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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Fifth Legislature, First Regular Session
appropriations; extended bus routes
Purpose
Appropriates $200,000 from the state General Fund (state GF) in FY 2022 and FY 2023 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 and the maintenance and operation of state highways in Arizona. ADOT is
required to coordinate transportation planning with local governments,
investigate new transportation systems and cooperate with and advise local
governments concerning the development and operation of public transit systems
(A.R.S.
§ 28-332). ADOT is permitted to contract and do all things necessary to
secure the full benefits available to Arizona for transportation purposes under
federal law which includes cooperation with: 1) federal, state and local government
agencies; 2) Indian tribes;
3) private and public organizations; and 4) private individuals (A.R.S.
§ 28-334).
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 of directors (RPTA board) may contract with a public agency or a person on the terms and conditions the RPTA board finds in its best interest to operate a regional bus system (A.R.S. § 48-5141).
S.B. 1026 appropriates $200,000 from the state GF in FY 2022 and FY 2023 to ADOT.
Provisions
1. Appropriates $200,000 from the state GF in FY 2022 and FY 2023 to ADOT to distribute to the RPTA to extend bus routes to Apache Junction.
2. Requires ADOT, before December 31, 2023, to submit an assessment of the long-term efficacy of extending the bus routes and a recommendation for long-term funding of the bus routes to the Governor, President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives, and provide a copy of the report to the Secretary of State.
3. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
February 12, 2021
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