ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-sixth Legislature

Second Regular Session

House: APPROP DP 9-7-1-0


HB 2897: general appropriations act; 2024-2025

Sponsor: Representative Livingston (with permission of committee on Rules), LD 28

House Engrossed

Overview

Appropriates monies for the operation of the state government in FY 2025.

History

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

Provisions☐ Prop 105 (45 votes)	     ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes)      ☐ Emergency (40 votes)	☐ Fiscal Note

The tables below indicate state ongoing General Fund (GF) and other fund (OF) changes for appropriated state agencies in FY 2025 stated in terms of changes to the FY 2025 JLBC Baseline.

Major footnotes are stated in terms of changes to the FY 2024 General Appropriations Act.

Summary of Changes

Fund

Comments

FY 2025 Changes to JLBC Baseline

 

Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA) (Sec. 15)

Arizona State Hospital complaints

GF

 1 Ombudsmen FTE

$150,000

Eliminate southwest defense contracts

GF

 

$(25,000)

1.   Requires the amount appropriated for a school district health insurance actuarial study to be used to conduct an arterial study of the costs and benefits for school district optional participation in the state health insurance program.

2.   Requires ADOA, by December 31, 2024, to submit a report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Director of Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) on the findings of the school district health insurance arterial study.

ADOA – School Facilities Division (SFD) (Sec. 16)

Building Renewal Grant Funding

GF

Onetime

$183,000,000

3.   Authorizes SFD to use the unencumbered balance of up to $24,613,700 in the New School Facilities Fund for facilities and land costs for school districts that received final approval from SFD by December 15, 2023.  

4.   Allows SFD to use the unencumbered balance of up to $3,595,000 in the New School Facilities Fund for construction costs for the Pima Unified School District new high school construction project that received SFD approval by December 15, 2021.

Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) (Sec. 17)

5.   Appropriates $200,000 to OAH to be used to administration the provisions of a bill addressing insurance provider claims against insurers if the bill becomes law in the 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session.

6.   Reverts the $200,000 from the lump sum appropriation to OAH Hearings to the GF if a bill addressing provider claims against insurers does not become law.

Arizona Department of Agriculture (AZDA) (Sec. 5, 18)

Salt River horse liaison

GF

Reduce from full-time to part-time;

$(25,000)

Centralize IT Position

GF

 

$(81,000)

7.   Exempts $1,199,600 from AZDA's lump sum appropriation from lapsing until June 30, 2026.

Arizona Healthcare Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) (Sec. 19)

Formula

GF

 

$6,300,000 FY 2026

$15,700,000 FY 2027

Prescription Drug Rebate Fund shift

GF

 

$(24,700,000)

Fraud reduction

GF

Service administrative staff to reduce fraud;

$3,300,000

Invalid payments

GF

Reduced level of invalid payments from additional fee for service;

$(3,300,000)

8.   States the appropriated funds for the traditional Medicaid services includes $4,098,200 from the state GF and $8,059,900 from expenditure authority for inpatient payments to rural hospitals.

9.   Directs of the appropriated monies for Proposition 204 that $100,000,000 be used from the Hospital Assessment Fund to cover a portion of the nonfederal share of the costs of services and specifies this amount is included in the expenditure authority.

10.  Allows AHCCCS, if any graduate medical education monies remain after every eligible graduate medical education programs in counties with a population less than 500,000, to fund the costs of graduate medical education programs operated by community health centers and rural health clinics.

Attorney General (AG) (Sec. 21)

9.   Requires the appropriated monies for Veterans Substance Abuse Treatment grants be used for grants to veteran services organizations that treat opioid use disorder in conjunction with judicial programs that address substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation for veterans.

10.  Directs the AG, before spending any monies appropriated for Veteran Substance Abuse Treatments, to submit an expenditure plan to JLBC for review.

11.  Specifies that the Veteran Substance Abuse Treatments monies includes $5,000,000 from opioid claims-related monies deposited into the Consumer Remediation Subaccount of the Consumer Restitution and Remediation Revolving Fund.

12.  Exempts the FY 2024 $12,000,000 appropriation from the Consumer Remediation Subaccount of the Consumer Restitution and Remediation Revolving Fund from lapsing until June 30, 2025.

13.  Stipulates that the $5,000,000 from opioid claims-related monies in the Veterans Substance Abuse Treatments Grants line item may only be used for approved purposes as defined in a court order, a settlement agreement or the one Arizona Distribution of Opioid Settlement Funds Agreement that is entered into by this state and other parties to the opioid litigation.

Department of Child Safety (DCS) (Sec. 24)

Operating budget increase

GF

FY 2024 and 2025

$13,300,000

Caseworkers

GF

Vacancy savings

$(6,100,000)

Social Security payments

GF

Backfill Social Security payments no longer retained by state

$3,000,000 FY 2024

$5,000,000 FY 2025

Administrative cost of new social security payment policy

GF

 

$800,000 FY 2024

$900,000 FY 2025

Shift preventive services to federal funds

GF

 

$(5,500,000)

Community based child abuse prevention

GF

 

$300,000

Children and Family Supports Contract Increase

GF

 

$6,200,000 FY 2024

$5,500,000 FY 2025

Permanent guardian caseload increase

GF

 

$3,100,000 FY 2024

$4,300,000 FY 2025

Backfill Loss of Federal Congregate Care Funds

GF

FY 2024

$14,700,000

In-home mitigation utilization adjustment

GF

FY 2024

$6,300,000

Out-of-Home Support Services Utilization Adjustment

GF

FY 2024

$(6,300,000)

Kinship care surplus

GF

 

$(8,600,000) FY 2024

$(4,200,000) FY 2025

Foster care surplus

GF

 

$(11,200,000) FY 2024

$(11,400,000) FY 2025

Adoption surplus

GF

 

$(10,400,000) FY 2024

$(5,700,000) FY 2025

Extended foster care line-item surplus

GF

FY 2024

$(6,700,000)

Federal expenditure authority savings

GF

FY 2024

$(15,200,000)

Healthy families expansion

GF

Fund with federal monies;

$(2,500,000)

14.  Specifies the appropriated monies for caseworkers includes a onetime increase of $19,700,000 from the state GF in FY 2024 for increased operating expenditures and exempts the monies from lapsing until June 30, 2025.

