House Engrossed Senate Bill

 

military installation fund; property conveyance

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-fifth Legislature

First Regular Session

2021

 

 

 

CHAPTER 274

 

SENATE BILL 1447

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending sections 26-262 and 41-2752, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the military installation fund.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 


Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 26-262, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE26-262. Military installation fund; rules; application review; award and use of monies; reporting requirements; definitions

A. The military installation fund is established consisting of revenues made available to the fund from any lawful source.  The adjutant general shall administer the fund.  On notice from the adjutant general, the state treasurer shall invest and divest monies in the fund as provided by section 35-313, and monies earned from investment shall be credited to the fund. The fund is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations.

B. Monies in the fund are continuously appropriated for the purposes of this section.

C. The department, in conjunction with the military affairs commission established by section 26-261, shall adopt by rule procedures for receiving and evaluating applications and awarding the monies as provided by subsection G of this section. If applications for monies exceed the amount available in the fund, the department may request applicants to reduce the amount of the applications or deny or award reduced amounts.

D. The department shall receive each application for fund monies and shall forward each application to the military affairs commission.  The military affairs commission shall review each application and recommend to the department both of the following:

1. Each applicant that should be awarded monies from the fund.

2. The dollar amount that each applicant pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subsection should be awarded from the fund.

E. The department shall consider the military affairs commission's recommendations and shall decide how the monies in the fund shall be awarded among the applicants. The department, after reviewing the recommendations by the military affairs commission, shall make the monies in the fund available for the purpose of military installation preservation and enhancement projects.  Except as provided in subsection F of this section, after the department makes an award decision the department shall award the monies.

F. If the department does not comply with the military affairs commission's recommendation for the awards, within five days after the department's decision the department shall report in writing to the military affairs commission, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives and the governor. The report shall include the award decision of the department and the recommendation of the military affairs commission. The department shall not distribute monies from the fund to the applicants for at least sixty days after the report is received.

G. The department shall:

1. Award eighty percent of the monies in the fund for the following purposes, except that up to twenty percent of this amount may be awarded to cities, towns and counties for the purpose of acquiring private land for the purposes prescribed in paragraph 2 of this subsection:

(a) Acquisition of private property for the purpose of preserving a military installation.

(b) Acquisition of real estate and rights to real estate and otherwise preserving real estate from development or mitigating impacts on development in high noise or accident potential zones as defined in section 28-8461 and in areas as required to support a military installation.

(c) Acquisition of real estate, property rights and related infrastructure that are vital to the preservation or enhancement of a military installation.

(d) Structural renovations or construction of building modifications or improvements that mitigate or attenuate impacts in high noise or accident potential zones.

(e) Removal of structures or improvements that are necessary for acquisition of private property for the purpose of preserving a military installation.

(f) Management of acquired property that is necessary to preserve and enhance military missions and military installations.

2. Except as provided by subsection m of this section, award twenty percent of the monies in the fund to cities, towns and counties for:

(a) Military installation preservation and enhancement projects or analytical reports or studies that are requested by federal or state agencies or military facilities in this state.

(b) Investment in or construction of capital improvements or infrastructure for the purpose of preserving a military installation.

(c) Structural renovations or construction of building modifications or improvements that mitigate or attenuate impacts in high noise or accident potential zones.

(d) Removal of structures or improvements that are necessary for acquisition of private property for the purpose of preserving a military installation.

(e) Management of acquired property that is necessary to preserve and enhance military missions and military installations.

H. Before awarding monies pursuant to subsection G of this section, the department shall submit a report of the proposed awards to the joint committee on capital review for review. The legislature shall review the distribution formula prescribed in subsection G of this section at least once every four years.

I. Monies in the fund may be awarded for debt service on bonds issued by a political subdivision for the purpose of acquisition of private property for the purpose of preserving a military airport or ancillary military facility as defined in section 28-8461 if the land acquisition occurs after December 31, 2004.

J. The department shall annually report the awards made pursuant to this section. The report shall be in writing and shall be sent to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives and the governor. The department shall send a copy of this report to the secretary of state.

K. The department may:

1. Transfer any real estate, property rights and related infrastructure that are acquired pursuant to this section to any other governmental agency for the purposes of preserving or enhancing military installations in this state.

2. Sell or otherwise dispose of any real estate, property rights and related infrastructure acquired pursuant to this section. The conveyance shall be made to the highest and most responsible bidder at a public sale held for that purpose.

3. After establishing, laying out or substantially completing an improvement to real property, convey the real property or any interest in the real property that the department determines is not necessary, useful or convenient for the use of the improvement by the department. The conveyance shall be made to the highest and most responsible bidder at a public sale held for that purpose.

