HB 2449
Initials JB/BM Page 1 Transportation & Infrastructure
ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-sixth Legislature
First Regular Session
HB2449: appropriation; Pinal East-West Corridor
Sponsor: Representative Martinez, LD 16
Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure
Overview
Appropriates $9,700,000 from the state General Fund (GF) in FY 2024 to the Arizona Department
of Transportation (ADOT) to distribute to Pinal County for engineering and design of the West
Pinal Parkway East-West Corridor.
History
Laws 1973, Chapter 146 established ADOT to provide for an integrated and balanced state
transportation system with a director responsible for the department's administration (A.R.S. §
28-331). ADOT has exclusive control and jurisdiction over state highways, state routes, state-
owned airports and all state-owned transportation systems or modes are vested in ADOT.
The duties of ADOT are as follows: 1) register motor vehicles and aircraft, license drivers, collect
revenues, enforce motor vehicle and aviation statutes and perform related functions; 2) do
multimodal state transportation planning, cooperate and coordinate transportation planning with
local governments and establish an annually updated priority program of capital improvements
for all transportation modes; 3) design and construct transportation facilities in accordance with a
priority plan and maintain and operate state highways, state-owned airports and state public
transportation systems; 4) investigate new transportation systems and cooperate with and advise
local governments concerning the development and operation of public transit systems; and 5)
have administrative jurisdiction of transportation safety programs and implement them in
accordance with applicable law (A.R.S. § 28-332).
The county Board of Supervisors is permitted to alter, establish or abandon a highway within the
county and acquire property for those purposes by purchase, donation, condemnation, dedication
or other lawful means (A.R.S. §§ 28-6701).
Provisions
1. Appropriates $9,700,000 from the state GF in FY 2024 to ADOT to distribute to Pinal County
for engineering and design of the West Pinal Parkway East-West Corridor. (Sec.1)
☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note