Arizona 2023 2023 Regular Session

Arizona House Bill HB2726 Comm Sub / Analysis

Filed 02/21/2023

                      	HB 2726 
Initials NM/CV 	Page 1 	Caucus & COW  
 
ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Fifty-sixth Legislature 
First Regular Session 
House: MAPS DP 14-0-0-1 | APPROP DP 15-0-0-0 
 
HB2726: appropriation; DPS; mobile radio system 
Sponsor: Representative Marshall, LD 7 
Caucus & COW  
Overview 
Appropriates $44,100,000 from the state General Fund (GF) to the Department of Public Safety 
(DPS) for land mobile radio system expansion and upgrades in FY 2024.  
History 
DPS owns, operates and maintains a statewide microwave and land mobile radio network which 
provides critical public safety voice and radio communications for multiple State of Arizona 
agencies and several local, federal and tribal agencies (DPS FY 2024 Budget Request). 
This managed network includes: 1) two-way radio communications; 2) microwave backhaul; 3) 
dispatch console systems; 4) site infrastructure; and 5) cellular voice and data solutions (DPS FY 
2024 Budget Request).  
Provisions 
1. Appropriates $44,100,000 from the state GF to DPS for land mobile radio system expansion 
and upgrades in FY 2024. (Sec. 1)  
2. Exempts the appropriations from lapsing. (Sec. 1)  
 
 
 
☐ Prop 105 (45 votes)     ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes)      ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note