SB 1535
Initials AF Page 1 Transmitted
ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-sixth Legislature
First Regular Session
Senate: APPROP DP 6-4-0-0 | 3
rd
Read 16-14-0-0
House: 3
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Read 31-27-2-0
SB 1535: transportation; 2023-2024. (Substituted for HB 2582)
Sponsor: Senator Kavanagh, LD 3
Transmitted to the Governor
Overview
Contains provisions relating to transportation needed to implement the FY 2024 budget.
History
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) was established in 1973 to provide for an
integrated and balanced state transportation system with a director responsible for the
department's administration (A.R.S. § 28-331). The footnote that ADOT report to the Joint
Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) on Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) wait times and vehicle
registration turnaround times has been included since at least the FY 2007 General
Appropriations Act (Laws 2006, Ch. 344). Beginning with the FY 2017 General Appropriations Act
(Laws 2016, Ch. 117), ADOT has been required to submit reports on fees retained by an
authorized third-party electronic service partner.
The Highway User Revenue Fund (HURF) receives monies from transportation-related licenses,
such as driver's license revenue, taxes such as the motor vehicle tax and vehicle license tax, and
fees (A.R.S. § 28-6533). HURF revenues are then distributed to the State Highway Fund and to
political subdivisions for highway purposes.
Provisions
1. Converts the session law requirement that ADOT submit the following annual reports to the
JLBC into statutory law:
a) Progress in improving MVD wait times and vehicle registration renewal by mail turnaround
times by July 31;
b) Expenditures for an information technology system using ADOT's dedicated portion of an
authorized third-party electronic service partner's fee retention by February 1; and
c) ADOT's share of fees retained in the prior fiscal year by an authorized third-party electronic
service partner by August 1. (Sec. 1)
2. Prohibits the use of HURF monies for projects that reduce the capacity for motor vehicle travel.
(Sec. 2, 3)
☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note