4. Lease or sublease at fair rental value any real estate or related infrastructure that is acquired pursuant to this section. A lease or sublease that is granted pursuant to this paragraph is exempt from section 41-2752.

L. Before any conveyance, lease or sublease pursuant to subsection K, paragraph 2, 3 or 4 of this section, the department shall ensure that the use or development of any real estate, property rights and related infrastructure, real property or improvements to real property complies with section 28-8481.

L. M. If monies remain after the award of monies pursuant to subsection G, paragraph 2 of this section, the department may use the remaining monies and any monies received pursuant to subsection K, paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of this section for either of the following:

1. The purposes prescribed in subsection G, paragraph 1 of this section.

2. Projects or studies necessary to preserve or enhance military missions and military installments in this state.

M. N. Any agency of this state may accept title to and manage real estate, property rights and related infrastructure that are acquired pursuant to this section.

N. O. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Department" means the department of emergency and military affairs.

2. "Military installation" has the same meaning prescribed in section 26-261. END_STATUTE

Sec. 2. Section 41-2752, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE41-2752. State competition with private enterprise prohibited; exceptions; definition

A. A state agency shall not engage in the manufacturing, processing, sale, offering for sale, rental, leasing, delivery, dispensing, distributing or advertising of goods or services to the public that are also offered by private enterprise unless specifically authorized by law other than administrative law and executive orders.

B. A state agency shall not offer or provide goods or services to the public for or through another state agency or a local agency, including by intergovernmental or interagency agreement, in violation of this section or section 41-2753.

C. The restrictions on activities that compete with private enterprise contained in this section do not apply to:

1. The development, operation and management of state parks, historical monuments and hiking or equestrian trails.

2. Correctional industries established and operated by the state department of corrections if the prices charged for products sold by the correctional industries are not less than the actual cost of producing and marketing the product plus a reasonable allowance for overhead and administrative costs.

3. The office of tourism.

4. The Arizona highways magazine, operated by the department of transportation.

5. Printing and distributing information to the public if the agency is otherwise authorized to do so, and printing or copying public records or other material relating to the public agency's public business and recovering through fees and charges the costs of such printing, copying and distributing.

6. The department of public safety.

7. The construction, maintenance and operation of state transportation facilities.

8. The development, distribution, maintenance, support, licensing, leasing or sale of computer software by the department of transportation.

9. Agreements executed by the Arizona health care cost containment system administration with other states to design, develop, install and operate information technology systems and related services or other administrative services pursuant to section 36-2925.

10. Agreements executed by the department of economic security with other states to design, develop, install and operate support collection technology systems and related services.  The department shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, monies received pursuant to this paragraph in the public assistance collections fund established by section 46-295.

11. Educational, vocational, treatment, training or work programs of the department of juvenile corrections and contracts between the department of juvenile corrections and this state, a political subdivision of this state or a private entity in order to provide employment or vocational educational experience.

12. The aflatoxin control technologies of the cotton research and protection council.

13. The lease or sublease of lands or buildings by the department of economic security pursuant to section 41-1958.

14. The Arizona commerce authority.

15. The Arizona game and fish commission, but only for the sale of goods or services and not firearms.

16. The lease or sublease of lands or buildings by the department of child safety pursuant to section 8-460.

17. Agreements executed by the department of child safety with other states to design, develop, install and operate support collection technology systems and related services. The department shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, monies received pursuant to this paragraph in the child safety collections fund established by section 8-461.

18. The lease or sublease of state hospital lands or buildings by the department of health services.

19. The sale or lease of software, computer systems or intellectual property developed by the department of education or associated services provided for the sale or lease of software, computer systems or intellectual property by the department of education. The department shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, sixty percent of the profit from the monies generated pursuant to this paragraph in the state general fund and the remaining forty percent in the department of education intellectual property fund established by section 15-231.04.  The department of education may not transfer or expend monies or personnel resources for the purposes of marketing or soliciting goods or services authorized pursuant to this paragraph that were appropriated and authorized for other functions and programs of the department of education.

20. The lease or sublease of any real estate or related infrastructure by the department of emergency and military affairs pursuant to section 26-262, subsection K, paragraph 4.

D. The restrictions on activities that compete with private enterprise contained in subsection A of this section do not apply to community colleges and universities under the jurisdiction of a governing board.

E. For the purposes of this section, "profit" means any monies generated from the sale or lease of goods and services after accounting for the costs paid by this state, including appropriations from the state general fund. END_STATUTE


 

 

 

APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR APRIL 20, 2021.

 

FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE APRIL 20, 2021.