   Requires AHCCCS to report to JLBC by September 30, 2022 on its progress in implementing services specified in the housing and health opportunities section 1115 waiver amendment. Prescribes minimum requirements for the contents of the report, including:

a)   Types of services provided;

b)   Expenditures by service category;

c)   Number of members receiving services by eligibility category;

d)   Number of members waitlisted for housing services; and

e)   Progress towards achieving program outcomes, including changes in utilization of hospital, primary care and preventive health services. (Sec. 9)

7.   Reduces expenditure authority in the Supported Housing line item by $60,000,000 if AHCCCS is denied federal approval for its housing and health opportunities section 1115 waiver amendment. (Sec. 9)

8.   Clarifies that e-cigarette enforcement costs are an allowable use of monies transferred to the Attorney General for tobacco settlement litigation. (Sec. 9)

Attorney General (AG)

Technology Company Antitrust

OF

One-time

$1,000,000

Attorney Stipend/Retention Bonuses

OF

Consumer Protection – Consumer Fraud Revolving Fund

$2,000,000

Additional Federalism Unit

OF

Consumer Protection – Consumer Fraud Revolving Fund

$200,000

Witness/Outside Counsel Funding

OF

One-time; Consumer Protection – Consumer Fraud Revolving Fund

 

$1,200,000

Criminal Division Major Fraud Unit & 7 FTEs

OF

Consumer Protection – Consumer Fraud Revolving Fund

 

$1,139,000

Child and Family Advocacy Centers

OF

One-time; Consumer protection – Consumer Fraud Revolving Fund

$500,000

5 New Vehicles – Operating & Maintenance

OF

Consumer Protection – Consumer Fraud Revolving Fund

$49,800

5 New Vehicles – Purchase Cost

OF

Consumer Protection – Consumer Fraud Revolving Fund

$156,300

Election Litigation Funding

OF

One-time; Risk Management Fund

$500,000

Organized Retail Theft Task Force

OF

Consumer Protection – Consumer Fraud Revolving Fund

$1,500,000

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Study Committee

OF

One-time; non-lapsing; Consumer Protection – Consumer Fraud Revolving Fund

$40,000

9.   Denotes that the Technology Company Antitrust appropriation be used for attorneys to investigate and pursue enforcement actions against technology companies that engage in anticompetitive, anti-consumer or monopolistic behavior and makes the appropriation non-lapsing. (Sec. 11)

 

10.  Requires the AG to establish the Organized Retail Theft Task Force and outlines certain requirements. (Sec. 11)

 

11.  Prohibits the Attorney General from representing or providing legal advice to the SOS on any matter through June 30, 2023. (Sec. 11)

Department of Child Safety (DCS)

Caseworker Salary Increase

GF

Step 1-11%/all other caseworkers – 5%

$5,401,000

 

Higher Congregate Care Provider Rates/New Settings

GF

Scored as one-time; funded in FY22 and FY23

$19,238,200

Backfill Potential Loss of Federal Funds/ 14 Day Reimbursement

GF

Scored as one-time; funded in FY22 and FY23

$5,900,000

Child Care Development Fund Block Grant

OF

 

$5,116,000

Additional Child Care Development Fund Proposal

OF

 

$90,400,000

Non-contracting Licensees

OF

Related to enactment of HB 2399

$941,900

12.  Moves $2,500,000 in appropriation authority from the Overtime line item to the Operating Budget and $5,900,000 from the Overtime line item to the Caseworkers line item. (Sec. 15)

13.  Allow transfers between Comprehensive Health Plan line items without JLBC review. (Sec. 15)

14.  Changes DCS benchmark report cadence from quarterly to semi-annually, on February 28th and August 31st, and eliminates the requirement that JLBC perform a formal review of the report. (Sec. 15)

Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA)

Blockchain/Wearables

GF

One-time; $2.5M each

$5,000,000

Special Event Promotion

GF

4-year pilot program in FY22 through FY25

$7,500,000

Competes Fund Deposit

GF

One-time

$50,000,000

Frankfurt Trade Office

GF

One-time

$250,000

15.  Outlines requirements for the distribution and use of the blockchain/wearables monies. (Sec. 17)

Community Colleges

Rural Community College Aid

GF

Ongoing $14M; one-time $14M; both by student count

$28,000,000

Urban Community College Aid

GF

One-time; Maricopa/Pima STEM formula

$13,000,000

Out of County Reimbursement Aid

GF

One-time

$500,000

 

Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC)

Braille Program Expansion

GF

FY22-$250k/FY23 and FY24-$200k

 

$250,000

Florence Bed Closure/Shift

GF

Ongoing; increases to $21.1M in FY23; increases to $28.3M in FY24

$18,650,200

Correctional Officer Salary Increase

GF

5% + $2k sergeant increase

$30,747,700

New Corporal Classification

GF

 

$1,632,900

Transition Program

GF

 

$1,300,000

Contracted Increases

GF

 

$28,000,000

Rent Savings from Building Demolition

GF

Savings begin in FY23

($600,000)

Radio Replacement

GF

One-Time; 8,182 radios

$17,300,000

Ballistic and Stab Vest Replacement

GF

One-Time; 294/7,351 vests

$3,851,900

Substance Abuse Treatment Expansion

GF

One-time

$5,000,600

Medical Staffing Augmentation

GF

One-time; non-lapsing

$15,000,000

16.  Requires the bed capacity report to include any plans to vacate beds but not permanently remove them from the bed count and moves the due date of the report from August 1 to November 1. (Sec. 21)

