ARIZONA STATE SENATE
RESEARCH STAFF
TO: MEMBERS OF THE SENATE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
DATE: February 21, 2023
SUBJECT: Strike everything amendment to S.B. 1377, relating to civil air patrol
Purpose
Appropriates $10,000,000 from the state General Fund (state GF) in FY 2024 to the
Department of Public Safety (DPS) for Civil Air Patrol (CAP) infrastructure.
Background
CAP is a federally chartered non-profit corporation that is also the Air Force auxiliary.
CAP executes a number of different operations, including: 1) search and rescue; 2) disaster
response; 3) support of counterdrug operations; 4) youth development; 5) promotion of aerospace
education; and 6) combat and flight readiness programs (CAP).
The Arizona Wing CAP (AZWG) consists of over 1,100 youth and adult members, 17
aircraft and 23 multi-purpose vehicles to support federal, state and county governments,
emergency responders and law enforcement agencies in various emergency service, aerospace
education and cadet training missions (AZWG).
DPS receives an ongoing appropriation of $150,000 for CAP from the state GF. In FY
2023, DPS was appropriated $5,000,000 for CAP in onetime funding for infrastructure projects.
The strike-everything amendment to S.B. 1377 appropriates $10,000,000 from the state GF
in FY 2024 to DPS.
Provisions
1. Appropriates $10,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2024 to DPS for CAP infrastructure.
2. Requires DPS, until all of the appropriated monies have been distributed, to submit an annual
report by December 1 to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee on the monies distributed and
the intended purposes of the distributions.
3. Exempts the appropriation from lapsing.
4. Becomes effective on the general effective date
GORDON ROBERTSON
LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH INTERN
LIAM MAHER
LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH ANALYST
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
Telephone: (602) 926-3171