15.  Requires DCS, by September 1, 2024, to submit a report to JLBC and the Governor's Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting (OSPB) on actual operating expenses for the guardian case management system in FY 2024 and proposed system operating expenses for FY 2025.

16.  Specifies the appropriated monies for preventive services includes $264,400 from the state GF to draw down $1,322,000 in additional federal monies associated with the community-based child abuse prevention block grant. 

17.  Stipulates, if child abuse prevention block grants are no longer available the appropriation is reduced by $264,400 from the state GF and $1,322,000 from expenditure authority.

Arizona Commerce Authority (Sec. 26)

Economic development marketing reduction

GF

 

$(500,000)

 

Community Colleges (Sec. 27)

Formula

GF

 

$400,000

 

Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) – Inmate Healthcare

Vendor contract

GF

 

$9,200,000 FY 2024

$107,100,000 FY 2025

Medication

GF

Substance use disorder

$40,700,000 FY 2024

$55,000,000 FY 2025

IT upgrades

GF

Ongoing

$4,800,000 FY 2024

$16,000,000 FY 2025

Staff and overtime costs

GF

Includes 84 new FTEs

$6,800,000

Inmate health care other costs

GF

 

$2,700,000

Savings offsets

GF

Vacancy savings, Medicaid reimbursements

$(39,800,000) FY 2024

$(30,800,000) FY 2025

Savings offsets

GF

Marana prison

$(9,700,000)

 

ADC

Repurpose community treatment for imprisoned women funding

GF

FY 2024

$(2,000,000)

Substance abuse treatment reduction

GF

 

$(1,500,000)

Private prisons capacity savings

GF

 

$(800,000) FY 2024

$(14,500,000) FY 2025

 

18.  Allows ADC to spend $2,000,000 from FY 2023 for the community treatment program for imprisoned women on community corrections expenditures in FY 2024.

19.  Directs the appropriated monies for injunction-related IT upgrades be used to address information technology improvements as required by the court in the Jensen V Thornell inmate health care litigation and exempts the monies from lapsing until June 30, 2025.

20.  Requires ADC to use the appropriated monies for noncontract medication to purchase medications to treat Hepatitis C and substance use disorder.

21.  Requires ADC, before using any monies for noncontract medication, to submit an expenditure plan for JLBC review.

22.  Exempts the monies for noncontract medication from lapsing until June 30, 2025.

23.  Directs ADC, before spending private prison per diem monies on anything other than private prison costs, to submit an expenditure plan for JLBC review.

Board of Dental Examiners (Sec. 34)

24.  Exempts the $9,300 FY 2025 appropriation for annual leave payout from lapsing.

Department of Economic Security (DES) (Sec. 36)

Formula

GF

Revertment

$24,800,000

Arizona Early Intervention Program (AZEIP)

GF

Reduce incremental AZEIP rate increase

$(2,400,000)

Homeless youth assistance GF backfill delay

GF

 

$(1,000,000)

25.  Exempts the $800,000 FY 2024 appropriation for Graham County Rehabilitation Center from lapsing until June 30, 2025.

26.  Requires of the $830,000 for Graham County Rehabilitation Center that $800,000 be used to remodel the Graham County Rehabilitation facilities in Safford and Willcox.

27.  Exempts the FY 2024 appropriated monies for the Group Home Monitoring Program from lapsing until June 30, 2026.

28.  Prohibits DES from transferring any excess appropriation from the DDD premium tax payment, case management Medicaid, home and community-based services Medicaid, institutional services, Medicaid, physical and behavioral health services – Medicaid, Medicare clawback payments or targeted case management to anything outside of the developmental disabilities in FY 2024.

29.  Declares that of the GF share of the amount appropriated to DES for Child Care Subsidy, at least 10% must be distributed to childcare centers outside of Maricopa, Pima and Pinal counties.

Arizona Department of Education (ADE) (Sec. 38)

Eliminate FY 2024 Ex-Appropriation

GF

 

$43,900,000

Formula

GF

TNT savings

$(9,200,000)

Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) enrollment

GF

Limits ESA enrollment to 1.0 average daily membership (ADM)

$(2,500,000)

Low-income weight increases

GF

Moves 3rd year of incremental low-income weight increases to one-time

$(37,000,000)

Additional assistance increases

GF

Moves 3rd year of incremental additional assistance increases to one-time

$(29,000,000)

Kindergarten entry assessment

GF

 

$(1,500,000)

Highschool workforce/training

GF

Moves Continuing Highschool Workforce/Training Program base funding to one-time

$(4,600,000)

Highschool workforce/training

GF

Moves continuing Highschool workforce/training program increase to one-time

$(1,500,000)

Community College Adult Education Workforce Development Program

GF

Fund Community College Adult Education Workforce Development Program to one-time

$(4,000,000)

Adult Workforce Diploma Program

GF

 

$(4,000,000)

Adult education administration

GF

 

$(150,000)

Reduce College Credit by Examination Program

GF

 

$(3,700,000)

Flagstaff robotics program

GF

 

$ 10,000

Show Low Robotics Program

GF

 

$10,000

30.  Directs ADE to allocate $5,858,000 for onetime charter additional assistance supplement in FY 2025.

31.  Instructs ADE to distribute the onetime allocation for charter additional assistance supplement to charter schools on a proportional basis based on the charter additional assistance funding that each charter in Arizona receives in FY 2025.