17.  Instructs the Department, in cooperation with the Arizona Strategic Enterprise Technology Office, to report to JLBC on progress made in incorporating all sentence calculations into the Arizona Corrections Information System by March 31, 2022. Prescribes requirements for the report, including a description of any work needed to implement other system functions and the associated cost and staffing requirements. (Sec. 21)

18.  Eliminates requirement that JLBC formally review the ADC staffing report and requires the report to be submitted to JLBC semi-annually, instead of quarterly. (Sec. 21)

19.  Removes language specifying that the Private Prison Per Diem line items includes funding for debt service on the Kingman complex. (Sec. 21)

20.  Requires the Department to submit semi-annual expenditure reports to the JLBC on the Medical Staffing Augmentation line item and exempts this appropriation from lapsing. (Sec. 21)

21.  Exempts expenditure plans for personal services and employee-related expenditures from JLBC review requirements through January 1, 2023 if the department makes the transfer to maximize the use of federal funding. (Sec. 21)

Arizona Board of Cosmetology (ABOC)

Inspector/Investigator Equipment Purchase

OF

 

6,800

 

Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC)

Counties/ADOA/ACJC - Re-Entry Planning Services

GF

One-time

$1,000,000

State Aid to Indigent Defense

OF

State Aid to Indigent Defense Fund

$700,000

 

AZ State Schools for the Deaf and Blind

Establish Cooperative Services Fund

OF

For deaf & blind students attending school in their home district

$17,914,500

22.  Requires a report to JLBC on the intended use of monies prior to expending in excess of $17,914,500 from the Cooperative Services Fund in FY 2022. (Sec. 24)

 

Board of Dental Examiners

Board Compensation

OF

 

$42,400

Fill 3 Vacant FTE Positions

OF

 

$193,300

Contract Investigators

OF

 

$271,400

Compliance Files Digitization Project

OF

 

$65,700

IT Services

OF

 

$8,200

 

Department of Economic Security (DES)

Area Agencies on Aging (AAA) Funding

GF

Provider rate increases

$1,000,000

Developmental Disabilities (DD) Provider Rate Increase

GF

Also reallocate $15M base funding

$15,400,000

Homeless Youth

GF

$1M ongoing starting in FY24

$1,000,000

5% Salary Increase

GF

4,900 positions

$2,307,700

Area Agencies on Aging (AAA) Funding

GF

One-time; helps draw down additional federal funds

$1,474,000

Return to Work Grants

GF

One-time

$7,500,000

Long-term Care Ombudsman Services

GF

 

$1,000,000

After-School Summer Youth Program

GF

One-time

$500,000

Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD) State Funded Long Term Care Costs

OF

 

$5,103,100

Child Care Development Fund Block Grant

OF

 

$1,666,200

Additional Federal Child Care Development Funding

OF

Consolidated Appropriations Act, American Rescue Plan Act

$1,086,612,800

Sexual Violence Service Fund

OF

 

$8,000,000

Pandemic Assistance (TANF)

OF

 

$14,546,500

23.  Requires the department to report on childcare monies provided by federal coronavirus relief legislation including actual expenditures, the expenditure plan for remaining monies, number of children served, average childcare rates and the number of childcare settings with a quality rating. The report is to be submitted to JLBC, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Chairmen of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees by September 15, 2021 and March 15, 2022. (Sec. 28)

24.  Removes requirement that the expenditure plan submitted to JLBC for new division of developmental disabilities salary adjustments be formally review by JLBC. (Sec. 28)

25.  Eliminates the JLBC review requirement for childcare reimbursement rates. (Sec. 28)

26.  Deletes language specifying that a minimum of 8,500 children be served by the childcare program. (Sec. 28)

27.  Contains statement that the Legislature intends that DDD reallocate $15,000,000 of its base appropriation spent for one-time DD purposes in FY 2020-2021 to partially finance the $30,000,000 provider rate increase in FY 2021-2022. (Sec. 28)

28.  Adds requirement that the department submit a report on federal pandemic emergency assistance monies provided by the American Rescue Plan Act, including actual expenditures to date, the expenditure plan for remaining monies, and the number of individuals served. Requires the report to be submitted to JLBC, the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House, and the Chairmen of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees by December 15, 2021 and July 15, 2022. (Sec. 28)

29.  Exempts the appropriation for Return to Work Grants from lapsing until June 30, 2024. (Sec. 28)

30.  Directs the Department to submit a report on the number of individuals who have received childcare support through Return to Work grants and the number of those individuals who did not return to unemployment insurance within six months. Instructs the Department to submit the report to JLBC, the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House, and the Chairmen of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees by March 15, 2022. (Sec. 28)

31.  States the Legislature intends the child-care provider rate increases funded from this amount be contingent on available federal funding and not continue in future years after the monies have been spent. (Sec. 28)

32.  Moves the deadline for DES to make a deposit to the Unemployment Compensation Fund from June 20, 2021 to July 15, 2021. (Sec. 104)

Arizona Department of Education (ADE)

Formula Changes

GF

Ongoing; increases to ($62.7M) in FY23; increases to ($106.8M) in FY24

($32,691,900)

CTED Certification Exam Fee Reimbursement

GF

Ongoing starting in FY24

$1,000,000

College Placement Exam Fee Waiver

GF

 

$1,265,800

College Credit by Examination Incentive Program

GF

 

