ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-sixth Legislature

First Regular Session

 


HB 2810: general appropriations act; 2023-2024

Sponsor: Representative Livingston, LD 28

Committee on Appropriations

Overview

Appropriates monies for the operation of the state government in FY 2024.

History

The Arizona Legislature adopts a budget for each fiscal year (FY) that contains general appropriations. Article IV, Section 20, Part 2 of the Constitution of Arizona requires the General Appropriations Act (feed bill) to contain only appropriations for the different state departments, state institutions, public schools and interest on public debt. Statutory changes necessary to reconcile the appropriations made in the feed bill and other changes are drafted into separate budget bills prepared according to subject area.

Provisions

1.   Clarifies that the FY 2023 allocation of $4,000,000 for Navajo and Hopi nation housing projects may be used for projects on the tribal nations. (Sec. 1)

2.   ☐ Prop 105 (45 votes)	     ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes)      ☐ Emergency (40 votes)	☐ Fiscal NoteReduces the FY 2024 New School Facilities Fund advance appropriation from the FY 2023 budget by $5,388,900. (Sec. 2)

The tables below indicate state General Fund (GF) and other fund (OF) changes for appropriated state agencies in FY 2024 stated in terms of changes to the FY 2024 JLBC Baseline.

Major footnotes are stated in terms of changes to the FY 2023 General Appropriations Act.

Summary of Changes

Fund

Comments

FY 2024 Changes to JLBC Baseline

 

Acupuncture Board of Examiners (Sec. 5)

eLicensing Costs

OF

Acupuncture Board of Examiners Fund; ongoing

$3,000

 

Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA) (Sec. 6)

Health Care Interoperability Grants

GF

One-time

$3,000,000

Fire Incident Management System Grants

GF

One-time

$12,200,000

School Financial Transparency Portal

GF

One-time

$2,000,000

K-12 Transportation Grants

GF

One-time

$15,000,000

School Gym Floors

GF

One-time transfer to Miami Unified School District

$350,000

Employee Compensation Study

GF

One-time

$4,000,000

Accounting System Upgrade

OF

Arizona Financial Information System Collections Fund

$557,000

Risk Management Claims Adjustments

OF

 

$6,455,100

3.   Requires ADOA to report to the Director of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) on prior year Cyber Risk Insurance Fund expenditures by November 1, 2024.

4.   Requires ADOA to submit a report to the Legislature on the results outcome of the employee compensation study by October 1, 2024.

ADOA – School Facilities Division (SFD) (Sec. 7)

School Facilities Inspections

GF

One-time, non-lapsing

$1,000,000

 

Building Renewal Grants

GF

One-time, in addition to ongoing $16,667,900 in the Baseline

$183,300,000

Santa Cruz Valley High School

GF

One-time additional funding

$2,000,000

FY 2024 Land Cost Estimates

GF

One-time

$42,300,000

FY 2024 Site Conditions

GF

One-time

$3,800,000

Revert Sahuarita Funding

GF

Cancelled by SFD due to enrollment data

$(22,811,800)

Revert Pima Funding

GF

Land purchase price less than prior funding

$(3,600,000)

5.   Allows ADOA-SFD to use the unencumbered balance of the New School Facilities Fund for facilities that received final approval before December 15, 2022.

6.   Requires ADOA-SFD to report to JLBC and the Governor's Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting (OSPB) on the final amount of a distribution for a land purchase.

 

 

 

Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) (Sec. 8)

Increased Workload

GF

One-time in each of FYs 2024, 2025 and 2026

$180,000

7.   States that Increased Workload line item will revert to the GF if a bill addressing provider claims against insurers does not become law in the 1st Regular Session of the 56th Legislature.

Arizona Department of Agriculture (Sec. 9)

IT Support

GF

One-time

$1,200,000

 

Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) (Sec. 10)

KidsCare Expansion

GF

Ongoing; from 200% to 225% of the Federal Poverty Level

$5,000,000

Indian Health Care

GF

Ongoing; also $300,000 of federal funds and 4 full-time equivalent positions (FTEs)

$200,000

Secure Behavioral Health Facility (SBHRF) Provider Rate Change

GF

Ongoing reduction

$(10,000,000)

Critical Access Hospitals

GF

One-time

$4,200,000

On-Call OBGYN Services

GF

One-time; non-lapsing

$7,500,000

KidsCare Expansion

OF

Children's Health Insurance Program Fund; ongoing

$16,620,800

8.   Specifies that $700,000 of the AHCCCS operating lump sum appropriation is for the prepaid Medicaid management information system (PMMIS) is exempt from lapsing through FY 2025.

9.   Directs the Arizona Strategic Enterprise Technology office (ASET) to submit an expenditure plan on the PMMIS to JLBC for review before expending monies for the project.

10.  Instructs AHCCCS to distribute $2,500,000 of the on-call obstetrics and gynecological services line item per year to maintain service availability in low-volume and rural communities and establishes reporting requirements.

Arizona Commission on the Arts (Sec. 11)

Arts Fund Deposit

GF

One-time

$5,000,000

 

Attorney General (Sec. 13)

Federalism and Voter Fraud Unit Removal

OF

Ongoing

$(1,881,900)

Civil Rights Funding

OF

Consumer Protection – Consumer Fraud Revolving Fund (CPCF); ongoing; 3 FTEs

$287,300

Child and Family Advocacy Centers

OF

CPCF; for a Child Advocacy Center in Maricopa County

$500,000

Operating Funding

OF

CPCF; one-time; non-lapsing

$3,000,000

Opioid Abatement

OF

Consumer Remediation subaccount; requires an expenditure plan for JLBC review

$12,000,000

 

Department of Child Safety (DCS) (Sec. 17)