32.  Requires ADE to allocate $23,142,000 for onetime district additional assistance supplement in FY 2025.

33.  Requires ADE to distribute the appropriated amount for onetime district additional assistance supplement to school districts on a proportional basis based on the district additional assistance funding that each district in Arizona receives in FY 2025.

34.  Allows a school district to budget the monies it receives from the onetime district additional assistance supplement to the school district's maintenance and operation fund or unrestricted capital outlay fund.

35.  Requires ADE to allocate $37,000,000 for onetime free and reduced-price lunch (FRPL) group B weight supplement in FY 2025.

36.  Directs ADE to distribute the appropriated amount for onetime FRPL group B weight supplement to school districts and charter schools on a pro rata basis using the weighted student count for FRPL students for the school district or charter school.

37.  Allows a school district to budget the monies it receives from the onetime FRPL group B weight supplement in either the school district's maintenance and operation fund or unrestricted capital outlay fund.

38.  Allows the FY 2023 appropriation for the East Valley Institute of Technology for transitional housing be used for former foster care youth as well as current foster care youth and increases the eligible age from 21 to 23.

39.  Requires ADE to distribute the monies appropriated for the Arizona Holocaust Education Center for the creation and operation of the center as a resource for fulfilling statutory requirements by August 15, 2024.

40.  Exempts the appropriation for the Arizona Holocaust Education Center from lapsing.

41.  Specifies the appropriated monies for adult education includes a onetime $6,160,000 allocation for continuing high school and workforce training program, $3,000,000 for onetime deposit adult workforce diploma program and $3,000,000 for onetime deposit in the community college adult education.

42.  Requires ADE to allocate the appropriated amount for onetime school meal grants to school districts and charter schools that participate in the National School Lunch Programs or School Breakfast Program for grants to reduce or eliminate copayments that would otherwise be charged to children eligible for reduced-price meals.

43.  Stipulates if the appropriated amount for school meal grants is insufficient to cover the grant awards for all eligible grantees ADE must reduce each grant proportionately to cover all eligible grantees. 

44.  Increases the ADE appropriation for English learner administration from $6,597,000 to $11,597,000.

Department of Emergency and Military Affairs (DEMA) (Sec. 39)

Risk management

GF

Error adjustment

$(600,000)

National Guard Matching

GF

Reduction; ongoing

$(600,000)

45.  Specifies monies to assist local law enforcement fentanyl interdiction are from the Consumer Remediation Subaccount of the Consumer Restitution and Remediation Revolving Fund and consist of deposited monies related to opioid claims-related litigation or settlements.

Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) (Sec. 40)

46.  Authorizes ADEQ to use up to $400,000 from the Emissions Inspection Fund.

47.  Requires ADEQ, before expending any Emissions Inspection Fund monies on operating costs, to report on the intended uses of monies to JLBC.

Arizona Exposition and State Fair Board (State Fair Board) (Sec. 44)

48.  Strikes the footnote specifying $2,000,000 of the State Fair Board's operating budget is for enhanced state fair operations.

49.  Appropriates $3,711,400 to the State Faire Board from the Arizona Exposition and State Fair Fund to be used to enhance state fair operations. Requires the State Fair Board to report to the Joint Committee on Capital Review before spending monies on capital projects.

Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (Sec. 45)

Wildfire mitigation

GF

Reduction due to unused ADC inmate labor

$(5,000,000)

50.  Exempts the $27,026,700 for wildfire mitigation from lapsing until June 30, 2027.

51.  Exempts the appropriated monies for hazardous vegetation removal from lapsing until June 30, 2026.

Arizona Department of Gaming (ADG) (Sec. 47)

Racing Division

GF

Eliminate racing purse enhancement funding

$(5,000,000)

Racing Purse Enhancement Funding

GF

Onetime

$4,000,000

Racetrack Capital Projects

GF

Onetime

$1,500,000

Racing Division

GF

Shift Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act costs to Racing Regulation Fund

$(355,000)

52.  Requires the monies appropriated for the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act assessment to be used to by ADG during FY 2025 to pay the 2024 assessment.

53.  Requires the $1,500,000 appropriated for racetrack capital projects and maintenance and operation funding be distributed to commercial live racing permittees for capital projects and track maintenance and operations.

Office of the Governor (Sec. 48)

54.  Exempts the FY 2024 appropriation for the Missing Murdered Indigenous People Task Force from lapsing.

Department of Health Services (DHS) (Sec. 50)

AZ Care Check

GF

$500K ongoing

$900K one-time

$1,400,000

55.  Exempts the $1,000,000 FY 2023 appropriation for behavioral health care provider loan repayment program from lapsing until June 30, 2025.

56.  Exempts the FY 2023 appropriation for the accelerated nursing programs from lapsing until June 30, 2025.

57.  Exempts the FY 2024 appropriation for nurse-family partnership programs from lapsing until June 30, 2027.

58.  Exempts the $1,000,000 FY 2025 appropriation for combating fentanyl from lapsing until June 30, 2026.

59.  Specifies monies in the fentanyl overdose medication distribution are from the Consumer Remediation Subaccount of the Consumer Restitution and Remediation Revolving Fund and consists of deposited monies from opioid claims-related litigation or settlements.

60.  Exempts the $1,202,400 FY 2025 appropriation to support additional licensing compliance staff from lapsing until June 30, 2026.

61.  Exempts the FY 2024 $5,000,000 appropriation for psilocybin research from lapsing.

Department of Homeland Security (AZDHS) (Sec. 54)

62.  Allows AZDHS to use up to $500,000 of statewide cybersecurity grant monies for grant administration.

Arizona Judiciary (Sec. 59, 124-126)

Supreme Court

Probation IT System

GF

 

$2,100,000

63.  Renames the Court Appointed Special Advocate Fund to the Court Appointed Special Advocate and Vulnerable Persons Fund.