$2,472,100

Literacy Coaches

GF

$3.1M ongoing GF in FY24; 25 FTE

$3,100,000

Kindergarten Entry Assessment

GF

Ongoing starting in FY24

$1,500,000

Dyslexia Screening/Training

GF

Ongoing starting in FY24

$1,300,000

Teacher Reading Instruction Exam

GF

Ongoing starting in FY24

$1,000,000

Jobs for Arizona Graduates

GF

Ongoing starting in FY24

$400,000

Alternative Teacher Development Program

GF

Ongoing starting in FY24

$500,000

Adult Education State Match

GF

 

$364,100

 

Special Ed Funding

GF

Group B weights

$50,000,000

Gifted Funding

GF

 

$1,000,000

K-12 Rollover Repayment

GF

Pays off portion of rollover; 1,350 to 2,000 average daily membership (ADM)

$35,000,000

Additional Enrollment Savings

GF

One-time savings in FY21

($135,400,000)

Statewide Assessment Funding

GF

One-time

$5,000,000

Procure Statewide Gifted Assessment

GF

One-time

$850,000

Extraordinary Special Needs Fund Deposit

GF

One-time

$5,000,000

CTED 4th Year Funding

GF

 

$5,000,000

Move Investigations Unit and Move Unit from ADE to SBE

GF

 

($556,000)

One-Time Tribal College Dual Enrollment Program Expansion

OF

 

$75,000

School Personally Identifiable Information Policies/Security Plans

OF

 

$350,000

33.  Reduces the K-12 deferral from $930,727,700 to $865,727,700. Expands current exemption from deferral for districts with less than 600 students to districts with less than 2,000 students. (Sec. 130)

34.  Allows the Superintendent of Public Instruction to transfer up to $5,000,000 in GF appropriation for Basic State Aid to address shortfalls in the Results-Based Funding program in FY 2021 without review by JLBC and reverts any excess amounts transferred to the Results-Based Funding Program to the General Fund at the end of FY 2021. (Sec. 105)

35.  Requires ADOA to distribute monies to counties to reimburse political subdivisions that paid property tax refunds ordered in the Transwestern Pipeline Co. V. Arizona Department of Revenue litigation (litigation) as follows in FY 2021:

a)   Apache: $2,029,600;

b)   Coconino: $2,888,400;

c)   Maricopa: $2,477,100;

d)   Mohave: $3,500,300;

e)   Navajo: $1,183,300;

f) Pinal: $1,058,300; and

g)   Yavapai: $3,906,300. (Sec. 100)

36.  Instructs counties to reimburse each political subdivision in its jurisdiction for litigation refunds, including interest, ordered in the litigation. (Sec. 100)   

37.  Prohibits school districts from receiving distributions for Transwestern litigation refunds that are reimbursable under the K-12 formula and requires counties to reduce each school district's distribution by an amount equal to monies received from ADE as a result of recalculations of state aid. Requires ADE to report to each county by July 15, 2021 on the amount of monies distributed to each school for recalculations of state aid resulting from the litigation. (Sec. 100)

38.  Specifies that political subdivisions impacted by the Transwestern litigation must submit a claim for reimbursement to counties by July 30, 2021. (Sec. 100)

39.  Requires each county receiving distributions as a result of the litigation to report to the Director of JLBC on the total claims submitted, the total value of reimbursed claims and the total amount of unexpended and unencumbered monies by September 1, 2021. Stipulates that unexpended and unencumbered monies be transferred to the State Treasurer by June 30, 2022 for deposit in the GF. (Sec. 100)  

40.  Stipulates that if the disbursement is insufficient to cover the cost of all submitted claims from the litigation, distributions are proportionately reduced to cover all eligible claims. (Sec. 100)  

41.  Instructs ADE to use the amount appropriated for Gifted Assessments to procure an assessment that local education agencies may administer to pupils in second grade to identify gifted pupils. (Sec. 30)

42.  Specifies that $1,200,000 of the amount appropriated to replace the school finance data system is for engaging project management consultants. (Sec. 117)

43.  Requires ADE to report to JLBC by December 31, 2021 on how monies appropriated for student level data access are being used to manage access and protect student level data. (Sec. 30)

44.  Requires students to complete a CTED program through at least junior year in order to receive 4th year CTED funding. (Sec. 30)

Department of Emergency and Military Affairs (DEMA)

Cyber Task Force

GF

 

$495,200

National Guard Cyber Response Funding

GF

One-time

$300,000

Aircraft Communication Equipment

GF

One-time

$220,500

Border Security Fund

GF

One-time; FY21 supplemental; $8.9M Yuma/Cochise/Zero Trafficking pilot; $1.1M border cameras; $20M jail/prosecution costs; $25M national guard deployment

$55,000,000

45.  Specifies that $2,700,000 of the Border Security Fund appropriations is to operate a pilot program to reduce human trafficking, with $675,000 being distributed to each of DPS, and Cochise, Pinal, and Yuma counties. to operate a pilot program. Specifies allowable tools to be used by the pilot and program objectives. (Sec. 106)

46.  Stipulates that $1,100,000 of the Border Security Fund appropriation is to be distributed to Cochise, Pima, Santa Cruz, and Yuma County Sheriffs to purchase cameras and other related equipment, software and services for Southern Arizona border enforcement. (Sec. 106)

47.  Extends lapsing date for National Guard Tuition reimbursement to September 30, 2021. (Sec. 31) 

Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)