Visitation Aides

FTEs

Ongoing; no net cost

80

Vehicle Replacement

GF

One-time; 50 vehicles

$2,300,000

Extended Foster Care Service Model Fund

GF

One-time

$12,600,000

Adoption Incentive Backfill

GF

One-time backfill of federal funds

$2,000,000

Positive Parenting Pilot Program

GF

One-time; non-lapsing; for post-permanency placements

$4,000,000

Congregate Care Backfill

GF

One-time backfill of federal reimbursement reductions

$10,900,000

Emergency Shelter Living

GF

One-time

$10,000,000

 

State Board of Chiropractic Examiners (Sec. 18)

Deputy Director

OF

Board of Chiropractic Examiners Fund; ongoing

$51,300

 

Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) (Sec. 19)

Competes Fund Deposit Reduction

GF

Ongoing

$(5,000,000)

Rural Broadband
Accelerated Match Fund

GF

One-time

$25,000,000

Major Events Fund Deposit Removal

GF

One-time in each of FYs 2024 and 2025

$(7,500,000)

Rural Development Council

GF

One-time; non-lapsing; in the Operating Lump Sum

$1,000,000

Small Business Incubator

GF

One-time; non-lapsing; in the Operating Lump Sum

$500,000

Business Trade Organization

GF

One-time; non-lapsing; in the Operating Lump Sum

$500,000

Commercial Truck Driver Shortage

GF

One-time; non-lapsing; in the Operating Lump Sum

$500,000

Arizona State Trade Expansion Program

GF

One-time; non-lapsing; in the Operating Lump Sum

$1,000,000

Canada Trade Office

GF

One-time; non-lapsing

$750,000

Asia-Pacific Trade Office

GF

One-time; non-lapsing

$750,000

Trade Office Funding

GF

One-time

$2,000,000

Small Business Export Assistance

GF

One-time; non-lapsing; in the Operating Lump Sum

$1,000,000

Water Infrastructure Grant Funding

GF

One-time

$7,000,000

Wearable Technology

GF

One-time; non-lapsing through FY 2027

$2,500,000

Economic Transition Resources

GF

One-time

$9,000,000

11.  Requires ACA to report to the Legislature by December 1, 2023, on the implementation plan for trade office funding, including proposed trade office locations.

12.  Provides that an applied research center or institute located in Arizona is eligible to receive distributions of funding from the wearable technology line item.

13.  Directs the Economic Transition Resources line item to be used by a nonprofit organization for projects located within 20 miles of a coal mine that closed within the past five years.

Community Colleges (Sec. 20)

Formula Adjustment

GF

FY 2024 impact; Baseline in FYs 2025 and 2026

$(100,000)

Rural Funding

GF

One-time

$10,000,000

Tohono O'odham College

GF

One-time; remedial education

$2,000,000

San Carlos Apache College

GF

One-time; remedial education

$2,000,000

Nursing Program

GF

One-time; Arizona Western College

$7,500,000

Santa Cruz Provisional College

GF

One-time

$200,000

14.  Adds requirements that the Tohono O'odham Community College Board of Trustees and the San Carlos College Board of Regents must report on completion rates of students who received remedial education by October 15, 2024.       

Corporation Commission (Sec. 22)

Fill Vacant Positions

OF

Ongoing; operating lump sum

$2,690,000

Salary Increases

OF

Ongoing; operating lump sum

$2,110,000

Operating Costs

OF

One-time

$1,200,000

 

Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) (Sec. 23)

Florence Prison Closure

GF

Ongoing

$(3,500,000)

Private Prison Contract Increase

GF

Ongoing; for parity with the FY 2023 enacted salary increases (20%)

$7,101,400

Inmate Health Care Cost Increase

GF

One-time

$51,200,000

Florence Prison Closure Costs

GF

One-time

$36,500,000

Prison Food Contract

GF

One-time

$9,100,000

Correctional System Assessment

GF

One-time

$2,000,000

Inmate Dog Training

GF

One-time

$750,000

Transitional and Reentry Housing

GF

One-time; non-lapsing

$5,000,000

15.  Outlines uses for the Transitional and Reentry Housing line item, for a competitive grant to provide residential treatment services for up to 90 days and recovery housing up to 24 months after treatment.

16.  Provides requirements for the Transitional Housing Grants line item, with a report from ADC by August 31, 2024.

17.  States that the Inmate Dog Training line item is for a contract with a nonprofit organization that trains inmates to socialize at-risk shelter dogs.

Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC) (Sec. 24)

Crime Victim Notification Fund

GF

One-time deposit

$10,000,000

 

18.  Permits ACJC to use up to $400,000 of the Law Enforcement Crime Victim Notification Fund deposit in FY 2024 to administer the Fund.

Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (Sec. 26)

19.  Extends the appropriation from the FY 2023 General Appropriations Act (Laws 2022, Ch. 313) for Aging Individuals Research through FY 2024.

State Board of Dental Examiners (Sec. 27)

Attorney General Legal Services

OF

Dental Board Fund

$31,400

Compliance Administrative Assistant

OF

Dental Board Fund; ongoing; 1 FTE

$62,600

Licensing Administrative Assistant

OF

Dental Board Fund; ongoing; 1 FTE

$62,600

 

Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) (Sec. 28)

Micro Business Loans

GF

One-time

$5,000,000

 

Department of Economic Security (DES) (Sec. 29)

IT Security

GF

Ongoing

$70,000

Homeless Youth Assistance Funding

GF

Delayed until FY 2025

$(1,000,000)

Adult Protective Services Backfill

GF

One-time

$9,100,000

IT Security

GF

One-time

$1,500,000

Produce Incentive Program

GF

One-time; non-lapsing; "Double Up Food Bucks"

$5,462,600

Graham County Rehabilitation Center

GF

One-time; $800,000 for a facility remodel and $30,000 for an afterschool program

$830,000

Globe-Miami Food Bank

GF

One-time

$250,000

Area Agencies on Aging

GF

One-time; Adult Services line-item

$5,000,000

Diaper and Incontinence Assistance

GF

One-time

$1,000,000

Arizona Department of Education (ADE) (Sec. 31)