64.  Increases the Superior Court Juvenile Crime Reduction line item by $600.

65.  Appropriates $63,100 from the state GF in FY 2025 to the Supreme Court to pay for judicial salary increases.

66.  Specifies as of January 1, 2025, that the annual salary for the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is $222,000 and the annual salary for the other justices of the Supreme Court is $215,000.

67.  Specifies as of January 1, 2026, that the annual salary for the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is $232,000 and the annual salary for other justices of the Supreme Court is $225,000.

68.  Appropriates $252,200 from the state GF in FY 2025 to the Court of Appeals to pay for judicial salary increases.

69.  Specifies as of January 1, 2025, the annual salary for a judge of the Court of Appeals is $200,000 and increases the salary to $210,000 on January 1, 2026.

70.  Appropriates $819,600 from the state GF in FY 2025 to the Superior Court to pay for judicial salary increases.

71.  Specifies as of January 1, 2025, to the annual salary for a Superior Court judge is $190,000 and increases to $200,000 on January 1, 2026 the Superior Court Juvenile Crime Reduction line item by $600.

Department of Housing (Sec. 56)

Housing Trust Fund Deposit 

GF

 

$15,000,0000

 

Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions (DIFI)  (Sec. 58)

72.  Appropriates $250,000 to DIFI to be used to administration the provisions of a bill addressing insurance provider claims against insurers if the bill becomes law in the 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session. These monies revert back to the GF if the bill addressing insurance provider claims against insurers does not become law.

State Land Department (Sec. 61)

Eliminate streambed navigability litigation

GF

 

$(220,000)

Operating budget

GF

Shift to Off-Highway Vehicle Fund 

$(200,000)

 

Arizona State Mine Inspector (Sec. 67)

Aggregate Mining Land Reclamation

GF

 

$(69,000)

 

Board of Nursing (Sec. 70)

73.  Exempts the $450,000 FY 2024 appropriation for the Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist Clinical Rotation program from lapsing June 30, 2025.

Department of Public Safety (DPS) (Sec. 84)

Major incident division

GF

Cap at 60 FTEs

$(8,500,000)

Increase State Highway Fund (SHF)

GF

Increase SHF usage to cap

$(3,600,000)

Increase Local Border Support

GF

 

$1,000,000

Gang & Immigration Intelligence Team Enforcement Mission (GIITEM)

GF

Permanent vacancy savings

$(700,000)

GIITEM aid to other permanent vacancy savings

GF

 

$(200,000)

Pharmaceutical Diversion and Drug Theft Task Force

GF

Excess funding

$(100,000)

Civil Air Patrol

GF

Maintenance and operations efficiencies

$(6,000)

74.  Requires DPS to distribute the amount appropriated for Law Enforcement Retention Initiatives in FY 2024 to the following law enforcement agencies for recruitment and retention services and software:

a)   $500,000 to DPS;

b)   $200,000 to the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office;

c) $225,000 to the Peoria Police Department;

d)   $335,000 to the Tempe Police Department;

e)   $125,000 to the Oro Valley Police Department;

f) $175,000 to the Queen Creek Police Department;

g)   $150,000 to the Flagstaff Police Department;

h)   $150,000 to the Buckeye Police Department; and

i) $125,000 to the Surprise Police Department.

75.  Exempts the distributed monies from the Law Enforcement Retention Initiatives Line Item from lapsing and outlines requirements for how the law enforcement agencies may spend the funds.

76.  Appropriates the following amounts from the Peace Officer Training Equipment Fund in FY 2025:

a)   $600,000 to the Pinal County Sheriff's Office for a pilot program to connect records management systems and outlines software requirements;

b)   $1,441,200 for pepperball and pepperball weapons to be distributed to outlined entities;

c) $312,000 to the Maricopa County Attorney's Office for 180-degree simulator for training de-escalation and crime recreation; and

d)   $600,000 to the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office to create simulations for law enforcement free of charge to other law enforcement agencies.

Arizona State Parks Board (Sec. 76)

77.  Specifies an amount equal to the revenue share agreement with the United States Forest Service for Fool Hollow Lake recreation area and Catalina state park is appropriated to the Arizona State Parks Board from the State Parks Revenue Fund.

78.  Appropriates $100,000 to the Arizona State Parks Board from the GF to be deposited into the Arizona Trail Fund.

Arizona State Board of Pharmacy (Sec. 78)

79.  Exempts the $64,600 for annual leave payout from lapsing.

80.  Exempts $190,500 from FY 2023 for e-licensing system upgrades from lapsing until June 30, 2025.

Department of Real Estate (Sec. 85)

81.  Stipulates that of the Department of Real Estate's lump sum appropriation $400,000 is for information technology improvements.

Secretary of State (SOS) (Sec. 90)

Talking Book Library

GF

 

$(62,000)

82.  Exempts the $5,352,200 appropriation for the county allocation of Help America Vote Act election security grant monies from lapsing until June 30, 2025.

83.  Requires the SOS, by January 31, 2025, to submit a report to JLBC and OSPB on the actual expenditures for election services.

84.  Allows the SOS to make expenditures or incur indebtedness to employ outside or private attorneys if the SOS:

a)   is named as a defendant.

b)   believes a conflict exists that prevents the AG from representing the SOS; and

c) either remains a nominal party or is defending the constitutionality of a law or referendum enacted by the Legislature.

85.  Allows the SOS to use up to $250,000 of election services monies for direct costs related to the 2024 primary and general elections.

Arizona Office of Tourism (Sec. 93)

Reduction in Arizona Promotion

GF

 

$(200,000)

 

Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) (Sec. 94)

86.  Specifies that ADOT's operating lump sum includes a $2,000,000 reduction from the State Highway Fund in FY 2025 from ADOT's Enforcement and Compliance Division. 

