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REFERENCE TITLE: general appropriations act; 2023-2024. |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session 2023
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SB 1523 |
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Introduced by Senators Kavanagh: Hoffman
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An Act
appropriating monies.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. 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. 2. ARIZONA STATE BOARD OF ACCOUNTANCY
2023-24
FTE positions 14.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 2,236,600
Fund sources:
Board of accountancy fund $ 2,236,600
Sec. 3. ACUPUNCTURE BOARD OF EXAMINERS
2023-24
FTE positions 1.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 191,300
Fund sources:
Acupuncture board of examiners
fund $ 191,300
Sec. 4. DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION
2023-24
FTE positions 539.1
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 91,914,700
Utilities 7,649,900
Arizona financial information
system 13,885,100
Risk management administrative
expenses 8,597,800
Risk management losses and
premiums 48,396,100
Workers' compensation losses
and premiums 28,253,000
Cyber risk insurance 23,037,200
Information technology project
management and oversight 1,667,300
State surplus property sales
agency proceeds 1,810,000
Southwest defense contracts 25,000
Government transformation office 2,063,000
Total appropriation — department of
administration $227,299,100
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 9,350,900
Air quality fund 928,000
Arizona financial information
system collections fund 13,885,100
Automation operations fund 31,568,300
Capital outlay stabilization fund 19,200,200
Corrections fund 634,600
Cyber risk insurance fund 23,037,200
Federal surplus materials revolving
fund 468,500
Information technology fund 2,292,000
Personnel division fund 13,779,500
Risk management revolving fund 93,500,700
Special employee health insurance
trust fund 5,719,900
Special services revolving fund 1,257,300
State surplus materials revolving
fund 3,064,600
State web portal fund 6,798,300
Telecommunications fund 1,814,000
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 2023-2024. 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 $31,568,300 in fiscal year 2023-2024, the department shall report the intended use of the monies to the joint legislative budget committee.
On or before September 1, 2024, the department shall submit a report to the joint legislative budget committee on the results of pilot projects implemented in fiscal year 2023-2024 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 $3,064,600 in fiscal year 2023-2024 are appropriated to the department. Before spending state surplus materials revolving fund monies in excess of $3,064,600 in fiscal year 2023-2024, the department shall report the intended use of the monies to the joint legislative budget committee.
Of the amount appropriated for the Arizona financial information system line item in fiscal year 2023-2024, $4,000,000 is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations, until June 30, 2025.
On or before November 1, 2024, the department shall submit a report to the director of the joint legislative budget committee on expenditures made from the cyber risk insurance fund established by section 41-622, Arizona Revised Statutes, from the prior year.
Sec. 5. DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION, DIVISION OF SCHOOL FACILITIES
2023-24
FTE positions 17.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 1,647,100
New school facilities debt service 9,938,100
Building renewal grants deposit 199,967,900
New school facilities 92,766,300
Total appropriation — department of
administration, division
of school facilities $304,319,400
Fund sources:
State general fund $304,319,400
Pursuant to section 35-142.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, any reimbursement received by or allocated to the division of school facilities under the federal qualified school construction bond program in fiscal year 2023-2024 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 division of school facilities shall report the proposed transfer to the director of the joint legislative budget committee.
Pursuant to section 41-5741, 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 division of school facilities on or before December 15, 2022.
Sec. 6. OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS
2023-24
FTE positions 12.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 998,900
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 998,900
Sec. 7. ARIZONA COMMISSION OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN AFFAIRS
2023-24
FTE positions 3.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 146,600
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 146,600
Sec. 8. ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
2023-24
FTE positions 209.9
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 16,304,600
Agricultural employment relations
board 23,300
Animal damage control 65,000
Red imported fire ant control 23,200
Agricultural consulting and
training 136,300
Total appropriation — Arizona department
of agriculture $ 16,552,400
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 14,954,600
Air quality fund 1,597,800
Sec. 9. ARIZONA HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT SYSTEM
2023-24
FTE positions 2,354.3
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 129,506,600
Administration
AHCCCS data storage 19,325,800
DES eligibility 97,074,500
Proposition 204 — AHCCCS
administration 15,367,300
Proposition 204 — DES eligibility 44,358,700
Medicaid services
Traditional medicaid services 7,977,675,900
Proposition 204 services 7,038,319,000
Adult expansion services 926,824,300
Comprehensive medical and
dental program 203,903,500
KidsCare services 164,800,200
ALTCS services 2,680,175,800
Behavioral health services
in schools 9,120,600
Nonmedicaid behavioral health services
Crisis services 16,391,300
Nonmedicaid seriously mentally
ill services 77,646,900
Supported housing 65,324,800
Secure behavioral health residential
facilities 10,000,000
Hospital payments
Disproportionate share payments 5,087,100
Disproportionate share payments —
voluntary match 69,735,200
Rural hospitals 28,612,400
Graduate medical education 426,531,500
Targeted investments program 26,000,000
Total appropriation and expenditure
authority — Arizona health
care cost containment system $20,031,781,400
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 2,508,542,000
Budget neutrality compliance fund 4,669,300
Children's health insurance
program fund 134,214,800
Prescription drug rebate
fund — state 165,160,800
Seriously mentally ill
housing trust fund 217,300
Substance abuse services fund 2,250,200
Tobacco products tax fund —
emergency health services
account 17,458,500
Tobacco tax and health care
fund — medically needy account 67,258,900
Expenditure authority 17,132,009,600
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.
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, 2024 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 $1,000,000 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 2023-2024 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 2023-2024 to the department of revenue for enforcement costs associated with the March 13, 2013 master settlement agreement with tobacco companies.
The amount appropriated for the ALTCS services line item includes $347,740,500 from expenditure authority to implement the American rescue plan act of 2021 (P.L. 117-2) home and community-based services spending plan in fiscal year 2023-2024. The administration may not use these monies for marketing purposes, and any direct payments or grants provided with the monies shall include a notification to the recipient that the monies are onetime funding. Beginning on or before July 31, 2023, the administration shall provide quarterly reports to the joint legislative budget committee at the same time that the information is provided to the centers for medicare and medicaid services, reflecting any changes to the administration's spending plan. Of the amount appropriated for the ALTCS services line item in fiscal year 2023-2024, $347,740,500 is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations.
On or before June 30, 2024, 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.
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 2023-2024 nonfederal costs of providing long-term care system services is $366,205,400. This amount is included in the expenditure authority fund source.
Any supplemental payments received in excess of $101,756,900 for nursing facilities that serve Arizona long-term care system medicaid patients in fiscal year 2023-2024, including any federal matching monies, by the Arizona health care cost containment system administration are appropriated to the administration in fiscal year 2023-2024. 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 2023-2024 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 2023-2024 by the Arizona health care cost containment system administration in excess of $69,735,200 are appropriated to the administration in fiscal year 2023-2024. 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 2023-2024 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 2023-2024, including any federal matching monies, by the Arizona health care cost containment system administration in excess of $426,531,500 are appropriated to the administration in fiscal year 2023-2024. 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 $5,000,000 from the state general fund and $15,721,100 from expenditure authority for the direct and indirect costs of graduate medical education programs located in counties 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 $4,000,000 from the state general fund and $12,576,900 from expenditure authority for the direct and indirect costs of graduate medical education programs located in counties 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.
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, 2024.
Other
On or before July 1, 2024, 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, 2023.
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
2023-24
FTE positions 1.5
Lump sum appropriation $ 150,000
Fund sources:
Athletic training fund $ 150,000
Sec.|11. ATTORNEY GENERAL — DEPARTMENT OF LAW
2023-24
FTE positions 655.7
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 65,021,300
Capital postconviction prosecution 881,400
Child and family advocacy centers 100,000
Criminal division major fraud unit 1,194,000
Internet crimes against children
enforcement 1,271,500
Federalism unit 1,318,700
Government accountability and
special litigation 1,334,200
Organized retail theft
task force 1,570,700
Risk management interagency
service agreement 10,703,900
State grand jury 194,100
Southern Arizona law enforcement 1,678,900
Tobacco enforcement 877,600
Victims' rights 4,023,400
Voter fraud unit 563,200
Total appropriation — attorney general —
department of law $90,732,900
Fund sources:
State general fund $27,437,900
Antitrust enforcement revolving
fund 161,400
Attorney general legal services
cost allocation fund 2,326,200
Collection enforcement revolving
fund 7,599,300
Consumer protection–consumer
fraud revolving fund 17,098,500
Interagency service agreements fund 18,199,300
Internet crimes against children
enforcement fund 900,000
Risk management revolving fund 13,197,600
Victims' rights fund 3,812,700
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 2023-2024.
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 $371,500 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, 2025.
The $1,570,700 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.
Sec. 12. BARBERING AND COSMETOLOGY BOARD
2023-24
FTE positions 29.5
Lump sum appropriation $ 2,715,500
Fund sources:
Barbering and cosmetology fund $ 2,715,500
Sec. 13. BOARD OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH EXAMINERS
2023-24
FTE positions 20.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 2,123,000
Fund sources:
Board of behavioral health
|| examiners fund $ 2,123,000
Sec. 14. STATE BOARD FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS
2023-24
FTE positions 25.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 2,939,200
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 2,939,200
Sec. 15. DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SAFETY
2023-24
FTE positions 3,203.1
Operating lump sum appropriation $141,920,000
Additional operating resources
Attorney general legal services 25,522,800
Caseworkers 119,775,000
Office of child welfare
investigations 10,594,100
Training resources 9,150,000
Out-of-home placements
Congregate group care 100,709,000
Extended foster care 17,037,200
Foster home placement 51,929,500
Foster home recruitment,
study and supervision 32,753,600
Kinship care 24,811,200
Permanent placements
Adoption services 289,358,500
Permanent guardianship subsidy 12,516,900
Support services
DCS child care subsidy 61,675,400
In-home mitigation 28,988,100
Out-of-home support services 122,710,800
Preventive services 27,648,300
Comprehensive health plan
Comprehensive health plan
services 161,546,700
Comprehensive health plan
administration 27,461,200
Comprehensive health plan
premium tax 3,857,300
Total appropriation and expenditure
authority — department of
child safety $1,269,965,600
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 454,503,200
Federal child care and
development fund block grant 40,516,000
Federal temporary assistance
for needy families block
grant 161,082,200
Child abuse prevention fund 1,459,300
Children and family services
training program fund 208,000
Child safety expenditure authority 418,310,900
Child welfare licensing fee fund 1,020,800
Comprehensive health plan
expenditure authority fund —
expenditure authority 192,865,200
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.