Formula Adjustments

GF

Ongoing; also $(19.4) million compared to the FY 2023 Baseline supplemental

$(6,300,000)

Base Level Increase

GF

Ongoing; 0.9% above the 2.0% Baseline inflator

$68,600,000

Results Based Funding Elimination

GF

Ongoing

$(68,600,000)

District Additional Assistance

GF

Ongoing

$20,000,000

Continuing High School Program Enrollment Cap

GF

Ongoing in both FYs 2023 and 2024, also $(4.6) million in FY 2025

$(3,100,000)

State Aid Supplement

GF

One-time

$300,000,000

Dual Enrollment Student Incentives

GF

One-time

$15,000,000

Dual Enrollment Teacher Incentives

GF

One-time

$500,000

Broadband Funding

GF

One-time

$5,000,000

Civics Education and Leadership Development

GF

One-time

$300,000

Education and Career Exploration

GF

One-time

$5,000,000

K-12 Alternative Transportation Model

GF

One-time

$250,000

Live Remote Instruction

GF

One-time in each of FYs 2024 and 2025; non-lapsing through December 31, 2025

$100,000

Administration Funding

GF

One-time; non-lapsing through FY 2026

$10,000,000

Low Income Student Assistance

GF

One-time

$500,000

Feminine Hygiene Products

GF

One-time

$2,000,000

Alternative Teacher Development

GF

One-time

$800,000

Phoenix Science Education

GF

One-time

$2,500,000

Nonprofit Education Initiatives

GF

One-time

$100,000

Globe Youth Summer Education

GF

One-time

$250,000

Consumable Art/Music Supplies

GF

One-time

$10,000,000

Flagstaff Unified Robotics

GF

One-time for each of FYs 2024, 2025 and 2026

$20,000

County Jails Education

GF

One-time

$100,000

Gila County Jail Adult Education

GF

One-time

$10,000

Juvenile Detention Centers

GF

One-time; $22,600 for Yavapai County, $20,000 for Pinal County and $10,000 for Maricopa County

$52,600

Professional Development

GF

One-time

$3,000,000

School Campus Vegetation

GF

One-time; non-lapsing

$400,000

Endowment Earnings Growth

OF

 

$872,600

20.  Requires ADE to submit an expenditure plan to JLBC and OSPB for increased Early Literacy funding provided in the FY 2023 3-year budget plan and report to JLBC and OSPB by July 31, 2024 on the actual expenditures.

21.  Specifies distributions for the Nonprofit Education Initiatives, Phoenix Science Education and Low-Income Student Assistance line items.

22.  Directs ADE to develop a per pupil weighted transportation formula for K-12 students and report by December 31, 2023.

23.  Specifies that School Campus Vegetation Grants are to be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis for public schools with a free and reduced-price lunch eligibility of at least 75% being eligible first through December 31, 2023, followed by other public schools.

24.  Modifies footnote specifying the distribution of Adult Education monies to account for the delayed phase-in of the enrollment cap increase.

25.  Provides the onetime State Aid Supplement to districts and charter schools on a pro rata basis using weighted student counts, including nonresident attending students for school districts.

26.  Allows a school district to budget the onetime State Aid Supplement for either maintenance and operations or unrestricted capital outlays.

27.  Directs ADE to distribute the Art Consumables Grant Program funding for up to $1,000 per specified teachers to purchase consumable art supplies, materials and instructional aids.

Department of Emergency and Military Affairs (DEMA) (Sec. 32)

Emergency Hazard Mitigation

GF

One-time

$1,333,300

Hazard Mitigation Revolving Fund

GF

One-time deposits in each of FY 2024, 2025 and 2026

$200,000

Hazard Mitigation Assistance

GF

One-time in both FY 2024 and 2025

$500,000

National Guard Uniform Allowance

GF

One-time

$300,000

National Guard Equipment

GF

One-time

$33,900

28.  Deems the Federal Government Matching Repayment line item non-lapsing through December 31, 2024.

Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) (Sec. 33)

Water Quality Fee Fund Deposit

GF

One-time

$9,500,000

PFAS Mitigation

GF

One-time; non-lapsing

$5,000,000

29.  Outlines a JLBC reporting requirement for PFAS mitigation by July 31, 2024.

Governor's Office of Equal Opportunity (Sec. 34)

ADA Coordinator

OF

Personnel Division Fund; also 1 FTE

$100,000

 

Board of Executive Clemency (Sec. 36)

Operating Costs

GF

Ongoing

$39,000

Records Management

GF

One-time

$45,000

Arizona Exposition and State Fair (Sec. 36)

30.  Exempts $2,300,000 from the FY 2023 General Appropriations Act (Laws 2022, Ch. 313) from lapsing through June 30, 2024.

Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) (Sec. 38)

Wildfire Mitigation Technical Change

GF

Ongoing; also removed in FYs 2025 and 2026

$(956,000)

 

Arizona Game and Fish Department (Sec. 40)

Operational Costs

OF

Game and Fish Fund

$653,000

 

 

Department of Gaming (Sec. 41)

Racetrack Purse, Maintenance and Operations Funding

GF

Ongoing

$(5,396,900)

Event Wagering License Fee Refund

GF

One-time

$500,000

Administrative Funding

OF

Aligned with statutory minimum

$(1,320,000)

 

Office of the Governor (Sec. 42)

African American Affairs Shift

GF

Ongoing

$146,600

Operating Funding

GF

One-time

$2,000,000

Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Task Force

GF

One-time; non-lapsing

$1,000,000

 

Department of Health Services (DHS) (Sec. 44)

Arizona State Hospital (ASH) Contracted Services

GF

Ongoing

$1,100,000

Alzheimer's Research

GF

Ongoing

$500,000

ASH Contracted Services

GF

One-time

$6,000,000

Dementia Services and Alzheimer's State Plan

GF

One-time; non-lapsing through FY 2026

$964,100

Dementia Awareness

GF

One-time; non-lapsing

$500,000

Psilocybin Research

GF

One-time

$5,000,000

Collaborative Care Uptake Fund

GF

Onetime

$1,000,000

Trauma Recovery Center Fund

GF

One-time

$7,000,000

Fentanyl Testing and Mass Spectrometers

GF

One-time

$300,000

Health Crisis Review and Wraparound Services

GF

One-time

$5,000,000

ASH Video Security

GF

One-time

$3,500,000

Homeless Pregnant Women Services

OF

Health Services Lottery Monies Fund

$(100,000)

31.  Extends the FY 2023 appropriation of $1,000,000 for the Behavioral Health Care Provider Loan Repayment Program through FY 2024.

