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House Engrossed
general appropriations act; 2021-2022. |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session 2021
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HOUSE BILL 2895 |
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AN ACT
amending Laws 2020, Chapter 56, section 8; Appropriating monies.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Laws 2020, chapter 56, section 8 is amended to read:
Sec. 8. Supplemental appropriation; crisis contingency and safety net fund; reversion
A. In addition to any other appropriations made in fiscal year 2019-2020, the sum of $50,000,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2019-2020 to the crisis contingency and safety net fund established by section 41-110, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act.
B. Notwithstanding section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, and section 41-110, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, the appropriation made in subsection A of this section that is unexpended and unencumbered on June 30, 2021 2022 reverts to the state general fund.
Sec. 2. Subject to applicable laws, the sums or sources of revenue set forth in this act are appropriated for the fiscal years indicated and only from the funding sources listed for the purposes and objects specified. If monies from funding sources in this act are unavailable, no other funding source may be used.
Sec. 3. ARIZONA STATE BOARD OF ACCOUNTANCY
2021-22
FTE positions 14.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 2,098,500
Fund sources:
Board of accountancy fund $ 2,098,500
Sec. 4. ACUPUNCTURE BOARD OF EXAMINERS
2021-22
FTE positions 1.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 180,700
Fund sources:
Acupuncture board of examiners
fund $ 180,700
Sec. 5. DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION
2021-22
FTE positions 551.1
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 88,738,900
Utilities 7,649,900
Hoteling pilot program 375,900
Arizona financial information
system 11,549,100
Enduring freedom memorial repair 21,500
Risk management administrative
expenses 9,294,300
Risk management losses and
premiums 48,396,100
Workers' compensation losses
and premiums 31,171,600
Statewide information security
and privacy operations and
controls 6,423,600
Information technology project
management and oversight 1,562,600
State surplus property sales
agency proceeds 1,810,000
Southwest defense contracts 25,000
K-12 transportation grants 10,000,000
Government transformation office 2,076,800
Total appropriation — department of
administration $219,095,300
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 18,609,900
Air quality fund 927,300
Arizona financial information
system collections fund 11,549,100
Automation operations fund 31,275,400
Capitol mall consolidation fund 375,900
Capital outlay stabilization fund 18,749,800
Corrections fund 593,000
Federal surplus materials revolving
fund 467,400
Information technology fund 8,566,400
Personnel division fund 13,056,800
Risk management revolving fund 96,879,000
State monument and memorial
repair fund 21,500
Special employee health insurance
trust fund 5,449,100
Special services revolving fund 1,172,800
State surplus materials revolving
fund 3,003,200
State web portal fund 6,705,100
Telecommunications fund 1,693,600
The amount appropriated for southwest defense contracts shall be distributed to a nonprofit organization that advocates for preserving and enhancing critical defense missions and assets in the southwestern United States.
The appropriation from the automation operations fund established by section 41-711, Arizona Revised Statutes, is an estimate representing all monies, including balance forward, revenues and transfers during fiscal year 2021-2022. These monies are appropriated to the department of administration for the purposes established in section 41-711, Arizona Revised Statutes. The appropriation is adjusted as necessary to reflect monies credited to the automation operations fund for automation operation center projects. Before spending any automation operations fund monies in excess of $31,275,400 in fiscal year 2021-2022, the department shall report the intended use of the monies to the joint legislative budget committee.
On or before September 1, 2022, the department shall submit a report for review by the joint legislative budget committee on the results of pilot projects implemented in fiscal year 2021-2022 for the state employee public transportation service reimbursements pursuant to section 41-710.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, in a vehicle emissions control area as defined in section 49-541, Arizona Revised Statutes, of a county with a population of more than four hundred thousand persons.
All state surplus materials revolving fund monies received by the department of administration in excess of $3,003,200 in fiscal year 2021-2022 are appropriated to the department. Before spending state surplus materials revolving fund monies in excess of $3,003,200 in fiscal year 2021-2022, the department shall report the intended use of the monies to the joint legislative budget committee.
The amount appropriated for the hoteling pilot program line item in fiscal year 2021-2022 is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations, until June 30, 2023.
Of the amount appropriated for the Arizona financial information system line item in fiscal year 2021-2022, $2,000,000 is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations, until June 30, 2023.
The department may charge state agencies not more than $10.42 per user per month for the statewide email and calendar service.
Sec. 6. OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS
2021-22
FTE positions 12.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 921,500
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 921,500
Sec. 7. ARIZONA COMMISSION OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN AFFAIRS
2021-22
FTE positions 3.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 133,200
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 133,200
Sec. 8. ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
2021-22
FTE positions 209.9
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 17,985,500
Agricultural employment relations
board 23,300
Animal damage control 65,000
Red imported fire ant control 23,200
Agricultural consulting and
training 128,500
Total appropriation — Arizona department
of agriculture $ 18,225,500
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 16,726,400
Air quality fund 1,499,100
Sec. 9. ARIZONA HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT SYSTEM
2021-22
FTE positions 2,348.3
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 112,240,600
Administration
ADOA data center 19,325,800
DES eligibility 88,874,500
Proposition 204 — AHCCCS
administration 13,964,300
Proposition 204 — DES eligibility 44,358,700
Medicaid services
Traditional medicaid services 6,858,335,700
Proposition 204 services 6,504,234,100
Adult expansion services 1,569,961,900
Comprehensive medical and
dental program 227,089,300
KidsCare services 141,691,200
ALTCS services 2,022,877,700
Behavioral health services
in schools 10,003,300
Nonmedicaid behavioral health services
Crisis services 16,391,300
Nonmedicaid seriously mentally
ill services 77,646,900
Supported housing 65,324,800
Onetime substance use disorder
services fund deposit 6,000,000
Hospital payments
Disproportionate share payments 5,087,100
Disproportionate share payments —
voluntary match 48,666,500
Rural hospitals 28,612,400
Graduate medical education 351,322,800
Targeted investments program 50,000,000
Total appropriation and expenditure
authority — Arizona health
care cost containment system $18,262,008,900
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 1,916,287,300
Budget neutrality compliance fund 4,076,200
Children's health insurance
program fund 117,754,900
Prescription drug rebate
fund — state 175,237,600
Seriously mentally ill
housing trust fund 200,000
Substance abuse services fund 2,250,200
Tobacco products tax fund —
emergency health services
account 17,921,600
Tobacco tax and health care
fund — medically needy account 69,002,100
Expenditure authority 15,959,279,000
Operating budget
The amount appropriated for the DES eligibility line item shall be used for intergovernmental agreements with the department of economic security for eligibility determination and other functions. The state general fund share may be used for eligibility determination for other programs administered by the division of benefits and medical eligibility based on the results of the Arizona random moment sampling survey.
The amounts included in the proposition 204 — AHCCCS administration, proposition 204 — DES eligibility and proposition 204 services line items include all available sources of funding consistent with section 36-2901.01, subsection B, Arizona Revised Statutes.
Of the amount appropriated for the operating lump sum, $100,000 shall be used for a suicide prevention coordinator to assist school districts and charter schools in suicide prevention efforts. The Arizona health care cost containment system administration, in consultation with the department of education, shall report to the governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the director of the joint legislative budget committee and the director of the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting on or before September 1, 2022 on the suicide prevention coordinator's accomplishments in fiscal year 2021-2022.
Medical services and behavioral health services
Before making fee-for-service program or rate changes that pertain to fee-for-service rate categories, the Arizona health care cost containment system administration shall report its expenditure plan for review by the joint legislative budget committee.
The Arizona health care cost containment system administration shall report to the joint legislative budget committee on or before March 1, 2022 on preliminary actuarial estimates of the capitation rate changes for the following fiscal year along with the reasons for the estimated changes. For any actuarial estimates that include a range, the total range from minimum to maximum may not be more than two percent. Before implementing any changes in capitation rates, the administration shall report its expenditure plan for review by the joint legislative budget committee. Before the administration implements any change in policy affecting the amount, sufficiency, duration and scope of health care services and who may provide services, the administration shall prepare a fiscal impact analysis on the potential effects of this change on the following year's capitation rates. If the fiscal impact analysis demonstrates that this change will result in additional state costs of $500,000 or more for any fiscal year, the administration shall submit the policy change for review by the joint legislative budget committee.
The legislature intends that the percentage attributable to administration and profit for the regional behavioral health authorities be nine percent of the overall capitation rate.
The Arizona health care cost containment system administration shall transfer up to $1,200,000 from the traditional medicaid services line item for fiscal year 2021-2022 to the attorney general for costs associated with e-cigarette enforcement and tobacco settlement litigation.
The Arizona health care cost containment system administration shall transfer $836,000 from the traditional medicaid services line item for fiscal year 2021-2022 to the department of revenue for enforcement costs associated with the March 13, 2013 master settlement agreement with tobacco companies.
On or before June 30, 2022, the Arizona health care cost containment system administration shall report to the joint legislative budget committee on the progress in implementing the Arnold v. Sarn lawsuit settlement. The report shall include, at a minimum, the administration's progress toward meeting all criteria specified in the 2014 joint stipulation, including the development and estimated cost of additional behavioral health service capacity in Maricopa county for supported housing services for 1,200 class members, supported employment services for 750 class members, eight assertive community treatment teams and consumer operated services for 1,500 class members. The administration shall also report by fund source the amounts it plans to use to pay for expanded services.
On or before September 30, 2022, the Arizona health care cost containment system administration shall report to the joint legislative budget committee on its progress in implementing services specified in the housing and health opportunities section 1115 waiver amendment. The report shall include, at a minimum, the types of services provided for eligible AHCCCS members, expenditures by service category, the number of members receiving services by eligibility category, the number of members waitlisted for housing services and progress toward achieving program outcomes, including changes in hospital utilization rates and utilization of primary care and preventive health services.
The appropriated amount for the supported housing line item includes $60,000,000 of federal medicaid expenditure authority. If the administration's housing and health opportunities section 1115 waiver amendment is denied federal approval, the amount of $60,000,000 of federal medicaid expenditure authority is reduced from the supported housing line item appropriation.
Long-term care
Any federal monies that the Arizona health care cost containment system administration passes through to the department of economic security for use in long-term care for persons with developmental disabilities do not count against the long-term care expenditure authority.
Pursuant to section 11-292, subsection B, Arizona Revised Statutes, the county portion of the fiscal year 2021-2022 nonfederal costs of providing long-term care system services is $283,194,000. This amount is included in the expenditure authority fund source.
Any supplemental payments received in excess of $109,928,700 for nursing facilities that serve Arizona long-term care system medicaid patients in fiscal year 2021-2022, including any federal matching monies, by the Arizona health care cost containment system administration are appropriated to the administration in fiscal year 2021-2022. Before spending these increased monies, the administration shall notify the joint legislative budget committee and the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting of the amount of monies that will be spent under this provision. These payments are included in the expenditure authority fund source.
Payments to hospitals
The $5,087,100 appropriation for disproportionate share payments for fiscal year 2021-2022 made pursuant to section 36-2903.01, subsection O, Arizona Revised Statutes, includes $4,202,300 for the Maricopa county health care district and $884,800 for private qualifying disproportionate share hospitals.
Any monies received for disproportionate share hospital payments from political subdivisions of this state, tribal governments and any university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents, and any federal monies used to match those payments, in fiscal year 2021-2022 by the Arizona health care cost containment system administration in excess of $48,666,500 are appropriated to the administration in fiscal year 2021-2022. Before spending these increased monies, the administration shall notify the joint legislative budget committee and the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting of the amount of monies that will be spent under this provision.
The expenditure authority fund source includes voluntary payments made from political subdivisions for payments to hospitals that operate a graduate medical education program or treat low-income patients and for payments to qualifying providers affiliated with teaching hospitals. The political subdivision portions of the fiscal year 2021-2022 costs of graduate medical education, disproportionate share payments — voluntary match, traditional medicaid services, proposition 204 services and adult expansion services line items are included in the expenditure authority fund source.
Any monies for graduate medical education received in fiscal year 2021-2022, including any federal matching monies, by the Arizona health care cost containment system administration in excess of $351,322,200 are appropriated to the administration in fiscal year 2021-2022. Before spending these increased monies, the administration shall notify the joint legislative budget committee and the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting of the amount of monies that will be spent under this provision.
Notwithstanding section 36-2903.01, subsection G, paragraph 9, subdivisions (a), (b) and (c), Arizona Revised Statutes, the amount for graduate medical education includes $3,333,400 from the state general fund and $7,782,600 from expenditure authority for the direct and indirect costs of graduate medical education programs located in a county with a population of less than five hundred thousand persons. The state general fund amount may supplement, but not supplant, voluntary payments made from political subdivisions for payments to hospitals that operate a graduate medical education program. The administration shall prioritize distribution to programs at hospitals in counties with a higher percentage of persons residing in a health professional shortage area as defined in 42 Code of Federal Regulations part 5.
Notwithstanding section 36-2903.01, subsection G, paragraph 9, subdivisions (a), (b) and (c), Arizona Revised Statutes, the amount for graduate medical education includes $2,666,600 from the state general fund and $6,225,700 from expenditure authority for the direct and indirect costs of graduate medical education programs located in a county with a population of more than five hundred thousand persons. The state general fund amount may supplement, but not supplant, voluntary payments made from political subdivisions for payments to hospitals that operate a graduate medical education program. The administration shall prioritize distribution to programs at hospitals in counties with a higher percentage of persons residing in a health professional shortage area as defined in 42 Code of Federal Regulations part 5.
Monies appropriated for graduate medical education in this section are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations, until June 30, 2022.
Other
On or before July 1, 2022, the Arizona health care cost containment system administration shall report to the director of the joint legislative budget committee the total amount of medicaid reconciliation payments and penalties received on or before that date since July 1, 2021.
The nonappropriated portion of the prescription drug rebate fund established by section 36-2930, Arizona Revised Statutes, is included in the federal portion of the expenditure authority fund source.
Sec.|10. BOARD OF ATHLETIC TRAINING
2021-22
FTE positions 1.5
Lump sum appropriation $ 130,500
Fund sources:
Athletic training fund $ 130,500
Sec.|11. ATTORNEY GENERAL — DEPARTMENT OF LAW
2021-22
FTE positions 624.7
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 55,707,300
Attorney stipend/retention bonus 2,000,000
Capital postconviction prosecution 824,800
Child and family advocacy centers 600,000
Criminal division major fraud unit 1,139,000
Internet crimes against children
enforcement 1,250,000
Expert witness and outside counsel 1,200,000
Federalism unit 1,248,900
Government accountability and
special litigation 1,252,000
Study committee on missing and
murdered indigenous peoples 40,000
Organized retail theft
task force 1,500,000
Risk management interagency
service agreement 9,927,300
State grand jury 185,200
Southern Arizona law enforcement 1,571,300
Technology company antitrust 1,000,000
Tobacco enforcement 834,200
Victims' rights 3,783,300
Voter fraud unit 530,000
Total appropriation — attorney general —
department of law $84,593,300
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 25,326,000
Antitrust enforcement revolving
fund 1,152,500
Attorney general legal services
cost allocation fund 2,166,600
Collection enforcement revolving
fund 7,132,700
Consumer protection–consumer
fraud revolving fund 16,724,400
Interagency service agreements fund 16,980,500
Internet crimes against children
enforcement fund 900,000
Risk management revolving fund 10,427,300
Victims' rights fund 3,783,300
All monies appropriated to the attorney general legal services line item in the department of child safety budget do not count toward the attorney general's interagency service agreements fund appropriation in fiscal year 2021-2022.
Within ten days after receiving a complaint alleging a violation of section 15-511, Arizona Revised Statutes, the attorney general shall forward a copy of the complaint to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives.
The amount appropriated for the child and family advocacy centers line item is allocated to the child and family advocacy center fund established by section 41-191.11, Arizona Revised Statutes.
The $900,000 appropriation from the internet crimes against children enforcement fund established by section 41-199, Arizona Revised Statutes, and the $350,000 appropriation from the state general fund for the internet crimes against children enforcement line item are continuing appropriations and are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations, until June 30, 2023.
The $1,000,000 appropriation for the technology company antitrust line item shall be used to employ or retain attorneys to investigate and pursue enforcement actions against technology companies that engage in anticompetitive, anticonsumer or monopolistic behavior and is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations.
The attorney general shall establish an organized retail theft task force to combat crimes that relate to stealing, embezzling or obtaining retail merchandise by fraud, false pretenses or other illegal means for the purpose of reselling the items or for reentering the items into commerce. The task force shall investigate only those offenses or violations that are under the attorney general's jurisdiction as prescribed by section 21-422, Arizona Revised Statutes. The attorney general shall invite federal, state and local law enforcement personnel to participate in the task force in order to more effectively use the combined skills, expertise and resources of law enforcement personnel. The task force shall review, investigate and prosecute appropriate cases brought before the task force by law enforcement agencies or authorized loss prevention personnel. A member of the legislature may submit the name of a certified peace officer to the attorney general and recommend the officer's placement on the task force. Members of the task force shall investigate, apprehend and prosecute, as appropriate, individuals or entities that participate in the purchase, sale or distribution of stolen property from a retail establishment or through the use of an internet or network site and shall target individuals or entities that commit theft and other property crimes for financial gain. The attorney general may enter into one or more intergovernmental agreements with other state and local law enforcement agencies and with any similar organized retail theft task force program that coordinates a national network of coordinated task forces that assist federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies in conducting investigations, forensic examinations and prosecutions related to organized retail theft. The task force shall consist of at least one full-time prosecutor, paralegal and support staff person, at least two investigators and four peace officers. The task force shall have regularly scheduled meetings to review cases and provide updates on ongoing cases to all members of the task force. On or before July 1 of each year the task force is in existence, the task force shall submit a report to the legislature on the task force's activities and any recommendations for legislative action relating to criminal penalties for crimes that have a negative impact on this state's economy. The task force ends on July 1, 2029.
The $1,500,000 appropriation for the organized retail theft task force line item shall be used for operational expenses of the organized retail task force and for hiring one attorney, one paralegal, two investigators and one support staff person within the office of the attorney general and four peace officers who are assigned to the task force to focus specifically on investigating and prosecuting organized retail crime.
Through June 30, 2023, the attorney general may not represent or provide legal advice to the secretary of state or the department of state on any matter.
Sec. 12. BOARD OF BARBERS
2021-22
FTE positions 4.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 419,200
Fund sources:
Board of barbers fund $ 419,200
Sec. 13. BOARD OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH EXAMINERS
2021-22
FTE positions 17.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 1,818,200
Fund sources:
Board of behavioral health
||examiners fund $ 1,818,200
Sec. 14. STATE BOARD FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS
2021-22
FTE positions 24.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 2,152,100
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 2,152,100
Sec. 15. DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SAFETY
2021-22
FTE positions 3,203.1
Operating lump sum appropriation $113,172,200
Additional operating resources
Attorney general legal services 25,522,800
Caseworkers 113,949,000
General counsel 161,700
Inspections bureau 2,548,300
New case aides 3,305,900
Office of child welfare
investigations 9,964,800
Records retention staff 600,000
Training resources 9,150,000
Out-of-home placements
Congregate group care 114,927,100
Extended foster care 14,437,200
Foster home placement 51,929,500
Foster home recruitment,
study and supervision 32,753,600
Kinship care 5,000,000
Permanent placements
Adoption services 278,258,500
Permanent guardianship subsidy 12,516,900
Support services
DCS child care subsidy 152,075,400
In-home mitigation 28,988,100
Out-of-home support services 116,164,000
Preventive services 15,148,300
Comprehensive health plan
Comprehensive health plan services 197,055,400
Comprehensive health plan
administration 29,862,500
Comprehensive health plan
premium tax 4,405,100
Total appropriation and expenditure
authority — department of
child safety $ 1,331,896,300
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 408,432,200
Federal child care and
development fund block grant 130,916,000
Federal temporary assistance for
needy families block grant 159,091,100
Child abuse prevention fund 1,459,300
Children and family services
training program fund 217,000
Child safety expenditure authority 630,838,800
Child welfare licensing fee fund 941,900
Additional operating resources
The department of child safety shall provide training to any new child safety FTE positions before assigning any client caseload duties to any of these employees.
The legislature intends that the department of child safety use its funding to achieve a one hundred percent investigation rate.
All expenditures made by the department of child safety for attorney general legal services shall be funded only from the attorney general legal services line item. Monies in department of child safety line items intended for this purpose shall be transferred to the attorney general legal services line item before expenditure.
Of the amount appropriated for the DCS child care subsidy line item, a total of $90,400,000 from the federal child care and development fund block grant is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations.