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 $300 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.
On or before March 31, 2024, the department of child safety shall report to the joint legislative budget committee the number of children who are part of the kinship stipend program and reside with a nonrelative caretaker of fictive kinship.
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, the children and family services training program fund and the comprehensive health plan expenditure authority fund.
On or before December 1, 2023, 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:
1. "Long-term case" means any case in which the child has been in an out-of-home placement for at least eighteen months.
2. "Open report" means a report that is under investigation or awaiting closure by a supervisor.
On or before February 28, 2024 and August 31, 2024, the department of child safety shall present a report to the joint legislative budget committee on the progress made during July 2023 through December 2023 and January 2024 through June 2024, respectively, in meeting the caseload standard and reducing the number of backlog and long-term cases. Each report shall include the number of backlog cases, the number of open reports, the number of long-term cases 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 long-term cases 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 long-term cases, the department's benchmark is the caseload reported for December 2022.
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
2023-24
FTE positions 5.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 485,900
Fund sources:
Board of chiropractic examiners
||fund $ 485,900
Sec. 17. ARIZONA COMMERCE AUTHORITY
2023-24
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 10,000,000
Arizona competes fund deposit 5,500,000
Asia trade offices 750,000
Economic development marketing
and attraction 1,000,000
Frankfurt, Germany trade office 500,000
Israel trade office 300,000
Mexico trade offices 500,000
Major events fund deposit 7,500,000
Total appropriation — Arizona commerce
authority $ 26,050,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 26,050,000
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 2023-2024 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.
Sec. 18. ARIZONA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
2023-24
Equalization aid
Cochise $ 9,759,600
Graham 19,912,000
Navajo 11,189,600
Yuma/La Paz 716,100
Total — equalization aid $ 41,577,300
Operating state aid
Cochise $ 4,428,300
Coconino 1,424,100
Gila 155,100
Graham 1,674,800
Mohave 934,100
Navajo 1,349,900
Pinal 1,108,100
Yavapai 382,300
Yuma/La Paz 2,276,500
Total — operating state aid $ 13,733,200
STEM and workforce programs state aid
Cochise $ 954,700
Coconino 309,500
Gila 88,700
Graham 409,700
Maricopa 7,927,600
Mohave 378,600
Navajo 262,500
Pima 1,769,000
Pinal 656,700
Santa Cruz 21,200
Yavapai 637,200
Yuma/La Paz 777,700
Total — STEM and workforce programs
state aid $ 14,193,100
Rural aid
Cochise $ 3,365,600
Coconino 887,000
Gila 256,400
Graham 1,118,700
Mohave 1,089,000
Navajo 771,400
Pinal 1,814,400
Santa Cruz 56,700
Yavapai 1,799,200
Yuma/La Paz 2,841,600
Total — rural aid $ 14,000,000
Rural county reimbursement subsidy $ 1,082,900
Additional Gila workforce
development aid 200,000
Diné college remedial education 1,000,000
Total appropriation — Arizona community
colleges $ 85,786,500
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 85,786,500
Of the $1,082,900 appropriated to the rural county reimbursement subsidy line item, Apache county receives $699,300 and Greenlee county receives $383,600.
On or before October 15, 2024, 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 2023-2024 academic year.
Sec. 19. REGISTRAR OF CONTRACTORS
2023-24
FTE positions 105.6
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 12,737,000
Office of administrative
|| hearings costs 1,017,600
Total appropriation — registrar of
contractors $ 13,754,600
Fund sources:
Registrar of contractors fund $ 13,754,600
Sec. 20. CORPORATION COMMISSION
2023-24
FTE positions 301.9
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 30,288,500
Corporation filings, same-day
service 417,000
Utilities audits, studies,
investigations and hearings 380,000*
Total appropriation — corporation commission $ 31,085,500
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 807,200
Arizona arts trust fund 58,800
Investment management regulatory
|| and enforcement fund 812,000
Public access fund 7,464,500
Securities regulatory and
enforcement fund 5,706,900
Utility regulation revolving fund 16,236,100
Sec. 21. STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
2023-24
FTE positions 9,569.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 883,713,300
Private prison per diem 259,555,500
Community corrections 27,681,200
Inmate health care contracted
services 267,719,900
Substance abuse treatment 5,445,400
Total appropriation — state department
of corrections $1,444,115,300
Fund sources:
State general fund $1,390,823,500
State education fund for
correctional education 738,900
Alcohol abuse treatment fund 555,800
Penitentiary land fund 2,777,600
State charitable, penal and
reformatory institutions
land fund 2,665,100
Corrections fund 30,312,500
Transition program fund 2,400,300
Prison construction and
operations fund 12,500,100
Inmate store proceeds fund 1,341,500
Of the amount appropriated in the operating lump sum, $488,047,400 is designated for personal services, $240,676,100 is designated for employee-related expenditures and $15,540,500 is designated for overtime 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.
After the department submits an expenditure plan to the joint legislative budget committee, the department may transfer personal services and employee-related expenditures savings from the operating budget to the private prison per diem line item for private prison staff stipends. The amount of any private prison staff stipend may not exceed the amount given to department staff. The expenditure plan is not subject to review by the joint legislative budget committee.
Private prison vendors who contract with this state may use staff vacancy savings to pay for overtime costs without incurring a penalty or staffing offset.
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, 2023, the state department of corrections shall provide a report on bed capacity to the joint legislative budget committee. 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, 2022 and June 30, 2023 and the projected capacity for June 30, 2024, 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 the department's November 1, 2023 report to open or close 100 or more state-operated or private prison rated beds, the department shall submit a plan detailing the proposed bed changes 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, 2023 and July 15, 2024, 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.
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.
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, 2023 and February 1, 2024, the state department of corrections shall submit a report to the joint legislative budget committee on the status of all inmate health care performance measures that are tracked by the department for contract monitoring purposes. Each report must include:
1. The total number of performance measures, by facility, for which the department is not in substantial compliance.
2. An explanation for each instance of noncompliance.
3. The department's plan to comply with the performance measures.
On or before August 1, 2023, 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 2023-2024.
The department shall report actual fiscal year 2022-2023, estimated fiscal year 2023-2024 and requested fiscal year 2024-2025 expenditures as delineated in the prior year when the department submits its fiscal year 2024-2025 budget request pursuant to section 35-113, Arizona Revised Statutes.
On or before July 15, 2023, the state department of corrections shall submit a report to the joint legislative budget committee detailing the expenditure of monies appropriated in fiscal year 2021-2022 for medical staffing augmentation. The department shall continue to report on July 15 of each year until all monies have been expended.
Sec. 22. ARIZONA CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION
2023-24
FTE positions 11.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 1,382,100
Major incident regional law
enforcement task force 600,000
State aid to county attorneys 973,700
State aid to indigent defense 700,000
State aid for juvenile dependency
proceedings fund deposit 2,000,000
Victim compensation and
assistance 6,224,600
Total appropriation — Arizona criminal
justice commission $ 11,880,400
Fund sources:
State general fund 4,600,000
Criminal justice enhancement fund 708,900
Resource center fund 647,100
State aid to county attorneys fund 973,700
State aid to indigent defense fund 700,000
Victim compensation and assistance
|| fund 4,250,700
All victim compensation and assistance fund monies received by the Arizona criminal justice commission in excess of $4,250,700 in fiscal year 2023-2024 are appropriated to the crime victims program. Before spending any victim compensation and assistance fund monies in excess of $4,250,700 in fiscal year 2023-2024, 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 2023-2024 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 2023-2024, the Arizona criminal justice commission shall report the intended use of the monies to the joint legislative budget committee.