State Treasurer (Sec. 95)

Justices of the Peace

GF

Salaries reduction

$(500,000)

 

State Board of Technical Registration (Sec. 92)

87.  Exempts $167,700 from FY 2023 for e-licensing system upgrades from lapsing until June 30, 2025.

Universities (Sec. 97-100)

88.  Declares it is the Legislature's intent for the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University, the Economic Policy Institute at Northern Arizona University and for the Center for the Philosophy of Freedom at the University of Arizona maintain the same funding level as FY 2023, except the universities may allocate the lump sum reduction of no more than 3.45% as prescribed by this Legislation.

89.  Reduces the FY 2023 appropriation to the Arizona Board of Regents for Camp Verde Meat Processing Facility by $9,700,000.

Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR)

Arizona Water Protection Fund Deposit

GF

Reduction; ongoing

$(500,000)

90.  Exempts the $5,000,000 FY 2024 appropriation for statewide water resources planning from lapsing.

91.  Exempts the $2,500,000 appropriated from ADWR for the develop, modernize and consolidate applications project from lapsing.

FY 2024 Supplemental Appropriations and Adjustments (Sec. 104-116)

Agency

Fund

Amount

ADOA – Pay Disallowed Costs – Risk Management Revolving Fund

OF

9,493,000

AHCCCS – Formula Adjustments – Children's Health Insurance Program Fund

OF

7,527,500

AHCCCS – Formula Adjustments

GF

(39,944,900)

Governor's OSPB – Retirement Cost Technical Adjustment

GF

204,600

JLBC – Retirement Cost Technical Adjustment

GF

204,600

Superior Court – Superior Court Judge's Compensation – Criminal Justice Enhancement Fund

OF

813,700

State Land Department – Central Arizona Project User Fees

GF

(206,700)

Board of Respiratory – Pay Outstanding Costs – Board of Respiratory Care Examiners Fund

OF

15,100

SOS – Conducting Logic and Accuracy Testing for the 2024 Primary Election

GF

100,000

ADWR – Develop, Modernize and Consolidate Applications – ADWR's Subaccount in the Automation Projects Fund (APF) to ADOA

OF

2,500,000

ADOA – Replace Human Resources Information System - Personnel Division Fund to HRIS Subaccount in APF

OF

3,100,000

FY 2024 Reductions (Sec. 117)

92.  Reduces the following amounts from the GF in FY 2024 to the following agencies:

Agency

Amount

ADOA – Employee Compensation Study

(2,200,000)

ADOA – Health Care Interoperability Grants

(1,520,000)

Arizona Department of Agriculture – Expanded Information Technology Support

(300,000)

Arizona Commerce Authority – Rural Broadband Accelerated Match Fund

(23,600,000)

ADE – Art Consumables

(2,500,000)

ADE – Dual Enrollment Student Development Fund

(12,000,000)

ADE – Dual Enrollment Student Development Fund

(500,000)

ADE – Broadband Expansion Fund

(2,500,000)

Office of Tourism – Culinary Tourism Workforce Development

(150,000)

DCS – Extended Foster Care Service Model

($2,720,000)

State Tresaurer – City of Glendale Veteran's Community Project

(800,000)

Independent Redistricting Commission (Sec. 118)

93.  Reverts all remaining monies from the FY 2022 appropriation that are unexpended and unencumbered on June 30, 2024.

Rodeo (Sec. 119)

94.  Exempts the $15,000,000 FY 2024 appropriation for improvements to the Yavapai county fairgrounds from lapsing.

95.  Specifies that if a court of competent jurisdiction rules that the monies may not be distributed to a nonprofit volunteer organization that operates a rodeo at the Yavapai county fairgrounds and the judgement is final and definitive, the AG must notify in writing to the Director of Legislative Council and monies revert to the state GF.

Water Infrastructure Finance Authority (WIFA) (Sec. 9)

96.  Repeals the FY 2024 Brackish Groundwater Pilot Program administered by ADWR.

FY 2024 Lapsing Exemptions (Sec. 120)

97.  Exempts the following funds appropriated from the state GF in FY 2024 to the following agencies from lapsing:

Agency

Amount

ADOA – Fire Incident Management

12,200,000

Office of Economic Opportunity – Microbusiness Loan

5,000,000

ADE – Arizona Civics Education and Leadership Development Program

300,000

ADE – Early Education and Career Exploration Program

5,000,000

DHS – Collaborative Care Uptake Fund

1,000,000

AZDHS – Antihuman Trafficking Grant Fund

10,000,000

AZDHS – Nonprofit Security Grant Program

5,000,000

Arizona Department of Housing – Homeless Shelter and Services Fund

40,000,000

DPS – Fentanyl Prosecution, Diversion and Testing Fund

3,000,000

Arizona Board of Regents – Spouses and Dependents of Law Enforcement Officers Tuition Scholarship Fund

2,000,000

FY 2025 Appropriations and Adjustments

ADOA (Sec. 121)

98.   Appropriates $7,150,650 from the state GF in FY 2024 to ADOA for equal distribution to counties with a population of fewer than 900,000 persons according to the 2020 U.S. Decennial Census (2020 Census) to maintain essential county services.

99.   Appropriates $500,000 from the state GF in FY 2024 to ADOA for distribution to Graham County to maintain essential county services.

100. Appropriates $3,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2024 to ADOA for equal distribution to counties with a population of fewer than 300,000 persons according to the 2020 Census to supplement the normal cost of the Elected Officials Retirement Plan (EORP) and to amortize unfunded accrued liability.

101. Allows the counties to use the distributed FY 2024 $3,000,000 appropriation only for employer contributions to EORP.

