REFERENCE TITLE: appropriations; Interstate 10; vehicle lanes

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

2025

HB 2192

Introduced by

Representatives Livingston: Biasiucci, Carbone

AN ACT

amending laws 2024, chapter 211, section 10; relating to the department of transportation.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Laws 2024, chapter 211, section 10 is amended to read:

Sec. 10. Appropriation reductions; appropriation; department of transportation; Interstate 10; fiscal years 2022-2023, 2023-2024, 2025-2026 and 2026-2027; fund balance transfer

A. Notwithstanding any other law, the following amounts are reduced from appropriations made to the following state agency in fiscal year 2022-2023 by Laws 2022, chapter 309, section 8, as amended by Laws 2023, chapter 135, section 3, for the following project:

B. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Design and construct additional vehicle

lanes, separated by a lighted median,

on Interstate 10 between State Route 85

and Citrus Road                               $(55,910,000)

Fund sources:

State highway fund                              $(55,910,000)

C. Notwithstanding any other law, the following amounts are reduced from appropriations made to the following state agency in fiscal year 2023-2024 by Laws 2023, chapter 135, section 20 for the following project:

D. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Design and construct additional vehicle

lanes, separated by a lighted median,

on Interstate 10 between State Route 85

and Citrus Road                               $(52,090,000)

Fund sources:

State general fund                              $(52,090,000)

E. Notwithstanding any other law, on or before June 30, 2024, $55,910,000 from the state highway fund established by section 28-6991, Arizona Revised Statutes, is transferred to the state general fund for the purposes of providing adequate support and maintenance for agencies of this state. This amount reflects a portion of the revenues derived from the tax levied by title 42, chapter 5, articles 1 and 5, Arizona Revised Statutes, that were transferred to the state highway fund by Laws 2022, chapter 321, section 20, subsection A, paragraph 2.

F. The sum of $30,000,000 $70,000,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2026-2027 2025-2026 and the sum of $78,000,000 $50,000,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2027-2028 2026-2027 to the department of transportation to design and construct additional vehicle lanes, separated by a lighted median, on Interstate 10 between State Route 85 and Citrus Road.  To expedite construction and ensure completion of this project in a timely manner, the department of transportation shall procure construction-manager-at-risk or design-build construction services as prescribed in section 34-603, Arizona Revised Statutes.