HB 2591
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-fifth Legislature
Second Regular Session
HB 2591: border security fund; administration
Sponsor: Representative Grantham, LD 12
Committee on Military Affairs & Public Safety
Overview
A emergency measure that authorizes the Department of Emergency and Military Affairs (DEMA)
to use up to $250,000 from the Border Security Fund (BSF) to pay for additional full-time
equivalent (FTE) positions.
History
Since FY 2012, $90,000 and 1 FTE have been appropriated from the state General Fund to DEMA
(A.R.S. § 26-263).
In FY 2021, the BSF was created and appropriated $55,000,000 for costs associated with body-
worn cameras, cameras and equipment for the Southern Arizona border region, use of the
Arizona National Guard at the Southern Arizona border region, and a pilot program to reduce
human trafficking (FY 2022 Appropriations Report).
In FY 2022, the Criminal Justice Budget Reconciliation Bill required that DEMA use monies in the
fund to:
1) Prevent human trafficking;
2) Prevent the entry of unlawfully present aliens, terrorists and instruments of terrorism and
contraband into the United States;
3) Plan, design, construct and maintain transportation, technology and commercial vehicle
inspection infrastructure near Arizona's international border;
4) Clear nonindigenous plants;
5) Administer and manage the construction and maintenance of a physical border fence;
6) Award grants to counties to provide housing in secure facilities; and
7) Award grants to counties for prosecuting individuals who commit the crimes listed above
(A.R.S. § 26-105).
Provisions
1. Allows DEMA to use up to $250,000 each fiscal year from the BSF to pay for additional FTE
positions. (Sec. 1)
2. Makes conforming changes. (Sec. 1)
3. Contains an emergency clause. (Sec. 2)
☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☒ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note