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ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Fifty-Fifth Legislature, Second Regular Session

 

FACT SHEET FOR H.B. 2132

 

minimum balance notification; victim fund

Purpose

Directs the Legislature, in any fiscal year in which the amount in the Victim Compensation and Assistance Fund (Fund) is less than $12,500,000, to appropriate monies from the state General Fund (state GF) in an amount equal to the difference between $12,500,000 and the amount in the Victim Compensation and Assistance Fund.

Background

The Fund is administered by the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC) who must allocate Fund monies to public and private agencies to establish, maintain and support programs that compensate and assist victims of crime (A.R.S. § 41-2407). The Fund consists of two subaccounts: 1) the Victim Compensation Subaccount that receives revenue from a nine dollar penalty on criminal and civil violations, monies collected from a 10 percent assessment of a working prisoner's gross compensation and unclaimed restitution; and 2) the Victim Assistance Subaccount that receives revenue derived from the community supervision fees and interstate compact fees. The FY 2022 estimated year-end balance for the Fund is $1,550,100 (JLBC Baseline).

H.B. 2132 requires the Legislature to annually appropriate monies from the state GF if the Fund balance is less than $12,500,000 at the end of each fiscal year.

Provisions

1.   Directs the Legislature, in any fiscal year in which the amount in the Fund is less than $12,500,000, to appropriate monies from the state GF in an amount equal to the difference between $12,500,000 and the amount in the Fund.

2.   Requires ACJC, by June 30 of each fiscal year, to notify the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the Governor's Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting if less than $12,500,000 is deposited in the Fund and available for the Fund's purposes for the current fiscal year.

3.   Makes conforming changes.

4.   Becomes effective on the general effective date.

House Action

JUD                 2/9/22        DP     10-0-0-0

APPROP         2/16/22      DP     12-1-0-0

3rd Read          2/23/22                 47-12-1

Prepared by Senate Research

March 4, 2022

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