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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh Legislature, First Regular Session
budget unit; vacant positions; reporting
Purpose
Requires the Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA) to collect a list of all vacant full-time equivalent positions (FTEs) that have been vacant for at least 150 days and requires each budget unit to eliminate the vacant positions each fiscal year, with outlined exceptions.
Background
By October 1, ADOA must collect from each budget unit and submit to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and Governor's Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting a report containing the number of FTEs and the total amount of salaries for each budget unit for the prior fiscal year (A.R.S. § 41-708).
If the eliminated positions are funded by the state General Fund and such funding is included in the budget unit, there may be a fiscal impact to the state General Fund.
Provisions
1. Requires ADOA to collect a list from each budget unit, except the Department of Public Safety (DPS) and the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (ADCRR), of all vacant FTEs that have been vacant for at least 150 days and include the information in the annual FTEs report.
2. Requires a budget unit, each fiscal year, to eliminate any positions within the budget unit that have been vacant for more than 150 days.
3. Requires the budget unit's allocated FTEs to be adjusted to reflect the elimination of any vacant positions.
4. Defines budget unit as a department, commission, board, institution or other agency of the state that receives, spends or disburses state monies or incurs obligations of the state, excluding the ADCRR, DPS, Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR), universities under the jurisdiction of ABOR and community college districts.
5. Makes conforming changes.
6. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
February 20, 2025
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