Out-of-home placements
The department of child safety may transfer up to ten percent of the total amount of federal temporary assistance for needy families block grant monies appropriated to the department of economic security and the department of child safety to the social services block grant. Before transferring federal temporary assistance for needy families block grant monies to the social services block grant, the department of child safety shall report the proposed amount of the transfer to the director of the joint legislative budget committee. This report may be in the form of an expenditure plan that is submitted at the beginning of the fiscal year and updated, if necessary, throughout the fiscal year.
The amount appropriated for kinship care shall be used for a stipend of $75 per month for a relative caretaker, including a grandparent, any level of great-grandparent or any nongrandparent relative, or a caretaker of fictive kinship, if a dependent child is placed in the care of a relative caretaker or caretaker of fictive kinship pursuant to department guidelines. The department shall provide the stipend on behalf of all children placed with an unlicensed kinship foster care parent. The unlicensed kinship foster care parent is not required to file an application to receive the stipend. Before changing the eligibility for the program or the amount of the stipend, the department shall submit a report for review by the joint legislative budget committee detailing the proposed changes.
Departmentwide
The amount appropriated for any line item may not be transferred to another line item or to the operating budget unless the transfer is reviewed by the joint legislative budget committee, except that transfers between any two line items relating to the comprehensive health plan are not subject to review.
Child safety expenditure authority includes all department funding sources excluding the state general fund, the federal child care and development fund block grant, the federal temporary assistance for needy families block grant, the child abuse prevention fund and the children and family services training program fund.
On or before December 1, 2021, the department of child safety shall submit a report to the joint legislative budget committee on the department's efforts to implement the family first prevention services act of 2018. The report shall quantify the department's efforts in at least the following areas, including any associated fiscal impacts:
1. Reducing the number of children placed for more than two weeks in congregate care settings, excluding qualified residential treatment programs, facilities for pregnant and parenting youth, supervised independent living and specialized programs for victims of sex trafficking.
2. Assisting congregate care providers in attaining status as qualified residential treatment programs.
3. Identifying alternative placements, including therapeutic foster homes, for children who would otherwise be placed in congregate care.
4. Expanding evidence-based, in-home parent skill-based programs and mental health and substance abuse prevention and treatment services.
Benchmarks
For the purposes of this section, "backlog case":
1. Means any nonactive case for which documentation has not been entered in the child welfare automated system for at least sixty days and for which services have not been authorized for at least sixty days and any case that has had an investigation, has been referred to another unit and has had no contact for at least sixty days.
2. Includes any case for which the investigation has been open without any documentation or contact for at least sixty days, any case involving in-home services for which there has been no contact or services authorized for at least sixty days and any case involving foster care in which there has been no contact or any documentation entered in the child welfare automated system for at least sixty days.
For the purposes of this section, "open report" means a report that is under investigation or awaiting closure by a supervisor.
On or before February 28, 2022 and August 31, 2022, the department of child safety shall present a report to the joint legislative budget committee on the progress made during July 2021 through December 2021 and January 2022 through June 2022, respectively, in meeting the caseload standard and reducing the number of backlog cases and out-of-home children. Each report shall include the number of backlog cases, the number of open reports, the number of out-of-home children and the caseworker workload in comparison to the previous six months. Each report shall provide the number of backlog cases by disposition, including the number of backlog cases in the investigation phase, the number of backlog cases associated with out-of-home placements and the number of backlog cases associated with in-home cases.
To determine the caseworker workload, the department shall report the number of case-carrying caseworkers at each field office and the number of investigations, in-home cases and out-of-home children assigned to each field office.
For backlog cases, the department's benchmark is 1,000 cases.
For open reports, the department's benchmark is fewer than 8,000 open reports.
For out-of-home children, the department's benchmark is 13,964 children.
If the department of child safety has not submitted a required report within thirty days after the report is due, the director of the joint legislative budget committee shall inform the general accounting office of the department of administration, which shall withhold two percent of the department of child safety's operating lump sum semiannual budget allocation until the department of child safety submits the required report.
Sec. 16. STATE BOARD OF CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS
2021-22
FTE positions 5.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 450,600
Fund sources:
Board of chiropractic examiners
||fund $ 450,600
Sec. 17. ARIZONA COMMERCE AUTHORITY
2021-22
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 10,000,000
Arizona competes fund deposit 5,500,000
Blockchain/wearable research 5,000,000
Frankfurt, Germany trade office 250,000
Israel trade office 175,000
Mexico trade offices 500,000
Major events fund deposit 7,500,000
Total appropriation — Arizona commerce
authority $ 28,925,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 28,925,000
Pursuant to section 43-409, Arizona Revised Statutes, of the amounts listed above, $15,500,000 of the state general fund withholding tax revenues is allocated in fiscal year 2021-2022 to the Arizona commerce authority, of which $10,000,000 is credited to the Arizona commerce authority fund established by section 41-1506, Arizona Revised Statutes, and $5,500,000 is credited to the Arizona competes fund established by section 41-1545.01, Arizona Revised Statutes.
The Arizona commerce authority shall distribute monies appropriated in the blockchain/wearable research line item to applied research centers and institutes located in this state that specialize in blockchain or wearable technology to be allocated as follows:
1. $2,500,000 for distribution to applied research centers that specialize in blockchain technology.
2. $2,500,000 for distribution to applied research centers that specialize in wearable technology.
Subject to available funding, the authority shall distribute monies in the blockchain/wearable research line item to any applied research center in increments of up to $250,000 within thirty days after the applied research center notifies the authority in writing that the applied research center has received a matching amount from sources other than this state. The authority is exempt from the requirements of title 41, chapter 23, Arizona Revised Statutes, for the purposes of making the distributions to the applied research centers.
An applied research center that receives a distribution pursuant to this section must collaborate with universities, nonprofit business associations, health science research centers, institutes or other technology businesses that do business in this state. On or before September 15, 2025, the applied research center or institute shall return to the authority all monies received by the applied research center or institute pursuant to this section that remain unexpended and unencumbered on September 1, 2025. The authority shall deposit the returned monies in the state general fund. The authority shall notify the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives on or before July 1, 2022 and July 1, 2023 if the authority has not distributed any monies pursuant to this section.
An applied research center or institute that receives monies pursuant to this section shall annually submit an expenditure and performance report to the authority. The authority shall transmit the report to the joint legislative budget committee and the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting on or before February 1, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026.
The appropriation made in the blockchain/wearable research line item is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations, except that any amounts that remain unexpended and unencumbered on June 30, 2025 revert to the state general fund.
Sec. 18. ARIZONA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
2021-22
Equalization aid
Cochise $ 7,925,300
Graham 18,193,200
Navajo 9,171,000
Yuma/La Paz 616,700
Total — equalization aid $ 35,906,200
Operating state aid
Cochise $ 4,373,500
Coconino 1,626,500
Gila 271,500
Graham 1,936,100
Mohave 1,205,500
Navajo 1,512,300
Pinal 1,356,500
Santa Cruz 17,100
Yavapai 590,500
Yuma/La Paz 2,391,900
Total — operating state aid $ 15,281,400
STEM and workforce programs state aid
Cochise $ 928,400
Coconino 371,800
Gila 127,200
Graham 484,200
Mohave 465,700
Navajo 319,700
Pinal 96,500
Santa Cruz 29,800
Yavapai 699,200
Yuma/La Paz 1,027,400
Total — STEM and workforce programs
state aid $ 4,549,900
Rural aid
Cochise $ 6,251,000
Coconino 1,907,300
Gila 652,300
Graham 2,483,700
Mohave 2,388,900
Navajo 1,640,200
Pinal 3,666,000
Santa Cruz 153,000
Yavapai 3,586,900
Yuma/La Paz 5,270,700
Total — rural aid $ 28,000,000
Urban aid
Maricopa $ 10,400,000
Pima 2,600,000
Total — urban aid $ 13,000,000
Rural county reimbursement subsidy $ 1,773,800
Additional Gila workforce
development aid 200,000
Diné college remedial education 1,000,000
Total appropriation — Arizona community
colleges $ 99,711,300
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 99,711,300
Of the $1,773,800 appropriated to the rural county reimbursement subsidy line item, Apache county receives $973,800 and Greenlee county receives $800,000.
On or before October 15, 2022, the Diné college board of regents shall submit to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the secretary of state and the joint legislative budget committee a report that details the course completion rate for students who received remedial education during the 2021-2022 academic year.
Sec. 19. REGISTRAR OF CONTRACTORS
2021-22
FTE positions 105.6
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 11,672,400
Office of administrative hearings
||costs 1,017,600
Total appropriation — registrar of
contractors $ 12,690,000
Fund sources:
Registrar of contractors fund $ 12,690,000
Sec. 20. CORPORATION COMMISSION
2021-22
FTE positions 300.9
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 27,842,400
Corporation filings, same-day
service 417,700
Utilities audits, studies,
investigations and hearings 380,000*
Total appropriation — corporation commission $ 28,640,100
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 647,100
Arizona arts trust fund 52,600
Investment management regulatory
||and enforcement fund 745,500
Public access fund 6,976,200
Securities regulatory and
enforcement fund 5,286,100
Utility regulation revolving fund 14,932,600
Sec. 21. STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
2021-22
FTE positions 9,566.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 917,888,200
Private prison per diem 215,012,100
Community corrections 24,429,600
Inmate health care contracted
services 203,173,100
Medical staffing augmentation 15,000,000
Substance abuse treatment 5,000,600
Total appropriation — state department
of corrections $1,380,503,600
Fund sources:
State general fund $1,327,159,000
State education fund for
correctional education 769,600
Alcohol abuse treatment fund 555,500
Penitentiary land fund 2,804,000
State charitable, penal and
reformatory institutions
land fund 2,661,800
Corrections fund 30,312,300
Transition program fund 2,400,100
Prison construction and
operations fund 12,500,000
Inmate store proceeds fund 1,341,300
Of the amount appropriated in the operating lump sum, $440,795,600 is designated for personal services and $282,452,500 is designated for employee-related expenditures. The department shall submit an expenditure plan to the joint legislative budget committee for review before spending these monies other than for personal services or employee-related expenditures, except that until January 1, 2023, if the department makes a transfer between two line items to maximize the use of federal monies, the department shall submit an expenditure plan that is not subject to review before spending those monies.
Before placing any inmates in out-of-state provisional beds, the department shall place inmates in all available prison beds in facilities that are located in this state and that house Arizona inmates, unless the out-of-state provisional beds are of a comparable security level and price.
The state department of corrections shall forward to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives appropriations committees and the director of the joint legislative budget committee a monthly report comparing department expenditures for the month and year-to-date as compared to prior-year expenditures on or before the thirtieth of the following month. The report shall be in the same format as the prior fiscal year and include an estimate of potential shortfalls, potential surpluses that may be available to offset these shortfalls and a plan, if necessary, for eliminating any shortfall without a supplemental appropriation. The report shall include the number of filled and vacant correctional officer and medical staff positions departmentwide and by prison complex.
On or before November 1, 2021, the state department of corrections shall provide a report on bed capacity to the joint legislative budget committee for review. The report shall reflect the bed capacity for each security classification by gender at each state-run and private institution, divided by rated and total beds. The report shall include bed capacity data for June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2021 and the projected capacity for June 30, 2022, as well as the reasons for any change within that time period. Within the total bed count, the department shall provide the number of temporary and special use beds. The report shall also address the department's rationale for eliminating any permanent beds rather than reducing the level of temporary beds. The report shall also include any plans to vacate beds but not permanently remove the beds from the bed count. If the department develops a plan after its November 1 report to open or close state-operated prison rated beds or cancel or not renew contracts for privately operated prison beds, the department shall submit a bed plan detailing the proposed bed closures for review by the joint legislative budget committee before implementing these changes.
One hundred percent of land earnings and interest from the penitentiary land fund shall be distributed to the state department of corrections in compliance with the enabling act and the Constitution of Arizona to be used to support state penal institutions.
On or before December 15, 2021 and July 15, 2022, the state department of corrections shall submit a report to the joint legislative budget committee on the progress made in meeting the staffing needs for correctional officers. Each report shall include the number of filled correctional officer positions, the number of vacant correctional officer positions, the number of people in training, the number of separations and the number of hours of overtime worked year-to-date. The report shall detail these amounts both departmentwide and by prison complex.
On or before March 31, 2022, the state department of corrections, in cooperation with the Arizona strategic enterprise technology office, shall submit a report to the joint legislative budget committee on the progress made to incorporate all sentence calculations into the Arizona corrections information system. The report shall also include a detailed description of any other work needed to fully implement other system functions and the cost and staffing requirements to complete that work.
Twenty-five percent of land earnings and interest from the state charitable, penal and reformatory institutions land fund shall be distributed to the state department of corrections in compliance with the enabling act and the Constitution of Arizona to be used to support state penal institutions.
On or before August 1, 2O21 and February 1, 2O22, the state department of corrections shall submit a report to the joint legislative budget committee on the status of the performance measures tracked by the department as required by the Parson v. Ryan stipulation agreement, a copy of any court-ordered compliance reports filed by the department or a contracted provider during the reporting period and a copy of any report produced by a court-appointed monitor regarding the delivery of health services during each reporting period. Each report shall include the number of performance measures in total and by facility with which the department is not in substantial compliance, an explanation for why the department is not in substantial compliance and the department's plans to comply with the measures. The report shall also list the measures the department is no longer required to track as a result of compliance with the stipulation.
Before implementing any changes in contracted rates for inmate health care contracted services, the state department of corrections shall submit its expenditure plan for review by the joint legislative budget committee.
On or before August 1, 2021, the state department of corrections shall transfer to the public safety personnel retirement system via the department of administration its estimated required annual contribution to the corrections officer retirement plan for fiscal year 2021-2022.
On or before December 15, 2021 and July 15, 2022, the state department of corrections shall submit a report to the joint legislative budget committee on the medical staffing augmentation line item. The report must include, at a minimum, the actual expenditures made to date by purpose and the expenditure plan for all remaining monies by purpose.
The $15,000,000 appropriation from the state general fund for the medical staffing augmentation line item is a continuing appropriation and is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriation.
Sec. 22. BOARD OF COSMETOLOGY
2021-22
FTE positions 24.5
Lump sum appropriation $ 1,904,200
Fund sources:
Board of cosmetology fund $ 1,904,200
Sec. 23. ARIZONA CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION
2021-22
FTE positions 11.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 1,292,700
Coordinated reentry
planning database 1,000,000
State aid to county attorneys 973,700
State aid to indigent defense 700,000
Victim compensation and
assistance 4,229,900
Total appropriation — Arizona criminal
justice commission $ 8,196,300
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 1,000,000
Criminal justice enhancement fund 668,500
Resource center fund 624,200
State aid to county attorneys fund 973,700
State aid to indigent defense fund 700,000
Victim compensation and assistance
||fund 4,229,900
All victim compensation and assistance fund monies received by the Arizona criminal justice commission in excess of $4,229,900 in fiscal year 2021-2022 are appropriated to the crime victims program. Before spending any victim compensation and assistance fund monies in excess of $4,229,900 in fiscal year 2021-2022, the Arizona criminal justice commission shall report the intended use of the monies to the joint legislative budget committee.
All monies received by the Arizona criminal justice commission in excess of $973,700 in fiscal year 2021-2022 from the state aid to county attorneys fund established by section 11-539, Arizona Revised Statutes, are appropriated to the state aid to county attorneys program. Before spending any state aid to county attorneys fund monies in excess of $973,700 in fiscal year 2021-2022, the Arizona criminal justice commission shall report the intended use of the monies to the joint legislative budget committee.
Sec. 24. ARIZONA STATE SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF AND THE BLIND
2021-22
FTE positions 562.2
Administration/statewide $ 7,946,600
Phoenix day school for the deaf 10,678,200
Tucson campus 12,649,600
Preschool/outreach programs 6,538,800
School bus/agency vehicle
replacement 369,000
Cooperative services 17,914,500
Total appropriation — Arizona state schools
for the deaf and the blind $ 56,096,700
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 23,865,500
Schools for the deaf and the
blind fund 14,316,700
Cooperative services fund 17,914,500
Before spending any schools for the deaf and the blind fund monies in excess of $14,316,700 in fiscal year 2021-2022, the Arizona state schools for the deaf and the blind shall report to the joint legislative budget committee the intended use of the monies.
Before spending any cooperative services fund monies in excess of $17,914,500 in fiscal year 2021-2022, the Arizona state schools for the deaf and the blind shall report to the joint legislative budget committee the intended use of the monies.
Sec. 25. COMMISSION FOR THE DEAF AND THE HARD OF HEARING
2021-22
FTE positions 17.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 4,493,900
Support services for the
deaf-blind 192,000
Total appropriation — commission for the
deaf and the hard of hearing $ 4,685,900
Fund sources:
Telecommunication fund for
||the deaf $ 4,685,900
Sec. 26. STATE BOARD OF DENTAL EXAMINERS
2021-22
FTE positions 11.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 1,842,200
Fund sources:
Dental board fund $ 1,842,200
Sec. 27. OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
2021-22
FTE positions 5.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 485,500
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 485,500
Sec. 28. DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY
2021-22
FTE positions 4,381.8
Operating lump sum appropriation $163,229,600
Administration
Attorney general legal services 11,540,100
Aging and adult services
Adult services 11,205,900
Community and emergency services 3,724,000
Coordinated homeless services 2,522,600
Domestic violence prevention 14,003,700
Sexual violence services 8,000,000
Long-term care ombudsman 1,000,000
After school and summer
youth program 500,000
Benefits and medical eligibility
Temporary assistance for needy
families — cash benefits 22,736,400
Pandemic emergency assistance 14,546,500
Coordinated hunger services 1,754,600
Tribal pass-through funding 4,680,300
Child support enforcement
County participation 8,539,700
Developmental disabilities
DDD administration 119,354,600
DDD premium tax payment 50,055,200
Case management — medicaid 87,972,500
Home and community based
services — medicaid 1,822,493,000
Institutional services —
medicaid 34,881,700
Physical and behavioral
health services — medicaid 465,349,400
Medicare clawback payments 4,661,200
Targeted case management — medicaid 13,191,900
Case management — state-only 6,311,900
Home and community based
services — state-only 13,589,000
Cost effectiveness study — client
services 1,220,000
Arizona early intervention program 6,319,000
State-funded long-term care
services 41,579,100
Employment and rehabilitation services
JOBS 11,005,600
Child care subsidy 1,273,693,000
Independent living rehabilitation
services 1,289,400
Rehabilitation services 7,249,100
Workforce investment act
services 53,654,600
Return to work grants 7,500,000
Total appropriation and expenditure
authority — department of
economic security $4,289,353,600
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 853,324,200
Federal child care and
development fund block grant 1,286,155,800
Federal temporary assistance for
needy families block grant 65,839,800
Federal pandemic emergency
assistance fund 14,546,500
Long-term care system fund 32,463,800
Public assistance collections
fund 423,600
Sexual violence service fund 8,000,000
Special administration fund 4,550,000
Spinal and head injuries trust
fund 2,340,200
Statewide cost allocation plan
fund 1,000,000
Child support enforcement
administration fund 17,531,300
Domestic violence services fund 4,000,000
Workforce investment act grant 56,085,500
Child support enforcement
administration fund expenditure
authority 43,192,400
Developmental disabilities
medicaid expenditure authority 1,873,037,300
Health care investment fund
expenditure authority 26,863,200
Aging and adult services
All domestic violence services fund monies in excess of $4,000,000 received by the department of economic security are appropriated for the domestic violence prevention line item. Before spending these increased monies, the department shall report the intended use of monies in excess of $4,000,000 to the joint legislative budget committee.
On or before December 15, 2021, the department of economic security shall report to the joint legislative budget committee the amount of state and federal monies available statewide for domestic violence prevention funding. The report shall include, at a minimum, the amount of monies available and the state fiscal agent receiving those monies.
The amount appropriated for the after school and summer youth program line item shall be distributed to a charitable organization that is qualified under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, that is located in the city of Phoenix and that provides after school and summer youth programs dealing with gang violence for at-risk youth.
Benefits and medical eligibility
The operating lump sum appropriation may be spent on Arizona health care cost containment system eligibility determinations based on the results of the Arizona random moment sampling survey.
On or before December 15, 2021 and July 15, 2022, the department of economic security shall submit a report to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives appropriations committees and the joint legislative budget committee on federal pandemic emergency assistance monies provided from the American rescue plan act of 2021. The report must include, at a minimum, the actual expenditures made to date by purpose, the expenditure plan for all remaining monies by purpose and the number of individuals served.