Change $5M Water Quality Assurance Revolving Fund Funding (WQARF) to Ongoing

GF

One-time in FY21 budget

$5,000,000

Shift WQARF to GF

OF

Removes one-time funding & moves WQARF to GF ongoing

($5,000,000)

One-Time Hazardous Waste Program/Solid Waste Fee Fund

OF

 

$604,000

Surface Water Protection

OF

One-time from Safe Drinking Fund

$600,000

Surface Water Protection

OF

One-time from Voluntary Vehicle Repair & Retrofit Fund

$560,000

Net Vehicle Emission Inspection Cost Increase

OF

 

$3,700,000

Water Quality Fee Fund Deposit

OF

From Recycling Fund

$1,500,000

48.  Moves $200,000 in appropriation authority from the Water Quality Fee Fund to the Recycling Fund for the Surface Water Protection Program. (Sec. 32)

Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (Forestry)

Fire Marshal Personnel

GF

 

$343,000

Additional Fire School Funding

GF

 

$100,000

Rural Fire District Reimbursement

GF

One-time

$2,500,000

49.  Makes the appropriation for the rural fire district reimbursement line item non-lapsing. (Sec. 37)

Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers

Technology Update

OF

 

$9,600

 

 

 

Arizona Game and Fish Department (FIS)

10% Salary Adjustments

OF

405 wildlife series

$1,586,300

 

Arizona Department of Gaming

Racing Division –County Fair Promotion

GF

Ongoing; increases to $2.25M in FY23

$1,250,000

Racing Division – Racing Purse Enhancement

GF

 

$5,000,000

Racetrack Purse and Maintenance and Operations Funding

GF

Ongoing; based on three year average of race days reflected in the length of the race track permit

$5,000,000

Racing Division - County Fair Racing Promotion

GF

One-time

$2,000,000

Fantasy Sports Betting

OF

 

$145,000

50.  Requires monies appropriated to Racing Purse Enhancement line item to be distributed to a nonprofit horsemen’s organization that has represented since 1988 the horsemen participating in racing meetings to promote racing and enhance race purses for eligible horse races in Arizona. (Sec. 40)

Governor’s Office

Arizona Civics Corps

GF

One-time

$1,000,000

51.  Extends the lapsing date of the Crisis Contingency Fund from June 30, 2021 to June 30, 2022. (Sec. 1)

Department of Health Services (DHS)

Long-Term Care Surveyor Team

GF

16 FTE

1,634,700

High Risk Perinatal

GF

Additional visits

250,000

Alzheimer’s Research

GF

 

$1,000,000

Adoption/Birth Certificate Records

GF

 

$1,000,000

Move Biomedical Research Support to General Fund

GF

 

$2,000,000

Guilty Except Insane Monitoring

GF

 

$40,000

Board of Medical Student Loans

GF

One-time

$2,000,000

Cognitive Decline/Caregiver Modules for Risk Factor Survey

GF

One-time

$160,000

Family Health Pilot Program

GF

$1.5M in both FY22 and FY23

$1,500,000

Homeless Pregnant Women Services

OF

One time in FY22 & FY23, increases appropriations for program to $200k from the Health Services Lottery Fund

$100,000

Alzheimer’s Research Funding

OF

One-time in FY22 & FY23; Prescription Drug Rebate Fund

$2,500,000

Move Alzheimer’s Research Funding

OF

Decrease to move funding from Health Research Fund to GF

($1,000,000)

Reduce Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Fund and Replace with Prop 207 Funds

OF

 

($1,929,300)

Add 2 Newborn Screening Tests (Screening Fee – Prop 108)

OF

 

$5,835,700

Expand Child Fatality Review Team

OF

2 FTE; Child Fatality Review Team Fund

$100,000

Cyber Insurance Premium Increase

OF

2 FTE; Indirect Cost Fund

$674,500

Move Biomedical Research Support to General Fund

OF

 

($2,000,000)

52.  Moves $310,000 of Arizona State Hospital (ASH) Operating appropriation authority from the Health Services Licensing Fund to the Arizona State Hospital Fund. (Sec. 43)

53.  Requires that monies appropriated for the Family Health Pilot Program be distributed to at least two nonprofit organizations to implement a statewide system to parents of children under two years, including unborn children. Contains a purpose statement for the system and sets forth prohibitions and requirements for each non-profit to receive monies. Lists contents for a quarterly reporting required by each non-profit provider to DHS. (Sec. 43)

 

Arizona/Prescott Historical Society

Prescott Historical Society

GF

Sharlot Hall funding

$50,000

 

Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC)

Commission Funding

GF

Remove baseline ongoing

($3,000,000)

Commission Funding

GF

$7.9M one-time non-lapsing in FY22

$7,900,000

 

Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC)

Municipal Firefighter Reimbursement Administration

GF

1 FTE

$95,000

54.  States the appropriation for municipal firefighter reimbursement administration is intended to be used only for municipal firefighter cancer reimbursement administrative costs and does not convey any responsibility for firefighter cancer compensation and benefits claims on to the state. (Sec. 48)

 

Arizona Department of Insurance & Financial Institutions (DIFI)

Vehicle Theft Taskforce Funding

OF

Automobile theft authority fund

$693,500

 

Department of Juvenile Corrections (DJC)

Land Trust Lease Adjustment

GF

 

$91,200

Youth Correctional Officer Salary Increase

 

GF

5% increase

 

$1,582,600

 

 

