ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-sixth Legislature

Second Regular Session

 

HB 2037: department of transportation; continuation

Sponsor: Representative Cook, LD 7

Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure

Overview

Continues the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) for eight years.

History

Arizona Department of Transportation

Laws 1973, Chapter 146 established ADOT to provide for an integrated and balanced state transportation system with a director responsible for the Department's administration (A.R.S. § 28-331). ADOT has exclusive control and jurisdiction over state highways, state routes, state-owned airports and all state-owned transportation systems or modes.

The duties of ADOT are as follows: 1) register motor vehicles and aircraft, license drivers, collect revenues, enforce motor vehicle and aviation statutes and perform related functions; 2) do multimodal state transportation planning, cooperate and coordinate transportation planning with local governments and establish an annually updated priority program of capital improvements for all transportation modes; 3) design and construct transportation facilities in accordance with a priority plan and maintain and operate state highways, state-owned airports and state public transportation systems; 4) investigate new transportation systems and cooperate with and advise local governments concerning the development and operation of public transit systems; 5) have administrative jurisdiction of transportation safety programs and implement them following applicable law; and 6) operate a state motor vehicle fleet for all motor vehicles that are owned, leased or rented by this state (A.R.S. § 28-332).

ADOT terminates on July 1, 2024, unless legislation is enacted for its continuation (A.R.S. § 41-3024.25).

Senate Transportation and Technology and House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee of Reference (COR)

On January 4, 2024, the COR met jointly to conduct a review of ADOT and recommended that ADOT be continued for four to six years. The report of the Committee of Reference can be found here.

Provisions

1.   ☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal NoteContinues, retroactive to July 1, 2024, ADOT until July 1, 2032. (Sec. 1-2, 4)

2.   Repeals ADOT on January 1, 2033. (Sec. 2)

3.   Includes a purpose statement. (Sec. 3)

 

 

 

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