Assigned to MAPS & APPROP FOR COMMITTEE
ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Sixth Legislature, First Regular Session
FACT SHEET FOR H.B. 2310
auditor general; law enforcement bonus
Purpose
Requires the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) to perform a special audit of each county
to ensure that the appropriation made for line-level deputy and detention officer retention bonuses
is being used properly. Appropriates $70,000 from the state General Fund (state GF) in FY 2024
to the OAG to perform the audit.
Background
The FY 2023 General Appropriations Act appropriated $48,310,000 to counties for the
purposes of onetime $10,000 payments to line-level deputies and detention officers employed by
each county sheriff's office as of May 1, 2022. Counties are required to distribute payments to
eligible employees in equal quarterly installments over two years. Counties were also appropriated
$5,095,000 for the purposes of $5,000 onetime payments to line-level deputies and detention
officers hired between May 1, 2022, and May 1, 2023. On June 1, 2023, the Arizona Department
of Administration (ADOA) must distribute the funding to the counties based on the total number
of hires during this time period as demonstrated by each county. If the amount is insufficient for a
$5,000 per employee payment, ADOA must distribute a prorated amount based on the total number
of hired detention officers and sheriff's deputies (Laws 2022, Chapter 313).
H.B. 2310 appropriates $70,000 from the State GF in FY 2024 to the OAG.
Provisions
1. Requires the OAG to perform a special audit of each county to ensure that the $48,310,000
appropriation made for line-level deputy and detention officer retention bonuses is being used
properly.
2. Appropriates $70,000 from the state GF in FY 2024 to the OAG to perform the audit.
3. Requires the OAG to submit a report of the special audit to the Governor, President of the
Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by December 31, 2023, and provide a
copy to the Secretary of State.
4. Repeals this legislation on October 1, 2024.
5. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
House Action
MAPS 1/30/23 DP 8-6-1-0
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Read 2/21/23 40-20-0
Prepared by Senate Research
March 3, 2023
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