 

Automation Projects Fund (APF) (Sec. 122)

102. Appropriates the following amounts in FY 2025 from the APF subaccounts to ADOA for the following automation and information technology projects:

Project

Subaccount

Amount

Medicaid Enterprise System Mainframe

Medicaid Enterprise System Modernization Subaccount

3,396,000

Human Resources Information System (HRIS)– Replacement

HRIS Subaccount

5,521,200

HRIS – Replacement

Automation Projects Fund

1,320,000

Integrated Tax System Modernization Project

DOR Subaccount

19,456,800

103. Directs ADOA to submit a quarterly report to JLBC on implementing projects approved by the Information Technology Authorization Committee that includes the project expenditures, deliverables, timeline for completion and current status.

104. Exempts the FY 2025 appropriations from the APF from lapsing until June 30, 2026.

105. Extends the lapsing date the following projects:

a)   $2,114,300 from the ADOA Subaccount for a Business One-Stop Web Portal until June 30, 2025;

b)   $2,000,000 from the APF for Arizona Department of Agriculture Cloud Migration until June 30, 2026; and

c) $2,500,000 from the Judiciary-Supreme Court Subaccount for statewide community supervision electronic monitoring system until June 30, 2027.

DES (Sec. 128)

106. Authorizes DES, beginning April 1, 2024, to use up to $25,000,000 from the Budget Stabilization Fund (BSF) to provide funding for reimbursement grants.

107. Requires DES, before using the BSF monies, to notify the Director of JLBC and OSPB.

108. Requires the BSF appropriation to be fully reimbursed by September 1, 2024, and to be reimbursed in full as part of the closing process for FY 2024.

109. Prohibits the BSF appropriation from being used for additional programmatic expenditures.

Miscellaneous FY 2025 Appropriations (Sec. 123, 130)

110. Appropriates $2,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2025 for onetime deposit in the Arizona Arts Trust Fund.

111. Appropriates $1,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2025 to ADOA to distribute to Navajo Nation for use in establishing electrical connections for individuals without access to electricity.

112. Appropriates $1,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2025 to AHCCCS to distribute to entities who provide case management for those with serious mental illness. AHCCCS shall distribute these monies in order to provide a wage increase to providers with less than 5,000 members.

113. Appropriates $500,000 from the state GF in FY 2025 to the Arizona Commerce Authority for grants to business centers that provide business training, business coaching and technical assistance to underserved small business owners.

114. Appropriates $250,000 from the state GF in FY 2025 to DES for the distribution of food to low-income persons living on tribal reservations in Arizona.

115. Appropriates $500,000 from the state GF in FY 2025 to DES to distribute to the Navajo Nation for women's shelter and social services

116. Appropriates $500,000 from the state GF in FY 2025 to DES to distribute to the Navajo Nation for youth programs.

117. Appropriates $500,000 from the state GF in FY 2025 to DES to distribute to nonprofit organization in Pinal County that provides nutrition, housing and rental assistance programs.

118. Appropriates $2,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2025 to DES for area agencies on aging.

119. Appropriates $1,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2025 to DES for distribution to the Pascau Yaqui tribal government for social services programs.

120. Appropriates $1,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2025 to DES to nonprofit organizations located in Cochise County that provide food distribution services for low-income individuals.

121. Appropriates $1,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2025 to DES for job training and life skills services for developmentally disabled individuals in areas outside of Maricopa and Pima counties.

122. Appropriates $1,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2025 to ADE high school centers for success.

123. Appropriates $2,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2025 to ADE to distribute to entities that provide after school programs to low-income individuals.

124. Appropriates $2,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2025 to ADE for K-12 mental health telehealth pilot programs that serve individuals outside of Maricopa and Pima counties.

125. Appropriates $1,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2025 to DEQ to conduct a zero-emission heavy-duty eight ton pilot program.

126. Appropriates $500,000 from the state GF in FY 2025 to DHS to distribute to a nonprofit organization that serves low-income and underserved women and their families to access preventive health care services.

127. Appropriates $500,000 from the state GF in FY 2025 to DHS to distribute to nonprofit organizations that provide counseling services for parents whose children have died as result of violence.

128. Appropriates $1,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2025 to DHS to distribute to nonprofit organizations that provide counseling and community services in southern Arizona.

129. Appropriates $1,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2025 to DHS for senior health promotion and coordination in Santa Cruz County.

130. Appropriates $200,000 from the state GF in FY 2025 to the Arizona Department of Homeland Security for cybersecurity programs.

131. Appropriates $500,000 from the state GF in FY 2025 to DHS for heat mitigation programs in southern Arizona.

132. Appropriates $1,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2025 to ABOR for onetime teacher's academy funding.

133. Appropriates $1,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2025 to the Secretary of State for onetime operating expenses.

134. Appropriates $500,000 from the state GF in FY 2025 to the Department of Veteran Services to distribute to veterans center that provides referral services for employment and job training, housing and utility assistance.

Opioid Remediation Supplemental Appropriations (139-142)

135. Appropriates the following amounts to the Attorney General (AG) from the Consumer Remediation Subaccount of the Consumer Restitution and Remediation Revolving fund for the AG to transfer to the following agencies on or before June 20, 2024:

a)  $75,000,000 for ADC's Opioid Remediation Fund in FY 2024;

b)  $40,000,000 for ADC's Opioid Remediation Fund in FY 2025;

c) $3,000,000 to the DEMA's Opioid Remediation Fund in FY 2025;

d)  $1,000,000 to DHS's Opioid Remediation Fund in FY 2025.

136. Declares that ADC may only use monies in the Opioid Remediation Fund be for past and current ADC costs for care, treatment, programs and other expenditures for individuals with opioid use disorder and any co-occuring substance use disorder or mental health conditions or for any other approved purposes that are prescribed in a court order, a settlement agreement or the One Arizona opioid settlement memorandum of understanding that is entered into by the state and other parties to the opioid litigation.

137. Requires DHS and DEMA only use monies in the Opioid Remediation Fund for approved purposes as prescribed in a court order, a settlement agreement or the One Arizona opioid settlement memorandum of understanding that is entered into by the state and other parties to the opioid litigation.

