Assigned to APPROP FOR COMMITTEE
ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Fifth Legislature, Second Regular Session
FACT SHEET FOR H.B. 2035
appropriations; PSPRS; CORP; unfunded liability
Purpose
Appropriates $1,575,349,400 from the state General Fund (state GF) in FY 2022 to the
Public Safety Personnel Retirement System (PSPRS) to reduce the unfunded accrued liability of
specified employer accounts.
Background
Established in 1968, PSPRS provides a uniform, consistent and equitable statewide
retirement program for public safety personnel who are regularly assigned hazardous duties in the
employ of the State of Arizona or a political subdivision. PSPRS functions as either a defined
benefit plan or a defined contribution plan (A.R.S. § 38-841).
Established in 1986, the Corrections Officer Retirement Plan (CORP) provides retirement
and disability benefits for correctional officers and employees as well as county, city or town
detention officers, dispatchers, probation officers and surveillance officers (A.R.S. § 38-881).
H.B. 2035 appropriates $1,575,349,400 from the state GF in FY 2022 to PSPRS.
Provisions
1. Appropriates the following amounts from the state GF in FY 2022 to PSPRS to be deposited
into the following employer accounts to reduce the unfunded accrued liability:
a) $420,559,600 to the Department of Public Safety (DPS);
b) $8,542,800 to the Department of Emergency and Military Affairs;
c) $9,117,700 to the Attorney General Investigators;
d) $8,820,600 to the Arizona State Parks Board Rangers;
e) $7,628,900 to the Department of Liquor Licenses and Control;
f) $97,243,000 to the Arizona Game and Fish Department;
g) $23,565,000 to the Arizona State University campus police;
h) $15,645,900 to the University of Arizona campus police; and
i) $7,725,600 to the Northern Arizona University campus police.
2. Appropriates the following amounts from the state GF in FY 2022 to PRPRS to be deposited
in the following CORP employer accounts to reduce the unfunded accrued liability:
a) $474,635,300 to the Arizona Department of Corrections;
b) $421,263,000 to the Administrative Office of the Courts – Probation;
c) $73,940,800 to the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections;
d) $6,352,000 to DPS dispatchers; and
e) $309,200 to DPS detention officers. FACT SHEET
H.B. 2035
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3. Requires the PSPRS Board of Trustees (Board) to account for the appropriations in the June
30, 2022, actuarial valuation of outlined groups.
4. Requires the Board to account for the appropriations when calculating the employee and
employer contribution rates for FY 2024.
5. Becomes effective on signature of the Governor.
House Action
APPROP 1/19/22 DP 11-1-0-1
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Read 2/24/22 39-20-1
Prepared by Senate Research
March 4, 2022
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