| 69 | | - | Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Section 41-3955.02, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE41-3955.02. Military transitional housing fund; purpose; annual report; definition A. The military transitional housing fund is established consisting of monies allocated from any federal sources, including monies provided by affordable housing legislation and unused or undesignated donations and undesignated federal monies for which military transitional housing is eligible. The director shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund are continuously appropriated. Monies shall be deposited in the fund by order of the governor and shall be spent on newly constructed transitional housing, in cooperation with veteran owned and operated nonprofit organizations and for-profit organizations that serve military members who are transitioning to veteran status. Monies in the fund are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations. B. Fund monies shall be spent for developing projects and programs to provide transitional housing opportunities for military members separating from the military to be housed in newly constructed housing facilities. Monies cannot be spent on unoccupied hotels and motels designated for homeless veterans. Fund monies may only be spent for the specific purpose of providing transitional housing for military members who will be separating or who have recently separated from the military and may be spent on purchasing and constructing transitional housing facilities for military members who are transitioning into civilian life. C. On or before September 1 of each year, the director shall submit a report on the status of the military transitional housing fund, including a summary of facilities for which funding was provided during the preceding fiscal year, the cost and geographic location of each facility and the number of individuals benefiting from the operation, purchase or construction of the facility, to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives and provide a copy of the report to the secretary of state. D. The department may use not more than ten percent of the fund monies annually to administer the fund. E. For any construction project financed by the department pursuant to this section, the department shall notify a city, town, county or tribal government that a project is planned for its jurisdiction and, before proceeding, shall seek comment from the governing body of the city, town, county or tribal government or an official authorized by the governing body of the city, town, county or tribal government. The department may not interfere with or attempt to override the local jurisdiction's planning, zoning or land use regulations. F. The legislature finds and determines, in response to the urgent need for high quality treatment for substance use disorder for all Arizonans, especially veterans, that military transitional housing must include sober living facilities and sober living facilities as a whole. Further, healthcare common procedure coding system code h0015 must remain active and reimbursable by report from the Arizona health care cost containment system without a billable limit to ensure equitable provision of safe and reliable treatment for substance use disorder to all active members of Arizona health care cost containment system health plan id #999998. Further, in order to ensure the health and safety of American Indians and Alaskan natives in Arizona, all Arizona health care cost containment system providers categorized as type 77 and b8 or a licensed sober living home providing services to American Indians and Alaskan natives must be accredited by and in good standing with a recognized external accrediting authority. F. g. For the purposes of this section, "undesignated federal monies" means federal stimulus monies and monies originating from federal affordable housing legislation, the United States department of veterans affairs or the United States department of housing and urban development that have not been allocated or approved for a specific purpose or project within three months after the applicable expenditure deadline for the monies. END_STATUTE Sec. 2. Title 41, chapter 37, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-3955.03, to read: START_STATUTE41-3955.03. Housing grant program; military transitional housing; veteran housing; affordable housing; definitions A. The housing grant program is established for the construction of military transitional housing, veteran housing, affordable housing or homeless housing in this state. The department shall administer the grant program. grants shall be awarded to for-profit or nonPROFIT companies and organizations and may be awarded to a municipality or a county or to a consortium of municipalities and counties for the construction of military transitional housing, veteran housing, affordable housing or homeless housing using renewable building materials, innovative building materials and renewable energy and innovative energy for utilities. B. The department may establish priorities for funding grant PROJECTS, which may include funding indoor encampment structures, tiny homes or similar low-cost structures that can be assembled quickly. C. Grant monies may also be used by a for-profit or nonPROFIT company or organization, a municipality or a county or a consortium of municipalities and counties for any of the following: 1. To manufacture and construct renewable building materials and innovative building materials. 2. To install renewable energy and innovative energy COMPONENTS, MACHINERY or EQUIPMENT. D. each grant project shall optimize energy performance and comply with the state energy conservation code and may include any of the following features: 1. solar modules. 2. geothermal heating and cooling technologies. 3. air-powered electric generators. 4. suber corks. 5. water plants. 6. solar well and water pumps. 7. Optimized energy performance for new construction. 8. graphene supercapacitor batteries. 9. synthetic catalysts that are leadership in energy and environmental design-certified and engineered specifically to eliminate oil fouling that occurs in air conditioning and refrigeration systems. 10. pathogen defense-certified technologies that reduce viruses, bacteria, odors and volatile organic compounds both on surfaces and in the air. 11. physical water electrostatic conditioners that are installed with the primary water main source to prevent scaling buildup and corrosion throughout the pipe system. E. The department shall issue Grants that are conditional on a municipality or a county or a consortium of municipalities and counties adopting by rule, policy or mandate or otherwise the requirements that the project being built with grant monies comply with any of the following standards: 1. A version of the building rating system published by the United States green building council. 