Assigned to APPROP FOR COMMITTEE
ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Fifth Legislature, Second Regular Session
FACT SHEET FOR H.B. 2317
appropriation; border fence construction
Purpose
Appropriates $150,000,000 from the state General Fund (state GF) in FY 2023 to the
Border Security Fund (Fund) to administer and manage the construction and maintenance of a
physical border fence.
Background
The Fund consists of legislative appropriations, gifts, grants and other donations and is
administered by the Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs. Fund monies may be
used for: 1) preventing human trafficking; 2) preventing the entry into the United States of illegal
aliens, terrorists, instruments of terrorism, contraband, narcotics and controlled substances;
3) planning, designing, constructing and maintaining transportation, technology and commercial
vehicle inspection infrastructure near the international border; 4) clearing nonindigenous plants;
5) administering and managing the construction and maintenance of a physical border fence;
6) awarding grants to counties to provide housing in secure facilities; and 7) awarding grants to
counties for prosecuting individuals that commit any of the outlined crimes (A.R.S. ยง 26-105).
In FY 2021, $55,000,000 was appropriated from the state GF to the Fund (JLBC).
H.B. 2317 appropriates $150,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2023 to the Fund.
Provisions
1. Appropriates $150,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2023 to the Fund to administer and manage
the construction and maintenance of a physical border fence.
2. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
House Action
MAPS 1/31/22 DP 8-7-0-0
APPROP 2/2/22 DP 8-5-0-0
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Read 2/24/22 31-28-1
Prepared by Senate Research
March 11, 2022
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