32.  Directs the Trauma Recovery Center appropriation for technical assistance grants, operational and service costs of a state pilot trauma recovery center and grant funding for a public research institution to track outcomes.

Arizona Department of Homeland Security (AZDOHS) (Sec. 47)

Antihuman Trafficking Grant Fund

GF

One-time; $2.0 million for the Arizona Counter Terrorism Information Center; $8.0 million for local law enforcement

$10,000,000

Nonprofit Security Grant Program Fund

GF

One-time

$5,000,000

33.  Allows AZDOHS to spend up to 5% of the Nonprofit Security Grant Program Fund deposit to administer the program.

34.  Specifies that the FY 2023 appropriation of $300,000 for Statewide Information Security and Privacy Operations and Controls is non-lapsing through FY 2024.

Arizona Department of Housing (ADOH) (Sec. 49)

Housing Trust Fund

GF

One-time deposit

$150,000,000

Homeless Shelter and Services Fund

GF

One-time deposit

$40,000,000

Mobile Home Relocation Fund

GF

One-time deposit

$5,000,000

Military Transitional Housing Fund

GF

One-time deposit

$1,900,000

35.  Extends the FY 2023 appropriation for the Homeless Services Grant Pilot as non-lapsing through FY 2024.

36.  Directs ADOH to submit an expenditure plan of Housing Trust Fund monies to JLBC by September 1, 2023.

Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions (DIFI) (Sec. 51)

Increased Workload

GF

One-time in each of FYs 2024, 2025 and 2026

$250,000

Financial Examination Staff

OF

Ongoing; 3 FTEs

$276,300

Auto Crime Tracking Database

OF

 

$154,100

Theft Task Force Vehicle Fuel

OF

 

$68,600

Vehicle Theft Prosecution County Personnel

OF

 

$431,200

37.  Specifies that $250,000 of DIFI's operating lump sum is for administering a bill addressing provider claims against insurers, but that the appropriation will revert to the GF if such a bill does not become law in the 1st Regular Session of the 56th Legislature.

Arizona Judiciary (Sec. 52)

Supreme Court

Private Fiduciary Investigator

GF

Ongoing; 1 FTE

$102,000

Juvenile Monetary Sanctions Backfill

GF

One-time in each of FYs 2024, 2025 and 2026

$250,000

Digital Evidence Software

GF

One-time in each of FYs 2024 and 2025

$280,000

Private Fiduciary Backlog

GF

One-time in each of FYs 2024, 2025 and 2026

$100,000

Judicial Conduct Backlog

GF

One-time in each of FYs 2024, 2025 and 2026

$100,000

Automation Funding

GF

One-time

$100,000

Court Appointed Special Advocate

GF

One-time

$20,000

Private Fiduciary Licensing Subscription

OF

 

$139,600

38.  Provides legislative intent that the Juvenile Monetary Sanctions Backfill may only be spent on the passage of legislation that eliminates court-ordered fees for juveniles.

Court of Appeals

39.  Extends the lapsing date of the $450,000 FY 2023 appropriation to remodel the Court of Appeals chambers through FY 2024 and exempts the project from review by the Joint Committee on Capital Review.

Superior Court

Yavapai County Judge

GF

Ongoing; state share for a new judge

$149,000

Yuma County Judge

GF

Ongoing; state share for a new judge

$149,000

Probation Salary Increase Backfill

GF

One-time

$6,749,200

40.  Modifies an existing footnote to include the two new Superior Court judges as FTEs.

41.  Provides that, if counties approve probation officer salary increases in FY 2024 that increase the state cost, the Legislature intends for counties to absorb any additional costs to the state in FY 2024 and future years.

42.  Specifies that the Probation Salary Increase Backfill is to cover the state share of probation officer salary increases approved by county Boards of Supervisors in FY 2023.

Department of Juvenile Corrections (DJC) (Sec. 53)

Remove Pima County Cost Shift

GF

Ongoing

$1,726,900

 

Legislature (Sec. 55)

Senate

Operating Funding

GF

One-time

$2,000,000

House of Representatives

Operating Funding

GF

One-time

$2,000,000

Ombudsman-Citizens Aide Office

Rent Funding

GF

Ongoing

$53,000

Auditor General

Operating Funding

GF

One-time

$2,000,000

Legislative Council

43.  Eliminates a footnote that required an affirmative vote of the Legislative Council to pay dues for the Council of State Governments.