State Land Department

Appraisal Development

GF

One-time; Due Diligence Fund/increase balance limit; fund in FY22/FY23

$1,500,000

Due Diligence Program

OF

 

$4,500,000

 

Legislature

Ombudsman

GF

Additional FTE & operating costs

 

$236,500

Auditor General

GF

One-time; K-12 American Rescue Plan Act oversight decreases to $200k in FY23

$250,000

Financial Audit

GF

Non-Government Election Funding

$165,000

Legislative Council

GF

One-time IT improvements

$1,000,000

House of Representatives

GF

One-time

$5,000,000

Senate

GF

One-time

$5,000,000

55.  Requires the Auditor General to compile information and issue a report by January 1, 2022 and January 1, 2023 on spending of federal COVID-19 stimulus monies by ADE, school districts and charter schools. Stipulates that school districts, charter schools, ADE and other state and local agencies that pass through related stimulus monies to cooperate with and provide necessary information to the Auditor General. Allows the Auditor General to develop recommendations as necessary. (Sec. 54)

56.  Requires the Auditor General to provide a report by March 31, 2022 to the Governor, President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives on private, nongovernmental grant monies received and expended for the 2020 elections by the following agencies:

a)   The Secretary of State for:

  i.   Educating voters how to sign up for the permanent early voting list or how to request an early ballot;

ii.   Recruiting poll workers;

  iii.   Combating misinformation and disinformation; and

iv.   Personnel and employee-related expenses.

b)   Pima County and Maricopa County on programs and processes for the 2020 elections.

c)   Maricopa County to acquire Dominion Voting Systems. (Sec. 54)

 

Department of Liquor Licenses and Control

Cocktails-to-Go Automation and Staff

OF

 

$1,025,000

 

Arizona Medical Board

Cloud Enterprise and Managed Services

OF

 

$450,000

 

Arizona State Mine Inspector

Inspection and Reclamation Land Programs

GF

 

$249,200

 

State Board of Nursing

Expand Investigations Team

OF

3.5 FTEs, $14.3k One-time

$356,400

Preceptorship Awareness Campaign

OF

 

$124,000

 

Nursing Care Institution Administrators Board

Investigations Team Expansion

OF

1.0 FTE

$68,300

 

AZ Board of Osteopathic Examiners in Medicine/Surgery

Licensing Staff Increase

OF

1 FTE

$53,400

 

Arizona State Board of Dispensing Opticians

Executive Director Salary Increase

OF

 

$6.500

 

 

 

Arizona State Parks Board (ASPB)

Heritage Fund Deposit

GF

One-time

$5,000,000

State Lake Improvement Deposit

GF

$4M deposit in both FY22 & FY23

$4,000,000

Arizona Trail

OF

One-time; State Parks Revenue Fund

$250,000

One-Time Wastewater System Mitigation and Assessments

OF

State Parks Revenue Fund

 

$1,116,000

Create Park Store Fund with Spending Authority

OF

 

$1,000,000

Appropriate State Parks Revenue Fund (SPRF) to New Park Store Fund

OF

 

$1,000,000

One-Time Cabin Debt Payoff

OF

State Parks Revenue Fund

$528,400

Riordan Mansion State Historic Park

OF

State Parks Revenue Fund

$350,200

Fool Hollow Revenue Share Agreement

OF

State Parks Revenue Fund

($26,000)

Salary Adjustments

OF

For 167 rangers

$649,400

57.  Appropriates an amount equal to the revenue share agreement with the U.S. Forest Service for Fool Hollow Lake Recreation Area from SPRF, in addition to the operating lump sum appropriation. (Sec. 68)

 

58.  Extends the lapsing date for the Arizona Trail appropriation through June 2023. (Sec. 68)

Arizona State Board of Pharmacy

Compliance Officers

OF

3 FTEs

$445,400

59.  Adds a requirement for the Board to report to JLBC by September 30, 2021 on its progress in implementing recommendations included in the September 2020 Auditor General's report. (Sec. 70)

Arizona Pioneers' Home (PIO)

Minimum Wage Increase

OF

18 FTE/certified caregivers $0.46 - 32 FTE

                             $431,000

 

State Board of Psychologist Examiners

Licensing Staff Increase

OF

0.5 FTE

$33,100

Department of Public Safety (DPS)

Body Camera Funding

GF

29 FTE

$6,869,700

Overtime Funding

GF

21 add’l hours per trooper & civilian

$6,613,600

Increased Recruitment Funding

GF

 

$426,600

Salary Increase

GF

Troopers & civilians; 10% increase

$23,530,500

Training of New K-9 Dogs

GF

One-time

$250,000

Civil Asset Forfeiture Offset

GF

One-time

$3,500,000

Rapid DNA Testing Equipment

GF

One-time

$600,000

Active Shooter Equipment/Civil Unrest Response

OF

One-time; Highway Patrol Fund

$2.912,900

Body Camera Equipment Funding

OF

One-time; Highway Patrol Fund

$6,904,400

Microwave Backbone Replacement Funding

OF

One-time; Highway Patrol Fund

$48,200,000

AZPOST Law Enforcement Training Support

OF

Highway Patrol Fund

$1,196,300

Concealed Weapon IT – Phase II

OF

One-time $550k

$44,100

60.  Moves $1,715,000 in appropriation authority from the Safety Enforcement and Transportation Infrastructure Fund (SETIF) to the Highway Patrol Fund. (Sec. 77)