FY 2025 Lump Sum Reductions (Sec. 129)

138. Reduces the following GF monies from the lump sum appropriations of the following budget units in FY 2025:

Agency

Lump Sum Reductions

ADOA

$(300,000)

ADOA – School Facilities Division

$(57,100)

OAH

$(34,200)

Department of Agriculture

$(671,500)

AHCCCS

$(1,242,000)

Attorney General

$(839,000)

Board for Charter Schools

$(97,800)

Corporation Commission

$(27,600)

Arizona Schools for the Deaf & the Blind

$(897,000)

Office of Economic Opportunity

$(21,000)

DES

$(3,026,200)

Board of Education

$(111,200)

ADE

$(469,700)

State Board of Equalization

$(30,000)

Department of Forestry & Fire Management

$(248,600)

Governor's Office

$(368,100)

Governor's Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting

$(101,400)

DHS

$(719,200)

Arizona Historical Society

$(83,500)

Prescott Historical Society

$(35,000)

DIFI

$(222,500)

Judiciary – Supreme Court

$(386,300)

Judiciary – Court of Appeals

$(508,200)

Judiciary – Superior Court

$(180,100)

Department of Juvenile Corrections

$(1,098,100)

Land Department

$(148,000)

House of Representatives

$(664,100)

JLBC

$(107,800)

Legislative Council

$(328,100)

Senate

$(587,300)

Lottery Commission

$(279,800)

Navigable Streams Commission

$(6,000)

Real Estate Department

$(110,400)

DOR 

$(1,748,200)

Secretary of State

$(463,600)

Board of Tax Appeals

$(13,000)

Tourism

$(75,800)

Office of Tribal Relations

$(2,400)

Arizona Board of Regents

$(109,200)

Arizona State University

$(10,995,800)

Northern Arizona University

$(4,070,200)

University of Arizona – Main

$(6,562,200)

University of Arizona – Health Services

$(1,469,300)

Department of Veterans' Services

$(108,200)

Department of Water Resources

$(21,500)

 

Debt Service Payments (Sec. 131-132)

139. Allocates $25,998,700 of state GF revenue in FY 2025 to the Arizona Convention Center Development Fund.

140. Declares that the Rio Nuevo Multipurpose Facility District is estimated to receive $17,000,000 from a portion of state transaction privilege tax revenues in FY 2025 and that the actual amount of distribution will be made as outlined in statute.

 

 

Fund Transfers (Sec. 133)

141. Transfers the following amounts from the following fund sources to the state GF by June 30, 2024 for the purpose of providing adequate support and maintenance for agencies of this state:

Fund

FY 2024

FY2025

Arizona Department of Administration

Certificate of Participation Fund

$2,600,000

 

State Employee Travel Reduction Fund

$900,000

 

State Web Portal Fund

$4,000,000

 

Capitol Mall Consolidation Fund

$700,000

 

Fire Incident Management Fund

$6,100,000

 

Construction Insurance Fund

$8,100,000

 

Cyber Risk Insurance Fund

$11,200,000

 

Risk Management Fund

$70,000,000

 

ADOA-SFD Credit Enhancement Fund

$3,000,000

 

AHCCCS

Prescription Drug Rebate Fund

$46,000,000

 

Arizona Board of Athletic Training

Athletic Training Fund

$250,000

 

Attorney General

Anti-Racketeering – Operations

$2,600,000

 

Anti-Racketeering – Pass Through

$10,000,000

 

Collection Enforcement Revolving Fund – Operating

$200,000

 

Barbering and Cosmetology Board

Barbering and Cosmetology Fund

$12,100,000

 

Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners

Behavioral Health Examiner Fund

$4,200,000

 

Arizona Board of Chiropractic Examiners

Chiropractic Examiners Board Fund

$500,000

 

Arizona Commerce Authority

Arizona Competes Fund

$55,700,000

 

Arizona Corporation Commission

Utility Regulation Revolving Fund

$2,100,000

 

Securities Regulation/Enforcement Fund

$25,000,000

 

Arizona Department of Corrections

Corrections Fund

$8,000,000

 

Alcohol Abuse Treatment Fund

$2,000,000

 

Transition Program Fund

$4,200,000

 

Community Corrections Enhancement Fund

$100,000

 

Arizona Correctional Industries Revolving Fund

 

$11,500,000

Arizona Criminal Justice Commission

Criminal Justice Enhancement Fund

$800,000

 

Fingerprint Clearance Card Fund

$700,000

 

State Board of Dental Examiners

Dental Board Fund

$2,000,000

 

Office of Economic Opportunity

Office of Economic Opportunity Operations Fund

$1,000,000

 

Arizona Department of Economic Security

Family Caregiver Grant Program Fund Transfer

$700,000

 

Special Administration Fund

$4,000,000

 

Economic Security Capital Investments Fund

$500,000

 

Arizona Department of Environmental Quality

Air Quality Fee Fund

$2,300,000

 

Underground Storage Tank Fund

$20,000,000

 

Vehicle Emissions Inspection Fund

$5,000,000

 

Hazardous Waste Management Fund

$900,000

 

Emergency Response Fund

$500,000

 

Arizona Department of Education

Adult Workforce Diploma Program Fund

$3,000,000

 

Community College Adult Education Workforce Development Program Fund

$8,900,000

 

Computer Science Professional Development Program Fund

$5,000,000

 

Arizona Exposition and State Fair Board

Arizona Exposition and State Fair Fund

$5,000,000

 

Board of Fingerprinting

Board of Fingerprinting Fund

$1,200,000

 

Arizona Game & Fish Department

Watercraft Licensing Fund

$800,000

 

Arizona Department of Health Services

Disease Control Research Fund

$1,300,000

 

Prescription Drug Rebate Fund

$1,000,000

 

Health Services Lottery Fund

$3,700,000

 