Department of Liquor Licenses and Control (DLLC) (Sec. 56)

Flagstaff Office Rent

OF

Liquor Licenses Fund

$42,600

 

Board of Massage Therapy (Sec. 58)

eLicensing Costs

OF

Board of Massage Therapy Fund; ongoing

$22,100

 

State Mine Inspector (Sec. 60)

Drone Purchases

GF

One-time; included in the Operating Lump Sum

$100,000

Administrative Costs

GF

One-time; non-lapsing; included in the Operating Lump Sum

$300,000

 

Naturopathic Physicians Medical Board (Sec. 61)

eLicensing Costs

OF

Naturopathic Physicians Medical Board Fund; ongoing

$3,200

 

Arizona State Board of Nursing (Sec. 63)

Nurse Anesthetist Clinical Rotations

GF

One-time

$200,000

Staff Attorney

OF

Board of Nursing Fund; ongoing

$146,800

Licensing Specialists

OF

Board of Nursing Fund; ongoing; 2 FTEs

$154,100

 

Arizona Board of Osteopathic Examiners in Medicine and Surgery (Sec. 68)

eLicensing Costs

OF

Arizona Board of Osteopathic Examiners in Medicine and Surgery Fund; ongoing

$6,600

Annual Leave Payout

OF

Arizona Board of Osteopathic Examiners in Medicine and Surgery Fund; one-time

$14,500

 

Arizona State Parks Board (ASPB) (Sec. 69)

Heritage Fund

GF

One-time deposit

$6,000,000

Arizona Trail Fund

GF

One-time deposit

$500,000

State Lake Improvement Fund

GF

One-time deposit

$5,200,000

Rockin' River Operating Costs

OF

State Parks Revenue Fund (SPRF); ongoing; 4 FTEs

$114,000

Dispatch Services Agreement

OF

SPRF

$347,000

Operations Cost Increases

OF

SPRF

$261,100

 

State Board of Podiatry Examiners (Sec. 74)

Executive Director Salary

OF

Podiatry Fund; ongoing

$11,900

 

Department of Public Safety (Sec. 77)

AZPOST Staffing

FTEs

Ongoing; no new funding

31

Commercial Vehicle Task Force Elimination

GF

Ongoing

$(978,400)

Administration Funding

GF

One-time; non-lapsing

$1,098,600

Vehicle Replacement

GF

One-time; 276 vehicles; exempt from lapsing through FY 2025

$11,709,300

Civil Air Patrol Infrastructure

GF

One-time; non-lapsing; annual report by December 1 until funds are expended

$10,000,000

Uniform Allowance

GF

One-time

$700,000

Sexual Assault Kit Tracking Portal

GF

One-time

$1,500,000

Radio Expansion and Upgrades

GF

One-time; non-lapsing

$41,100,000

Law Enforcement Retention

GF

One-time

$2,000,000

Real-time Crime Centers

GF

One-time; $1.5 million for Tucson; $2.6 million for Peoria

$4,100,000

Fentanyl Prosecution and Testing Fund

GF

One-time deposit

$3,000,000

Crime Lab Funding

GF

One-time; also $200,000 in both of FY 2025 and 2026

$400,000

Radio Expansion and Upgrades

OF

For the "master site"

$3,000,000

Fuel Inflation Adjustment

OF

 

$3,671,200

44.  Renames:

a)   the Border Strike Task Force line item as the Border Drug Interdiction line item; and

b)   the Border Strike Task Force Local Support line item as the Local Border Support line item.

45.  Eliminates the existing footnote limits on the amount of funding that can go towards local law enforcement positions, the amount that can fund prosecution and detention grants and the local matching funds requirement.

46.  Requires the Local Border Support line item to be used for positions that deter and apprehend individuals charged with drug trafficking, human smuggling, illegal immigration and other border-related crimes.

47.  Allows DPS to use up to $50,000 and 0.5 FTE positions to administer the Fentanyl Prosecution and Testing Fund.

48.  Specifies that the Law Enforcement Retention line item is to be divided evenly for coaching resources and local matching funds for recruitment and retention grants.

49.  Directs the Sexual Assault Kit Tracking Portal appropriation to provide an Internet portal that allows a victim to anonymously access information relating the victim's sexual assault kit evidence.

State Board of Respiratory Care Examiners (Sec. 80)

ADOA Shared Services Costs

OF

Board of Respiratory Care Examiners Fund

$19,700

 

Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS) (Sec. 81)

IT Personnel

OF

ASRS Administration Account

$305,000

Cybersecurity and Cloud Transition

OF

ASRS Administration Account

$518,000

 

Department of Revenue (DOR) (Sec. 82)

Shift Administrative Fund to GF

GF

One-time

$2,000,000

 

Department of State (Sec. 83)

Attorney General Legal Services

GF

Ongoing

$100,000

Address Confidentiality Backfill

GF

Ongoing; included in the Operating Lump Sum

$250,000

Talking Book Library Funding

GF

Ongoing; $162,000 in FYs 2025 and 2026; included in the Operating Lump Sum

$100,000

Administration Funding

GF

One-time; non-lapsing; $330,000 for Business Services

$2,330,000

Presidential Preference Election

GF

One-time; in addition to $4 million in Baseline

$1,926,100

Help America Vote Act Projects

OF

One-time; non-lapsing

$5,000,000

50.  States that the Secretary of State (SOS) may spend $100,000 for legal expenses, either contracted through the Attorney General's Office or by hiring one FTE position, while prohibiting the use of outside or private attorneys.

51.  Outlines requirements for the Help America Vote Act Projects line item, including that 75% must be distributed to counties for election systems improvements and the Secretary of State must provide an expenditure plan for review by JLBC before spending any monies.

52.  Extends the FY 2020 appropriation from the Election Systems Improvement Fund for county allocations through FY 2024.

53.  Directs the SOS to only use the Presidential Preference Election line item to reimburse counties for certified claims related to the 2024 Presidential Preference Election with a report to JLBC and OSPB, but allows $100,000 for direct costs of the SOS.