Sec. 23. ARIZONA STATE SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF AND THE BLIND
2023-24
FTE positions 562.2
Administration/statewide $ 9,298,500
Phoenix day school for the deaf 12,098,200
Tucson campus 11,967,500
Preschool/outreach programs 7,181,200
School bus/agency vehicle
replacement 369,000
Cooperative services 20,125,900
Total appropriation — Arizona state schools
for the deaf and the blind $ 61,040,300
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 25,571,700
Schools for the deaf and
the blind fund 15,342,700
Cooperative services fund 20,125,900
Before spending any schools for the deaf and the blind fund monies in excess of $15,342,700 in fiscal year 2023-2024, 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 $20,125,900 in fiscal year 2023-2024, 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. 24. COMMISSION FOR THE DEAF AND THE HARD OF HEARING
2023-24
FTE positions 21.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 4,644,000
Support services for the
deaf-blind 192,000
Total appropriation — commission for the
deaf and the hard of hearing $ 4,836,000
Fund sources:
Telecommunication fund for
||the deaf $ 4,836,000
Sec. 25. STATE BOARD OF DENTAL EXAMINERS
2023-24
FTE positions 11.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 1,903,300
Fund sources:
Dental board fund $ 1,903,300
Sec. 26. OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
2023-24
FTE positions 5.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 525,800
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 525,800
Sec. 27. DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY
2023-24
FTE positions 4,533.8
Operating lump sum appropriation $321,738,700
Administration
Attorney general legal services 11,379,800
Aging and adult services
Adult services 10,731,900
Community and emergency services 3,724,000
Coordinated homeless services 3,522,600
Coordinated hunger services 2,254,600
Domestic violence prevention 14,004,000
Long-term care ombudsman 1,000,000
Benefits and medical eligibility
Temporary assistance for needy
families — cash benefits 22,736,400
Tribal pass-through funding 4,680,300
Child support enforcement
County participation 8,539,700
Developmental disabilities
DDD premium tax payment 61,199,900
Case management — medicaid 104,597,100
Home and community based
services — medicaid 2,349,691,300
Institutional services —
medicaid 47,171,500
Physical and behavioral
health services — medicaid 541,328,700
Medicare clawback payments 6,055,500
Targeted case management — medicaid 15,321,600
State match transfer from AHCCCS 982,330,300
Case management — state-only 6,354,000
Home and community based
services — state-only 14,089,000
Cost effectiveness study — client
services 8,420,000
Arizona early intervention program 14,119,000
State-funded long-term care
services 43,534,700
Group home monitoring program 1,200,000
Employment and rehabilitation services
JOBS 11,005,600
Child care subsidy 187,080,200
Independent living rehabilitation
services 1,289,400
Rehabilitation services 7,249,100
Workforce innovation
and opportunity act
services 85,824,200
Total appropriation and expenditure
authority — department of
economic security $4,892,173,100
Fund sources:
State general fund $1,184,628,200
Federal child care and
development fund block grant 200,010,200
Federal temporary assistance for
needy families block grant 66,591,200
Long-term care system fund 33,864,200
Public assistance collections
fund 430,400
Special administration fund 4,643,200
Spinal and head injuries trust
fund 2,388,200
Statewide cost allocation plan
fund 1,000,000
Child support enforcement
administration fund 17,683,300
Domestic violence services fund 4,000,300
Workforce investment act grant 87,110,800
Child support enforcement
administration fund expenditure
authority 43,047,000
Developmental disabilities
medicaid expenditure authority 3,192,363,800
Health care investment fund
expenditure authority 54,412,300
Aging and adult services
Before expending the $1,000,000 for homeless youth services within the coordinated homeless services line item, the department shall submit an expenditure plan to the joint legislative budget committee for review.
All domestic violence services fund monies in excess of $4,000,300 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 $4,000,300 to the joint legislative budget committee.
On or before December 15, 2023, 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.
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.
Child support enforcement
All state shares of retained earnings, fees and federal incentives in excess of $17,683,300 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.
Developmental disabilities
On or before September 1, 2024, 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 2023-2024 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, 2024, 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 2023-2024.
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, except that transfers from the state match transfer from AHCCCS line item into those line items do not require a report for review.
On or before November 30, 2023 and November 30, 2024, the department of economic security shall submit a report to the joint legislative budget committee regarding expenditures from the cost effectiveness study – client services line item in the previous fiscal year. The report shall include the number of clients and total amounts spent from the line item in each setting type along with expenditures for those clients in other line items. The report shall also include cost effectiveness spending in other line items.
The amount appropriated for the home and community based services – medicaid line item includes $115,793,900 from expenditure authority to implement the American rescue plan act of 2021 (P.L. 117-2) home and community-based services spending plan in fiscal year 2023-2024. The department may not use these monies for marketing purposes and any direct payments or grants provided with the monies shall include a notification to the recipient that the monies are onetime funding. Beginning on or before July 31, 2023, the department shall provide quarterly reports to the joint legislative budget committee at the same time that the information is provided to the centers for medicare and medicaid services reflecting any changes to the department's spending plan. Of the amount appropriated for the home and community based services – medicaid line item, $115,793,900 is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations.
Employment and rehabilitation services
On or before September 15, 2023 and March 15, 2024, 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 (P.L. 117-2). 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.
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 $87,110,800 are appropriated to the workforce innovation and opportunity act services line item. Before spending these increased monies, the department shall report the intended use of monies in excess of $87,110,800 to the joint legislative budget committee.
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. 28. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
2023-24
FTE positions 23.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 3,155,100
Arizona empowerment scholarship
account appeals 221,600
Total appropriation —
state board of education $ 3,376,700
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 3,376,700
Sec. 29. SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
2023-24
FTE positions 232.9
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 15,633,100
Formula programs
Basic state aid 6,057,505,500
Results-based funding 68,600,000
Special education fund 36,029,200
Other state aid to districts 983,900
Classroom site fund 946,524,800
Instructional improvement fund 60,425,700
Property tax relief
Additional state aid 509,801,100
Non-formula programs
Accountability and achievement
testing 16,442,300
Adult education 24,849,100
Alternative teacher development
program 1,000,000
Arizona English language
learner fund 4,960,400
CTED certification exam fee
reimbursement 1,000,000
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 professional
development program 1,000,000
Early literacy 18,880,000
Education learning and
accountability system 5,447,100
English learner administration 6,597,100
Geographic literacy 100,000
Gifted assessments 850,000
Jobs for Arizona graduates 500,000
School safety program 81,992,600
State block grant for vocational
education 11,774,700
Student level data access 357,900
Teacher certification 2,554,500
Tribal college dual enrollment
program 325,000
Total appropriation and expenditure
authority — superintendent
of public instruction $7,884,871,900
Fund sources:
State general fund $6,365,905,400
Education sales tax fund 7,000,000
Permanent state school fund 341,924,700
Teacher certification fund 2,527,900
Tribal college dual enrollment
program fund 325,000
Department of education empowerment
scholarship account fund 357,900
Expenditure authority 1,166,831,000
Operating budget
Any monies available to the department of education pursuant to section 42-5029.02, subsection A, 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 42-5029.02, subsection A, paragraph 8, Arizona Revised Statutes.
Any monies available to the department of education pursuant to section 42-5029.02, subsection A, 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 42-5029.02, subsection A, 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 $341,924,700 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 2023-2024.
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 42-5029.02, subsection A, paragraph 5, Arizona Revised Statutes, for the increased cost of basic state aid under section 15-971, Arizona Revised Statutes, due to added school days in excess of the expenditure authority amounts are allocated for the purposes of section 42-5029.02, subsection A, 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, Arizona Revised Statutes, and section 42-5029.02, subsection A, paragraph 10, Arizona Revised Statutes, in excess of expenditure authority amounts are allocated for the purposes of section 37-521, subsection B, paragraph 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, and section 42-5029.02, subsection A, 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 42-5029.02, subsection A, paragraph 7, Arizona Revised Statutes, in excess of the expenditure authority amounts are allocated for the purposes of section 42-5029.02, subsection A, paragraph 7, Arizona Revised Statutes.
The appropriated amount for adult education includes $7,700,000 for the continuing high school and workforce training program established by section 15-217.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, $6,000,000 for deposit in the adult workforce diploma program fund established by section 15-217.02, subsection B, Arizona Revised Statutes and $6,000,000 for deposit in the community college adult education workforce development program fund established by section 15-217.03, subsection C, 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, 2025.
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.
Before spending the $6,880,000 increase in the appropriated amount for the early literacy line item for literacy coaches, kindergarten entry assessments, dyslexia training or science of reading exams, the department of education shall submit an expenditure plan by the joint legislative budget committee for review.
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 jobs for Arizona graduates to issue a grant to a nonprofit organization for a JOBS for Arizona graduates program.
The amount appropriated for the school safety program in fiscal year 2022-2023 included an increase of $50,000,000 for additional school safety grants. In allocating the $50,000,000 increase, the department of education shall first distribute monies to schools on the school safety program waiting list to receive grants for the costs of placing school resource officers on school campuses. The awarded grants may not supplant funding provided by local governments for school resource officers. If the total cost of funding grants for school resource officer costs is less than $50,000,000, the department may allocate the remaining monies to grants to schools for the costs of placing school counselors and social workers on school campuses pursuant to section 15-154, Arizona Revised Statutes.
Any monies available to the department of education for school safety pursuant to section 42-5029.02, subsection A, paragraph 6, Arizona Revised Statutes, in excess of the expenditure authority amounts are allocated for the purposes of section 42-5029.02, subsection A, paragraph 6, Arizona Revised Statutes.
After review by the joint legislative budget committee, in fiscal year 2023-2024, the department of education may use a portion of its fiscal year 2023-2024 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 2022-2023.
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.
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 2022-2023 to the results-based funding program for fiscal year 2022-2023 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 2022-2023 reverts to the state general fund on June 30, 2023.
Sec. 30. DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
2023-24
FTE positions 63.1
Administration $ 2,558,000
Emergency management 876,800
Military affairs 2,108,300
Emergency management matching funds 1,544,900
National guard matching funds 3,370,000
Federal government matching repayment 759,200
National guard tuition
reimbursement 1,000,000
Total appropriation — department of
emergency and military affairs $ 12,217,200
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 12,217,200
The $3,370,000 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 2023-2024 monies remaining unexpended and unencumbered on December 31, 2024 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, 2024.
