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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh Legislature, First Regular Session
appropriations; interoperability fund; equipment fund
Purpose
Reallocates specified distributions from the School Safety Interoperability Fund to the Peace Officer Training Equipment Fund.
Background
The School Safety Interoperability Fund is administered by the Arizona Department of Administration and consists of legislative appropriations that are distributed to the sheriff of a county, city or town police department (PD) to establish a School Safety Program as prescribed (A.R.S. § 41-1733). The School Safety Interoperability Fund has a year-end balance of $2,600,000 in non-appropriated funds for FY 2024 (JLBC).
Laws 2023, Chapter 313 appropriated $20,000,000 in FY 2023 from the state General Fund to ADOA to deposit in the School Safety Interoperability Fund for the distribution of specified amounts to 15 law enforcement entities, including $2,000,000 to the Tucson PD, $1,350,000 to the Yuma PD and $1,250,000 to the Coconino County Sheriff.
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1. Reverts, to the School Safety Interoperability Fund, unexpended and unencumbered monies distributed to Coconino County and the Cities of Tucson and Yuma.
3. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
February 13, 2025
KJA/NRG/slp