Child support enforcement
All state shares of retained earnings, fees and federal incentives in excess of $17,531,300 received by the division of child support enforcement are appropriated for operating expenditures. New FTE positions are authorized with the increased funding. Before spending these increased monies, the department of economic security shall report the intended use of the monies to the joint legislative budget committee.
Before the department spends any monies to replace the child support information technology system, the Arizona strategic enterprise technology office shall submit, on behalf of the department of economic security, an expenditure plan to the joint legislative budget committee for review. The expenditure plan shall include the project cost, deliverables, timeline for completion and method of procurement consistent with the department's prior reports for its appropriation from the automation projects fund pursuant to section 41-714, Arizona Revised Statutes.
Developmental disabilities
On or before September 1, 2022, the department of economic security shall report to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives appropriations committees and the director of the joint legislative budget committee any new placement into a state-owned ICF-IID or the Arizona training program at the Coolidge campus in fiscal year 2021-2022 and the reason this placement, rather than a placement into a privately run facility for persons with developmental disabilities, was deemed as the most appropriate placement. The department shall also report if no new placements were made. On or before September 1, 2022, the department shall also report to the director of the joint legislative budget committee the total costs associated with the Arizona training program at Coolidge in fiscal year 2021-2022.
The department shall report to the joint legislative budget committee on or before March 1 of each year on preliminary actuarial estimates of the capitation rate changes for the following fiscal year along with the reasons for the estimated changes. For any actuarial estimates that include a range, the total range from minimum to maximum may not be more than two percent. Before implementing any changes in capitation rates for the long-term care system, the department shall submit a report for review by the joint legislative budget committee. Before the department implements any change in policy affecting the amount, sufficiency, duration and scope of health care services and who may provide services, the department shall prepare a fiscal impact analysis on the potential effects of this change on the following year's capitation rates. If the fiscal impact analysis demonstrates that this change will result in additional state costs of $500,000 or more for any fiscal year, the department shall submit the policy change for review by the joint legislative budget committee.
Before implementing developmental disabilities or long-term care statewide provider rate adjustments that are not already specifically authorized by the legislature, court mandates or changes to federal law, the department shall submit a report for review by the joint legislative budget committee that includes, at a minimum, the estimated cost of the provider rate adjustment and the ongoing source of funding for the adjustment, if applicable.
Before transferring any monies in or out of the case management —medicaid, case management — state-only and DDD administration line items, the department shall submit a report for review by the joint legislative budget committee.
The department shall submit an expenditure plan report to the joint legislative budget committee of any new division of developmental disabilities salary adjustments not previously reviewed by the joint legislative budget committee.
On or before August 1, 2021, the department shall report to the joint legislative budget committee the number of filled positions for case managers and non-case managers in the division of developmental disabilities as of June 30, 2021. The department shall submit an expenditure plan of its staffing levels for review by the joint legislative budget committee if the department plans on hiring staff for non-case manager, non-case aide, non-case unit supervisor and non-case section manager positions above the staffing level indicated in the August 1, 2021 report.
The legislature intends that the division reallocate $15,000,000 of its base appropriation that the division spent for onetime developmental disabilities purposes in fiscal year 2020-2021 in order to partially finance the $30,000,000 provider rate increase in fiscal year 2021-2022.
Employment and rehabilitation services
On or before September 15, 2021 and March 15, 2022, the department of economic security shall submit a report to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives appropriations committees and the joint legislative budget committee on child care development block grant monies provided from the coronavirus aid, relief, and economic security act, the consolidated appropriations act, 2021, and the American rescue plan act of 2021. The report must include, at a minimum, the actual expenditures made to date by purpose and, separately, by federal legislation, the expenditure plan for all remaining monies by purpose and, separately, by federal legislation, the number of children served with the monies on average each month, the average child care reimbursement rates for the entire program, including these monies, and the number of child care settings with a quality rating.
On or before March 15, 2022, the department of economic security shall submit a report to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives appropriations committees and the joint legislative budget committee on the number of individuals who have received child care support through return to work grants and the number of those individuals who did not return to receiving unemployment insurance within six months.
Of the amount appropriated for the child care subsidy line item, a total of $1,086,612,800 from the federal child care and development fund block grant is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations. The legislature intends that provider rate increases funded from this amount be contingent on available federal funding and not continue in future years after these monies have been spent.
The department of economic security shall forward to the joint legislative budget committee a monthly report listing data on the child care population served. The report must include, at a minimum, in each program the number of unduplicated children enrolled in child care within the department of economic security and the department of child safety by program and the average amount paid per child plus quality-related spending.
All workforce investment act grant monies that are received by this state in excess of $56,085,500 are appropriated to the workforce investment act services line item. Before spending these increased monies, the department shall report the intended use of monies in excess of $56,085,500 to the joint legislative budget committee.
The appropriated amount for the return to work grants line item is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations, until June 30, 2024.
Departmentwide
The above appropriations are in addition to monies granted to this state by the federal government for the same purposes but are deemed to include the sums deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the department of economic security pursuant to section 42-5029, Arizona Revised Statutes.
The department of economic security shall forward to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives appropriations committees and the director of the joint legislative budget committee a monthly report comparing total expenditures for the month and year-to-date as compared to prior-year totals on or before the thirtieth of the following month. The report shall include an estimate of potential shortfalls in entitlement programs and potential federal and other monies, such as the statewide assessment for indirect costs, and any projected surplus in state-supported programs that may be available to offset these shortfalls and a plan, if necessary, for eliminating any shortfall without a supplemental appropriation.
Sec. 29. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
2021-22
FTE positions 19.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 2,212,800
Arizona empowerment scholarship
account appeals 150,000
Total appropriation —
state board of education $ 2,362,800
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 2,362,800
Sec. 30. SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
2021-22
FTE positions 202.9
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 13,010,600
Formula programs
Basic state aid 4,650,447,200
Results-based funding 68,600,000
Special education fund 36,029,200
Other state aid to districts 983,900
Classroom site fund 977,025,600
Instructional improvement fund 63,765,400
Property tax relief
Additional state aid 460,630,300
Non-formula programs
Accountability and achievement
testing 21,428,100
Adult education 5,005,900
Alternative teacher development
program 500,000
Arizona empowerment scholarship
account administration 2,233,400
Arizona structured English
immersion fund 4,960,400
CTED completion grants 1,000,000
CTED soft capital and equipment 1,000,000
College credit by examination
incentive program 7,472,100
College placement exam fee waiver 1,265,800
Computer science pilot program 1,000,000
Early literacy 12,000,000
Education learning and
accountability system 5,351,900
English learner administration 6,541,600
Extraordinary special education
needs fund deposit 5,000,000
Geographic literacy 100,000
Gifted assessments 850,000
Jobs for Arizona graduates 100,000
School safety program 31,950,900
State block grant for vocational
education 11,651,800
Student level data access 350,000
Teacher certification 2,467,200
Tribal college dual enrollment
program 325,000
Total appropriation and expenditure
authority — superintendent
of public instruction $6,393,046,300
Fund sources:
State general fund $4,869,746,700
Proposition 301 fund 7,000,000
Permanent state school fund 309,832,400
Teacher certification fund 2,420,700
Tribal college dual enrollment
program fund 325,000
Department of education
professional development
revolving fund 2,700,000
Department of education empowerment
scholarship account fund 350,000
Expenditure authority 1,200,671,500
Operating budget
The operating lump sum appropriation includes $683,900 and 8.5 FTE positions for average daily membership auditing and $200,000 and 2 FTE positions for information technology security services.
The amount appropriated for the department's operating budget includes $500,000 for technical assistance and state-level administration of the K-3 reading program established pursuant to section 15-211, Arizona Revised Statutes.
Any monies available to the department of education pursuant to section 42-5029, subsection E, paragraph 8, Arizona Revised Statutes, for the failing schools tutoring fund established by section 15-241, Arizona Revised Statutes, in excess of the expenditure authority amounts are allocated for the purposes of section 42-5029, subsection E, paragraph 8, Arizona Revised Statutes.
Any monies available to the department of education pursuant to section 42-5029, subsection E, paragraph 6, Arizona Revised Statutes, for character education matching grants pursuant to section 15-154.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, in excess of the expenditure authority amounts are allocated for the purposes of section 42-5029, subsection E, paragraph 6, Arizona Revised Statutes.
Basic state aid
The appropriation for basic state aid provides basic state support to school districts for maintenance and operations funding as provided by section 15-973, Arizona Revised Statutes, and includes an estimated $309,832,400 in expendable income derived from the permanent state school fund and from state trust lands pursuant to section 37-521, subsection B, Arizona Revised Statutes, for fiscal year 2021-2022.
Monies derived from the permanent state school fund and any other non-state general fund revenue source that is dedicated to fund basic state aid shall be spent, whenever possible, before spending state general fund monies.
Except as required by section 37-521, Arizona Revised Statutes, all monies received during the fiscal year from national forests, interest collected on deferred payments on the purchase of state lands, income from investing permanent state school funds as prescribed by the enabling act and the Constitution of Arizona and all monies received by the superintendent of public instruction from whatever source, except monies received pursuant to sections 15-237 and 15-531, Arizona Revised Statutes, when paid into the state treasury are appropriated for apportionment to the various counties in accordance with law. An expenditure may not be made except as specifically authorized above.
Any monies available to the department of education pursuant to section 42-5029, subsection E, paragraph 5, Arizona Revised Statutes, for the increased cost of basic state aid due to added school days in excess of the expenditure authority amounts are allocated for the purposes of section 42-5029, subsection E, paragraph 5, Arizona Revised Statutes.
Other programs
Any monies available to the department of education for the classroom site fund pursuant to section 37-521, subsection B, paragraph 4 and section 42-5029, subsection E, paragraph 10, Arizona Revised Statutes, in excess of expenditure authority amounts are allocated for the purposes of section 37-521, subsection B, paragraph 4 and section 42-5029, subsection E, paragraph 10, Arizona Revised Statutes.
Any monies available to the department of education from the instructional improvement fund established by section 15-979, Arizona Revised Statutes, in excess of the expenditure authority amounts are allocated for the purposes of section 15-979, Arizona Revised Statutes.
Before making any changes to the achievement testing program that will increase program costs, the department of education and the state board of education shall submit the estimated fiscal impact of those changes to the joint legislative budget committee for review.
Any monies available to the department of education for accountability purposes pursuant to section 42-5029, subsection E, paragraph 7, Arizona Revised Statutes, in excess of the expenditure authority amounts are allocated for the purposes of section 42-5029, subsection E, paragraph 7, Arizona Revised Statutes.
Monies appropriated for CTED completion grants are intended to help fund program completion for students who complete at least fifty percent of a career technical education program before graduating from high school and who successfully complete the career technical education district program after graduating from high school. The application procedures shall award grant funding only after an eligible student has successfully completed a career technical education district program.
If the appropriated amount for CTED completion grants is insufficient to fund all grant requests from career technical education districts, the department of education shall reduce grant amounts on a proportional basis in order to cap total statewide allocations at $1,000,000.
The appropriated amount for CTED completion grants is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations, until June 30, 2023.
The department of education shall distribute the appropriated amount for CTED soft capital and equipment to career technical education districts with fewer than two thousand average daily membership pupils for soft capital and equipment expenses. The appropriated amount shall be allocated on a pro rata basis based on the average daily membership of eligible career technical education districts.
The department of education shall use the appropriated amount for English learner administration to provide English language acquisition services for the purposes of section 15-756.07, Arizona Revised Statutes, and for the costs of providing English language proficiency assessments, scoring and ancillary materials as prescribed by the department of education to school districts and charter schools for the purposes of title 15, chapter 7, article 3.1, Arizona Revised Statutes. The department may use a portion of the appropriated amount to hire staff or contract with a third party to carry out the purposes of section 15-756.07, Arizona Revised Statutes. Notwithstanding section 41-192, Arizona Revised Statutes, the superintendent of public instruction also may use a portion of the appropriated amount to contract with one or more private attorneys to provide legal services in connection with the case of Flores v. State of Arizona, No. CIV 92-596-TUC-RCC.
The department of education shall use the appropriated amount for geographic literacy to issue a grant to a statewide geographic alliance for strengthening geographic literacy in this state.
The department of education shall use the appropriated amount for gifted assessments to procure an assessment that local education agencies may administer to pupils in second grade to identify gifted pupils as prescribed in section 15-779.02, Arizona Revised Statutes.
The department of education shall use the appropriated amount for jobs for Arizona graduates to issue a grant to a nonprofit organization for a JOBS for Arizona graduates program.
Any monies available to the department of education for school safety pursuant to section 42-5029, subsection E, paragraph 6, Arizona Revised Statutes, in excess of the expenditure authority amounts are allocated for the purposes of section 42-5029, subsection E, paragraph 6, Arizona Revised Statutes.
On or before December 31, 2021, the department of education shall report to the joint legislative budget committee how the monies appropriated for student level data access are being used to manage access and protect student level data as prescribed in section 15-1043, Arizona Revised Statutes.
After review by the joint legislative budget committee, in fiscal year 2021-2022, the department of education may use a portion of its fiscal year 2021-2022 state general fund appropriations for basic state aid, additional state aid or the special education fund, to fund a shortfall in funding for basic state aid, additional state aid or the special education fund, if any, that occurred in fiscal year 2020-2021.
The department shall provide an updated report on its budget status every three months for the first half of each fiscal year and every month thereafter to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives appropriations committees, the director of the joint legislative budget committee and the director of the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting. Each report shall include, at a minimum, the department's current funding surplus or shortfall projections for basic state aid and other major formula-based programs and is due thirty days after the end of the applicable reporting period.
Within fifteen days after each apportionment of state aid that occurs pursuant to section 15-973, subsection B, Arizona Revised Statutes, the department shall post on its website the amount of state aid apportioned to each recipient and the underlying data.
Sec. 31. DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
2021-22
FTE positions 63.1
Administration $ 1,858,100
Emergency management 754,200
Military affairs 2,083,300
Emergency management matching funds 1,590,300
National guard cyber response
revolving fund deposit 300,000
National guard matching funds 1,712,800
National guard tuition
reimbursement 1,000,000
Total appropriation — department of
emergency and military affairs $ 9,298,700
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 9,298,700
The $1,712,800 national guard matching funds appropriation is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations, except that all fiscal year 2021-2022 monies remaining unexpended and unencumbered on December 31, 2022 revert to the state general fund.
The appropriated amount for the national guard tuition reimbursement line item is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations, until September 30, 2022.
Sec. 32. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
2021-22
FTE positions 322.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 48,297,700
Safe drinking water program 1,854,700
Emissions control contractor
payment 26,219,500
Total appropriation — department of
environmental quality $ 76,371,900
Fund sources:
Air quality fund $ 5,472,400
Emergency response fund 132,800
Emissions inspection fund 30,365,800
Hazardous waste management fund 1,785,000
Indirect cost recovery fund 14,025,500
Permit administration fund 7,327,100
Recycling fund 1,596,800
Safe drinking water program
fund 2,254,700
Solid waste fee fund 1,884,700
Underground storage tank
revolving fund 160,800
Voluntary vehicle repair and
retrofit program fund 560,000
Water quality fee fund 10,806,300
The department of environmental quality shall report annually on the progress of WQARF activities, including emergency response, priority site remediation, cost recovery activity, revenue and expenditure activity and other WQARF-funded program activity. The department shall submit the fiscal year 2021-2022 report to the joint legislative budget committee on or before September 1, 2021. This report shall also include a budget for the WQARF program that is developed in consultation with the WQARF advisory board. This budget shall specify the monies budgeted for each listed site during fiscal year 2021-2022. In addition, the department and the advisory board shall prepare and submit to the joint legislative budget committee, on or before October 1, 2021, a report in a table format summarizing the current progress on remediation of each listed site on the WQARF registry. The table shall include the stage of remediation for each site at the end of fiscal year 2020-2021, indicate whether the current stage of remediation is anticipated to be completed in fiscal year 2021-2022 and indicate the anticipated stage of remediation at each listed site at the end of fiscal year 2021-2022, assuming fiscal year 2021-2022 funding levels. The department and advisory board may include other relevant information about the listed sites in the table.
All permit administration fund monies received by the department of environmental quality in excess of $7,327,100 in fiscal year 2021-2022 are appropriated to the department. Before spending permit administration fund monies in excess of $7,327,100 in fiscal year 2021-2022, the department shall report the intended use of the monies to the joint legislative budget committee.
All indirect cost recovery fund monies received by the department of environmental quality in excess of $14,025,500 in fiscal year 2021-2022 are appropriated to the department. Before spending indirect cost recovery fund monies in excess of $14,025,500 in fiscal year 2021-2022, the department shall report the intended use of the monies to the joint legislative budget committee.
Sec. 33. GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
2021-22
FTE positions 4.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 197,700
Fund sources:
Personnel division fund $ 197,700
Sec. 34. STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION
2021-22
FTE positions 7.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 673,200
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 673,200
Sec. 35. BOARD OF EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY
2021-22
FTE positions 14.5
Lump sum appropriation $ $1,184,500
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 1,184,500
On or before November 1, 2021, the board of executive clemency shall report to the directors of the joint legislative budget committee and the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting the total number and types of cases the board reviewed in fiscal year 2020-2021.
Sec. 36. ARIZONA EXPOSITION AND STATE FAIR BOARD
2021-22
FTE positions 184.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 13,523,700
Fund sources:
Arizona exposition and state
fair fund $ 13,523,700
Sec. 37. ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE MANAGEMENT
2021-22
FTE positions 213.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 3,205,800
Environmental county grants 250,000
Inmate firefighting crews 727,500
Postrelease firefighting crews 1,063,400
Fire suppression 200,000
Rural fire district reimbursement 2,500,000
State fire marshal 1,120,600
State fire school 275,300
Hazardous vegetation removal 3,000,000
Total appropriation — Arizona department
of forestry and fire management $12,342,600
Fund sources:
State general fund $12,342,600
The appropriation for the rural fire district reimbursement line item is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations.
The appropriation for the hazardous vegetation removal line item is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations, until June 30, 2023.
Sec. 38. STATE BOARD OF FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS
2021-22
FTE positions 4.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 410,700
Fund sources:
Board of funeral directors' and
||embalmers' fund $ 410,700
Sec. 39. ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT
2021-22
FTE positions 273.5
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 44,598,700
Pittman-Robertson/Dingell-Johnson
act 3,058,000
Total appropriation — Arizona game and fish
department $ 47,656,700
Fund sources:
Capital improvement fund $ 1,001,200
Game and fish fund 41,241,500
Wildlife endowment fund 16,200
Watercraft licensing fund 5,030,400
Game, nongame, fish and
endangered species fund 367,400
Sec. 40. DEPARTMENT OF GAMING
2021-22
FTE positions 155.8
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 9,973,100
Arizona breeders' award 250,000
Casino operations certification 2,176,500
County fairs livestock and
agriculture promotion 5,759,500
Division of racing 2,318,300
Racing purse enhancement 5,000,000
Racetrack purse and maintenance
and operations funding 5,000,000
Problem gambling 2,484,000
Total appropriation — department of gaming $ 32,961,400
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 15,759,500
Fantasy sports contest fund 145,000
Tribal-state compact fund 2,176,500
Arizona benefits fund 12,012,100
State lottery fund 300,000
Racing regulation fund 2,466,000
Racing regulation fund — unarmed
combat subaccount 102,300
The amount appropriated to the county fairs livestock and agriculture promotion line item is for deposit in the county fairs livestock and agriculture promotion fund established by section 5-113, Arizona Revised Statutes, and to be administered by the office of the governor.
The amount appropriated to the racing purse enhancement line item shall be distributed to a recognized nonprofit horsemen's organization that has represented since 1988 the horsemen participating in racing meetings to be used to promote racing and enhance the general purse structure for eligible horse races held in this state.
The appropriation made in the racetrack purse and maintenance and operations funding line item shall be distributed to commercial live racing permittees based on each permittee's three-year average of race days reflected in the length of the permit. The monies shall be used to enhance the general purse structure and for track maintenance and operations.
Sec. 41. OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
2021-22
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 7,424,800*
Foster youth education success
fund deposit 1,500,000
Arizona civics corps 1,000,000
Total appropriation — office of the governor $ 9,924,800
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 9,924,800
Included in the lump sum appropriation of $7,424,800 for fiscal year 2021-2022 is $10,000 for the purchase of mementos and items for visiting officials.