61.  Extends the lapsing date for the FY 2020 appropriation for Peace Officer Training Equipment to June 30, 2022 and reverts unexpended monies to the fund from which the monies were appropriated on that date. (Sec. 77)

62.  Requires the Department to submit an annual progress report by May 31 of each year on the microwave backbone communication system until the project is completed. (Sec. 119)

63.  Specifies that monies appropriated for Rapid DNA Testing Equipment shall be used to purchase and deploy rapid DNA testing devices through the state and, subject to availability of monies and upon request of the county sheriff, to train county sheriff's personnel on properly using the rapid DNA testing devices. Requires the department to submit a quarterly report to the chairpersons of the judiciary committees in the House and Senate on outcomes related to the rapid DNA equipment. (Sec. 77)

64.  Contains a Legislative intent statement that monies received by local law enforcement agencies from Proposition 207 are expected to cover reimbursements to regional training academies for training officers. (Sec. 136)

 Arizona State Retirement System

Cloud Migration and Operating Funding Costs

OF

 

$775,000

 

Department of Revenue (DOR)

Repeal Local Cost Sharing Charge/Backfill DOR Budget

GF

 

$20,755,800

E-Commerce Compliance and Outreach

GF

 

$854,900

Pass Through Tax Changes

GF

One-time; IT upgrades to implement HB 2838

$466,300

65.  Exempts the appropriation for Income Tax Information Technology from lapsing through FY 2024. (Sec. 82)

State Board of Education (SBE)

Expand Investigations Unit and Move Unit from ADE to SBE

GF

 

$1,028,500

 

School Facilities Board (SFB)

Building Renewal Funding

GF

One-time; includes FY21 supplemental $38.8M

$90,832,100

New Construction

GF

One-time; increase formula cost per square foot to market rate; one-time $29.1M in FY23; one-time $14.7M in FY24

$89,400,800

New Construction

GF

One-time; lower exec land estimate (Sahuarita 9-12/Tanque Verde K-6)

($6,679,500)

New Construction

GF

One-time; other FY23 differences

($1,400,000)

New Construction

GF

One-time; Kirkland Elementary School

$3,000,000

New Construction

GF

One-time; accelerate Yuma Union High School project from FY23 to FY22 Start; ($10.3M) savings in FY24

$10,322,000

66.  Instructs the board to distribute the appropriation for the Kirkland Elementary Replacement to the Kirkland Elementary School District to replace an existing school building including necessary demolition of existing buildings. (Sec. 83)

67.  Directs the board to distribute funding on the Yuma Union High School line item to the Yuma Union High School district to construct a new high school. (Sec. 83)

Secretary of State

Record Management

OF

Records Services Fund

$542,000

AZ Voter Info Database

OF

Help America Vote Act Fund; $324k in FY24

$192,500

68.  Allows the Secretary of State to use $1,286,800 in appropriation from the Records Services Fund appropriations for the payment of obligations incurred during FY 2020, 2021, and 2022. (Sec. 84)

 

69.  Limits the number of FTE positions that the Secretary of State is permitted to hire to serve as legal advisory and to represent the Secretary of State to one FTE position, Prohibits the Secretary of State from making expenditures or incurring indebtedness to employ outside or private attorneys to provide representation or services. (Sec. 84)

Superior Court

Probation Incentive Payments

GF

 

$1,000,000

State Fleet Initiative Ongoing Costs

 

GF

 

$70,700

Adult Intensive Probation Growth

GF

 

$243,800

Probation Salary Increases

GF

(Prior deficits/FY22)

$4,251,500

Vehicle Purchases

GF

One-time

$187,500

70.  Updates base year to FY 2020 for counties to maintain expenditure levels for each probation program to qualify for state funding. (Sec. 51)

71.  Specifies that of the monies appropriated in the Special Water Master line, $147,600 is for two paralegals and $109,700 is for a law clerk. (Sec. 51)

72.  Includes OSPB as a recipient of the annual probation salary report. (Sec. 51)

73.  States that the probation line items include funding to cover the state’s share of probation officer salary increases and contains an intent statement that counties absorb any additional costs to the State in FY 2022 and subsequent years for county approved salary increases. (Sec. 51)

Supreme Court

Appellate Case Management IT System Operating Costs

GF

Ongoing; increases to $300k in FY23

$239,400

 

Order of Protection IT Staff

 

GF

 

$258,800

Dependency Alternative Program

GF

 

$221,000

Water Adjudication Personnel and Support

GF

 

$2,400,000

Digital Evidence Storage

GF

One-time; one-time increase to $500k in FY23

$400,000

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Growth

OF

 

$464,900

74.  Earmarks $133,900 of the amount appropriated in the Automation line item to expand and maintain the court’s case management system for water adjudication. (Sec. 51)

State Board of Technical Registration

Digitization of Agency Records

OF

 

$145,200

 

Arizona Office of Tourism

Southern Arizona Study Committee

GF

One-time

$250,000

75.  Makes the Southern Arizona Study Committee line item non-lapsing. (Sec. 87)

 

Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT)

Rental Vehicle Surcharge/VLT Reimbursement

GF

One-time; hold HURF harmless

$3,300,000

Move Base ADOA Motor Pool Operating Costs to ADOT

OF

 

$7,726,700

State Vehicle Purchase Line Item – Base

OF

 

($1,000,000)

State Vehicle Purchases – Newly Authorized

OF

 

