ARIZONA STATE SENATE
RESEARCH STAFF
TO: MEMBERS OF THE SENATE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
DATE: February 18, 2022
SUBJECT: Strike everything amendment to S.B. 1181, relating to Cottonwood; infrastructure;
appropriation
Purpose
Appropriates $6,142,800 from the state General Fund (state GF) in FY 2023 to the Arizona
Department of Transportation (ADOT) to distribute to the City of Cottonwood to construct and
improve former State Route 279 (SR-279).
Background
ADOT is responsible for the design and construction of state public transportation systems
and the maintenance and operation of state highways in Arizona (A.R.S. § 28-332). ADOT may
contract and do all things necessary to secure the full benefits available to Arizona for
transportation purposes under federal law and, in doing so, ADOT may cooperate with: 1) federal,
state and local government agencies; 2) Indian tribes; 3) private and public organizations; and
4) private individuals. ADOT may exchange federal monies with local governments in order to
receive local monies and may include additional federal monies in the exchange to offset the
matching costs required of local governments (A.R.S. § 28-334).
SR-279 is located on the southeastern end of the City of Cottonwood (ADOT).
The strike-everything amendment to S.B. 1181 appropriates $6,142,800 from the state GF
in FY 2023 to ADOT.
Provisions
1. Appropriates $6,142,800 from the state GF in FY 2023 to ADOT to distribute to the City of
Cottonwood to construct and improve former SR-279.
2. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
IAN JAIME
LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH INTERN
LIAM MAHER
LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH ANALYST
Appropriations COMMITTEE
Telephone: (602) 926-3171