Sec. 42. GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF STRATEGIC PLANNING AND BUDGETING
2021-22
FTE positions 22.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 2,765,100*
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 2,765,100
Sec. 43. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES
2021-22
FTE positions 1,135.5
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 55,409,900
Public health/family health
Adult cystic fibrosis care 105,200
AIDS reporting and surveillance 1,000,000
Alzheimer's disease research 3,625,000
Biomedical research support 2,000,000
Breast and cervical cancer and
bone density screening 1,369,400
County tuberculosis provider care
and control 590,700
Family health pilot program 1,500,000
Folic acid program 400,000
High-risk perinatal services 2,343,400
Homeless pregnant women services 200,000
Medical student loan fund deposit 2,000,000
Newborn screening program 13,144,100
Nonrenal disease management 198,000
Nursing care special projects 100,000
Poison control centers funding 990,000
Radiation regulation 2,360,200
Renal dental care and nutrition
supplements 300,000
Renal transplant drugs 183,000
Arizona state hospital
Arizona state hospital —
operating 65,862,900
Arizona state hospital —
restoration to competency 900,000
Arizona state hospital —
sexually violent persons 10,010,700
Total appropriation — department of
health services $164,592,500
Fund sources:
State general fund $104,982,600
Arizona state hospital fund 2,883,400
Arizona state hospital land fund 650,000
Child fatality review fund 199,200
Disease control research fund 1,000,000
DHS indirect cost fund 11,353,100
Emergency medical services
operating fund 3,912,600
Environmental laboratory licensure
revolving fund 952,000
Federal child care and development
fund block grant 1,911,500
Health services licensing fund 15,931,300
Health services lottery monies fund 200,000
Newborn screening program fund 13,576,900
Nursing care institution resident
protection revolving fund 138,200
Prescription drug rebate
fund — state 2,500,000
Tobacco tax and health care
fund — medically needy account 700,000
Vital records electronic systems
fund 3,701,700
Public health/family health
The department of health services may use up to four percent of the amount appropriated for nonrenal disease management for the administrative costs to implement the program.
The department of health services shall distribute the monies appropriated for the family health pilot program line item to at least two nonprofit organizations to implement a statewide system to provide direct services, support services, social services case management and referrals to the biological or adoptive parents of children under two years of age, including unborn children. The purpose of the statewide system is to encourage healthy childbirth, support childbirth as an alternative to abortion, promote family formation, aid successful parenting and increase families' economic self-sufficiency. The statewide system services must be available to all residents of this state in both urban and rural areas. Monies may not be used for abortion referral services or distributed to entities that promote, provide referrals for or perform abortions. Each nonprofit organization that receives the monies must demonstrate both:
1. Experience in marketing and serving the eligible patient population.
2. That the organization can begin serving clients statewide within sixty days after receiving monies pursuant to this section.
When determining which nonprofit organizations will participate in the family health pilot program, the department shall give preference to nonprofit organizations that are working and providing services in this state.
Each nonprofit organization that participates in the family health pilot program shall submit to the department of health services on a form prescribed by the department a quarterly report of the services and referrals the nonprofit organization provides, including all of the following information:
1. The number of clients served, either by referral or direct services.
2. The number of direct services provided and referrals made.
3. The number of women referred for medical services or medical care.
4. The number of women who received prenatal care.
5. The number of women who were referred for prenatal care.
6. The number of women who received nutrition services.
7. The number of women who were referred for nutrition services.
8. The number of individuals who received adoption services.
9. The number of individuals who were referred for adoption services.
10. The number of individuals who received educational and employment services.
The department of health services shall distribute monies appropriated for homeless pregnant women services to nonprofit organizations that are located in a county with a population of more than three million persons and whose primary function is to provide shelter, food, clothing, transportation for health services and support to homeless pregnant women and their children who are under one year of age. Monies may not be granted for abortion referral services or distributed to entities that promote, refer or perform abortions.
The department of health services shall distribute monies appropriated for the biomedical research support line item to a nonprofit medical research institute headquartered in this state that specializes in biomedical research focusing on applying genomic technologies and sequencing to clinical care, that has served as a resource to this state to conduct molecular epidemiologic analyses to assist with disease outbreak investigations and that collaborates with universities, hospitals and health science research centers and other public and private bioscience and related industries in this state. The recipient of these monies shall commission an audit of the expenditure of these monies and shall submit a copy of the audit to the department of health services on or before February 1, 2023.
The department of health services shall distribute monies appropriated for Alzheimer's disease research through a grant to a charitable organization that is qualified under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code and that meets the following criteria:
1. Is headquartered in this state.
2. Has been operating in this state for at least the last ten years.
3. Has participating member institutions that work together to end Alzheimer's disease within a statewide collaborative model by using their complementary strengths in brain imaging, computer science, genomics, basic and cognitive neurosciences and clinical and neuropathology research.
4. Has participating member institutions that educate residents of this state about Alzheimer's disease, research progress and resources to help patients, families and professionals manage the disease.
The terms of the grant made to the charitable organization may not impose any requirements that were not imposed in prior grant agreements entered into between the department of health services and the charitable organization.
Arizona state hospital
In addition to the appropriation for the department of health services, earnings on state lands and interest on the investment of the permanent state land funds are appropriated to the Arizona state hospital in compliance with the enabling act and the Constitution of Arizona.
Departmentwide
The department of health services shall electronically forward to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives appropriations committees and the director of the joint legislative budget committee a monthly report comparing total expenditures for the month and year-to-date as compared to prior-year totals on or before the thirtieth of the following month. Each report shall include an estimate of potential shortfalls in programs, potential federal and other monies, such as the statewide assessment for indirect costs, that may be available to offset these shortfalls, and a plan, if necessary, for eliminating any shortfall without a supplemental appropriation.
Sec. 44. ARIZONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
2021-22
FTE positions 50.9
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 2,571,500
Field services and grants 65,800
Papago park museum 558,300
Total appropriation — Arizona historical
society $ 3,195,600
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 3,195,600
Sec. 45. PRESCOTT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
2021-22
FTE positions 13.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 917,700
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 917,700
Sec. 46. BOARD OF HOMEOPATHIC AND INTEGRATED MEDICINE EXAMINERS
2021-22
FTE positions 1.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 46,600
Fund sources:
Board of homeopathic and
integrated medicine
examiners' fund $ 46,600
Sec. 47. ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
2021-22
FTE positions 3.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 332,500
Fund sources:
Housing trust fund 332,500
Sec. 48. INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING COMMISSION
2021-22
FTE positions 6.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 7,900,000*
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 7,900,000
Sec. 49. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF ARIZONA
2021-22
FTE positions 236.6
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 20,593,100
Municipal firefighter reimbursement
administration 95,000
Total appropriation – industrial commission
of Arizona $ 20,688,100
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 95,000
Administrative fund 20,593,100
The legislature intends that the state general fund appropriation be used only for administrative costs of title 23, chapter 11, Arizona Revised Statutes, and that this appropriation does not convey any responsibility for firefighter cancer compensation and benefits claims on to this state.
Sec. 50. DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
2021-22
FTE positions 151.4
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 10,200,400
Arizona vehicle theft task force 4,343,500
Automobile theft authority
operating budget 672,300
Insurance fraud unit 1,848,000
Local grants 957,700
Reimbursable programs 50,000
Total appropriation — department of insurance
and financial institutions $ 18,071,900
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 7,840,700
Automobile theft authority fund 6,023,500
Financial services fund 4,157,400
Department revolving fund 50,300
Monies in the Arizona vehicle theft task force line item shall be used by the department of insurance and financial institutions to pay seventy-five percent of the personal services and employee-related expenditures for city, town and county sworn officers who participate in the Arizona vehicle theft task force.
Local grants shall be awarded with consideration given to areas with greater automobile theft problems and shall be used to combat economic automobile theft operations.
The department of insurance and financial institutions shall submit a report to the joint legislative budget committee before spending any monies for the reimbursable programs line item. The department shall show sufficient monies collected to cover the expenses indicated in the report.
Of the department fees required to be deposited in the state general fund by statute, the legislature intends that the department of insurance and financial institutions shall assess and set the fees at a level to ensure that the monies deposited in the state general fund will equal or exceed the department's expenditure from the state general fund.
Sec. 51. ARIZONA JUDICIARY
2021-22
Supreme court
FTE positions 187.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 16,062,400
Automation 21,711,500
County reimbursements 187,900
Court appointed special advocate 4,009,800
Courthouse security 750,000
Domestic relations 661,600
State foster care review board 3,343,800
Commission on judicial conduct 537,700
Judicial nominations and
performance review 553,000
Model court 659,700
State aid 5,735,800
Total appropriation — supreme court $ 54,213,200
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 22,652,400
Confidential intermediary and
fiduciary fund 509,400
Court appointed special advocate
fund 4,092,400
Criminal justice enhancement fund 4,497,100
Defensive driving school fund 4,316,900
Judicial collection enhancement
fund 15,198,700
State aid to the courts fund 2,946,300
On or before September 1, 2021, the supreme court shall report to the joint legislative budget committee and the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting on current and future automation projects coordinated by the administrative office of the courts. The report shall include a list of court automation projects that receive or are anticipated to receive state monies in the current or next two fiscal years as well as a description of each project, the number of FTE positions, the entities involved and the goals and anticipated results for each automation project. The report shall be submitted in one summary document. The report shall indicate each project's total multiyear cost by fund source and budget line item, including any prior-year, current-year and future-year expenditures.
Automation expenses of the judiciary shall be funded only from the automation line item. Monies in the operating lump sum appropriation or other line items intended for automation purposes shall be transferred to the automation line item before expenditure.
Included in the operating lump sum appropriation for the supreme court is $1,000 for the purchase of mementos and items for visiting officials.
Of the $187,900 appropriated for county reimbursements, state grand jury is limited to $97,900 and capital postconviction relief is limited to $90,000.
Of the amount appropriated in the automation line item, $133,900 is to expand and maintain the court's electronic case management system for water adjudication.
Court of appeals
FTE positions 136.8
Division one $ 11,895,500
Division two 5,284,100
Total appropriation — court of appeals $ 17,179,600
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 17,179,600
Of the 136.8 FTE positions for fiscal year 2021-2022, 98.3 FTE positions are for division one and 38.5 FTE positions are for division two.
Superior court
FTE positions 238.5
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 4,819,700
Judges' compensation 23,970,700
Centralized service payments 3,676,200
Adult standard probation 21,824,200
Adult intensive probation 12,892,100
Community punishment 2,310,300
Court-ordered removals 315,000
Interstate compact 503,300
Drug court 1,080,000
General adjudication personnel
and support fund deposit 2,000,000
Juvenile standard probation 3,705,600
Juvenile intensive probation 5,969,300
Juvenile treatment services 20,697,900
Juvenile family counseling 500,000
Juvenile crime reduction 3,327,000
Juvenile diversion consequences 8,918,600
Probation incentive payments 1,000,000
Probation officer vehicles 187,500
Special water master 502,100
Total appropriation — superior court $118,199,500
Fund sources:
State general fund $106,205,100
Criminal justice enhancement fund 5,475,800
Drug treatment and education fund 503,400
Judicial collection enhancement
fund 6,015,200
Operating budget
All expenditures made by the administrative office of the courts to administer superior court line items shall be funded only from the superior court operating budget. Monies in superior court line items intended for this purpose shall be transferred to the superior court operating budget before expenditure.
Judges
Of the 238.5 FTE positions, 180 FTE positions represent superior court judges. This FTE position clarification does not limit the counties' ability to add judges pursuant to section 12-121, Arizona Revised Statutes.
All monies in the judges' compensation line item shall be used to pay for fifty percent of superior court judges' salaries, elected officials' retirement plan costs and related state benefit costs for judges pursuant to section 12-128, Arizona Revised Statutes. Monies in the operating lump sum appropriation or other line items intended for this purpose shall be transferred to the judges' compensation line item before expenditure.
Probation
Monies appropriated to juvenile treatment services and juvenile diversion consequences shall be deposited in the juvenile probation services fund established by section 8-322, Arizona Revised Statutes.
Receipt of state probation monies by the counties is contingent on the county maintenance of fiscal year 2019-2020 expenditure levels for each probation program. State probation monies are not intended to supplant county dollars for probation programs.
On or before November 1, 2021, the administrative office of the courts shall report to the joint legislative budget committee and the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting the fiscal year 2020-2021 actual, fiscal year 2021-2022 estimated and fiscal year 2022-2023 requested amounts for each of the following:
1. On a county-by-county basis, the number of authorized and filled case carrying probation positions and non-case carrying probation positions, distinguishing between adult standard, adult intensive, juvenile standard and juvenile intensive. The report shall indicate the level of state probation funding, other state funding, county funding and probation surcharge funding for those positions.
2. Total receipts and expenditures by county and fund source for the adult standard, adult intensive, juvenile standard and juvenile intensive probation line items, including the amount of personal services spent from each revenue source of each account.
All centralized service payments made by the administrative office of the courts on behalf of counties shall be funded only from the centralized service payments line item. Centralized service payments include only training, motor vehicle payments, CORP review board funding, LEARN funding, research, operational reviews and GPS vendor payments. This footnote does not apply to treatment or counseling services payments made from the juvenile treatment services and juvenile diversion consequences line items. Monies in the operating lump sum appropriation or other line items intended for centralized service payments shall be transferred to the centralized service payments line item before expenditure.
All monies in the adult standard probation, adult intensive probation, community punishment, interstate compact, juvenile standard probation, juvenile intensive probation, juvenile treatment services, juvenile diversion consequences, juvenile crime reduction and probation incentive payments line items shall be used only as pass-through monies to county probation departments. Monies in the operating lump sum appropriation or other line items intended as pass-through for the purpose of administering a county probation program shall be transferred to the appropriate probation line item before expenditure.
On or before November 1, 2021, the administrative office of the courts shall submit a report for review by the joint legislative budget committee on the county-approved salary adjustments provided to probation officers since the last report on November 1, 2020. The administrative office shall also submit a copy of the report to the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting. The report shall include, for each county, the:
1. Approved percentage salary increase by year.
2. Net increase in the amount allocated to each probation department by the administrative office of the courts for each applicable year.
3. Average number of probation officers by applicable year.
4. Average salary of probation officers for each applicable year.
The amounts appropriated in the adult standard probation, adult intensive probation, interstate compact, drug court, juvenile standard probation, juvenile intensive probation, juvenile treatment services and juvenile diversion consequences line items in fiscal year 2021-2022 include an increase of $4,251,500 to cover the state's share of probation officer salary increases for fiscal years 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021 and 2021-2022. If the counties approve probation officer step or inflation salary increases in fiscal year 2021-2022 that increase the state's share above the amount appropriated, the legislature intends that the counties absorb any additional cost to this state in fiscal year 2021-2022 and subsequent years.
Water adjudication
The amount appropriated in the special water master line item includes an increase of $147,600 for two paralegal FTE positions and $109,700 is for one law clerk FTE position.
Sec. 52. DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE CORRECTIONS
2021-22
FTE positions 738.5
Lump sum appropriation $ 47,290,100
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 32,290,000
State charitable, penal and
reformatory institutions
land fund 4,017,000
Criminal justice enhancement fund 546,200
State education fund for committed
youth 1,986,000
Department of juvenile corrections
local cost sharing fund 8,450,900
Twenty-five percent of land earnings and interest from the state charitable, penal and reformatory institutions land fund shall be distributed to the department of juvenile corrections, in compliance with section 25 of the enabling act and the Constitution of Arizona, to be used to support state juvenile institutions and reformatories.
Sec. 53. STATE LAND DEPARTMENT
2021-22
FTE positions 129.7
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 16,678,200
Natural resource conservation
districts 650,000
CAP user fees 1,700,000
Due diligence fund deposit 1,500,000
Due diligence program 5,000,000
Fire suppression 800,000
Streambed navigability litigation 220,000
Total appropriation — state land department $ 26,548,200
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 13,967,500
Environmental special plate fund 260,600
Due diligence fund 5,000,000
Trust land management fund 7,320,100
The appropriation includes $1,700,000 for CAP user fees in fiscal year 2021-2022. For fiscal year 2021-2022, from municipalities that assume their allocation of central Arizona project water for every dollar received as reimbursement to the state for past central Arizona water conservation district payments, $1 reverts to the state general fund in the year that the reimbursement is collected.
Of the amount appropriated for natural resource conservation districts in fiscal year 2021-2022, $30,000 shall be used to provide grants to natural resource conservation districts environmental education centers.
Sec. 54. LEGISLATURE
2021-22
Senate
Lump sum appropriation $ 18,253,900*
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 18,253,900
Included in the lump sum appropriation of $18,253,900 for fiscal year 2021-2022 is $1,000 for the purchase of mementos and items for visiting officials.
House of representatives
Lump sum appropriation $ 21,830,000*
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 21,830,000
Included in the lump sum appropriation of $21,830,000 for fiscal year 2021-2022 is $1,000 for the purchase of mementos and items for visiting officials.
Legislative council
FTE positions 66.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 9,121,800
Ombudsman-citizens aide office 1,141,300
Total appropriation — legislative
council $ 10,263,100*
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 10,263,100
Dues for the council of state governments may be expended only on an affirmative vote of the legislative council.
The legislature intends that the ombudsman-citizens aide prioritize investigating and processing complaints relating to the department of child safety.
Joint legislative budget committee
FTE positions 29.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 2,934,700*
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 2,934,700
Auditor general
FTE positions 200.8
Lump sum appropriation $ 21,406,500*
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 21,406,500
The auditor general shall compile information on how all Arizona school districts and charter schools spent or plan to spend stimulus monies specified in the federal acts related to the COVID-19 pandemic and how the department of education spent or plans to spend its stimulus discretionary monies specified in the federal acts related to the COVID-19 pandemic in fiscal years 2019-2020, 2020-2021 and 2021-2022. On or before January 1, 2022, the auditor general shall issue a report that includes the fiscal years 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 information and on or before January 1, 2023, the auditor general shall issue a report that includes the fiscal year 2021-2022 information. For both reports, the auditor general may develop recommendations, as necessary. The school districts and charter schools shall cooperate with and provide information and records to the auditor general in a format prescribed by the auditor general to facilitate the reporting required in this section. The department of education and other state or local agencies that passed stimulus monies through to school districts and charter schools shall cooperate with and provide necessary information to the auditor general.
The auditor general shall conduct a special audit of financial and related information of any private, nongovernmental grant monies used for this state's 2020 elections and Maricopa county's procurement of voting systems. On or before March 31, 2022, the auditor general shall submit a report to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives on all of the following:
1. Private, nongovernmental grant monies received and expended by the secretary of state's office for the 2020 elections and any balance remaining unexpended on June 30, 2021, for the following:
(a) Educating voters how to sign up for the permanent early voting list or how to request an early ballot. The report shall include the type of information provided and where the information was provided.
(b) Recruiting poll workers. The report shall include where the recruitment was targeted and advertised and the requirements for poll worker selection.
(c) Combating misinformation and disinformation about the 2020 elections. The report shall include the methods used, the type of information provided and where the information was provided.
(d) Personnel and employee-related expenses. The report shall include an analysis of why the monies were used for these specific purposes.
2. Private, nongovernmental grant monies received and expended by Maricopa county on programs and processes for the 2020 elections, including the purpose of the expenditures, the amount spent for personnel and employee-related expenses and any balance remaining unexpended on June 30, 2021.
3. Private, nongovernmental grant monies received and expended by Pima county on programs and processes for the 2020 elections, including the purpose of the expenditures, the amount spent for personnel and employee-related expenses and any balance remaining unexpended on June 30, 2021.
4. Maricopa county's process to acquire Dominion Voting Systems, including information regarding:
(a) Compliance with the county's procurement code.
(b) Agreement terms, including acquisition costs, time frames and machine maintenance and security.
(c) The Maricopa county board of supervisors meetings to discuss the acquisition, including any public comment.
(d) The security and technical analysis that occurred before the acquisition.
Sec. 55. DEPARTMENT OF LIQUOR LICENSES AND CONTROL
2021-22
FTE positions 51.2
Lump sum appropriation $ 4,523,200
Fund sources:
Liquor licenses fund $ 4,523,200
Sec. 56. ARIZONA STATE LOTTERY COMMISSION
2021-22
FTE positions 98.8
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 9,498,700
Advertising 15,500,000
Total appropriation — Arizona state
lottery commission $ 24,998,700
Fund sources:
State lottery fund $ 24,998,700
An amount equal to twenty percent of tab ticket sales is appropriated to pay sales commissions to charitable organizations. This amount is currently estimated to be $1,311,400 in fiscal year 2021-2022.
An amount equal to 3.6 percent of actual instant ticket sales is appropriated to print instant tickets or to pay contractual obligations concerning instant ticket distribution. This amount is currently estimated to be $34,507,200 in fiscal year 2021-2022.