$4,500,000

Cloud Initiative Ongoing Costs

OF

State Highway Fund

$863,000

Continuation of a Secondary Prison Call Center

OF

State Highway Fund

$253,800

License Plate Production

OF

State Highway Fund

$495,400

South Mountain Freeway Maintenance

OF

State Highway Fund

$669,700

Highway Maintenance Workload

OF

State Highway Fund

$3,284,500

9%/10% Salary Adjustments

OF

2,182 employees

$10,133,000

76.  Moves $896,000 from Safety Enforcement and Transportation Fund (SETIF) to State Highway Fund. (Sec. 88)

77.  Updates reporting requirement on the motor vehicle modernization system to remove the requirement that JLBC review the report, direct the Arizona Strategic Enterprise Technology to submit the report on behalf of ADOT, and to include updated plans for spending on stabilization, maintenance, ongoing operations, support and enhancements to the system. (Sec. 88)

78.  Extends lapsing date for the Preventive Surface Treatments line item from June 30, 2022 to August 31, 2022. (Sec. 88)

79.  Directs ADOT to distribute the $3,300,000 to backfill rental vehicle surcharge losses according to the VLT excess surcharge distribution. (Sec. 127)

State Treasurer

School Safety Interoperability Program

OF

One-time to county sheriffs from the Highway Patrol Fund; $2.1M to Maricopa; $300k to Yavapai and Navajo County; $100k to Mohave County

$2,500,000

Rural County Interoperability Communication System

OF

One-time to county sheriff's; $430,540 to Gila, $224,930 to Graham, $189,338 to Greenlee & $655,192 to Pinal from School Safety Interoperability Fund

$1,500,000

10% Statewide Accountant Parity Increase

OF

 

$100,600

Payment Card Industry Compliance Officer

OF

1 FTE

$123,600

80.  Includes specifications for the Rural County Interoperability Communication System as listed in the bill. (Sec. 88)

Universities – Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR)

Backfill HITF Tuition Costs

GF

 

$11,800,000

Promise Scholarship

GF

 

$7,500,000

Higher CIF Inflation – Technical Adjustment

GF

Adjustment in FY23

$100,000

Additional Operating Funding New Economy Initiative

GF

Ongoing

$25,000,000

81.  Requires the Board to reallocate any monies that are unspent by March 15, 2020 for Washington D.C. internships and to make the monies available to any full-time student enrolled at a university under the jurisdiction of ABOR. Instructs the Board to provide internships in partnership with a third-party organization meeting certain requirements as specified in the bill. Extends the lapsing date for the appropriation until June 30, 2022. (Sec. 91)

82.  Extends the lapsing data of the FY 2021 appropriation for the Washington, D.C. internships line item until June 30, 2022. (Sec. 91)

Universities – Arizona State University (ASU)

Operating Funding

GF

Ongoing $21.9M; one-time $18.8M

$40,681,300

Eastern Europe Cultural Collaborative

GF

One-time

$250,000

 

School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership

GF

One-time

$2,750,000

Political History and Leadership Program

GF

 

$250,000

83.  Instructs ASU to use monies appropriated for the Eastern Europe Cultural Collaborative to facilitate cultural and academic exchanges between university faculty and students and academic institutions in eastern Europe. (Sec. 92)

84.  Contains a Legislative intent statement that future employer health insurance premium increases continue to be allocated using the overall allocation of state General Fund and appropriated tuition monies. (Sec. 92 through 94)

 

85.  Stipulates the appropriation for the Political History and Leadership Program is for expanding the program and that the lead of the program has sole discretion over the monies that must be used to directly support the program. (Sec. 92)

Universities – University of Arizona (UA)

Operating Funding

GF

Ongoing $11.2M; one-time $9.6M

$20,800,000

School of Mining Funding

GF

 

$4,000,000

Water Law Clinic

GF

Natural Resource Users Law & Policy Center

$500,000

AZ Geological Survey Funding

GF

2 FTE

$200,000

Wind Tunnel

GF

One-time

$3,500,000

Center for the Philosophy of Freedom

GF

One-time

$1,250,000

Agriculture Workforce Program

GF

One-time in FY22 & FY23

$500,000

Kazakhstan Studies Program

GF

One-time

$250,000

Enrollment/Tuition Estimates

OF

Main campus

$81,677,100

86.  Prohibits the UA from transferring or spending monies appropriated for the Arizona Geological Survey for any other purpose. (Sec. 94)

87.  Instructs the UA to use monies appropriated for the Kazakhstan Studies Program to facilitate academic exchanges between university students and academic institutions in Kazakhstan. (Sec. 94)

88.  Contains a Legislative intent statement that future employer health insurance premium increases continue to be allocated using the overall allocation of state general fund and appropriated tuition monies. (Sec. 94)

89.  Contains a Legislative intent statement that $8,000,000 of the amount appropriated to the Health Sciences Center operating lump sum be used to expand the College of Medicine Phoenix Campus and to develop and administer a primary care physician scholarship program at the Phoenix and Tucson campus. The Legislature also intends that the $8,000,000 not be annualized in future years. (Sec. 94)

Universities – Northern Arizona University (NAU)

Operating Funding

GF

Ongoing $10.5M; one-time $9.6M

$19.456,300

Economic Policy Institute

GF

One-time

$250,000

90.  Adds OSPB to the recipients of the annual report from Northern Arizona on monies distributed to a nonprofit foundation for biomedical research. (Sec. 93)

91.  Contains a Legislative intent statement that future employer health insurance premium increases continue to be allocated using the overall allocation of state general fund and appropriated tuition monies. (Sec. 93)