Department of Transportation (Sec. 87)

Spaying and Neutering of Animals Fund

GF

One-time deposit

$550,000

Vehicle Purchases

OF

 

$18,665,200

MVD Security Modernization

OF

State Highway Fund (SHF)

$730,900

Litter Removal

OF

SHF

$3,106,800

Radio Replacement

OF

SHF

$1,656,100

Passenger Rail Service Operations

OF

 

$250,000

Salary Increases

OF

Ongoing; 978 positions

$6,845,600

Fleet Operations

OF

 

$7,706,200

Fuel Inflation Adjustment

OF

SHF; one-time

$2,337,900

Dispatch System

OF

SHF

$442,700

Transit Program Administration

OF

 

$551,500

MVD Call Center

OF

SHF

$87,300

MVD Title Information System

OF

SHF

$91,000

MVD Paper Cost

OF

SHF

$701,700

Hoover Dam Bridge Liability Insurance

OF

SHF

$209,800

New Highway Lane Maintenance

OF

SHF

$2,350,300

South Mountain Freeway Maintenance

OF

SHF

$321,800

Driver License/ID Production Costs

OF

SHF

$183,100

License Plate Production Costs

OF

SHF

$219,900

State Fleet Operating Adjustments

OF

 

$6,791,800

Exempt Fleet Operating Adjustment

OF

 

$6,995,500

 

State Treasurer (Sec. 88)

Accounting Manager

OF

Ongoing; 1 FTE

$138,300

Investment Analyst

OF

Ongoing; 1 FTE

$123,400

Chief Procurement Officer

OF

Ongoing; 1 FTE

$96,600

 

Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) (Sec. 90)

Primary Care Residency Programs

GF

One-time; non-lapsing

$5,000,000

Existing Promise Scholarship Expansion

GF

One-time

$20,000,000

Teachers Academy

GF

One-time

$15,000,000

Spouses and Dependents of Law Enforcement Scholarships

GF

One-time deposit

$2,000,000

Museum of Democracy

GF

One-time; non-lapsing

$2,000,000

54.  Directs ABOR to report, by October 1, 2024, to JLBC and OSPB on the following scholarship programs:

a)   Arizona Promise Scholarships;

b)   Spouses of Military Veterans Tuition Scholarships; and

c)   Spouses and Dependents of Law Enforcement Officers Tuition Scholarships.

55.  Directs ABOR to distribute the Museum of Democracy appropriation to ABOR universities to provide opportunities for undergraduate students, high school students and the broader community to become better informed on American presidencies and presidential elections.

Arizona State University (ASU) (Sec. 91)

Operating Lump Sum Appropriation

GF

Ongoing

$6,006,500

School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership

GF

Ongoing; with intent footnote

$(6,006,500)

Center for American Institutions

GF

One-time; intent footnote

$4,000,000

Collegiate Women's Wrestling Program

GF

One-time

$500,000

Operating Funding

GF

One-time; also removes FY 2025 one-time operating funding

$2,400,000

56.  Directs any appropriated monies for the Center for American Institutions to be used at t eh sole discretion and on approval of the lead of the Center, which must provide a report to JLBC by October 1, 2024.

57.  Outlines uses of the Collegiate Women's Wrestling Program line item, including for athletic scholarships and costs incurred to establish and maintain a collegiate women's wresting program at ASU.

Northern Arizona University (NAU) (Sec. 92)

Operating Lump Sum Appropriation

GF

Ongoing

$865,300

Economic Policy Institute

GF

Ongoing; with intent footnote

$(865,300)

Operating Funding

GF

One-time; also removes FY 2025 one-time operating funding

$1,000,000

 

University of Arizona (Sec. 93)

Main Campus

Operating Lump Sum Appropriation

GF

Ongoing

$4,840,000

Center for the Philosophy of Freedom

GF

Ongoing; with intent footnote

$(4,840,000)

Operating Funding

GF

One-time; also removes FY 2025 one-time operating funding

$1,600,000

Space Analog Program

GF

One-time; Biosphere 2; intended to be used across FYs 2024, 2025 and 2026

$1,500,000

Agricultural Workforce

GF

One-time; in the Arizona Cooperative Extension line item

$1,000,000

On-Farm Irrigation efficiency Fund

GF

One-time deposit

$16,200,000

Health Sciences Center

Board of Medical Student Loans

GF

One-time

$2,000,000

AZ REACH

GF

One-time

$500,000

58.  Designates the AZ REACH line time to provide medical care transfer services for hospitals with less than 20 beds.

Department of Veterans' Services (ADVS) (Sec. 94)

Gila County Veterans Retreat

GF

One-time; non-lapsing

$3,000,000

Veteran Suicide Prevention Training

GF

One-time; non-lapsing; Pilot Program

$600,000

Burial Services

GF

One-time

$15,000

Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program

GF

One-time

$5,000,000

59.  Specifies that the $15,000 for Burial Services is for members of the Arizona National Guard and United States Armed Forces Reserves if the member's service was terminated under honorable conditions.

60.  Directs the Gila County Veterans Retreat to be distributed to Gila County for the Pleasant Valley veterans retreat.

61.  Outlines the use of the Veteran Suicide Prevention Training Pilot Program as offering specialized training to claims examiners and county and municipal veteran services officers and requires ADVS to provide a report to the Legislature by July 30, 2024.

62.  Provides that the Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program line item is to be used to provide services that assist in reintegrating homeless veterans into employment.

Arizona State Veterinary Medical Examining Board (Sec. 95)

Remove One-time Funding

OF

Veterinary Medical Examining Board Fund

$(1,500)

 

Water Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona (WIFA) (Sec. 96)

Eastern Arizona Water Assistance

GF

One-time; non-lapsing

$3,000,000

63.  Specifies that the $3,000,000 appropriation for Eastern Arizona Water Assistance is to be evenly allocated between Cochise and Graham counties to contract for consultant and attorneys who enable irrigation districts to perform their duties.

 

 

 

Department of Water Resources (DWR) (Sec. 97)

Brackish Groundwater Study

GF

One-time; non-lapsing

$100,000

Brackish Groundwater Recovery Pilot

GF

One-time; non-lapsing

$11,000,000

Santa Rosa Canal Groundwater Delivery

GF

One-time; non-lapsing

$25,000,000

Statewide Water Resources Planning

GF

One-time

$5,000,000

64.  Designates the Brackish Groundwater Study line item for DWR to review and update information contained in studies on the availability of brackish groundwater in Arizona.

65.  Allocates $2,000,000 of the Brackish Groundwater Recovery Pilot Program for a demonstration project in Arizona's active management areas and the remaining $9,000,000 for matching participants for the benefit of Central Arizona Project water recipients.

66.  Directs DWR to report to JLBC and OSPB by July 31, 2024, on the uses of the Statewide Water Resources Planning line item.

67.  Distributes the Santa Rosa Canal Groundwater Delivery line item to the Maricopa-Stanfield Irrigation and Draining District, the Central Arizona Irrigation and Draining District, and the Ak-Chin Indian Community.

FY 2023 Adjustments

68.  Appropriates $3,107,700 from the Risk Management Revolving Fund in FY 2023 to ADOA to pay disallowed costs and for FY 2022 fund transfers. (Sec. 98)

69.  Appropriates $15,000 from the GF in FY 2023 to the Arizona Commission of African-American Affairs to address an operating shortfall. (Sec. 99)

70.  Transfers $1,750,000 from the Personnel Division Fund in FY 2023 for deposit into the Human Resources Information System (HRIS) Subaccount of the Automation Projects Fund (APF). (Sec. 100)

71.  Reduces the FY 2023 appropriation from the GF to AHCCCS for SBHRF construction by $25,000,000. (Sec. 101)

72.  Appropriates $19,888,200 of expenditure authority in FY 2023 to the DCS operating lump sum for increased federal funding. (Sec. 102)

73.  Appropriates $11,100,000 of expenditure authority in FY 2023 to the DCS adoption services line item for a technical adjustment. (Sec. 103)

74.  Appropriates a non-lapsing $20,000,000 from the GF in FY 2023 to ADOH for programs that provide shelter and services to unsheltered persons experiencing homelessness. (Sec. 104)

75.  Appropriates $180,624,300 from the GF in FY 2023 to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for additional basic state aid formula costs. (Sec. 105)

76.  Appropriates $5,600,000 from the GF in FY 2023 to DHS for the ASH operating line item to address an operating shortfall. (Sec. 106)

77.  Appropriates $3,364,200 from the Arizona Highway Patrol Fund in FY 2023 to the DPS motor vehicle fuel line item to address inflationary increases in fuel costs. (Sec. 107)

78.  Appropriates $15,200,000 from the SHF in FY 2023 to the ADOT highway maintenance line item to address highway maintenance due to the winter months. (Sec. 108)

79.  Exempts various FY 2023 eLicensing system upgrade appropriations contained in the FY 2023 General Appropriations Act (Laws 2022, Ch. 313) from lapsing through June 30, 2024. (Sec. 109)

FY 2024 Appropriations

80.  Reduces the FY 2024 appropriation to the WIFA Long-Term Water Augmentation Fund by $138,800,000. (Sec. 110)

81.  Appropriates the following sums from the GF to ADOA in FY 2024 for counties:

a)   $7,150,650 for distribution to continues with a population under 900,000;

b)   $500,000 for distribution to Graham County;

c)   $3,000,000 for distributing to counties to supplement pension payments;

d)   $7,000,000 for distribution to counties to establish a coordinated reentry planning services program. (Sec. 111)

82.  Appropriates the following sums that are non-lapsing through June 30, 2025 from subaccounts of the APF in FY 2024:

a)   $20,647,800 from the HRIS subaccount to ADOA to replace the HRIS;

b)   $15,000,000 from the Health and Human Services Information System subaccount to ADOA for administration of statewide health and human services information technology projects;

c)   $7,000,000 from the Corporation Commission subaccount to the Corporation Commission to replace its online records and filings system, with a report on how the new system will integrate with the Business One-Stop;

d)   $494,500 from the DPS subaccount to DPS to replace the concealed weapons tracking system;

e)   $19,369,400 from the DOR subaccount to DOR to implement the integrated tax system modernization project that meets outlined minimum specifications, with a report on how the new system will integrate with the Business One-Stop;

f) $3,270,000 from the Judiciary-Supreme Court subaccount to the Arizona Supreme Court to replace the probation case management system; and

g)   $2,500,000 from the Judiciary-Supreme Court subaccount to the Arizona Supreme Court for a statewide community supervision electronic monitoring system. (Sec. 112)

83.  Requires ADOA to provide quarterly reports to JLBC on automation projects, including project expenditures, deliverables, timeline and current status. (Sec. 112)

84.  Continues to exempt the following projects from the FY 2022 General Appropriations Act (Laws 2021, Ch. 408) from lapsing through June 30, 2024:

a)   $7,758,900 for the Business One-Stop appropriation;

b)   $9,000,000 for the DES childcare management system; and

c)   $550,000 for the DPS concealed weapons tracking system. (Sec. 112)

85.  Continues to allow DES to use up to $25,000,000 from the Budget Stabilization Fund to provide funding for reimbursement grants, with reporting requirements. (Sec. 113)

86.  Appropriates the following amounts from the GF in FY 2024 to the State Treasurer for local government distributions:

a)   $2,500,000 for county sheriffs for search and rescue equipment;

b)   $9,000,000 for Mohave County substation capital improvements;

c)   $860,000 for La Paz County server replacement, public safety dock and boat lifts and the Salome substation roof;

d)   $500,000 for Mohave County sheriff's office vehicle purchases;

e)   $3,000,000 for police department support:

i.   $2,000,000 for Wickenburg Police Department; and

ii. $1,000,000 for Hayden Police Department;

f) $750,000 for the Copper Canyon Fire and Medical District;

g)   $3,500,000 for Peoria Police Department to purchase a helicopter;

h)   $1,500,000 for Peoria Police Department for a mobile command center;

i)   $3,400,000 for Mohave County to design and construct the Mohave wash recharge basin;

j)   $3,500,000 for the City of Prescott and the Town of Prescott Valley for the Glassford Dells regional park;

k)   $27,800,000 for the City of Gilbert for water wells;

l)   $1,400,000 for the City of Wickenburg for fire station upgrades;

m) $8,987,000 for the City of Flagstaff for post-fire mitigation;

n)   $750,000 for the Town of Snowflake for a sewer main lift station replacement;

o)   $3,214,500 for the City of Glendale for a veterans community project;

p)   $126,200 for counties for property owner notification systems;

q)   $750,000 for the Chandler, Tucson and Mesa Police Departments for a pepper ball pilot program;

r) $10,000,000 for the City of Peoria for new wells and water infrastructure;

s)   $850,000 for the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) for a Sun City transportation study;

t) $10,050,000 for MAG to relocate utilities related to the construction of State Route 30;

u)   $500,000 for the Town of Kearny for public building remediation;

v)   $810,000 for the City of Glendale for an irrigation system and xeriscaping;

w) $1,000,000 for the Vernon Fire District for equipment and operations; and

x)   $20,000,000 for Navajo County to reconstruct the Little Colorado River levee at the City of Winslow; and

y)   $2,000,000 for Chandler Police Department support. (Sec. 114)

87.  Appropriates $1,368,000 from the Peace Office Training Equipment Fund in FY 2024 to the State Treasurer for distribution to the following recipients for firearm training simulators:

a)   $300,000 for Flagstaff Police Department;

b)   $300,000 for Mohave County Probation Department;

c)   $138,000 for Casa Grande Police Department;

d)   $330,000 for Maricopa County Sheriff's Office; and

e)   $300,000 for Navajo County Sheriff's Office. (Sec. 115)

88.  Appropriates the following amounts from the GF in FY 2024 to the State Treasurer for distribution to nonprofit organizations:

a)   $10,000,000 for a nonprofit that is designated as an international dark sky discovery center;

b)   $15,300,000 for a nonprofit volunteer organization that operates a rodeo at the Yavapai County fairgrounds; and

c)   $5,600,000 for a nonprofit that operates an astronomy center and observatory in northern Arizona. (Sec. 116)

89.  Allocates $25,498,600 from the GF in FY 2024 to the Arizona Convention Center Development Fund. (Sec. 117)

90.  Distributes an estimated $16,000,000 in FY 2024 to the Rio Nuevo Multipurpose Facility District. (Sec. 118)

 

Fund Balance Transfers and Payment Deferrals

91.  Establishes fund balance transfer amounts for automation projects but specifies that transfers into the APF are not appropriations. (Sec. 119)

92.  Defers $800,727,700 of the basic state aid and additional state aid entitlement to July 12, 2024. (Sec. 120)

93.  Directs school districts to include the deferred payments when computing tax rates for FY 2024. (Sec. 120)

Statewide Adjustments

94.  Sets statewide adjustments to be determined by JLBC, in consultation with the OSPB, and allocated by ADOA, as follows:

Operating Adjustment

GF

OF

Total

Employer Health Insurance Contribution Reduction

$(63,244,800)

$(32,224,200)

$(95,469,000)

University Health Insurance Backfill Removal

$(40,033,000)

$0

$(40,033,000)

Employer Health Insurance Contribution Increase

$73,000,000

$30,000,000

$103,000,000

Agency Rent

$(558,100)

$100,000

$(458,100)

Agency Risk Management

$(154,200)

$100,000

$(54,200)

AFIS

$116,700

$200,000

$316,700

Agency Retirement

$359,600

$(22,000,000)

$(21,640,400)

Salary Increase

$7,517,000

$3,000,000

$10,517,000

State Fleet Rate

$8,195,100

$6,000,000

$14,195,100

95.  Sets FY 2024 charges for general agency counsel provided by the Department of Law. (Sec.122)

FY 2025 Appropriation

96.  Appropriates $77,898,600 from the GF in FY 2025 for a one-time deposit into the New School Facilities Fund for projects that received final approval from ADOA-SFD by December 15, 2022. (Sec. 123)

Miscellaneous

97.  Requires the Governor to report to the Legislature the total planned allocations and actual expenditures from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund and the Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund from the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) within 45 days of the end of each calendar quarter through June 30, 2026. (Sec. 124)

98.  Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to report to the Legislature the total planned allocations and actual expenditures from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund from ARPA within 45 days of the end of each calendar quarter through June 30, 2026. (Sec. 124)

99.  Requires ABOR to report to the Legislature the total planned allocations and actual expenditures from Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) from ARPA through June 30, 2026. (Sec. 124)

100. Requires each community college district to report to the Legislature the total planned allocations and actual expenditures from HEERF from ARPA through June 30, 2026. (Sec. 124)

101. States the intent of the Legislature that the Executive Branch report on additional federal aid enacted by the end of FY 2024. (Sec. 124)

102. States the intent of the Legislature that budget units continue to report expenditures in a similar format that was used in prior years. (Sec. 125)

103. Requires all FTEs to be subject to appropriation and outlines reporting requirements for ADOA and each university to compare the FTE usage to the appropriated level of FTEs. (Sec. 126)

104. Requires each agency to submit a report to JLBC by October 1, 2023, on the number of filled appropriated and non-appropriated FTEs as of September 1, 2023. (Sec. 127)

105. Directs ADOA to provide a monthly report to JLBC on any transfers of spending authority during the prior month. (Sec. 128)

106. Forecasts GF revenue estimates for FY 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 and GF expenditure estimates for FY 2025 and 2026. (Sec. 129)

107. Requires the Executive Branch to provide JLBC a preliminary estimate of the FY 2023 ending GF balance by September 15, 2023. (Sec. 129)

108. Directs JLBC staff to report to JLBC by October 15, 2023, whether the FY 2024 revenues and ending balance are expected to change by more than $50,000,000 from the budgeted projections. (Sec. 129)

109. Defines *, expenditure authority and review by the Joint Legislative Budget Committee. (Sec. 130, 131, 132)

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