An amount equal to a percentage of actual online game sales as determined by contract is appropriated to pay online vendor fees. This amount is currently estimated to be $10,720,100, or 4.256 percent of actual online ticket sales, in fiscal year 2021-2022.
An amount equal to 6.5 percent of gross lottery game sales, minus charitable tab tickets, is appropriated to pay sales commissions to ticket retailers. An additional amount not to exceed 0.5 percent of gross lottery game sales is appropriated to pay sales commissions to ticket retailers. The combined amount is currently estimated to be 6.7 percent of total ticket sales, or $80,658,500, in fiscal year 2021-2022.
Sec. 57. BOARD OF MASSAGE THERAPY
2021-22
FTE positions 5.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 486,100
Fund sources:
Board of massage therapy fund $ 486,100
Sec. 58. ARIZONA MEDICAL BOARD
2021-22
FTE positions 61.5
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 7,512,100
Employee performance incentive
program 165,600
Total appropriation — Arizona medical
board $ 7,677,700
Fund sources:
Arizona medical board fund $ 7,677,700
Sec. 59. STATE MINE INSPECTOR
2021-22
FTE positions 16.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 1,287,500
Abandoned mines 194,700
Aggregate mining land reclamation 181,800
Total appropriation — state mine inspector $ 1,664,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 1,551,100
Aggregate mining reclamation fund 112,900
All aggregate mining reclamation fund monies received by the state mine inspector in excess of $112,900 in fiscal year 2021-2022 are appropriated to the aggregate mining land reclamation line item. Before spending any aggregate mining reclamation fund monies in excess of $112,900 in fiscal year 2021-2022, the state mine inspector shall report the intended use of the monies to the joint legislative budget committee and the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting.
Sec. 60. NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS MEDICAL BOARD
2021-22
FTE positions 2.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 197,600
Fund sources:
Naturopathic physicians medical
||board fund $ 197,600
Sec. 61. ARIZONA NAVIGABLE STREAM ADJUDICATION COMMISSION
2021-22
FTE positions 2.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 333,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 133,000
Arizona water banking fund 200,000
Sec. 62. ARIZONA STATE BOARD OF NURSING
2021-22
FTE positions 52.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 4,869,500
Certified nursing assistant
credentialing program 538,400
Total appropriation — Arizona state
board of nursing $ 5,407,900
Fund sources:
Board of nursing fund $ 5,407,900
Sec. 63. BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF NURSING CARE INSTITUTION ADMINISTRATORS AND ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY MANAGERS
2021-22
FTE positions 7.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 538,700
Fund sources:
Nursing care institution
||administrators' licensing and
||assisted living facility
||managers' certification fund $ 538,700
Sec. 64. BOARD OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY EXAMINERS
2021-22
FTE positions 1.5
Lump sum appropriation $ 204,700
Fund sources:
Occupational therapy fund $ 204,700
Sec. 65. STATE BOARD OF DISPENSING OPTICIANS
2021-22
FTE positions 1.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 166,200
Fund sources:
Board of dispensing opticians fund $ 166,200
Sec. 66. STATE BOARD OF OPTOMETRY
2021-22
FTE positions 2.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 248,200
Fund sources:
Board of optometry fund $ 248,200
Sec. 67. ARIZONA BOARD OF OSTEOPATHIC EXAMINERS IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY
2021-22
FTE positions 9.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 1,091,400
Fund sources:
Arizona board of osteopathic
examiners in medicine
and surgery fund $ 1,091,400
Sec.|68. ARIZONA STATE PARKS BOARD
2021-22
FTE positions 163.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 16,121,400
Arizona trail 250,000
Arizona state parks heritage
fund deposit 5,000,000
State parks store 1,000,000
SPRF deposit to state parks
store fund 1,000,000
Onetime cabin debt payoff 528,400
State lake improvement fund deposit 4,000,000
Kartchner caverns state park 2,441,000
Total appropriation — Arizona state parks
board $ 30,340,800
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 9,000,000
State parks revenue fund 20,330,600
State parks store fund 1,000,000
Off-highway vehicle recreation fund 10,200
In addition to the operating lump sum appropriation, an amount equal to the revenue share agreement with the United States forest service for Fool Hollow Lake recreation area is appropriated to the Arizona state parks board from the state parks revenue fund established by section 41-511.21, Arizona Revised Statutes.
The appropriation made in the Arizona trail line item is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations, until June 30, 2023.
Sec. 69. STATE PERSONNEL BOARD
2021-22
FTE positions 2.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 332,500
Fund sources:
Personnel division fund —
personnel board subaccount $ 332,500
Sec. 70. ARIZONA STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY
2021-22
FTE positions 25.4
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 3,085,000
Prescriber report card 50,000
Total appropriation — Arizona state
board of pharmacy $ 3,135,000
Fund sources:
Arizona state board of pharmacy
fund $ 3,135,000
On or before September 30, 2021, the Arizona state board of pharmacy shall submit a report to the joint legislative budget committee on the progress of the board's implementation of recommendations included in the auditor general's September 2020 report, including recommendations regarding policies and procedures for verifying possession of fingerprint clearance cards, ensuring that continuing education requirements are met, documenting complaint jurisdiction, meeting inspection time frames and enforcing compliance with the controlled substances prescription monitoring program requirements. The report shall include information regarding the board's review of its direct and indirect costs and its determination of the appropriate license and permit fees.
Sec. 71. BOARD OF PHYSICAL THERAPY
2021-22
FTE positions 4.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 513,900
Fund sources:
Board of physical therapy fund $ 513,900
Sec. 72. ARIZONA PIONEERS' HOME
2021-22
FTE positions 106.3
Lump sum appropriation $ 7,227,000
Fund sources:
Miners' hospital for miners with
disabilities land fund $ 2,137,500
State charitable fund 5,089,500
Earnings on state lands and interest on the investment of the permanent land funds are appropriated for the Arizona pioneers' home and the state hospital for miners with disabilities in compliance with the enabling act and the Constitution of Arizona.
Sec. 73. STATE BOARD OF PODIATRY EXAMINERS
2021-22
FTE positions 1.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 171,600
Fund sources:
Podiatry fund $ 171,600
Sec. 74. COMMISSION FOR POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
2021-22
FTE positions 5.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 226,700
Leveraging educational assistance
||partnership (LEAP) 2,319,500
Arizona college and career guide 21,300
Arizona teacher student loan
program 426,000
Arizona minority educational
||policy analysis center 100,700
Twelve plus partnership 130,400
Total appropriation — commission for
postsecondary education $ 3,224,600
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 1,680,900
Postsecondary education fund 1,543,700
In order to be eligible to receive state matching monies under the leveraging educational assistance partnership for grants to students, each participating institution, public or private, shall provide an amount of institutional matching monies that equals the amount of monies provided by this state to the institution for the leveraging educational assistance partnership. Administrative expenses incurred by the commission for postsecondary education shall be paid from institutional matching monies and may not exceed twelve percent of the monies in fiscal year 2021-2022.
Any unencumbered balance remaining in the postsecondary education fund established by section 15-1853, Arizona Revised Statutes, on June 30, 2021, and all grant monies and other revenues received by the commission for postsecondary education, when paid into the state treasury, are appropriated for the specific purposes designated by line items and for additional responsibilities prescribed in sections 15-1851 and 15-1852, Arizona Revised Statutes.
The appropriations for the Arizona college and career guide, Arizona minority educational policy analysis center and twelve plus partnership are estimates representing all monies distributed to these programs, including balance forward, revenue and transfers, during fiscal year 2021-2022. The appropriations shall be adjusted as necessary to reflect actual final monies credited to the postsecondary education fund.
Sec. 75. STATE BOARD FOR PRIVATE POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
2021-22
FTE positions 4.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 436,300
Fund sources:
Board for private postsecondary
education fund $ 436,300
Sec. 76. STATE BOARD OF PSYCHOLOGIST EXAMINERS
2021-22
FTE positions 4.5
Lump sum appropriation $ 563,000
Fund sources:
Board of psychologist examiners
||fund $ 563,000
Sec. 77. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
2021-22
FTE positions 2,046.7
Operating lump sum appropriation $333,219,900
ACTIC 1,450,000
Border strike task force ongoing 9,102,100
Border strike task force
local support 1,261,700
Civil air patrol 150,000
DPS — rapid DNA testing equipment 600,000
GIITEM 28,541,500
GIITEM subaccount 2,411,600
Motor vehicle fuel 5,454,600
Onetime active shooter equipment 2,912,900
Onetime AZPOST support 1,196,300
Pharmaceutical diversion and
drug theft task force 711,200
Public safety equipment 2,890,000
Total appropriation — department of public
safety $ 389,901,800
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 293,637,700
State highway fund 8,169,100
Arizona highway patrol fund 44,991,200
Criminal justice enhancement fund 2,999,700
Department of public safety
forensics fund 23,235,600
Gang and immigration intelligence
team enforcement mission border
security and law enforcement
subaccount 2,411,600
Motorcycle safety fund 205,000
Motor vehicle liability insurance
enforcement fund 1,302,700
Risk management revolving fund 1,408,600
Parity compensation fund 4,175,500
Public safety equipment fund 2,893,700
Concealed weapons permit fund 2,875,300
Fingerprint clearance card fund 1,596,100
Of the $28,541,500 appropriated to the GIITEM line item, $15,029,400 shall be used for one hundred department of public safety GIITEM personnel. The additional staff shall include at least fifty sworn department of public safety positions to be used for immigration enforcement and border security and fifty department of public safety positions to assist GIITEM in various efforts, including:
1. Strictly enforcing all federal laws relating to illegal aliens and arresting illegal aliens.
2. Responding to or assisting any county sheriff or attorney in investigating complaints of employment of illegal aliens.
3. Enforcing Arizona's law known as the Legal Arizona Workers Act, strictly enforcing Arizona's SB 1070, Arizona's "Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act" and investigating crimes of identity theft in the context of hiring illegal aliens and the unlawful entry into this country.
4. Taking strict enforcement action.
Any change in the GIITEM mission or allocation of monies shall be approved by the joint legislative budget committee. The department shall submit an expenditure plan to the joint legislative budget committee for review before expending any monies not identified in the department's previous expenditure plans.
Of the $28,541,500 appropriated to the GIITEM line item, only $1,403,400 is deposited in the GIITEM fund established by section 41-1724, Arizona Revised Statutes, and is appropriated for the purposes of that section. The $1,403,400 is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations. This state recognizes that states have inherent authority to arrest a person for any immigration violation.
Any monies remaining in the department of public safety joint account on June 30, 2022 revert to the funds from which they were appropriated. The reverted monies shall be returned in direct proportion to the amounts appropriated.
On or before September 1, 2021, the department of public safety shall submit an expenditure plan for the border strike task force local support line item to the joint legislature budget committee and the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting.
Of the $1,261,700 appropriated for the border strike task force local support line item, $761,700 shall be used to fund local law enforcement officer positions within the border strike task force. Any city, town, county or other entity that enters into an agreement with the department to participate in the border strike task force shall provide at least twenty-five percent of the cost of the services, and the department shall provide not more than seventy-five percent of personal services and employee-related expenditures for each agreement or contract. The department may fund all capital-related equipment.
Of the $1,261,700 appropriated for the border strike task force local support line item, $500,000 shall be used for grants to cities, towns or counties for costs associated with prosecuting and imprisoning individuals charged with drug trafficking, human smuggling, illegal immigration and other border-related crimes.
Notwithstanding Laws 2019, chapter 263, section 80, the $1,047,500 appropriated to the department of public safety by Laws 2019, chapter 263, section 80 for the peace officer training equipment line item is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations, until June 30, 2022. Any monies remaining unexpended on June 30, 2022 revert to the fund from which the monies were appropriated.
The $600,000 appropriated to the DPS – rapid DNA testing equipment line item in fiscal year 2021-2022 to the department of public safety shall be used to:
1. Purchase and deploy rapid DNA testing devices throughout this state.
2. Subject to the availability of monies and on the request of a county sheriff, train that county sheriff's personnel on properly using the rapid DNA testing devices.
On or before October 15, 2021, January 15, 2022, April 15, 2022 and July 15, 2022, the director of the department of public safety shall submit a report to the chairpersons of the judiciary committee of the house of representatives and the judiciary committee of the senate, or their successor committees, containing at least the following information relating to the devices and training prescribed by this section:
1. The number of rapid DNA tests performed by the department and county sheriffs.
2. The number of criminal suspects identified or matched by rapid DNA testing to the combined DNA index system.
3. The total number and types of crimes identified or matched by rapid DNA testing.
Sec. 78. STATE REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT
2021-22
FTE positions 37.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 2,997,600
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 2,997,600
Sec. 79. RESIDENTIAL UTILITY CONSUMER OFFICE
2021-22
FTE positions 11.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 1,243,900
Professional witnesses 145,000*
Total appropriation — residential utility
consumer office $ 1,388,900
Fund sources:
Residential utility consumer
||office revolving fund $ 1,388,900
Sec. 80. BOARD OF RESPIRATORY CARE EXAMINERS
2021-22
FTE positions 4.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 333,300
Fund sources:
Board of respiratory care
||examiners fund $ 333,300
Sec. 81. ARIZONA STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM
2021-22
FTE positions 240.9
Lump sum appropriation $ 25,695,800
Fund sources:
Arizona state retirement system
||administration account $ 23,895,800
Long-term disability trust fund
administration account 1,800,000
Sec. 82. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
2021-22
FTE positions 880.8
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 67,520,200
BRITS operational support 7,723,700
E-commerce compliance and outreach 854,900
Income tax information technology 466,300
Unclaimed property administration
and audit 1,467,800
TPT simplification 1,020,000
Tax fraud prevention 3,150,000
Total appropriation — department of revenue $ 82,202,900
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 53,876,500
Department of revenue
administrative fund 26,816,200
Liability setoff program
revolving fund 815,500
Tobacco tax and health care fund 694,700
The appropriation for the income tax information technology line item is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations, until June 30, 2024.
If the total value of properties retained by unclaimed property contract auditors exceeds $1,467,800, the excess amount is transferred from the state general fund to the department of revenue administrative fund established by section 42-1116.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, and is appropriated to the department for contract auditor fees.
The department shall report the department's general fund revenue enforcement goals for fiscal year 2021-2022 to the joint legislative budget committee on or before September 30, 2021. On or before September 30, 2022, the department shall provide an annual progress report to the joint legislative budget committee as to the effectiveness of the department's overall enforcement and collections program for fiscal year 2021-2022. The reports shall compare projected and actual state general fund, total state tax, total county tax and total municipal tax revenue enforcement collections for fiscal year 2020-2021 and fiscal year 2021-2022, including the amount of projected and actual enforcement collections for all tax types. The reports shall also include the total number of transaction privilege tax delinquent accounts, the total dollar value of those accounts classified by age of account and the total dollar amount of delinquent account write-offs determined to be uncollectible for fiscal year 2020-2021.
The department may not transfer any monies to or from the tax fraud prevention line item without prior review by the joint legislative budget committee.
The operating lump sum appropriation includes $2,000,000 and 25 FTE positions for additional audit and collections staff.
On or before November 1, 2021, the department shall report the results of private fraud prevention investigation services during fiscal year 2020-2021 to the joint legislative budget committee. The report shall include the total number of fraudulent returns prevented and the total dollar amount of fraudulent returns prevented during fiscal year 2020-2021.
Sec. 83. SCHOOL FACILITIES BOARD
2021-22
FTE positions 17.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 1,771,100
New school facilities debt service 67,176,800
Building renewal grants 107,500,000
Kirkland elementary replacement
school 3,000,000
Yuma union high school 16,515,200
New school facilities 140,407,900
Total appropriation — school facilities
board $336,371,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $336,371,000
Pursuant to section 35-142.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, any reimbursement received by or allocated to the school facilities board under the federal qualified school construction bond program in fiscal year 2021-2022 shall be deposited in or revert to the state general fund.
At least thirty days before any monies are transferred out of the new school facilities debt service line item, the school facilities board shall report the proposed transfer to the director of the joint legislative budget committee.
Pursuant to section 15-2041, Arizona Revised Statutes, the amount appropriated for new school facilities shall be used only for facilities and land costs for school districts that received final approval from the school facilities board on or before December 15, 2020.
The amount appropriated in the Kirkland elementary replacement school line item shall be distributed to the Kirkland elementary school district to replace an existing school building, including necessary demolition of existing buildings.
The amount appropriated in the Yuma union high school line item shall be distributed to the Yuma union high school district for the construction of a new high school.
Sec. 84. DEPARTMENT OF STATE — SECRETARY OF STATE
2021-22
FTE positions 143.1
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 13,703,000
Arizona voter information database 192,500
Library grants-in-aid 651,400*
Statewide radio reading service
for the blind 97,000
Uniform state laws commission 99,000
Total appropriation — department of
state — secretary of state $ 14,742,900
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 13,263,600
Election systems improvement fund 192,500
Records services fund 1,286,800
Included in the operating lump sum appropriation of $13,703,000 for fiscal year 2021-2022 is $5,000 for the purchase of mementos and items for visiting officials.
Included in the operating lump sum appropriation of $13,703,000 for fiscal year 2021-2022 is $1,286,800 from the records services fund. This appropriation may be used for the payment of obligations incurred in fiscal years 2019-2020, 2020-2021 and 2021-2022.
The secretary of state may hire one full-time equivalent position to serve as legal advisor and to represent the secretary of state, but the secretary of state may not make expenditures or incur indebtedness to employ outside or private attorneys to provide representation or services.
Sec. 85. STATE BOARD OF TAX APPEALS
2021-22
FTE positions 4.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 292,200
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 292,200
Sec. 86. STATE BOARD OF TECHNICAL REGISTRATION
2021-22
FTE positions 25.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 2,408,300
Fund sources:
Technical registration fund $ 2,408,300
Sec. 87. OFFICE OF TOURISM
2021-22
FTE positions 28.0
Tourism fund deposit $ 7,235,100
Arizona promotion 1,000,000
Southern Arizona study committee 250,000
Wine promotion 100,000
Total appropriation — office of tourism $ 8,585,100
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 8,585,100
The appropriation for the southern Arizona study committee line item is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations.
Sec. 88. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
2021-22
FTE positions 4,554.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $219,600,100
Attorney general legal services 3,623,700
Highway maintenance 152,502,400
Vehicles and heavy equipment 19,755,200
State fleet operations 13,767,700
State fleet vehicle replacement 4,500,000
Driver safety and livestock control 800,000
Vehicle replacement 15,300,000
Highway damage recovery account 8,000,000
Preventive surface treatments 36,142,000
Authorized third parties 2,162,300
Total appropriation — department of
transportation $476,153,400
Fund sources:
Air quality fund $ 326,000
Arizona highway user revenue fund 688,800
Highway damage recovery account 8,000,000
Ignition interlock device fund 362,200
Motor vehicle liability
insurance enforcement fund 1,823,500
State fleet operations fund 13,767,700
State vehicle replacement fund 4,500,000
State aviation fund 2,064,800
State highway fund 422,701,400
Transportation department
equipment fund 19,755,200
Vehicle inspection and certificate
of title enforcement fund 2,163,800
Motor vehicle division
The department shall submit an annual report to the joint legislative budget committee on progress in improving motor vehicle division wait times and vehicle registration renewal by mail turnaround times in a format similar to prior years. The report is due on or before July 31, 2022 for fiscal year 2021-2022.
On or before February 1, 2022, the Arizona strategic enterprise technology office shall submit, on behalf of the department of transportation, an annual progress report to the joint legislative budget committee staff. The annual report shall provide updated plans for spending the department-dedicated portion of the authorized third-party electronic service partner's fee retention on the motor vehicle modernization project in fiscal year 2021-2022, including any amounts for stabilization, maintenance, ongoing operations, support and enhancements for the motor vehicle modernization solution, maintenance of legacy mainframe processing and support capability, and other system projects outside the scope of the motor vehicle modernization project.
On or before August 1, 2021, the department shall report to the director of the joint legislative budget committee the state's share of fees retained by the service Arizona vendor in the prior fiscal year. The report shall include the amount spent by the service Arizona vendor on behalf of this state in the prior fiscal year and a list of the projects funded with those monies.
Other
Of the total amount appropriated, $152,502,400 in fiscal year 2021-2022 for highway maintenance is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations, except that all unexpended and unencumbered monies of the appropriation revert to the state highway fund established by section 28-6991, Arizona Revised Statutes, on August 31, 2022.
Of the total amount appropriated, the department of transportation shall pay $15,981,300 in fiscal year 2021-2022 from all funds to the department of administration for its risk management payment.
All expenditures made by the department of transportation for attorney general legal services shall be funded only from the attorney general legal services line item. Monies in the operating lump sum appropriation or other line items intended for this purpose shall be transferred to the attorney general legal services line item before expenditure.
In accordance with section 35-142.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, reimbursements for monies expended from the highway maintenance line item may not be credited to the account out of which the expenditure was incurred. The department shall deposit all reimbursements for monies expended from the highway maintenance line item in the highway damage recovery account established by section 28-6994, Arizona Revised Statutes.
Expenditures made by the department of transportation for vehicle and heavy equipment replacement shall be funded only from the vehicle replacement line item. Monies in the operating lump sum appropriation or other line items intended for this purpose shall be transferred to the vehicle replacement line item before expenditure.
Sec. 89. STATE TREASURER
2021-22
FTE positions 35.4
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 4,024,900
Justice of the peace salaries 1,205,100
School safety program 2,500,000*
Rural county interoperability
communication system 1,500,000*
Law enforcement/boating safety
fund grants 2,183,800
Total appropriation – state treasurer $ 11,413,800
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 1,548,800
Arizona highway patrol fund 2,500,000
Law enforcement and boating
safety fund 2,183,800
School safety interoperability fund 1,500,000
State treasurer's operating fund 3,681,200
The monies appropriated in the rural county interoperability communication system line item may be spent for an interoperability communication system that:
1. Enables the deployment of secure, multimedia data communications system to a user base consisting of public safety agencies.
2. Provides a communications solution environment that allows for identifying system users' identity, location and operational status during an incident, secure text messaging and file sharing to all users involved in an incident, secure sharing of collaborative maps, building floor plans and images, integrating manually activated panic alarm systems that, when activated, establish direct collaboration between public safety agencies, using multiple forms of real-time communications and information collaboration, including voice and full-motion video sharing, during an incident.
3. Is capable of being deployed to end users on existing communication assets owned by participating entities.
4. Allows each participating entity to maintain discretionary real-time control of all communications assets owned or operated by the entity.
5. Encrypts all media communications.
6. Ensures staff privacy.
7. Is United States department of homeland security safety act certified qualified antiterrorism technology.
8. Is compatible with federal emergency management agency interoperable gateway systems for disaster communications.
Of the amount appropriated to the rural county interoperability communication system line item, $1,500,000 shall be distributed in fiscal year 2021-2022 for costs associated with implementing an interoperable communications sharing platform for public safety needs as follows:
1. Gila county sheriff $430,540
2. Graham county sheriff $224,930
3. Greenlee county sheriff $189,338
4. Pinal county sheriff $655,192
On or before November 1, 2021, November 1, 2022 and November 1, 2023, the Gila county sheriff, Graham county sheriff, Greenlee county sheriff and Pinal county sheriff shall submit a report to the joint legislative budget committee of all expenditures made from the rural county interoperability communication system line item in the preceding fiscal year.
The amount appropriated in the school safety program line item in fiscal year 2021-2022 shall be deposited in the school safety interoperability fund established by section 41-1733, Arizona Revised Statutes, and shall be distributed as follows:
1. Maricopa county sheriff $2,100,000
2. Mohave county sheriff $ 100,000
3. Yavapai and Navajo county sheriffs $ 300,000
Sec. 90. GOVERNOR'S OFFICE ON TRIBAL RELATIONS
2021-22
FTE positions 3.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 64,700
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 64,700
Sec. 91. ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS
2021-22
FTE positions 25.9
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 2,485,300
Adaptive athletics 160,000
Arizona promise program 7,500,000
Arizona teachers academy 15,000,000
Arizona teachers incentive program 90,000
Arizona transfer articulation
support system 213,700
Washington, D.C. internships 300,000
Western interstate commission
office 153,000
WICHE student subsidies 4,078,000
Total appropriation - Arizona board of
regents $ 29,980,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 29,980,000
The Arizona board of regents shall distribute monies appropriated for the adaptive athletics line item to each university under the jurisdiction of the board to maintain and operate an intercollegiate adaptive athletics program that provides opportunities for competitive wheelchair and adaptive sports to students and community members with disabilities. The monies may be spent only when the university collects matching monies of gifts, grants and donations for the intercollegiate adaptive athletics program from sources other than this state. Universities may spend the monies only on scholarships, equipment, uniforms, travel expenses and tournament fees for participants in the intercollegiate adaptive athletics program. The monies may not be used for administrative costs, personal services or employee-related expenditures.
The Arizona board of regents shall distribute monies appropriated for Washington, D.C. internships in equal amounts to each of the three universities under the jurisdiction of the board to provide full-time students with student internships in Washington, D.C. in partnership with a third-party organization. The Arizona board of regents shall reallocate any monies that are unspent on March 15, 2022 and shall make the monies available to any full-time student enrolled at a university under the jurisdiction of the board to provide student internships in Washington, D.C. The third-party organization must meet the following requirements:
1. Have partnerships with Washington, D.C.—based organizations to provide full-time, semester-long student internships.
2. Provide at least one academic course and a full-time internship schedule Monday through Thursday each week throughout the duration of student internships.
3. Have the ability to place as many students in internships as needed by the universities.
4. Have experience placing students in internships for at least ten consecutive years.
5. Have dedicated staff to ensure that student interns have access to internships in their areas of interest.
6. Have fully furnished housing available for student interns.
The appropriation made by Laws 2020, chapter 58, section 90 for the Washington, D.C. internships line item is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations, until June 30, 2022.
Within ten days after the acceptance of the universities' semiannual all funds budget reports, the Arizona board of regents shall submit a current year expenditure plan to the joint legislative budget committee for review. The expenditure plan shall include the use of all projected tuition and fee revenues by expenditure category, including operating expenses, plant fund, debt service and financial aid. The plan shall include the amount by which each expenditure category is projected to increase over the prior year and shall provide as much detail as the university budget requests. The plan shall include the total revenue and expenditure amounts from all tuition and student fee revenues, including base tuition, differential tuition, program fees, course fees, summer session fees and other miscellaneous and mandatory student fee revenues.
When determining any statewide adjustments, the joint legislative budget committee staff shall use the overall allocation of state general fund and appropriated tuition monies for each university in determining that university's specific adjustment.
Sec. 92. ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
2021-22
FTE positions 7,727.6
Operating lump sum appropriation $840,864,200
Biomedical informatics 3,746,100
Eastern Europe cultural
collaborative 250,000
School of civic and economic
thought and leadership 5,774,700
Political history and leadership
program 250,000
Arizona financial aid trust 5,985,800
Downtown Phoenix campus 106,732,200
Total appropriation — Arizona state
university $963,603,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $360,027,100
University collections fund 603,575,900
The state general fund appropriation may not be used for alumni association funding.
The increased state general fund appropriation from Laws 2014, chapter 18 may not be used for medical marijuana research.
Other than scholarships awarded through the Arizona financial aid trust, the appropriated monies may not be used for scholarships or any student newspaper.
The appropriated monies may not be used by the Arizona state university college of law legal clinic for any lawsuits involving inmates of the state department of corrections in which this state is the adverse party.
The amount appropriated for the operating budget includes $5,718,300 to backfill tuition costs associated with the fiscal year 2021-2022 employer health insurance premium increases. The legislature intends that any future employer health insurance premium increases continue to be allocated using the overall allocation of state general fund and appropriated tuition monies.
Arizona state university shall 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.
The appropriated amount for the school of civic and economic thought and leadership line item shall be used to operate a single stand-alone academic entity within Arizona state university. The appropriated amount may not supplant any existing state funding or private or external donations to the existing centers or to the school. The appropriated monies and all private and external donations to the school, including any remaining balances from prior fiscal years, shall be deposited in a separate account, shall be used only for the direct operation of the school and may not be used for indirect costs of the university. On or before October 1, 2021, the school shall submit a report to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairpersons of the senate education committee and the house of representatives education committee and the director of the joint legislative budget committee that includes at least the following information for the school:
1. The total amount of funding received from all sources.
2. A description of faculty positions and courses offered.
3. The total undergraduate and graduate student enrollment.
4. Significant community events, initiatives or publications.
The chairpersons of the senate education committee and the house of representatives education committee may request the director of the school to appear before the committees to report on the school's annual achievements.
The appropriation made in the political history and leadership program line item is to expand the political history and leadership program within the school of historical, philosophical and religious studies at Arizona state university. The monies shall be used at the sole discretion and approval of the lead of the political history and leadership program, and the monies shall be used only to directly support the program of political history and leadership, including teaching staff and teaching support.
Any unencumbered balances remaining in the university collections fund on June 30, 2021 and all collections received by the university during the fiscal year are appropriated for operating expenditures, capital outlay and fixed charges. Earnings on state lands and interest on the investment of the permanent land funds are appropriated in compliance with the enabling act and the Constitution of Arizona. No part of this appropriation may be spent for supplemental life insurance or supplemental retirement.
Sec. 93. NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY
2021-22
FTE positions 2,653.5
Operating lump sum appropriation $254,158,800
NAU — Yuma 3,076,600
Arizona financial aid trust 1,326,000
Teacher training 2,293,000
Economic policy institute 750,300
Biomedical research funding 3,000,000
Total appropriation — Northern Arizona
university $264,604,700
Fund sources:
State general fund $125,683,400
University collections fund 138,921,300
The state general fund appropriation may not be used for alumni association funding.
The increased state general fund appropriation from Laws 2014, chapter 18 may not be used for medical marijuana research.
The amount appropriated for the operating budget includes $244,900 to backfill tuition costs associated with the fiscal year 2021-2022 employer health insurance premium increases. The legislature intends that any future employer health insurance premium increases continue to be allocated using the overall allocation of state general fund and appropriated tuition monies.
Other than scholarships awarded through the Arizona financial aid trust, the appropriated monies may not be used for scholarships or any student newspaper.
The appropriated amount for the teacher training line item shall be distributed to the Arizona K-12 center for program implementation and mentor training for the Arizona mentor teacher program prescribed by the state board of education.
Any unencumbered balances remaining in the university collections fund on June 30, 2021 and all collections received by the university during the fiscal year are appropriated for operating expenditures, capital outlay and fixed charges. Earnings on state lands and interest on the investment of the permanent land funds are appropriated in compliance with the enabling act and the Constitution of Arizona. No part of this appropriation may be spent for supplemental life insurance or supplemental retirement.
The biomedical research funding shall be distributed to a nonprofit medical research foundation in this state that collaborates with universities, hospitals and biotechnology and health research centers. A nonprofit foundation that receives monies shall submit an expenditure and performance report to Northern Arizona university. The university shall transmit the report to the joint legislative budget committee and the director of the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting on or before February 1, 2022. The report must include at least the following:
1. The type and amount of expenditures from all state sources of monies, including the amount leveraged for local, state, federal and private grants.
2. A description of each grant received as well as the percentage and locations of positions funded solely or partly by state monies and the nonprofit foundation's projects with which those positions are associated.
3. Performance measures, including:
(a) Outcomes that are specifically related to the use of state monies.
(b) Progress that has been made toward achieving each outcome, including activities, resources and other evidence of the progress.
(c) Reportable inventions or discoveries related to each outcome.
(d) Publications, presentations and narratives related to each outcome and how the expenditures from all state sources of monies that the nonprofit foundation received have benefited this state.
The appropriated amount for the economic policy institute line item may not supplant any existing state funding or private or external donations to the institute or to the university. The appropriated monies and all private and external donations to the institute, including any remaining balances from prior fiscal years, shall be deposited in a separate account, shall be used only for the direct operation of the institute and may not be used for indirect costs of the university. On or before October 1, 2021, the institute shall submit to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairpersons of the senate education committee and the house of representatives education committee and the director of the joint legislative budget committee a report that includes at least the following information for the institute:
1. The total amount of funding received from all sources.
2. A description of the faculty positions and courses offered.
3. The total undergraduate and graduate student participation.
4. Significant community events, initiatives or publications.
The chairpersons of the senate education committee and the house of representatives education committee may request the director of the institute to appear before the committees to report on the institute's annual achievements.
Sec. 94. UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
2021-22
Main campus
FTE positions 5,769.2
Operating lump sum appropriation $473,637,300
Agriculture 41,739,700
Arizona cooperative extension 15,176,400
Center for the philosophy
of freedom 3,806,800
Kazakhstan studies program 250,000
Sierra Vista campus 6,250,700
Arizona financial aid trust 2,729,400
School of mining 4,000,000
Mining, mineral and natural
resources educational museum 428,800
Arizona geological survey 1,148,500
Natural resource users law and
policy center 500,000
Total — main campus $549,667,600
Fund sources:
State general fund $227,404,000
University collections fund 322,263,600
Health sciences center
FTE positions 1,308.8
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 89,192,500
Clinical rural rotation 353,600
Clinical teaching support 8,587,000
Liver research institute 440,400
Phoenix medical campus 33,517,600
Telemedicine network 1,670,000
Total — health sciences center $133,761,100
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 76,897,700
University collections fund 56,863,400
Total appropriation - university of
Arizona $683,428,700
Fund sources:
State general fund $304,301,700
University collections fund 379,127,000
The state general fund appropriation may not be used for alumni association funding.
The increased state general fund appropriation from Laws 2014, chapter 18 may not be used for medical marijuana research.
Other than scholarships awarded through the Arizona financial aid trust, the appropriated monies may not be used for scholarships or any student newspaper.
The amount appropriated for the operating budget includes $5,886,500 to backfill tuition costs associated with the fiscal year 2021-2022 employer health insurance premium increases. The legislature intends that any future employer health insurance premium increases continue to be allocated using the overall allocation of state general fund and appropriated tuition monies.
The university of Arizona shall use monies appropriated for the Kazakhstan studies program to facilitate academic exchanges between university students and academic institutions in Kazakhstan.
The university of Arizona may not use monies appropriated for the Arizona geological survey line item for any other purpose and may not transfer the monies appropriated for the Arizona geological survey to the operating budget or any other line item.
The legislature intends that $8,000,000 of the amount appropriated to the health sciences center operating lump sum appropriation line item be used to expand the college of medicine Phoenix campus and to develop and administer a primary care physician scholarship program at the college of medicine Phoenix campus and the college of medicine Tucson campus. The legislature intends that the $8,000,000 not be annualized in future years.
The appropriated amount for the center for the philosophy of freedom line item may not supplant any existing state funding or private or external donations to the center or the philosophy department of the university of Arizona. The appropriated monies and all private and external donations to the center, including any remaining balances from prior fiscal years, shall be deposited in a separate account, shall be used only for the direct operation of the center and may not be used for indirect costs of the university. On or before October 1, 2021, the center shall submit a report to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairpersons of the senate education committee and the house of representatives education committee and the director of the joint legislative budget committee that includes at least the following information for the center:
1. The total amount of funding received from all sources.
2. A description of faculty positions and courses offered.
3. The total undergraduate and graduate student participation.
4. Significant community events, initiatives or publications.
The chairpersons of the senate education committee and the house of representatives education committee may request the director of the center to appear before the committees to report on the center's annual achievements.
The amount appropriated for the natural resource users law and policy center line item shall be used by the natural resource users law and policy center within the Arizona cooperative extension to assist claimants in the general stream adjudication of water rights pursuant to section 15-1647, Arizona Revised Statutes.
Any unencumbered balances remaining in the university collections fund on June 30, 2021 and all collections received by the university during the fiscal year are appropriated for operating expenditures, capital outlay and fixed charges. Earnings on state lands and interest on the investment of the permanent land funds are appropriated in compliance with the enabling act and the Constitution of Arizona. No part of this appropriation may be spent for supplemental life insurance or supplemental retirement.
Sec. 95. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' SERVICES
2021-22
FTE positions 772.3
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 2,407,900
Arizona state veterans' homes 51,278,200
Arizona state veterans' cemeteries 962,900
Veterans' benefit counseling 3,708,300
Veterans' support services 1,228,400
Veterans' trauma treatment
services 450,000
Total appropriation — department of
veterans' services $ 60,035,700
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 8,757,500
State home for veterans' trust
fund 51,278,200
The amount appropriated for veterans' support services line item shall be distributed to a nonprofit veterans' services organization that provides support services among this state's military and veteran population. The department may spend up to $78,600 of this appropriation to hire a program specialist to liaise between the department and the selected nonprofit organization. Before the expenditure of the monies, the department shall submit an expenditure report to the joint legislative budget committee that includes the status of non-state matching grant monies.
Monies appropriated for the veterans' trauma treatment services line item shall be used to provide grants to contractors as defined in section 36-2901, Arizona Revised Statutes, that provide trauma treatment services training to any of the following health professionals licensed pursuant to title 32, Arizona Revised Statutes:
1. Physicians.
2. Registered nurse practitioners.
3. Physician assistants.
4. Psychologists.
5. Behavioral health professionals who are either licensed for individual practice or supervised by a psychologist, registered nurse practitioner or behavioral health professional licensed pursuant to title 32, Arizona Revised Statutes, for independent practice.
Sec. 96. ARIZONA STATE VETERINARY MEDICAL EXAMINING BOARD
2021-22
FTE positions 6.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 618,300
Fund sources:
Veterinary medical examining
board fund $ 618,300
Sec. 97. WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AUTHORITY OF ARIZONA
2021-22
Water supply development revolving
fund deposit $ 6,000,000
Small drinking water systems
fund deposit 1,000,000
Water projects assistance grants 5,000,000*
Total appropriation — water infrastructure
finance authority of Arizona $ 12,000,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 12,000,000
Of the amount appropriated to the water projects assistance grants line item, $3,000,000 is allocated to provide financial assistance to cities and towns that provide water in Navajo and Apache counties to contract for services of outside advisors, attorneys, consultants and aides that are reasonably necessary or desirable to enable the cities and towns to adequately perform their duties. The water infrastructure finance authority of Arizona shall develop a separate grant program to distribute these monies to qualified entities on or before June 30, 2022.
Of the amount appropriated to the water projects assistance grants line item, $2,000,000 is allocated to provide financial assistance to irrigation districts in Cochise and Graham counties to contract for services of outside advisors, attorneys, consultants and aides that are reasonably necessary or desirable to enable the irrigation districts to adequately perform their duties. Each county shall receive a $1,000,000 allocation. The water infrastructure finance authority of Arizona shall develop a separate grant program to distribute these monies to qualified entities on or before June 30, 2022.
On or before December 31, 2021, December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2023, the water infrastructure finance authority of Arizona shall report to the joint legislative budget committee on the annual amount of expenditures from the small drinking water systems fund established by section 49-355, Arizona Revised Statutes, for grants to interim operators, interim managers or owners of small drinking water systems during the prior fiscal year.
Sec. 98. DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES
2021-22
FTE positions 145.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 13,294,200
Adjudication support 1,814,400
Arizona water protection fund
deposit 1,250,000
Assured and adequate water supply
administration 2,074,700
Rural water studies 1,201,500
Conservation and drought program 427,700
Automated groundwater monitoring 418,600
Colorado River legal expenses 500,000*
Agua Fria flood insurance study 350,000
Total appropriation - department of water
resources $ 21,331,100
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 18,864,300
Water resources fund 977,700
Assured and adequate water
supply administration fund 276,700
Arizona water banking fund 1,212,400
Monies in the assured and adequate water supply administration line item may be used only for the exclusive purposes prescribed in sections 45-108 and 45-576 through 45-579, Arizona Revised Statutes. The department of water resources may not transfer any monies into or out of the assured and adequate water supply administration line item.
The legislature intends that monies in the rural water studies line item be spent only to assess local water use needs and to develop plans for sustainable future water supplies in rural areas outside this state's active management areas and not be made available for other department operating expenditures.
Monies in the adjudication support line item may be used only for the exclusive purposes prescribed in section 45-256 and section 45-257, subsection B, paragraph 4, Arizona Revised Statutes. The department of water resources may not transfer any monies into or out of the adjudication support line item.
The department of water resources may not transfer any monies from the Colorado River legal expenses line item without prior review by the joint legislative budget committee.
The department of water resources shall use the monies in the Agua Fria flood insurance study line item to complete a study of the hydrology and hydraulics of the Agua Fria River from New Waddell Dam to the confluence with the Gila River. The department may contract with an engineering firm that has not contracted with or otherwise associated with a county flood control district in an Arizona county with a population of more than one million five hundred thousand persons. On or before March 31, 2023, the department shall complete the report.
Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Appropriation Adjustments
Sec. 99. Supplemental appropriation; department of administration; risk management revolving fund; fiscal year 2020-2021; review
A. In addition to any other appropriations made in fiscal year 2020-2021, the sum of $2,801,500 is appropriated from the risk management revolving fund established by section 41-622, Arizona Revised Statutes, in fiscal year 2020-2021 to the department of administration for the following purposes:
1. To pay disallowed costs relating to excess retained earnings.
2. To pay disallowed costs relating to the statewide information technology charges.
3. For fund transfers in fiscal year 2019-2020.
4. To pay interest owed from prior-year disallowed costs.
B. The legislature intends that the department of administration not enter into any agreements to pay for any federal reimbursements related to excess balances in the special employee health insurance trust fund established by section 38-654, Arizona Revised Statutes, unless the proposed agreements have been reviewed by the joint legislative budget committee.
Sec. 100. Supplemental appropriation; department of administration; refunds; Transwestern Pipeline litigation; fiscal year 2020-2021; reports; exemption
A. The sum of $17,043,300 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2020-2021 to the department of administration to disburse to counties with political subdivisions in this state that paid refunds ordered in the Transwestern Pipeline Co. v. Arizona Department of Revenue litigation. The department shall disburse to each county the following amounts:
Apache: $2,029,600
Coconino: $2,888,400
Maricopa: $2,477,100
Mohave: $3,500,300
Navajo: $1,183,300
Pinal: $1,058,300
Yavapai: $3,906,300
B. From the amounts disbursed pursuant to subsection A of this section, each county shall distribute to each political subdivision within its jurisdiction an amount equal to refunds, including interest, ordered in the Transwestern Pipeline Co. v. Arizona Department of Revenue litigation for that political subdivision.
C. School districts may not receive distributions specified in subsection B of this section for refunds that are reimbursable under the K-12 formula. In computing the distributions specified in subsection B of this section, each county shall reduce each school district's distribution by an amount equal to the monies received by the school district as a result of state aid recalculations reported by the department of education pursuant to subsection D of this section.
D. On or before July 15, 2021, the department of education shall report to each county specified in subsection A of this section the amount of monies distributed to each school district within each county's jurisdiction as a result of state aid recalculations associated with the Transwestern Pipeline Co. v. Arizona Department of Revenue litigation pursuant to section 15-915, subsection B, Arizona Revised Statutes.
E. On or before July 30, 2021, each political subdivision that is eligible for a distribution under subsection B of this section shall submit a claim for reimbursement to the county in which the political subdivision is located.
F. On or before September 1, 2021, each county specified in subsection A of this section shall report to the director of the joint legislative budget committee on the total claims submitted pursuant to subsection E of this section. Each report shall include an estimate of the total dollar value of reimbursed claims and the total remaining unexpended and unencumbered monies, if any, from the disbursements specified in subsection A of this section. Any unexpended and unencumbered monies shall be transferred to the state treasurer on or before June 30, 2022 for deposit in the state general fund. If the disbursement in subsection A of this section is insufficient to reimburse the cost of all claims submitted on or before June 30, 2021, distributions under subsection B of this section shall be reduced proportionally to cover all eligible claims. The reports required by this subsection shall include an estimate of the total dollar value of any unreimbursed claims delineated by political subdivision.
G. The appropriation made in subsection A of this section is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations.
Sec. 101. Supplemental appropriation; department of administration; financing agreements; fiscal year 2020-2021; notification; exemption
A. The sum of $977,100,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2020-2021 to the department of administration to pay for the retirement or defeasance of financing agreements and state lottery revenue bonds. Of this amount:
1. $65,850,000 is for the retirement or defeasance of the financing agreement entered into pursuant to Laws 2016, chapter 119, section 24.
2. $171,700,000 is for the retirement or defeasance of the financing agreement entered into pursuant to Laws 2015, chapter 15, section 16.
3. $269,550,000 is for the retirement or defeasance of the state lottery revenue bonds issued pursuant to Laws 2010, sixth special session, chapter 4, section 1.
4. $470,000,000 is for the retirement or defeasance of the financing agreement entered into pursuant to Laws 2009, third special session, chapter 6, section 32.
B. The director of the department of administration, for and on behalf of the Arizona school facilities board, may execute and deliver documents, engage fiduciaries and take or direct all actions necessary in connection with the retirement and defeasance of the financing agreement described in subsection A, paragraph 2 of this section.
C. The director of the department of administration shall notify the director of the joint legislative budget committee not more than ten days after each retirement or defeasance is executed as required in subsection A of this section. Each notification shall include the date and final cost of each retirement or defeasance.
D. The monies appropriated in subsection A of the section are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to the lapsing of appropriations. Any amounts remaining after the retirements or defeasances are executed as required by subsection A of this section revert to the state general fund.
Sec. 102. Department of child safety; supplemental appropriations; fiscal year 2020-2021
A. In addition to any other appropriations made in fiscal year 2020-2021, the sum of $27,538,100 is appropriated from expenditure authority to the department of child safety in fiscal year 2020-2021 for caseload adjustments.
B. In addition to any other appropriations made in fiscal year 2020-2021, the sum of $90,000 is appropriated from the child welfare licensing fee fund in fiscal year 2020-2021 to the department of child safety for expenses relating to licensing organizations that contract with other jurisdictions and do not contract with this state.
C. In addition to any other appropriations made in fiscal year 2020-2021, the sum of $43,785,000 is appropriated from the department of child safety expenditure authority in fiscal year 2020-2021 to the department of child safety to cover increased costs associated with physical and behavioral health services.
Sec. 103. Department of economic security; supplemental appropriations; fiscal year 2020-2021; exemption
A. In addition to any other appropriations made in fiscal year 2020-2021, the sum of $115,000,000 is appropriated from expenditure authority to the department of economic security in fiscal year 2020-2021 for caseload adjustments.
B. In addition to any other appropriations made in fiscal year 2020-2021, the sum of $20,147,300 is appropriated from expenditure authority to the department of economic security in fiscal year 2020-2021 to the physical and behavioral health services and home and community based services line items for physician rate increases associated with the health care investment fund established by section 36-2999.73, Arizona Revised Statutes.
C. In addition to any other appropriations made in fiscal year 2020-2021, the sum of $30,200,000 from the child care and development fund block grant is appropriated to the department of economic security in fiscal year 2020-2021 for child care expenses.
D. In addition to any other appropriations made in fiscal year 2020-2021, the sum of $4,000,000 is appropriated from the long-term care system fund established by section 36-2913, Arizona Revised Statutes, to the department of economic security in fiscal year 2020-2021 for room and board costs.
E. The monies appropriated in subsection C of the section are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to the lapsing of appropriations.
Sec. 104. Department of economic security; supplemental appropriation; unemployment compensation fund; fiscal year 2020-2021
A. In addition to any other appropriations made in fiscal year 2020-2021, the sum of $62,000,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2020-2021 to the department of economic security for deposit in the unemployment compensation fund established by section 23-701, Arizona Revised Statutes.
B. The department shall make the deposit prescribed in subsection A of this section on or before July 15, 2021.
Sec. 105. Superintendent of public instruction; transfer; fiscal year 2020-2021; reversion
Notwithstanding section 15-901.03, Arizona Revised Statutes, the superintendent of public instruction may transfer $5,000,000 from the state general fund appropriation for basic state aid for fiscal year 2020-2021 to the results-based funding program for fiscal year 2020-2021 without review by the joint legislative budget committee. Any amount transferred to the results-based funding program under this section that exceeds the amount needed to address a funding shortfall for the results-based funding program for fiscal year 2020-2021 reverts to the state general fund on June 30, 2021.
Sec. 106. Supplemental appropriation; department of emergency and military affairs; border security; fiscal year 2020-2021; exemption
The sum of $55,000,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2020-2021 to the department of emergency and military affairs for deposit in the border security fund established by section 26-105, Arizona Revised Statutes. The department of emergency and military affairs shall allocate, in consultation with the department of public safety, this amount as follows:
1. $3,700,000 to distribute to Cochise county for the costs associated with the purposes provided in section 26-105, subsection A, paragraphs 1 and 2, Arizona Revised Statutes.
2. $2,500,000 to distribute to Yuma county for the costs associated with the purposes provided in section 26-105, subsection A, paragraphs 1 and 2, Arizona Revised Statutes.
3. $2,700,000 to operate a pilot program to reduce human trafficking. The department of emergency and military affairs shall distribute $675,000 to the department of public safety border strike force, $675,000 to the Cochise county sheriff's department, $675,000 to the Yuma county sheriff's department and $675,000 to the Pinal county sheriff's department. The pilot program may use private contractors and provide training, analytical services and human trafficking network discovery tools to law enforcement agencies in this state to:
(a) Proactively detect and track networks through technology that is calibrated to identify key players, assets and patterns of life and that augments current prosecutorial practices, which require traumatized victims to carry the burden of testimony, with quantifiable data that allows law enforcement to target entire trafficking networks and facilitators.
(b) Reduce by one-half the number of staff hours needed to detect and track investigative leads by applying tools and analytic methods developed by the private contractor.
(c) Foster law enforcement agency efficiency and interagency collaboration by identifying and thoroughly mapping a greater number of transnational criminal organizations in order to develop prosecutable evidence in a greatly reduced time frame.
4. $1,100,000 to distribute to the sheriffs in Cochise, Pima, Santa Cruz and Yuma counties to procure cameras and related equipment, software and services for southern Arizona border region enforcement.
5. $20,000,000 to distribute to cities, towns or counties for costs associated with prosecuting and imprisoning individuals charged with drug trafficking, human smuggling, illegal immigration and other border-related crimes.
6. $25,000,000 for costs incurred by Arizona national guard assets augmenting and supporting the department of public safety and local law enforcement agencies relating to violations of the laws of this state in the southern Arizona border region. These monies may not be made available to any other state agency or political subdivision.
Sec. 107. Supplemental appropriation; Arizona department of forestry and fire management; fire suppression costs; fiscal year 2020-2021; exemption
B. The monies appropriated in subsection A of the section are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to the lapsing of appropriations until June 30, 2022.
Sec. 108. Full-time equivalent position authority; independent redistricting commission; fiscal year 2020-2021
Notwithstanding any other law, the independent redistricting commission is authorized six full-time equivalent positions in fiscal year 2020-2021.
Sec. 109. Supplemental appropriation; Arizona state parks board; Riordan Mansion state historic park; fiscal year 2020-2021
In addition to any other appropriations made in fiscal year 2020-2021, the sum of $147,100 is appropriated from the state parks revenue fund established by section 41-511.21, Arizona Revised Statutes, in fiscal year 2020-2021 to the Arizona state parks board for expenses related to shifting operational responsibility of the Riordan Mansion state historic park from the Arizona historical society to the Arizona state parks board.
Sec. 110. Supplemental appropriations; public safety personnel retirement system; pension liability; fiscal year 2020-2021
A. In addition to any other appropriations made in fiscal year 2020-2021, the sum of $500,000,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2020-2021 to the public safety personnel retirement system to be deposited in the employer account of the department of public safety public safety personnel retirement system group to reduce the unfunded accrued liability.
B. In addition to any other appropriations made in fiscal year 2020-2021, the sum of $500,000,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2020-2021 to the public safety personnel retirement system to be deposited in the employer account of the state department of corrections corrections officer retirement plan group to reduce the unfunded accrued liability.
C. The board of trustees of the public safety personnel retirement system shall account for the appropriations made in this section in the June 30, 2021 actuarial valuation of both the department of public safety personnel retirement system group and the state department of corrections corrections officer retirement plan group. The board shall account for the appropriations when calculating the employee contribution rates and employer contribution rates, which the department of public safety personnel retirement system group shall use when making contributions pursuant to section 38-843, Arizona Revised Statutes, and the state department of corrections corrections officer retirement plan group shall use when making contributions pursuant to section 38-891, Arizona Revised Statutes, during fiscal year 2022-2023.
Sec. 111. Supplemental appropriation; school facilities board; building renewal grants; fiscal year 2020-2021
In addition to any other appropriations made in fiscal year 2020-2021, the sum of $38,759,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2020-2021 to the school facilities board for building renewal grants.
Sec. 112. Supplemental appropriation; secretary of state; records management expenses; fiscal years 2019-2020 and 2020-2021
In addition to any other appropriations made in fiscal year 2020-2021, the sum of $494,500 is appropriated from the records services fund established by section 41-151.12, Arizona Revised Statutes, in fiscal year 2020-2021 to the secretary of state for records management expenses. This appropriation may be used to pay obligations incurred in fiscal years 2019-2020 and 2020-2021.
Sec. 113. Supplemental appropriation; department of veterans' services; veterans' income tax settlement fund; fiscal year 2020-2021; exemption
A. The sum of $100,000 is appropriated from the veterans' income tax settlement fund established by Laws 2016, chapter 125, section 21, as amended by Laws 2017, chapter 215, section 1, in fiscal year 2020-2021 to the department of veterans' services to distribute to a charitable organization that is qualified under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, that is located in southern Arizona and that works with regional veterans organizations to improve services to reduce veteran suicides.
B. The appropriation made in subsection A of this section is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations, until June 30, 2023.
Sec. 114. Supplemental appropriation; drought mitigation revolving fund; fiscal year 2020-2021
A. The sum of $160,000,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2020-2021 to the drought mitigation revolving fund established by section 49-193.01, Arizona Revised Statutes.
B. Of the amount appropriated in subsection A of this section:
1. Not more than $10,000,000 may be used for the purposes prescribed in section 49-193.04, subsection A, paragraph 1, Arizona Revised Statutes. This amount must be used on or before June 30, 2025.
2. Not more than $10,000,000 may be used for the purposes prescribed in section 49-193.04, subsection A, paragraph 2, Arizona Revised Statutes.
Sec. 115. Supplemental appropriation; water supply development revolving fund; fiscal year 2020-2021
The sum of $40,000,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2020-2021 to the water supply development revolving fund established by section 49-1271, Arizona Revised Statutes. These monies shall be allocated for projects:
1. That are located throughout all regions of this state and outside of active management areas.
2. In amounts of not more than $1,000,000 per project.
Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Appropriations
Sec. 116. Appropriations; department of administration; counties; allocations; fiscal year 2021-2022
A. The sum of $7,150,650 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2021-2022 to the department of administration for distribution to counties to maintain essential county services. The department shall allocate the appropriation equally among all counties with a population of less than nine hundred thousand persons according to the 2010 United States decennial census.
B. The sum of $500,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2021-2022 to the department of administration for distribution to Graham county to maintain essential county services.
C. The sum of $3,000,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2O21-2022 to the department of administration for distribution to counties to supplement the normal cost plus an amount to amortize the unfunded accrued liability pursuant to section 38-810, subsection C, Arizona Revised Statutes. The department shall allocate the appropriation equally among all counties with a population of less than three hundred thousand persons according to the 2010 United States decennial census. The counties may use these monies only for required employer contributions to the elected officials' retirement plan.
D. The sum of $10,000,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2021-2022 to the department of administration for distribution to counties to establish a coordinate reentry planning services program. The department shall allocate $5,000,000 of the appropriation to Mohave county, $4,000,000 to Pinal county and $1,000,000 to Yavapai county.
Sec. 117. Automation projects fund; appropriations; fiscal year 2021-2022; quarterly reports; exemption
A. The following amounts are appropriated from the department of administration subaccount in the automation projects fund established pursuant to section 41-714, Arizona Revised Statutes, in fiscal year 2021-2022 to the department of administration for the following automation and information projects at the department of administration:
1. $2,000,000 to relocate the Tucson data center to a third-party location.
2. $7,758,900 to develop a business one-stop web portal.
3. $3,000,000 to develop a K-12 school financial transparency reporting portal.
B. The sum of $614,100 is appropriated from the charter school board subaccount in the automation projects fund established pursuant to section 41-714, Arizona Revised Statutes, in fiscal year 2021-2022 to the department of administration to replace the charter school board online platform.
C. The sum of $9,000,000 is appropriated from the department of economic security subaccount in the automation projects fund established pursuant to section 41-714, Arizona Revised Statutes, in fiscal year 2021-2022 to the department of administration to update the child care management system at the department of economic security.
D. The sum of $7,200,000 is appropriated from the department of education subaccount in the automation projects fund established pursuant to section 41-714, Arizona Revised Statutes, in fiscal year 2021-2022 to the department of administration to replace the school finance data system at the department of education. The amount appropriated for the school finance system replacement includes $1,200,000 for the department of administration to engage consultants that provide project management to the department of education regarding replacing the school finance data system. This includes, at minimum, support in technical documentation, financial tracking and documentation and program management and governance.
E. The sum of $850,000 is appropriated from the department of gaming subaccount in the automation projects fund established pursuant to section 41-714, Arizona Revised Statutes, in fiscal year 2021-2022 to the department of administration to develop an e-licensing solution for tribal gaming certification at the department of gaming.
F. The sum of $1,067,700 is appropriated from the industrial commission of Arizona subaccount in the automation projects fund established pursuant to section 41-714, Arizona Revised Statutes, in fiscal year 2021-2022 to the department of administration to modernize and replace information technology systems at the industrial commission of Arizona.
G. The sum of $20,000 is appropriated from the state board of psychologist examiners subaccount in the automation projects fund established pursuant to section 41-714, Arizona Revised Statutes, in fiscal year 2021-2022 to the department of administration to modify the e-licensing system at the state board of psychologist examiners.
H. The sum of $550,000 is appropriated from the department of public safety subaccount in the automation projects fund established pursuant to section 41-714, Arizona Revised Statutes, in fiscal year 2021-2022 to the department of administration to update the concealed weapons tracking system at the department of public safety.
Quarterly Reports
I. Within thirty days after the last day of each calendar quarter, the department of administration shall submit to the joint legislative budget committee a quarterly report on implementing projects approved by the information technology authorization committee established by section 18-121, Arizona Revised Statutes, including the projects' expenditures to date, deliverables, timeline for completion and current status.
Nonlapsing
J. Except for the amount appropriated to the department of administration for the K-12 school financial transparency reporting portal, the amounts appropriated pursuant to this section from the automation projects fund established by section 41-714, Arizona Revised Statutes, in fiscal year 2021-2022 are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations, until June 30, 2023. The amount appropriated in fiscal year 2021-2022 to the department of administration for the K-12 school financial transparency reporting portal is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations, until June 30, 2025.
Exemption
K. Notwithstanding section 41-714, Arizona Revised Statutes, in fiscal year 2021-2022, with the exception of appropriations made for the department of administration business one-stop web portal, the department of economic security child care management system and the department of education school finance data system, the appropriations made in this section do not require review from the joint legislative budget committee pursuant to section 41-714, Arizona Revised Statutes.
Sec. 118. Appropriation; Arizona commerce authority; competes fund; fiscal year 2021-2022
In addition to any other appropriations made in this act, the sum of $50,000,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2021-2022 to the Arizona commerce authority and credited to the Arizona competes fund established by section 41-1545.01, Arizona Revised Statutes.
Sec. 119. Appropriation; fiscal year 2021-2022; department of public safety; microwave backbone; reports; exemption; lapsing
A. The sum of $48,200,000 is appropriated from Arizona highway patrol fund established by section 41-1752, Arizona Revised Statutes, to the department of public safety to update the microwave backbone statewide communication system.
B. On or before May 31 of each year until the completion of the update, the department of public safety shall submit a report to the joint legislative budget committee staff on the status and expenditures of the update to the microwave backbone communication system. Each report shall include the current status of the update, update expenditures to date, expected expenditures to complete the update, any changes to the construction timeline, the expected completion date and any change to the scope of the update.
C. Notwithstanding section 41-1252, Arizona Revised Statutes, the appropriation made in subsection A of this section is not subject to review by the joint committee on capital review.
D. The appropriation made in subsection A of this section does not lapse until the purpose for which the appropriation was made has been accomplished or abandoned or the appropriation stands for a full fiscal year without an expenditure or encumbrance.
Sec. 120. Appropriation reductions; school facilities board; state department of corrections; state lottery revenue bonds; intent; fiscal year 2021-2022
A. The sum of $(74,702,000) is reduced from appropriations made from the state general fund in fiscal year 2021-2022 to eliminate debt service payments following the retirement or defeasance of financing agreements entered into pursuant to Laws 2015, chapter 15, section 16 and Laws 2016, chapter 119, section 24. Of this amount:
1. The sum of $(57,238,700) is reduced from appropriations made from the state general fund in fiscal year 2021-2022 to the school facilities board new school facilities debt service line item.
2. The sum of $(17,463,300) is reduced from appropriations made from the state general fund in fiscal year 2021-2022 to the state department of corrections private prison per diem line item.