Sec. 31. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
2023-24
FTE positions 355.7
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 60,550,000
Direct potable reuse of treated
wastewater program 1,500,000
Safe drinking water program 1,998,500
Emissions control contractor
payment 26,219,500
Total appropriation — department of
environmental quality $ 90,268,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 1,500,000
Air quality fund 5,830,900
Emergency response fund 132,800
Emissions inspection fund 30,484,400
Hazardous waste management fund 1,946,600
Indirect cost fund 18,629,000
Permit administration fund 7,285,600
Recycling fund 1,522,400
Safe drinking water program
fund 1,998,500
Solid waste fee fund 2,589,600
Water quality fee fund 18,348,200
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 2023-2024 report to the joint legislative budget committee on or before September 1, 2023. 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 2023-2024. In addition, the department and the WQARF advisory board shall prepare and submit to the joint legislative budget committee, on or before October 1, 2023, 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 2022-2023, indicate whether the current stage of remediation is anticipated to be completed in fiscal year 2023-2024 and indicate the anticipated stage of remediation at each listed site at the end of fiscal year 2023-2024, assuming fiscal year 2023-2024 funding levels. The department and the WQARF 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 $7,285,600 in fiscal year 2023-2024 are appropriated to the department. Before spending permit administration fund monies in excess of $7,285,600 in fiscal year 2023-2024, the department shall report the intended use of the monies to the joint legislative budget committee.
All monies in the department of environmental quality indirect cost fund, including the beginning balance, that are in excess of $18,629,000 in fiscal year 2023-2024 are appropriated to the department. Before spending indirect cost fund monies in excess of $18,629,000 in fiscal year 2023-2024, the department shall report the intended use of the monies to the joint legislative budget committee.
Sec. 32. GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
2023-24
FTE positions 4.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 211,400
Fund sources:
Personnel division fund $ 211,400
Sec. 33. STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION
2023-24
FTE positions 7.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 737,900
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 737,900
Sec. 34. BOARD OF EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY
2023-24
FTE positions 14.5
Lump sum appropriation $ 1,336,800
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 1,336,800
On or before November 1, 2023, 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 2022-2023.
Sec. 35. ARIZONA EXPOSITION AND STATE FAIR BOARD
2023-24
FTE positions 184.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 16,056,800
Fund sources:
Arizona exposition and state
fair fund $ 16,056,800
Of the monies in the Arizona exposition and state fair board operating budget, $2,000,000 shall be spent for enhanced state fair operations. Before spending monies in the operating budget on capital projects, the board shall report the scope, purpose and estimated cost of the capital improvements to the joint committee on capital review.
Sec. 36. ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE MANAGEMENT
2023-24
FTE positions 235.5
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 3,937,200
Environmental county grants 250,000
Inmate firefighting crews 869,600
Postrelease firefighting crews 1,282,700
Fire suppression 200,000
State fire marshal 1,795,600
State fire school 289,100
Hazardous vegetation removal 3,040,300
US forest service land thinning 1,660,900
Wildfire mitigation 33,005,700
Total appropriation — Arizona department
of forestry and fire management $46,331,100
Fund sources:
State general fund $46,331,100
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, 2025.
Sec. 37. STATE BOARD OF FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS
2023-24
FTE positions 4.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 476,800
Fund sources:
Board of funeral directors' and
|| embalmers' fund $ 476,800
Sec. 38. ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT
2023-24
FTE positions 273.5
Operating lump sum appropriation $47,438,600
Pittman-Robertson/Dingell-Johnson
act 3,058,000
Total appropriation — Arizona game and fish
department $50,496,600
Fund sources:
Capital improvement fund $ 1,001,200
Game and fish fund 43,863,200
Wildlife endowment fund 16,200
Watercraft licensing fund 5,226,800
Game, nongame, fish and
endangered species fund 389,200
Sec. 39. DEPARTMENT OF GAMING
2023-24
FTE positions 155.8
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 13,740,100
Additional operating expenses 1,080,000
Arizona breeders' award 250,000
Casino operations certification 2,308,700
County fairs livestock and
agriculture promotion 6,029,500
Division of racing 2,431,200
Contract veterinarian 175,000
Horseracing integrity and safety
act assessment 355,100
Racing purse enhancement 5,000,000
Racetrack purse and maintenance
and operations funding 5,396,900
Problem gambling _ 3,560,000
Total appropriation — department of gaming $ 40,326,500
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 16,956,500
Fantasy sports contest fund 150,100
Tribal-state compact fund 2,308,700
Arizona benefits fund 17,930,000
State lottery fund 300,000
Racing regulation fund 2,576,600
Racing regulation fund — unarmed
combat subaccount 104,600
On or before October 1, 2023, the department of gaming shall report to the directors of the joint legislative budget committee and the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting on the expected amount and purpose of expenditures from the additional operating expenses line item for fiscal year 2023-2024. The report shall include the projected line item detail.
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 to enhance the general purse structure and for track maintenance and operations. From the amount appropriated in the racetrack purse and maintenance and operations funding line item, the department of gaming shall allocate the monies as follows:
1. $4,231,800 to a commercial live racing permittee located in Maricopa county.
2. $815,600 to a commercial live racing permittee located in Yavapai county.
3. $349,500 to a commercial live racing permittee located in Pima county.
On or before August 1, 2023, the department of gaming shall report to the directors of the joint legislative budget committee and the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting on the expected amount and purpose of expenditures from the event wagering fund established by section 5-1318, Arizona Revised Statutes, for fiscal year 2023-2024. The report shall include the projected line item detail and the number of filled full-time equivalent positions.
On or before the final day of each quarter of fiscal year 2023-2024, the department of gaming shall report to the members of the joint legislative budget committee on the number of equine deaths and injuries that occurred as a result of a horse race and the commercial live racing facility where each incident occurred. The report shall include the number of pre-race inspections performed by a veterinarian employed by or contracted with this state.
The amount appropriated to the horseracing integrity and safety act assessment line item shall be distributed to commercial live racing permittees during fiscal year 2023-2024 to pay the calendar year 2023 assessment levied by the horseracing integrity and safety authority. If the appropriated amount for the horseracing integrity act assessment line item is insufficient to fund all assessments levied by the horseracing integrity and safety authority, the department shall reduce the distribution amounts on a proportional basis in order to cap total statewide distributions at $355,100. The distributions for fiscal year 2023-2024 are estimated to be $309,300 to a commercial live racing permittee located in Maricopa county and $45,800 to a commercial live racing permittee located in Yavapai county.
Sec. 40. OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
2023-24
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 7,776,100*
Foster youth education success
fund deposit 1,500,000
Total appropriation — office of the governor $ 9,276,100
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 9,276,100
Included in the operating lump sum appropriation of $7,776,100 for fiscal year 2023-2024 is $10,000 for the purchase of mementos and items for visiting officials.
Sec. 41. GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF STRATEGIC PLANNING AND BUDGETING
2023-24
FTE positions 22.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 2,961,400*
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 2,961,400
Sec. 42. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES
2023-24
FTE positions 1,141.5
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 60,922,300
Public health/family health
Adult cystic fibrosis care 105,200
AIDS reporting and surveillance 1,000,000
Alzheimer's disease research 3,625,000
Behavioral health care provider
loan repayment program 1,000,000
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
Folic acid program 400,000
High-risk perinatal services 2,343,400
Homeless pregnant women services 200,000
Newborn screening program 12,388,500
Nonrenal disease management 198,000
Arizona nurse education investment
pilot program 15,000,000
Nursing care special projects 200,000
Poison control centers funding 990,000
Preceptor grant program for graduate
students 500,000
Renal dental care and nutrition
supplements 300,000
Renal transplant drugs 183,000
Arizona state hospital
Arizona state hospital —
operating 76,508,500
Arizona state hospital —
restoration to competency 900,000
Arizona state hospital —
sexually violent persons 10,951,800
Total appropriation — department of
health services $191,675,800
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 133,434,300
Arizona state hospital fund 3,145,800
Arizona state hospital land fund 650,000
Child fatality review fund 196,500
Disease control research fund 1,000,000
DHS indirect cost fund 12,298,700
Emergency medical services
operating fund 4,167,900
Environmental laboratory licensure
revolving fund 1,001,700
Federal child care and development
fund block grant 998,600
Health services licensing fund 16,960,500
Health services lottery monies fund 200,000
Newborn screening program fund 12,821,300
Nursing care institution resident
protection revolving fund 238,200
Tobacco tax and health care
fund — medically needy account 700,000
Vital records electronic systems
fund 3,862,300
Public health/family health
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. On or before September 1, 2024, the department of health services, 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 the suicide prevention coordinator's accomplishments in fiscal year 2023-2024.
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 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, 2025.
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.
The amount appropriated to the department of health services for the preceptor grant program for graduate students is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to the lapsing of appropriations. Any monies remaining unexpended on July 1, 2026 revert to the state general fund.
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. 43. ARIZONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
2023-24
FTE positions 50.9
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 2,427,600
Field services and grants 63,800
Papago park museum 723,300
Total appropriation — Arizona historical
society $ 3,214,700
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 3,214,700
Sec. 44. PRESCOTT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
2023-24
FTE positions 13.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 1,016,100
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 1,016,100
Sec. 45. ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
2023-24
FTE positions 20.0
Statewide information security
and privacy operations and
controls $ 10,739,800
Statewide cybersecurity grants 10,000,000
Total appropriation — Arizona department of
homeland security $ 20,739,800
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 10,000,000
Information technology fund 10,739,800
Sec. 46. BOARD OF HOMEOPATHIC AND INTEGRATED MEDICINE EXAMINERS
2023-24
FTE positions 1.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 51,900
Fund sources:
Board of homeopathic and
integrated medicine
examiners' fund $ 51,900
Sec. 47. ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
2023-24
FTE positions 3.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 367,400
Fund sources:
Housing trust fund $ 367,400
Sec. 48. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF ARIZONA
2023-24
FTE positions 236.6
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 21,976,700
Municipal firefighter reimbursement
administration 84,600
Total appropriation — industrial commission
of Arizona $ 22,061,300
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 84,600
Administrative fund 21,976,700
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 to this state.
Sec. 49. DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
2023-24
FTE positions 152.4
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 11,683,500
Arizona vehicle theft task force 4,452,600
Automobile theft authority
operating budget 699,400
Insurance fraud unit 1,851,400
Local grants 957,700
Reimbursable programs 50,000
Total appropriation — department of insurance
and financial institutions $ 19,694,600
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 8,213,000
Automobile theft authority fund 6,159,700
Financial services fund 5,271,600
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. 50. ARIZONA JUDICIARY
2023-24
Supreme court
FTE positions 202.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 18,199,400
Arizona trial and digital
evidence fund deposit 1,620,000
Automation 22,595,700
County reimbursements 187,900
Court appointed special advocate 5,033,100
Courthouse security 750,000
Domestic relations 693,100
State foster care review board 3,535,700
Commission on judicial conduct 609,500
Judicial nominations and
performance review 614,000
Model court 659,700
State aid 5,950,700
Total appropriation — supreme court $ 60,448,800
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 27,320,900
Confidential intermediary and
fiduciary fund 546,500
Court appointed special advocate
fund 5,233,000
Criminal justice enhancement fund 4,722,800
Defensive driving school fund 4,487,700
Judicial collection enhancement
fund 15,191,400
State aid to the courts fund 2,946,500
On or before September 1, 2023, 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.
Court of appeals
FTE positions 162.8
Division one $ 16,186,100
Division two 8,312,300
Total appropriation — court of appeals $ 24,498,400
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 24,498,400
Of the 162.8 FTE positions for fiscal year 2023-2024, 111.3 FTE positions are for division one and 51.5 FTE positions are for division two.
Superior court
FTE positions 238.5
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 5,338,600
Judges' compensation 27,913,900
Centralized service payments 4,631,300
Adult standard probation 22,297,500
Adult intensive probation 13,150,200
Community punishment 2,310,300
Court-ordered removals 315,000
Interstate compact 513,700
Drug court 1,096,400
General adjudication personnel
and support fund deposit 2,000,000
Juvenile standard probation 3,781,800
Juvenile intensive probation 6,087,200
Juvenile treatment services 20,803,000
Juvenile family counseling 500,000
Juvenile crime reduction 3,313,100
Juvenile diversion consequences 9,088,500
Probation incentive payments 1,000,000
Special water master 505,300
Total appropriation — superior court $124,645,800
Fund sources:
State general fund $112,631,800
Criminal justice enhancement fund 5,494,400
Drug treatment and education fund 504,200
Judicial collection enhancement
fund 6,015,400
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, 2023, 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 2022-2023 actual, fiscal year 2023-2024 estimated and fiscal year 2024-2025 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, 2023, the administrative office of the courts shall submit a report to the joint legislative budget committee on the county-approved salary adjustments provided to probation officers since the last report on November 1, 2022. 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.
Sec. 51. DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE CORRECTIONS
2023-24
FTE positions 738.5
Lump sum appropriation $ 48,135,600
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 33,065,600
State charitable, penal and
reformatory institutions
land fund 4,125,400
Criminal justice enhancement fund 538,500
State education fund for committed
youth 1,955,200
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. 52. STATE LAND DEPARTMENT
2023-24
FTE positions 131.7
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 17,378,700
Natural resource conservation
districts 650,000
CAP user fees 1,700,000
Due diligence program 5,000,000
Streambed navigability litigation 220,000
Total appropriation — state land department $ 24,948,700
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 13,159,300
Environmental special plate fund 260,600
Due diligence fund 5,000,000
Trust land management fund 6,528,800
The appropriation includes $1,700,000 for CAP user fees in fiscal year 2023-2024. For fiscal year 2023-2024, from municipalities that assume their allocation of central Arizona project water for every dollar received as reimbursement to this 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 2023-2024, $30,000 shall be used to provide grants to natural resource conservation districts environmental education centers.
Sec. 53. LEGISLATURE
2023-24
Senate
Lump sum appropriation $ 18,385,300*
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 18,385,300
Included in the lump sum appropriation of $18,385,300 for fiscal year 2023-2024 is $5,000 for the purchase of mementos and items for visiting officials.
House of representatives
Lump sum appropriation $ 22,020,300*
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 22,020,300
Included in the lump sum appropriation of $22,020,300 for fiscal year 2023-2024 is $5,000 for the purchase of mementos and items for visiting officials.
Legislative council
FTE positions 56.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 9,546,500*
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 9,546,500
Dues for the council of state governments may be expended only on an affirmative vote of the legislative council.
Ombudsman-citizens aide office
FTE positions 12.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 1, 516,200*
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 1,516,200
The legislature intends that the ombudsman-citizens aide prioritize investigating and processing complaints relating to the department of child safety.
The operating budget includes $137,500 and 1 FTE position to address complaints relating to the administration of the Arizona empowerment scholarship account program established by section 15-2402, Arizona Revised Statutes.
Joint legislative budget committee
FTE positions 29.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 3,144,500*
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 3,144,500
Auditor general
FTE positions 224.8
Lump sum appropriation $ 26,491,600*
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 26,491,600
Sec. 54. DEPARTMENT OF LIQUOR LICENSES AND CONTROL
2023-24
FTE positions 58.2
Lump sum appropriation $ 6,512,600
Fund sources:
Liquor licenses fund $ 6,512,600
Sec. 55. ARIZONA STATE LOTTERY COMMISSION
2023-24
FTE positions 98.8
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 10,468,900
Advertising 15,500,000
Total appropriation — Arizona state
lottery commission $ 25,968,900
Fund sources:
State lottery fund $ 25,968,900
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 $1,768,000 in fiscal year 2023-2024.
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 $37,965,000 in fiscal year 2023-2024.
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 $16,041,700, or 4.256 percent of actual online ticket sales, in fiscal year 2023-2024.
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 $95,318,500 in fiscal year 2023-2024.
Sec. 56. BOARD OF MASSAGE THERAPY
2023-24
FTE positions 5.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 573,800
Fund sources:
Board of massage therapy fund $ 573,800
Sec. 57. ARIZONA MEDICAL BOARD
2023-24
FTE positions 61.5
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 8,023,600
Employee performance incentive
program 165,600
Total appropriation — Arizona medical
board $ 8,189,200
Fund sources:
Arizona medical board fund $ 8,189,200
Sec. 58. STATE MINE INSPECTOR
2023-24
FTE positions 22.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 1,433,400
Abandoned mines 820,600
Aggregate mining land reclamation 181,800
Total appropriation — state mine inspector $ 2,435,800
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 2,322,900
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 2023-2024 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 2023-2024, 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. 59. NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS MEDICAL BOARD
2023-24
FTE positions 2.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 212,000
Fund sources:
Naturopathic physicians medical
||board fund $ 212,000
Sec. 60. ARIZONA NAVIGABLE STREAM ADJUDICATION COMMISSION
2023-24
FTE positions 2.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 344,200
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 144,200
Arizona water banking fund 200,000
Sec. 61. ARIZONA STATE BOARD OF NURSING
2023-24
FTE positions 52.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 5,346,600
Certified nursing assistant
credentialing program 538,400
Total appropriation — Arizona state
board of nursing $ 5,885,000
Fund sources:
Board of nursing fund $ 5,885,000
Sec. 62. BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF NURSING CARE INSTITUTION ADMINISTRATORS AND ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY MANAGERS
2023-24
FTE positions 7.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 595,600
Fund sources:
Nursing care institution
|| administrators' licensing and
|| assisted living facility
|| managers' certification fund $ 595,600
Sec. 63. BOARD OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY EXAMINERS
2023-24
FTE positions 1.5
Lump sum appropriation $ 243,200
Fund sources:
Occupational therapy fund $ 243,200
Sec. 64. STATE BOARD OF DISPENSING OPTICIANS
2023-24
FTE positions 1.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 186,900
Fund sources:
Board of dispensing opticians fund $ 186,900
Sec. 65. STATE BOARD OF OPTOMETRY
2023-24
FTE positions 2.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 291,300
Fund sources:
Board of optometry fund $ 291,300
Sec. 66. ARIZONA BOARD OF OSTEOPATHIC EXAMINERS IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY
2023-24
FTE positions 10.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 1,373,500
Fund sources:
Arizona board of osteopathic
examiners in medicine
and surgery fund $ 1,373,500
Sec.|67. ARIZONA STATE PARKS BOARD
2023-24
FTE positions 163.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 15,751,200
State parks store 1,011,300
Kartchner caverns state park 2,534,900
Total appropriation — Arizona state parks
board $ 19,297,400
Fund sources:
State parks revenue fund 18,269,400
State parks store fund 1,011,300
Off-highway vehicle recreation fund 16,700
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.