Industrial Commission

Administration Fund

$2,400,000

 

Special Fund

$900,000

 

Arizona Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions

Financial Services Fund

$19,600,000

 

Automobile Theft Authority Fund

$8,800,000

 

Receivership Revolving Fund

$800,000

 

Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections

CJEF Distribution Fund

$900,000

 

Indirect Cost Recovery Fund

$200,000

 

Arizona State Land Department

Risk Management Fund

$300,000

 

IGA and ISA Fund

$24,000

 

Trust Land Management Fund

$34,000,000

 

Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control

Liquor Licenses Fund

$400,000

 

K Fund Enforcement Surcharges Fund

$200,000

 

Arizona State Board of Massage Therapy

Massage Therapy Board Fund

$600,000

 

Arizona Medical Board

Medical Examiners Board Fund

$9,300,000

 

Arizona State Mine Inspector

Aggregate Mining Reclamation Fund

$39,000

 

Naturopathic Physicians Medical Board

Naturopathic Board Fund

$1,700,000

 

Arizona State Board of Nursing

Nursing Board Fund

$9,400,000

 

Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners

Occupational Therapy Fund

$900,000

 

Arizona Board of Optometry

Board of Optometry Fund

$400,000

 

Board of Osteopathic Examiners

Osteopathic Examiners Board Fund

$2,800,000

 

Arizona State Parks Board

State Parks Revenue Fund (GF Share)

$38,200,000

 

Arizona State Board of Pharmacy

Pharmacy Board Fund

$6,300,000

 

Arizona State Board of Physical Therapy

Physical Therapy Fund

$700,000

 

Arizona Board of Psychologist Examiners

Psychologist Examiners Board Fund

$1,800,000

 

Department of Public Safety

Fingerprint Clearance Card Fund

$3,900,000

 

DPS Licensing Fund

$100,000

 

GIITEM Fund

$1,000,000

 

Records Processing Fund

$200,000

 

Public Safety Equipment Fund

$500,000

 

Residential Utility Consumer Office (RUCO)

RUCO Revolving Fund

$400,000

 

Arizona Board of Technical Registration

Technical Registration Board Fund

$5,600,000

 

Arizona Department of Transportation

Economic Strength Project Fund

$600,000

 

Highway Damage Recovery Fund

$1,000,000

 

State Aviation Fund

$15,000,000

 

State Highway Fund – Interest Transfers 

$26,000,000

$18,700,000

$15,000,000 FY 2026

$10,000,000 FY 2027

Abandoned Vehicles Administration Fund

$400,000

 

Shared Location and Advertisement Agreement Expense Fund

$100,000

 

Motor Vehicle Dealer Enforcement Fund

$300,000

 

Highway Expansion and Extension Loan Program Fund

$4,000

 

State Highway Fund Vehicle License Tax Transfer

$3,000,000

$3,000,000

AZ Highways Magazine Fund

$500,000

 

State Treasurer

State Treasure's Operating Fund

$900,000

 

Arizona Veterinary Board

Veterinary Medical Examiners Board Fund

$1,700,000

 

Water Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona (WIFA)

Water Supply Development Revolving Fund

$51,600,000

 

Water Supply Development Revolving Fund Interest

$8,100,000

 

Long Term Water Augmentation Fund

$78,000,000

 

Long Term Water Augmentation Fund Interest

$19,300,000

 

Arizona Department of Water Resources

Temporary Groundwater and Irrigation Efficiency Projects Fund

$600,000

 

Assured and Adequate Water Supply Fund

$200,000

 

Water Protection Fund

$1,000,000

 

 

Payment Deferrals (Sec. 139)

142. Continues to defer $800,727,700 in basic state aid (BSA) and additional state aid (ASA) payments from ADE in FY 2025 until after June 30, 2025, but no later than July 12, 2025, and excludes charter schools and school districts with a student count less than 4,000 pupils from the deferral.

143. Directs ADE to make the deferral by reducing the apportionment of state aid for each month in the fiscal year by the same amount.

144. Requires ADE to disburse the FY 2026 appropriations of $800,727,700 to the counties for the school districts starting July 1, 2025, and no later than July 12, 2025, in amounts equal to the reductions in the apportionment of BSA and ASA.

145. Requires school districts to include, in the revenue estimates used for computing FY 2025 tax rates, the deferred appropriation monies that the districts will receive.

State Operating Adjustments (Sec. 144-145)

Adjustment

GF

OF

Total

Employer Health Insurance Contribution Reduction

(72,766,200)

(21,596,800)

(94,363,000)

Employer Health Insurance Contribution Increase

140,000,000

60,000,000

200,000,000

State Fleet Rate Reduction

(8,195,100)

(5,453,800)

(13,648,900)

State Fleet Rate Increase

3,299,000

1,625,000

4,924,000

Human Resources Information System Charge Reduction

(8,009,300)

(4,644,700)

(12,654,000)

Arizona Financial Information System Adjustment

(834,000)

(839,700)

(1,673,700)

Agency Retirement Adjustment

7,180,000

500,000

7,680,000

Agency Rent Adjustment

0

160,000

160,000

146. Outlines statewide adjustment instructions and procedures.

147.  Lists the FY 2025 individual agency charges totaling $1,798,500 for general agency counsel provided by the Attorney General.

FY 2026 Appropriations (Sec. 146)

148. Appropriates $45,077,100 from the state GF in FY 2026 for a onetime deposit in the New School Facilities Fund.

149. Instructs the School Facilities Division (SFD) to use monies only for facilities that will be constructed for school districts that received final approval from SFD by December 15, 2023.

Miscellaneous (Sec. 147-157)

150. Declares the Legislature's intent that all departments, agencies, and budget units receiving appropriations continue to report actual, estimated and requested expenditures in a specified format.

151. Contains various reporting requirements.

152. Defines terms.

 

 

 

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