Assigned to TAT & APPROP FOR COMMITTEE
ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Sixth Legislature, First Regular Session
FACT SHEET FOR H.B. 2569
appropriation; Happy Valley Road
Purpose
Appropriates $12,500,000 from the state General Fund (state GF) in FY 2024 to the
Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) to distribute to the City of Phoenix for
improvements on Happy Valley Road between 35th Avenue and 67th Avenue.
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. 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).
Happy Valley Road, from 35th Avenue to 67th Avenue, is four miles long (Street
Transportation Department).
H.B. 2569 appropriates $12,500,000 from the state GF in FY 2024 to ADOT to distribute
to the City of Phoenix for improvements on Happy Valley Road between 35th Avenue and 67th
Avenue.
Provisions
1. Appropriates $12,500,000 from the state GF in FY 2024 to ADOT to distribute to the City of
Phoenix for improvements on Happy Valley Road between 35th Avenue and 67th Avenue.
2. Declares the Legislature's intent that:
a) ADOT use any federal monies available for the project to supplement the appropriated
monies; and
b) the City of Phoenix contribute $14,800,000 to the project.
3. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
House Action
TI 2/15/23 DP 10-0-1-0
APPROP 2/20/23 DP 13-2-0-0
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Read 3/8/23 38-20-2
Prepared by Senate Research
March 22, 2023
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