Sec. 68. STATE PERSONNEL BOARD
2023-24
FTE positions 2.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 345,000
Fund sources:
Personnel division fund —
personnel board subaccount $ 345,000
Sec. 69. ARIZONA STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY
2023-24
FTE positions 25.4
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 3,385,000
Prescriber report card 50,000
Total appropriation — Arizona state
board of pharmacy $ 3,435,000
Fund sources:
Arizona state board of pharmacy
fund $ 3,435,000
Sec. 70. BOARD OF PHYSICAL THERAPY
2023-24
FTE positions 4.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 587,500
Fund sources:
Board of physical therapy fund $ 587,500
Sec. 71. ARIZONA PIONEERS' HOME
2023-24
FTE positions 107.3
Lump sum appropriation $ 8,311,300
Fund sources:
Miners' hospital for miners with
disabilities land fund $ 2,318,600
State charitable fund 5,992,700
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. 72. STATE BOARD OF PODIATRY EXAMINERS
2023-24
FTE positions 1.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 181,300
Fund sources:
Podiatry fund $ 181,300
Sec. 73. STATE BOARD FOR PRIVATE POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
2023-24
FTE positions 4.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 451,300
Fund sources:
Board for private postsecondary
education fund $ 451,300
Sec. 74. STATE BOARD OF PSYCHOLOGIST EXAMINERS
2023-24
FTE positions 4.5
Lump sum appropriation $ 635,300
Fund sources:
Board of psychologist examiners
|| fund $ 635,300
Sec. 75. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
2023-24
FTE positions 2,074.2
Operating lump sum appropriation $281,759,900
ACTIC 1,450,000
AZPOST 6,576,000
Border strike task force ongoing 17,145,900
Border strike task force
local support 12,232,900
Civil air patrol maintenance and
operations 150,000
Commercial vehicle enforcement
consolidation 978,400
GIITEM 25,329,700
GIITEM subaccount 2,396,400
Major incident division 17,000,000*
Motor vehicle fuel 5,454,600
Pharmaceutical diversion and
drug theft task force 769,100
Public safety equipment 2,890,000
Total appropriation — department of public
safety $374,132,900
Fund sources:
State general fund $291,688,900
State highway fund 8,166,700
Arizona highway patrol fund 31,293,300
Criminal justice enhancement fund 2,989,100
Department of public safety
forensics fund 22,985,300
Gang and immigration intelligence
team enforcement mission border
security and law enforcement
subaccount 2,396,400
Motorcycle safety fund 198,900
Motor vehicle liability insurance
enforcement fund 1,282,000
Risk management revolving fund 1,396,900
Parity compensation fund 4,088,100
Public safety equipment fund 2,894,000
Concealed weapons permit fund 3,172,200
Fingerprint clearance card fund 1,581,100
Of the $25,329,700 appropriated to the GIITEM line item, $13,275,800 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 $25,329,700 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, 2024 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, 2023, the department of public safety shall submit an expenditure plan for the border strike task force local support line item to the joint legislative budget committee and the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting.
The $12,232,900 appropriated for the border strike task force local support line item shall be used to fund local law enforcement officer positions within the border strike task force that will deter and apprehend any individuals charged with drug trafficking, human smuggling, illegal immigration and other border-related crimes. The monies shall also be used for grants to cities, towns or counties for costs associated with prosecuting and detaining individuals charged with drug trafficking, human smuggling, illegal immigration and other border-related crimes. 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 $17,000,000 appropriated in the major incident division line item, at least $7,000,000 must be dedicated to reimbursing regional law enforcement task forces and other law enforcement agencies to perform criminal investigations of any critical force incidents in this state pursuant to section 41-1762, subsection E, Arizona Revised Statutes.
Of the amount appropriated in the total appropriation for the department of public safety, $187,051,200 is designated for personal services and $78,847,200 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 for other than personal services or employee-related expenditures.
Sec. 76. STATE REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT
2023-24
FTE positions 37.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 3,221,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 3,221,000
Sec. 77. RESIDENTIAL UTILITY CONSUMER OFFICE
2023-24
FTE positions 12.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 1,433,900
Professional witnesses 145,000*
Total appropriation — residential utility
consumer office $ 1,578,900
Fund sources:
Residential utility consumer
|| office revolving fund $ 1,578,900
Sec. 78. BOARD OF RESPIRATORY CARE EXAMINERS
2023-24
FTE positions 4.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 385,100
Fund sources:
Board of respiratory care
|| examiners fund $ 385,100
Sec. 79. ARIZONA STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM
2023-24
FTE positions 240.9
Lump sum appropriation $28,070,400
Fund sources:
Arizona state retirement system
|| administration account $26,270,400
Long-term disability trust fund
administration account 1,800,000
Sec. 80. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
2023-24
FTE positions 892.8
Operating lump sum appropriation $75,507,400
BRITS operational support 8,008,800
E-commerce compliance and outreach 919,800
Unclaimed property administration
and audit 1,487,000
TPT simplification 1,013,800
Tax fraud prevention 3,150,000
Total appropriation — department of revenue $90,086,800
Fund sources:
State general fund $59,863,300
Department of revenue
administrative fund 28,603,100
Liability setoff program
revolving fund 892,500
Tobacco tax and health care fund 727,900
If the total value of properties retained by unclaimed property contract auditors exceeds $1,487,000, 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 2023-2024 to the joint legislative budget committee on or before September 30, 2023. On or before September 30, 2024, 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 2023-2024. 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 2022-2023 and fiscal year 2023-2024, 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 2022-2023.
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, 2023, the department shall report the results of private fraud prevention investigation services during fiscal year 2022-2023 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 2022-2023.
Sec. 81. DEPARTMENT OF STATE — SECRETARY OF STATE
2023-24
FTE positions 143.1
Operating lump sum appropriation $14,474,600
Access voter information database 483,500
Library grants-in-aid 651,400*
Presidential preference election 4,000,000
Statewide radio reading service
for the blind 97,000
Uniform state laws commission 99,000
Total appropriation — department of
state — secretary of state $19,805,500
Fund sources:
State general fund $17,987,100
Election systems improvement fund 483,500
Records services fund 1,334,900
Included in the operating lump sum appropriation of $14,474,600 for fiscal year 2023-2024 is $5,000 for the purchase of mementos and items for visiting officials.
Included in the operating lump sum appropriation of $14,474,600 for fiscal year 2023-2024 is $1,334,900 from the records services fund. This appropriation may be used for the payment of obligations incurred in fiscal year 2022-2023.
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.
Before transferring any monies in or out of the presidential preference election line item, the secretary of state shall submit a report for review by the joint legislative budget committee.
Monies in the access voter information database line item may be used only for the exclusive purpose of developing and administering the statewide database of voter registration information required by section 16-168, Arizona Revised Statutes. The secretary of state may not transfer any monies in or out of the access voter information database line item.
Sec. 82. STATE BOARD OF TAX APPEALS
2023-24
FTE positions 4.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 317,700
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 317,700
Sec. 83. STATE BOARD OF TECHNICAL REGISTRATION
2023-24
FTE positions 25.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 2,620,600
Fund sources:
Technical registration fund $ 2,620,600
Sec. 84. OFFICE OF TOURISM
2023-24
FTE positions 28.0
Tourism fund deposit $ 7,452,600
Arizona promotion 1,000,000
Wine promotion _100,000
Total appropriation — office of tourism $ 8,552,600
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 8,552,600
Sec. 85. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
2023-24
FTE positions 4,554.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $242,933,500
Attorney general legal services 3,623,700
Highway maintenance 158,495,400
Vehicles and heavy equipment
maintenance 21,110,500
State fleet operations 16,667,100
State fleet vehicle replacement 6,334,800
Driver safety and livestock control 800,000
Vehicle and heavy equipment
replacement 22,400,000
Highway damage recovery account 8,000,600
Preventive surface treatments 36,142,000
Authorized third parties 2,223,800
Total appropriation — department of
transportation $518,731,400
Fund sources:
Air quality fund $ 326,600
Arizona highway user revenue fund 906,500
Highway damage recovery account 8,000,600
Ignition interlock device fund 363,600
Motor vehicle liability
insurance enforcement fund 2,001,700
State fleet operations fund 16,667,100
State vehicle replacement fund 6,334,800
State aviation fund 2,163,600
State highway fund 458,609,800
Department fleet operations fund 21,110,500
Vehicle inspection and certificate
of title enforcement fund 2,246,600
Other
Of the total amount appropriated, $158,495,400 in fiscal year 2023-2024 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, 2024.
Of the total amount appropriated, the department of transportation shall pay $15,981,300 in fiscal year 2023-2024 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 and heavy equipment replacement line item. Monies in the operating lump sum appropriation or other line items intended for this purpose shall be transferred to the vehicle and heavy equipment replacement line item before expenditure.
Sec. 86. STATE TREASURER
2023-24
FTE positions 35.4
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 4,307,700
Justice of the peace salaries 2,818,200
Law enforcement/boating safety
fund grants 2,183,800
Total appropriation — state treasurer $ 9,309,700
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 3,160,800
Law enforcement and boating
safety fund 2,183,800
State treasurer's operating fund 3,965,100
Sec. 87. GOVERNOR'S OFFICE ON TRIBAL RELATIONS
2023-24
FTE positions 3.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 69,900
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 69,900
Sec. 88. ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS
2023-24
FTE positions 30.9
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 2,496,500
Adaptive athletics 160,000
Arizona promise program 20,000,000
Spouses of military veterans
tuition scholarships 10,000,000
Arizona teachers academy 15,000,000
Arizona teachers incentive program 90,000
Arizona teacher student loan program 426,000
Arizona transfer articulation
support system 213,700
Leveraging educational assistance
partnership program 1,220,800
Washington, D.C. internships 300,000*
Western interstate commission
office 153,000
WICHE student subsidies 4,078,000
Total appropriation — Arizona board of
regents $ 54,138,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 54,138,000
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.
In order to be eligible to receive state matching monies under the leveraging educational assistance partnership program 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 program. Administrative expenses incurred by the Arizona board of regents shall be paid from institutional matching monies and may not exceed twelve percent of the monies appropriated in fiscal year 2023-2024.
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 for the purpose of providing student internships in Washington, D.C. in partnership with a third-party organization. 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. Have the ability to place as many students in internships as needed by the universities.
3. Have experience placing students in internships for at least ten consecutive years.
4. Have dedicated staff to ensure that student interns have access to internships in their areas of interest.
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.
Sec. 89. ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
2023-24
FTE positions 7,724.9
Operating lump sum appropriation $971,025,600
Biomedical informatics 3,701,700
Eastern Europe cultural collaborative 250,000
Arizona financial aid trust 5,985,800
Downtown Phoenix campus 109,867,100
Total appropriation — Arizona state
university $1,090,830,200
Fund sources:
State general fund $384,798,400
University collections fund 706,031,800
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.
Of the amount appropriated to the Arizona state university operating budget, $21,200,000 is onetime funding. On or before September 1, 2023, Arizona state university shall provide a detailed expenditure plan to the joint legislative budget committee that includes a description of the intended purposes and the estimated costs of each expenditure.
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.
Any appropriated monies allocated by the university for the school of civic and economic thought and leadership shall be used to operate a single stand-alone academic entity within Arizona state university. The appropriated monies 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 for 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, 2023, 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 legislature intends that appropriated monies allocated by the university for the school of civic and economic thought and leadership in fiscal year 2023-2024 be consistent with the amount appropriated in fiscal year 2022-2023.
The legislature intends that appropriated monies allocated by the university for the center for American institutions in fiscal year 2023-2024 be consistent with the amount appropriated in fiscal year 2021-2022. Any appropriated monies to the center shall be used at the sole discretion and on approval of the lead of the center, and the monies shall be used only to directly support the center.
Any unencumbered balances remaining in the university collections fund on June 30, 2023 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. 90. NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY
2023-24
FTE positions 2,376.2
Operating lump sum appropriation $248,663,200
Arizona financial aid trust 1,326,000
Biomedical research funding 3,000,000
NAU — Yuma 3,119,800
Teacher training 2,292,700
Total appropriation — Northern Arizona
university $258,401,700
Fund sources:
State general fund $128,004,400
University collections fund 130,397,300
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.
Other than scholarships awarded through the Arizona financial aid trust, the appropriated monies may not be used for scholarships or any student newspaper.
Of the amount appropriated to the northern Arizona university operating budget, $10,100,000 is onetime funding. On or before September 1, 2023, northern Arizona university shall provide a detailed expenditure plan to the joint legislative budget committee that includes a description of the intended purposes and the estimated costs of each expenditure.
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, 2023 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, 2024. 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.
Any appropriated monies allocated by the university for the economic policy institute 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 for 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, 2023, 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.
The legislature intends that appropriated monies allocated by the university for the economic policy institute in fiscal year 2023-2024 be consistent with the amount appropriated in fiscal year 2022-2023.
Sec. 91. UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
2023-24
Main campus
FTE positions 6,294.5
Operating lump sum appropriation $568,817,400
Agriculture 38,651,000
Arizona cooperative extension 16,619,900
Arizona financial aid trust 2,729,400
Arizona geological survey 1,148,500
College of veterinary medicine 8,000,000
Kazakhstan studies program 250,000
Mining, mineral and natural
resources educational museum 438,700
Natural resource users law and
policy center 1,559,500
School of mining 4,476,000
Sierra Vista campus 5,031,700
Veterinary diagnostic laboratory 2,500,000
Total — main campus $650,222,100
Fund sources:
State general fund $267,410,800
University collections fund 382,811,300
Health sciences center
FTE positions 1,112.4
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 100,127,400
Clinical rural rotation 353,600
Clinical teaching support 8,587,000
Liver research institute 440,400
Phoenix medical campus 32,394,600
Telemedicine network 1,670,000
Total — health sciences center $143,573,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 76,897,700
University collections fund 66,675,300
Total appropriation - university of
Arizona $793,795,100
Fund sources:
State general fund $344,308,500
University collections fund 449,486,600
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.
Of the amount appropriated to the university of Arizona operating budget, $14,700,000 is onetime funding. On or before September 1, 2023, the university of Arizona shall provide a detailed expenditure plan to the joint legislative budget committee that includes a description of the intended purposes and the estimated costs of each expenditure.
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.
Any appropriated monies allocated by the university for the center for the philosophy of freedom 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 for 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, 2023, 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 legislature intends that appropriated monies allocated by the university for the center for the philosophy of freedom in fiscal year 2023-2024 be consistent with the amount appropriated in fiscal year 2022-2023.
The amount appropriated to the college of veterinary medicine line item shall be distributed to the college of veterinary medicine to increase the number of students that are residents of this state. Before spending these monies, the university of Arizona shall report to the joint legislative budget committee all of the following information for the college of veterinary medicine:
1. The current number of students who are residents of this state.
2. The current number of students who are not residents of this state.
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 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. Of the amount appropriated, at least $500,000 shall be used 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, 2023 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. 92. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' SERVICES
2023-24
FTE positions 792.3
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 2,594,200
Arizona state veterans' homes 60,559,500
Arizona state veterans' cemeteries 1,003,200
Veterans' benefit counseling 3,910,600
Rural tribal nations veteran
benefit counseling 2,265,100
Veterans' support services 1,226,100
Veterans' trauma treatment
services 450,000
Total appropriation — department of
veterans' services $ 72,008,700
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 11,449,200
State home for veterans' trust
fund 60,559,500
Monies appropriated for the rural tribal nations veteran benefit counseling line item shall be used to hire veterans' services officers to provide services in rural tribal nations in this state that have communities that are located one hundred miles or more from the nearest United States department of veterans' affairs service center.
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 $76,500 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. 93. ARIZONA STATE VETERINARY MEDICAL EXAMINING BOARD
2023-24
FTE positions 7.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 770,500
Fund sources:
Veterinary medical examining
board fund $ 770,500
Sec. 94. DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES
2023-24
FTE positions 149.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 15,228,500
Adjudication support 1,900,600
Arizona water protection fund
deposit 1,250,000
Assured and adequate water supply
administration 2,513,400
Rural water studies 1,290,800
Conservation and drought program 430,300
Automated groundwater monitoring 418,600
Colorado River legal expenses 500,000*
Water supply and demand assessment 3,500,000
Total appropriation - department of water
resources $ 27,032,200
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 25,014,500
Water resources fund 1,726,500
Assured and adequate water
supply administration fund 291,200
Monies in the assured and adequate water supply administration line item may be used only for the exclusive purposes prescribed in sections 45-108, 45-576, 45-577, 45-578 and 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, Arizona Revised Statues, 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.
Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Appropriation Adjustments
Sec. 95. Supplemental appropriation; department of administration; risk management revolving fund; review; fiscal year 2022-2023
A. In addition to any other appropriations made in fiscal year 2022-2023, the sum of $3,107,700 is appropriated from the risk management revolving fund established by section 41-622, Arizona Revised Statutes, in fiscal year 2022-2023 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 2021-2022.
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. 96. Supplemental appropriation; fund balance transfer; automation projects fund; fiscal year 2022-2023
The sum of $1,750,000 is transferred from the personnel division fund established by section 41-750, Arizona Revised Statutes in fiscal year 2022-2023 for deposit in the human resources information system subaccount in the automation projects fund established pursuant to section 41-714, Arizona Revised statutes to replace the state human resources information system.
Sec. 97. Supplemental appropriations; Arizona health care cost containment system administration; fiscal year 2022-2023
In addition to any other appropriations made in fiscal year 2022-2023, the sum of $58,487,600 from the children's health insurance program fund established by section 36-2995, Arizona Revised Statutes, and $3,307,915,900 from expenditure authority are appropriated in fiscal year 2022-2023 to the Arizona health care cost containment system administration for adjustments in formula requirements. The sum of $(55,000) is reduced from appropriations made from the tobacco tax and health care fund —— medically needy account established by section 36-771, Arizona Revised Statutes, in fiscal year 2022-2023 to the Arizona health care cost containment system administration for adjustments in formula requirements.
Sec. 98. Supplemental appropriation; department of child safety; technical adjustment; fiscal year 2022-2023
In addition to any other appropriations made in fiscal year 2022-2023, the sum of $11,100,000 is appropriated from expenditure authority in fiscal year 2022-2023 to the department of child safety adoption services line item for a technical adjustment.
Sec. 99. Supplemental appropriation; superintendent of public instruction; fiscal year 2022-2023
In addition to any other appropriations made in fiscal year 2022-2023, the sum of $200,000,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2022-2023 to the superintendent of public instruction for additional basic state aid formula costs.
Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Appropriations
Sec. 100. Appropriations; department of administration; counties; allocations; report; fiscal year 2023-2024
A. The sum of $7,150,650 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2023-2024 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 2020 United States decennial census.
B. The sum of $500,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2023-2024 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 2023-2024 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 2020 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 $7,000,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2023-2024 to the department of administration for distribution to counties to establish a coordinated reentry planning services program.
Sec. 101. Automation projects fund; appropriations; quarterly reports; exemption; fiscal year 2023-2024
A. The sum of $20,647,800 is appropriated from the human resources information system subaccount in the automation projects fund established pursuant to section 41-714, Arizona Revised Statutes, in fiscal year 2023-2024 to the department of administration to replace the human resources information system.
B. The sum of $19,369,400 is appropriated from the department of revenue subaccount in the automation projects fund established pursuant to section 41-714, Arizona Revised Statutes, in fiscal year 2023-2024 to the department of revenue to implement the integrated tax system modernization project. The monies appropriated in this subsection shall be spent for an integrated tax system modernization project that meets the following minimum specifications:
1. Captures data fields from electronically-filed individual and corporate income tax returns and makes the data available for querying and reporting purposes. The system shall provide the department of revenue staff, the joint legislative budget committee staff and governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting staff direct access to the querying and reporting functions. The querying and reporting functions shall include procedures to protect taxpayer confidentiality under applicable state and federal law.