B. The legislature intends that the retirement or defeasance of state lottery revenue bonds entered into pursuant to Laws 2010, sixth special session, chapter 4, section 1 occur on or before June 30, 2022 and that no monies from the state lottery fund established by section 5-571, Arizona Revised Statutes, be distributed to the state lottery revenue bond debt service fund established by section 5-534, Arizona Revised Statutes, beginning in fiscal year 2021-2022 to allow the state general fund to receive savings from the retirement or defeasance of state lottery revenue bonds.
Sec. 121. Department of economic security; loans; reimbursement; fiscal year 2021-2022
On or after April 1, 2022, the department of economic security may use up to $25,000,000 from the budget stabilization fund established by section 35-144, Arizona Revised Statutes, for the purpose of providing funding for reimbursement grants. Before using the monies from the budget stabilization fund, the department shall notify the director of the joint legislative budget committee and the director of the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting. Notwithstanding any other law, this appropriation must be fully reimbursed on or before September 1, 2022 and must be reimbursed in full as part of the closing process for fiscal year 2021-2022. The department shall notify the joint legislative budget committee of the reimbursement on or before September 1, 2022. The appropriation may not be used for additional programmatic expenditures.
Sec. 122. Phoenix convention center; allocation; fiscal year 2021-2022
Pursuant to section 9-602, Arizona Revised Statutes, $24,498,500 of state general fund revenue is allocated in fiscal year 2021-2022 to the Arizona convention center development fund established by section 9-601, Arizona Revised Statutes.
Sec. 123. Rio Nuevo multipurpose facility district; estimated distribution; fiscal year 2021-2022
Pursuant to section 42-5031, Arizona Revised Statutes, a portion of the state transaction privilege tax revenues will be distributed to a multipurpose facility district. The Rio Nuevo multipurpose facility district is estimated to receive $16,000,000 in fiscal year 2021-2022. The actual amount of the distribution will be made pursuant to section 42-5031, Arizona Revised Statutes.
Fiscal Year 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 Appropriations and Fund Balance Transfers
Sec. 124. Appropriations; fund balance transfers; fiscal year 2021-2022; automation projects fund
A. The sum of $2,000,000 is appropriated from the automation projects fund established by section 41-714, Arizona Revised Statutes, in fiscal year 2021-2022 for deposit in the department of administration subaccount in the automation projects fund established pursuant to section 41-714, Arizona Revised Statutes, to relocate the Tucson data center to a third-party location.
B. The sum of $3,000,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2021-2022 for deposit in the department of administration subaccount in the automation projects fund established pursuant to section 41-714, Arizona Revised Statutes, to develop a K-12 school finance transparency reporting portal.
C. The sum of $614,100 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2021-2022 for deposit in the charter school board subaccount in the automation projects fund established pursuant to section 41-714, Arizona Revised Statutes, to replace the charter school board online platform.
D. Notwithstanding any other law, the following amounts are transferred from the following funds in fiscal year 2021-2022 for deposit in the department of administration subaccount in the automation projects fund established pursuant to section 41-714, Arizona Revised Statutes, develop a business one-stop web portal:
1. $3,000,000 from the state web portal fund established by section 18-421, Arizona Revised Statutes.
2. $4,758,900 from the automation operations fund established by section 41-711, Arizona Revised Statutes.
E. Notwithstanding any other law, the amount of $9,000,000 is transferred from the department of economic security federal child care development fund block grant in fiscal year 2021-2022 for deposit in the department of economic security subaccount in the automation projects fund established pursuant to section 41-714, Arizona Revised Statutes, to update the child care management system.
1. $4,448,900 from the department of education empowerment scholarship account fund established by section 15-2402, Arizona Revised Statutes.
2. $2,751,100 from the state treasurer empowerment scholarship account fund established by section 15-2402, Arizona Revised Statutes.
G. Notwithstanding any other law, the amount of $850,000 is transferred from the Arizona benefits fund established by section 5-601.02, Arizona Revised Statutes, in fiscal year 2021-2022 for deposit in the department of gaming subaccount in the automation projects fund established pursuant to section 41-714, Arizona Revised Statutes, to develop an e-licensing solution.
H. Notwithstanding any other law, the amount of $1,067,700 is transferred from the administrative fund established by section 23-1081, Arizona Revised Statutes, in fiscal year 2021-2022 for deposit in the industrial commission of Arizona subaccount in the automation projects fund established pursuant to section 41-714, Arizona Revised Statutes, to modernize and replace information technology systems at the industrial commission of Arizona.
I. Notwithstanding any other law, the amount of $550,000 is transferred from the concealed weapons permit fund established by section 41-1722, Arizona Revised Statutes, in fiscal year 2021-2022 for deposit in the department of public safety subaccount in the automation projects fund established pursuant to section 41-714, Arizona Revised Statutes, to update the concealed weapons tracking system.
J. Notwithstanding any other law, the amount of $20,000 is transferred from the board of psychologist examiners fund established by section 32-2065, Arizona Revised Statutes, in fiscal year 2021-2022 for deposit in the board of psychologist examiners subaccount in the automation projects fund established pursuant to section 41-714, Arizona Revised Statutes, to update the board's e-licensing system.
K. The transfers into the automation projects fund established by section 41-714, Arizona Revised Statutes, are not appropriations out of the automation projects fund. Only direct appropriations out of the automation projects fund are appropriations.
Sec. 125. Appropriation; fund balance transfer; state general fund; fiscal year 2020-2021
Notwithstanding any other law, the sum of $24,205,700 from the Arizona highway patrol fund established by section 41-1752, Arizona Revised Statutes, is transferred in fiscal year 2020-2021 to the state general fund for the purpose of providing adequate support and maintenance for agencies of this state.
Sec. 126. Appropriation; water quality fee fund; fiscal year 2020-2021
The sum of $1,500,000 is appropriated from the recycling fund established by section 49-837, Arizona Revised Statutes, in fiscal year 2020-2021 for deposit in the water quality fee fund established by section 49-210, Arizona Revised Statutes.
Sec. 127. Appropriation; department of transportation; vehicle license tax distribution; fiscal year 2021-2022
The sum of $3,300,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2021-2022 to the department of transportation for distribution as prescribed in section 28-5808, subsection B, paragraph 2, Arizona Revised Statutes.
Sec. 128. Appropriation; highway expansion and extension loan program fund; fiscal year 2021-2022
The sum of $1,220,800 is appropriated from the highway expansion and extension loan program fund established by section 28-7674, Arizona Revised Statutes, in fiscal year 2021-2022 for deposit in the department's federal fund (DT2097).
Sec. 129. Appropriation; fund balance transfer; sexual violence service fund; fiscal year 2021-2022
Notwithstanding any other law, the following amounts are transferred from the funds listed below in fiscal year 2021-2022 for deposit in the sexual violence service fund established by section 36-3102, Arizona Revised Statutes:
1. DHS – health services licensing fund $2,370,900
2. DHS - health services lottery monies fund $ 93,700
3. DHS – indirect cost fund $1,339,000
4. DPS – criminal justice enhancement fund $ 343,700
5. DPS – licensing fund $ 251,900
6. DPS – fingerprint clearance card fund $1,356,400
7. DPS – motor vehicle liability insurance
enforcement fund $ 306,800
8. DPS – parity compensation fund $ 921,900
9. DPS – safety enforcement and transportation
infrastructure fund $ 202,500
10. DOT – motor vehicle liability insurance
enforcement fund $ 247,800
11. DOT – vehicle inspection and certificate
of title enforcement fund $ 565,400
Total transfer $8,000,000
Payment Deferrals
Sec. 130. Reduction in school district state aid apportionment in fiscal year 2021-2022; appropriation in fiscal year 2022-2023
A. In addition to any other appropriation reductions made in fiscal year 2021-2022, notwithstanding any other law, the department of education shall defer until after June 30, 2022 but not later than July 12, 2022 $865,727,700 of the basic state aid and additional state aid entitlement that otherwise would be apportioned to school districts during fiscal year 2021-2022 pursuant to section 15-973, Arizona Revised Statutes. The funding deferral required by this subsection does not apply to charter schools or to school districts with a student count of less than two thousand pupils. The department of education shall make the deferral by reducing the apportionment of state aid for each month in the fiscal year by the same amount.
B. In addition to any other appropriations made in fiscal year 2022-2023, the sum of $865,727,700 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2022-2023 to the department of education and the superintendent of public instruction for basic state aid and additional state aid entitlement for fiscal year 2022-2023. This appropriation shall be disbursed after June 30, 2022 but not later than July 12, 2022 to the several counties for the school districts in each county in amounts equal to the reductions in apportionment of basic state aid and additional state aid that are required pursuant to subsection A of this section for fiscal year 2021-2022.
C. School districts shall include in the revenue estimates they use for computing their tax rates for fiscal year 2021-2022 the monies they will receive pursuant to subsection B of this section.
Statewide Adjustments
Sec. 131. Appropriations; operating adjustments
2021–22
1. Employer health insurance
contribution reduction $ (38,565,400)
Fund sources:
State general fund $ (20,281,100)
Other funds (18,284,300)
contribution increase $ 25,213,700
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 11,213,700
Other funds 14,000,000
3. Nonuniversity state employee
27th pay period reduction $ (73,478,600)
Fund sources:
State general fund $ (43,078,600)
Other appropriated funds (30,400,000)
4. Agency risk management adjustments $ (1,557,200)
Fund sources:
State general fund $ (1,132,200)
Other funds (425,000)
5. Agency retirement adjustments $ 7,600,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 3,600,000
Other funds 4,000,000
6. Arizona financial information
system adjustment $ 1,447,800
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 447,800
Other funds 1,000,000
7. Agency rent adjustments $ (141,700)
Fund sources:
State general fund (241,700)
Other funds 100,000
8. State fleet rate adjustments $ 4,525,200
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 2,525,200
Other funds 2,000,000
Employer health insurance contribution reduction
The amount appropriated is for a onetime employer contribution rate reduction for employee health insurance in fiscal year 2021-2022. The joint legislative budget committee staff shall determine and the department of administration shall allocate to each agency or department an amount for the health insurance contribution adjustment. The joint legislative budget committee staff shall also determine and the department of administration shall allocate adjustments, as necessary, in expenditure authority to implement the reduction in employer health insurance contribution rates. The joint legislative budget committee staff shall use the overall allocation of state general fund and appropriated tuition monies for each university in determining that university's specific adjustment.
Employer health insurance contribution increase
The amount appropriated is for an employer contribution rate increase for employee health insurance in fiscal year 2021-2022. The joint legislative budget committee staff shall determine and the department of administration shall allocate to each agency or department an amount for the health insurance contribution adjustment. The joint legislative budget committee staff shall also determine and the department of administration shall allocate adjustments, as necessary, in expenditure authority to implement the increase in employer health insurance contribution rates. The joint legislative budget committee staff shall use the overall allocation of state general fund and appropriated tuition monies for each university in determining that university's specific adjustment.
Nonuniversity state employee 27th pay period reduction
The amount appropriated for nonuniversity state employee 27th pay period reduction in fiscal year 2021-2022 is to eliminate a one-time increase in state agency expenditures due to the occurrence of a 27th pay period in fiscal year 2020-2021. The adjustments apply only to nonuniversity state agencies. The joint legislative budget committee staff shall determine and the department of administration shall allocate to each agency's or department's personal services and employee related expenditures an amount for the 27th pay period for employees. The joint legislative budget committee staff shall also determine and the department of administration shall allocate adjustments, as necessary, in expenditure authority to allow implementation of nonuniversity state employee 27th pay period adjustments.
Agency risk management adjustments
The amount appropriated is for agency risk management premium adjustments in fiscal year 2021-2022. The joint legislative budget committee staff shall determine and the department of administration shall allocate to each agency or department an amount for the risk management adjustments. The joint legislative budget committee staff shall also determine and the department of administration shall allocate adjustments, as necessary, in expenditure authority to allow implementation of the risk management adjustments.
Agency retirement adjustments
The amount appropriated is for agency retirement adjustments in fiscal year 2021-2022. The joint legislative budget committee staff shall determine and the department of administration shall allocate to each agency or department an amount for the agency retirement. The joint legislative budget committee staff shall also determine and the department of administration shall allocate adjustments, as necessary, in expenditure authority to allow implementation of the agency retirement adjustments.
Arizona financial information system adjustments
The amount appropriated is for upgrades to the Arizona financial information system in fiscal year 2021-2022. The joint legislative budget committee staff shall determine and the department of administration shall allocate to each agency or department an amount for the Arizona financial information system collection charge. The joint legislative budget committee staff shall also determine and the department of administration shall allocate adjustments, as necessary, in expenditure authority to allow for the payment of Arizona financial information system charges.
Agency rent adjustments
The amount appropriated is for agency rent adjustments for agencies relocating to and within state-owned and lease-purchase buildings in fiscal year 2021-2022. The joint legislative budget committee staff shall determine and the department of administration shall allocate to each agency or department an amount for the rent adjustment. The joint legislative budget committee staff shall also determine and the department of administration shall allocate adjustments, as necessary, in expenditure authority to allow implementation of the agency rent adjustments.
State fleet rate adjustments
The amount appropriated is for state fleet rate adjustments fiscal year 2021-2022. The joint legislative budget committee staff shall determine and the department of administration shall allocate to each agency or department an amount for the state fleet rate adjustments. The joint legislative budget committee staff shall also determine and the department of administration shall allocate adjustments, as necessary, in expenditure authority to allow implementation of the state fleet rate adjustments.
Sec. 132. Department of law; general agency counsel charges; fiscal year 2021-2022
Pursuant to section 41-191.09, Arizona Revised Statutes, the following state agencies and departments are charged the following amounts in fiscal year 2021-2022 for general agency counsel provided by the department of law:
1. Department of administration $127,700
2. Office of administrative hearings $ 3,000
3. Arizona arts commission $ 3,100
4. Citizens clean elections commission $ 2,700
5. State department of corrections $ 2,000
6. Arizona criminal justice commission $ 8,700
7. Arizona state schools for the deaf
and the blind $100,200
8. Commission for the deaf and the hard
of hearing $ 4,100
9. Arizona early childhood development and
health board $ 47,100
10. Department of education $132,000
11. Department of emergency and military affairs $ 30,000
12. Department of environmental quality $135,600
13. Arizona exposition and state fair board $ 20,900
14. Arizona department of forestry and fire
management $ 13,400
15. Department of gaming $ 37,300
16. Department of health services $173,800
17. Arizona historical society $ 700
18. Arizona department of housing $ 19,300
19. Department of insurance and financial
institutions $ 13,800
20. Department of juvenile corrections $ 9,400
21. State land department $ 2,100
22. Department of liquor licenses and control $ 11,400
23. Arizona state lottery commission $ 24,800
24. Arizona state parks board $ 45,800
25. State personnel board $ 600
26. Arizona pioneers' home $ 12,100
27. Commission for postsecondary education $ 1,800
28. Department of public safety $677,400
29. Arizona state retirement system $ 69,100
30. Department of revenue $ 4,900
31. Department of state — secretary of state $ 1,800
32. State treasurer $ 9,200
33. Department of veterans' services $ 52,700
Fiscal Year 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 appropriations
Sec. 133. Appropriations; department of administration; automation projects fund; fiscal years 2022-2023 and 2023-2024; use; exemption; reversion
A. The sum of $1,500,000 is appropriated from the department of administration subaccount in the automation projects fund established pursuant to section 41-714, Arizona Revised Statutes, in each of fiscal years 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 to the department of administration to develop a K-12 school financial transparency reporting system.
B. The sum of $1,500,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in each of fiscal years 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 for deposit in department of administration subaccount in the automation projects fund established pursuant to section 41-714, Arizona Revised Statutes, to develop a K-12 school financial transparency reporting system.
C. Notwithstanding section 41-714, Arizona Revised Statutes, in each of fiscal years 2022-2023 and 2023-2024, the appropriations made in subsection A of this section do not require review from the joint legislative budget committee pursuant to section 41-714, Arizona Revised Statutes.
D. The amounts appropriated pursuant to this section from the automation projects fund established by section 41-714, Arizona Revised Statutes, in fiscal years 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations, until June 30, 2025.
Sec. 134. Appropriation; new school facilities fund; fiscal year 2022-2023; use
The sum of $47,950,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2022-2023 for a onetime deposit in the new school facilities fund established by section 15-2041, Arizona Revised Statutes. The school facilities board shall use the monies only for facilities that will be constructed for school districts that received final approval from the school facilities board on or before December 15, 2020.
Sec. 135. Appropriation; Yuma union high school; fiscal year 2022-2023; use
The sum of $16,515,200 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2022-2023 for to the school facilities board to distribute to the Yuma union high school district for the construction of a new high school.
Sec. 136. Legislative intent; regional peace officer training academies
The legislature intends that after fiscal year 2021-2022, monies received by local law enforcement agencies pursuant to Proposition 207 as approved at the 2020 general election are expected to cover reimbursements to regional peace officer training academies for training officers.
Reporting Requirements and Definitions
Sec. 137. Legislative intent; expenditure reporting
The legislature intends that all departments, agencies and budget units receiving appropriations under the terms of this act continue to report actual, estimated and requested expenditures by budget programs and budget classes in a format that is similar to the budget programs and budget classes used for budgetary purposes in prior years. A different format may be used if deemed necessary to implement section 35-113, Arizona Revised Statutes, agreed to by the director of the joint legislative budget committee and incorporated into the budget preparation instructions adopted by the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting pursuant to section 35-112, Arizona Revised Statutes.
Sec. 138. FTE positions; reporting; definition
Full-time equivalent (FTE) positions contained in this act are subject to appropriation. The director of the department of administration shall account for the use of all appropriated and nonappropriated FTE positions, excluding those in the universities. The director of the department of administration shall submit the fiscal year 2021-2022 report on or before October 1, 2022 to the director of the joint legislative budget committee. The report shall compare the level of appropriated FTE usage in each fiscal year to the appropriated level. For the purposes of this section, "FTE positions" means the total number of hours worked, including both regular and overtime hours as well as hours taken as leave, divided by the number of hours in a work year. The director of the department of administration shall notify the director of a budget unit if the budget unit's appropriated FTE usage has exceeded its number of appropriated FTE positions. Each university shall report to the director of the joint legislative budget committee in a manner comparable to the department of administration reporting.
Sec. 139. Filled FTE positions; reporting
On or before October 1, 2021, each agency, including the judiciary and universities, shall submit a report to the director of the joint legislative budget committee on the number of filled appropriated and nonappropriated FTE positions, by fund source, as of September 1, 2021.
Sec. 140. Transfer of spending authority
The department of administration shall report monthly to the director of the joint legislative budget committee any transfers of spending authority made pursuant to section 35-173, subsection C, Arizona Revised Statutes, during the prior month.
Sec. 141. Interim reporting requirements
A. State general fund revenue for fiscal year 2020-2021, including a beginning balance of $372,457,000 and other onetime revenues, is forecasted to be $14,052,300,000.
B. State general fund revenue for fiscal year 2021-2022, including onetime revenues, is forecasted to be $12,996,100,000.
C. State general fund revenue for fiscal year 2022-2023, including onetime revenues, is forecasted to be $12,817,700,000. State general fund expenditures for fiscal year 2022-2023 are forecasted to be $12,775,600,000.
D. State general fund revenue for fiscal year 2023-2024, including onetime revenues, is forecasted to be $13,437,600,000. State general fund expenditures for fiscal year 2023-2024 are forecasted to be $13,014,200,000.
E. On or before September 15, 2021, the executive branch shall provide to the joint legislative budget committee a preliminary estimate of the fiscal year 2020-2021 state general fund ending balance. The estimate shall include projections of total revenues, total expenditures and ending balance. The department of administration shall continue to provide the final report for the fiscal year in its annual financial report pursuant to section 35-131, Arizona Revised Statutes.
F. Based on the information provided by the executive branch, the staff of the joint legislative budget committee shall report to the joint legislative budget committee on or before October 15, 2021 whether the fiscal year 2021-2022 revenues and ending balance are expected to change by more than $50,000,000 from the budgeted projections. The joint legislative budget committee staff may make technical adjustments to the revenue and expenditure estimates in this section to reflect other bills enacted into law. The executive branch may also provide its own estimates to the joint legislative budget committee on or before October 15, 2021.
Sec. 142. Definition
For the purposes of this act, "*" means this appropriation is a continuing appropriation and is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations.
Sec. 143. Definition
For the purposes of this act, "expenditure authority" means that the fund sources are continuously appropriated monies that are included in the individual line items of appropriations.
Sec. 144. Definition
For the purposes of this act, "review by the joint legislative budget committee" means a review by a vote of a majority of a quorum of the members of the joint legislative budget committee.