Arizona Department of Veterans' Services (ADVS)

Additional Benefits Counselors

GF

12 FTE; ongoing $732k/one-time $84k

$774,000

Operating Costs for New Veterans’ Homes

OF

Flagstaff/Yuma

$3,651,100

Increase Tucson Operating Capacity

OF

Veterans’ Trust Fund

$1,028,900

Rehabilitation Services for Veterans

OF

Veterans’ Trust Fund

$495,300

Veteran Suicide Prevention

OF

Veterans' Income Tax Settlement Fund

$100,000

92.  Removes the requirement that JLBC formally review the expenditure report on the Veteran Support Services line item. (Sec. 95)

93.  Requires appropriation for Veteran Suicide Prevention to be distributed to a 501(c)(3) that is in southern Arizona and that works with veteran's organization to improve services to reduce veteran suicides. Makes the appropriation non-lapsing until June 30, 2023. (Sec. 95)

Water Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona (WIFA)/ Office of Economic Opportunity

Small Water Systems Fund Deposit

GF

One-time

$1,000,000

Water Supply Fund

GF

One-time

$6,000,000

Water Project Assistance Grants

GF

One-time

$5,000,000

94.  Stipulates that $3,000,000 of the appropriation for water projects assistance grants be distributed to cities and towns that provide water in Navajo and Apache counties. Enumerates uses of the funding and requires WIFA to develop a separate grant program to distribute these monies to qualified entities by June 30, 2022. (Sec. 97)

95.  Requires $1,000,000 be allocated to both Cochise and Graham Counties from the Water Projects Assistance Grants line to provide financial assistance to irrigation districts. Lists uses of the funding and requires WIFA to develop a separate grant program to distribute these monies to qualified entities by June 30, 2022. (Sec. 97)

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Salary Increase

GF

Selected positions

$2,782,700

Water Protection Fund Deposit

GF

One-time

$1,000,000

Drought Mitigation Fund

GF

One-time; FY21 supplemental

$200,000,000

Agua Fria Re-Delineation Study

GF

One-time

$350,000

96.  Instructs the Department of Water (DWR) Resources to use the monies in the Agua Fria flood insurance study line to complete a hydrological and hydraulic study. Allows DWR to contact with an engineering firm that has not contracted with or otherwise associated with a county flood control district in Maricopa County. Requires the report to be completed by March 31, 2023. (Sec. 98)

Other

State Debt Payoff

GF

One-time; FY21 supplemental; SFB 2015/ADC Kingman 2016/lottery bonds payoff

$507,100,000

Additional State Debt Payoff

GF

One-time; 2019A Sale/Leaseback Payoff

$470,000,000

State Debt Payoff Savings

GF

SFB 2015/ADC Kingman 2016/ lottery bonds payoff; ongoing savings

($109,200,000)

Additional State Debt Payoff Savings

GF

 

($53,700,000)

State Pension Payoff

GF

One-time; FY21 supplemental; DPS – PSPRS group

$500,000,000

Additional State Pension Payoff

GF

One-time; FY21 supplemental; ADC – CORP PSPRS group

$500,000,000

State Pension Payoff Savings

GF

Savings in FY23

($110,000,000)

Transwestern Settlement

GF

One-time; FY21 supplemental

$17,000,000

Unemployment Trust Fund Deposit

GF

One-time; FY21 supplemental

$62,000,000

Health Insurance Trust Fund Employer Premium

 

 OF

One-time

$14,000,000

Retirement Rate Adjustment

GF

 

$3,600,000

State Employee Health Insurance Funding

GF

Ongoing (see also univ. backfill HITF tuition costs in ABOR sec.)

$11,213,700

State Building Rental Rate Adjustment

GF

 

($241,700)

AFIS Transaction Fee Increase

GF

Arizona financial information system (state accounting system)

$447,800

Risk Management Funding Adjustment

GF

 

($1,132,200)

ADOT Vehicle Fleet Fee Increase

GF

 

$2,525,200

Administrative Adjustments/ Revertments Change

GF

Adjustment in FY23

($9,000,000)

Risk Management Adjustments

 

 OF

 

($425,000)

Retirement Adjustments

OF

 

$4,000,000

Arizona Financial Information System Transaction Fee

OF

 

$200,000

Rent Adjustments

OF

 

($4,000)

Fleet Adjustments

OF

 

$1,119,600

97.  Requires ADOA to notify and report to the Director of JLBC within 10 days after each specified debt retirement or defeasance is executed on the date and final cost of each retirement or defeasance. (Sec. 101)

98.  Allows the ADOA Director to execute and deliver documents, engage fiduciaries and take or direct all actions necessary in connection with the retirement and defeasance of the financing agreement from the FY 2016 K-12 education budget reconciliation bill to reduce the school facilities board's lease purchase payments, (Sec. 101)

99.  Requires the supplemental monies not used by ADOA for purposes regarding financing agreements to revert to General Fund. (Sec. 101)

100. Requires the PSPRS Board to account for the $500 million appropriation in the June 30, 2021 actuarial valuation and when calculating employee and employer contribution rates. (Sec. 110)

101. Contains an intent statement that lottery revenues not be distributed to the debt service fund beginning in FY 2022 to allow the General Fund to receive savings from the retirement or defeasance of state lottery revenue bond.☐ Prop 105 (45 votes)	     ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes)      ☐ Emergency (40 votes)	☐ Fiscal Note (Sec. 120)

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