2. For electronic corporate income tax returns, captures information regarding the principal business activity of the corporation. This requirement may be satisfied through North American industry classification system data listed on federal tax forms. The tax system shall allow for querying and reporting based on principal business activity.
3. Includes an integrated individual income tax model within the project and provides the department of revenue staff, the joint legislative budget committee staff and governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting staff direct access to the individual income tax model. At a minimum, the model shall allow the department of revenue staff, the joint legislative budget committee staff and governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting staff to adjust tax law parameters against an anonymized representative sample of income tax returns to estimate the fiscal impact of proposed tax legislation. The model shall only include data from state and federal tax returns that are captured by the tax system. The individual income tax model shall include procedures to protect taxpayer confidentiality under applicable state and federal law.
4. Makes individual and corporate income tax data available for querying, modeling and reporting within twenty-four months following the end of a tax year.
Before awarding any procurement contract for the tax system, the department of revenue shall submit a report addressing the project specifications contained in this subsection for review by the joint legislative budget committee.
Quarterly Reports
C. 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
D. The amount appropriated pursuant to this section from the automation projects fund established by section 41-714, Arizona Revised Statutes, in fiscal year 2023-2024 is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations, until June 30, 2025.
Sec. 102. Department of economic security; loans; reimbursement; prohibition; fiscal year 2023-2024
On or after April 1, 2024, 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. This appropriation must be fully reimbursed on or before September 1, 2024 and must be reimbursed in full as part of the closing process for fiscal year 2023-2024. The department shall notify the joint legislative budget committee of the reimbursement on or before September 1, 2024. The appropriation may not be used for additional programmatic expenditures.
Sec. 103. Phoenix convention center; allocation; fiscal year 2023-2024
Pursuant to section 9-602, Arizona Revised Statutes, $25,498,600 of state general fund revenue is allocated in fiscal year 2023-2024 to the Arizona convention center development fund established by section 9-601, Arizona Revised Statutes.
Sec. 104. Rio Nuevo multipurpose facility district; estimated distribution; fiscal year 2023-2024
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 $17,000,000 in fiscal year 2023-2024. The actual amount of the distribution will be made pursuant to section 42-5031, Arizona Revised Statutes.
Fund Balance Transfers
Sec. 105. Appropriations; fund balance transfers; automation projects fund; fiscal year 2023-2024
A. The sum of $20,647,800 is appropriated from all other state fund sources in fiscal year 2023-2024 for deposit in the human resources information system subaccount in the automation projects fund established pursuant to section 41-714, Arizona Revised Statutes, for the replacement of the human resources information system. The department of administration shall allocate to each agency or department an amount for the human resources information system replacement in the same manner as allocated in Laws 2022, chapter 313, section 123 based on each state fund's proportional share of payments to the personnel division fund established pursuant to section 41-750, Arizona Revised Statutes.
B. The following amounts are transferred from the following funds in fiscal year 2023-2024 for deposit in the department of revenue subaccount in the automation projects fund established pursuant to section 41-714, Arizona Revised Statutes, to implement the integrated tax system modernization project:
1. $11,794,100 from the state general fund.
2. $7,575,300 from the department of revenue integrated tax system project fund established by section 42-5041, Arizona Revised Statutes.
C. The transfers into the automation projects fund established by section 41-714, Arizona Revised Statutes, as outlined in this section are not appropriations out of the automation project fund. Only direct appropriations out of the automation projects fund are appropriations.
Payment Deferrals
Sec. 106. Reduction in school district state aid apportionment in fiscal year 2023-2024; appropriation in fiscal year 2024-2025
A. In addition to any other appropriation reductions made in fiscal year 2023-2024, the department of education shall defer until after June 30, 2024 but not later than July 12, 2024 $800,727,700 of the basic state aid and additional state aid entitlement that otherwise would be apportioned to school districts during fiscal year 2023-2024 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 four 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 2024-2025, the sum of $800,727,700 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2025-2025 to the department of education and the superintendent of public instruction for basic state aid and additional state aid entitlement for fiscal year 2024-2025. This appropriation shall be disbursed after June 30, 2024 but not later than July 12, 2024 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 2023-2024.
C. School districts shall include in the revenue estimates they use for computing their tax rates for fiscal year 2023-2024 the monies they will receive pursuant to subsection B of this section.
Statewide Adjustments
Sec. 107. Appropriations; operating adjustments
2023-24
contribution reduction $ (95,469,000)
Fund sources:
State general fund $ (63,244,800)
Other funds (32,224,200)
2. University health insurance
Backfill removal $ (40,033,000)
Fund sources:
State general fund $ (40,033,000)
3. Employer health insurance
contribution increase $ 102,000,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 72,000,000
Other funds 30,000,000
Employer health insurance contribution reduction
The amount appropriated is for a onetime employer contribution rate reduction for employee health insurance in fiscal year 2023-2024. The joint legislative budget committee staff, in consultation with the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting 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. 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.
University health insurance backfill removal
The amount appropriated is for the removal of a onetime university health insurance backfill to backfill university tuition for employer health insurance in fiscal year 2023-2024. The joint legislative budget committee staff, in consultation with the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting staff, shall determine and the department of administration shall allocate to each university for the health insurance contribution adjustment.
Employer health insurance contribution increase
The amount appropriated is for a onetime employer contribution rate increase for employee health insurance in fiscal year 2023-2024. The joint legislative budget committee staff, in consultation with the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting 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.
Sec. 108. Department of law; general agency counsel charges; fiscal year 2023-2024
Pursuant to section 41-191.09, Arizona Revised Statutes, the following state agencies and departments are charged the following amounts in fiscal year 2023-2024 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. Department of public safety $677,400
28. Arizona board of regents $ 1,800
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 2024-2025 appropriations
Sec. 109. Appropriation; new school facilities fund; use; fiscal year 2024-2025
A. The sum of $77,898,600 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2024-2025 for a onetime deposit in the new school facilities fund established by section 41-5741, Arizona Revised Statutes. The division of school facilities within the department of administration shall use the monies only for facilities that will be constructed for school districts that received final approval from the division of school facilities within the department of administration on or before December 15, 2022.
Reporting Requirements and Definitions
Sec. 110. COVID-related expenditures; reporting requirements; intent
A. Before spending monies from the coronavirus state fiscal recovery fund and the coronavirus capital projects fund as appropriated by section 9901 of the American rescue plan act of 2021 (P.L. 117-2) in the amount of $10,000,000 or more for one designated purpose, the office of the governor shall notify 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 of the intended use of the monies.
B. Within thirty days after the last day of each calendar quarter through June 30, 2026, the office of the governor 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 the actual expenditures from the coronavirus state fiscal recovery fund and the coronavirus capital projects fund as appropriated by section 9901 of the American rescue plan act of 2021 (P.L. 117-2).
C. Before spending monies allocated to the superintendent of public instruction from the elementary and secondary school emergency relief fund as appropriated by section 2001 of the American rescue plan act of 2021 (P.L. 117-2) in the amount of $10,000,000 or more for one designated purpose, the superintendent of public instruction shall notify 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 of the intended use of the monies.
D. Within thirty days after the last day of each calendar quarter through June 30, 2026, the superintendent of public instruction 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 the actual expenditure of monies allocated to the superintendent of public instruction from the elementary and secondary school emergency relief fund as appropriated by section 2001 of the American rescue plan act of 2021 (P.L. 117-2).
E. Within thirty days after the last day of each calendar quarter through June 30, 2026, the Arizona board of regents 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 the actual expenditure of monies from the higher education emergency relief fund as appropriated by section 2003 of the American rescue plan act of 2021 (P.L. 117-2) by Arizona state university, the university of Arizona and northern Arizona university.
F. Within thirty days after the last day of each calendar quarter through June 30, 2026, each community college district 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 the actual expenditure of monies from the higher education emergency relief fund as appropriated by section 2003 of the American rescue plan act of 2021 (P.L. 117-2).
G. Reports required pursuant to this section shall delineate expenditures by agency and program and include descriptions of the purpose of the expenditures.
H. The legislature intends that the executive branch of state government report on its planned and actual use of any major additional federal aid to this state through federal legislation enacted by the end of fiscal year 2023-2024. The timing and frequency of these reports should be the same as required by subsections A through F of this section. The chairperson and vice chairperson of the joint legislative budget committee may provide recommendations to the executive branch concerning federal legislation that would qualify under this subsection.
Sec. 111. 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. 112. 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 2023-2024 report on or before October 1, 2024 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. 113. Filled FTE positions; reporting
On or before October 1, 2023, 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, 2023.
Sec. 114. 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. 115. Interim reporting requirements
A. State general fund revenue for fiscal year 2022-2023, including a beginning balance of $4,709,446,000 and other onetime revenues, is forecasted to be $17,891,100,000.
B. State general fund revenue for fiscal year 2023-2024, including onetime revenues, is forecasted to be $17,601,200,000.
C. State general fund revenue for fiscal year 2024-2025, including onetime revenues, is forecasted to be $17,759,300,000. State general fund expenditures for fiscal year 2024-2025 are forecasted to be $16,231,900,000.
D. State general fund revenue for fiscal year 2025-2026, including onetime revenues, is forecasted to be $18,340,000,000. State general fund expenditures for fiscal year 2026-2026 are forecasted to be $16,578,200,000.
E. On or before September 15, 2023, the executive branch shall provide to the joint legislative budget committee a preliminary estimate of the fiscal year 2022-2023 state general fund ending balance. The estimate shall include projections of total revenues, total expenditures and an 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, 2023 whether the fiscal year 2023-2024 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, 2023.
Sec. 116. 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. 117. 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. 118. 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.