Assigned to APPROP FOR COMMITTEE
ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Fifth Legislature, Second Regular Session
FACT SHEET FOR H.B. 2132
minimum balance notification; victim fund
Purpose
Directs the Legislature, in any fiscal year in which the amount in the Victim Compensation
and Assistance Fund (Fund) is less than $12,500,000, to appropriate monies from the state General
Fund (state GF) in an amount equal to the difference between $12,500,000 and the amount in the
Victim Compensation and Assistance Fund.
Background
The Fund is administered by the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC) who must
allocate Fund monies to public and private agencies to establish, maintain and support programs
that compensate and assist victims of crime (A.R.S. ยง 41-2407). The Fund consists of two
subaccounts: 1) the Victim Compensation Subaccount that receives revenue from a nine dollar
penalty on criminal and civil violations, monies collected from a 10 percent assessment of a
working prisoner's gross compensation and unclaimed restitution; and 2) the Victim Assistance
Subaccount that receives revenue derived from the community supervision fees and interstate
compact fees. The FY 2022 estimated year-end balance for the Fund is $1,550,100 (JLBC
Baseline).
H.B. 2132 requires the Legislature to annually appropriate monies from the state GF if the
Fund balance is less than $12,500,000 at the end of each fiscal year.
Provisions
1. Directs the Legislature, in any fiscal year in which the amount in the Fund is less than
$12,500,000, to appropriate monies from the state GF in an amount equal to the difference
between $12,500,000 and the amount in the Fund.
2. Requires ACJC, by June 30 of each fiscal year, to notify the Joint Legislative Budget
Committee and the Governor's Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting if less than
$12,500,000 is deposited in the Fund and available for the Fund's purposes for the current fiscal
year.
3. Makes conforming changes.
4. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
House Action
JUD 2/9/22 DP 10-0-0-0
APPROP 2/16/22 DP 12-1-0-0
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Read 2/23/22 47-12-1
Prepared by Senate Research
March 4, 2022
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