REFERENCE TITLE: appropriation; correction officers; retention bonus

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-sixth Legislature

First Regular Session

2023

HB 2649

Introduced by

Representatives Martinez: Biasiucci, Bliss, Carter, Diaz, Dunn, Gillette, Jones, Marshall, Nguyen, Payne, Peña, Seaman, Senator Fernandez

An Act

amending Laws 2022, chapter 313, section 110; relating to correction officers.

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

Section 1. Laws 2022, chapter 313, section 110 is amended to read:

Sec. 110. Department of emergency and military affairs; border security; exemption; fiscal year 2022-2023

A. The sum of $209,205,000 is appropriated from the border security fund established by section 26-105, Arizona Revised Statutes, in fiscal year 2022-2023 to the department of emergency and military affairs. The department of emergency and military affairs shall allocate, in consultation with the department of public safety, the following amounts:

1. $20,000,000 to Cochise county to construct a new county jail facility.  The monies allocated in this paragraph are intended to fund up to twenty percent of the total jail facility construction cost but not to exceed $20,000,000.  The monies allocated in this paragraph shall not be distributed until Cochise county has submitted to the director of the joint legislative budget committee, the director of the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting and the director of the department of administration a report that the county has raised sufficient monies to fund the remainder of the project's budget. Notwithstanding section 41-1252, Arizona Revised Statutes, the monies allocated in this paragraph are not subject to review by the joint committee on capital review.  Any monies allocated pursuant to this paragraph that remain unexpended and unencumbered on June 30, 2027 revert to the border security fund established by section 26-105, Arizona Revised Statutes.

2. $15,000,000 to reimburse a county or local law enforcement agency for costs incurred by the county or local law enforcement agency for participating in a program with the United States immigration and customs enforcement pursuant to 8 United States code section 1357(g).

3. $10,000,000 for deposit in the antihuman trafficking grant fund established by section 26-106, Arizona Revised Statutes.  The monies shall be allocated as follows:

(a) $2,000,000 to the department of public safety Arizona counter terrorism information center for antihuman trafficking operations that comply with the requirements prescribed in section 26-106, Arizona Revised Statutes.

(b) $8,000,000 in award grants to city, town and county law enforcement agencies, in an amount of not more than $500,000 per agency, for programs that reduce human trafficking and that comply with the requirements prescribed in section 26-106, Arizona Revised Statutes.

4. $30,000,000 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.

5. $10,000,000 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.

6. $10,000,000 for emergency health care and testing for immigrants along the southern Arizona border.

7. $15,000,000 for transportation of individuals who entered Arizona seeking asylum to other states in the United States, including the cost of meals, onboard staffing and support.

8. $53,405,000 for deputy sheriff compensation to be distributed to the department of administration for the following purposes:

(a) $48,310,000 to counties for the purposes of a $10,000 onetime payment to line-level deputies and detention officers employed by each county sheriff's office as of May 1, 2022.  The county shall distribute the payment to eligible employees over two years. In the first year, the payment shall be distributed in equal quarterly installments over two years.  In the second year, the payment shall be distributed in a lump sum during the first month of the year. If the amount is insufficient for a $10,000 per employee payment, the department shall distribute a prorated amount based on the total number of deputies and detention officers employed.  On or before August 30, 2023 and August 30, 2024, each county sheriff shall submit a report to the department of administration on the actual use of the monies received and the most recent staffing and retention data for the positions receiving the payment.  On or before September 30, 2023 and September 23, 2024, the department of administration shall submit a report to the directors of the joint legislative budget committee and the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting detailing the total amounts distributed by county and summarizing the individual county reports.

(b) $5,095,000 to counties for the purposes of a $5,000 onetime payment to line-level deputies and detention officers hired between May 1, 2022 and May 1, 2023.  The county shall distribute the payment to eligible employees in equal quarterly installments over one year a lump sum.  On June 1, 2023, the department of administration shall distribute the funding to the counties based on the actual number of hires during this time period, as demonstrated by each county.  If the amount is insufficient for a $5,000 per employee payment, the department shall distribute a prorated amount based on the total number of hired detention officers and sheriff's deputies.  On or before June 30, 2023, the department shall submit a report to the directors of the joint legislative budget committee and the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting detailing the amounts distributed to each county.

9. $800,000 for the purposes prescribed in section 26-174, Arizona Revised Statutes, regarding the established chain of command within the Arizona state guard.

10. $30,000,000 for the construction costs of a state emergency operations center.  Pursuant to section 41-1252, Arizona Revised Statutes, before spending the monies allocated in this paragraph, the department of emergency and military affairs shall submit for review by the joint committee on capital review the scope, purpose and estimated cost of the capital improvements.

11. $15,000,000 to the department of public safety for the construction costs of a southern border coordinated response center. Pursuant to section 41-1252, Arizona Revised Statutes, before spending the monies allocated in this paragraph, the department of public safety shall submit for review by the joint committee on capital review the scope, purpose and estimated cost of the capital improvements.

B. Within thirty days after the end of each calendar quarter until the monies appropriated by this section are fully expended, the department of emergency and military affairs, in consultation with the Arizona department of homeland security and the department of public safety, shall report to the joint legislative budget committee on the status of the project allocations and monies expended as prescribed by this section.

C. The department of emergency and military affairs may transfer spending authority between and within the programs and purposes listed in subsection A of this section.  Before making a transfer, the department shall submit the proposed transfer to the joint legislative budget committee for review.

D. The appropriations made in subsection A of this section are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations.