Arizona 2022 2022 Regular Session

Arizona Senate Bill SB1729 Comm Sub / Analysis

Filed 07/01/2022

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ARIZONA STATE SENATE 
Fifty-Fifth Legislature, Second Regular Session 
 
AMENDED 
FACT SHEET FOR S.B. 1729 
 
general appropriations act; 2022-2023. 
Purpose 
Makes session law changes relating to general appropriations necessary to implement the 
FY 2023 state budget. 
Background 
The Arizona Constitution prohibits substantive law from being included in the general 
appropriations, capital outlay appropriations and supplemental appropriations bills. However, it is 
often necessary to make statutory and session law changes to effectuate the budget. Thus, separate 
bills called budget reconciliation bills (BRBs) are introduced to enact these provisions. Because 
BRBs contain substantive law changes, the Arizona Constitution provides that they become 
effective on the general effective date, unless an emergency clause is enacted. 
The Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) Baseline includes an estimate of spending 
necessary to meet requirements of statutory formulas and other obligations (FY 2023 JLBC Baseline).  
S.B. 1729 contains the budget provisions for changes relating to general appropriations. 
Provisions 
FY 2023 Ongoing Fund and Major Footnote Changes 
Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA) 
Ongoing General Fund (GF) and Other Fund (OF) Changes 
Summary of Changes Source Comments FY 2023 Changes 
Credit Lending Report   GF 	200,000 
Major Footnote Changes 
1. Removes the requirement that ADOA charge state agencies no more than $10.42 per user per 
month for the statewide email and calendar service.  
2. Removes the requirement for JLBC to review the report submitted by ADOA on the results 
of the travel reduction pilot program.  
3. Exempts the FY 2023 appropriation relating to Health Care Interoperability Grants from 
lapsing until July 1, 2025.  
4. Requires ADOA to distribute $1,000,000 from the election security grants to one or more 
county recorders to test ballot paper in tabulation systems with outlined security features and 
requires the features to be used to authenticate the ballot as an official ballot.   FACT SHEET – Amended  
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5. Prohibits the specified security features from identifying a particular elector.  
6. Requires the portion of the ADOA appropriation designated for testing ballot paper to allow 
for different sized ballots.  
7. Requires ADOA, by May 1, 2023, to compile a report from the selected counties on 
recommended ballot security features and submit that report to the President of the Senate, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives and Secretary of State.  
8. Requires ADOA, to distribute $500,000 out of the $1,500,000 election security grants to 
procure, install and maintain photo video surveillance 24 hours per day, seven days per week 
for secure ballot boxes in specified counties.  
9. Requires the portion of the ADOA appropriation designated for fire incident management 
system grants to be used to provide grants to municipal fire departments and fire districts for 
hardware and software that meet specified criteria.  
10. Exempts the FY 2022 appropriation for the Enduring Freedom Memorial repair from lapsing 
until July 1, 2023.  
11. Allocates $20,000,000 of the ADOA appropriation for the School Safety Interoperability 
Fund to be distributed as follows: 
a) $3,050,000 to the Maricopa County Sheriff; 
b) $2,000,000 to the Tucson Police Department; 
c) $1,800,000 to the Pinal County Sheriff; 
d) $1,800,000 to the Yavapai County Sheriff;  
e) $1,500,000 to the Cochise County Sheriff; 
f) $1,250,000 to the Navajo County Sheriff;  
g) $1,350,000 to the Yuma Police Department;  
h) $1,250,000 to the Mohave County Sheriff;  
i) $1,250,000 to the Coconino County Sheriff;  
j) $1,000,000 to the Apache County Sheriff;  
k) $1,000,000 to the Gila County Sheriff;  
l) $750,000 to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff;  
m) $750,000 to the Graham County Sheriff;  
n) $750,000 to the La Paz County Sheriff; and  
o) $500,000 to the Greenlee County Sheriff.  
Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) 
Ongoing General Fund (GF) and Other Fund (OF) Changes 
Summary of Changes Source Comments FY 2023 Changes 
Formula  	GF 	65,300,000 
Increased Eligibility Determination GF 	4,500,000 
Eligibility Determination Older 
Foster Care Youth 
GF 18 to 26 years old 200,000 
Transfer Suicide Prevention 
Coordinator  
GF Transfer to DHS (100,000)   FACT SHEET – Amended  
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Federal IT Regulation Compliance GF 	300,000 
American Indian Health Program 
SMI Integration 
GF 	200,000 
Chiropractic Care  	GF 	3,400,000 
Postpartum Care 	GF 	2,700,000 
EPD Provider Rate Increases  GF 11 percent  24,200,000 
Secure Behavioral Health Facility 
Provider Rate Increase 
GF Beginning FY 2024 10,000,000 
Pregnancy Care Provider Rate 
Increase 
GF 	10,000,000 
Diabetes Management  GF 	700,000 
Behavioral Health Provider Rate 
Increase  
GF 2.5 percent  7,500,000 
Pediatric Skilled Nursing Facilities 
Rate Increase 
GF 	144,000 
Major Footnote Changes 
12. Requires AHCCCS, by October 1, 2022, to report to JLBC on the actual distribution of rate 
increases relating to behavioral health providers. 
13. Requires AHCCCS to, by July 1, 2023, receive Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 
(CMS) authorization before expending monies relating to postpartum care.  
14.  Requires AHCCCS, pending CMS approval, to distribute a differential adjusted payment of 
$1,250 per day to 24-bed pediatric skilled nursing facilities offering skilled nursing services 
in place of intensive care services. 
15. Requires monies appropriated for the secure behavioral health residential facilities support 
five licensed secure behavioral health residential facilities to provide secure on-site supportive 
treatment to persons determined to be seriously mentally ill, chronically resistant to treatment 
and who are placed in the facility on a court order.  
16. Requires three secure behavioral health residential facilities to be located in the central 
geographic service area, one to be located in the north geographic service area and one to be 
located in the south geographic service area.  
17. Requires AHCCCS to allocate up to $5,000,000 for each recipient facility, prioritizing 
facilities that can open within 12 months after the effective date. 
18. Specifies that the appropriation relating to the Arizona Long Term Care System includes 
$24,200,000 from the state GF, $19,400,000 from county funds and $100,100,000 in 
Medicaid Expenditure Authority to provide an 11 percent increase to provider rates for both 
home and community-based services and skilled nursing facilities. 
19. Requires AHCCCS to prioritize health professional shortages in distributing urban graduate 
medical education payments.   FACT SHEET – Amended  
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20. Specifies that the Health Care Investment Fund assessment includes $400,000,000 in 
expenditure authority for expanded direct payments. 
21. Increases, from $500,000 to $1,000,000, the threshold for JLBC review relating to AHCCCS 
expenditures.   
22. Increases the physician fee schedule rates associated with the AHCCCS global obstetrical 
package by 88 percent.  
Attorney General (AG) 
Ongoing General Fund (GF) and Other Fund (OF) Changes  
Summary of Changes Source Comments FY 2023 Changes 
Additional Office of Victims 
Services Staff  
GF 2 FTEs  200,000 
Major Footnote Changes 
23. Exempts the $500,000 FY 2022 appropriation from the Risk Management Revolving Fund 
for election litigation expenses from lapsing through FY 2023.  
State Board for Charter Schools  
Ongoing General Fund (GF) and Other Fund (OF) Changes 
Summary of Changes Source Comments FY 2023 Changes 
2022 IT Upgrade  	GF 
116,000 Ongoing / 
389,000 Onetime  
505,000 
Additional Staff  	GF 4 FTEs 500,000 
AG Legal Services  	GF 1 FTE 100,000 
Department of Child Safety (DCS)   
Ongoing General Fund (GF) and Other Fund (OF) Changes 
Summary of Changes Source Comments FY 2023 Changes 
Federal Match Change GF Beginning FY 2024 7,500,000 
Healthy Families Expansion GF 	10,000,000 
Increase Foster Child Daily Stipend GF From $1.41 to $2.82 4,800,000 
Increase Monthly Kinship Stipend GF $75 to $300 19,800,000 
Independent Living Stipend GF 	2,600,000 
Qualified Residential Treatment 
Program Rate Increase 
GF 10 percent 7,000,000  FACT SHEET – Amended  
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Major Footnote Changes  
24. Requires DCS, by March 31, 2023, to report to JLBC the number of children that are part of 
the kinship stipend program and reside with a nonrelative caretaker of fictive kinship.  
25. Requires DCS to present a report to JLBC, by February 28, 2023, on the progress made during 
July 2022 and December 2022 in meeting the caseload standard and reducing the number of 
backlog and long-term cases.  
Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA)   
Ongoing General Fund (GF) and Other Fund (OF) Changes 
Summary of Changes Source Comments FY 2023 Changes 
Germany Trade Office Funding  GF 250,000 Onetime  500,000 
Economic Development Marketing 
and Attraction 
GF 	1,000,000 
Israel Trade Office Funding GF 	125,000 
Two New Asia Trade Offices  GF 
Taiwan and South 
Korea 
800,000 
Major Footnote Changes 
26. Requires the ACA to distribute the $5,000,000 designated for blockchain/wearable research 
to applied research centers in Arizona in increments of up to $250,000 within 30 days after 
the research center has received matching monies from other non-state sources.  
27. Requires an applied research center or institute that receives blockchain/wearable research 
monies to submit an annual expenditure and performance report to the ACA.  
28. Exempts the appropriation for blockchain/wearable research from lapsing until July 1, 2026. 
Community Colleges   
Ongoing General Fund (GF) and Other Fund (OF) Changes 
Summary of Changes Source Comments FY 2023 Changes 
Formula  	GF 
FY 2024 and FY 
2025  
(3,200,000) and 
(5,100,000) 
Maricopa, Pima and Pinal STEM  GF 	10,800,000 
Arizona Corporation Commission    
Ongoing General Fund (GF) and Other Fund (OF) Changes 
Summary of Changes Source Comments FY 2023 Changes 
Hazardous Materials Railroad 
Inspector  
GF 	92,000  FACT SHEET – Amended  
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Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC)    
Ongoing General Fund (GF) and Other Fund (OF) Changes 
Summary of Changes Source Comments FY 2023 Changes 
Private Prison Contract Increase GF 	17,500,000 
Substance Abuse Treatment  GF 3 FTEs 5,400,000 
Inmate Healthcare Contract Services 
Increase 
GF 	70,000,000 
Major Footnote Changes 
29. Allows ADC, after submitting an expenditure plan to JLBC, to transfer personal services and 
employee-related expenditures savings from the operating budget to the portion of the ADC 
appropriation designated for private prison per diem for private prison staff stipends, which 
may not exceed the amount given to ADC staff. 
30. Specifies that, effective July 1, 2022, the portion of the ADC appropriation designated for 
private prison contract increase, effective July 11, 2022, is to provide a 20 percent salary 
increase to correctional officers and all other staff at private prisons. 
31. Requires ADC to submit a semi-annual report to JLBC on the inmate health care performance 
measure and outlines criteria for the report.  
32. Requires ADC to report actual FY 2022, estimated FY 2023 and requested FY 2024 
expenditures when submitting ADC's FY 2024 budget estimates.  
33. Declares the Legislature's intent that private prisons use vacancy savings for overtime costs 
without incurring a penalty.  
Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC)     
Ongoing General Fund (GF) and Other Fund (OF) Changes 
Summary of Changes Source Comments FY 2023 Changes 
Victims' Compensation Fund  GF 	2,000,000 
State Aid for Juvenile Dependency 
Proceedings Fund  
GF 	2,000,000 
Major Incident Regional Law 
Enforcement Task Forces  
GF 	600,000 
Major Footnote Changes 
34. Requires the portion of the ACJC appropriation designated for rural county diversion 
programs to be distributed as grants to county attorney offices in counties with a population 
of fewer than 900,000 persons to establish and operate evidence-based alternative prosecution 
and diversion programs (programs).   FACT SHEET – Amended  
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35. Requires ACJC to adopt criteria for distributing grants to eligible counties and to submit, by 
October 1, 2023, a report to JLBC on the use of the monies and outcomes obtained by the 
programs.  
36. Prohibits monies for the programs from being used to supplant existing program monies.  
Department of Economic Security (DES)     
Ongoing General Fund (GF) and Other Fund (OF) Changes 
Summary of Changes Source Comments FY 2023 Changes 
Formula/Federal Match Change GF 	15,900,000 
Additional Adult Protective Services 
Staff 
GF 95 FTEs  11,200,000 
Building System Management 
Upgrades  
GF 
147,000 Ongoing 
273,000 Onetime 
420,000 
IT Infrastructure/Security Upgrades GF 	2,500,000 
Additional Food Bank Funding GF 	500,000 
Recidivism/Re-entry Programs GF 	1,400,000 
Arizona Early Intervention Program 
(AZEIP) Rate Increase 
GF 
FY 2024 and FY 
2025 
4,400,000 and 
8,800,000 
AZEIP Provider Rate Increases  GF 	3,400,000 
DD Provider Rate Increases GF 9.7 percent  56,700,000 
DD State Only Provider Rate 
Increases 
GF 	500,000 
Cost Effectiveness Study Provider 
Rate Increase  
GF 	7,200,000 
Area Agencies on Aging Provider 
Rate Increase 
GF 	2,000,000 
Major Footnote Changes 
37. Requires DES to engage with community stakeholders prior to implementing provider rate 
increases for FY 2023.  
38. Requires DES to submit a report, by September 1, 2022, to JLBC on its stakeholder 
engagement efforts and plans to increase provider rates.  
39. Requires DES to submit a report, by November 30, 2022, and November 30, 2023, to JLBC 
on the cost effectiveness study relating to expenditures, including the number of clients and 
total cost.  
40. Removes the reporting requirement on the number of filled positions for case managers and 
non-case managers in the Division of Developmental Disabilities.   FACT SHEET – Amended  
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State Board of Education 
Ongoing General Fund (GF) and Other Fund (OF) Changes 
Summary of Changes Source Comments FY 2023 Changes 
Misconduct Caseload – AG Legal 
Services   
GF 
1 FTE 
513,000 Ongoing 
23,000 Onetime 
536,000 
ESA Appeals Process 
Implementation  
GF 
70,000 Ongoing 
4,000 Onetime 
74,000 
Open Enrollment Promotion – 
Constituent Services  
GF 1 FTE 150,000 
Additional Policy Development 
Staff 
GF 
1 FTE  
106,000 Ongoing 
4,000 Onetime 
110,000 
Arizona Department of Education (ADE)  
Ongoing General Fund (GF) and Other Fund (OF) Changes 
Summary of Changes Source Comments FY 2023 Changes 
Formula  	GF 	(85,300,000) 
Extra 2.5% Base Level Increase and 
Elimination of Teacher 
Compensation 
GF 	99,300,000 
Additional 4.3% Base Level 
Increase 
GF 	290,000,000 
Elimination State Equalization Tax 
Rate 
GF 	330,500,000 
Special Education Weight Increase GF 	100,000,000 
Opportunity Weight  GF 	50,000,000 
School Safety Funding Increase GF 	50,000,000 
District Additional Assistance GF 	48,000,000 
Charter Additional Assistance GF 	12,000,000 
Adult Education  	GF 	16,850,000 
Education Programs in Jails  GF 	114,000 
Procurement Statewide Gifted 
Assessment  
GF 	800,000 
Major Footnote Changes  
41. Requires ADE to first distribute school safety funding monies to schools on the waiting list 
to receive grants for the costs of placing school resource officers (SROs) on school campuses 
and prohibits monies from supplanting funding by local governments for SROs.   FACT SHEET – Amended  
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42. Allows ADE, if the total cost of funding new grants for SROs is less than $50,000,000, to 
allocate monies to grants to schools for the costs of placing school counselors and social 
workers on school campuses.  
43. Requires the monies appropriated for the foster home youth transitional housing to be 
distributed to the East Valley Institute of Technology (EVIT) for a transitional housing unit. 
44. Declares the Legislature's intent that monies for transitional housing be used to construct and 
furnish a 64-bed transitional housing unit for foster youths between the ages of 17 and 21 
years old.  
45. Requires EVIT to report, by September 15 of 2025, 2026 and 2027, to the Governor, 
Legislature and JLBC on the number of foster youths served by the unit and their academic 
progress. 
46. Specifies that the portion of the ADE appropriation for adult education includes: 
a) $4,620,000 to the Continuing High School and Workforce Training Program;  
b) $6,000,000 to the Adult Workforce Diploma Program Fund; and  
c) $6,000,000 to the Community College Adult Education Workforce Development Program 
Fund. 
Department of Emergency and Military Affairs (DEMA) 
Ongoing General Fund (GF) and Other Fund (OF) Changes 
Summary of Changes Source Comments FY 2023 Changes 
Reimburse Federal Government for 
Facilities Maintenance Overpayment  
GF 	800,000 
Fully Fund State Match for 
Readiness Center Maintenance  
GF 	1,700,000 
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) 
Major Footnote Changes 
47. Requires ADEQ to establish an interagency service agreement with the Department of 
Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) to transfer $1,000,000 from the Recycling Fund to 
DFFM to administer grants to businesses relating to biomass waste. 
48. Appropriates all monies in the ADEQ Indirect Cost Fund, including the beginning balance, to 
ADEQ.  
Arizona State Board of Equalization  
Ongoing General Fund (GF) and Other Fund (OF) Changes 
Summary of Changes Source Comments FY 2023 Changes 
Appeals Application IT Costs  GF 
25,000 Ongoing  
50,000 Onetime  
 
75,000  FACT SHEET – Amended  
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Board of Executive Clemency  
Ongoing General Fund (GF) and Other Fund (OF) Changes 
Summary of Changes Source Comments FY 2023 Changes 
Chief Operating Officer Position  GF 	100,000 
Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM)   
Ongoing General Fund (GF) and Other Fund (OF) Changes 
Summary of Changes Source Comments FY 2023 Changes 
Healthy Forest New Vehicle 
Purchases 
GF 	300,000 
Healthy Forest Annual State Fleet 
Operation Charge  
GF 	200,000 
Healthy Forest Annual State Fleet 
Vehicle Replacement Charge  
GF 	100,000 
Good Neighbor/Fire Marshall 
Annual State Fleet Operation Charge 
GF 	200,000 
Good Neighbor/Fire Marshall 
Annual State Fleet Vehicle 
Replacement Charge 
GF 	100,000 
U.S. Forest Service Land Thinning  GF 17 FTEs  1,500,000 
Additional Fire Marshall Staff GF 5.5 FTEs  500,000 
Major Footnote Changes 
49. Exempts the appropriation relating to the Gila River nonnative species eradication from 
lapsing.  
50. Requires DFFM to submit an annual report, by September 1, to JLBC on the progress in 
removing the nonnative plants and effectiveness on a long-term eradication in previously 
treated areas.  
51. Allocates $3,000,000 of the $65,000,000 designated for wildfire emergency response to costs 
relating to the Woodbury Fire. 
Arizona Department of Gaming (ADG) 
Ongoing General Fund (GF) and Other Fund (OF) Changes 
Summary of Changes Source Comments FY 2023 Changes 
Contract Veterinarian/Pre-Race 
Inspections  
GF 	175,000  FACT SHEET – Amended  
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Horse Racing Integrity Act 
Assessment  
GF 	355,000 
County Fair Promotion GF 	2,000,000 
Increase Racetrack Maintenance and 
Operations Funding  
GF 	400,000 
Major Footnote Changes 
52. Requires ADG to report, by October 1, 2022, to JLBC and the Governor's Office of Strategic 
Planning and Budgeting (OSPB) on the expected amount and purpose of expenditures from 
additional operating expenses for FY 2023.  
53. Requires ADG to report, by August 1, 2022, to JLBC and OSPB on the expected amount and 
purpose of expenditures from the Event Wagering Fund for FY 2023.  
54. Requires ADG to report on a quarterly basis the number of equine deaths and injuries that 
occurred as a result of a horse race and the amount of pre-race inspections performed by a 
veterinarian employed by or contracting with the state.  
Department of Health Services (DHS)   
Ongoing General Fund (GF) and Other Fund (OF) Changes 
Summary of Changes Source Comments FY 2023 Changes 
Behavioral Health Student Loan 
Repayment Program  
GF 	2,000,000 
Arizona State Hospital (ASH) 
Hiring Bonuses  
GF Up to 5,000  700,000 
Shift Suicide Prevention 
Coordinator from AHCCCS to DHS 
GF 	100,000 
Alzheimer's Disease Research  GF 	2,500,000 
Certificate of Necessity Procedures  GF 5 FTEs  627,000 
Major Footnote Changes 
55. Requires that the monies appropriated to replace ASH's surveillance system be used for a 
system that includes both video and audio capability.  
56. Requires any unused monies appropriated for the Preceptor Grant Program to revert to the 
state GF in FY 2026. 
57. Extends the nonlapsing date for the Accelerated Nursing Program through FY 2024.  
58. Transfers the reporting requirements related to the Suicide Prevention Program from 
AHCCCS to DHS.   FACT SHEET – Amended  
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Arizona Department of Homeland Security (AZDOHS)  
Ongoing General Fund (GF) and Other Fund (OF) Changes  
Summary of Changes Source Comments FY 2023 Changes 
Cybersecurity Grants to Locals and 
School Districts  
GF 2 FTEs 10,000,000 
Major Footnote Changes 
59. Allows the AZDOHS to spend up to $310,000 from the portion of the AZDOHS appropriation 
designated for cybersecurity grants for administration costs.  
60. Requires the AZDOHS, to use the $2,000,000 appropriation designated for cybersecurity 
software to acquire, through a competitive procurement process, security software that detects 
security threats by using at least two specified testing mechanisms.   
Arizona Department of Housing (ADOH)   
Major Footnote Changes 
61. Requires ADOH to use monies relating to the Homeless Services Grant Pilot Program for 
cities, towns and counties in Arizona for homeless services programs designed to reduce 
homelessness.  
62. Requires eligible programs to allow homeless individuals to be compensated for daily work, 
offer a daily renumeration rate and help participants to access support services.  
63. Directs ADOH to prioritize awarding grants to political subdivisions that have an established 
program that meets the grant requirements. 
64. Requires, to be eligible for a grant, political subdivisions to provide a dollar-for-dollar local 
match for each grant dollar.   
65. Requires $20,000,000 from the $60,000,000 deposit into the Housing Trust Fund to be 
distributed to counties other than Maricopa and Pima counties and $4,000,000 to be 
distributed to the Navajo and Hopi Tribal Nations.  
Judiciary    
Ongoing General Fund (GF) and Other Fund (OF) Changes 
Summary of Changes Source Comments FY 2023 Changes 
Juror Day One Wage Compensation   GF 	1,600,000 
Adds Six Judges – Court of Appeals GF 	2,200,000 
  FACT SHEET – Amended  
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Major Footnote Changes 
66. Removes the JLBC review requirement relating to county-approved salary adjustments 
provided to probation officers.  
67. Specifies that $1,115,400 in the operating lump sum for Division II of the Court of Appeals, 
effective January 1, 2023, is for implementation of a new three-judge Court of Appeals and 
10 supportive staff. 
68. Specifies that $1,115,400 in the operating lump sum for Division I of the Court of Appeals, 
effective January 1, 2023, is for implementation of a new three-judge Court of Appeals and 
10 supportive staff.  
Arizona State Land Department (ASLD)     
Ongoing General Fund (GF) and Other Fund (OF) Changes 
Summary of Changes Source Comments FY 2023 Changes 
CAP Fees 	GF 	100,000 
Management System  GF 2 FTEs  225,000 
Legislature      
Ongoing General Fund (GF) and Other Fund (OF) Changes 
Summary of Changes Source Comments FY 2023 Changes 
Auditor General (OAG) – Audit 
Capacity  
GF 	3,300,000 
House of Representatives  GF 	4,000,000 
Legislative Council  	GF 	1,000,000  
Senate 	GF 	4,200,000 
Ombudsman  	GF 	300,000 
Major Footnote Changes  
69. Increases the amount the House of Representatives and Senate may spend for FY 2023 on 
mementos and items for visiting officials from $1,000 to $5,000. 
70. Requires the OAG to engage an independent consultant with expertise in Adult Protective 
Services (APS) operations and investigations to examine the current APS. 
71. Requires the independent consultant's examination of APS to consider best practices to 
improve the delivery of services in Arizona, including:  
a) developing a strategic direction that ensures the safety of vulnerable adults and establishes 
protocols for services after an investigation;  
b) creating accountability mechanisms;  
c) strategies for community engagement that include engagement with families, vulnerable 
adults and service providers; and  
d) the need for and frequency of regular, periodic performance evaluations and 
recommended areas for future reviews of APS by an independent outside evaluator.  FACT SHEET – Amended  
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72. Requires the OAG, in the decision to enter into a contract with an independent consultant, to 
consider the:  
a) consultant's history of working with states or counties in evaluating operations for APS; 
b) satisfaction of the states or counties with the work of the consultant;  
c) knowledge of the consultant's staff or contractors in APS reform and operations;  
d) consultant's knowledge of related laws governing APS; and  
e) consultant's knowledge of evidence-based and promising best practices in APS. 
73. Requires the independent consultant, by July 1, 2023, to submit a report of its work, including 
findings and recommendations, to the Governor, President of the Senate, Speaker of the House 
of Representatives and the Chairperson of the House Ad Hoc Committee on Abuse and 
Neglect of Vulnerable Adults and provide a copy to the Secretary of State. 
74. Allocates $50,000 from the amount designated for Legislative Council for planning and 
operational costs for Arizona's participation in an Article V Convention.  
75. Requires the Office of the Ombudsman Citizens Aide to use one new FTE to address 
complaints relating to the administration of empower scholarship accounts and provide 
information to the newly established Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Parent 
Oversight Committee. 
Mine Inspector      
Ongoing General Fund (GF) and Other Fund (OF) Changes  
Summary of Changes Source Comments FY 2023 Changes 
Abandoned Mines Program Staff GF 6 FTEs  600,000 
Arizona State Parks Board (ASPB)     
Major Footnote Changes  
76. Allows the ASPB to distribute monies in the State Parks Heritage Fund to grantees for local, 
regional and state historic preservation projects, non-motorized trails and outdoor and 
environmental education.  
77. Requires the ASPB to manage the monies for the Arizona Trail and allows the ASPB to 
distribute the monies to a nonprofit entity. 
Department of Public Safety (DPS)      
Ongoing General Fund (GF) and Other Fund (OF) Changes 
Summary of Changes Source Comments FY 2023 Changes 
Additional Border Strike Task Force 
Staff 
GF 
21 FTEs / 11,000,000 
local support 
9,000,000 
Commercial Vehicle Enforcement 
Consolidation 
GF 	1,000,000 
Building System Management 
Upgrade  
GF 
215,000 Ongoing 
205,000 Onetime 
420,000  FACT SHEET – Amended  
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DNA Testing Enhancements  GF 2 FTEs 400,000 
Public Service Portal Phase Two GF 	400,000 
Pay Cadet Housing Costs for 
Training 
GF 	500,000 
Fill 69 FTE Vacancies  GF 
57 Sworn / 12 
Civilian / 450,000 
Onetime 
10,500,000 
Major Incident Division  GF 	10,000,000 
Transfer Peace Officer Training 
from CJEF to state GF 
GF 	6,100,000 
Major Footnote Changes 
78. Requires DPS to submit an operational and expenditure plan, including a description of how 
DPS will split the commercial vehicle enforcement duties with the Arizona Department of 
Transportation (ADOT), to JLBC.  
79. Requires DPS, by December 1 of each year until all monies designated have been distributed 
for civil air patrol infrastructure, to submit a report to JLBC on the distributed monies.  
80. Exempts the onetime appropriation for vehicle replacement from lapsing.  
81. Requires DPS to submit an expenditure plan to JLBC for review prior to expending specified 
monies for personal services and employee-related expenditures.  
82. Specifies that of the $13,459,600 onetime appropriation relating to helicopter replacements 
$2,559,600 must be used to cover the cost of upfitting a previously purchased helicopter. 
Public Safety Personnel Retirement System (PSPRS)  
Major Footnote Changes 
83. Requires PSPRS within 12 months of the unfunded liability pension deposit to evaluate the 
PSPRS and Correction Officer Retirement Plan (CORP) actuarial assumptions and submit a 
report to JLBC and OSPB.  
84. Requires PSPRS to incorporate the FY 2022 public safety pension payoff appropriations in 
the June 30, 2022, PSPRS and CORP valuations relating to employee and employer 
contribution rates. 
Arizona Office of Tourism (AOT)     
Major Footnote Changes 
85. Exempts the appropriation relating to wine promotion from lapsing. 
86. Requires the AOT to submit a report beginning FY 2023 to JLBC on the expenditures relating 
to wine promotion from the previous fiscal year.   FACT SHEET – Amended  
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Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR)       
Ongoing General Fund (GF) and Other Fund (OF) Changes 
Summary of Changes Source Comments FY 2023 Changes 
Information Technology Staffing / 
Server and Data Storage Upgrades  
GF 12 FTEs 3,500,000 
Major Footnote Changes 
87. Outlines requirements for the ADOR integrated tax system modernization project with a 
reporting requirement to JLBC. 
Secretary of State      
Major Footnote Changes 
88. Extends until FY 2024 the $5,400,000 FY 2020 appropriation from the Election Systems 
Improvement Fund for the county allocation of the 2020 the Help America Vote Act Election 
Security Grant.  
89. Stipulates that the monies designated for the access voter information database may only be 
used for the voter registration database and no monies be transferred from the line item.  
State Treasurer        
Ongoing General Fund (GF) and Other Fund (OF) Changes 
Summary of Changes Source Comments FY 2023 Changes 
Justice of the Peace Salary Increase GF 	200,000 
Fund Justice of the Peace Salary 
Salaries at 40%  
GF 	1,400,000 
Universities         
Ongoing General Fund (GF) and Other Fund (OF) Changes 
Summary of Changes Source Comments FY 2023 Changes 
Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) 
– Promise Scholarship  
GF 	12,500,000 
ABOR – Free In-State Tuition for 
GI Spouses  
GF 	10,000,000 
Arizona State University (ASU) – 
School of Civic and Economic 
Thought and Leadership  
GF 	2,800,000  FACT SHEET – Amended  
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Northern Arizona University (NAU) 
– Economic Policy Institute  
GF 	400,000 
University of Arizona (UA) – Center 
for Philosophy of Freedom 
GF 	1,800,000 
ASU – Eastern Europe Cultural 
Collaborative  
GF 	250,000 
UA – Kazakhstan Studies Program  GF 	250,000  
UA – College of Veterinary 
Medicine  
GF 
Increase Resident 
Students 
8,000,000 
UA – Natural Resource Users Law 
and Policy Center  
GF 	1,000,000 
UA – Veterinary Diagnostic Lab  GF 	2,500,000 
Major Footnote Changes 
90. Requires UA to report to JLBC the number of resident and non-resident students in the 
College of Veterinary Medicine.  
91. Requires UA to report on veterinary diagnostic lab operating expenditures to JLBC and capital 
expenditures to the Joint Committee on Capital Review.  
92. Requires ABOR, within 10 days after the acceptance of the universities' semiannual all funds 
budget reports, to submit a current year expenditure plan with outlined information to JLBC.   
93. Requires ABOR to distribute monies designated in the ABOR appropriation for food product 
and safety laboratory to UA for capital improvements to the food product and safety 
laboratory and prohibits monies from being used for administrative costs.  
94. Requires ABOR to distribute monies designated in the ABOR appropriation for an enclosed 
feeding facility to UA to construct an enclosed feeding facility and prohibits monies from 
being used for administrative costs.  
95. Requires ABOR to distribute monies designated in the ABOR appropriation for the Camp 
Verde meat processing facility to UA for distribution to an entity for construction of a meat 
processing facility and truck handling facilities and prohibits monies from being used for 
administrative costs. 
96. Stipulates that, if an entity that receives monies from UA for a Camp Verde meat processing 
plant sells the meat processing plant, the proceeds must be deposited into the state GF.  
Department of Veteran Services (DVS)         
Ongoing General Fund (GF) and Other Fund (OF) Changes 
Summary of Changes Source Comments FY 2023 Changes 
Veteran Service Officers – Rural 
Tribal Nations  
GF 20 FTEs  2,200,000  FACT SHEET – Amended  
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Water Infrastructure Financing Authority (WIFA)      
Major Footnote Changes 
97. Designates $6,000,000 of the Eastern Arizona Water Projects Assistance Grants to cities and 
towns in Navajo and Apache counties. 
98. Designates $2,000,000 of the Eastern Arizona Water Projects Assistance Grants to Cochise 
and Graham counties. 
Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR)       
Ongoing General Fund (GF) and Other Fund (OF) Changes 
Summary of Changes Source Comments FY 2023 Changes 
Staffing Increase 	GF 4 FTEs  400,000 
Shift Water Banking Fund Spending  GF 	1,200,000 
Arizona Water Protection Fund 
Deposit  
GF 	1,000,000 
Major Footnote Changes 
99. Requires ADWR to use monies appropriated for the New River Flood Insurance Study to 
complete a study, by March 31, 2024, of the hydrology and hydraulics of the New River and 
allows ADWR to contract with an engineering firm to complete the study.  
FY 2022 Supplemental Appropriations and Adjustments 
General Fund (GF) and Other Fund (OF) 
Agency 	Fund  Amount 
ADOA – Federal Government Disallowed Costs – Risk 
Management Revolving Fund 
 
OF  
1,110,600 
DCS – extension of enhanced federal medical assistance 
percentage rate 
OF 10,105,000 
DCS – caseload growth 	OF 3,300,000 
DES – additional federal funding  	OF 139,824,00 
ADG – enhance general purse structure and track 
maintenance and operations  
GF 396,900 
School Facilities Division       
100. Appropriates $93,117,000 from the state GF in FY 2022 to the Building Renewal Grant Fund 
for building renewal grants.  FACT SHEET – Amended  
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 Debt        
101. Appropriates $93,500,000 from the state GF in FY 2022 to ADOA to pay for the retirement 
or defeasance of the financing agreements entered into in FY 2008. 
102. Allows the Director of ADOA, for and on behalf the ABOR, to execute and deliver 
documents, engage fiduciaries and take or direct all actions necessary in connection with the 
retirement and defeasance of the lease-purchase capital financing agreements relating to the 
university research infrastructure facilities.  
103. Requires the Director of ADOA to notify the Director of JLBC within 10 days of executing 
each retirement and defeasance and to include the date and final cost of each.  
104. Appropriates $420,559,600 from the state GF in FY 2022 to PSPRS to be deposited in the 
employer account of the DPS PSPRS Group to reduce the unfunded accrued liability.  
105. Appropriates $474,635,300 from the state GF in FY 2022 to PSPRS to be deposited in the 
employer account of the ADC CORP Group to reduce the unfunded accrued liability.  
106. Appropriates $15,000,000 from the Game and Fish Fund and $82,243,000 from the state GF 
in FY 2022 to PSPRS to be deposited in the employer account of the Arizona Game and Fish 
Department to reduce the unfunded accrued liability.  
107. Appropriates $73,940,800 from the state GF in FY 2022 to PSPRS to be deposited in the 
employer account of the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections (ADJC) CORP Group 
to reduce the unfunded accrued liability.  
108. Requires the PSPRS Board of Trustees (PSPRS Board) to account for the appropriations in 
the June 30, 2022, actuarial valuation of both the DPS and ADC Groups.  
109. Requires the PSPRS Board to account for the appropriations when calculating employee and 
employer contribution rates for the DPS and ADC Groups in FY 2024. 
Additional FY 2023 Appropriations and Adjustments 
Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA) 
110. Appropriates $7,150,650 from the state GF in FY 2023 to ADOA for equal distribution to 
counties with a population of fewer than 900,000 persons according to the 2010 U.S. 
Decennial Census (2010 Census) to maintain essential county services. 
111. Appropriates $500,000 from the state GF in FY 2023 to ADOA for distribution to Graham 
County to maintain essential county services.  
112. Appropriates $3,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2023 to ADOA for equal distribution to 
counties with a population of fewer than 300,000 persons according to the 2010 Census in 
order to supplement the cost of the Elected Officials' Retirement Plan (EORP).  FACT SHEET – Amended  
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113. Prohibits the counties from using the distributed FY 2023 $3,000,000 appropriation for 
anything other than employer contributions to EORP.  
114. Appropriates $7,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2023 to ADOA for distribution to counties 
to establish a coordinated reentry planning services program.  
Automation Projects Fund (APF)  
115. Appropriates the following amounts in FY 2022 from the APF subaccounts to ADOA for the 
following automation and information technology (IT) projects: 
Project 	Subaccount  Amount 
Business One-Stop Web Portal  ADOA Subaccount  15,614,300 
Human Resources Information System HRIS Subaccount  22,397,800 
Cloud Migration 
Department of Agriculture 
Subaccount 
2,000,000 
Integrated Tax System Modernization 
Project  
ADOR Subaccount 15,819,800 
Electronic Records Storage  SOS Subaccount  300,000 
Modernize and Consolidate 
Applications 
ADWR Subaccount 1,700,000 
116. Requires ADOA to submit a quarterly report to JLBC on implementing projects approved by 
the Information Technology Authorization Committee that includes the project expenditures, 
deliverables, timeline for completion and current status. 
117. Exempts FY 2022 appropriations from the APF from lapsing until June 30, 2024.  
Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC)    
118. Appropriates $2,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2023 to ADC for a community treatment 
program for imprisoned women.  
Department of Economic Security (DES) 
119. Allows DES, beginning April 1, 2023, to use up to $25,000,000 from the Budget Stabilization 
Fund (BSF) to provide funding for reimbursement grants.  
120. Requires DES, before using the BSF monies, to notify the Directors of JLBC and the OSPB.  
121. Requires the BSF appropriation to be fully reimbursed by September 1, 2023, and to be 
reimbursed in full as part of the closing process for FY 2023.  
122. Prohibits the BSF appropriation from being used for additional programmatic expenditures. 
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Department of Emergency and Military Affairs (DEMA) 
123. Appropriates $209,205,000 from the Border Security Fund in FY 2023 to DEMA.  
124. Requires DEMA to allocate the appropriation as follows: 
a) $20,000,000 to Cochise County to construct a new county jail facility; 
b) $15,000,000 to reimburse a county or local law enforcement agency for costs incurred by 
the county or law enforcement agency participating in a program with U.S. Immigration 
and Customs Enforcement;  
c) $10,000,000 for deposit in the Antihuman Trafficking Grant Fund and distributed as 
follows: 
i. $2,000,000 to DPS Arizona Counter Terrorism Information Center for antihuman 
trafficking operations; and 
ii. $8,000,000 in award grants to city, town or county law enforcement agencies for 
programs that reduce antihuman trafficking; 
d) $30,000,000 to cities, towns or counties for costs associated with prosecuting and 
imprisoning individuals charged with specified crimes; 
e) $10,000,000 for costs incurred by the Arizona National Guard assets augmenting and 
supporting DPS and local law enforcement agencies in the southern Arizona border 
region; 
f) $10,000,000 for emergency health care and testing for immigrants;  
g) $15,000,000 for transportation of individuals who entered Arizona seeking asylum to 
other states in the United States.;  
h) $53,405,000 for deputy sheriff compensation distributed as follows:  
i. $48,310,000 to counties for a onetime $10,000 payment to line-level deputies and 
detention officers employed by each county sheriff's office as of May 1, 2022; and   
ii. $5,095,000 to counties for a onetime $5,000 payment to line-level deputies and 
detention officers hired between May 1, 2022, and May 1, 2023;  
i) $800,000 regarding the established chain of command relating to the Arizona State Guard;  
j) $30,000,000 for the construction costs associated with a state emergency operations 
center; and  
k) $15,000,000 to DPS for the construction costs associated with a southern border 
coordinated response center. 
125. Requires DEMA to submit quarterly reports, in coordination with AZDOHS and DPS, to 
JLBC on the status of the project allocations and monies expended.  
126. Allows DEMA to make transfer spending authority between and within the outlined 
programs.  
127. Exempts the DEMA appropriations from lapsing.  
 Appropriation Reductions   
128. Reduces, by a total of $18,944,000, the appropriations to DHS and ADC made from the state 
GF in FY 2023 to eliminate debt service payments following the retirement or defeasance of 
financing agreements entered into in FY 2008 in the following amounts:  
a) $2,973,000 from the FY 2023 DHS ASH operating budget appropriation; and   
b) $15,971,000 from the FY 2023 ADC operating lump sum appropriation.   FACT SHEET – Amended  
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Debt Service Payments  
129. Allocates $24,999,400 of state GF revenue in FY 2023 to the Arizona Convention Center 
Development Fund.  
130. Asserts that the Rio Nuevo Multipurpose Facility District is estimated to receive $16,000,000 
from a portion of state transaction privilege tax revenues in FY 2023 and the actual amount 
of distribution will be made as outlined in statute. 
Missing and Murdered Indigenous People  
131. Appropriates $2,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2023 to the Department of Law for 
investigations relating to missing and murdered indigenous people and exempts the 
appropriation from lapsing. 
Arizona Department of Education (ADE)   
132. Appropriates $5,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2023 to the Superintendent of Public 
Instruction for a onetime distribution to the Office of Indian Education and exempts the 
appropriation from lapsing.  
133. Appropriates $100,000 from the state GF in FY 2023 to the Superintendent of Public 
Instruction for onetime childhood trauma awareness and prevention grants.  
134. Allows ADE to distribute grant monies to a nonprofit organization that provides childhood 
trauma awareness and prevention training to certificated teachers and public school 
administrators in Arizona.  
Universities         
135. Appropriates $80,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2023 to ASU and NAU for capital 
improvements and operating expenditures and allocates the monies as follows: 
a) $54,000,000 to ASU; and  
b) $26,000,000 to NAU. 
136. Requires $5,000,00 of the $26,000,000 allocated to NAU to be used to expand program 
offerings on the NAU campus located in Yuma. 
137. Requires ASU and NAU, by August 1, 2022, to report to JLBC on the intended uses of the monies. 
138. Requires ASU and NAU, before spending monies on capital projects, to submit the scope of 
the purpose and estimated costs to JCCR.  
Arizona Department of Veteran Services (ADVS)   
139. Appropriates $2,200,000 and 20 FTEs from the state GF in FY 2023 to ADVS to hire veteran 
service officers to provide services in rural tribal nations in Arizona that have communities 
that are located 100 miles or more from the nearest U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs service 
center and exempts the appropriation from lapsing.  
140. Appropriates $1,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2023 to ADVS to distribute to Indian tribes 
located in Arizona to conduct tribal ceremonies for tribal members discharged from the 
military and exempts the appropriation from lapsing.   FACT SHEET – Amended  
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Fund Transfers 
141. Transfers the following amounts in FY 2023 to the relevant APF subaccount from the 
following sources: 
Project 	Fund Source  Amount 
Business One-Stop 	GF  	15,614,300 
Cloud Migration - AZDA GF 	2,000,000 
Integrated Tax System Modernization  GF 	9,632,700 
Integrated Tax System Modernization 
Integrated Tax System Project 
Fund 
6,187,100 
Study to Electronic Records Storage Records Services Fund 300,000 
Modernize and Consolidate 
Applications - ADWR 
Water Resources Fund 1,700,000 
142. Specifies that transfers into the APF are not appropriations out of the APF and that only direct 
appropriations out of the APF are appropriations. 
143. Transfers $24,624,400 from the Risk Management Revolving Fund in FY 2023 to the Cyber 
Risk Insurance Fund.  
Payment Deferrals  
144. Continues to defer $800,727,700 in Basic State Aid (BSA) and additional state aid (ASA) 
payments from ADE in FY 2023 until after June 30, 2023, but not later than July 12, 2023, 
and excludes charter schools and school districts with a student count less than 4,000 pupils 
from the deferral. 
145. Requires ADE to make the deferral by reducing the apportionment of state aid for each month 
in the fiscal year by the same amount.  
146. Requires ADE to disburse the FY 2024 appropriation of $800,727,700 to the counties for the 
school districts starting July 1, 2023, and no later than July 12, 2023, in amounts equal to the 
reductions in the apportionment of BSA and ASA.  
147. Requires school districts to include, in the revenue estimates used for computing their FY 
2022 tax rates, the deferred appropriation monies that they will receive.  
Statewide Operating Adjustments 
General Fund (GF) and Other Fund (OF)  
Area of Adjustment GF OF Total 
Arizona Financial Information 
System Adjustment  
330,900 175,000 505,900 
Agency Rent Adjustment  (654,800) (2,300,000) (2,954,800)  FACT SHEET – Amended  
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Retirement Payoff Adjustments (98,119,900)  (98,119,900) 
Agency Retirement Adjustment 17,218,500 (2,100,000) 15,118,500 
Employer Health Insurance  63,244,800 20,000,000 83,244,800 
University Health Insurance  40,033,000 40,033,000 
HRIS Replacement Charge 8,011,400 3,000,000 11,011,400 
Information Technology Pro Rata 1,617,400 600,000 2,217400 
State Fleet Rate Adjustments 628,000 357,300 985,300 
148. Provides statewide adjustment procedures and instructions.  
State Employee Salaries 
149. Appropriates $49,140,300 from the state GF and $61,635,400 from other funds for a 10 
percent salary increase, beginning July 9, 2022, for state employees other than elected 
officials, judges and employees in state universities, ADC, ADJC and DPS. 
150. Appropriates $116,656,800 from the state GF in FY 2023 to ADC, beginning July 9, 2022, 
for a 20 percent salary increase for all ADC Staff.  
151. Appropriates $24,478,800 from the state GF in FY 2023 to DPS, beginning July 9, 2022, for 
a 15 percent salary increase for all DPS Staff. 
152. Appropriates $5,154,100 from the state GF in FY 2023 to ADJC, beginning July 9, 2022, for 
a 20 percent salary increase for all ADJC Staff. 
153. Appropriates the following amounts to the specified state agencies for additional state 
employee salary increases in FY 2023: 
Agency 	GF OF Total 
AZDA 	1,173,200 1,173,200 
AHCCCS  	288,300 288,300 
State Board for Charter Schools 360,600 360,600 
DCS 	3,402,100 3,402,100 
Arizona Corporation Commission  19,300 19,300 
DES 	6,136,100 6,136,100 
Board of Executive Clemency 44,300 44,300 
State Board of Funeral Directors 
and Embalmers  
 14,000 14,000 
DHS 	2,278,900 2,278,900  FACT SHEET – Amended  
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Department of Insurance and 
Financial Institutions  
 109,100 109,100 
Supreme Court 	553,900 553,900 
Court of Appeals 	386,500 386,500 
Superior Court  	75,100 75,100 
Arizona State Land Department 27,800 27,800 
OAG 	576,600 576,600 
Department of Liquor Licenses 
and Control 
 382,100 382,100 
Arizona Pioneers' Home 412,700 412,700 
154. Requires JLBC to determine, for implementing the non-public safety state employee salary 
adjustment and ADOA to allocate to each agency or department an amount by the fund for 
salary increases.  
155. Requires JLBC staff to determine and ADOA to allocate the adjustments, as necessary, in 
expenditure authority to allow for the salary increases. 
156. Requires OSPB, by October 1, 2022, to submit a report to JLBC detailing the actual raises 
given by agency and classification.  
157. Requires each budget unit that receives a salary increase appropriation to request an allocation 
of these monies by fund and by line item as an adjustment for FY 2024 budget.  
158. Outlines the FY 2022 individual agency charges totaling $1,798,500 for general agency 
counsel provided by the AG.  
FY 2024 and FY 2025 Appropriations 
159. Appropriates $31,753,900 from the state GF in FY 2024 for a onetime deposit in the New 
School Facilities Fund. 
160. Requires the School Facilities Division (SFD) to use monies only for facilities that will be 
constructed for school districts that received final approval from SFD by December 15, 2021.  
161. Appropriates $6,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2024 to the State Treasurer for distribution 
to county recorders offices in counties with more than 2,000,000 persons.  
162. Requires monies distributed by the State Treasurer to be used by county recorders to review 
the accuracy of the voter registration rolls, including whether any registrations should be 
canceled.  
163. Appropriates $5,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2024 and $6,000,000 in FY 2025 to the 
State Treasurer to distribute on a proportional basis to county recorders that purchase ballot 
paper that uses specific security features, including watermarks or unique ballot identifiers, 
or both.   FACT SHEET – Amended  
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164. Exempts the appropriation for ballot paper from lapsing.  
165. Appropriates $17,978,000 from the state GF in FY 2024 and $23,836,00 in FY 2025 to ADE 
for Basic State Aid and requires the monies to be used to fund ongoing per pupil charter 
additional assistance.  
166. Appropriates $71,022,000 from the state GF in FY 2024 and $94,164,000 in FY 2025 to ADE 
for Basic State Aid and requires the monies to be used to fund ongoing per pupil district 
additional assistance. 
167. Appropriates $63,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2024 and $100,000,000 in FY 2025 to 
ADE for Basic State Aid and requires the monies to be used to fund an ongoing increase in 
the Free Reduced-Price Lunch Group B weight.  
Miscellaneous  
168. Declares the Legislature's intent that all departments, agencies and budget units receiving 
appropriations continue to report actual, estimated and requested expenditures in a specified 
format.  
169. Contains other reporting requirements.  
170. Defines terms.  
171. Becomes effective on the signature of the Governor. 
Amendments Adopted by the Committee of the Whole  
1. Requires the ADOA appropriation for ballot paper testing to allow for different sized ballots.  
2. Increases the Health Care Investment Fund expenditure authority for expanded direct 
payments from $270,000,000 to $400,000,000.  
3. Increases the appropriation to the Arts Trust Fund from $2,000,000 to $5,000,000. 
4. Removes the footnote relating to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) 
and the $600,000 appropriation to the EEOC.  
5. Increases the appropriation for employee stipends to the AG from the Consumer Fraud Fund 
by $1,000,000. 
6. Removes the footnote relating to the use of monies for the Expert Witness and Outside 
Counsel appropriation. 
7. Appropriates $2,000,000 from the state GF to ADC for a community treatment program for 
imprisoned women.  
8. Increases the appropriation to the DES for adult services by $2,000,000.  FACT SHEET – Amended  
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9. Modifies the increase for District Additional Assistance and Charter Additional Assistance to 
be proportional to student count.  
10. Removes the $300,000 appropriation for an ADE apprenticeship program.  
11. Appropriates $250,000 to ADE to administer the Adult Education and Workforce 
Development Programs. 
12. Specifies that the foster home youth transitional housing appropriation may serve foster 
youths pursuing a high school diploma or high school equivalency diploma and earning an 
industry certification.  
13. Lowers the salary increase to superior court judges in the first year from 20 percent to 10 
percent.  
14. Requires the ASPB to manage the monies for the Arizona Trail and allows the ASPB to 
distribute the monies to a nonprofit entity. 
15. Increases the appropriation for election funding to the Secretary of State by $4,000,000. 
16. Stipulates that, if an entity that receives monies from UA for a Camp Verde meat processing 
plant sells the meat processing plant, the proceeds must be deposited into the state GF.  
17. Specifies that, of the appropriation to the UA Natural Resource Users Law and Policy Center, 
$1,000,000 is for the operation of the center and $450,000 is to conduct a statewide survey of 
species in Arizona.  
18. Adds an FTE to the Arizona State Veterinary Medical Examining Board.  
19. Appropriates $1,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2023 to ADE to be deposited into the Invest 
in Postsecondary Success Program Fund. 
20. Appropriates $80,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2023 to ASU and NAU for capital 
improvements and operating expenditures, allocated as outlined.  
21. Requires $5,000,00 of the $26,000,000 allocated to NAU to be used to expand program 
offerings on the NAU campus located in Yuma. 
22. Requires ASU and NAU, by August 1, 2022, to report to JLBC on the intended uses of the 
monies.  
23. Requires ASU and NAU before spending monies on capital projects, to submit the scope of 
the purpose and estimated costs to JCCR.  
24. Appropriates $17,978,000 from the state GF in FY 2024 and $23,836,00 in FY 2025 to ADE 
for Basic State Aid and requires the monies be used to fund ongoing per pupil charter 
additional assistance.   FACT SHEET – Amended  
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25. Appropriates $71,022,000 from the state GF in FY 2024 and $94,164,000 in FY 2025 to ADE 
for Basic State Aid and requires the monies be used to fund ongoing in per pupil district 
additional assistance. 
26. Appropriates $63,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2024 and $100,000,000 in FY 2025 to 
ADE for Basic State Aid and requires the monies be used to fund an ongoing increase in the 
Free Reduced-Price Lunch Group B weight.  
27. Makes technical and conforming changes to the statewide adjustment amount and revenue 
reporting levels.  
28. Makes technical and conforming changes.  
Senate Action  
APPROP 6/22/22 DP 5-3-2 
Prepared by Senate Research 
July 1, 2022 
LMM/sr