2. Any other standard authorized by the United States green building rating system. F. Projects paid for with grant monies shall include any of the following: 1. the installation or replacement of heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems that are designed and constructed to reduce energy costs by a minimum of five percent, as determined by a standard described in subsection E of this section. 2. the installation or replacement of plumbing systems, INCLUDING plumbing fixtures that are designed and constructed to reduce potable water consumption in the aggregate by a minimum of thirty percent, as determined by a standard described in subsection E of this section. G. For the purposes of this section: 1. "air-powered electric generator" means a hydrogen generator that provides alternative, sustainable and renewable power produced through high-velocity air and generated power that is accessible YEAR-ROUND. 2. "Geothermal heating and cooling technology" means a pump system that uses onsite geothermal energy for heating or cooling. 3. "graphene supercapacitor battery" means a fast-charging green technology source for clean energy storage that can perform for up to twenty-five years with no degradation, that is capable of cycling four times a day and that is projected to provide up to fifty thousand life cycles. 4. "Solar module" means a module that is used to supply electrical current from solar energy to a housing unit during the day while storing watts as backup for the night hours. 5. "solar well and water pump" means a solar-powered well and water pump that are used to deliver water with no fossil fuels to power the pump. 6. "suber cork" means an exterior coating system created by high grade raw cork and water-based acrylic resin that is used for insulation with a low level of water transmission. END_STATUTE Sec. 3. Delayed repeal Section 41-3955.03, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, is repealed from and after December 31, 2028. |
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| 67 | + | Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Section 41-1505, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE41-1505. Rural business development advisory council A. The rural business development advisory council is established. The mission of the council is to advise the board of directors regarding rural business development strategies, including creating jobs, diversifying economies and attracting new investment. B. The council consists of the following members: 1. One representative from each county, seven of whom are appointed by the governor and four each of whom are appointed by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives. 2. One representative of a rural development organization that represents statewide interests who is appointed by the governor. 3. One member representing all Indian tribes, nations, bands and communities in this state who is appointed by the governor. 4. The chief executive officer or the chief executive officer's designee. C. Each year the governor shall appoint a member to serve as chairperson. The chairperson may be reappointed. Council members shall serve staggered three-year terms beginning and ending on the third Monday in January. The members of the council serve without compensation and are subject to title 38, chapter 3, article 8, relating to conflicts of interest. D. The council shall: 1. Recommend to the board of directors policy development and funding allocations to complement regional and local economic development strategies that focus on and assist rural communities. 2. Leverage local, state and federal resources to advance business in rural areas of this state. 3. Develop selection criteria and an application format for rural communities or areas to use in applying for matching monies. 4. Make recommendations for coordinating personnel activities of the authority to ensure that communities receive appropriate technical assistance to implement economic development efforts. 5. Assist local rural economic development professionals, main street project managers and others involved in economic development. 6. Make recommendations regarding: (a) State responsibilities under any necessary contracts with consultants, including the national main street center of the national trust for historic preservation. (b) Coordination of the activities of other state agency personnel assisting with rural economic development programs. 7. Monitor the progress of main street communities and other aspects of the program. 8. Coordinate the expenditure of available federal monies to support rural business and economic development programs. 9. Provide research on limitations and challenges to securing economic development projects, including challenges RELATED to water certainty, broadband and infrastructure. E. Each year the council shall develop a priority list of economic strength projects that meet the criteria established by section 28-7281 and submit the list to the chief executive officer. The council shall confer with regional planning agencies and local authorities that would be affected by a specific economic strength project and shall submit their comments to the chief executive officer. After review by the board, the chief executive officer shall transmit the priority list and comments to the state transportation board. The council shall set priorities for individual projects based on the following: 1. The cost of the project. 2. The number of jobs that the project will cause to be created, retained or increased. 3. The nature and amount of capital investment or other contribution to the economy of this state or a local authority as a result of the project. 4. The likelihood that benefits resulting from the project will exceed the costs of the project. 5. Whether the amount of contributions to the project provided from other than the economic strength project fund is at least ten percent of the cost of the project. 6. The amount and percentage of funding for the project that will come from a source other than the economic strength project fund as compared to other proposed projects. 7. The amount of expenditures required for local infrastructure relating to the project. 8. The magnitude of the project and its relative value to this state or a local authority as compared to other proposed projects. 9. The extent to which the project would contribute to achieving an equitable distribution of monies and projects among the various regions of this state and throughout this state as a whole. 10. The specific time schedule for completion of the project. END_STATUTE |
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