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REFERENCE TITLE: housing grants; military; veteran; homeless |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session 2024
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HB 2552 |
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Introduced by Representative Payne
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An Act
amending section 41-3955.02, Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 41, chapter 37, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 41-3955.03; repealing section 41-3955.03, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the Arizona department of housing.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 41-3955.02, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
41-3955.02. Military transitional housing fund; purpose; annual report; definition
A. The military transitional housing fund is established consisting of legislative appropriations and monies allocated from any federal sources, including monies provided by affordable housing legislation and unused or undesignated donations and undesignated federal monies for which military transitional housing is eligible. The director shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund are continuously appropriated. Monies shall be deposited in the fund by order of the governor and shall be spent on project and construction planning and newly constructed transitional housing, in cooperation with veteran owned and operated nonprofit organizations and for-profit organizations that serve military members who are transitioning to veteran status. Monies in the fund are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations.
B. Fund monies shall be spent for the following:
1. Developing projects and programs to provide transitional housing opportunities for military members separating from the military to be housed in newly constructed housing facilities.
2. Constructing a transitional comprehensive care facility that provides supportive housing services in the facility and on-site outpatient medical care and behavioral health services for military members who are transitioning into civilian life.
C. Monies cannot may not be spent on unoccupied hotels and motels designated for homeless veterans. Fund monies may only be spent for the specific purpose of providing transitional housing for military members who will be separating or who have recently separated from the military and may be spent on purchasing and constructing transitional housing facilities for military members who are transitioning into civilian life.
C. D. On or before September 1 of each year, the director shall submit a report on the status of the military transitional housing fund, including a summary of facilities for which funding was provided during the preceding fiscal year, the cost and geographic location of each facility and the number of individuals benefiting from the operation, purchase or construction of the facility, to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives and provide a copy of the report to the secretary of state.
D. E. The department may use not more than ten percent of the fund monies annually to administer the fund.
E. F. For any construction project financed by the department pursuant to this section, the department shall notify a city, town, county or tribal government that a project is planned for its jurisdiction and, before proceeding, shall seek comment from the governing body of the city, town, county or tribal government or an official authorized by the governing body of the city, town, county or tribal government. The department may not interfere with or attempt to override the local jurisdiction's planning, zoning or land use regulations.
F. g. For the purposes of this section, "undesignated federal monies" means federal stimulus monies and monies originating from federal affordable housing legislation, the United States department of veterans affairs or the United States department of housing and urban development that have not been allocated or approved for a specific purpose or project within three months after the applicable expenditure deadline for the monies.
Sec. 2. Title 41, chapter 37, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-3955.03, to read:
41-3955.03. Housing grant program; military transitional housing; veteran housing; affordable housing; definitions
A. The housing grant program is established to construct military transitional housing, veteran housing, affordable housing or homeless housing in this state. The department shall administer the grant program. grants may be awarded to a veteran-owned and operated nonprofit organization or a veteran-owned and operated for-profit company to construct military transitional housing, veteran housing, affordable housing or homeless housing using renewable building materials, innovative building materials and renewable energy and innovative energy for utilities.
B. Grant monies may also be used by a veteran-owned and operated nonprofit organization or a veteran-owned and operated for-profit company for any of the following:
1. To manufacture and construct renewable building materials and innovative building materials.
2. To install renewable energy and innovative energy components, machinery or equipment.
C. Each grant project shall optimize energy performance and comply with the state energy conservation code and may include any of the following features:
1. Solar modules.
2. Geothermal heating and cooling technologies.
3. Air-powered electric generators.
4. Suber corks.
5. Water plants.
6. Solar well and water pumps.
7. Optimized energy performance for new construction.
8. Graphene supercapacitor batteries.
9. Synthetic catalysts that are certified by a leadership in energy and environmental design program and engineered specifically to eliminate oil fouling that occurs in air conditioning and refrigeration systems.
10. Pathogen defense-certified technologies that reduce viruses, bacteria, odors and volatile organic compounds both on surfaces and in the air.
11. Physical water electrostatic conditioners that are installed with the primary water main source to prevent scaling buildup and corrosion throughout the pipe system.
D. The department may issue grants that are conditional on a veteran-owned and operated nonprofit organization or a veteran-owned and operated for-profit company adopting by rule, policy or mandate or otherwise the requirements that the project being built with grant monies comply with any of the following standards:
1. A version of the building rating system published by the United States green building council.
2. Any other standard authorized by the United States green building rating system.
E. Projects paid for with grant monies may include any of the following:
1. Installing or replacing heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems that are designed and constructed to reduce energy costs by a minimum of five percent, as determined by a standard described in subsection D of this section.
2. Installing or replacing plumbing systems, including plumbing fixtures that are designed and constructed to reduce potable water consumption in the aggregate by a minimum of thirty percent, as determined by a standard described in subsection D of this section.
F. For the purposes of this section:
1. "Air-powered electric generator" means a hydrogen generator that provides alternative, sustainable and renewable power produced through high-velocity air and generated power that is accessible YEAR-ROUND.
2. "Geothermal heating and cooling technology" means a pump system that uses on-site geothermal energy for heating or cooling.
3. "Graphene supercapacitor battery" means a fast-charging green technology source for clean energy storage that can perform for up to twenty-five years with no degradation, that is capable of cycling four times a day and that is projected to provide up to fifty thousand life cycles.
4. "Solar module" means a module that is used to supply electrical current from solar energy to a housing unit during the day while storing watts as backup for the night hours.
5. "Solar well and water pump" means a solar-powered well and water pump that are used to deliver water with no fossil fuels to power the pump.
6. "Suber cork" means an exterior coating system created by high-grade raw cork and water-based acrylic resin that is used for insulation with a low level of water transmission.
Sec. 3. Delayed repeal
Section 41-3955.03, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, is repealed from and after December 31, 2029.